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Kicked out of the academy during his first year for fighting, the cadet quickly
returned the following year and found his strengths weren’t necessarily in
academics but in hard-headed grit, and sheer determination. More ‘hammer’ than
‘scalpel’, upon graduation he was immediately placed at the forefront of all the
‘impossible’ assignments and has completed all missions with a 98.7% success
rate (on the rare occasion producing results not through force, but with an
unusually arbitrary but intuitive intellect). Few would have considered such a
success story from a lad of uncertain beginnings and parentage.
I’m a movie fan and a Lego fan. I don’t usually pursue a combination of the two
(some of the Star Wars models might be an exception) but the Construct A Buzz
model looked like it had a good assortment of parts (with the potential for a
nice little alternate mech model) so I took a chance.
The 7592 Construct A Buzz is basically an astronaut action figure that stands
around seven inches tall.
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss65/burrito-breath/lego/7592/7592-01.jpg
Figure has articulation points at the wrists, shoulders, hips and ankles. The
transparent bubble-helmet of the figure is dissected into two halves (front and
back) with the front half able to slide forward or back into the last half. His
backpack sports a couple of wings that hinge up into ‘flight’ mode if desired.
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss65/burrito-breath/lego/7592/7592-04.jpg
A single flick-missile is mounted on the right arm (and a small minifig-size
alien also comes with the set). Two sloped bricks and a 1x2 tile are
pre-printed, a small sticker sheet comes with the set for the wings and chest
panels.
While I was looking forward to getting one of these, it’s actually better than I
figured it would be (albeit just a little bit smaller). All around construction
of the figure (including joints) is solid. Ball and socket joints are used for
the wrists, shoulders and ankles; rotating click joints are used for the hips.
There is a GREAT assortment of pieces (just a few more plates and bricks would
have made this a seven or eight stud review, but as it is it’s terrific).
Particularly helpful are the single-piece (Bionicle?) hand elements, these are
VERY helpful for mech models.
I’m including a couple of comparison shots between this and one of the Mega
Bloks mini-Gundam sets that came out in foreign markets last year. Where those
MB sets were difficult (and pricey) to get a hold of, the Buzz model pretty much
puts the basic parts (and even a building template) into domestic users’ hands
to get started on their own Gundam model.
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss65/burrito-breath/lego/7592/7592-05.jpg
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss65/burrito-breath/lego/7592/7592-06.jpg
Bottom line is this is a great set whether you’re a Toy Story fan (or even an
action figure type model) or not. I paid $24.00 for the set and it’s almost but
not quite worth it (most recently saw it on sale for $19.00 which is a much more
reasonable price). Oddly, I’m having a bit more of a difficult time finding the
Construct A Zurg now (but there are plenty of Buzz models wherever I go).
!!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!!
Rating: Six out of eight studs.
Thumbs up for: Pretty good principal model. Great selection of bricks,
plates, brackets and joints.
Wallet-Wise: $25.00 suggested U.S. retail for
205 pieces.
Date: 5/1/10
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