Top 5 Cobra Troop types

[thekurgan81]

What are your favorite Cobra Troop types (not individuals ie:- Cobra Commander, Zartan, Destro etc).

It's tough but my choice is:-

Snow Serpents
B.A.T.S
Alley Vipers
Night Vipers
Hydro Vipers

Eels, Range Vipers (always liked that skull helmet) and the new Cobra Shock Troops deserve a mention also.
Give reasons if you want!!

[brcthrift]

For me it is the classics

Blue shirt troopers
BATS
Vipers
Eels
Crimson Guards

[thekurgan81]

Yeah, the classics are really cool. I never had an original Cobra Trooper, but Cobra Officer was the 1st GI Joe (Action Force over here in the UK!!) figure I ever had. Red Shadows were cool also- even though they were Action Force not proper GI Joe.

[80s Action Figures]

mine are:

cobra soldier
b.a.t.s.
eels
toxic vipers
vipers

bats have always been my favorite. i love the fact that they come with four choices of hands and they can change them and store the others in their backpack. one of the best figures ever.

i like the crimson guard but them seemed ordinary...just nothing that strikes me as really cool.

[joeybones]

Python Patrols (all)
Cobra officers/Enemies
Eels
Crimson Guards
Bats

[sf1378]

Cobra Trooper,
B.A.T.S,
Snow Serpent,
EELS,
CRIMSON GUARD

All the above are version 1's-none of the updates.
However, as the Snow Serpents are the Arctic cadre of the EELs you could say I've made 4 choices so far, if thats the case then perhaps I'd also add ASTRO VIPER-he was one of the first Vipers I ever owned and I liked the jet pack with dual lazers they had! I did think of choosing VIPERS but they're simply the Infantry backbone of Cobra-so one rank up from Cobra Troopers, then I thought of choosing TELE VIPERS as they are the very first of the VIPERS....

[brcthrift]

Ok, so I picked up a pursuit of Cobra Jungle Viper today... Might have to rethink my five.

[playdice]

Range viper.
viper
crimson guard
night creeper
Night viper

special shout out to saw viper for having the most joe kills!

[idzbowl]

Desert Crimson Guards
Vipers
Stinger Drivers
B.A.T.S.
Cobra Soldiers (Troopers)

I do have a pretty large Royal Guard army ;D, but I think they fall under the Cobra La bracket, not officially Cobra Troopers.

[thekurgan81]

Royal Guards are awsome I could never find the figure (and never new there was one for years) over here in the UK, the figure was cool and they were nails in the movie cartoon!!

[rihia2k]

I don't collect Joes no more, but have the Cobra la trio, so gonna go with -
Royal Guard
B.A.T.S
Original Viper
Hydro-viper
aaand... Toxo-zombie.
I know, TZombie came out during that horrible 90s colour phase, so I probably dig the concept more than the actual figure.

[sf1378]

Thinking about Cobra La, did you all know that originally Hasbro planned for the A.G.P. pilot Nullifier to be a Cobra La soldier for an unproduced bike. I've even seen concept art for it called the Cobra La 'Insecticycle' which was a 2 wheel bike which fully concealed the rider, think a cross between a TRON Light Cycle and Centurions Jake Rockwells Wild Weasel in shape but with insect like armour all over it...Had the 1987 animated movie been released at the cinemas and had Cobra La as a sub team/sub theme done well it appeared Hasbro would have expanded on it and made more items....

Heres the link if no ones ever seen it:

www.yojoe.com/archive/unproduced/insecticycle.shtml

[roshan]

Jan 10, 2012 13:13:07 GMT -6 @sf1378 said:

Thinking about Cobra La, did you all know that originally Hasbro planned for the A.G.P. pilot Nullifier to be a Cobra La soldier for an unproduced bike. I've even seen concept art for it called the Cobra La 'Insecticycle' which was a 2 wheel bike which fully concealed the rider, think a cross between a TRON Light Cycle and Centurions Jake Rockwells Wild Weasel in shape but with insect like armour all over it...Had the 1987 animated movie been released at the cinemas and had Cobra La as a sub team/sub theme done well it appeared Hasbro would have expanded on it and made more items....

Heres the link if no ones ever seen it:

www.yojoe.com/archive/unproduced/insecticycle.shtml

Although it was intended to go with the cycle in concept artwork, by the time it made it to the sculpting stage, it was already pegged for an IG release given the name on the sculpting sheets and internal presentation art. The sculpting sheet and presentation art are sadly unavailable for public viewing as they are in private hands.

[sf1378]

Jan 10, 2012 14:39:37 GMT -6 @roshan said:

Jan 10, 2012 13:13:07 GMT -6 @sf1378 said:

Thinking about Cobra La, did you all know that originally Hasbro planned for the A.G.P. pilot Nullifier to be a Cobra La soldier for an unproduced bike. I've even seen concept art for it called the Cobra La 'Insecticycle' which was a 2 wheel bike which fully concealed the rider, think a cross between a TRON Light Cycle and Centurions Jake Rockwells Wild Weasel in shape but with insect like armour all over it...Had the 1987 animated movie been released at the cinemas and had Cobra La as a sub team/sub theme done well it appeared Hasbro would have expanded on it and made more items....

Heres the link if no ones ever seen it:

www.yojoe.com/archive/unproduced/insecticycle.shtml

Although it was intended to go with the cycle in concept artwork, by the time it made it to the sculpting stage, it was already pegged for an IG release given the name on the sculpting sheets and internal presentation art. The sculpting sheet and presentation art are sadly unavailable for public viewing as they are in private hands.

Yeah I know that. Anyhow, even if I didn't its logical that as Cobra La wasn't going to be pushed further since the film went straight to video with the figure already at pre-production stage rather than waste it they mixed him into the IG sub team, I expect then that the IG range may have taken the place of what could have been a large Cobra La range i.e. instead of bio mechanical weirdness they decided to go all hi tech with the IG's.

[80s Action Figures]

and from then on G.I.Joe sucked eggs...and now you know...and knowing makes me ...

o'well nothing cool last forever...

[funkyterrance]

Thegurkan, I feel a bit sheepish posting my picks because they are somewhat close to yours but what the heck:

B.A.T.S
Toxo-Viper
Alley-Viper
Hydro-Viper
Techno-Viper

[thekurgan81]

I always remember playing with Techno Viper and using his awsome tools as hand weapons!! That pincer thing was cool.

[3 3/4"collector]

i was always into the toys. i remember me and all my friends going crazy when the joe line first came out, at that time we had no idea about a comic or a cartoon. and thats how i always viewed the joes as toys. i never cared what the cartoon or comics said i only cared who i thought looked cool.

and really the only ones i thought looked cool were mostly the earlier troops.
the blue shirts.
the rattler driver, wild weasel.
the hiss driver.
and the crimson guard.

now my favorite and i dont know why was the stinger driver. just the regular blue shirt except in that light grey. i LOVED that figure.

i also have to say i envy the foreign guys because some of those early action force guys were REALLY cool.