>>9596501>also what the fuck i did not remember the cupboard putting someone's actual sentience into the toyYeah, there's a fucked up scene in the sequel book where the kids try to bring back a WW2 medic but all they get is the dude's uniform folded up neatly, implying he died.
It also explains that the key that opens the cupboard is actually what's magic and the kids use it on a big wooden chest that transports them back in time to the old west, though they're still the size of toys.
There's a few more books that apparently have psychic powers and stuff like that but I haven't read them. Shit's crazy.