Came across single pack Cobra troopers (comic style) today |
01-03-2008, 03:55 PM
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| | Where's my bubble gum? Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 171 | Came across single pack Cobra troopers (comic style) today
Found these today at a Target in Round Rock, TX. 
I had to do a double take. Upon closer inspection these are very well done repacks by another collector.
Bought them anyways as I prefer this version to the single pack. :P | 
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01-03-2008, 04:03 PM
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| | Freelance Operative Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 286 | Sweett!!!!
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01-03-2008, 04:05 PM
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| | Anybody out there? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Jordan, Utah Posts: 1,711 | Haha... people are weird. Aren't most people, at least here, preferring the comic version over the carded silver logo version?
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01-03-2008, 04:06 PM
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| | The Last Gunslinger Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chino Hills, CA Posts: 2,142 | I know someone stole the original figure and replaced it with their own, but this is one time I'd actually like it. I'd love to get a couple of 5 pack troopers without buying the whole set again.
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01-03-2008, 04:09 PM
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| | Cobra Commando Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: California Posts: 835 | But how was it re-sealed?
It looks fairly seamless from here. | |
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01-03-2008, 04:15 PM
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| | Anybody out there? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Jordan, Utah Posts: 1,711 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Phorpus But how was it re-sealed?
It looks fairly seamless from here. | Look at the one on the right. Near the card art's knee-pad. Might be a camera glitch, but it looks torn after scouring the photo.
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01-03-2008, 04:23 PM
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| | Crimson Guard Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 2,142 | damnit, i'd love them to repack them like that, that's my favorite version (but put the gloves back on...)
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01-03-2008, 04:23 PM
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| | Where's my bubble gum? Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 171 | They were cut along the inside and bottom and then it looks like the bubble was melted or somehow fused back onto the card plastic. | |
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01-03-2008, 04:25 PM
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| | Freelance Operative Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 286 | I'd buy those over the siler sigil cobra troops any day. I liked the legions trooper ever since it came out. I hope these are legit. 
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01-03-2008, 04:26 PM
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| | shootin' from the hip Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 2,721 | you would think they would have swapped the torso and left the yellow straps with silver emblem and kept red Cobras with black webbing.
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