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Set Title: Army Men on Patrol
Set #: 7595
Theme: Toy Story
Pieces: 90
Minifigures: 4
Year of Release: 2010 (late 2009)
Price at Release: $12.99 at TRU, $9.99? from LEGO
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INTRODUCTION
First, a word about the pictures in this review. I have a good camera, but its color perception is not always perfect. I monkeyed with photoediting to try and recreate the green-ness of this set, but there was not always a perfect solution. So, remember this: this set is very, very vibrantly green. Not all the parts on the jeep are the exact same shade of green, but the minifigures are, for the most part. To get the best understanding of how very green this set is, you may need to buy it yourself.
Because this set is so green, it certainly stands out on a TRU shelf. The box does report that some components are made in China (like so many sets these days), and it wasn't too hard to tell which pieces were not usual LEGO quality. To find that out, you'll have to read on…
BOX
A new set, so I've got box pictures! Remember from two seconds ago when I said this box stands out on a shelf? Well, here it is, a brightly colored, not muddled design that nicely shows off the set in its on-the-floor-since-it's-a-toy setting. Interesting to note that the piece count had to be moved from under the title in order to fit the very creepy looking Woody design. Don't stare into those eyes too long!
One side of the box continues the art from the front with a rendering of the army men bucket. You have to wonder why the set is called "army men," if the bucket says "soldiers." Maybe army men just seems less intimidating, and more macho.
The back shows off something reminiscent to the movie scene, where the soldier is injured by Andy's mom and has to be helped to safety. Of course, I don't seem to remember a jeep in the movie, but hey, they couldn't include a giant bouncing ball! Sorry box-flatteners, this one you've got to punch open.
The top of the box shows what it reports to be an "actual size" picture. However, since the minifigure is not shown straight from the front as they usually are in this section, you can't really tell if the figure is actual size. This is the first time I've ever seen an "actual size" picture that you can't actually compare with the figure.
Lastly, another side of the box shows the same picture as the front, with the set title in other languages and a snazzy "join the 'get a really thin magazine' club" logo.
INSTRUCTIONS
Front. Not mangled, and it has the same very creepy Woody as the box.
Back. Man, I want to slap the screaming kid. Not because he's a kid, but because he's screaming. No hating on kids here.
Random Page. Luckily, I could distinguish all three colors. The pages have that nice cloudy design that is all over the TS sets.
The (green) parts list.
And an ad for the other TS January sets.
PARTS
Here are all the parts laid out, minus all parts that have to do with minifigures. I don't believe there's ever been a set with so much of a primary color, and it's great. Some of these pieces, like the wheels, have never been released in green before, but apart from that there are no 'special' pieces. Too bad not all the green bricks are exactly the same shade of green, though the differences are only very slight.
The sole extra pieces is a trans-green little round.
MINIFIGURES
Even if you've got a green brick fetish, admit it, it's really the figs (and accessories) that drew you to this set.
It's quite the stir of the LEGO community that LEGO has finally made army helmets. But I don't hold any hopes for army sets. Just because there's a TS western set doesn't mean that Western is coming back. Still, you can stock up on the helmets here, and get some darn nice looking camo figs along with them.
No back printing for these fellas, but that's ok. They've got army helmets and green heads!
Here's a better look at the face and torso. I don't think the toy soldiers ever looked happy in the movie, but hey, it's LEGO. I'm not sure why they decided to make the undershirt and belt a lighter shade of green, but it's not bad. Overall, beautiful minifigures, and I foresee some interesting MOCs with the possibility of green faces.
ACCESSORIES
Almost as big a draw as the minifigures are the impressive accessories. None of these pieces have ever been made in green before, and the metal detector piece isn't very common nowadays (it appeared in a bunch of Mars Mission sets back in 2008). However, there are a few things wrong with accessories. First, I don't remember the metal detector being bendable, and now it is very bendable. The rifles are also slightly bendy, though not li the metal detector, and even the Indiana Jones rifles are not bendy. If you look closely at the walkie-talkie handles, you can see that that they are slightly messed up in places because the handle rubs apart as soon as a you put it in a figure's hand. You could say that LEGO was trying to be authentic to the movie figures by making everything bendy, but I think it's more reasonably a case of Chinese parts.
