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04-22-2017, 06:17 PM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canada
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Hey all,
I've been searching for a while and i just cant find it : I thought the red cobra logo was for the lower ranks and the silver for the higher ranks. But Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow, Baroness and the Twins all have a red logo. So, whats the reason behind a silver logo ? Are there any more colors ? |
04-22-2017, 06:42 PM | #2 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Iowa
Posts: 4,254
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1990's Hall of Fame Cobra operations manual is as close to official as you'll probably get. Only scans I found were at yojoe.com
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04-22-2017, 07:06 PM | #3 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Canada
Posts: 70
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Thanks for sharing that sheet.
So the Silver logo is only for the Crimson Guards Commanders ? Searching in yojoe.com, i found a Cobra Silver logo on many figures : Cobra Officer HISS Driver Copperhead Crimson Guard Twins Dr Mindbender And thats just checking the first few years... - Crimson Guards and Twins, makes sense checking the file. - Dr Mindbender and Copperhead, makes sense if you give Silver logo to high ranking members - Hiss Driver and Cobra Officers, could make sense considering they are higher rank then the soldiers. But then, Firefly, Destro, Baroness, Cobra Commander all use the red logo. I think i'm lost. |
04-22-2017, 07:32 PM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Iowa
Posts: 4,254
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There's not too much reason to it past the Cobra and Cobra Officer. Outside the vintage line, the Night Watch Cobra officer has a gold logo.
That Hasbro manual contains logos they never used (BAT) or made up for the Hall of Fame (Bludd's logo). Of course, I never felt Zartan and Firefly were of equal rank with Destro in the grand scheme of things or out ranked Bludd, but...again, as far as I know, that's the only Hasbro source on ranks and logos. |
04-22-2017, 07:37 PM | #5 |
Hog Driver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Georgia
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Red is for NCOs, silver for officers, and gold for senior officers. That's my guess. :-)
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04-22-2017, 08:13 PM | #6 |
Cobra Interrogator
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Undisclosed Military Installation in Kentucky
Posts: 1,466
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There is no consistency. You'll see that scheme used in certain characters. FWIW, the Finest Club prescribes Red for Cobra Troopers and Silver for Cobra Officers. But that's just for the Troopers. The reality is that the artists and toy designers just go with whatever they think will look best for that figure.
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04-22-2017, 08:19 PM | #7 |
Ex-Pharisee
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What is this manual you're talking about?
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04-22-2017, 08:42 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: Iowa
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Most of the early 90's 12-inch Hall of Fame figures came with Operations Manuals, GI JOE ones came with the Joe manual and Cobra Operations Manuals came with Cobra Commmnder, Destro and Bludd. Each Cobra one was unique to its respective character (Bludd's has a terrible poem on the back), though that ranking info was the same in all.
You can see them at yojoe.com under each character's Hall of Fame entry. (Not plugging that site per se, but not sure if there's any other online source.) Last edited by Sean_C; 04-22-2017 at 08:47 PM.. |
04-23-2017, 02:32 AM | #9 |
Commando
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Location: Britain
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something I did a long time back for shits and giggles. |
04-23-2017, 10:11 AM | #10 |
twitter viper
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Location: SD
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Firefly's is puzzling.
I get that he might have "chalked up" five skystrikers in his saboteur ops, but its just a bit off. An actual Firefly or something to do with his expertise like a Cobra shaped grenade or something would make more sense.
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