 Hello everybody hooded co-worker manager 788 here, and I'm very excited to show this to you This was sent to me by Eric Eamon of Screamin' Eamon Customs And this is an exclusive for Joe Fest in 2020 now sadly I'm not able to attend Joe Fest this year. It is in Augusta, Georgia September 5th and 6th So it's coming up very soon, but you know how life is. I just can't make it this year So this is going to be there And I wasn't going to have a chance to get my hands on it But it was sent to me by Eric and full disclosure He did send this to me for free and I agreed to open it and show you guys There were some of these available for online purchase, but those have all sold out So now the only way to get one of these is through Joe Fest in Augusta, Georgia So Eric sent this to me It is a custom Cobra Viper Glider As some of you may know, the Cobra Viper Glider from 1983 is a pretty rare piece Rare because it is often broken You know, it was a glider that was meant to be thrown in the air But it was made out of very flimsy material Well, this is modeled after that When constructing this though, including the box Eric made sure that every piece is distinctive from the original vintage toy So this is not something that is going to be passed off as a original vintage Viper Glider For instance, here on the box face There's no window pane for an action figure because it doesn't come with an action figure The original box would have had that So right off the bat from the very front of the box You can tell this is not original But the box itself is very high quality And this one on the back says 2HCC 788 And it's a limited one of one So this one is for me I'm going to open this box One thing that has changed since it was first sent to me is the frame piece That was originally on here Apparently it's an early version that wasn't very good So the later production version, the one that you would get if you purchased one of these Was better So Eric sent me one of the better ones to replace the one that's on here So let's open this up and check it out And immediately I see some paperwork All right, so that's all of the contents of the box The box, by the way, looks great It is reminiscent of that vintage box, but it is not a copy of the vintage box So let me set this aside Carefully because I don't want to damage it This is one that I will probably keep with the box What you have is the glider And this looks similar to the Viper glider and of course the G.I. Joe equivalent of falcon glider But there are some important differences to look for It does have that frame piece This is the one that will be replaced By this, this is the updated version So I'll swap those out before I get some close-ups So that's the replacement And we have, let's see This is a flyer for JoeFest And it says limited numbered edition Cobra Viper glider That has the information about it and about JoeFest Looks like it's $120 for a limited exclusive That is not bad We have an instruction sheet And we have a letter This letter has some information about the glider But it also has some personal notes as well About the glider, it will be available at JoeFest It will be priced at $120 There will be 100 of them available You will get them at the Screamin' Eman Customs table So make sure you check that out Yeah, limited and numbered 100 If you'd like to contact Eric for a custom commission I will put the address for his custom site On the screen right now So that is the information that I have to give you on here I have an instruction sheet I have a card Yes, a card that is in the form of a file card That's lovely That's nice, I like that That's cool And we have the glider itself We have the fins There are also some rubber bands Some black rubber bands These are similar but not exactly the same as the rubber bands that came with The original Viper glider Those were a bit wider But the original Viper glider came with a rubber band to wrap around the guy The action figure to make sure it didn't fall off Because they didn't have enough faith in the backpack So let's look at the instruction sheet And blueprints And with color blueprints That's really cool Yeah, that is awesome It is reminiscent of the vintage blueprints But it's quite obviously updated It has the JoFest 2020 logo on it You won't find that on the 1983 vintage This is something that is important to me If you're going to do something that looks similar to a vintage item You should take the care to make sure it is different enough That nobody is going to be defrauded Buying something that they expect to be a vintage piece But it turns out it's not For me it's an ethical thing You have to make sure that people are getting what they're expecting to get This is a modern piece And I can tell you just from the feel of it This is more sturdy than the vintage glider It is heavier, it is thicker It is not going to fall apart as easily as the vintage As to whether it would fly or not I am not going to try that For once I'm just not going to throw one of these in the air I did that with my vintage one And I'll not do that with this one But it is heavy enough that I don't know if it would fly as well as the vintage One of the reasons the vintage gliders would glide Is because the material was very thin and very light But that also made it very breakable So this is not going to be as breakable Which is good This is a good display piece And in fact this sheet says Your Viper glider is intended for display purposes only It is not recommended for flying So there you go Don't chuck this one in the air The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to take this piece off This is the frame that originally came with it And it's pretty tight There we go This piece And I can see it's just a little The details are a bit soft you might say So I'm going to take that piece off And I'm going to replace it with the new one that he sent And that's noticeably better There we go So that should do it So now we have the glider with the proper frame on it With much better details than the other one Still a bit different from the vintage And if you had a vintage one side by side You would be able to tell This appears to be 3D printed Obviously the vintage one was not 3D printed So that's an easy way to tell As far as the body of the glider itself First of all These Cobra emblems Which were stickers on the original Those are printed on Those are not stickers It looks really nice But just at a quick glance You're going to tell that these are not stickers And that is not how the vintage glider came Again to me that's important It's important to be able to tell the difference And also on the other side Here under this Cobra emblem Which is also printed on It says it has the copyright information From Screamin' Eamon Customs And it's current 2020 date stamp Let's go ahead and get these fins on I can tell these are not exactly the same shape As the vintage fins And I'm wondering if they will go on in about the same way It is a tight fit You just press it straight in Once you get it started It seems to go Once you get it started It goes much better There's one There's the other Unfortunately my vintage Viper glider and Viper Pilot Are not accessible right now So I am going to get another figure To put on here Just for display purposes Just so you can see What it looks like with the figure on There we go There we go Now it's a tight fit And that's fine Because you don't want these to fall off But the fins as well You will notice are not the same as the vintage fins For one thing they're printed on both sides So that is something that is different from the vintage one There you go It is complete It is put together It looks gorgeous It is close enough to the vintage That it has all the nice qualities of the vintage for display But it is different enough from the vintage That you're going to be able to tell You're not getting a vintage item I'm going to use this straight arm Cobra Trooper And the backpack on here is not a regular backpack Which again is another way to distinguish it from vintage I really can't express how much I appreciate The fact that Eric took the time and effort to make sure this is done right Make sure that it makes a good display piece But is not going to Not going to be passed off as a vintage one All right So I've got the rubber band around the guy here And I'm going to kind of hook his rubber band around this Center piece If I can slide him up So that the peg lines up Okay there we go There we go Almost yeah There we go So now there we have One of my straight arm Cobra Troopers On the Viper glider He's not flying anywhere This thing is not going to stay aloft But I tell you that is nice for display It is really gorgeous Are really well done And I can't say enough about it I can't thank you enough for this Eric This is really cool I really appreciate it I'm sorry I can't be at Joefest with you Hopefully next year But this is really awesome And really cool that you sent this to me Now if you're watching this Again I want to make sure this full disclosure This was sent to me for free I was not able to make it to Joefest So Eric just sent this to me And I appreciate his generosity If you're at Joefest Fortunately I won't be But if you're there Make sure you check out Screamin' Even Customs Table Check out the exclusive Viper glider And you know pick up one of these If you can for the purposes of display So that is the Joefest 2020 Custom Viper glider From Screamin' Even Productions Thank you for watching I'll be back soon with a vintage GI Joe toy review But we're still in Cobra Convergence So until then remember Only Cobra is Cobra