Alley Viper (2013)
During the 25th anniversary series, there were many figures on fans’ want lists. The Defense of Cobra Island seven pack put a few of most wanted Cobra army builders in our hands. The original Alley Viper was one of them, and most of that mold continues to show up in modern versions of the popular urban assault trooper.
Less accessorized and more colorful than the Pursuit of Cobra version, this Alley Viper also mixes other parts from Retaliation and PoC. Under the Jungle Duke harness is the torso from the new movie version of Duke. Why did poor Duke have to lend so much to a Cobra? The newly attached parts don’t take away too much from the look of the figure, but folks anticipating a pure mold homage to the 1989 Alley Viper may be disappointed. The harness just doesn’t quite work for the Alley Viper.
I miss the backpack with removable grappling gun most of all. Oh well, you can’t have everything. Hopefully this guy will be much easier to find on the pegs than his last iteration.
Since we’ve already seen this mold so many times, I’d been hoping for a new interpretation of the Battle Corps versions of the Alley Viper. There’s something about that yellow and black paint scheme with the fanged face plate and Cobra emblem shield that’s really struck me. Maybe some day we’ll get one.
I have to say, I really like this figure more than I thought I would. Remove the webgear and helmet and he has a pseudo Firefly v. 13 look to him. I have to say the Retaliation torso done in the right colors and paired with pretty good limbs is MUCH more impressive than the Duke or Flint versions led me to believe.
Any chance of getting a yellow version too?
Man, this is ironic–even in the modern era, Duke parts get used for Alley-Vipers.
Probably the most faithful recreation of the ’89 original since the Defense of Cobra Island version.
The ’93 Alley Viper is my favorite design, everything subsequent based on it was ruined by those skinny stand in legs.
For this particular Alley Viper, it’s not on my menu, but the harness doesn’t make sense to me. A full vest would be the way to go, wouldn’t it? Being all “alley”/ urban trooper and all, I would think that web gear would impede Cobra’s version of a SWAT specialist. (FrankenDesign line?)
I’ll definitely be picking this one up, but nothing beats the orange and blue, imo.
I like this great action figure!
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The yellow Alley Viper has always been my favorite and kind of the default version of the trooper I think of. It bums me out that the other versions with the plain, non-fanged visors seem to take precedence.
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