First, it is no secret that I love the Flak Viper mold, but that in and of itself did not create this figure. I found the backpack launcher and grapple hooks from the Dino Hunter set on joearmory.com. The figure sprouted wings from there. I almost made this figure a Joe, so he could use the launcher from the Desert Fox repaint, but the idea a Cobra Island Dinosaur trainer seemed a better fit. I used the filecard of the Mega Viper for his bio, but strangely enough, the paint scheme did NOT come from that figure. The paint scheme came from the accessories. I matched the colors from the launcher and missiles like the original Flak Viper figure. The purple came as a last minute choice, but I think it fits the era of figures nicely.