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BMC Toys has been able to operate throughout the crisis. The main issue we've run into is that International shipments have been extremely slow to arrive due to backlogs in postal systems in the US and abroad. I made the difficult decision to suspend accepting new international orders until further notice. Orders within the USA have been arriving with occasional minor delays and we've had just a couple of packages with long delays.  I work from a home office, and so do many of the folks I work with, so we didn't need to make any big changes to get...

After months of being sworn to secrecy, I can finally announce that Little Big Shots with Melissa McCarthy invited 7 year old Vivian Lord and her family out to California to be part of the program. The show will air on NBC this Sunday evening at 7pm Eastern (March 24th, 2020). Vivian's letter brought the Plastic Army Women project to the media's attention last summer and really helped get the project moving forward. Sean Clancy from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette most likely wrote the very first news story about Vivian's letter and has written a new article: Youngster gets her...

The new BMC Toys Rosie the Riveter figure sculpt is complete and the resin master models are scheduled to arrive in a few days. The models will be used to make the steel plastic injection tool. Here's the sculpt from several views: Rosie was an unexpected spinoff of the BMC Toys Plastic Army Women project. The sculptor, James Van Schaik, suggested making the sculpt and offering some resin figures to help promote the Plastic Army Women Kickstarter. Initially, I didn't think it was a good fit, but I ran the idea by friends and family and was quickly overruled. The...

It's only March, but 2020 has been a busy year already. There are eleven new items released in the BMC Toys Classic Army Men Collector Series: Recast Ideal OD Bulldozer w/Driver & Louis Marx Ruined Building Recast Louis Marx & Co. Army Camp Accessories 10pc Tan Recast MPC WWII German Infantry 36pc Charcoal Gray Recast Louis Marx & Co. Military Base Accessories 44pc OD Recast Louis Marx & Co. WW2 US Soldiers 31pc Green Recast Louis Marx & Co. WW2 US Soldiers 31pc Black Recast Louis Marx & Co. Landing Craft 4pc Blue & Gray Recast Louis Marx & Co....

Here's the latest news on the Plastic Army Women project. All the figures have been sculpted and we're going through the final stages of refinement so master models can be made. The master models will then be used to make the plastic injection mold. I know everyone is anxious to see the rest of the finished sculpts and I'm hoping to have them here to photograph soon. Here's a look at the in-progress Nurse, Military Working Dog and Handler: A lot of folks have been asking how they can get the Military Working Dog and Handler when they're finally available. Thanks...