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Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:34 pm
by Athos
From eurobricks:

Woody's Roundup:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... opic=36289

Army Men: lots of green tiles and unusual green pieces. I may have to pick up a few of these

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... opic=36178

Woody, Buzz and some army men:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35155593@N ... 968641954/

Steve

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:40 pm
by outcast
I am looking forward to that army men set. :D

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:56 am
by Count Blacktron
Woody's legs would also make nice circus clown legs, or stilt walkers. I am so glad they did not Jack Stone this series. :spin:

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:15 am
by wobnam
I wonder how long it'll take after these sets are properly available before I am totally fed up with military creations using the military men torsos and helmets.

And when I say how long, I mean how many weeks.

My guess is two and a half.

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:17 am
by sirJacob
ooh, i want to make turtles out of the helmets :D
the setts look really good!
but i think it would be nicer if woody and (the girl) were standard minifig size...

otherwise is seems like a must buy!

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:28 pm
by Evil Ben
wobnam wrote:And when I say how long, I mean how many weeks.

My guess is two and a half.
Gosh, you're patient... :wink: Not sure I'll last that long.

I'll look forward to seeing sirJacob's turtles, though, and all the other cool ideas imaginative people are bound to come up with. For myself I don't think I can have too many green parts, and the army men torsos will be usable in civilian figs. So, on the whole, yay! :)

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:41 pm
by Bruce N H
Hey,

I stopped by Toys R Us and got the army men set for $12.99US. No idea what I'll do with them, but it's too fun a set to pass up. For now they'll live on my desk at work.

Bruce

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:37 pm
by Napoleon
ARMY MEN! :D Seriously, Toy Story is one of my family's favorites. Surely the best Pixar. UGH! I hate the Woody and Buzz figs! :orc: Absolutely hidious! Man, Those are the worst minifigs in history! Woody's Round-up doesn't look too bad though! :) I might have to get it. Thanks, Athos!

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:40 am
by satas
I found the army men, woodys roundup, the go kart, buzz's space ship, and build a buzz at target in cleveland oh today. Picked up the army men for 10.99 and the go kart for 20.99. the kart is small but a lot of fun, it has a motor so when you pull it backwards it drives itself about 20 feet. Im looking forward to the rest of these except for the large buzz and emperor zurg.

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:16 am
by RichardAM
The build-a-buzz set is actually the only one i'm looking forward to. The minifig sets don't seem right, and as I keep mentioning, I think the figs themselves have little use for being anything other than the character they're meant to portray.

The Western set seems interesting, but only because it's a shout-out to the original theme and certainly seems to contain the most bricks.

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:04 am
by KarenJ
Don't give up on 7592 Buzz Lightyear..... he's got white 1 x 3 tiles... 8 of them. Where is the "heart" "love" emoticon please? If I could afford it (saving for IF), I'd buy an army of those aliens.

I really like the green army men and the cute bases they stand on. Seems they can make for some very pretty landscape pieces.

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:11 pm
by plums_deify
I bought the Build-a-Buzz. He's pretty darn fun. But I'll be really honest...I wanted a Toy Story set, and I wanted one of the aliens, and this was available.

I enjoyed the build. I think the design's pretty darn good. He's quite solid.

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:49 pm
by Mörs
Honestly, a LEGO Toy Story theme has to be the most ridiculous idea TLG has come out yet. I personally deteste Toy Story, but even if you do not -- don't you find the idea of representing TOYS (and from a movie, at that!) by another (clearly superior, though) TOY... silly, to say the least?

The only good stuff I can see in it are the army men, and maybe the big legs and arms (as you could use them for making giant people, or just very tall people).

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:17 pm
by Athos
I think its a bad idea for a line too. Though the army men are kind of nice.
I bought the Build-a-Buzz. He's pretty darn fun. But I'll be really honest...I wanted a Toy Story set, and I wanted one of the aliens, and this was available.
I want an alien too, but $25 is too much for an alien. The rest of the parts don't seem much good for me.

Steve

Re: Toy Story Reviews

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:45 pm
by Tedward
Mörs wrote:...don't you find the idea of representing TOYS (and from a movie, at that!) by another (clearly superior, though) TOY... silly, to say the least?
Actually I find it hilarious. The recursive meta-jokes of a toy within a toy is clever and can be used to express some serious thoughts about the nature of toys, play and our cultures obsession with nostalgia, corporate branding and modern omnipresent branding. :D

BTW I loved the original movie and think the new figures are awesome. It is like they leapt right off the screen