Vivian Lord wrote letters to multiple toy companies last year, letting them know her wish.
A 7-year-old s Christmas wish has finally been granted in the form of Army figurines. Vivian Lord, who lives in Arkansas, wrote letters to multiple toy companies last year, asking them to design a female version of the Green Army Men figures many people grew up with, People reported.
“Why do you not make girl army men[?],” Vivian wrote in her letter. “My friend’s mom is in the Army to[o] so why don’t you make them to[o]?”
Vivian, who was 6 years old when she wrote the letter, said she’d seen pink Army figurines but not that the Army doesn’t wear pink. The president of BMC Toys said the letter touched him.
Credit: Brittany Lord
A 7-year-old Arkansas girl’s Christmas wish has been granted early, thanks to the internet and a special toy manufacturer.
Last year, Vivian Lord’s letter to various toy companies asking them to design a female version of the iconic Green Army Men figurines went viral. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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“Why do you not make girl army men[?],” Vivian wrote. “My friend’s mom is in the Army to[o] so why don’t you make them to[o]?”
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.
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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.