This is tough. Back in the day I couldn't afford to army build. But by the time Iron Grenadier version 1 came out, I had a job. I ended up with 4! Woohoo! Otherwise only 1 or sometimes 2 of any figure. Although, there are many I would like to have more of.

I did end up with 2 Viper Pit packs (12 total dudes), but then realized they needed surgery to be used properly. That is the most of any figure I have. I like small squads, as I only have two hands and the square footage to get a detailed shot rarely requires more than that, for my purposes.

Besides, when I need to see a cool army entourage photo, I come here and get my fix!!

C.) 1985 Snow Serpents - so versatile and bad a$$
O.) 1983 Cobra Troopers - The knee pads, piano wire, the face of Cobra
B.) 1984 Stinger Drivers - my favorite "faceless" I love the Stingers, & that Gray!
R.) 1985 Eels - Fill up a Moray, Night Landing, Hydrosled, whatever else!
A.) 1985 Tele-Vipers - because someone has to unplug, wait 30 seconds, and plug the terrorist network back in.

I leave off the CGs, cuz I'd only want 7 (to do the Freds) and not a whole army - plus they are suppose to be ELITE.

I leave off Night Vipers because it is only top 5 and besides, I picture them being efficient as a small sabatoge in-n-out unit led by Firefly, so again - not a huge need for a whole Army.

I leave off Vipers because (and please hold the pitch-forks, torches, and rocks) I never really dug them - to me they sort of bumped the poor blue-shirts out of a job and I always thought only HIGH COMMAND should cover their eyes, not the grunts too. Probably just made about 76 enemies by saying that...

Different strokes for different folks I guess?

1. Blue Shirts
2. Vipers
3. Shock Vipers
4. Hazard Vipers
5. BATS

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Vipers
B.a.ts
Cobra Troopers
Roc Elite vipers
Roc Desert vipers
Greenshirts

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BATS
Vipers
CG's
Blueshirts
Snow Serpents

And my general rule of thumb is 6 of every trooper kind...IF I can find them...IF I can afford them...IF I like them.

Iron Grenadiers (25th Anni)
Iron Grenadiers (30th Anni)
RoC Neos
RoC Ice Vipers
Hulkbuster troopers (the ones that look like urban Steel Brigade)

great choices but SOOO HARD to find where i live.

I have the same rule except for....and just about the exact ones you mentioned....

Vipers
BATs
Blue Shirts
Snow Serpents
EELs

no such thing as greenshirts in my verse....

Troop builder
1. Cobra Viper
2. Neo-Viper
3. Crimson Guard (only have one but wish I had more)
4. Action soldier/action Marine (make great Greenshirt recruits)
5. Iron Grenaider

I love Viper the best because they look cool and there can be like a billion of them lol

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