Army Building

Although I had owned a few figures earlier than it, I began "seriously" collecting Transformers with the first movie line. Transformers wasn't my first collecting hobby, that distinction goes to Lego. To this day it shocks people that with all the lego I own, I have never put it all in one pile and built at random. Most sets have never been mixed with another. This attitude perhaps should have been a sign that Lego collecting wasn't totally ideal for me, but even with Transformers taking it's place, I still keep tabs on what the Lego group is doing and buying that which catches my eye. Indeed, many of my most extravagant purchases or gifts are Lego related rather than Transformer related.

This small set is from the initial wave of Toy Story sets, and represents a roughly life-size look at the green army men seen in all three films, most prominantly in the first. Since sets just containing minifigs have tended to sell badly (due to the low price to size ratio in turn due to the cost of printing the minifig parts), a small green 4x4 vehicle is also included. This set marks the closest to a true military theme that Lego is willing to do, and as such was popular for containing army uniforms and helmets for minifigs. Each figure comes with a base resembling those in the film. Three are in standard uniform, one has a backpack and a medic's helmet.

As well as the 4x4, there are also two rifles, two walky-talky's, two sets of binoculars, a metal detector, a suitcase and a stretcher, all in green of course. Even holding an item in each hand it isn't possible for the minifigs to hold everything, so Lego have been generous here.

Whilst some of the larger sets with moulded heads were initially met with mixed reactions, this set was generally well received; with the line proving poular this set has always sold fast. I was lucky enough to find it less that half price, an absolute steal, but even at full price, if you're interested, it's worth taking the shot.