Commando

Code Name:

Snake Eyes

version fourteen

Figure Description:

Snake-Eyes (version 14) was released as part of the eighteenth series (2002) carded in a two-pack with Cobra Commander (v13). The first 20,000 units of this two-pack produced contained Snake Eyes (v13) (2002) before the color scheme was changed.

Snake Eyes (version 14) was also released in 2003 with a Mission Disc.

A variant version of Snake Eyes (version 14) was also released in 2004 as part of the Spy Troops VHS 3 pack, which also included Duke (v11) and Cobra Commander (v13).

The same variant version of Snake Eyes (version 14) was also released in 2004 as a single carded figure.

Versions of Snake-Eyes:

• Snake Eyes (1982)
• Snake Eyes v1.5 (1983) (Swivel Arm)
• Snake Eyes v2 (1985)
• Snake Eyes v3 (1989)
• Snake Eyes v4 (1991)
• Snake Eyes v5 (1993)
• Snake Eyes v6 (1994)
• Snake Eyes v7 (1997)
• Snake Eyes v8 (1997)
• Snake Eyes v9 (2000)
• Snake Eyes v10 (2002)
• Snake Eyes v11 (2002)
• Snake Eyes v12 (2002)
• Snake Eyes v13 (2002)
• Snake Eyes v14 (2002)
• Snake Eyes v15 (2003)
• Snake Eyes v16 (2003)
• Snake Eyes v17 (2004)
• Snake Eyes v18 (2004)
• Snake Eyes v19 (2004)
• Snake Eyes v20 (2004)
• Snake Eyes v21 (2004)
• Snake Eyes v22 (2005)
• Snake Eyes v23 (2005)
• Snake Eyes v24 (2005)
• Snake Eyes v25 (2005)
• Snake Eyes v26 (2005)
• Snake Eyes v27 (2005)
• CLASSIFIED (2006)
• Snake Eyes v28 (2007)
• Snake Eyes v29 (2007)
• Snake Eyes v30 (2008)
• Snake Eyes v31 (2008)
• Snake Eyes v32 (2008)
• Snake Eyes v33 (2008)
• Snake Eyes v34 (2008)

In 2006, a CLASSIFIED figure was released, showing Snake Eyes from his years prior to G.I.Joe.

Accessories:

Two Pack

Snake-Eyes came with a black Sound Attack machine gun, a silver sword and a black backpack sheath w/ silver fittings.

The packaging also included a color background.

The Mission Disc pack also included Mission Disc 2, featuring two episodes of the cartoon, a game, and a comic. The same disc was also included with the Mission Disc version of Dusty (v8).

VHS 3 Pack

Snake Eyes (with Spy Troops VHS 3 pack) came with no accessories.

Single Pack

Snake Eyes (in the single pack) came with a backpack (that could hold both swords), a silver sub-machine gun, two dark silver swords, and a black assault rifle.

Variations:

Some collectors consider Snake Eyes (v14) to be the later version of the same figure as Snake Eyes (v13), as they were both packed with the same Cobra Commander (v13) and available as part of the 2002 "Wave 3" release of figures.

Some versions of the carded figure two-pack came with a sticker promoting the G.I.Joe cartoons on Cartoon Network.

The VHS and single packaged versions of Snake Eyes (pictured above left) had darker shoulder pads, gloves, feet, and calves than earlier versions.

Body Construction:

The same mold was used to create Snake Eyes (v13) (2002). Every part except the head was used to create Duke (v14) (2004).

Additional points of articulation were added to several new 2002 figures. Snake Eyes (v14) has hinged ankles and swivel wrists. Note the return of the O-ring design absent from earlier new figures from 2002.