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05-11-2009, 03:11 PM | #5271 |
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05-11-2009, 03:24 PM | #5273 |
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I think Krait sounds cool (the "ai" is pronounced like the long a sound in "right" and not like "crate"). It just sounds exotic and dangerous, like the name of a top-flight assassin or something. Also, kraits primarily feed on other snakes, so the Krait character could be a Cobra Internal Affairs type of guy who investigates and executes Cobra defectors.
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05-11-2009, 03:29 PM | #5274 |
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That's how I use my Shadow Guard guys. They are the Gestapo types of Cobra. They are led by a Dr Link Headswap on a CC body named Black Mamba.
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05-11-2009, 03:33 PM | #5275 |
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One thing I've always thought would be a no-brainer in terms of naming, is how come Hasbro never came up with a "King Cobra" character. It's already one of the more famous species-specific common snake names, and to me, is a lot more memorable than "Serpentor."
Also, they could have named the Cobra Ninja Force after Asian venomous snakes, instead of going with generic-sounding names like Slice and Dice. Some samples of "ninja force" sounding snake names: - Taipan (Australasian elapid and the most venomous land snake on record) - Habu (Okinawan Pit-Viper) - Mamushi (Japanese/Chinese Pit-Viper) - Ulupong (Philippine Cobra... most venomous of the known Cobra species) - Krait (South Asian/Southeast Asian elapid) - Jimuguri (literally translated as "The Burrower," a type of Japanese forest rat snake) - Aodaishō (literally translated as the "Green General"... a type of Japanese forest snake) Last edited by zuludelta; 05-11-2009 at 03:36 PM.. |
05-11-2009, 03:34 PM | #5276 |
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Yeah, Cobra needs some people that are feared to control the bad personalities they have in the ranks.
This is a group made up of thugs, murderers, revolutionaries, terrorists, criminals and the such. They won't toe the line without a heavy dose of fear.
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05-11-2009, 03:35 PM | #5277 |
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One thing I've always thought would be a no-brainer in terms of naming, is how come Hasbro never came up with a "King Cobra" character. It's already one of the more famous species-specific common snake names, and to me, is a lot more memorable and less goofy than "Serpentor."
Also, they could have named the Cobra Ninja Force after Asian venomous snakes, instead of going with generic-sounding and Ninja Turtle sounding names like Slice and Dice. Some samples of "ninja force" sounding snake names: - Taipan (Australasian elapid and the most venomous land snake on record) - Habu (Okinawan Pit-Viper) - Mamushi (Japanese/Chinese Pit-Viper) - Ulupong (Philippine Cobra... most venomous of the known Cobra species) - Krait (South Asian/Southeast Asian elapid) - Jimuguri (literally translated as "The Burrower," a type of Japanese forest rat snake) - Aodaishō (literally translated as the "Green General"... a type of Japanese forest snake) Those are all cool and would make excellant ninja names. I never liked the name Serpentor. It's just bad.. really bad.
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05-11-2009, 03:44 PM | #5278 |
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I actually call my Cobra Commander King Cobra so he has the same status as Serpentor. I use all the rest as actual cobra Commanders who are Colonels and I use only One Hooded CC as King Cobra. What sucks is I have the Collector's Club version who is just awesome and then they switch to the new 25th style the same year and he's just too short. I still love him, but it's like 25 years culminating in the best version ever only to pull the plug.
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05-11-2009, 03:47 PM | #5279 |
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I actually call my Cobra Commander King Cobra so he has the same status as Serpentor. I use all the rest as actual cobra Commanders who are Colonels and I use only One Hooded CC as King Cobra. What sucks is I have the Collector's Club version who is just awesome and then they switch to the new 25th style the same year and he's just too short. I still love him, but it's like 25 years culminating in the best version ever only to pull the plug.
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05-11-2009, 03:51 PM | #5280 |
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Now that I think about it, they could also be names for individual Night-Creepers. I thought it was odd that Hama gave the individual Night-Creepers code-names based on the Hebrew alphabet (the ones that I remember were Aleph, Daleth, and Teth).
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