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Cobra 1984 by HissHissFangFang
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08-20-2017, 08:54 PM
HissHissFangFan
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Kansas
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This is a virtual set that I threw together this week, and is not one of my actual display sets at home. But I wanted a chance to display and photo some other gap-filler troops that got booted out of the 82 and 83 sets, and resolve the issues I having in my mind with the Stinger Driver figure from before. Plus, I think there was sense that I've got a set for each year. While that's not true, the response to these sets gets a guy thinking and tinkering and photographering...
Eleven Figures included to match the Eleven Joes released in 1984.
Back: Firefly (alternate); Zartan; Baroness (V2); Commander (V2); Storm Shadow
Front: Copperhead (V1); Jungle Trooper; Desert Trooper; Desert Driver; Scrap-Iron; Wild-Weasel
gCobra_25th_84-01_2017-0820b
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Notes:
The desert trooper and jungle trooper were originally filler figures for my 22-figure 82-83 display, were originally based the 12?€? Sideshow desert and sniper troopers, and were to be proto-troopers to cover general but special environments (re: Pursuit of Cobra). Also, keeping the desert and jungle troopers as generic soldier repaints makes it easier in my mind to retcon these figures back into comics, cartoons, and playtimes.
In the end, they didn?€™t feel right with the rest of the 83 set?€”likely because they didn?€™t have the appropriate opposing Joe figures were not of this year.
The
jungle trooper
gave me a chance to finally work in the black uniform Dollar General trooper figure in a nice general sense (as basically a paint variant generic trooper), works well colorwise with Copperhead, Water Moccasin, Night Vipers, and POC Jungle Vipers. The green-blue is Citadel Kabalite Green, which is a real close match to the Water Moccasin. His forearms got changed late in the game once I finally started posing him next to Copperhead.
The
desert trooper
is the result of my explorations with the driver/Stinger driver from my 83 set. The original grey Stinger figure has for decades bothered me. It was a figure so distinctive (in a good way) yet had a generic file card, and was never used in the comics or cartoons. I never had the original, but I couldn?€™t ignore it in my sets; at the same time I didn?€™t want to assign it a too-cool MOS or high rank that its unique color may suggest.
So for the grey figure, I went back to the roots. Much like his 84 counterpart, Tan Clutch, the grey would be the alternate desert uniform of the generic Cobra Trooper/Officer (which worked better for me since I had already exhausted every shade of tan I had for my Joe O13 desert set).
The
Stinger driver
of this set is my first driver originally from the 83 set before I switched him for a blue version, so he gets a temporary happy home with the 84 like it was always meant to be. The grey is a mixture of mostly Tamiya Deck Tan with a few drops of Tamiya German Grey. There is a red variant of the driver that I also tinkered with?€”alas that guy is in figure set limbo.
The rest of the figures (except for Firefly) are on loan for this pic from my ?€œCobra 13 Most Wanted?€? set (name in progress). I really don?€™t stray from the original modern versions of these, since they were true to the originals?€”which were my favorites and my area of concentration as a kid on a budget (Cobra non-generic troopers). That group pic will eventually get re-taken and posted, once I get Mindbender (spoiler!) up to snuff.
No sets specifically for 1985 or beyond are planned. By then, Hasbro was putting out a nice balance of Joe and Cobra figures, and really started going nuts with colors and specialties for Cobra--producing decent modern versions of all. And honestly, in 1987 I got out of GI Joe once I found myself staring at then-purchased Raptor next to some of these 1984 figures (regretfully missing out on the Iron Grenadiers later).
Some more sets and photos are on the way, but not year specific as previously, and early year O13 figure sets (the real heart of my 25th Anniv obsession). Thanks to everyone for the amazing response to these sets!
Oct 2017: Added pic with new drivers and pilots (all drivers/pilots pre 1985).
gCobra_25th_84-83-DriversPilots_2017-1001a
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Dec 2017: Added updated expanded 13 group pic:
gCobra_25th_84-01_2017-1115a
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Mar 2018: Nine figure set pic, limited back to the actual 1984 releases:
gCobra_25th_84-00_2018-0227c
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Mar 2018: Added repaint update to Scrap Iron (see post #28 for pics, and attachment below).
gCobra_25th_84-4p1_2018-0325a
by
J Perez
, on Flickr
Mar 2019: Updated Group shot:
gCobra_25th_84-01_2019-0320ab
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Oct 2019: Card Art Photo Recreations:
gCobra_25th_84-x6p1_2019-0327aa
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
2021-05-15_11-13-20
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
2021-05-16_01-41-43 (1)
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
Dec 2021:
2021-12-10_04-00-36
by
HissHissFangFang
, on Flickr
INDEX:
30th Style Scrap-Iron [Take 1] (post #10)
1983-1984 Pilots & Drivers Update (post #13)
1984 Expanded 13-Figure Set (post #18)
Mocassin Driver (post #19)
(Generic Cobra Water Moccasin & Rattler Drivers?)
Rattler Pilot (post #19)
30th Style Scrap-Iron [Take 2] (post #28)
More Scrap-Iron [Take 2] (post #36)
Updated Expanded 13-Figure Set (post #39)
Wild Weasel Update (post #42)
Card Art Shots (post #61)
Baroness 2021 Update (post #71)
Baroness 2021 Update (post #71)
Zartan 2023 40th Redux (post #93)
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