As a Cobra troop builder, this figure is pretty cool. Loads of gear and decent sculpting. There does seem to be a mission overlap between the Shock Troopers and the Alley Vipers. Both seem to be a door-busting, head smacking assault troop, but what would be the mission need for two assault troops?
Perhaps the Shock Troopers could be the "pacification" level of assault, move in, bust some heads, kick ass, take names - that sort of thing. But if the local populace continues to be unruly and unaccepting of Cobra's kind "benevolence", then perhaps the Alley Vipers are called in for a more permanent type of control over those who fail to fall in line with Cobra's "security."
A great set of gear for these guys -
- Large machine gun
- Small machine gun
- Riot shield
- Pistol
- Shotgun
- Sledge Hammer
- Helmet w/ gas mask and goggles
- Radio
- some sort of two-handled attached stick thingy - electric prods for crowd control?
The goggles are pretty useless without the helmet, Best bet is to glue them to the helmet to avoid loss. The radio has a peg on the back, can't figure out where it goes.
The neck seems a bit long, especially without the web gear. I think a couple millimeters could have shaved out of the length of the neck and he would have been perfect. The flare of the hood at the base of the neck needs to stay above the web gear, but the neck length could have been just a little less. Minor point, still a damn cool figure!
Plus the troop has the enhanced wrist articulation. Hasbro really scored big with this new feature. Very nice!
He looks pretty cool all loaded up. More pictures soon when I have a little more time. I need to set up some "action" shots.
I highly recommend this troop. Build up an army of Shock Troopers to keep your local 3 3/4" toy population in line. Just don't go too crazy, I still want a few more! 
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