Today, almost all can be produced by machines, but 90% of soldier figures manufacturing process is still finished manually, which determines the low yield. Plus that some soldier figures are released on a very limited quantity, which makes such products be in short supply and have more room for appreciation. Some toy soldiers can be multiple times over the price you bought it very soon. It is certainly that not all the soldiers can appreciate. Most collectors are quite used to focus on those soldiers with unique background, which have much room for appreciation.
