Originally posted by: leatherrebel5150
I always assumed every boy born was given a bucket if these at birth. Every guy I know had some as a kid but no one knows how they acquired them they were just always there
This is kind of true but largely because they were (and are) mass produced with cheap plastic in cheap molds. These things were basically made for the bargain bin and, to my knowledge, there are no “name brand” variants.
In the US, the “green army men” variants were the most owned by a wide margain. I do remember the indian and cowboy ones and I seem to recall that they were mainly yellow and red. No greens and blues in my mind.
Anyway, these were the types of toys parents would pick up and give little Johnny’s friend Timmy on Timmy’s birthday. Cheap and fun, mostly. Especially when you started to get bb guns.