As you get older, there are objects that mean something. Whether it be an expensive watch to show financial security or a sports car to show you have a small… Anyway, you likely played with plastic green army men while growing up and now you can spend a lot of money for the silver equivalents. Expensive, but I do like them.

Silver Army Men is an exercise in finding value in the mundane. Just because something is abundant to the verge of oblivion, doesn’t mean that it is without profound value. Billions of small green army men have been embedded in joyful battle around the world for over 50 years. You would be hard pressed to find a person who hasn’t had some interaction with these inanimate warriors of imagination. Their value is in nostalgia, memory and association, and we have reinvigorated these virtues. We’ve reintroduced this squadron to a generation of enthusiasts who may have long since forgotten about them.

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