Since the going-out-of-business signs went up at The Toy Soldier in Fairport three weeks ago, every customer who walks through the quaint toy store's door in the old Victorian house wants to know why.

One of the Plastic Army Women that toy company BMC Toys will be introducing next year after a six-year-old girl from Arkansas wrote a letter to the company wondering why there were no female soldiers.

Since their debut in the 1930s, toy soldiers have, at their core, hardly changed.They stand two to three inches tall. They are made of plastic. They carry lethal weapons.

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.

Anyone who wants to see 350 booths full of such soldiers can attend the OTSN Toy Soldier Show, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield Hotel, at 1800 E. Golf ...