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Dedicated to exploring the world of Plastic Toy Soldiers. The focus is WWII figures and vehicles in 1:32 (54mm). If you grew up playing with them or simply love to collect them this is the place for you. Comments are welcome and encouraged. Hopefully together we can create something fun and valuable. BTW, per EU requirements, please be aware that this site uses Google An*lytics and Google AdSense cookies. It was a quiet and peaceful morning as the sun began to rise over this far away island in the Pacific.  The Japanese garrison was slowly going about its morning routine. Suddenly, out to sea, the Japanese lookouts spotted a sight they had been fearing since the fall of Guadalcan*l. A sight that just a couple years earlier would have been unimaginable: an American invasion fleet approaching. The Japanese commander readied his men for battle. Instead of bombing and softening the Japanese defenses in the days leading up to the invasion, the US command had opted for the element of surprise, but the unpredictable weather in the Pacific had pushed them a couple hours behind schedule, and now they were about to attempt an amphibious as*ault without the cover of darkness. On the beaches, in the jungle, on the high ground, the men manned the defensive positions they had been preparing for the past two years. It Jungle fighters heading into the thickness of the rainforest to spring deadly ambushes.. It was into this mutual death trap that the Marines launched their landing craft. With the coast guard coxswains laying covering fire, and the guns from the destroyers shelling the beach, the Higgins boats made their way to the beach. The tension was palpable as the Japanese bullets struck the steel ramps of the crafts or whizzed dangerously close overhead. The enemy As they approached the beach, the men were eager for the ramp to drop so that they could exit, and simultaneously, they dreaded that precise moment. For most of them this was when they would discover if they could live up to their bravado, and their ideals. For the few