Should Hasbro re-release a Cobra-La 3 or 4 pk. ?

dakullprt · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 4:46 pm

Yeah make it a Biglots exclusive , Through in the winter dress Vipers and characters.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

JBYRDD wrote:

I didn't have enough room in the title for it, sometimes you can be a pain in the a$$ AV.

Should Hasbro re-release a Cobra-La 3 or 4 pk. ? = 48 characters and spaces

Who wants a 25A CobraLa set? = 28 characters and spaces, 20 fewer.

Hmmm, sure seems like you had plenty of room in the title. But that's just me, maybe I'm wrong. :-P

And honestly, the only parts of CobraLa that are lame are the name itself and the forced and pathetic attempt to make CC a citizen of it. Toss both of them requirements and you've got a great core idea with great designs.

In my Asunderverse, I say Golly was a rogue Deviant general commanding an outpost to the surface world in the Himalayas. I've not come up with a good name for the place, tho.

pluv · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 6:43 pm

viperlord wrote:

Why is everyone so sure it'd be a complete flop? I don't remember the 87 pack warming at ALL. It was the hot toy that year.

You guys are basing your opinion on a very vocal group of online fans that hates Cobra-La and the movie. That's not representative of casual fans by and large. Many people I've talked to remember the movie fondly. I honestly think if you could somehow poll all the people buying 25th figures (Not just us internet nerds), these guys would be wanted by a majority. Joe blow off the street doesn't care that hardcore Joefans don't like Golobulus. He remembers GI Joe the Movie and wants the snake-guys that were in it.

I can understand not liking Cobra-La and not wanting them to be released, but I can't see where you guys are coming from with the idea that a Cobra-La pack would cause :dotl:

Casual fans I know, and I'm talking about the ones who watched the cartoon and can tell you the difference between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, either don't know what Cobra-La is, or didn't like it in the movie. To be honest, most of the people I know who even remember the details from the movie from 20 years ago is a very small group.

I can't speak about the popularity of the toys back then. I remember I couldn't find the Marauders in my town and only saw them and bought them while on vacation out of state. They were on the shlef next to the Cobra-la pack I passed on.

I say it would be bad move because even with the internet nerds Cobra-La isn't a sure fire sale. Why make something that, according to this poll, would only be interesting to 2/3 of collectors, probably 0 kids, and maybe 1/10 of every casual toy collector or GI Joe fan? Especially now while the pan is hot and Hasbro is just starting to get the ball rolling on what the possibilties for this line are.

If I were Hasbro I'd wait to see how well received the NE is before thinking about another single release. If that figure is well received, then see what you can put together for a group set.

MobileBattleBunker · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 6:46 pm

Never Liked em, but Know allot of people who did, So If they asked me and I had final word I'd say yeah we'd sell a boat load

If I were an exec it would be kit bashed Comic two pack Golobulous and Nemisis with a single pack Trooper and a mail in Pythona

Steve

jedsoon · **Joined:** Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:22 am

pluv wrote:

I say it would be bad move because even with the internet nerds Cobra-La isn't a sure fire sale. Why make something that, according to this poll, would only be interesting to 2/3 of collectors, probably 0 kids, and maybe 1/10 of every casual toy collector or GI Joe fan? Especially now while the pan is hot and Hasbro is just starting to get the ball rolling on what the possibilties for this line are.

I have to think that at this point in Joe's media saturation, a half-snake guy or a huge monstrous guy with wings are among the very few things that actually could get an uninitiated child to pick up a GI Joe toy.

JBYRDD · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:15 pm

pluv wrote:

viperlord wrote:

Why is everyone so sure it'd be a complete flop? I don't remember the 87 pack warming at ALL. It was the hot toy that year.