You also get four stands, sure to be useful for displaying minifigures with LEGO-made pieces. These have a nice shape, and can be put down on studs, an extra plus.
Now for all the draws together in one pic: the minifigures loaded up with the accessories (minus the stretcher). Wonderfully green!
BUILD
The jeep is a straight-forward vehicle, but here's the build anyway. Note the use of light bley tiles inside, those will become a design issue on the completed set, since the ruin the "completely green" feel of the vehicle.
COMPLETED JEEP
There's no way for this jeep to be movie accurate, since there's no jeep in the movie to base it on. Still, I can assess if it looks good, or not.
First a 3/4 view. It looks good from this angle; small and cute, and plenty army-ish with its detailing and color scheme.
Front. Now we get right into what's not so good. The body of the jeep look fine, but the chassis is too big and the wheels should not not jut out to six-wide. Maybe the jeep is designed with jutting-out wheels to look cartoony and extra toy-ish, but to me it just looks bad. This is one set that I really want to MOD to make the wheels fit with the four-wide body.
Back. Again, nice details like green taillights and the extra wheel with tire, but it runs into the same problem of a huge chassis and jutting wheels.
Side. This doesn't look so bad since you can't tell the wheels are jutting, but, as Svelte would say, you can tell it's quite a 'colorful' truck. Doesn't look quite as bad in real life, though.
Above. Doesn't look too bad from this tilted angle, but from straight above the jutting would be visible again.
Here's one more problem. It is visible with the wheels and chassis on too, but I took them off to demonstrate how the gray tiles break the continuity of the green, for no reason. The black on the truck blends fine, but there's no reason for this gray to be here. Besides, there are even some green 2x2 tiles in the set! Why LEGO, why?
WHOLE SET + FUN
Here they are, our intrepid green army men idling about by there truck, ready for whenever the commander (Woody) gives a new order. Brilliantly green, I must say.
Now they're off on a mission, scouting out new presents, seeing what's up in Andy's home…
Oh no! Man down by giant motherly foot! Quick, Medic, hurry to the scene with your empty briefcase and backpack full of imaginary medical tools!
CONCLUSION
This set certainly reflects a modern trend (in America, anyway) of "going green." Green this, green that… and now, green LEGO! What you probably wanted from this set was awesome minifigures and accessories in cool colors. Well, you got them, though the bendiness of certain accessories is just a tad of a bummer. The jeep wasn't even in the movie, but it's not so well designed. Yes, it's cute, and looks fine from most angles, but the front and back views look bad. I know, it's toyish, but I was disappointed with it. The few varying shades of green are also a bit disappointed. I'm not sorry about my purchase at all, but there are those certain "let-down" aspects that I can't overlook.
RATINGS
Parts: 6.5/10 - nice to get stuff in green, but color continuity is not so great and certain accessories are bendy.
Design: 5.5/10 - those wheels really kill it, along with the random light bley tiles. I would have liked some classic town wheels, those would have worked well.
Minifigures: 10/10 - no complaints here. Simply green and beautiful.
Playability: 9.5/10 - no enemies, but then, there were no enemies for the soldiers in the movie either. Even without flick-fires (sarcasm), I think there's plenty to do with a jeep and four green army guys.
Price: 10/10 - I don't know what the real price is, but for four minifigures and 90 parts, $10 or $13 is fine by me.
Overall: 8.3/10 - that's a low "B" where I come from, and that sounds right to me. While I still encourage everyone to get this set because the minifigures are awesome and it comes with green accessories, don't expect to be %100 pleased with it.
And now, the Green Army Men are off to hunt down all licensed themes and spread the message: Disney is in Town!
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I am disappointed at the cheap accessories. There is no excuse for it besides trying to save money. I thought since there was that lead paint scare that TLG would avoid China. Apparently not. 
Good review as a ways Clone O'Patra. it is a nice little set. 
AFOLS are very strange people. 
'Colorful' indeed 
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