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[Forresto]

One of my earliest memories growing up is playing with my dad, building different scenarios with my plastic army men. Be it bugs or the tan I would just spend hours leading my little green soldiers against their foes. In fact the earliest video games I ever played was 3DO's plastic army men series which I really enjoyed. Now a days I still have a small collection of army men but in general most of my collection is gone. When I first saw that Lego was doing a set that had Plastic army men I just could'nt control myself. After I inevitbly bought a set (could'nt afford two ), I could'nt put them away. After a while I realized that two things were missing, first there were no sets with any tan soldiers. That was beyond my capabilities (if anyone out in the community tries I would love to see it). Secondly there was no tank. Since the last thing is very important to any modern army I decided to build the creation I present to you now.

The Tank









Machine gun





Dynamite Bomber
Don't pretend you have'nt once done this before


The convoy



Make sure to check out the gallery on brickshelf for more pics Link

Thank you and all comments good or bad are most welcome

[prateek]

Yes! I think we need a tank like this, and for being for the army men is a bonus. I also love the machine gun!

[General Armendariz]

The tank is great! and it looks exactly like how it would look if you buy those plastic armymen

Forresto, on Dec 30 2009, 04:12 PM, said:

Dynamite Bomber
Don't pretend you have'nt once done this before

I've done that

[I Scream Clone]

A nice creation in a colour where there isn't a lot of pieces for vehicles. Great stuff.

[Forresto]

Thank you guys for the comments!

@Prateek: I'm glad you like it and the machine gun was actually just a lucky tablescrap.

@General Armendariz: Thank you.
I did it once I think but one thing I did a couple times was melting a soldier or two in the oven.

@I Scream Clone: Tanks and that was really the main problem when I built the tank. There is'nt very many green pieces useful in building vehicles, especially when making one in a solid color.

[Justin]

Forresto, on Dec 30 2009, 05:12 PM, said:

Dynamite Bomber
Don't pretend you have'nt once done this before


Thank you and all comments good or bad are most welcome

It's a Combat Carl! LOL!

[lightningtiger]

Is the tank meant to be a Sherman,, yours has too thick a barrel.
That's all that's stopping this being a really cool MOC, apart from the barrel I love it !
The machine gun is very clever !
Oh, yeah no wonder he doesn't look happy - TNT strapped to his back and what about the medic with a pistol - if he can't help you he'll put you out of your misery !
Great work 'Forresto' and have a happy new year !

[Forresto]

lightningtiger, on Dec 31 2009, 11:32 PM, said:

Is the tank meant to be a Sherman,
, yours has too thick a barrel.
That's all that's stopping this being a really cool MOC, apart from the barrel I love it !
The machine gun is very clever !
Oh, yeah no wonder he doesn't look happy - TNT strapped to his back and what about the medic with a pistol - if he can't help you he'll put you out of your misery !
Great work 'Forresto' and have a happy new year !

Thank you a lot and have a happy new year also!
It was not neccesarily meant to be a Sherman but more like this Link . Kind've the basic, classic tank look.
I will probably will work on the tank though since the barrel is probably too big. I've never made a tank in Lego, at least a not non Star Wars one .
Cheers!

This post has been edited by Forresto: 01 January 2010 - 05:32 AM

[TheBrickster]

Fantastic! I've always wanted to make a LEGO tank, but never tried. I love the thought of a green tank to go with the Toy Story soldiers, and this one is a great. I also like how you pictured the soldiers with the trees/landscape. Nice job!

[Selander]

Reading my history books I've heard a lot about the red army. (from former Soviet union)
But now you presented the environmental friendly "green army"

[saberwing]

Forresto, on Dec 31 2009, 12:12 AM, said:

Don't pretend you have'nt once done this before

I used to do that with this piece.

This post has been edited by saberwing: 01 January 2010 - 05:58 PM

[Big Cam]

Sadly I think this will be the only green army men set that LEGO makes. I can't really see any other need, I mean unless they include a jump rope for that scene.

With that said I'm going to be buying at least ten of these sets.

Great tank BTW, it's the right size I think.

[VBBN]

Awesome! I suspect a whole line of MOCs could come from this...

[Loganwan]

What fun. I love how MOCs start to show up for stuff just days after the release. Little Green Army Men might last longer than the Toy Story line. :)

[Oky]

Nice MOCs. I too have thought about making some MOCs for the Arny Men. I love the tank and machine gun. But the machine gun is the only one that seems like a real Army Men MOC because it's the only one that's all green. Try to find green solutions for the grey bits here, and the Mocs will be perfect.
And yes, the "Dynamite Bomber" does remind of Combat Carl.