[starbuck]

This is my guess. A departure from the standard Cobra trooper formula, and he is left on the pegs everywhere...

What do you think?

[Hellion42]

I think the adhesion to the Hasbro formula of "pack something cool one per case, then once almost everyone has one send out a revision case with multiples" is the reason JV is clogging pegs.

[drunknmunky]

Yes. With his sniper rifle.

[Steelgrave]

FUCK HASBRO!!!!! That's what I think!


And you can quote me on that!

[Black Llama]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steelgrave

FUCK HASBRO!!!!! That's what I think!


And you can quote me on that!

There is no way in hell I'm quoting you on that.

[Moses]

Imagine if they made the JV more like the classic night viper - they wouldn't be able to make enough. But they make it a little bulkier and give it a massive gun and it sits on the pegs.

I just may buy a few more so I can modify them into night vipers,

Data viper would be similar - we would go nuts for the first wave of them, but if Hasbro sent more out they would probably sit on the pegs. Sad to see they scratched them though

[Weezus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellion42

I think the adhesion to the Hasbro formula of "pack something cool one per case, then once almost everyone has one send out a revision case with multiples" is the reason JV is clogging pegs.

lol yeah im soooo glad we get another viper with a minor repaint.

but really, its probably a fairly savvy marketing strategy.

[Jmacq1]

If he made it to tooling, we'll see him somewhere eventually, but I would not be surprised if underperformance by the Jungle-Viper figure influenced the decision. As someone else noted on another thread: It seems to be a vocal minority of the Joe fanbase that clamors for genuinely new stuff, because when genuinely new stuff pops up, it rarely sells well compared to more "classic" stuff. No matter how cool it might be.

Damn shame, too. Looked like a cool figure, especially with those mini-UAVs.

[redx24]

cancelled ?? i go out of town for 2 damn days and this happens everyone road trip. we need to find out who authorised this and destroy them

[blayze5150]

I don't know. This figure looked uber dumb to me. Seems like a Hasbro WTF moment. It does have that in common with the Jungle Viper. I would not have bought these. That's what Techno Vipers are for!