Cobra Commander (2008)
Cobra Commander with a cape? Fabulous, absolutely fabulous. Only the truly motivated world conquering megalomaniacs among us would dress up to this level of snickerdoodlery. The man was flashy enough with his double breasted fascist business suit with matching hood, but to add a cape, not to mention one festooned with gold cobra finery, just shows a new level of mad genius.
But wait, it doesn’t stop there. The car salesman turned totalitarian titan has learned the power of accessorizing. Not content with the simple mid-torso belt of old, he’s adopted a golden hued full shoulder harness, complete with scabbard and holster. What devious dictator would be caught without a ceremonial serpentine sword and gold plated sidearm? Don’t let Destro cramp your style. You go, Commander.
The hood looks like he’s caught in a perpetual breeze. And I’m not a fan of the mid-torso joint. Other than that, this is a very cool looking figure and it’s always nice to see a Joe figure with soft goods.
I have a couple of these I picked up on the cheap, he sure doesn’t photograph well.
I only wonder why they didn’t have the gloves be black, if they were truly trying to homage the Talking Battle Commanders version.
Messy looking figure. The ugly yellow-gold makes it looks like he stole his gear from another, cheaper toyline.
Looks over functionality?
Only real problem is his pin sized head.
Like this guy in theory, but they got too ambitious with his gear. Unless you do what Alexx did and cut the sword off, it’s just terribly positioned because of the way it pushes the cape out.
Bad yellow!