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10-25-2015, 10:12 AM | #1 |
Domesticated Arms Dealer
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This helicopter has been holy grail for Joe Collectors for decades. We first saw it in the classic G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Yearbook #2 story, seeing it deploy a squad of Cobras on a train car carrying a top secret laser held by the Oktober Guard. It appeared periodically throughout the comic run, dropping off tanks and gear to Cobra forces in a variety of settings. It has been a glaring hole in the line since the ARAH run, and now the modern era.
I had been after this helicopter for a few years. It went out of production in 2005, then quickly dried up on the secondary market. Occasionally they appeared on foreign sites or eBay for astronomical prices. I posted how this was my holy grail on the G.I. Joe Discussion FB group, and someone reached out to me who had TWO. I made him an offer, we agreed and in a few days I received this bird. I had already planned in my head that this custom would be a light purple, a departure from what other customizers had done in the past. Cobra Blue is the safe bet, but I wanted mine to be true to the comic origin. I already had a set of Cobra Skycrane decals from Cobrastickers, which made them for those customizing the Eagle Hawk. For pilots, I had been eying the Gyrator kit from Raginspoon, so decided on two pilots - Gyro-Vipers. Here is the final work - I decided to not do doors because the figures were hard enough to get in the pod as it is and liked the open cargo look for fast deployment. I added a windshield and consoles in the cockpit. Most importantly, I added a massive chin gun from a CORPs raft I picked up at Walmart. The Skycrane can carry a variety of Cobra vehicles - from Cobra HISS tanks to the Rage. It is essential to rapidly getting Cobra weapons to the battlefield!
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10-25-2015, 10:15 AM | #2 |
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10-25-2015, 10:19 AM | #3 |
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Yearbook #2 Diorama
The Cobra Skycrane carries troops to the combat zone with cover from Trouble Bubbles and F.A.N.G.s Ready to attack!!! Destro and the Baroness lead a squad of Cobra troops, but run into Dragonsky with his flame thrower
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10-25-2015, 10:25 AM | #4 |
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The Cobra Skycrane normally flies with a crew of two Cobra Gyro-Vipers, and can carry a squad of Cobra troops and normally fly with Cobra Air Troopers for quick response.
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10-25-2015, 10:25 AM | #5 |
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Badass is too incomplete a word for the finished product, but that sums it up nicely.
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10-25-2015, 10:27 AM | #6 |
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The Cobra Skycrane can also remove its troop pod and carry light armor, such as the High Speed Sentry, or H.I.S.S. tank.
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10-25-2015, 10:27 AM | #7 |
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shes a beauty
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10-25-2015, 10:31 AM | #8 |
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"Battle of Springfield"
The Cobra Skycrane deploys a Rage urban assault tank to war zone that used to be the downtown area. Firefly coordinates drop points with the Gyro-Viper, while the Techno-Viper and Alley Viper Officer get ready to release the Rage. Alley Vipers move house to house with Shock Troopers to reclaim their home base.
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10-25-2015, 10:34 AM | #9 |
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The Skycrane lifts off after the Rage is deployed, ready to wreak havoc on the Joes!!!
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10-25-2015, 11:18 AM | #10 |
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This is great; I love the comic-style purple color! Boy would it be nice to see this mold come back into production again.
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