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09-08-2020, 01:22 PM | #1 |
Cobra Viper
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Don't think anyone has noticed that there appears to be a running change to the 6 inch Cobra Trooper. The collar on the body armor is being painted blue now. The all black collar body armor looks to be the original shipments and the blue collar is the update.
You can see this blue collar on T-MAN978 review video. His copy was recently obtained, so I assume this is a running change. If you look at older Cobra Trooper review videos, they all have black collars. All of my Cobra Troopers have black collars. |
09-08-2020, 02:00 PM | #2 |
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You're right.
A few on eBay also have the blue collar. At first I thought this was going to be either a hoax like the silver mask or just an error, like the one with blue colored flesh near his eyes. But it looks like a small running change.
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09-08-2020, 03:26 PM | #3 |
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So I picked up 3 in that first big week before the "Street date" and I just found another randomly the other day. LO AND BEHOLD the new one is the variant!
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09-08-2020, 03:29 PM | #4 |
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I've seen this. The all-black collar looks better, in my opinion.
Did this really need a thread?
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09-08-2020, 03:33 PM | #5 |
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The all black is much better.
I'm glad I got my troopers before this started rolling out. I'm curious about this rumored wave 4 Trooper (assuming it's not a radical redeco of the Cobra Island Trooper).
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09-08-2020, 03:34 PM | #6 |
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I have one of each but surprisingly, they both have the same production stamp on the bottom of the box.
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09-08-2020, 03:46 PM | #7 |
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I honestly don't believe that this is a genuine running change. It's just that some figures here and there aren't getting their collars painted and some are. QC issue, random chance, serendipity, whatever you want to call it, but I don't think someone was like "hey, this collar would look better BLUE! Let's make it happen!"
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09-08-2020, 03:49 PM | #8 |
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I can't imangine any repaint/redeco of the Target Cobra Trooper being in any conceivable way better than the original that we all love so much. The current Cobra Trooper is honestly the first literally PERFECT Classified figure released thus far. Any change, no matter how well-meaning, is bound to be grossly inferior.
Based on last week's sudden re-release of tons of Star Wars and Legends exclusives by Hasbro, I'm hopeful it's basically the same figure in a different box. Now I hope it has a black collar too.
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09-08-2020, 04:07 PM | #9 |
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Nothing a little black paint and a brush can't fix.
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09-08-2020, 04:27 PM | #10 |
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I just received a blue collared Cobra Trooper I bought from a guy on a Facebook Collector's Forum. I didn't notice it has a blue collar until I saw this thread. I like it myself, looks nice with the blue there.
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