Crimson Alley Viper Description Confirms GI Joe Classified Series Crimson Strike Team
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The devil in the details and we really have to hand it to the Saturday Morning Toy Collector as he picked up on something that we don’t think many people are talking about. If you watch his reaction to the Walmart Collector Con 2023 GI Joe figure previews, he points out something very intersting about the in the description. If you actually read the Crimson Alley Viper description, there are two major things to point out. First, the Crimson Alley Viper description confirms the rumors that the Crimson Strike Team is coming to the GI Joe Classified Series. Up until this point, we’ve heard rumors and it’s great to see this in writing on an official GI Joe Classified Series product page! It specifically references the “Crimson Strike Team (Tomax, Xamot, and the Baroness).” If seeing the images on the SDCC 2023 exclusive Chuckles box art wasn’t enough to convince you, we now have it in writing. The Crimson Strike Team is a long rumored Hasbro Pulse Con 2023 exclusive and that can’t come soon enough. Second, they make reference to the Mole Rats mining Dark Energon, which is a reference to Transformers so it would be insane to finally see these two lines properly crossed over!
Crimson Alley Viper Description
G.I. Joe is a highly skilled special operations force of men and women from around the globe. tasked with defending the world from Cobra, a ruthless criminal organization bent on total domination. Prepared to seek out Cobra in any environment on the planet…wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe is there. New to the G.I. Joe Classified Series line, Crimson Alley Viper comes ready for adventure, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability. This Crimson Alley Viper figure contains 10 character-inspired accessories including a visor mask, riot shield, grappling hook, backpack, 2 knives, and 2 weapon accessories; plus a footlocker to stow all his gear! To consolidate their power within Cobra, the Crimson Strike Team (Tomax, Xamot, and the Baroness) have reassigned their most loyal and ruthlessly brutal troops to the Crimson Alley Viper squadrons. Crimson Alley Vipers were recently sent to quell a strange outbreak among the Mole Rat troopers excavating Dark Energon Mines.
Crimson Strike Team Tease and Rumors
Hasbro has taken a page out of Mattel’s MOTU Origins playbook with teasing future figure releases on box art. You can also see the Crimson Twins and the Baroness on the box art! The Crimson Strike team is rumored to be a Hasbro Pulse Con 2023 exclusive so it’s great to get further confirmation of the rumor!
Crimson Strike Team Rumor
We could have seen this coming a mile away with the reveals of the Crimson BAT and the Crimson Viper (along with the Crimson Guard of course) that we were due up to build out the subline! We don’t have images or reveals for this set yet so we are using the versions that came with the Crimson Strike Team 2009 GI Joe Convention exclusive.
Crimson Baroness
We have seen a couple iterations of the Baroness in the GI Joe Classified Series but a Crimson version will be the cream of the crop! According to General Joes Reborn, “Crimson Strike Team Baroness uses the first 5-pack body and as such suffers from the same flaws as that figure. She is slightly hunchbacked, her legs are spindly, and she has thin gangly arms. The second 5-pack figure is much better and would have been my preferred choice and I don’t know why the Club didn’t use it instead. However the one saving grace of this figure is the head sculpt. Using the head from the second Baroness figure (the one in blue) with the square glasses was a much better choice than the original head with the wind-swept hair. It’s a better sculpt and more fitting for the character. The paint scheme also really saves the figure. The crimson and black with silver highlights really brings out the sculpting in the mold especially in the torso which has nice detailing in the belt and collar. She’s got a slight tan too from the looks of her face paint (a theme for the figures in this set) and her glasses are painted gold which I really like. It sets her face apart from the rest of the body and does a good job distracting you from the flaws of the mold.”
Crimson Twins Tomax and Xamot
We have also seen one version of the Crimson Guard Twins Tomax and Xamot and they would look amazing in crimson! According to General Joes Reborn, “The Crimson Twins are the other named figures in this set and they really are pretty spectacular in their ho-hum-ness. These are the same figures available in the comic pack only done in the Crimson Strike Team colors. The molds themselves are really good with the right detailing in all the right places. The main change here is in the paint. In primarily crimson, these two look good. There are just enough highlights of silver and black to break up the crimson and the paint applications are nearly perfect. Like Baroness, Tomax and Xamot have a nice tan. The flesh parts of the figures are done in a reddish tan flesh tone as though they’ve spent a lot of time in the sun, almost too much. The arms and head are cast in this darker flesh color and the neck is painted. The paint matches up well with the cast parts.”
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Where to Buy
You can purchase the Crimson Alley Viper starting on July 18, 2023 at 10am ET (along with the other GI Joe Classified Series figures) during Walmart Collector Con.
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