help!!

[night creeper]

hey, can anyone help me get a hold of these kind of troops?http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/cobratrooper.shtml
trade only!!

[phu]

You might as well just find one (or a set) of the relatively new Cobra Night Watch (http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/nwtrooper1.shtml) figures; they're almost exactly the same figure and the colors are a lot less obnoxious.

[Jay]

[QUOTE=night creeper]hey, can anyone help me get a hold of these kind of troops?http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/cobratrooper.shtml
trade only!![/QUOTE]
You're f-ed, kid. Cobra blueshirts, be they from the Infantry 6-pack or from the Comic Packs, are in high demand and will cost you a pretty penny (at least 10$ per figure).
Since you said you're a bargain hunter, you're not really going to find any bargains for these guys...

[phu]

[QUOTE=Jay]You're f-ed, kid.[/QUOTE]Tact and subtlety really aren't part of your repertoire, are they?

[Jay]

[QUOTE=phu]Tact and subtlety really aren't part of your repertoire, are they?[/QUOTE]
Well two years ago I was in the same situation as him, trying to get a good Joe collection started... I had a list that was basically asking for any versions of the Cobra Troopers and Officers... I didn't get anyone offering me any. I ended up buying two Blueshirt 6-packs, one from GIJoeHQ and one from ebay, and paying quite a bit for both of them.

Since he says "trade only", I very much doubt he'll have any takers.

[LordRaven]

Jay's totally right. It ain't easy to army build any kind of Blueshirt these days, even the Night Watch. Glad I'm a Viper fan :-) YAY Viper Pit!

[Jay]

[QUOTE=LordRaven]Jay's totally right. It ain't easy to army build any kind of Blueshirt these days, even the Night Watch. Glad I'm a Viper fan :-) YAY Viper Pit![/QUOTE]
I like both blueshirts and Vipers. I'm debating selling all my JvC/ST Vipers and replacing them with Viper Pits... but I hear nothing but bad things about crotches popping off, and apparently the legs are hard to pose too...
Since you're a Viper fan, perhaps you can advise me?

[phu]

Someone on JBL suggested cutting/sanding down the front piece on the crotch ( :eek: ); I did that to my set, and it improved their mobility immensely (you have to take off a pretty good chunk of plastic, but it's not noticable once the figure is back together). Out of the box they're basically unusable.

Their heads are also problematic; there's a tab in the back of the torso, right in the collar, that kills any hope of posing. Once again, you can sand or cut the tab off; the head doesn't end up too loose, but if you get it to the point where it's fully posable, it's definitely not as tight as a new figure should be.

They really screwed the pooch on the Viper Pit figures, but with a little work they can be decent.

[Jay]

So once the crotch is sanded down, the Viper Pit Vipers can achieve the same level of leg movement as v1 Vipers and post-97 Vipers?

[phu]

[QUOTE=Jay]So once the crotch is sanded down, the Viper Pit Vipers can achieve the same level of leg movement as v1 Vipers and post-97 Vipers?[/QUOTE]I can't say it's definitely as good as the others, as I haven't compared them, but the leg movement seems (to me) to be just as good as most other Joes once the operation has been performed. It took me a couple dis- and re-assemblies for most of them, as I wanted to avoid sanding off too much, but it never ended up being a problem.

[ender098]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cobra-ARMY-BUILDER-LOT-ENEMY-TROOPER-OFFICESR_W0QQitemZ290091713099QQihZ019QQcategoryZ2467QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem




http://cgi.ebay.com/Cobra-ARMY-BUILDER-LOT-2X-ALL-arah-VIPERS-30-figs_W0QQitemZ290091718005QQihZ019QQcategoryZ2467QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


hope those help!!

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=phu]I can't say it's definitely as good as the others, as I haven't compared them, but the leg movement seems (to me) to be just as good as most other Joes once the operation has been performed. It took me a couple dis- and re-assemblies for most of them, as I wanted to avoid sanding off too much, but it never ended up being a problem.[/QUOTE]

Here is the link about crotch surgery. Warning, performing surgery on Cobras is done at one's own risk.

http://www.joebattlelines.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8427&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

On a side note, I have a Black&Decker Wizard rotary tool and it solved my sanding issues very nicely Not as good as my one and only '86, but much less worn out.... The neck motion is good, the legs can run in place, but I wouldn't advise any ninja kicks.

Hope that helps!

[ender098]

Wouldn't happen to have the link to the thread dealing with filing down their necks, would you? My vipers won't quit looking down! LOL!

[Blowtorch]

[QUOTE=night creeper]hey, can anyone help me get a hold of these kind of troops?http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/cobratrooper.shtml
trade only!![/QUOTE]

PM me maybe there's a way I can help you out. I have this figure and he's not being used. LMK

Also have this one too if interested
http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/cobraofficer3.shtml

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=ender098]Wouldn't happen to have the link to the thread dealing with filing down their necks, would you? My vipers won't quit looking down! LOL![/QUOTE]

That was much easier than the crotch reduction surgery. I used the rotary tool with a point that resembled the tip of a .22 caliber round. The part to sand/file/roto-tool is the back, not the head. I didn't see any links on that. It's my son's birthday, so I'm home form work. Let me see if I can post a "how-to" picture in a little bit. One down, 5 to go... But my first one has full range of neck articulation now. I might go buy another Viper pit pack before my TRU is sold out...again.

[ender098]

Hell, I bought 5 of those viper pits! that 30x for every procedure....I better get busy! LOL!

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=ender098]Hell, I bought 5 of those viper pits! that 30x for every procedure....I better get busy! LOL![/QUOTE]

I don't think I could start a business fixing these, what with shipping and insuring back and forth, but I will try and post a "how-to" picture....