You guys are basing your opinion on a very vocal group of online fans that hates Cobra-La and the movie. That's not representative of casual fans by and large. Many people I've talked to remember the movie fondly. I honestly think if you could somehow poll all the people buying 25th figures (Not just us internet nerds), these guys would be wanted by a majority. Joe blow off the street doesn't care that hardcore Joefans don't like Golobulus. He remembers GI Joe the Movie and wants the snake-guys that were in it.

pluv wrote:

I can understand not liking Cobra-La and not wanting them to be released, but I can't see where you guys are coming from with the idea that a Cobra-La pack would cause :dotl:

Casual fans I know, and I'm talking about the ones who watched the cartoon and can tell you the difference between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, either don't know what Cobra-La is, or didn't like it in the movie. To be honest, most of the people I know who even remember the details from the movie from 20 years ago is a very small group.

***If you can understand this, we was kids 20 yrs. ago and i loved them then***

pluv wrote:

I can't speak about the popularity of the toys back then. I remember I couldn't find the Marauders in my town and only saw them and bought them while on vacation out of state. They were on the shlef next to the Cobra-la pack I passed on.

***just becouse you passed on them and a few others don't like them doesn't mean thousands of others don't want them.***

pluv wrote:

I say it would be bad move because even with the internet nerds Cobra-La isn't a sure fire sale. Why make something that, according to this poll, would only be interesting to 2/3 of collectors, probably 0 kids, and maybe 1/10 of every casual toy collector or GI Joe fan? Especially now while the pan is hot and Hasbro is just starting to get the ball rolling on what the possibilties for this line are.

***Then how do you explain Hasbro's TRU exclusives, just more re-issues/re-paints, 3pks. and 5 pks. they could have given us something different.***

pluv wrote:

If I were Hasbro I'd wait to see how well received the NE is before thinking about another single release. If that figure is well received, then see what you can put together for a group set.

***you know all to well everybody or the majority, is gonna be after him. This whole line is hot and why not put out as many as they can before they pull the plug, like they have in the past, before this line gets stale, in Hasbro's eyes.***

stad · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 10:03 pm

pluv wrote:

viperlord wrote:

Why is everyone so sure it'd be a complete flop? I don't remember the 87 pack warming at ALL. It was the hot toy that year.

You guys are basing your opinion on a very vocal group of online fans that hates Cobra-La and the movie. That's not representative of casual fans by and large. Many people I've talked to remember the movie fondly. I honestly think if you could somehow poll all the people buying 25th figures (Not just us internet nerds), these guys would be wanted by a majority. Joe blow off the street doesn't care that hardcore Joefans don't like Golobulus. He remembers GI Joe the Movie and wants the snake-guys that were in it.

I can understand not liking Cobra-La and not wanting them to be released, but I can't see where you guys are coming from with the idea that a Cobra-La pack would cause :dotl:

Casual fans I know, and I'm talking about the ones who watched the cartoon and can tell you the difference between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, either don't know what Cobra-La is, or didn't like it in the movie. To be honest, most of the people I know who even remember the details from the movie from 20 years ago is a very small group.

I can't speak about the popularity of the toys back then. I remember I couldn't find the Marauders in my town and only saw them and bought them while on vacation out of state. They were on the shlef next to the Cobra-la pack I passed on.

I say it would be bad move because even with the internet nerds Cobra-La isn't a sure fire sale. Why make something that, according to this poll, would only be interesting to 2/3 of collectors, probably 0 kids, and maybe 1/10 of every casual toy collector or GI Joe fan? Especially now while the pan is hot and Hasbro is just starting to get the ball rolling on what the possibilties for this line are.

If I were Hasbro I'd wait to see how well received the NE is before thinking about another single release. If that figure is well received, then see what you can put together for a group set.

Not to mention, I don't think the 50 or so voters on this poll is a very scientific, or even representative sample, of Joe-dom in general. I never meet casual collectors that even kind of like Cobra-La. In fact, the only supporters I ever hear of are the handful of people on this board, and maybe a few on YoJoe. My personal experience with this back in the day was everyone I knew and played with Joe just thought they were stupid, and many of them just decided they had enough, that Joe had jumped the shark at this point. More or less, I really agree with them too. It will always represent the beginning of the downfall of Joe for me. And although Joe lasted several years more until the original run ended, it was never as popular after the movie as it was in the couple years before.

