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04-24-2022, 05:54 PM | #1 |
Ne Plus Ulta
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Now that I've gotten your attention with the click bait title on the 12th I came up on two B.A.T.s and two Alley Vipers at the Target at Atlantic Terminal in downtown Brooklyn. As I was posting on FB about finding a B.A.T. a dude in the store enters the action figure aisle sees me with my B.A.T. and offers me the three other figures making the best day I've had since I've rentered the game last year.
The figures the Alley Viper is a good solid figure, while the B.A.T. is dope. The B.A.T. is probably the best army builder in the line thus far. My only issue with the Alley Viper is the lack of camo on the back of the figure and of course the color scheme. I'm simply not feeling the orange. Remember when the notion behind Classified was that it was supposed to be a modern update to the 3.75" line, but Lenny and 'em abandoned that idea when we rejected the garish colors and Nerf guns? Well the JOE team kinda "threw the baby out with the bath water," when they did a 180? and went with giving us a 6" facsimile of a figure that we owned in the 80's. Truth be told certain characters are in desperate need of an update, (shout out to Quick Kick and Shipwreck,) and the Alley Viper is one of them. Mind you I never owned a v1 Alley Viper so I don't have the emotional attachment to the v1 figure, with that being said the Alley Viper's debut in Classified should have been of him in urban camo. If I were brand manager, (assuming that they make that decision,) I would have did a general release of the A.V. in urban camo then pissed the fandom off by going for the blatant cash grab and released the Alley Viper in his original colors as a store exclusive. If you follow Will Stone's work on FB, he did a digital render of the Alley Viper in urban camouflage and this shit is hard. This is the Alley Viper that I want and would army build. https://m.facebook.com/groups/GIJoeU...2478919325449/. Hopefully, Hasbro will give us another Alley Viper in urban camo.
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04-24-2022, 06:53 PM | #2 |
GI Joe Graffiti General
Join Date: Jan 2020
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Alley Viper is legendary. One of my favorites.
I doubt Hasbro will do anything to piss off the last of the guys who don’t want change, for every manbaby tear drop, They have to pass out retro bottles and passies. Imagine how tiring that is? but I’d gladly take that challenge and create it and I can’t even see the example you shown Becuase it’s Private. It just sounds dope
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04-24-2022, 11:27 PM | #3 |
Ne Plus Ulta
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Well that defeats the purpose. Go on the G.I. JOE Uncensored page and do search for Will Stone Alley Viper.
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04-24-2022, 11:46 PM | #4 |
Hunter Vanguard
Join Date: Dec 2008
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He definitely sticks out among the Infantry and Vipers. And I'll add BAT to that thought as well, the design in the artwork looks a lot more menacing than the classic rounded shape they went with. I don't really mind that the line has shifted towards old school designs, but I would've liked to see a more modern take first for sure. But this is Hasbro, I'm almost certain we'll see repaints. Every other figure so far seems to have gotten some variant or reuse, they'd be stupid not to do the same with the AV after the PoC variant was so sought after back in the day.
And like Slice said, that FB group is private, and I don't even have a FB to try and join it either. You could save the image and re-host it here, I'd like to see it. |
04-25-2022, 12:28 AM | #5 |
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Join Date: Dec 2021
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Some who can see facebook post a screen grab.
I agree about wanting A.V. in urban camo. But "Just say NO" to any store exclusives.
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04-25-2022, 12:37 AM | #6 |
Mass Nerderer
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Agreed, that is a good look. It reminds me an awful lot of the JvC AV that was packed in with either Mirage or Big Ben that also had a red variant. Don't get me wrong, I love the orange actually, in fact I'd have been mildly disappointed had they made the first Classified version any other way, but the AV is one troop I'd buy in just about any color scheme. Especially if they went crazy and gave us the V2 yellow and black.
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04-25-2022, 01:18 AM | #7 |
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They didn?t have a problem selling Baroness or Beach head with updated looks so fanboys can?t make a blanket statement that updates will kill the line. retro only looks will get stale and threaten the line. We already have figures that look just like the vintage ones and last I checked 30th and POC lines were very well received.
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04-25-2022, 02:25 AM | #8 |
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I’m glad the Alley-Viper was a regular release. Now the Cobra Trooper and Viper being Target exclusives for the Cobra Island theme was just stupid. I was fortunate and for the most part was able to get what I wanted. So far I have only found the Alley-Vipers twice and a friend helped me with my first one. So I have 4 loose and 1 boxed. I am good with that. I always saw them as specialists in small fire squads of 4 anyway.
Personally, if they made a blue repaint I would be all over it. I would try to get 4 of them too. I would use them along side my Cobra Troopers/Infantry as urban support. Hasbro recouping money on repaints is nothing new. I could see them doing this down the road. |
04-25-2022, 05:15 AM | #9 |
Dark Lord of the Mods
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: United Kingdom
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If the Viper 3 pack is successful, I look forward to more 3 pack troop builders, with two troops and an officer, in the future. They might skip the blue shirts, since they already released the troops and officer as separate figures, but an Alley Viper three pack, with an officer would be nice. Or, if they revist the blueshirts in a three pack, they could put them in arctic clothing, or something, to make them stand out more. As it is, since I already have both troopers and the officer is on preorder, if they released a blueshirt three pack, with little to no changes, I wouldn't buy it.
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04-25-2022, 10:51 AM | #10 |
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