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Reephdweller

03-25-2006, 05:09 AM

Which came first for Cobra Commander, the metal dome mask or the shrowd rag?<img height="235" src="http://www.tvcrazy.net/tvclassics/wallpaper/cartoons/mike/cobra-commander.jpg" width="332" border="0" />   <img height="310" src="http://images.quizfarm.com/1116949867Cobra1.jpg" width="282" border="0" />I would think the shrowd mask was better because he could probably breath better in it.

This message was edited by Reefdweller on 3-26-06 @ 8:42 AM

Death Metal Moe

03-25-2006, 05:11 AM

I remember the dome mask 1st.  I could be wrong.  Maybe I just remember that one because he had it on the most of any mask in the cartoon.There also might be comic books that have the real way he's supposed to look?  No idea.

newport king

03-25-2006, 05:23 AM

the shroud was cooler.

booster11373

03-25-2006, 05:57 AM

The shroud was like his hanging around mask. While the helmet was what he donned in battle. The shroud came first in the comic book

CYYYFYYY

03-25-2006, 08:06 AM

It was definatley the helmet.   It came first in the comic the toys and the comic.   In fact the mask was a special promo on the toy that you could not get in stores.  IT was so popular it came in the comic and other stuff.  

sr71blackbird

03-25-2006, 06:18 PM

He must have had more confidence in his personal safety if he went from a hard helmet/faceplate to a rag. 

Coach

03-25-2006, 10:57 PM

dome then shroud...but prior to dome I swear I saw his eyes through a faceplate mask in an episode or 2  (ie a paintball mask)

suggums

03-25-2006, 11:22 PM

Coach wrote: dome then shroud...but prior to dome I swear I saw his eyes through a faceplate mask in an episode or 2 (ie a paintball mask)  sure youre not thinking of this guy? <img width="250" height="222" border="0" src="http://www.gothamist.com/ask/images/shredder.jpg" />

HBox

03-26-2006, 12:17 AM

I like G.I. Joe movie, half-snake Cobra Commander."I WASSSSSSSS ONSSSSSSSSSSSSSE A MAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!"

TheC0BRA

03-26-2006, 03:32 AM

Yessssss<img height="98" src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/Curtis2073/Cobra185x207.jpg" width="110" border="0" />

JimBeam

03-26-2006, 09:18 AM

I think the silver plate was first.If I remember correctly that was the first one where you had to send in UPC codes in order to get the figure. You couldnt buy it in the stores.The figure with the hood you could buy in the stores I think.One was for battle and the other was for formal things ( I guess )The guy who spoke like a snake actually toook over for Cobra Commander.They created him, Serpentor ( ??? ), from DNA of all historical leaders ( Ghengis Kahn, blah blah blah ).Once he became powerful he pulled the old coups on CC and started running the show.

Don Stugots

03-26-2006, 12:10 PM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">HBox wrote: I like G.I. Joe movie, half-snake Cobra Commander."I WASSSSSSSS ONSSSSSSSSSSSSSE A MAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!" <hr color="cococo" align="left">

the movie kicked ass. with big stars such as Don Johnson doing the voice of Duke's brother, and Sgt. Slaughter how could it miss.

Death Metal Moe

03-26-2006, 12:24 PM

JimBeam wrote: The guy who spoke like a snake actually toook over for Cobra Commander.They created him, Serpentor ( ??? ), from DNA of all historical leaders ( Ghengis Kahn, blah blah blah ).Once he became powerful he pulled the old coups on CC and started running the show.  Yea, Serpentor was a Dr. Mind Bender project.  The Joe's stopped COBRA from getting one or two DNA samples that would have even out Serpentor's attitude and given him clearer thinking, so he ended up being a hotheaded asshole.  Not the great military mind they were hoping for.

JimBeam

03-26-2006, 12:46 PM

Dr Mind BenderI forgot all about that guy

Death Metal Moe

03-26-2006, 12:52 PM

JimBeam wrote: Dr Mind BenderI forgot all about that guyThen his experiment worked PERFECTLY!!BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

EliSnow

03-26-2006, 12:54 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote:  the movie kicked ass. with big stars such as Don Johnson doing the voice of Duke's brother, and Sgt. Slaughter how could it miss. A lot of it kicked ass, but I will forever hate the move for changing Corba's battle cry from "Cobraaa" to "Corba-lalalalalalalalalaaaa."That was lamer than the theme song to the Transformers movie.

DESERTEAGLE.50

03-26-2006, 12:55 PM

Who was cobra commander's sidekick with the all metal head and, like, red collar?

