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Title: desert viper
Post by: dodge822 on October 22, 2010, 06:51:47 PM

can anyone tell me what wave this desert viper was relised, i have not seen him before today, i found him at the georgetown tru express.

(http://http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp221/dodge822/IMG00350.jpg)

(http://http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp221/dodge822/IMG00351.jpg)

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: bandonov on October 22, 2010, 07:52:44 PM

He is from Wave 5 that started the whole Pursuit of Cobra theme. 

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: bandonov on October 22, 2010, 08:03:58 PM

I got this from our friends at THE TERROR DROME:

Collection 2: Wave 4 (aka Wave 5) * (Sept./Oct. 2009; ARP $7.99 ea.)

?“Desert Battle” Desert-Viper — (UPC #: 65356944825)
?“City Strike” Duke — (UPC #: 65356944824)
?“Jungle Assault” Ripcord — (UPC #: 65356944826)
?“City Strike” Snake Eyes (aka Resolute Snake Eyes) — (UPC #: — )
?“Arctic Threat” Storm Shadow — (UPC #: 65356944827)
(* This is also considered the first of The Pursuit of Cobra sub-line theme of The Rise of Cobra line.)

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: dodge822 on October 22, 2010, 08:59:37 PM

this is the first time i have seen this figure.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: morgardee on October 22, 2010, 10:36:41 PM

When he first came out I only saw him once. Now that the TRU sale is on, these dudes are everywhere. I have 3.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: dodge822 on October 22, 2010, 10:41:13 PM

i hope so i would like more, i think the torso under the web gear would be a good start to a darklon custom.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: Sundance on October 23, 2010, 02:20:16 AM

he's got a lot of bladed weapons for someone who's job is to run around in tree/bush-less environments...

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: bandonov on October 23, 2010, 07:40:42 AM

Quote from: "Sundance"

he's got a lot of bladed weapons for someone who's job is to run around in tree/bush-less environments...

He could use a desert ghille suit or a blanket to cover himself....

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: Kronser on October 29, 2010, 08:06:23 AM

I loved this figure when I got my W5 case a year ago, but assumed I'd never see him again. Then at TRU on a fluke I showed up the day they filled the clearance bin...got like five or six more for three bucks a piece. Sometime I'm gonna have to open them up, he's rad.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: morgardee on October 29, 2010, 08:44:01 AM

Quote from: "Kronser"

I loved this figure when I got my W5 case a year ago, but assumed I'd never see him again. Then at TRU on a fluke I showed up the day they filled the clearance bin...got like five or six more for three bucks a piece. Sometime I'm gonna have to open them up, he's rad.

You get a timbit just for using the word "rad"  :wink:

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: Jay on October 29, 2010, 11:39:25 AM

Yeah, he came out during the "transitional" wave from ROC to POC (ROC packaging, but with mentions of the different scenarios).

Awesome figure. A bit excessive on the bladed weapons but the paintjob and gear choice otherwise make it kick some major amounts of buttocks nonetheless.
The Elite and Desert Vipers were easily my favorite army builders of the ROC era.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: grunt 4 mvp on October 29, 2010, 04:32:54 PM

My favourite cobra troop from that line, for sure.

Title: Re: desert viper
Post by: B on October 29, 2010, 05:08:51 PM

I actually don't care for the figure itself. I swapped his head onto a Rex "The Doctor" Lewis body (minus the coat). But I love all the accessories the desert viper comes with.