Fifteen-year-old Alan Abernathy, the son of a toy store owner, tries out some new action figures: The Commando Elite versus The Gorgonites. But three months ago, a toy company believes it is onto ...

After doing a number of different jobs, one of which was as a Royal Marine Commando in the Royal Navy, he and his then-wife, Laura McAllister-Johnson, opened up a toy shop selling toy soldiers in ...