As far as the BEAST MACHINES line goes;there is a fine line between mediocrity and genius.Luckily,NIGHT VIPER is part of the latter.In all honesty,this figure's only detriment is its size.Being a basic,NIGHT VIPER has only two action features;one for each mode.His beast mode has a fang strike attack activated by a button on the cobra head.The bot mode has a scythe built into his right arm.
Having a serpentine alternate mode presents some design challenges;especially since between HASBRO and TAKARA they have only designed two snake transformers with very different transformations.NIGHT VIPER has a simplistic transformation that belies the complexity of the character's design.The chest of the cobra unfurls into the arms whle the beast head folds over to the back revealing a very snake-like...[See More]
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