They were just so much FUN... "I still feel silly wearing this fur loincloth and carrying this big plastic sword," complained Ernie.

Hiram twirled the small, red plastic sword from his drink.

He brought his wife, two children and his father-in-law; 3-year-old Michael rode on his father's shoulders, wearing a plastic knight's helmet and brandishing a plastic sword.

The old Kansas Street Gang, the Crimson Pirates with their plastic swords and battery-powered Star Wars ray-guns.

Eris grabbed the plastic sword that held her olive and swirled it in her glass, pretending to listen to Sturgis, Kronski, and Suzanne discuss the day's news stories.

"I'm sorry," she said, pulling the olive out of her glass and tapping the plastic sword against the rim.

With these words he ran at the Husayn twins and started to belabour them with his plastic sword.

Instead he found a wide-awake warrior, clutching a plastic sword and chanting: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The 3-year-old roams the house pretending to be Captain Hook, and shouts, "Take that, dragon," as he stabs the floor with his plastic sword.

He tore off the cardboard and took out the plastic sword.