Forget hyper-realistic, graphic war games. Forget high-spec computers.

IN 1976 a truck pulled to a stop in the sleepy rural village of Kilnamartyra in West Cork. In the truck, which had travelled thousands of miles from Sweden, were newly-weds Lars and Gunilla Edman — and some mould-making machines.

A FACTORY in West Cork is proving a mecca for big boys as well as small ones and is exporting its miniatures to the four corners of the world.