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07-08-2016, 05:03 PM | #1 |
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"We can't wait to pick over your bones!"
Night Vulture another from the Air Commando subset released in 1991. Like Air Devil he had no media coverage, he was not in the ARAH comics nor in the animated series(if I am wrong let me know). Night Vultures are Cobra's Recon specialist. Unlike the Air Devils, the Night Vultures have no glider training at all. The only way to become a Night Vulture you have to complete the program which consist of one objective, to survive. Night Vulture consist of: Head: Cobra Trooper v18 Body: Snake Eyes v34 The Night Vulture is basically a repaint of the Modern Era version of the 1989 Snake Eyes with the (first) Retaliation Cobra Trooper's head. Don't get me wrong the parts work fine to represent an updated Modern Era version of the character, it's just this mold is a bit outdated. I also find ironic that Snake Eyes got this uniform during Marvel's Snake Eyes: Trilogy from the Paine Brothers and now the Night Vulture wear this same outfit. Accessories is the usual that we have seen so far in the convention set. The glider from Snake Eyes v51, crossbow from Zartan v21, the knives also from Snake Eyes v34, and the vest from Desert Viper v1. So what do I think of the Night Vulture? It's a decent figure, though the outdated Snake Eyes mold with the Cobra Trooper's head works very well. I do think the knives are too much, the figure looks fine without them. Many might let their OCD get to them staring at the hole in his chest. Zartan's crossbow is a bit on the large side. At least The Club didn't go with behemoth of a crossbow from the Night Creepers. Like the Heli-Viper, I wouldn't go overboard trying to get him into a Collection (if you didn't get this set), when you can make your own. Granted not all of us can make customs figures and would like to have an official figure of any given character. Still it's another ARAH character to check off of the ARAH to Modern Era list and having just one won't break the bank.
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07-08-2016, 07:00 PM | #2 |
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Nice review. I just got my bagged set yesterday and haven't gotten around to opening any Cobra's yet. I don't really like the knives on the chest cause I find they come off too easily.
You do have them upside down in the later pictures. Is that so they stay on better or just wanted to try something different?
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07-08-2016, 07:18 PM | #3 |
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Looks like a nice figure. One is good enough for me. The knives are not really needed as the ARAH figure never had them, just grenades and other bits on his vest.
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07-08-2016, 08:48 PM | #4 |
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As I stated before with my Night Vulture custom, the three main problems I have with this figure are the vest(should have had something bulkier and the knives don't really look right on him), the head(the first ROC Snake Eyes head would be better due to the molded mouth), and the body(really think the DVD 5-pack 25th Anniversary Snake Eyes mold would have been better, as the DG Snake Eyes body makes him shorter). It looks ok...to me this figure looks more like it's trying to emulate the Heavy Assault Squad version of Snake Eyes rather than be Night Vulture.
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07-08-2016, 09:47 PM | #5 |
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In my eyes he will always be purple Snake Eyes...
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07-09-2016, 11:44 PM | #6 |
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I finally opened mine. The glider fits the best on him out of all the cobras using this glider.
The only thing I don't like is the that the vest doesn't really fit. It rides high on his shoulders and the strap looks like it is choking him.
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07-10-2016, 02:58 PM | #7 |
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07-10-2016, 04:10 PM | #8 |
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I've had no problems w/ the knives coming off. It just looks like he'll cut his face up with the blades in the correct position. Having the blades facing downward makes more sense. Now it looks like his chin will be hitting the handles on the knives. Either way, he looks better without the knives.
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07-10-2016, 07:07 PM | #9 |
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07-11-2016, 12:23 PM | #10 |
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Here's what I did with mine. I didn't like the hole in the chest but find that having both knives makes it look too 'busy'. So I just used one knife.
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