BMC Toys debuted a prototype figurine at the Chicago Toy Soldier Show. The Pennsylvania toy maker who responded to a viral letter from a 6-year-old girl asking for a female version of the iconic ...

Girl's wish for women toy soldiers granted after viral letter to toymaker Vivian Lord, now 7, wrote a letter to toymakers with a request for women toys.

Retired Navy enlisted officer JoAnn Ortloff, proudly wearing her T-shirt, displays the first female toy soldiers by BMC Toys.

Vivian Lord was tired of not seeing women depicted in a classic toy she wanted to play with, so wrote to manufacturer BMC Toys to ask why female soldiers were not produced.

For the first time, little green plastic army women will be stationed near their male counterparts on toy store shelves.

PLASTIC ARMY WOMEN: First full line of female soldiers is expected to be available by next Christmas.

A letter written by Vivian Lord drew a flurry of news media attention and prompted one toymaker to develop, for the first time, a pack of the classic toy soldiers designed to be women.

A handwritten letter to BMC Toys sent by a 6-year-old girl from Arkansas wondering where the female toy solders are prompted soul-searching and eventually a new contingent of Plastic Army Women.

After more than 80 years, plastic army men are getting some reinforcements with the introduction of female toy soldiers.