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Xmas 1987 = i got a Cobra STUN from my Aunt
I kept using Motor Viper as Cobra Commander!!

I kept collecting til about 1992 when there was just too much neon,
too many childish gimmicks from sonic fighters to super sonic fighters
to ridiculous oversized gliders = I wished i army built Air Devils & Night Vultures
back then tho = and too many tonka-themed vehicles for me to handle

Altho the Cobra Commander & Destro released those years were much better
IMO than the originals...

In 1997-98 I visited TRU but was turned off by the name swapping
Jinx is now a Cobra named Vypra, the Rattler is now a camouflaged Joe vehicle,
the Oktober Guard, Vipers were misnamed Cobra Officer & Cobra Troopers...

But in 2002 when the Convention Exclusive Crimson Strike Team came out is
when I dove back into collecting.
I then went on an eBay rampage & started bidding on everything I missed out
on during my childhood.
When I got done with that phase, I started collecting international exclusives
like obsessively scouring for Escorpiao Voador, brazilian Furion, etc
The only international item that ever eluded me was the Python Swampfire.
Thats when I got into customizing which I did up until 2005.

Then one day mid last year ~ 2006, the fire just wasn't there anymore.
The excitement & the anticipation of the mailman stuffing my mailbox with a
brown envelope from Gijoehq.com or a priority mailbox from an ebay seller just
wasn't there anymore.

I ended up selling most of my collection. I still have some here, mostly vehicles
that I have listed repeatedly but nobody has been asking me about them so
they are just collecting dust.

05-12-2007, 09:27 PM	#2
The Faceless Master ... Offline --> Posts: 1,051 --> Join Date: May 2006	Xmas 1987 = i got a Cobra STUN from my Aunt I kept using Motor Viper as Cobra Commander!! I kept collecting til about 1992 when there was just too much neon, too many childish gimmicks from sonic fighters to super sonic fighters to ridiculous oversized gliders = I wished i army built Air Devils & Night Vultures back then tho = and too many tonka-themed vehicles for me to handle Altho the Cobra Commander & Destro released those years were much better IMO than the originals... In 1997-98 I visited TRU but was turned off by the name swapping Jinx is now a Cobra named Vypra, the Rattler is now a camouflaged Joe vehicle, the Oktober Guard, Vipers were misnamed Cobra Officer & Cobra Troopers... But in 2002 when the Convention Exclusive Crimson Strike Team came out is when I dove back into collecting. I then went on an eBay rampage & started bidding on everything I missed out on during my childhood. When I got done with that phase, I started collecting international exclusives like obsessively scouring for Escorpiao Voador, brazilian Furion, etc The only international item that ever eluded me was the Python Swampfire. Thats when I got into customizing which I did up until 2005. Then one day mid last year ~ 2006, the fire just wasn't there anymore. The excitement & the anticipation of the mailman stuffing my mailbox with a brown envelope from Gijoehq.com or a priority mailbox from an ebay seller just wasn't there anymore. I ended up selling most of my collection. I still have some here, mostly vehicles that I have listed repeatedly but nobody has been asking me about them so they are just collecting dust.