Army toys seem very popular with kids – perhaps they look up to someone in the family who is in the military or perhaps they have seen the work the army do from watching the television – either way, the different toys available offer them hours of role play fun. Lucky for parents, there are many different army toys available for them to buy. They can choose from action figures, vehicles, role play toys and even games. Children can start collecting toys from either the army, navy, air force or all three services and send their figures and vehicles into battle any time they like.
Army men toys are available in sets of various sizes. Small green army men are most prominent but although they are not articulated, a large number of them will ensure a great play battle. These sorts of figures are also quite inexpensive – you can buy 1000 cheap toy soldiers for about $25. The writers of Toy Story also noticed the popularity of army toys and included a number of green army men in their film. You can now buy an Army Legos set of four of these figures and an army Jeep for about $11. The recent GI Joe film has also created interest in action figures depicting the popular movie characters. These are larger and better quality figures which cost from $10 each.
There are many army vehicles that you can buy for your kids to complete the battle scene. As with anything you can go cheap and get 100 different vehicles for about $25 or you can get better quality, more detailed models made by Unimax from $16 per item. Role play toys are abundant and include items such as helmets, guns and play knives. You can also buy costumes and walkie talkies.
For less active army entertainment, why not consider one of the range of army related board games. Custom Monopoly games have been made for each area of the armed forces or there is the well known strategy game of Risk. Battleships is another popular choice.
So you will not need to look far to buy your kid one of the many army toys on offer. There is bound to be something to suit your kid and your budget.