Code Red, repeat, we are at Code Red! Recon plan Charlie. Execute! Let's move, move, move, move, move!
Guys, it's finally here. The "Woody & The Troops" multipack (as part of Mattel's epic Toy Story 7" scale action figure collection) has arrived on Amazon in the US at long last. For the few of you diehard collectors out there like myself who have known about this set since [at least] March, I'm sure you're just as thrilled with this release as I am. Images have been floating around the internet for ages now and it seemed to be only available on the Walmart Canada website. I was so close to ordering from there and paying the extra money, as I had my doubts it would even be distributed here at this point. I'm glad I held off! Amazon US got this in stock a week or two ago, so I ordered it right from there and it came in just a couple days. I'm not sure if it will also be available in-store soon at Walmart and/or Target, but I'll keep you updated here if I see anything.
I think it's so cool to have the classic Toy Story "Bucket O Soldiers" and army men in this scale. It's a great addition to this already expansive line of figures! Between getting these soldiers and Lenny this year, one can only hope we'll be getting more of Andy's secondary toys in this scale in 2021 or beyond (Wheezy, Rocky, Snake/Robot, Shark, Hocky Puck, etc...). Who would you like to see made?
I continue to really love the clean Pixar banner packaging that's been used for all of Mattel's Pixar figures this year, as well as the use of the 25th anniversary icon for the Toy Story ones like on this one here.
Of course with any of these multipacks that get released, I do wish I didn't have to get characters I already have to get ones I don't (I must have four or five of these Woody figures at this point). Again though, that's collecting for you! Including Woody with this set makes sense (I get it), but heck, at least a new variant of Woody would have been nice (like how they produced the scared Woody for the Benson 2-Pack); but alas—this is the same Woody figure that has been released countless times over the past year. So in today's review, I'll be only focusing in on the green army men and their Bucket O soldiers.
There are 20 army men that come inside the bucket and they all look
fantastic and very screen accurate! Each soldier stands at about 1 3/4"
tall, while the bucket itself has a 4" circumference and is 2 3/4" tall.
In a surprising (yet not surprising at all) move, Mattel decided to not
include any soldiers holding guns/weapons.
When you first open up the bucket, you'll find the soldiers in a little plastic baggie.
There are six different solider variations included with this set:
- Arms out (x4)
- Binoculars (x3)
- Arm up (x3)
- Metal detector (x3)
- Laying down (x4)
- Saluting (x3)
Currently the price on Amazon for this is around $30, but that's not the actual retail price. So if you want to wait until the price goes down, I totally get it (should end up being around $17 I believe).
What are you thoughts?? Will you be picking this up for your Toy Story Mattel action figure collection? To me, these are such classic characters that I can't imagine passing this up if you're invested in this line (even if you do have to get another Woody figure). Looking forward to the conversation down below!
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