Your favorite Cobra figure

[10incher]

You have to admit Cobra had allot of the cooler villians including Stormshadow, Baroness and Destro not to mention Cobra Commander. Probably my favorite Cobra figure is Major Bludd. He was such a chicken shit in the cartoon but he is one of my favorite figures - why, I'm not exacttly sure (maybe the eye patch )

[THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH]

well my fav is a die hard tie between the twins tomax ,xamot and another set of brothers zartan and zandar. its hard to say i like one more than the other. but i have the twins company logo tatooed behind my ears. extensive enterprises. morgage your future today. but zartan and zandar are super favs and i really like zanya from the new comics zartans daughter. which they will never make a figure for . but ive customized her a few times ;D

[wraith]

Destro,baby!Smart,Strong,No whimp in fire fights or hand to hand, & he has his own army of IG's to fall back on.

[madmartigan37]

I really like firefly, he had a cool backpack and has a really cool background.

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madmartigan37 said:

I really like firefly, he had a cool backpack and has a really cool background.

it did get alittle wierd with him later on with him being a ninja that actually killed snakeeyes master. but totally one of the best figures. i was lucky enough to have a firefly signed by the voice actor from the cartoon

[whiterabbit]

My fav one has to be Destro from the Hall Of Fame series of G I Joe's.

He's about 10" tall and comes with a fabric made costume and weapons which fire.
He also comes with a removable mask. (correct me if I'm wrong). I think this is the only Destro fig that was unmaskable?

[treckmeyer]

I really like zartan as a figure. He had that mask, which was pretty cool. And the changing colors was awsome too, when he was in the sun!
I also liked scrap iron for some reason. I think it was because he had that cool missile launcher.

[figurasdeaccion]

My favorite Cobra character is Storm Shadow without a doubt, his relationship with Snake Eyes (which is my favorite G.I.Joe character), his strange honor codes, the cool ninja design, etc... Awesome!!

But my favorite figures are Alley Viper V1 and Annihilator, both of them was my first GIJoe toys when I was a kid and start to collect GIJoe, and I still like a lot their cool colors and accessories.

And, as a grown up collector, I have to admit that my new favorite figure is a Venezuelan variation from Snake Eyes called "Cobra Mortal"

[shaneturgeon]

There is only one of these known to exist right now and it sold for several thousands of dollars to a prominent collector. And i know there were several other collectors with deep pocket books in the running for it. I wouldn't count on adding one to your collection anytime soon...

[shadowsnake]

My favorite has to be a cross between the Cobra Soldier and the Cobra Viper. Jus something about an elite troop, highly trained with the honor of serving Cobra. Yeah.

Dave

[1eyery]

Mine was Cobra B.A.T.S.


Destro & Zartan being close seconds.

[robomonkey]

Hmm...tough choice.

I think it would have to be a toss up between Crystal Ball and Raptor. Two of my favorites, simply because they are SO utterly horrible


Or maybe I could just give Crystal's ( yes that's what I call him) hypno shield to Raptor....then I'd have the ULTIMATE Cobra weapon!!!

[Meatybat]

Im a fan of Roadpig myself. The Dreds and Zartan are all sweet. Gotta love the Brian Bozworth-ness of Roadpig. Not the neon P.O.S. that came out later were they actaully made him kind of pig looking on the card. Yowza, that was a time I sooner forget. I do however own like 500 vipers in like a million varaitions (wasted alot of lawsuit money and made a guy in Singapore very rich). A guilty pleasure of a Joe mark.

[gort]

hmm... Cobra figures must be cooler than the Joes because I've kept a few of these. I think my favorite is the v1 Destro.

[anna]

my favce is the barroness

[10incher]

I agree, the Baroness is second on my list

[soundwave]

my favorite cobra is serpentor by far he is facinating because of how he was created (remember watching "to be continued" when serpentor was made on the show) i remember dying to get out of school and watch it!!!!!

[cartoonjunkie]

that's a tough question.
I think that I would have to say I have three favorite Cobra characters.
1)Serpentor -that was the best series of the cartoon by far.
2) B.A.T. s - really cool action figure, have to admit bacxk in the day I went to the local Consumers Distributing after school many times to pick up that character.
3) Nemesis Enforcer - the toy waqs kind of lame but I loved the character in the movie.

If you want to see some funny clips regarding the old G.I Joe psa's, go to youtube.com and look under 'G.I. Joe parodies'.
It's a riot!!!

[bayushigemma]

I am a big time Ninja fan so it should be no surprise that I pick Storm Shadow.

[80s Action Figures]

I like the nut cases.... Crystal Ball, Croc Master, and my vote goes to Raptor!!!!

[soundwave]

second to the fascinating serpentor i would have to say zartan he changes color and face and has a cool ride (but his voice in the series was awful)

[Ghouldrool]

My favorite is still Cobra Commander. I've always loved the way he was done in the cartoon and I still have the original helmeted figure I picked up off an Action Force card when I was little. I've never cared much for the hooded version.

I even have a custom Red Uniform Cobra Commander - done from an Action Force Red Laser figure with the helmet's visir painted silver. Whoever did that obviously didn't know that Red Laser's somewhat hard to come by nowadays, but that custom is just so awesome =)

[Ghouldrool]

[Captainamerica]

my favorite? Crimson Guard V1. Great figure, wicked gun, and the backpack 'works' with the rest of the uniform.

