Gallows (2006)
Gallows was released as a part of the Steel Brigade vs. Plague Troopers pack. Aside from the mini-gun, he bears little resemblance to his comic counterpart, a SAW Viper.
The Joe vs. Cobra Snake Eyes body somehow works well as a new character in this case, due in part to the mold’s lack of overt ninja styling. The new head sculpt is nicely detailed, although again it doesn’t look much like a SAW Viper helmet.
The mini-gun, a borrow from Spy Troops Roadblock, is still a great weapon, although the figure has a bit of difficulty holding it convincingly.
In the end, the Plague Troopers set was a noble attempt at some then-current characters, but was a bit disappointing in execution.
I don’t know much about this set but the figure reminds me of an old school Iron Grenadier. It’s probably the head. I like this gun better than the more cumbersome one included with the 1990 S.A.W. Viper. His name is pretty cool as well.
A great moment for Devil’s Due Publishing comics!
B.T.W., my message for Hasbro after Retaliation:
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=40521&postid=272518#post272518 !
😉
Plague has so much potential, too bad Hasbro gave up on it after the one set. At the 2006 con in NO I talked with Dwight Stall about it for a good long while, he really put a lot of heart into the creation of that six figure set and IMO that showed.
The minigun actually originated with Spy Troops Heavy Duty, but was also available with Spy Troops Roadblock.
No, the Roadblock’s one is way better:
http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/roadblock9.shtml .
http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/roadblock10.shtml .
http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/roadblock11.shtml .
They’re both the same mold.
No, look better. This one is smaller and more detailed:
http://www.yojoe.com/access/d03/118.shtml .
You looked at who it was available with–both the Roadblock and Heavy Duty released in 2003 came with this.