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View Poll Results: Best Figure of 1986 A-L (Carded) | |||
B.A.T. | 23 | 38.33% | |
Beach Head | 8 | 13.33% | |
Dial-Tone | 4 | 6.67% | |
Dr. Mindbender | 1 | 1.67% | |
Hawk (v2) | 7 | 11.67% | |
Iceberg | 0 | 0% | |
Leatherneck | 1 | 1.67% | |
Lifeline | 3 | 5.00% | |
Low-Light | 13 | 21.67% | |
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02-17-2023, 05:53 PM | #21 |
Joe Gramps aka Mr H
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I agree! A robotic (I thought he was a cyborg at first because his card art depicted human flesh on his elbows lol) Cobra trooper, dressed in black, metal faceless faceplate, detachable weapons AND with a backpack that stored all of his weapons! Plus his lenticular chest was just incredibly cool, especially in 1986!
I'm also biased because the B.A.T. was the very first '86 figure I got (got him as a 2nd grade graduation gift in early June '86), so he has a special place in my heart for that reason as well.
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02-17-2023, 07:04 PM | #22 |
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B.a.t.s.
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02-17-2023, 07:24 PM | #23 |
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Low light and bat were the last 2 joes I bought as a kid. Got'em at the same time.
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02-17-2023, 08:07 PM | #24 |
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Yeah! I think when I first got him I thought Cobra would re-animate or re-use dead Cobras and fuse them with mechanical android parts. Which honestly just made me like the B.A.T. even more as a 7-yr-old kid! Definitely was creepy, but in a really fascinating, mysterious and morbid curiosity kind of way.
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02-17-2023, 08:30 PM | #25 |
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Yeah! I think when I first got him I thought Cobra would re-animate or re-use dead Cobras and fuse them with mechanical android parts. Which honestly just made me like the B.A.T. even more as a 7-yr-old kid! Definitely was creepy, but in a really fascinating, mysterious and morbid curiosity kind of way.
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02-17-2023, 08:40 PM | #26 |
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Gotta give this one to the BAT. An obvious trooper for Cobra, considering the sci fi, experimental weapons aspects of the organization. Kind of surprised it took until 1986.
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1982 still seemed like a prototype year in a way, still working out how the concept and characters would be presented exactly.
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02-17-2023, 10:25 PM | #27 |
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The early concept sketches also show that he is half-man, half-robot. What is interesting is the card art must have been done before they finalized that decision. Or the artist was given some concept art and saw the flesh arms so drew/painted him to have them? Also interesting to note, the original toy was going to be all vac-metal but on 08/29/85 Hasbro sent out a memo to change the vac-metal chrome to just plain silver. Also, on his original sculptor sheet from January '85 he has mechanical sculpting on his butt (similar to his upper back), but in April '85 Hasbro decided to scrap that detail on his ass and just make it normal fabric instead, deeming it "inappropriate to the general seriousness of the character".
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02-17-2023, 10:57 PM | #28 |
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You made a mistake tonight, if you didn't vote Low-Light.
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02-17-2023, 11:14 PM | #29 |
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Thanks for the research (as always) DarthBrett. |
02-17-2023, 11:44 PM | #30 |
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Wow. Would love to see how that would've looked if produced. The B.A.T.S. we know and love are perfect in my opinion. Still, hard to imagine a vac-metal version so the thought of it piques my curiosity. I dig the ME Cobra Vipers with vac-metal.
Thanks for the research (as always) DarthBrett. You're welcome Maxwell!
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