[neoviper76]

Favorite Cobra Fig?? Hmmm.........would have to be Firefly. No particular reason other than he's a badass.

[funkyterrance]

I don't consider Dreadnoks to be Cobra so Zartan is out...
I would have to say B.A.T.

[thekurgan81]

I agree, I always thought all the Cobra figures were a lot cooler. My favourites would be Storm Shadow v1 and Firefly v1.

[txbg]

What a great question. Many to choose from.

1.) Firefly. I always liked his camo and being an explosive expert, plus he was always a shifty guy in the cartoon.

2.) Ally Viper. I'm sure a very common choice and as I've gotten older I still cannot figure out the appeal, the organge and blue look awful...but for some reason, the ally viper is just so badass. It's a mystery.

3.) Ice Viper. This is the guy that drove one of the Cobra vehicles. He is all decked out in white, but has a red face mask and he came with Sai for weapons that attached to his leg. I loved that figure more than the vehicle he drove. And he was always a high ranking guy when I played with them.

4.) Worms Driver. I think he was called a Maggot or I may have it backwards, the vehicle may have been a Maggot and the driver was worms....either way I loved this guy. I loved the brown colors and he had war metals all over his pocket and an asgot....who is so awesome that they can wear that into battle? Plus his big bug looking helmet was cool too.

5.) Scrap Iron. An early bad guy that kind of got overlooked in my opinion. Had an AWESOME weapon and by his file card should have been a much more important part to the cartoon.

[sf1378]

Its interesting how we all favour Cobra's over Joes every time. I have so many favourites...

I think, overall Destro was the best Cobra. Ever. Someone mentioned he wasn't affraid to get into a fight, he was super fit, incredibly clever and had a moral code - albeit blurred. He wasn't a psychopath like Cobra Commander. In the UK Marvel really expanded on his character and made him all the more interesting. I liked him even more when the IG faction was introduced in 1989 here in the UK, however it was labelled as part of Cobra on the packaging. On a funny note, you had to respect the guy, he was the one boffing Baroness!

I also like the original Firefly - the mysterious saboteur, not all the later Ninja rubbish. Incidentally, someone here said he killed The Hard Master, sorry, wrong and hope you don't mind me correcting you, he was hired to kill Snake Eyes by CC but found the hit too hard to do so passed the job onto Zartan who mistakenly killed HM thinking it was Snake Eyes in the training area behind a blind....(long story, do a Joe Google on it!)

Some of my other favourites include Crimson Guard, the Fred Broca iterations of the character, all the same under the mask, infiltrating American suburbia with an all american, family man act....brilliant M.O....and the uniform was lovely on the toy.

Croc Master, Raptor, Dr Mindbender, all weird looking figures with odd bio's. I liked Mindbender as he had a really odd outfit and the sleeveless jacket/cloak with the silver Cobra Sigil was cool matched with the shirtless torso - what was Hasbro thinking? Perhaps make a mad scientist that was buff? Don't know, but he became pivotal due to his creating Serpentor who I also dig - a character that divided fans, he should have had an offshoot toy faction all of his own instead of simply being the 'new' defacto leader...i.e. he becomes leader, CC returns, rests control and Serpentor then escapes to found The Coil, a force made of the disaffected Cobra's rank and file and higher officers/command staff etc (they did do it in the comics years later) but as a toy enemy of Cobra would have added to the confilicts....I really liked the Civil War story Marvel did back then...

In terms of soldiers, Worms, the Maggot Drivers/crew looked more like Generals dressed like that. I also liked Ice Viper, the Cobra Wolf drivers as some rightly said, he had his twin sais that clipped to his thighs and I too used him as a higher ranking officer. I loved how Cobra's by the late 80s had removable helmets - Astro Viper, WORMS, Ice Vipers, Toxo Vipers...Astro Viper was a favourite of mine, he reminded me of the EVA troopers in the James Bond Moonraker film from 1979 with that jet pack and lazers. Would love Hasbro to do a 30th type remake of him...I bet they will.

The original V1 style B.A.T.S. were brilliant. Period. Scrap Iron with his missile launcher, the 25th comic pack versions facial scars and blind eye where even cooler. Wild Weasel with his Rattler - Commander of the Cobra Air Force - nuff said.

Baroness - evil femme fatale, squeeze of Destro....Fred VII CC imposter - give the guy some credit for going for broke. I base that one on the 25th figure they made.

Snow Serpents/Eels - loved how they were of the same cadre.

Tele Vipers - you have to like them, they were the FIRST of the 'Vipers'. Not forgetting Vipers: they were meant to be the updated Cobra Trooper but fast became the Infantry backing up the more para military Troopers/Officers.

Zartan - loved the voice in the toon. Sorry, but he had one of the best voices in it. His features as a toy, colour change, mask, Chameleon Swamp Skier, all too brilliant.

I could go on...but I'll stop now. lol.

[defzombie]

I love the B.A.T.s, Alley Vipers, and More recently my Hall of Heroes Firefly is awesome and I really dig the cobra shock trooper as well.