The-Ice-Man Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 The whole world will be ruled by me, Cobra Commander! Cobra Commander is the most menacing looking, yet ridiculous sounding villain ever. However in the UK, you may not have heard of him. When I was still young enough to play with action figures, I had a load of Action Man stuff. In the early 1990’s, Action Men were essentially licensed copies of G.I. Joes. My first figures were Cobra Commander, and Duke. I thought that Cobra's blue KKK like hood was awesome, and was kinda upset that he was a villain, coz he looked so much cooler than the Action Men themselves, except for maybe Snake Eyes. The figures then had awesome big guns that made a firing noise when you pushed a button and an LED that lit up. Shortly after that though, Action Man broke away from G.I Joe to form its own identity. A new villain was made, Dr. X; a bald guy with a long pony tail and a different robotic body part every time he was re-released. He was a mad scientist, not the leader of an international terrorist organisation. He was not as cool. I wish that Cobra Commander had remained the villain of the Action Men, as you couldn’t get G.I Joe in the UK, nor did we get the G.I Joe cartoons which I’ve seen bits of on youtube. We have in recent years had Action Man cartoons and video games though. So who is better? Cobra or X? Action Man or G.I. Joe? Why was a live action film version made of G.I. Joe last year staring Dennis Quaid and Christopher Eccleston? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 the Cobra guys were always cooler and better designed then the Joes. as far as action figures go. Snake Eye's was the only cool looking Joe Figure. but Cobra had, 2 versions of Cobra Commander, Destro, Zartan and his punk rock henchmen, Major Blood, Hell even the regular Cobra soldiers were 10x cooler then any of the named Joes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emsley Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 It's action force against cobra the enemie fighting to saaaaayyyv teh day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ice-Man Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 How big is the average G.I Joe? From pictures I've seen most seem a lot smaller than Action Men. Every Action Man I've ever owned is 12 inches tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 the old G. I. Joes were 12 inches. then in the early 80's when I played with them they were about 4 inches. I guess now you can get them in both sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidius23 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 i miss all the joe action figures and acces. i had when i was a kid. i had about 50 figures,both bases, planes and assorted vehicles. good times, anyways inky is right cobra member costumes were always kewler than the joes. cobra won a lot of the imaginary battles just cuz they had the cooler clothes at my house lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ice-Man Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 So what's up with the commander's face? How come he always wears the mask/helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyokugenKiss Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 i always liked Cobra Commander with the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rag Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Shredder + the Foot Clan > Cobra Commander + Cobra Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2eyez Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 knowing is half the battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ice-Man Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Shredder + the Foot Clan > Cobra Commander + Cobra CommandBeen wanting to say this for 3 weeks. Above = Not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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