![]() ![]() If you're one of those holdouts who still want only Real American Hero toys, you'll be pleased to know this one doesn't have a strong "movie vibe." Put him on a mission with your Snow Serpents and pretend he's a lieutenant or something. He has zero visual connection to his '80s namesake, but that works in his favor this design is cool enough to stand on its own. The Rise of Cobra Ice-Viper is an interesting figure. But it certainly looks cool, and that's ultimately the important thing, right? There's a hole on one side of the gun, but no corresponding peg anywhere on the figure. Does that keep it warm in subzero conditions? I don't know, I'm not a soldier. He's armed with one of the small pulse pistols Baroness and others have carried, as well as a MARS rifle that's been wrapped in cloth. His mundane weapons are still outlandish. Excellent! Sure, he doesn't have a vehicle to plug this one into, but with some imagination (and taking inspiration from his pants), you can turn it into a snowboard. (you know, in an effort to match thematically with the snow guy), it's a snowpedo! A what? A snowpedo, the distinctive torpedo weapons introduced - where else? - on the WOLF, the same vehicle that brought us the original Ice-Viper. It still launches a ridiculously oversized blue missile thing, but rather than being shaped like, I don't know, a huge icepick or something ![]() ![]() The camo pattern looks like he stole the pants from someone on the Joe Team, but they're gray, not blue.įor once, the Stupid Giant Gun isn't a total piece of crap. They still bend a full 90°, and swivel freely. You might think his legs would lose some mobility thanks to the huge snowboarder pants he wears, but not really. The figure has all the usual articulation, though the head is rather limited thanks to the hood and scarf on the vest. The card art shows the visor with a red polarized lens, so you get the idea Hasbro told the factory to paint the back of the piece, but neglected to mention There's an odd red stripe painted vertically on the visor, which doesn't seem to make any sense. He has a clear visor that can lift up a bit, revealing the unpainted lenses of his mask beneath. The Ice-Viper's head is new, with an angular mask over the mouthĪnd nose. He has something rolled up on his back - considering the snowy theatre of operations, it's probably not a bedroll, but a poncho of some sort. Yes, the scarf is molded as part of the vest. There's a large fur-lined hood pushed back onto the shoulders, and a scarf around his face. It's sculpted with large pockets, straps and even a recognizable zipper. That's because the dominating feature of his design is the bulky white vest, a separate piece that fits over the chest. The torso and arms are the same seen on the Neo-Viper figure, though that's not immediately apparent. Though the MARS Troopers stationed at the Arctic base weren't dressed in fancy new uniforms like this, the Ice-Viper still looks truly impressive. Since all the movie Vipers have nanomites running through their blood, it's no surprise the Ice-Viper does, as well. Well, they were fed a lot of fatty foods and had their faces worked on so they couldn't grow beards. They were introduced as the mechanized division of the Snow Serpents, given further high-tech training and enhancements. The original Ice-Viper came out in 1987, as the driver with Cobra's new cold-weather vehicle, the W.O.L.F. They defend an Arctic research lab when the GI Joe team storms the facility to shut it down. Injected with nanomites, Ice-Viper commandos are inhumanly strong, incapable of feeling fear or pain and able to withstand freezing temperatures. Snakes are cold-blooded, right? That means they get their body heat from their environment, and consequently, there's never been a snake that thrived in frozen conditions. B u y t h e t o y s, n o t t h e h y p e. ![]()
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