Head: 25th Snow Serpent
Torso, arms, legs: SRO Deep Six
Webgear: RoC MARS Trooper
Helicopter pack: 25th Matt Tracker

This was one of the figures created for Battle Corps Month, my attempt to recreate the Battle Corps line from the '90s in ME format.

Battle Copters were one of the many gimmicks that Hasbro attempted in the 1990s to revive the Joe brand. The concept was simple: Attach a figure to a helicopter backpack, pull on the ripcord and watch the whole thing take off. As a figure, Heli-Viper was a Franken-Joe. That is, it had no new parts. Its head was taken from the 1985 Snow Serpent and his body is from 1989 Night-Viper. The colors are where the train falls off the tracks: 2 shades of purple and bright reddish orange. A bit hard on the eyes.

Nevertheless, embracing my inner-neon means accepting the wackier aspects of GI Joe and this fits the bill. So, here is my take on a modern version of the Heli-Viper.