Character Bio:
By Vince Zannelli
File Name: Various
Primary Military Specialty: Airborne Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Infiltration
Birthplace: Various
Bio:
COBRA PARA-VIPER troopers are the deadliest, most highly trained commandos in the Cobra legions. They specialize in high-altitude, low-opening jumps to go behind enemy lines or infiltrate unsuspecting countries or targeted facilities to conquer, steal or cause generalized chaos. COBRA PARA-VIPER troopers are selected from the ranks of the COBRA EEL troopers and are chosen for their exceptional audacity, independent attitude and utter fearlessness. They are given a parachute, instructions and not much else; their purpose is to go in first and pave the way for the main assault force. "Jumping out of a plane into cold, thin air, when everything is pretty much a speck below you, and there's nothing to keep you alive but some thin fabric, sounds like a completely insane thing to do. You're right; it is. That's why we do it."
As the surprise troop builder of the modern era G.I. Joe line, there are not many collectors that can admit to owning just one of these Cobra Para-Vipers. While the figure itself was never featured in the vintage Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line, it does fit rather nicely into any Cobra army display, modern or vintage, as Cobra never had a dedicated HALO jumper in their army quite like this. The key is not so much the figure itself, since it is comprised of the torso, upper arms and upper legs of 25th Anniversary comic pack Captain Ace (remaining parts are newly sculpted), but rather the accessories that it comes with. The figure includes removable goggles, knife, submachine gun, sniper rifle with folding stock and bipod, detachable magazine, two swimming fins, helmet, HALO jumping outfit with breathing tubes, and stand.
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