I went up to Houston this weekend to visit one of my best friends and check out his new house (in case ANY of you guys missed me or wondered where I was...probably not...that's where I was). I had high hopes for the vacation because I know Houston gets stuff a lot quicker than we do and there are WAY more stores up there.
I ended up buying two more Elite Vipers, another Eel, another (25th style) Eel with Wave Crusher, Baroness, a Crimson Neo-Viper, and the big find, a Paris Pursuit Baroness. I also got the Crimson Hydra and the Dragonhawk XH1.
I'm kinda disappointed with PP Baroness because her dress doesn't come off so she's not too poseable. And I'm puzzled why they made a different head with non-removable glasses for her after they obviously spent a lot of money on the mold with removable glasses.
The Crimson Hydra is just kinda ok. I mainly got it because I never got the Sky Sweeper. The removable scout pod is pretty cool though. The Aero-Viper figure is decent at least, and would look great in the good ol' Z-25 Condor.
The Dragonhawk is very cool-looking, and the way the missiles sit flush with the sides of the chopper when it's not in "attack mode" is neat. Pull part of the tail back and the missile pods pop out as a hidden surprise for Cobra forces. While this version of Wild Bill is decent looking and I know Wild Bill is supposed to come with the Dragonfly/Hawk, did we really need another Wild Bill figure? My other complaint is that the rotor blades are thin and seem VERY fragile.
Honestly I really, really wish they had made the Dragonhawk twice as large, added a second seat, and made it an Echo-class vehicle. Then it would have been perfect!
