| Collecting toy figures is a great pastime for young and | | | | models were targeting the souvenir market and soon |
| old. Toy soldiers can bring back many pleasant | | | | became the standard. The W. Britain name was the |
| memories and it can be very affordable or very | | | | best in its class and many toy model manufacturers |
| expensive depending on your taste. The William Britain | | | | did their best to copy Britain's work. |
| line of toys, often referred to as Britain's toy soldiers. | | | | The William Britain line is not simply comprised of |
| Britain's toys catalog contained thousands of toys | | | | soldier figures. There are thousands of different figures |
| models before the use of lead in toys became a huge | | | | and vehicles that have been created and distributed |
| concern and these models had to stop being | | | | for this toy line. Currently the company that owns the |
| distributed. In 1966 the Britain toy soldiers began to be | | | | W. Britain brand is First Gear, a company based in the |
| made as plastic figures with metal bases. Then in 1973, | | | | U.S. that has built a very good reputation as being a |
| Britain started producing models in die cast alloys and | | | | premier distributor of die cast toys and models. |
| pewter that were lead free. These more traditional | | | | |