Recently, the stock of plain old green armymen bags & blisters has all but disappeared in my area. My son is at that critical stage where he is blowing the soldiers up with fireworks and with a summer dishwashing job, is financing these experiments. He asked my wife to take him to store to buy some expendable troops but none could be found in Walmart or K-Mart, and they eventually only found one single bag at a Dollar store. My wife suspects they are not stocking soldiers by design and as a result of anti-war sentiments.
I know they are still readily available on the web, but was curious if anyone else has noticed a reduction or elimination of Green Armymen (GAMS) in the big department stores ? I remember this happening once before in my lifetime in the early 70's. Alls you could find was dayglow colored timmee GI's. It has been widely been believed by collectors that, that near extinqtion was due to anti vietnam-war sentiment.
I know they are still readily available on the web, but was curious if anyone else has noticed a reduction or elimination of Green Armymen (GAMS) in the big department stores ? I remember this happening once before in my lifetime in the early 70's. Alls you could find was dayglow colored timmee GI's. It has been widely been believed by collectors that, that near extinqtion was due to anti vietnam-war sentiment.
