G.i. Joe Con 2013 exclusive – Nocturnal Fire /Night Force 15 figure pack
Thanks to my good buddy, Chester, for helping me get this.
Charbroil
Very nice headsculpt
Comes with a “flame” accessory to boot.
Muskrat
Unlike the vintage headsculpt, which sort of had a “smiling” face, this one is all business.
Weapon holsters.
Removable silencers
Rifle and bolo.
Spearhead and Max
Max the bobcat (lol… Gi Zoo?)
Hit and Run
Weapon holsters
Comparison with the old Hit and Run (redeco of Airborne) from the Assault on Cobra Island Boxset.
For some reason, this headsculpt on Hit and Run reminds me of Josh Brolin (or Nick Nolte).
He also comes with a bag with explosive land mines.
Grappling hook
Repeater
I really like the look of this figure.
From what I’ve seen over at Generalsjoes.com, I think this is how the robotic arm should clip on?
Unfortunately, the ammo feed doesn’t fit into this backpack, only the other one.
Secondary backpack
Psyche-Out
Radars! I have no idea why he has so many, but shouldn’t it give him, I dunno… cancer or something??
For some strange reason, in this set, Psyche-Out, Spearhead and Hit and Run all have the same type of rifles…
The Night Force crew so far
Cobra Mortal
The figure is very loosely based on the vintage toyline from Plastirama’s Gi Joe Run in Argentina. Why they went with white instead of silver and red is beyond me. For me, I’ll just call him “clone Snake Eyes” or “Shattered Glass Snake Eyes “ .
Uzi and explosives bag.
The original Mortal came with a Crossbow, I guess this is a throwback to that.
… a dagger?
CQC
Crimson Asp
Flamethrower
Rifle
Thumper grenade launcher
Cobra Letal
Same as Mortal, this guy is a homage to Plastirama’s vintage figure.
FRAG Viper
Lol… Jai Alai Viper
Grenades can be loaded into the cesta. Attaching the cesta is a huuuuge pain the neck. I’m not really sure if I did it right.
Rifle
Comes as 3 per boxset.
S.A.W. Viper
Can’t say I like this figure, doesn’t really look much like the old vintage toy.
Comes with 2 knives.
Each boxset comes with 3 S.A.W. Vipers.
The S.A.W. Viper is infamous for it’s first appearance in the old Marvel Comics G.i. Joe run, as the first ever Cobra agent to kill 4 Joes (plus 3 more in the succeeding chase). This happened in issues 109-110.
A strike force lead by Lt. Falcon and Duke are captured in an ambush. Thanks to a miscommunication from Cobra Commander on how to deal with the situation, the Crimson Twins order a S.A.W. Viper to kill the Joes who were thrown down a ditch.
The list of team members in the botched Op
-Doc (Shot in the face, first to die)
-Thunder (died shielding the other Joes from oncoming bullets)
-Crankcase (died shielding the other Joes from oncoming bullets)
-Heavy Metal (died shielding the other Joes from oncoming bullets)
-Quick Kick (died when pursuing Cobra troops lead by SAW Viper blew up the Joes’ getaway vehicle)
-Breaker (died when pursuing Cobra troops lead by SAW Viper blew up the Joes’ getaway vehicle)
-Crazy Legs (died when pursuing Cobra troops lead by SAW Viper blew up the Joes’ getaway vehicle)
-Duke (Survived the mission when Cobra Commander called off the chase)
-Lt. Falcon (Survived the mission when Cobra Commander called off the chase)
-Cross Country (Survived the mission when Cobra Commander called off the chase)
Casualties of War
I originally decided to grab only the baggie version, but I gave in and bought the box separately later on (it’s still in the US with the rest of the ‘Con stuff).
Gold
