#583 G.I. Joe - Astro-Viper As Well As Toxo-Viper (1988)

SPANISH G.I.JOE CHEWING GUM

This topic was discussed real intensely inwards the Castilian G.I.Joe Message Boards "Casa Slaughter", only directly this site has disappeared.

The chewing mucilage could travel bought inwards sugariness shops too bakeries for v pesetas each (0,03 Eur). There was alone 1 flavour: strawberry too each chewing mucilage included 1 sticker. It was wrapped inwards a pinkish newspaper decorated amongst roughly figures based on blistercard illustrations.

Those stickers could travel collected inwards a newspaper album that had roughly the size of a canvass of paper, too could travel bent inwards two, resulting a small-scale booklet amongst cover, interior (2 pages) too backcover. The album was, of course, free, too most children had a few of them. I had vi or 7.

The 39 stickers had to travel sticked on the within pages. These were the 36 figures available that year, addition iii stickers amongst the emblems of G.I. Joe, Cupra (the Castilian Cobra) too Tiger Force. Each sticker represented the toy figure equipped amongst all weapons, too had a feature background coloring depending on the faction: blueish for G.I. Joe, grayness for Cobra too orange/yellow for Tiger Force.

In instance yous got to consummate the album, yous were promised a big prize. For 1 album yous could pick out 2 figures (theoretically 1 skillful guy too 1 bad guy) too for 2 albums yous could pick out 1 out of iii big vehicles: the Tomahawk, the Phantom X-19 or the Rolling Thunder.

That was of course of educational activity an virtually impossible task. Despite buying chewing gums yesteryear dozens, at that topographic point was a sticker that was actually hard to obtain: Toxo-Viper. During many years I idea that this sticker did never exist. The chewing gums were a big success, only I never met anybody who got this item sticker. Years later, on the internet, I met a guy who said that he completed 1 album too received 2 figures. I produce non incertitude this is true. According to what he told me, he institute the sticker somewhere on the street, completed the album, sent it, too got 2 random figures, non the ones he asked for, too non fifty-fifty a G.I.Joe too a Cobra, only 2 Cobras.

Toxo-Viper obsessed many kids dorsum inwards 1990 (in Kingdom of Spain the American figures from 1988 came later), everybody looking for that sticker. Me too, too finally, I bought the figure inwards rage. The figure is simple, has evidently colours, too also uncomplicated accesories. The best of Toxo-Viper for me are the concept for the figure too the helmet, which has an amazing design. The backpack has at the side 2 containers which are sometimes broken too the gun has a peg for the cable that is also fragile. Otherwise it is a stone oil figure.

The minute figure presented today is Astro-Viper. This figure was also inwards the album, only the sticker could travel institute normally. Although both figures were released inwards the

U.S.

inwards 1988, Astro-Víbora belonged to the s Castilian serial (1989, only was also available the next moving ridge inwards 1990) too Toxo-Víbora to the third serial (1990). This figure also has an amazing helmet too a cool backpack. The backpack has v parts: principal body, 2 arms/control handles too 2 lasers. The 2 lasers are real fragile, too are virtually e'er broken. The peg to insert it inwards the principal business office is likewise fragile. The coloring system is also amazing inwards my opinion.