HCC788 - 1993 CYBER-VIPER - Mega Marines G.I. Joe toy review with HALF THE BATTLE and COMIC TROPES!

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[Jtr_ceral_killer]

at least it's not the ice cream soldier or lobotomax

[thetoycave]

Usually when you review a figure I never looked at closely, I end up wanting one. Not this time.

[MiKeMiDNiTe-]

Cyber Viper is a great figure with a great sculpt he was just let down by his colours, imagine if he was done in black silver and cobra blue...and glittery play doh haha

[jdboov]

I always skip the articulation past. It is annoying Bro

[vcry]

Here’s a figure I wouldn’t have minded being issued as a complete reuse of parts from past, discontinued figures and a new paint job. Take the head from Range-Viper v.1 (the face plate looks kind of Terminator-y and the exposed brain-looking part, especially of painted pink, would have looked solidly cyborg-y; also the figure had been discontinued in 1991), the torso and waist piece of B.A.T. v.2 (discontinued in 1992), and the arms and legs of Cobra Commander v.3 (discontinued in 1989); paint the body black and sliver and trim in red, the face plate silver, the eyes red, and the brain pink; and - voila! - a figure that was worthy of the name Cyber-Viper and ready to hit the shelves in 1993 at little cost to Hasbro.

I would do this kitbash myself but my painting skills absolutely suck, especially on something so small. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[GI.Jared]

25:00 Comic book bloke criticising cyber vipers colours. Am I the only person that notices is

[jamiesands]

Hightower Jersey!👍👍 Have you tried vegetable oil to re-constitute the “armor?” Worked on play dough in the 70’s.

[DreamMadeProductions]

My god... what an ugly figure! Though watching this video did make a question pop up in my head. The different accessory trees. They have a mix of items from different years.... how did that happen? Did they create new tools for these trees using the old molds? How did Hasbro do the weapons before the trees and how did they decide to match what with what? It seems like there is a story there... a story far better than this horrid figure. Another great review Hoodie Coco!

[Vincent-]

The Kitchen Viper was definitely a missed opportunity in the 90’s ARAH line. 😞

[fatal-vice]

Holy shit, I was today years old(40ish) when I learned about the warheads. I always thought that was part of the armor.

[Alverant]

Someone needs to make a kitchen viper and the janitor viper.

[qrissy]

I like the asymmetrical fashion statement. Very Punky Brewster.

[sifxxbv]

Cyber Viper honestly looks like he belongs in another toy line. Plus, with no Cobra logo it only serves to reinforce this. If I were to make a top ten list of ugly G.I. Joe action figures, this one would definitely be on there. Also, it is really laughable that he cannot hold some of his weapon accessories.

[ericbarron]

Horrible figure but wow pricey on ebay

[christianbrix]

Thoughts:
1) What an absolute gargoyle of a figure. A true car crash.
2) I almost think it was designed by a kid who won a competition, like they did in MOTU one time, and that's why nobody will own up to it.
3) Is that a Batman logo across his collarbone?
4) For the first time, I was hoping you would use the subject of the review to test the rocket launcher instead of Dr. Mindbender.
5) I hope you realise Alistair ate Voltar's gun.

[k-dawgbroadcasting]

I know Hasbro was largely beyond convenient practicalities largely by 93, but it would've been cool if the Cyber Viper had a peg on his uniform and include a piece of piping so he could use his cybernetics to operate the weapons. So much for a missed opportunity.

[TK-yzwt]

Uggh, I remember this line probably due to the TV commercials. The Playdoh armor force and the water gun force.
The 90's switched to flourescent/neon colors. Tranformers G2 reissued some of the G1 toys in brighter colors and used gold plastic. Though the 80's line had it brighter colors as well Sci Fi and Heat Viper come to mind.

[summonersumnerus]

I've always seen the Cyber Viper as a kind of IT technical support trooper. Technoviper's are more hardware then software.

[Hurricanelive]

I only wish Hasbro had made an easy bake lab. Bake delicious cobra troops. 92 was my last year to collect vehicles, by 93 Hasbro killed my interest with IP chasing rip offs, cheap gimmicks, frankenbashing and neon colors so Battle Corps was the final wave I collected, and I never completed the 94 BC wave. That said... I would not mind the commercial version to be a classified version.

[travismoore]

I have been waiting a long time for you to review this figure! Awesome to see you do it!