But you will have to wait a little longer to get your hands on one. We’ve got to finish the first manufacturing run and get our portion to the US and through customs… which will take as long as it takes. Especially now, we’ve given up trying to predict timelines. #wartoys
The potential impact of our approach is massive, and the costs are tiny. We’ve spent less than a Cybertruck to develop socially-impactful toys that are incredibly cheap to manufacture and distribute in 41 languages! Thanks to our partners in China, they are now available to retailers worldwide.
Spielwarenmesse is expanding its program and highlighting the cultural, educational and economic facets of toys through the Value of Play Conference. War Toys founder @brianmccarty.com is honored to be giving the keynote address. He’ll be sharing not just this product, but also what it represents.
After years of development and more than a few setbacks, our first fostered products are finally hitting the market! These are the first production samples of our standalone boardgame, prepared for Spielwarenmesse - the toy industry’s largest trade event.
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Detail of our Dickey Chapelle pewter figure, showing her #Nikonos underwater camera used for the @natgeo assignment “The Water War in Vietnam.” Support our programs by give someone (or yourself) a unique gift this holiday season! wartoys.org
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War Toys will be documenting children's stories from within the US. Although kids here aren't enduring missile strikes and tank brigades, many experience levels of violence that are comparable to what their peers face in recognized war zones. It's time to give these children more of a voice.
We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio
We are honored to be working with Dickey's estate. Her family provided amazing access to Dickey’s cameras, clothing, and gear – all of which was reproduced in incredible detail by sculptor David Lea in standard 1:32 scale. Your purchase directly supports our programs: wartoys.org/programs #wartoys
Dickey’s remarkable life ended in Vietnam on November 4th, 1965. While on patrol with US Marines, she was killed by a booby-trap. Dickey was the first female correspondent killed during the Vietnam War, and the first American female photojournalist ever to be killed in action. #photojournalism
Photo of Dickey Chapelle, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Dickey started her career as a combat photojournalist during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. Always wearing her trademark pearl earrings and harlequin glasses, she spent the next twenty years covering conflicts from Korea to the Hungarian Revolution. #photography #photojournalism #wartoys
Photo of Dickey Chapelle, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Born Georgette Louise Meyer, Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) was a force of nature, beloved by the soldiers she photographed and revered as both an accomplished war correspondent and trailblazer for women working in photojournalism. wartoys.org/shop
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To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
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“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #arttherapy #childreninwar #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #arttherapy #childreninwar #war
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art
@wartoys.org will never be as cool as No War Toys back in the 60s. I mean, seriously… The Doors played their friggin anniversary party!! #wartoys #thedoors
Drawing by “Mahmoud,” made at the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem, 2011. #arttherapy #wartoys #childreninwar #israel #palestine #jerusalem
In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys
6-yr-old "Iryna" imagines her cat waiting outside of her destroyed home in #Ukraine. Displaced families had to leave pets behind while running for their lives. There wasn't time to find them; the animals ran away or hid from the explosions. #wartoys #arttherapy #art #toys #cat #childreninwar
6-yr-old "Iryna" imagines her cat waiting outside of her destroyed home in #Ukraine. Displaced families had to leave pets behind while running for their lives. There wasn't time to find them; the animals ran away or hid from the explosions. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #toys #cat
Yusef said that the yellow shape is Spongebob Squarepants. Next to him is a ladybug. And at the bottom of the page is the ISIS prison in Iraq where he was beaten and tortured to force his uncle to comply. #arttherapy #childreninwar #torture #wartoys #iraq #spongebobsquarepants #drawing #war
“Yusef” was imprisoned, beaten, and tortured by ISIS because his uncle was a police officer who resisted their takeover of Mosul. Yusef was taken to force compliance, alongside other boys with family deemed a threat to ISIS rule. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #iraq #childreninwar #war
At the top of his drawing, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee named Farid wrote, "We thank you for welcoming us. I'm Lebanese. I wish to go back to my school." #wartoys #arttherapy #syria #childreninwar #refugee #lebanon #art #drawing
"Farid" said that Lebanese were mean. Half of his drawing is about fleeing #Syria. The other shows his dream of going back to Homs and finding everything destroyed, except for his home. He was sure it must be ok, and it had to be better than here. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #refugee #art
Drawing made in 2011 by a young Palestinian girl named “Manal” at the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem, inside the Old City.
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Asked about the future, #Palestinian children in East Jerusalem imagined an uprising against #Israel. The photo was taken by the wall that separates the West Bank. The child in the background was an orphan living on the streets nearby. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art #activism
Alisa’s drawing, made in Chernigiv, Ukraine - July 2022 #wartoys #childreninwar #ukraine #photography #toyphotography #art #arttherapy #chernigiv
7-year-old #Ukrainian Alisa imagines a happy future w/ a soldier, understood to be her father. She said water is trapped underground by the war, and will surface to feed the trees, flowers, and a rainbow when he is home again. #wartoys #childreninwar #ukraine #photography #toyphotography #art
Artem’s drawing from summer 2022.
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