“When I said I had a collection, he really freaked out,” Tramer said. “He came to my apartment, and said, ‘Where are the toy soldiers?’ I had to dig out these boxes that I hadn’t opened up—big bags of soldiers, cowboys and knights, and he really got off on all that stuff. You’re so powerless as a kid. The adults have power, and you’re told children should be seen and not heard. But his imagination was so great.”
