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03-13-2018, 09:56 PM | #11 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: MO
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Thanks for the input. I've been trying to put together a decent looking one since it's one of my favorite figures. On most copies I see the blue has turned into a greenish blue due to age.
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03-14-2018, 09:33 AM | #12 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Boulder
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Ah man, I didn't know they were discoloring with age. It's also a favorite of mine. You can even see a hint of it in my signature image.
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03-14-2018, 12:57 PM | #13 |
Hisstank.Com General
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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Yeah, I always had the point facing down. Looks better in my opinion. Just figured I did it wrong all this time due to the contours on the backpack and his back.
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03-14-2018, 01:04 PM | #14 |
Gunslinger
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Location: MidWorld
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One of my all time favorite figures. Even though the real Cobra Commander wore it for such a short amount of time.
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03-14-2018, 01:26 PM | #15 |
Hisstank.Com General
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Yeah, I loved it. I also had the 1997 one and hollowed out the helmet and used the Star Brigade CC head. Wish I still had that.
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03-14-2018, 01:45 PM | #16 |
Cobra necromancer
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Central Wisconsin
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This was also one of my all time favorite figures back in the day, and is the first figure I think of from 1987. I always had the backpack point up because I used to pretend it was a miniature jet pack.
It took a while for me to get used to the 25th version being pointed down. |
03-14-2018, 01:52 PM | #17 |
Hisstank.Com General
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I looked at his cardart again and yeah, I think I was right to point it down. Guess it's another case of Blowtorch where the cardart depicted the backpack to be placed upside down from what the designers designed on the toy. Wish the 25th one gave him a holster as that's what the card art had on his left leg.
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03-14-2018, 05:33 PM | #18 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 3,155
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I think the point is suppose to be up on the backpack. If you look at it from the side, the backpack has a moulded contour on the inside that lines up with the curve of Cobra Commander's back. Going by that, it looks like it's designed to have the point up.
But I alway put the point down, it just doesn't look right to me with it up. |
03-14-2018, 05:35 PM | #19 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: MO
Posts: 12
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I've wondered if Larry Hama disliked this design for CC and maybe he was under a mandate to use it. So that prompted the whole death of CC and the imposter Fred using the armor storyline.
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03-14-2018, 05:55 PM | #20 |
Range Viper
Join Date: Jun 2015
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I used it as a jet pack as well.
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