Many of the poses amongst the new Backyard Battalion figures of kids role-playing ‘WAR’ in the playground or backyard might seem a little familiar.
They are an affectionate or nostalgic nod by designer Reis O’Brien towards the much copied Green and Tan Army Men from America from TimMee / BMC and also the Disney Pixar Toy Story version.
See more of these interesting new figures and their green army ‘mancestors’ at my post crossposted from my Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop blog:
https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/mancestors-backyard-battalions-nostalgia-nod-to-green-and-tan-army-man-poses/
Blog posted / Crossposted by Mark Man Of TIN, 3rd May 2024 
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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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