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Cobra 1983 by HissHissFangFang
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08-03-2017, 01:38 AM
HissHissFangFan
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Originally Posted by
jlw515
Man I really like these! I love that you tweaked the HISS driver to create a FANG pilot. It was pretty creative of Hasbro BITD to list HISS drivers as qualified FANG pilots - kind of made up to the kids for not including an action figure. With the exception of (maybe) Yearbook 2, I don't think the comics or cartoons caught on to this.
My favorite has to be the Stinger Driver though! I never owned one as a kid and always thought the rocket launcher was just so cool looking. This is definitely a figure I hope Hasbro updates in the future.
Jason
So I just went back to Yearbook 2 and you're right--there's a distinct uniform to the fang pilots that I don't recognize! This is gonna bother me for a while...
If they update the Stinger driver, that would be great--the light grey paint over the dark grey of the shock trooper was (is) a pain. But they need to change up the webgear from the one shown in their concept cases. I don't know if the shock trooper vest is the best solution, but it works for me these days.
Also the grey uni as a whole bothers me conceptually, though in the end it is "historically accurate". I want my early cobras legions to stay more uniform in color. In my head, when the tomax/xamot and their financing came around (1985), they would then have a big say on future troop uniforms, and the rest is crazy colorful history.
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