As reported by sister site TFW2005, Headrobots and Highend TF’s have announced a new, exclusive recolor of their popular Head Robot Serpent with new parts! In Transformers Generation 1, season 3, Cobra Commander showed up as Old Snake, and that’s what this exclusive recolor pays homage to! This Headmaster is even compatible with Diaclone drivers! Here’s more info by HISS Tank boards member Might Gaine:
Highendtfs.com is very happy to offer “Snake”, an exclusiverecolor of the popular Head Robots Cobra. Snake’s color scheme is
inspired by Cobra Commander. It’s blue and black with a silver
faceplate. This item is is being limited to 300 worldwide. Please Note: Limit 2 per person.
Not only does Snake sport a new color scheme, but he also has a new
double-barrelled gun, which becomes a hand-held gun for Headmaster
bodies when Snake is in head mode. The gun also fits Diaclone
drivers as well, so they can ride Snake in cobra mode.
These should being arriving by Mid- to Late-May
Click on the title bar to see more, and place your preorder here!
Might Gaine says
This is probably more of a Transformers item than a G.I. Joe item, but I thought you guys might find it interesting. If you don't know Transformers, Headmasters were the robots with heads that turned into smaller robots or humans or animals. This is a Cobra Commander-inspired recolor of a custom Headmaster head that turns into a cobra.
(I tried to post this in the news section, but it didn't seem to work, so hopefully I have better luck in this section.)
Highendtfs.com is very happy to offer "Snake", an exclusive
recolor of the popular Head Robots Cobra. Snake's color scheme is
inspired by Cobra Commander. It's blue and black with a silver
faceplate. This item is is being limited to 300 worldwide. Please Note: Limit 2 per person.
Not only does Snake sport a new color scheme, but he also has a new
double-barrelled gun, which becomes a hand-held gun for Headmaster
bodies when Snake is in head mode. The gun also fits Diaclone
drivers as well, so they can ride Snake in cobra mode.
These should being arriving by Mid- to Late-May
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I had a lot of fun working on this with Head Robots, so I hope you all enjoy it You can preorder them at my web store. For ease of calculating shipping, I've included the shipping in the price of the item:
HighendTFs Toy Store: Head Robots "Snake" Exclusive
(The new gun will also be available with the other two recolors of Head Robots Cobra.)
Dryhawk37 says
This looks very cool. Is the pre-order just for a head or a full Cobra Transformer? Does it come carded? Let me know, and please post a direct link for the preorder. The one that was there had different prices for them with different quantities. Thanks
wheeljaxx says
already pre-ordered
Might Gaine says
Dryhawk37 says
How do I get the full on transformer for it? I already ordered one, but am not a TF collector at all. Thanks!!
Might Gaine says
Thanks for the purchase
The idea of the Headmaster heads is that they can fit on any Headmaster body. So kids would buy two different Headmasters and swap the heads. The Headmasters originally came out back in 1987 and 1988, when Hasbro was trying to think up new gimmicks to keep the line going.
This particular head doesn't have any one particular body to go with it. We were sort of going for the "Cobra Commander takes over any robot body he wants" sort of thing
A complete Headmaster, with body, head and weapons can be pretty expensive, but the body on its own can go for less than $20. So your best bet would probably be to pick up one of those bodies from Ebay. If you do a search on Ebay for "Headmaster" it comes up with a bunch of them:
eBay - action figures, action figure and gi joe action figures items on eBay.com. Find IT on eBay.
This link shows the head (in different colors) on various Headmaster bodies:
Headrobots - Cobra Prototype
Shin Densetsu says
That is beast, thanks for posting!
Steelgrave says
Too bad I already sold all my Headmasters & I'm working on dumping the rest of my useless/pointless collection.
Boombatty says
And cue Hasbro Cease & Desist in 5...4...3...2...1...
Based on the fact that that the file card says, "A real American Hero" and the the Banner and other parts are swiped from a GI Joe card I have to ask if Hasbro has "reached" out yet. The HeadRobot I am sure you can get away with but the associated IP is usually fodder for the lawyers. I know of a certain parts recreation vendor who swiped the logo and got the legal smack down repeatedly.
KingStalin says
Nicely done, but I still don't know how they can get away with this without Hasbro's permission.
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