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03-23-2009, 04:44 PM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Sorry upfront for no pics...
Found one at the local Target last week , thought I was lucky. Went back today... This store had restocked. They had about 40 or so figures. 1 Stalker silver foilback, about 10 Airbornes, etc. Anyway - they had 3 wave 12 comic carded Cobra Troopers (1 red mask & 2 black mask!) All three have 82941 stamped on the back. So, the majority of this figure at this Target today was the variant. This makes me think Hasbro changed/revised the figure and all of the newer ones are the black mask variant, making it extremely easy to find...Or am I just lucky? What do you think? Originally thought this figure would be very hard to find...Were other variants like the clear blue Wraith the same? Like, you could find multiples on the same shelf if you caught it when they first started popping up? If the black mask 'variant' is easy to find - everyone should be happy, it is the closest retro to the original beside the CObra Team box set one (the gun.) Also, I compared the 2 w12 blk masks I have now to the wave 2 Cobra and noticed (obviously the silver vs the red) but also that the wave 2 rifle scope has a brown notch painted on it and the wv12 variant does not. And file card info different.... What's going on with this wave 12 figure? |
03-23-2009, 04:47 PM | #2 |
Hisstank Ninja
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I'm guessing it's a running change. Then again, if the date stamp is identical.... maybe it's just a 1:1 variant?
And no, clear Wraith was different.
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03-23-2009, 04:49 PM | #3 |
Plastic lover
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Is not a variant. Is the troop bldr case. He is the trooper from W2 on white border now.
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03-23-2009, 04:52 PM | #4 |
Smells Lemony
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It's not a variant. Its a figure from another case assortment. Wave 12 Red Mask, bare neck. Wave 7 Rev 3 Black mask, black neck. That you found two just means that this target ordered at least two of that case assortment. Probably even more.
So yeah, not a Variant, unless you also count Wave four Duke as a variant of Jetpack Duke. |
03-23-2009, 04:58 PM | #5 |
E-7/SFC
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Found sevral today at Target here. Not so hard to find.
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03-23-2009, 05:17 PM | #6 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: massachusetts
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Thanks, I'll have to check out that w7 r3 mentioned. Anyway, now I have 2 of these and I am happy. Left 1 on the shelf for someone else...
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03-23-2009, 05:21 PM | #7 |
Cobra Soldier
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Are you sure the w7 r3 does not have a silver chest logo? Because the ones I am talking about in this post have the red logo...picks of w7 r3 cobra show silver like w2...
Either way - I think these red logo/black mask ones are going to be easy pick ups for a lot of you - if you want them. |
03-23-2009, 05:22 PM | #8 |
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It's not a variant. Its a figure from another case assortment. Wave 12 Red Mask, bare neck. Wave 7 Rev 3 Black mask, black neck. That you found two just means that this target ordered at least two of that case assortment. Probably even more.
So yeah, not a Variant, unless you also count Wave four Duke as a variant of Jetpack Duke. |
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03-23-2009, 05:28 PM | #9 |
Karaoke Force
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It's just the troop builder case finally making it's way to stores. w13 is also just starting to make a re-appearance around here too. slowly it all eventually trickles out...
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03-23-2009, 05:32 PM | #10 |
Never Say Die
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Are you sure the w7 r3 does not have a silver chest logo? Because the ones I am talking about in this post have the red logo...picks of w7 r3 cobra show silver like w2...
Either way - I think these red logo/black mask ones are going to be easy pick ups for a lot of you - if you want them. Thanks for letting us know they are still shipping in good numbers though. |
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