Austin weird is your traditional California style fruits and nuts weird. San Francisco southwest.Define Normal. Aren't you supposed to "Keep Austin Weird"?
Our toy soldiers are a different weird. I lived it and can't really understand it.
I had a few toy soldier friends in school who were normal, then they got around their fellow faux soldiers and wow. I think a lot of the weirdness is fake. Just dorks who finally fit in. It gets some dorks laid (by girls believe it or not), so I get that part at least.