Coming Soon to a Toy Store Near You!
BMC Toys will be soon coming out with little green army women. Brigit Katz’s article, “‘Little green army men’ will soon feature female toy soldiers,” explains how a 6-year-old girl named Vivian Lord recently wrote a letter to BMC Toys asking why there weren’t little army figurines in the shape of women. In 2018, JoAnn Ortloff, a retired fleet master chief, also wrote a letter to BMC requesting that army women be featured. Ortloff wanted her granddaughter to see that girls could also be in the army, not just boys. Vivian, on the other hand, knew that women could be in the army; she just didn’t understand why there were no figurines representing those women ( CLICK HERE to read the rest of Katz’s article). Jeff Imel, the owner of BMC Toys, explains that the main reason he has put off adding army women to the collection is the cost of producing new figures and new poses. Clearly, Imel decided the price is worth it, as he said, "Every kid wants to be the hero of their story