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48/365 - When Toys Were Men

There was a time when toy army men were real men, and kids were smart enough that a toy army man smoking a cigarette wouldn't send them down the road to vice and perdition.

 

When I was a kid, we nicknamed this guy "Cancerman," or "Cance" for short, years before anyone had ever heard of The X-Files.

 

Note that in addition to surviving his continuous nicotine infusion, Cance once tangled with a lawn mower and lived to fight, or light, another day.

 

Day 48 of The 365 Toy Project

12 February 2012

 

P.S.: check out the Army Men Home Page. It is pure plastic awesomeness!

 

Cance was apparently a product of the Auburn Rubber Company.

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