100 Toy Soldiers Comicbook Ad

As a kid, I've always wanted one of these "footlockers" with a hundred toy soldiers but I couldn't figure out how I could have possibly ordered one. At that time, the Peso-dollar conversion was US1 to PHP4 I think. The soldiers, tanks, jeeps, battleships, etc were flat, easily broke and were not of the same scales. Nevertheless, the nostalgia factor rates high for me. Nowadays, an incomplete set sells for around $30-$50. Here's what these figures look like:
http://monsterdad69.blogspot.com/2011/04/anorexic-toy-soldiers.html

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