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Vapor, unique character or trooper?
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12-07-2022, 12:55 PM
Josh Z
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Pretty sure they saved the viper for 86 as that year was in many ways a refresh/soft reboot of the brand. A new roster of characters that replace the old crew (Hawk?s return to replace Duke, Serpentor replacing CC, Leatherneck replacing Gung Ho, Dialtone and Breaker, Wetsuit and Torpedo, Mindbender and Destro, new Dreadnoks, the list goes on and on). Even the card art explosion, the file cards, and the GI Joe logo changed. The viper replacing the trooper as well as the cobra soldiers having the viper suffix is probably the most distinct representation of this change.
Makes sense, but how did the Tele-Viper slip through in '85?
Just seems odd to have a specialty Viper released on its own a year before the Viper concept was established.
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