# 46 : G.I. Joe, Rise of Cobra - Steel Crusher AVP
I have a secret. I have not seen the movie. The good thing is, this is not a movie review.
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Packaging
There's a small window to display the 'bonus' figure, a Nitro-Viper. Typical Hasbro packaging.
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D.S.A.
|Details|
"The Steel Crusher Armor Plated Vehicle (A.P.V.) tears through the Paris streets on a mission of destruction: To release the Nanomite weapon and destroy the Eiffel Tower! The Nitro-Viper blasts through traffic at top speed and smashes past obstacles in his way, but he can't shake the G.I. Joe team that's determined to stop him!"
The vehicle comes with stickers(oh how I hate those) of Cobra logo and whatnot. This was aimed for kids of course. We all know how silly it would be for an actual Cobra vehicle to have have its logo on the hood and driving around Paris(ermm...right?). That would be like Cookie Monster announcing his arrival at a bake sale.
|Sculpt|
This vehicle is a licensed product from General Motors so it should be fairly accurate to the real deal. 
Since I said it 'should', the scale is a bit off me thinks. Just a tad smaller. Then again maybe I'm wrong. Overall the paint looks spot on. It still looks plastic-ish though.
There's a small issue of the door handles not being painted like the one in the box. It's minor but it got on my nerves. I might try to paint it but the handles are so small I might end up with a mess.
|Accessories|
If you can count the bonus figure as an accessory.
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Features
Opening doors, sliding roof canopy, removable 'iron plow', missile launcher, fits 2 figures in the vehicle and 5 - 6 figures outside.
Slide back the roof to conceal the missile launcher and take off the iron plow to get a regular Hummer.
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Fun Factor
How can a collector NOT have fun with this vehicle? Let alone a kid. When I first bought it I didn't plan on getting any other G.I. Joe figures. Then it looked kinda plain on its own so I got a Baroness and Snake Eyes figure. So that I could do this
and this.
This vehicle is just superb for playing and display.
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Overall
A value for money purchase. Kids will have hours and hours of fun with it and collectors will be glad for a functioning vehicle for their Cobra figures. When it first hit the shelves this was AUD 50. That was a few months ago. I bought it for less during a sale last month. AUD 30 and the extra figures were AUD 10 each. Sweet right?
Score: ****
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I only brought up the topic about this product because I noticed the cars are almost similar in size with Hot Wheels/Matchbox 1:64. So I'm guessing this will be a big hit amongst die-cast car collectors.
The cars are available in 1 pack or 2 pack. I think the 2 packs are worth it for collectors. I might pick these up if its on sale. Currently they are going for $9(1 pack) and $18(2 pack). I like the Optimus Prime and Barricade. I also saw the two nut-heads Mudflap and Skids. Those look awesome.
And as always, there will be a gimmick to these cars. In this case is the 'track' with the Transformer theme. Yeah, like Hot Wheels. : )
While you can't convert these cars into their robot form, from a collectors point of view, having these side by side with your Hot Wheels will look nice. That's my opinion anyway.
Maybe it was the monkey grin. Maybe it was the Greek Mythology bit. Maybe it was the bulky physique. Nah...it was definitely the monkey grin.
Ultimate Iron Man. Not really an 'ultimate' disaster. A good enough sculpt.
The best of the lot. Most people cried 'foul' regarding his roman type skirt missing. I for one don't really mind. He's my favourite of the lot. He just looks so grim and mean.
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Nothing against him really. His 'screaming sculpt' was scaring the other figures.
I was genuinely sad about this figure. I still wonder why they messed up so bad on this. Was it so hard to sculpt her?? DST was able to come up with a gorgeous piece of work. Why??? And you made a 'variant' diamond form Emma? Were we supposed to be impressed? Me thinks not.
This S.O.B. is the b.a.f. for this series. Ok...here's where I don't get it. Are we supposed to find this guy scary with all that pink on his armour? I could've painted purple over it I guess. But seriously? Pink!! Is this like the George Michael of baddies?
I was surprised to see this figure available in the stores. It is part of the new Spider-Man line by Hasbro. I'll do a proper review of this soon. I haven't even taken this guy out of it's packaging so it's too early to tell. Till next time, keep an eye out for the review guys.
