
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover
Ridiculous History
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The Importance of the Jeep Toy
Soldiers would buy up these 10 replicas of the vehicles that they were driving around and are flying around in real life as souvenirs to take home. So, really these toys become a symbol then of bridges built between the US and Japan for at least US soldiers and Japanese society. And so apparently the key to the Jeep success as a toy was the ambiguity of its message.
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