[Playful]

I used to believe that this Walmart Retro line would produce the Cobra Rattler and the Skystriker, but now seeing that some production has shifted from China to Vietnam, I’m uncertain that the tooling can be easily relocated.

Investing in brand new tooling for a vehicle sounds costly, so maybe now is the time for Hasbro to invest in retooling a new Cobra A.S.P. (Assault System Pod) for 2021 to accommodate modern action figures and go well with the H.I.S.S. Tank they recently marketed. (This investment will allow for later reproductions in Crimson, Arctic, or Python Patrol colors.)

Similar to this mock up image my kid made, it could include some sort of Cobra Officer as a newly sculpted figure with a silver Cobra emblem on the chest. I doubt that the new sculpting and articulation would be to the quality of the previous Pursuit of Cobra line, but one could always hope.

So long as the vehicle cockpit is designed to hold these newer action figures, we could always discard the new Cobra Officer figure and replace it with a better figure of our choosing.

[wmichben]

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Originally Posted by Playful

I used to believe that this Walmart Retro line would produce the Cobra Rattler and the Skystriker, but now seeing that some production has shifted from China to Vietnam, I’m uncertain that the tooling can be easily relocated.

Investing in brand new tooling for a vehicle sounds costly, so maybe now is the time for Hasbro to invest in retooling a new Cobra A.S.P. (Assault System Pod) for 2021 to accommodate modern action figures and go well with the H.I.S.S. Tank they recently marketed. (This investment will allow for later reproductions in Crimson, Arctic, or Python Patrol colors.)

Similar to this mock up image my kid made, it could include some sort of Cobra Officer as a newly sculpted figure with a silver Cobra emblem on the chest. I doubt that the new sculpting and articulation would be to the quality of the previous Pursuit of Cobra line, but one could always hope.

So long as the vehicle cockpit is designed to hold these newer action figures, we could always discard the new Cobra Officer figure and replace it with a better figure of our choosing.

Oooh. As a former artillery soldier, I approve of this! I want more cannons!

[CG23]

Inventive? All time low? Absolutely ridiculous. It's a pic of Crankcase in the figure's place if you can't tell... some shitty people in my area...

[shotodrag]

Regarding vehicles for the Retro line, assuming they keep releasing them, I would imagine they won't get any bigger than the HISS/AWE range, so stuff like the VAMP/Stinger, Skyhawk, Firebat, Flight Pod and Serpentor's Air Chariot would be the most likely.

[Dusty777]

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Originally Posted by CG23

Inventive? All time low? Absolutely ridiculous. It's a pic of Crankcase in the figure's place if you can't tell... some shitty people in my area...

holy crap.. I wonder if the Awe Striker is in the box at all?

What kind of loser does this stuff...

If they wanted just the figure, Im sure it can be had on ebay for around 15 bucks..

Is it worth all that time and your self-respect to save 15 bucks?

[CG23]

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Originally Posted by Dusty777

holy crap.. I wonder if the Awe Striker is in the box at all?

What kind of loser does this stuff...

If they wanted just the figure, Im sure it can be had on ebay for around 15 bucks..

Is it worth all that time and your self-respect to save 15 bucks?

Exactly. It did feel a bit light, but there were no others to compare it to

[BeachheadMatt]

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Originally Posted by CG23

Inventive? All time low? Absolutely ridiculous. It's a pic of Crankcase in the figure's place if you can't tell... some shitty people in my area...

Hahahaha. That's a photo?? That's a damn good quality photo. Color ink isn't cheap. Geesh.

[CG23]

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Originally Posted by BeachheadMatt

Hahahaha. That's a photo?? That's a damn good quality photo. Color ink isn't cheap. Geesh.

Might be part of a box? Maybe the back of a 25th? I'd have to research more. I was just baffled lol

[Goin' Commando]

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Originally Posted by 46 Zone

I'm hoping for a Wolverine with newly sculpted Cover Girl.

This would be fantastic!

[chuckles32]

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Originally Posted by Playful

I used to believe that this Walmart Retro line would produce the Cobra Rattler and the Skystriker, but now seeing that some production has shifted from China to Vietnam, I’m uncertain that the tooling can be easily relocated.

Investing in brand new tooling for a vehicle sounds costly, so maybe now is the time for Hasbro to invest in retooling a new Cobra A.S.P. (Assault System Pod) for 2021 to accommodate modern action figures and go well with the H.I.S.S. Tank they recently marketed. (This investment will allow for later reproductions in Crimson, Arctic, or Python Patrol colors.)

Similar to this mock up image my kid made, it could include some sort of Cobra Officer as a newly sculpted figure with a silver Cobra emblem on the chest. I doubt that the new sculpting and articulation would be to the quality of the previous Pursuit of Cobra line, but one could always hope.

So long as the vehicle cockpit is designed to hold these newer action figures, we could always discard the new Cobra Officer figure and replace it with a better figure of our choosing.

I've got tons of older stuff already, so anything new is going to have to knock my socks off. Not sure why the perfection of the POC/30th Cobra Trooper in a proper deco, new helmet, and right web gear for an officer, pr recolored for other weather like arctic or junle is so hard, or as is needs to be messed with. Ditto re-releasing the 30th Viper (although I'll miss the chrome helmets). I doubt any of this will happen. Really almost wish it wouldn't if it would be impossible to find, I'd just be more pissed at Hasbro. I consider the retro line a minor joke, but I did get a few Hiss tanks,...plus what I'd like to buy (Classified 6") is near impossible and way more than I'm spending for a new line investment.

Keeping mine Marauder in 2021.