I picked up a few new-to-me figures, all Cobra.
I added a new Motor Viper, a new Ice Viper, 2 '91 Snow serpents, 2 Incinerators, and a '90 Laser Viper.
I don't get a lot of new-to-me figures, this being the 2nd purchase since a purchase last November! I'm short on the accessories on all of them, but the figures are in nice condition.
I'm slowly working on building a squad of Snow Serpents, where the '85 versions I have will be the standard trooper, and the '91 Serpents will be a sort of light infantry trooper. More firepower, speed, and strength, but not as well suited to the long-term like the '85. The Ice Vipers may be the motorized operators as they were originally, not exactly sure, but they are like the Motor Vipers of the frozen regions. A little light infantry, a little driver.
Why another Motor Viper? Well, back in the day I never had a Viper...well, until the '94 Viper came out. The '86 Motor Viper WAS my Viper from my old STUN. The shoulder armor and torso padding is a nice touch of detail, and the two thigh holsters really speak to these guys tendency to like danger. These are the mounted infantry and vehicle drivers. I would really like to get my Ferrets back, I'd like an army of a darker colored Ferrets, though. The Snake TRAX is pretty nice looking, but I don't want to throw down on several of those to end up with multiple Scrap-irons.
The Laser Viper '90 was a figure I never had prior. I had the '03 Python Patrol set one, but I decided I was not going to sub-team within a team, Joe or Cobra. But perhaps more on Sub teams at another time.
I liked the Python Laser Viper, and the '01 Laser Viper just didn't say much to me. The '01 figure is a nice figure, but that's Sci-fi there. (I like the '91 Sci-fi). The '90 Laser Viper might not play a big role in my CobraVerse, but it is a very, VERY, nice figure. I'm really excited to see how I might work this guy into things. I didn't get his weapon set at all, so that's a bummer.
The Incinerators are pair of really nice figures, as well. For the amount of GIJOE team flame-specialists of all sorts, I think these guys will give them a run for their money. Nothing too over the top on them, cool guns (I didn't get any backpacks, though). I think the colors are great for a trooper that walks in fire. The catapults may not get a lot of use, but I kind of like them. I can see a lot of destruction caused by fireballs, and compare the size to a figure, that's a lot of fiery material in those!
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