Comments on: World's largest collection of toy soldiers http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Erik Perera http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1293920 Erik Perera Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1293920 Vaguely related... excerpt from a full length movie by Bruce Bickford of Zappa's Baby Snakes fame featuring many many of the aforementioned little green plastic soldiers... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEV14A9KWw" rel="nofollow">CAS'L</a> Vaguely related… excerpt from a full length movie by Bruce Bickford of Zappa’s Baby Snakes fame featuring many many of the aforementioned little green plastic soldiers… CAS’L

]]> By: Trent Baker http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292656 Trent Baker Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292656 I think Warhammer World at Nottingham could contest that claim. I think Warhammer World at Nottingham could contest that claim.

]]> By: librtee_dot_com http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292582 librtee_dot_com Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292582 Reminds me of a museum in Jeju, South Korea - the 'Psyche Museum,' also known as the butterfly museum. I was so excited to go there..it's a beautiful structure, I thought it would be all full of butterflies happily flapping about. Well, no. Most of it was a variety of bizarre and strange dioramas, with real embalmed insects as the actors. So you had, for instance, the British Parliment..with all the MPs being posed insects. A circus, with praying mantis swinging from the trapeze. A bloody battle, with a ditch full of slain dung beetles with spears puncturing their exoskeleton. The whole thing..truly a site to behold. Reminds me of a museum in Jeju, South Korea – the ‘Psyche Museum,’ also known as the butterfly museum.

I was so excited to go there..it’s a beautiful structure, I thought it would be all full of butterflies happily flapping about.

Well, no. Most of it was a variety of bizarre and strange dioramas, with real embalmed insects as the actors.

So you had, for instance, the British Parliment..with all the MPs being posed insects. A circus, with praying mantis swinging from the trapeze. A bloody battle, with a ditch full of slain dung beetles with spears puncturing their exoskeleton.

The whole thing..truly a site to behold.

]]> By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292500 DreamboatSkanky Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292500 They''re inaction figures!  Armies of them, man! They”re inaction figures!  Armies of them, man!

]]> By: sean http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292345 sean Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292345 They're NOT action figures because they have no movable parts and can't be posed! They're good old ARMY MEN. They’re NOT action figures because they have no movable parts and can’t be posed! They’re good old ARMY MEN.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292249 MrJM Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1292249 They're not <i>toys</i> they're <i>ACTION FIGURES</i>! They’re not toys they’re ACTION FIGURES!

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1291999 GregS Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/09/worlds-largest-collection-of.html#comment-1291999 I wonder if they have any of the little plastic green army men that I melted with matches and magnifying glasses as a kid? I wonder if they have any of the little plastic green army men that I melted with matches and magnifying glasses as a kid?

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