{"id":9491,"date":"2012-07-20T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2012-07-20T00:28:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T04:28:27","slug":"gi-joe-swamp-viper-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/gi-joe-swamp-viper-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"GI Joe Swamp-Viper addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today's review of Retaliation<\/i>'s version of the classic Cobra Water Moccasin<\/a>, we mentioned that the sculpt may not be new, but that it definitely wasn't designed with the Swamp-Viper in mind. How can we be sure? Because of this:<\/p>\n

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As first found by Generals Joes<\/a>, the sculpt on the left is by freelance sculptor Mat Brouillard<\/a>, who shared the image on his Facebook page. Apparently it was an in-progress sculpt (with a placeholder head that would have been swapped out later) for a 4x4 Driver - probably Clutch - but the release got cancelled.<\/p>\n

If you look at the large image, it's clear that the Swamp-Viper is just a reworked version of that sculpt, with less articulation and fewer separate pieces. So it's a shame that the figure got toned down, but it's nice that we got it in some form, at least...<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>