DATA VIPER

From the ashes of cancellation comes......DATA VIPER!!!

Oh, yeah.

This guy was released in the Retaliation line. He was not in the Retaliation movie. There...enough of that! Anyway, this guy apparently was gonna be part of the normal GI Joe line, but it became cancelled, then got revived and slipped int the movie line. Done and done!

Many fans gushed over this figure when previews were flashed around. Then, the same fans cried tears of blood when it was supposedly cancelled. Well, we got him. One of those gear-heavy figures with a lot of crazy accessories. Meant to be some type of walking, armored, data-gathering trooper. Very cool look. Most of that armor is pretty stable. You can remove his odd, almost triangular helmet, and then his huge chest/shoulder piece. The antennae/satellite dish can pivot and are actually removable. The missile pods on the front of the armor really make him look bad-ass! The arm things are another story. They come in three pieces and don't hold together during play. I imagine they are meant to be some type of guidance controls...in theory. They clip on his arms and have a pivoting front which hold (via handles) in the characters hands. The pivot points come off rather easily, as do the red wires. The only real annoyance about this great piece.

Aside form the bulky armor and what not, Data Viper comes with this sleek drone which can attach to the back of his armor when the wings are folded. Reeeeally neat! This is the same drone mold used with Ultimate Duke. The guns can detach and even be brandished by the figure. What more could you want?!

So nice to see a cancelled figure get brought back from the brink of death...SOOOO NICE! Great looking with cool accessories. Some may not like the bulky armor or the annoyance of the arm controls, but the figure itself is fantastic. Troop build him if you can, but be warned that he was indeed part of the "super wave", so he's tough to find...or just expensive!