Attica Gazette's look at the Desert Version of this Snake Eyes this week brought back the memories when the latest Black Major figures appeared in photos by all the Joe creators of the day. Now, though, the day of big set pieces and action poses are all but gone. And, the online Joe photography community has gotten much, much smaller. It's a sad state of affairs and the change happened pretty quickly. But, I know how hard it is to get out a nice cadre of figures and vehicles and try to pose all the figures in fun ways before they are all knocked down from a sudden breeze.
The Purple Haze Snake Eyes remains my absolute favorite paint job of the V2 Snake Eyes mold that Black Major produced. It was just the combo of a single base color matched against some very nice details. The purple color is just stunning. And, it makes for a great match on the Snake Eyes mold. On some level, I wish the figure had been released sans Cobra logo. But, it works fine as an Invasor or Mortal or Lobisomem or whatever other character you wish to assign to him.
I do hope we see some of the derring-do of the Joe photography community return. I don't know if it will. But, as we age, time does become more available. So, that might spur a content Renaissance for a short time. Until then, enjoy what I could find of this figure.
I have this exact purple Snake Eyes. One of my favorites too. Reminds me of something which might have been done in the early 2000s (sans Cobra sign) had Hasbro access to the mold.
ReplyDeleteI immediately used rubbing alcohol to remove that Cobra symbol. That made no sense to me that BM kept doing Snake Eyes with a Cobra logo. Despite any sort of narrative that may have come from the BM camp, It's just not anything I'd like in my personal collection.
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