Avalanche (1987)
Avalanche is I think the most stylish of the Battle Force 2000 members. Maybe it’s the white and silver uniform, but to me he has the cleanest look on the team. Like his teammates, he’s equipped with an odd helmet. His is certainly the biggest of the group. Perhaps there’s lots of high tech gadgetry built into it, the sort of thing that helps him efficiently pilot his Dominator snow tank. Then again, he may just have a huge head under there.
I absolutely adore the rifle, a very funky 1950’s spaceman number referred to on the packaging as a Sub-zero stun gun. With its disc and electrode prong barrel, the weapon looks like something from a Republic serial.
All told, it’s a very straighforward mold, without too many of the odd elements (like Blaster’s garters or Maverick’s Robot Monster helmet) that plagued some of his compadres. Avalanche is one of those figures who effectively fulfilled the wish of many a post-86 Joe fan: to be repainted and appreciated in another color scheme. His body (sans head) made it into a con exclusive set as the excellent Skull Squad Trooper, which arguably surpassed its originator’s paint scheme.
Skull squad trooper = awesome. This guy sucks though.
Don’t forget the repaint from the year before the Skull Squad Trooper: the 2005 Winter Operations “Backblast”.
Avalanche is one of my favorite BF2000 figures. You’ve got your padded suit, chain mail armor, removable mike, fancy ray gun, and nice silver detailing on everything from his boots to bandolier. All he needs is a removable helmet to keep his noggin in better proportion to his body.
The body itself is awesome enough to work as anything from an individual character to either Joe or Cobra army builders. Certainly one of the best molds released in 1987.
A good mold.
I heard someone say that BF2000 was originally ment for another toy line and it ended up in Joe.
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Avalanche looks like he has camouflage that would make him blend in perfectly among dairy cows in winter. I do agree, it is a nice looking sculpt. He’s no Blizzard, but if he lacked the BF2000 label and was packaged with the same accessories but drove an arctic vehicle, would people really hate Avalanche as much? Much of the hate seems to be a knee-jerk response. Some merit it (Dee-Jay), some don’t, many are “meh”.
hey it’s sneak peak’s brother!
I don’t get the camo. Is he supposed to be infiltrating Cobra’s secret dairy farm base?
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