A Girl Asked Toy Companies To Make Green Army Women, And One Actually Did
Vivian Lord asked toymakers why the iconic toy soldiers weren’t available as women and BMC Toys made the nonexistent figurines a reality.
ByJohanna Silver
BMC PLASTIC ARMY WOMEN | bmctoys.com
BMC PLASTIC ARMY WOMEN | bmctoys.com
The iconic Green Army Men figurines will now be available in another version as women, thanks to a request from a 7-year-old girl in Little Rock, Arkansas.
When Vivian Lord, then 6, won a set of plastic green Army men from an arcade, she questioned why none of the figurines were women. She then sent a letter in 2019 to several toymakers asking them to make the iconic toy figurines available in her gender.
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Vivian Lord, now 7, wrote a letter to toymakers with a request for women toys.
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BMC Toys debuted a prototype figurine at the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. Brittany Lord
Vivian Lord, a second grade student, received an early Christmas present of two bags of BMC Toys plastic Army women figures, according to her mom, Brittany Lord. Vivian was very excited to have the toy in hand, Lord told Good Morning America. She loved all of the details and different poses that were included. She is very happy and thankful that her dream for toy equality came true, Lord added.