Picked up a few new ones today: Elite Viper, Eel and some others. Will try to list my thoughts about them here.

Elite Viper: A nice figure. Comes with two weapons, an ax-like thing, a pistol, and a backpack. The figure can carry all the equipment on the backpack and holster, keeping his hands free. The armor is nicely detailed, and the holster belt has various pouches and equipment molded onto it all around.

It is a nice figure, probably would be nicer within a small squad of other Elite Vipers. The card description says this is a mercenary, works for Destro. Maybe these would be better used as an officer to lead neo-vipers and the like.

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Cobra Eel: The new Cobra Eel, in ROC style, leaves me with a mix of impressions. Firstly as a figure, it is nice. It's all black except for the vest and air tank. These are a type of deep brown--although not pure brown. There's another color in there that kinda makes it offset from being a pure brown. He comes with flippers that resemble the Cobra Diver style, a new rifle, a side arm, a knife, vest and air tank. The air tank looks to be the same as with the Croc Master and Terra-Viper, but the hose portion is straight-ish. The tank attaches to the back of the figure, as is expected, and the air hose plugs into the back of the figure's head. This really makes the figure look weird. The side arm fits securely into the side holster on the leg. The knife can fit securely, but unfortunately, rides a bit high, restricting leg movement.

I would probably just get a few of these Eels for photo purposes. But in my opinion, this figure could've been really awesome. There isn't any helmet type item--no diver's mask, no 25th Eel like helmet. It's almost barebones. The air tank is small and has been used before in other figures. Probably saved Hasbro some costs, but leaves the impression that the figure is lacking something more.

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