" Berne A remarkable discovery today in the window of a toyshop. Not only lead soldiers of all sizes and poses—but also a large number of tanks. Some of them are quite realistic, with machine guns in the turret and wheels encircled with tracks. Locomotives are no longer in fashion today, in children’s toys—not even in Switzerland. "

― Mircea Eliade , Exile's Odyssey (Autobiography, #2: 1937-1960)