viperlord · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 10:45 pm

stad wrote:

Not to mention, I don't think the 50 or so voters on this poll is a very scientific, or even representative sample, of Joe-dom in general. I never meet casual collectors that even kind of like Cobra-La. In fact, the only supporters I ever hear of are the handful of people on this board, and maybe a few on YoJoe. My personal experience with this back in the day was everyone I knew and played with Joe just thought they were stupid, and many of them just decided they had enough, that Joe had jumped the shark at this point. More or less, I really agree with them too. It will always represent the beginning of the downfall of Joe for me. And although Joe lasted several years more until the original run ended, it was never as popular after the movie as it was in the couple years before.

Really? Because a lot of the people I meet who are picking up Joes ask if they're doing a new Golobulus or if they ever made a Pythona. I think the Movie is one of the best remembered parts of the GI Joe cartoon and like most of the goofy stuff we liked when we were little it's looked back on fondly.

And back in the day none of my friends thought Cobra-La was stupid. We ate it up! I can remember searching forever to find the Cobra-La 3-pack and being SO happy the day I found one hidden on the high shelf at Woolworths! Golobulus and crew got heavy play, even after I lost Nemesis Enforcer's wings. I can remember being really mad that I never found Pythona for a long time (Before the days of the internet when I had no idea she was unproduced).

Different strokes for different folks, but again I think a Cobra-La pack would sell pretty good. We'll see when Nemesis Enforcer hits the shelves I guess. I think a lot of people on the interwebz are going to be really surprised at how well that pack is going to sell.

betabob · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

The mention of a Cobra-La DVD pack got me thinking....
To get the complete MASS device you have to collect all 5 DVD packs. As far as I know (and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) the MASS device and the Weather Dominator are the only DVD sets announced so far. Could it be that Hasbro already plans on doing a DVD pack of the G.I.Joe Movie? With Nemesis Enforcer already coming out in a comic pack, it would free up a space in the DVD pack to put a Joe character along with some Cobra-La characters. Then the Guard can be released in a single pack.

Personally I like Cobra-La like I like Star Brigade....neat concepts as spin-offs or alternate universes to G.I.Joe. I did and would buy them up again just because to me they are pretty cool toy and I just ignore that red, white and blue logo.

lococaca · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 11:44 pm

How about make it an online retailer exclusive?

TR101AL · **Posted:** Fri May 09, 2008 11:54 pm

lococaca wrote:

How about make it an online retailer exclusive?

i think we have a winner here! Make it a HTS or BBTS exclusive. Those who like the concept can buy it. Those that don't, can pass.

viperlord · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 1:00 am

Except that a lot of casual fans and kids don't look online for exclusive figures

Plus at least Golobulus would require a lot of retooling for an online exclusive.

dasaffe · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 1:13 am

The options forced my answer. In reality, I don't care. I wouldn't buy it.

But I answered no, because it would suck. All of the Cobra-La characters had "LASER BLAST" designs and were generally lame. When I bought the 3-pack as a kid I was sorely disappointed in the overall suckiness.

I'll be getting one Nemesis Enforcer with the Falcon comic pack, and that's enough Cobra-lalala to last me a lifetime, thx.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

TR101AL wrote:

lococaca wrote:

How about make it an online retailer exclusive?

i think we have a winner here! Make it a HTS or BBTS exclusive. Those who like the concept can buy it. Those that don't, can pass.

Because, of course, people are required to buy products sold at brick-n-mortar stores.

lococaca · **Posted:** Sat May 10, 2008 3:10 am

viperlord wrote:

Plus at least Golobulus would require a lot of retooling for an online exclusive.

Not with the way Hasbro has been working.
Alot of the parts could be reused. Golobulus's torso could be reused on a Thrasher, Plus non sleeve no gloved arms need to be made sooner or later anyway. Pythona's body could be reused for a Jinx. They've already got a pattern for a nice robe from the Storm Shadow Comic Pack. You might be able to make a Royal Guard out of a HISS Driver body with added on webgear. So they could at least get some decent use out of parts from a set like this.

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