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Post by Swindle on Feb 22, 2021 7:40:41 GMT -8
  The Cobra Fang. Its a tight fit for the Cobra Pilot. You can remove his helmet and he has some thick brown hair. The breathing mask is not removable. He also has a gun. This looks to be a completely new mold for the Fang. The most disappointing aspect is the lack of foot pegs. The exposed gearing near the front give it an off brand vibe. Decent enough, but probably my least favorite of the three retro vehicles. |
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Post by Bravo on Feb 22, 2021 12:10:42 GMT -8
Leave to Hasbro to make an all new pilot and and all vehicle where neither were needed and the two barely work with each other.
The pilot's head is still less than a foot away from the rotor. So they got that right! LOL.
Still no word on what the next vehicle will be. Odds are GI JOE. A Sky Hawk would make sense, so it'll be like a $25 RAM.
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Post by Felix on Feb 22, 2021 14:37:59 GMT -8
I never had a Rattler as a kid, but I had the Fang and the Claw. It's all you really need for a mighty Cobra Air Force.
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Post by Bravo on Feb 22, 2021 14:56:27 GMT -8
My brother had 2 Rattlers. They were fragile even back then. The landing gear are notorious for breaking. And that front gun can just snap off.
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Post by Felix on Feb 22, 2021 16:32:45 GMT -8
I don't ever open (or close?) the landing gear on mine for that exact reason.
One of the best moments with a COBRA Fang is in Worlds Without End,
when Flint commandeers a Cobra Fang and Barbecue and Airtight ride on the landing skids :-)
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Post by Swindle on Feb 23, 2021 5:15:38 GMT -8
The peg holes and back pack hole are different for this Cobra troop. hexagonal. Very strange. Have no idea what Hasbro is doing creating this guy and the Fang. I wonder if it was meant for something else and got rolled over in the retro line to make use of it. I'd hate to think this was created for the retro line.
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Post by Swindle on Feb 25, 2021 10:08:22 GMT -8
 Latest cheap eBay comics... an assortment of Excalibur comics and one X-Factor |
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Post by Felix on Feb 25, 2021 15:32:26 GMT -8
Never knew about Excalibur :-)
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Post by Swindle on Feb 25, 2021 17:47:16 GMT -8
Excalibur is a book I've read very little of. It had a rep as the "x-title without a premise/x-men castoffs" team, but I think it settled into comedy/x-files/weirdness type x-book. Could be mistaken, of course, like I said, probably read ten issues total.
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Post by Swindle on Mar 3, 2021 8:33:49 GMT -8
7 new True Believer Reprints and a facsimile reprint of a very early X-Men issue. I actually ordered 500 bags and 500 backboards from a comic storefront and to get to the free shipping point, added these comics. True Believers is a good series if someone wants to sample classic comic issues as they are only 1 dollar.  |
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Post by Felix on Mar 3, 2021 14:06:03 GMT -8
I love just seeing all of the old comic book cover pages. Beautiful artwork.
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Post by Swindle on Mar 4, 2021 11:00:05 GMT -8
 Queen Amidala (Coruscant) from the TPM toyline. This was fairly cheap as are most figures from that line. Articulation is only her head and arms, but looks great as a display piece. Padme got a lot of visually interesting outfits. Glad to add this to my collection. (I won this on the 16th, took the eBay seller til the 26th to ship, got today. I had pmed him about it when time was passing and no shipment, never replied, but did ship, but still, not impressed by his customer service) |
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Post by Bravo on Mar 4, 2021 13:58:37 GMT -8
He should've replied. The new Ebay managed payment may be a factor. It sucks. Days will pass before I'll get a notice that the payment is on my way to my bank account. I'm not shipping until I get that.
And Post Office is worse than ever. My dad mailed me something in mid january that didn't arrive until the end of february.
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Post by Felix on Mar 4, 2021 14:45:42 GMT -8
I liked the Episode 1 figures, they feel like they are part of the original vintage line.
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Post by Swindle on Mar 4, 2021 14:47:04 GMT -8
I think he was just lazy. The seller in question did have 3 neutral feedback about shipping taking more than it should have. I don't even know what the point of feedback is after a awhile.
She's wearing panties under her dress. I know there's a Leia fig where she has pants under her dress, which I think is dumb. The one thing I think is a knock is given the rubberness of this fig, its hard to stand it on the com chip. But it is a nice fig in terms of detailing.
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