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80's Potential Now Realized..
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01-11-2008, 09:37 PM
Stygian
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swafus
Hydro Viper 88' = When I saw the coming soon pic on the back of the first 88 series fig. I picked up I remember being stoked! This must be a new scary version of the Eels?! Alas, the color pallet for this fig. (purple, red and black) works better as a bruise. It came with a "pet" stingray? One of the hands was webbed?...a result of the genetic experiments to...I guess.....help him swim better?? and I never really got the "demon of the deep" thing either? This would have been a better title for a cobra horror movie!
I remember leaving this figure on the pegs as a kid and I bought a Starcom vehicle instead :-)
OMG, you're so right!! I remember seeing the card art for that guy (this was long after I'd stopped collecting and was trying to get back into it) and thinking that I absolutely HAD to get him! See, I have a weird fetish surrounding removeable helmets, and scuba oriented characters nearly always seemed have this feature, so I figured (no pun intended) I'd be in heaven with this guy- great design, very dangerous and edgy looking, and a great set of gear! What could go wrong?
Then....I saw the figure. Then I tried to put the equipt. on the figure. After the disappointment of seeing the figure itself, and then the fact that his helmet kept coming off...I just threw up my hands. Again, potential...unrealized.
That being said, now could be Hasbro's chance to do RIGHT by Hydro-Viper! What'dya say, Hasbro?
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