Whoosh, the reviewing has thus commenced...
A couple of reviews for your reading displeasure. [That’s pleasure] Pleasure? I guess whatever floats your boat...
First up we have the Piranha Attack Boat...hey, it’s a boat, and lo and behold, it floats! The Piranha Attack Boat:
This is one of the new vehicles released under the Valor Vs Venom banner and boy is it slick. It looks functional in it’s design. Not to far fetched looking, like other newer Joe and Cobra vehicles. It can hold 4 figures, with 3 manning the forward machine gun platforms and 1 driving the boat.
The machine gun platforms are rotated by twisting a knob on the top of the operator control station. This is the Action Attack feature for this vehicle and the knob is fashioned to resemble a large radar dome, so it’s completely fitting in with the design of the boat. It rests on a roll cage surrounding the operator. Twin antennas are mounted to either side of the cage and these can be folded down as needed.
The operator station features a pedestal with wheel and some controls painted grey to show up better on the black of the pedestal. The gun stations feature a large machine gun mounted on a pivoting monopod, which in turn is mounted to a turntable-like platform which is grey in color. The guns can turn side to side on their own and pivot up and down, in addition to the platform being turned.
Up front, there are two launchers mounted on either side of the bow. The stern features a large outboard motor that will propel the boat in water. It is a little oversized, but that’s because the batteries it takes need room to fit. A moveable rudder covers the propeller housing for steering.
The boat is painted in black with white vertical striping along the hull. It comes with a new version of Shipwreck, who has ditched his sweater and pants combo for a cool looking BDU set. He comes with a matching boonie hat and a back pack. One major gripe with the figure is hair color, since Shipwreck has dark brown/black hair, not red. Some have taken to calling the new figure Cutter, but I’ve decided he’s Deep Six.
Next we have the new Cobra airplane, the Cobra Night Adder:
First look at this plane, one wonders how it can fly, since it looks more like a Star Wars fighter craft. Taking it’s odd design with a bit of suspension of disbelief and you have a nice new fighter plane for Cobra. It’s nose section resembles a snake, with molded eyes and scales.
It’s long and narrow fuselage widens at the wings, which are at the rear, so it looks rather truncated. The cockpit holds one figure and has twin controls for flying. The second cockpit also holds one figure and features a twin barreled machine gun. This is actually reminiscent of the Cobra Rattler and it’s tandem cockpit design.
The engines are mounted on the wings and feature the snake motif on them as well. The wings can be extended out further or pushed in to the fuselage as needed.
Weapons feature four “pom-pom” guns on either side of the cockpit. These light up when the Action Attack feature is activated. The tips of the guns can be removed and used as missiles for the nose launcher, which can fold down looking almost like a mouth.
The Action Attack feature is activated via a fold down pistol grip on the bottom of the plane. The trigger, when pressed, causes the 4 “pom-pom” guns to go in and out and light up, the rear turret to rotate to one side and a “laser gun” sound effect to go off. Also, pressing a button on the back of the right engine causes what is supposed to be a jet sound, though it more sounds like a ship decloaking from Star Trek.
The biggest plus the Night Adder has is who comes with it: A new Wild Weasel figure. Since the toyline was brought back, we’ve had 2 previous Wild Weasels. The first was nothing more than a Neo-Viper in red with a new helmet(which was nice looking, but way too small for the figure’s body). The second was another repaint, this one coming with the BTR set, had the first GI Joe Vs Cobra Destro’s body with the pilot version of the Cobra CLAWS head. It was better than the first, but still not Wild Weasel. Finally we have a completely new Wild Weasel. Now dressed all in black, his uniform is accentuated with red straps and pouches. His helmet, clearly emulating the classic Wild Weasel is red, with a black visor. Aside for a minor proportion issue, he is definitely a great figure.
First up we have the Piranha Attack Boat...hey, it’s a boat, and lo and behold, it floats! The Piranha Attack Boat:
This is one of the new vehicles released under the Valor Vs Venom banner and boy is it slick. It looks functional in it’s design. Not to far fetched looking, like other newer Joe and Cobra vehicles. It can hold 4 figures, with 3 manning the forward machine gun platforms and 1 driving the boat.
The machine gun platforms are rotated by twisting a knob on the top of the operator control station. This is the Action Attack feature for this vehicle and the knob is fashioned to resemble a large radar dome, so it’s completely fitting in with the design of the boat. It rests on a roll cage surrounding the operator. Twin antennas are mounted to either side of the cage and these can be folded down as needed.
The operator station features a pedestal with wheel and some controls painted grey to show up better on the black of the pedestal. The gun stations feature a large machine gun mounted on a pivoting monopod, which in turn is mounted to a turntable-like platform which is grey in color. The guns can turn side to side on their own and pivot up and down, in addition to the platform being turned.
Up front, there are two launchers mounted on either side of the bow. The stern features a large outboard motor that will propel the boat in water. It is a little oversized, but that’s because the batteries it takes need room to fit. A moveable rudder covers the propeller housing for steering.
The boat is painted in black with white vertical striping along the hull. It comes with a new version of Shipwreck, who has ditched his sweater and pants combo for a cool looking BDU set. He comes with a matching boonie hat and a back pack. One major gripe with the figure is hair color, since Shipwreck has dark brown/black hair, not red. Some have taken to calling the new figure Cutter, but I’ve decided he’s Deep Six.
Next we have the new Cobra airplane, the Cobra Night Adder:
First look at this plane, one wonders how it can fly, since it looks more like a Star Wars fighter craft. Taking it’s odd design with a bit of suspension of disbelief and you have a nice new fighter plane for Cobra. It’s nose section resembles a snake, with molded eyes and scales.
It’s long and narrow fuselage widens at the wings, which are at the rear, so it looks rather truncated. The cockpit holds one figure and has twin controls for flying. The second cockpit also holds one figure and features a twin barreled machine gun. This is actually reminiscent of the Cobra Rattler and it’s tandem cockpit design.
The engines are mounted on the wings and feature the snake motif on them as well. The wings can be extended out further or pushed in to the fuselage as needed.
Weapons feature four “pom-pom” guns on either side of the cockpit. These light up when the Action Attack feature is activated. The tips of the guns can be removed and used as missiles for the nose launcher, which can fold down looking almost like a mouth.
The Action Attack feature is activated via a fold down pistol grip on the bottom of the plane. The trigger, when pressed, causes the 4 “pom-pom” guns to go in and out and light up, the rear turret to rotate to one side and a “laser gun” sound effect to go off. Also, pressing a button on the back of the right engine causes what is supposed to be a jet sound, though it more sounds like a ship decloaking from Star Trek.
The biggest plus the Night Adder has is who comes with it: A new Wild Weasel figure. Since the toyline was brought back, we’ve had 2 previous Wild Weasels. The first was nothing more than a Neo-Viper in red with a new helmet(which was nice looking, but way too small for the figure’s body). The second was another repaint, this one coming with the BTR set, had the first GI Joe Vs Cobra Destro’s body with the pilot version of the Cobra CLAWS head. It was better than the first, but still not Wild Weasel. Finally we have a completely new Wild Weasel. Now dressed all in black, his uniform is accentuated with red straps and pouches. His helmet, clearly emulating the classic Wild Weasel is red, with a black visor. Aside for a minor proportion issue, he is definitely a great figure.