Crimson Neo-Viper – “Cobra Royal Guard”
| Sculpt | Articulation | Paint | Accessories | Package | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | B- | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
Overall is not an average.
I started the review not liking much about the Crimson Neo-Viper other than his coloring. I am ending this review feeling about the same way. Strangely, I feel that I can get over some of the aesthetic issues with time, but the articulation problems will not “grow on you with time”, and I am basing my final verdict on that fact over all others.
Having a military action figure that can not properly hold a gun kind of defeats the purpose. A small saving grace for the Crimson Neo-Viper is that he comes with so many hand-to-hand weapons, you will most certainly be able to display him using those instead of using his flawed rifle.
I would only recommend getting this figure if he somehow appeals to you, and you have a thing for Neo-Vipers. One of these is plenty for me!
This figure is packaged with a “Collection 2, Wave 2″ assortment, and is packed 1 to a case, so he may be a bit hard to find for a while. For reference, at Target stores, the case that the Crimson Neo-Viper comes in has the DPCI #087-06-2100.
I was going through the gi joe figures with my son this evening and i got to looking at this figure close up. I never paid it much attention when he first bought them. After i looked at it comparatively with the original neo-viper i liked this version much better.
Some simple thing they did to spruce this version up was actually paint the shoulder pauldrons. The original neo-viper’s were plain black like the rest of the sleeve. The cobra logo was also tampo printed on the side of the shoulder pauldron rather than on the front of the sleeve. For some reason Hasbro gets a hard one from printing the insignias on the front of the arms rather than the sides of the arm like they would be in real life.
The red is just awesome. On this figure. Not a color or style i would choose if this figure were based on real life, but the red metalized look is just incredible.