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GeneralsJoes Reviews final 2 Target Exclusive Vehicle Sets

No longer “canceled”, the third wave of “Target Exclusive” vehicle sets are now hitting Ross Stores nationwide (well…for folks unlike me who actually have one within 350 miles, anyway).
Thankfully I have some very kind readers who have extended their generosity and allowed me to get my full of these vehicle sets at killer prices.  I reviewed two of them yesterday, and today I will add the final two to the Pursuit of Cobra Review Page.  Check out the links below.

Formerly cancelled Target exclusives on sale at ROSS!!

Woah!
Granted, I’m one of the lucky ones who grabbed the full set of four of these from eBay last week, but this is just crazy.  Just as the Rise of Cobra was morphing into the Pursuit of Cobra, a number of items were solicited, and some items were destined for the dustbin of history, including the final wave of Target Exclusives.  Initially this wave was slated to come with the Trubble Bubble w/ Elite-Viper, Twin Battle Gun w/ Range-Viper, Air Assault Glider w/ Capt. Ace, and the RAM w/ Sandstorm.
These items have sold for upwards near $300 on the secondary market, and now you can get them for six bones a pop at your local Ross stores.
At least, I’m assuming some folks have these locally.  Myself?  The nearest Ross is 350+ miles away.
If anyone gets their hands on a few Twin Battle Gun w/ Range-Vipers, feel free to let me know.  I’d love to have a little squad of these babies, but I’ve got no Ross stores locally.  I will be getting my eBay one this week, and at least this makes my decision to open them much easier.  Reviews will be coming!
Check out some mirrored images below, and a huge thanks to japanX80 of HissTank.com for the info.

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Elite-Viper w/ Flight Pod Target Exclusive images

Rulz over at HissTank.com has gotten a hold of another upcoming Rise of Cobra exclusive item, this time the Target Exclusive Cobra Flight Pod w/ Elite-Viper.  I know I’m in the minority here, but I’m really loving this paint scheme for the Elite-Viper.  Absolutely love the combination of black and red with the camouflage pants.  A very cool look…I may end up grabbing a couple of these.  It’s weird…the first two waves of Target Exclusive items were fairly “bleh”, but this third wave looks very freaking cool.  Love this set.

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Thanks to the Terror Drome for the intel as well!

Interesting pre-production images revealed… legit or not?

Over on HissTank.com, they report that some images have appeared of upcoming Rise of Cobra releases, including a very mysterious Firefly/Elite-Viper hybrid that doesn’t fit anything we’ve heard of before.  Tough to tell if it’s actually legitimate or not, but it is interesting to see it.  The coloring is a bit lighter than the version released with the Gunship, and with that Elite Viper head, it could really belong anywhere…be interesting to see where this goes.

As for the other pictures, Ice Storm is still a pretty neat looking figure to me, and unlike many Joe fans apparently, I actually really like the red camouflaged Elite-Viper slated to come with the Trubble Bubble, too.  Check out the images below.

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Official Images of upcoming Rise of Cobra “Rip Attack” vehicles

We’ve seen enough of these images to really know what we’re getting with these sets, but the fact that we now have official pictures to show probably means these are on the verge of release.  And as usual, these two vehicles add a sense of conflict…  I love the Elite-Viper, but would have loved something NEW with the Elite-Viper…however, the Cobra vehicle is far superior to the G.I. Joe one.  On the flip side, though, this strange amalgamation of Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes and the Commando Snake Eyes from Rise of Cobra at least offers some new elements, even if the end result is a bulkier version of the same figure.  Bulk is exactly what that figure needed, though, so maybe this is a good thing?

Check out the images below.

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