Nova | Toy Soldier (Minimal Wear)

The Nova | Toy Soldier (Minimal Wear) is a Restricted Nova finish painted in the army green of a plastic toy soldier. Minimal Wear keeps that flat green coat looking nearly untouched, with only the faintest handling on the body.

Design

The finish is all about childhood nostalgia — a single familiar shade of green coating the Nova to mimic a little plastic army man, with no decals or graphics to break the monochrome. The artist hexeth created it as a community design, and it ships with the line "Pellets and soldiers delivered in bulk."

Nova | Toy Soldier (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Drawing on the full 0.00–1.00 float range, Minimal Wear lands just above Factory New. Wear here is barely noticeable — a little edge softening at most — while the green coat stays even across the body. For most buyers it looks all but identical to the top grade for a smaller outlay.

Nova | Toy Soldier Rarity

Classified as Restricted, this is the pink tier — one of the higher standard weapon grades, ranked above the blue Mil-Spec level. It carries real collector appeal and is an uncommon grade to see drop.

Nova | Toy Soldier Case and Collection

This is a Horizon Collection finish, unboxed from the Horizon Case that launched with the "A New Horizon" update in August 2018. The Restricted tier it sits in pulls at about 15.98% from the case (that figure spans the whole tier), which makes any single Restricted finish noticeably harder to land than the shared rate lets on.

Nova | Toy Soldier Patterns

There's no pattern lottery on this one. The finish is fixed, so the paint seed doesn't change anything — the solid green coat lands identically on every copy, with no premium seed or blue gem to seek out. Wear grade is the sole variable between one and the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You can also find a StatTrak Toy Soldier from the Horizon Case; it adds a permanent kill counter that stays with the item through every trade and sale. No Souvenir version was ever made, since Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament packages and this finish never appeared in one.

Nova | Toy Soldier Price

Minimal Wear sits a rung below Factory New while looking nearly as smooth, which makes it one of the smarter buys in this finish's range. It still lands at the premium end of the Nova catalog overall. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Minimal Wear worth it over Factory New?

Often, yes. The flat green coat hides the small amount of extra wear so well that Minimal Wear looks close to Factory New, and it costs a step less. Reach for Factory New only if you want the smoothest possible toy-plastic look and the top grade on record for its own sake.

Does the Toy Soldier show wear easily?

Not much. Because the finish is a flat, matte green rather than a glossy or metallic coat, light scratches don't catch the eye the way they would on a shinier skin. At Minimal Wear that means the green reads even and consistent, keeping the plastic-army-man effect fully intact.

What is the Toy Soldier theme about?

The finish recreates the look of the small green plastic army men many players grew up with, coating the Nova in that same familiar shade. The flavor line "Pellets and soldiers delivered in bulk" plays on the toy angle. It's a nostalgic, decorative concept — pure character with no effect on the item's stats.