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09-05-2013, 03:11 PM | #1 |
Retired Toy Hunter
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From card back "dossier":
Night Vipers stalk their prey in the dead of night. They specialize in nighttime fighting and blend into the shadows until it's time to strike. They use high tech night-vision optics to see clearly in no-light conditions, and they can hit their target even in total darkness. Finally one of my favorite Cobra's the Night Viper is now in ME form. A figure that has been in many Collector's want list since the 25th/ME era. Hard to believe that it has been six years since we first saw those two 5 Packs. Though the new Night Viper isn't an exact ARAH update like the Alley Viper. I think Hasbro did a great job with the parts they used. Let's take a look, Head: Jungle Viper v3 Torso, Arms, & Hands: Shock Trooper v1 Upper legs & feet: Skydive v2 Lower legs: Night Creeper v11 Accessories is the one thing Hasbro did not hold back with these newer figures. Night Viper comes with plenty of accessories for his missions. Backpack: Elite Viperv1 Webgear: MARS Industries Officer v1 Satchel: Beachhead v11 Machete: Duke v42 Flashlight: Duke v42 Pistol: Duke v42 Rifle: Zartan v19 2nd Rifle: Duke v42 Shotgun: Joe Colton v1 Helmet, Visor & scope are all new sculpts. Like any other figure it has it's flaws. It takes patience to get him to hold the 'sniper' rifle, but that's due to the handle design. The 'dog tag' battle stand is pretty useless. The hole on the Night Vipers feet are not shallow enough to secure the figure in place. Peg diameter is smaller than that of the hole on the feet. The figure tends to just fall over. Maybe it's just my figure. But if you have the patience to get certain poses without the stand, it's do-able. Overall the Retaliation Night Viper is a great figure. The three piece helmet and visor design is perfect, very reminiscent of the ARAH figure. He even has his arm patch from the ARAH version. Hasbro did a great job with the new updated Night Viper. The only thing that'll make it perfect in my eyes is having his ARAH backpack and rifle, which I'll be casting for my squad of Night Vipers. Additional images mirrored here: http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/...-review-12457/
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09-05-2013, 03:15 PM | #2 |
Spartan F5 Viper
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Wish he had his vintage gun and the stand offs on his leg to hold it like the vintage...other then that hes perfect! Just like a I remember him...wish they would do more simple updates of the vipers like this...there's only a few more to make!
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09-05-2013, 03:17 PM | #3 |
Fuggin' Hawesome!
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that's an hawesome review, there jinxy.
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09-05-2013, 03:19 PM | #4 |
My SP is Addiction
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IMO - a thing of beauty. Great looking figure, great review.
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09-05-2013, 03:27 PM | #5 |
Cobra Retaliator
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Great review. Now if we can only find these guys in abundance it would be awesome.
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09-05-2013, 03:29 PM | #6 |
Christian Soldier
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Ditto for me. The last shot with the vintage I really digged.
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09-05-2013, 03:43 PM | #7 |
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Actually like the vintage one better. Something just didn't translate to the ME. Some questionable weapon choices, too. Zartan's IR scoped VSS should have been the go-to for this one.
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09-05-2013, 03:45 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
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It's just too bad Hasbro is crippling distribution on this one by only including one each of the three new figures with wave 4, ensuring that almost nobody will actually see them.
This one is all on Hasbro... damn. Let's hope they will carry through a few army builders to whatever wave 1 of the next line is, like they did with the Viper and Trooper in the 30th line. |
09-05-2013, 03:47 PM | #9 |
I just want foam gliders.
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Yeah, there's gonna be a rush to get that vintage rifle, much better than what he came with.
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09-05-2013, 03:50 PM | #10 |
Spartan F5 Viper
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Yeah infidelity going to need some casts of that..lol non on ebay atm....
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