I’ve always been a big fan of both Toxo Vipers and the Eco Warriors. While the original is a classic, this one is an improvement in ways. I like the colors better on this figure, and it’s much less clunky feeling. I do think the original had a nicer backpack, and the helmet just looked good too. I suppose both are nice in different ways.
Though on the topic of Toxo Vipers, the Funskool version uses the original sculpt in colors closer to these. I should take a shot of that one sometime.
Female soldiers find odd jobs in the Cobra hierarchy. This pair works as security at a Cobra chemical plant. They may not be technicians, but they can still melt your heart: literally!
These two were customs/KOs by The Black Major, famous for making recolored Crimson Guards and Cobra Troopers. Very interesting figures indeed, I find myself rather happy with the figures where he experimented with punchier colors. It always provides so much fun contemplating their different roles or applications. I also really love the riot shields these included.
Shockwave and Sure Fire on patrol in an abandoned industrial area…
ARAH Shockwave is a favorite of mine. He’s got a great sculpt and the colors look nice without being too goofy. The Night-Force colors were more muted, but I think this scheme is more fun. I always thought Shockwave seemed incomplete without a riot shield though, so I painted a Marauder’s shield in his colors.
Destro personally sees to the delivery of new tech and weapons for Cobra.
This 50th Anniversary Destro figure is quite nice. I recall fans being disappointed by the construction of his knees or some such, but generally speaking this is a fantastic figure. The sculpting is awesome, he’s made mostly out of new tooling, and most of all, he LOOKS like Destro. I really dig his briefcase and modular riffle too.
The future is always changing and technology is constantly evolving. The Battleforce 2000 is ready to counter any threat, old or new.
I took some inspiration from the Call of Duty: BOIII announcement when making this one. I’m not hugely into the Battleforce 2000, or BOIII, but in certain ways both are nice. Funny how that is.
Low-Light takes aim at high value Cobra targets from a secure position. When he’s done, they won’t even know what hit ’em.
Reissuing POC Low-Light was one of the best things Hasbro did last year. The figure’s original release was so hard to find he amassed some absurd value on eBay of hundreds of dollars. That shouldn’t have been, so it’s nice to see him become more available. I still hope they re-release some of the other rare Pursuit of Cobra figures.
Low-Light and Dial-Tone have crawled, hid, and waited for days on a special mission to assassinate Cobra Commander. Will they hit? If they do, there won’t be time to confirm once an onslaught of Cobras go to pursue them.
I’ve never seen a diorama photographed from a first-person perspective, so this was an attempt at that. The secret behind this trickery is that I actually combined three separate images into one, and made the scope overlay in Photoshop. It was fun to do.
Flint and Crosshair secure the city’s perimeter, increasing the pressure on Cobra.
It’s a shame this figure was so hard to acquire, being an SDCC exclusive. It feels like something smaller or the gray version should have been the exclusive, but I suppose we’re lucky this figure was released in the 50th line at all.
Rather than disabling a trap, Tripwire sets one under Stalkers orders. Though he’s uncomfortable with the task, the Tiger Force will break the rules if it means beating Cobra.
Decided I’d introduce a little vintage fun to the blog. The ARAH Tiger Force figures are one of my favorite GI Joe subsets, and the Spy-Troops era TRU figures aren’t bad, either.
The Steel Brigade Delta force moves through intense weather conditions to rescue a hostage being detained by Cobra in some swamps.
So glad I had the opportunity to army build these guys. They’re a little hard to pose given how bulky they are, but still insanely cool figures from the 30th Anniversary line.
