Any old toy has a value to many, but just mention the words "toy soldiers," and it can bring a smile to the face of any collector who hasn't lost site of their love of history and fun. To some ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A Brooklyn lawyer admits he's guilty of loving military history. As CBS2's Lisa Rozner reported, his law offices are like museums, with his collection of thousands of Civil War ...

Osama bin Laden was caught, you know. There’s just one problem: This Osama, flanked by two bodyguards surrendering to a U.S. Special Forces soldier in the basement of a home in the Chevy Chase section ...

WATERFORD — Hundreds of toy soldiers of all sizes and from all time periods will be on display and sold at the 17th bi-annual Albany Toy Soldier Show slated for Sunday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the ...

Q-We have several hundred World War II toy soldiers plus sandbags, trenches, etc. Some are Manoil examples; all are more than 40 years old and in fair to good condition. Where can I find serious ...

Through endless hails of bullets and slashing sword attacks, through the crushing jaws of Tyrannosauruses Rex and the murderous barrages of howitzers, the soldiers marched on here Sunday — to be sold ...

ATTENTION...the world’s largest collection of toy soldiers is up for auction. A quarter-of-a million military people and vehicles of tiny lead, metal and plastic ...

War did not break out here Sunday, despite a confrontation between several thousand grim-face men armed with everything from clubs to six-shooters to machine guns. Violence was averted principally due ...

Collectors need a sound strategy when it comes to drafting fresh recruits into a private army of antique toy soldiers. “It’s much like learning how to paint,” Christian Keller said. “You can’t master ...

Don Pielin, toy soldier collector and editor of The Old Toy Soldier Newsletter, offered some guidelines for collecting lead toy soldiers: — Look for figures in good condition. Do not buy a piece with ...

A Civil War soldier lays on his stomach, aiming his rifle at a small target. A tank sits near a bombed-out building during World War II. A soldier stands atop a castle in medieval times, looking out ...

Peter Nussbaum is a peaceful guy who stages battles in his Minneapolis basement. The retired engineer has been collecting toy soldiers since early childhood and now has troops numbering in the ...