Hey, it’s another mail-in! This figure, like his GI Joe Steel Brigade counterpart, is an action figure with a personalized background. Again, kids could make up a code name and specialty. Being that he comes to us from that Day-Glowiest of decades, the 90’s, he has no compunction about going into battle looking like this:
Some Joe collectors like to create elaborate stories around the figures in their collections, creating their own “Joeverse,” a history and context to the battles they fight. In my Joeverse, the Create A Cobra functions as a distraction to take enemies by surprise and misdirect while the real attack occurs elsewhere. Chinese General and military strategist Sun Tzu, in his Art of War, wrote “He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” Who would be prepared for a cadre of hot pink soldiers lobbing baby blue grenades?
"Cobra has unleashed a crushing blow to the earth, dumping tons of hazardous toxic sludge into the environment in their quest for world domination. GI Joe and Cobra are armed with all new, sophisticated water launching armaments with exciting color-change Eco-suits! Even now the future of the earth hangs in…
Sebastian Bludd, arguably the most self-serving and cold blooded of Cobra's operatives, has been a go-to bad guy within my Joeverse since the early 80s. My memory of getting this figure goes back to Christmas 1983. My mom was a frequent catalog shopper, and my wish list was easily fulfilled…
The Sand Viper concept is an interesting update of previous Cobra desert operatives. These newer arid attackers are even more effective at functioning in high desert heat. Not only are they chosen for their innate ability to withstand the rigors of the environment, but they're also given a high-tech uniform…
There is an amusing story i have about this guy and his g.i.joe equivalent. You can read it on the steel brigade “electric boogaloo” entry.
When i was 12, my little Brother and i found another one of the mail order pamphalets but this time we didnt send them away as we wanted to keep them for sentimental purposes. It was 1998 and the only Joe product still on the shelves in our old town was the epic shelfwarming Crystalball.
Anyway, my brothers create a cobra was a Fast Attack Recon Trooper. Yeah, my brother loves Adam Sandler movies.
Some Joe collectors like to create elaborate stories around the figures in their collections, creating their own “Joeverse,” a history and context to the battles they fight. In my Joeverse, the Create A Cobra functions as a distraction to take enemies by surprise and misdirect while the real attack occurs elsewhere. Chinese General and military strategist Sun Tzu, in his Art of War, wrote “He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” Who would be prepared for a cadre of hot pink soldiers lobbing baby blue grenades?
Wow! I’ve never seen any outfit that loud! Those poor Cobra pawns!
War is hell… But that doesn’t mean it can’t be FABULOUS!
At first glance I thought it was a GI Jane. Don’t ask, don’t tell, right?
Love the figure! It is so outrageously pink. Only a true bad ass would go into battle dressed like that.
Terrific colors!
Parts recipe:
Head-1991 Crimson Guard Immortal
Body-1989 TARGAT
Rifle-1987 Dodger
Ahh, Dodger’s laser sonic photon rifle…
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There is an amusing story i have about this guy and his g.i.joe equivalent. You can read it on the steel brigade “electric boogaloo” entry.
When i was 12, my little Brother and i found another one of the mail order pamphalets but this time we didnt send them away as we wanted to keep them for sentimental purposes. It was 1998 and the only Joe product still on the shelves in our old town was the epic shelfwarming Crystalball.
Anyway, my brothers create a cobra was a Fast Attack Recon Trooper. Yeah, my brother loves Adam Sandler movies.
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