Explosive Green Army Men

Origins
For many American boys, playing with army men and blowing them up with fireworks is almost a rite of passage.

Effects
The user can throw them to produce large-scale, firework-like explosions but they slowly take over the user's mind, inducing patriotic and militaristic thoughts and actions. The effect of the artifact increases with the more army men used; they can be neutralized individually.

The army men blow up fairly quickly, sparking like a firework for a few seconds, but they take longer to explode the farther they are from the bucket. The colors of the explosions vary from soldier to soldier, but common colors are red, white and blue.