PAIR OF UNUSUAL TOY SOLDIERS MADE BY PLASTIC TOY INC. DURING WORLD WAR TWO THERE WAS RATIONING OF PLASTIC IN THE UNITED STATES . PLASTICS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR MAKING THINGS TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT. HOWEVER TO ALLOW SOME COMPANIES TO STAY IN BUSINESS LIKE TOY COMPANIES SMALL ALLOCATIONS OF PLASTICS FOR THEIR MAUFACTURING WAS ALLOWED. BERGEN NOVELTY COMPANY (AKA BETON ) COULDN'T GET ENOUGH PLASTICS TO SUPPORT ALL THE BUSINESS THEY HAD........ SO THEY HELPED CREATE ANOTHER TOY COMPANY AND CALLED IT "PLASTIC TOY INC " ABOUT 1942 OR 43. THEY GAVE IT OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER ORDERS THAT THEY COULDN'T FILL WITH THEIR LIMITED PLASTICS, GAVE IT SOME OF IT'S TOY SOLDIER MOLDS AND THEN HAD PLASTIC TOY INC APPLY TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR AN ALLOCATION OF PLASTICS. SO PLASTIC TOY INC BEGAN PRODUCING TOY SOLDIERS AMONG OTHER TOYS THAT LOOKED LIKE BETON FIGURES.
THESE ARE TWO OF THOSE FIGURES. PLASTIC TOY INC STAYED IN BUSINESS UNTIL SLIGHTLY AFTER THE KOREAN WAR, WHEN PLASTIC RATIONING ENDED. THEY USED A HARD BRITTLE PLASTIC THAT BROKE EASILY SO THESE INTACT FIGURES ARRE HARD TO FIND 70 YEARS LATER.
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