JimBeam

03-26-2006, 12:56 PM

That was Destro

DESERTEAGLE.50

03-26-2006, 01:00 PM

Ah yes.<img width="300" height="500" border="0" src="http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/83card/destro.jpg" /> 
  Thank you.I also loved me some Snake Eyes.

JimBeam

03-26-2006, 01:13 PM

I think they had a fancier Destro later on.Maybe with a gold head or something or maybe a hood a la Cobra Commander

EliSnow

03-26-2006, 01:17 PM

JimBeam wrote: I think they had a fancier Destro later on.Maybe with a gold head or something or maybe a hood a la Cobra CommanderI think he did later have a gold metal head.

Don Stugots

03-26-2006, 04:14 PM

who was the guy the Sarge beat the crap out of at the end? some dude with wings.

booster11373

03-26-2006, 05:17 PM

G.I Joe was vastly different in the comic then the cartoon.

Death Metal Moe

03-26-2006, 05:21 PM

Quick question to anyone who knows.Was GI Joe another Japanese cartoon shipped over here?  Doesn't seem like it is, just curious.

booster11373

03-26-2006, 05:27 PM

GI Joe a real AMERICAN hero.The cartoon was produced for the American market. The toys I'm sure were made in China

EliSnow

03-26-2006, 05:29 PM

STUGOTS1 wrote: who was the guy the Sarge beat the crap out of at the end? some dude with wings. He was Nemesis Enforcer:<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/nemesis.jpg" border="0" />

Death Metal Moe

03-26-2006, 05:32 PM

booster11373 wrote: The cartoon was produced for the American market.  Ahhh, so that's why the animation was so bad.

legroommusic

03-26-2006, 05:37 PM

quick  true cobra commander action figure story:In first grade, a friend of mine boubht a cobra commander with the silver mask. he thought that there was a face beneath the mask. so he got a coin and started to scratch off the silver mask. he kept on scratching and didn't find a face, but he thought that he went too far. so he bought a second one and did the same to the next cobra commander.

IamFogHat

03-26-2006, 05:45 PM

All I know is the mask is kind of fruity and the shroud is badass.  in fact, if you're as cool as I am, you have this<img height="425" src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/153/COBRA_COMMANDER.jpg" width="275" border="0" />hanging up in your bedroom.

Coach

03-26-2006, 08:47 PM

Umm I think I am too old for this conversation. My GI Joes were what 12" tall and had beards with actual "Hair".  I remember specifically though, that there was a bad guy resembling Cobra Commander that had a covered face, Asian eyes, (Vietnam War Era) and was a major baddie...of course they also had a "JOE" with Bionics, and a "JOE" that had a bullett shaped head and slid down a wire

spazemunky

03-27-2006, 05:27 AM

THE SONG FROM TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE ROCKED!!!

spazemunky

03-27-2006, 05:34 AM

Destro later started his own thing and
became the leader of it.  i thought that was a pretty cool idea,
to have 2 different bad guy organizations.  his soldiers were
called "Iron Grenaders".  thats a cool name.    
if your into GI Joe check out this mini series  that Dreamwave put
out before they went under called "Transformers/GI Joe ".  what
made it soo cool was it tookplace during WWII.  all the
Transformers turned into WWII military vehicles and Cobra had this very
Nazi like feel to it.  it was really dark an great.  Jae Lee
did the art. 
     Cobra Commander KICKS ASS and has the best cartoon voice ever,.... well him and Star Scream.

monsterone

03-27-2006, 02:45 PM

spazemunky wrote: Cobra Commander KICKS ASS and has the best cartoon voice ever,.... well him and Star Scream. 
  cc is flaming-  and he had a lisp worse than cindy brady.  who were the punk rock limeys who slightly resembled judas priest and fought along side w/ cobra?

Death Metal Moe

03-27-2006, 02:53 PM

monsterone wrote:  who were the punk rock limeys who slightly resembled judas priest and fought along side w/ cobra? The Dreadnoks?<img height="238" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Dreadnoks.jpg" width="310" border="0" />

JimBeam

03-28-2006, 06:52 AM

I think the guy who did the voice for Star Scream was the same guy who did Cobra Commander.Didn't Tomax/Xamot try and do a splinter group from Cobra as well ?Worst GI Joe guy ever was William " The Refrigerator " Perry.

booster11373

03-28-2006, 06:55 AM

Tomax and Xamot were the Head of the Crimson Guard

EliSnow

03-28-2006, 06:57 AM

JimBeam wrote: I think the guy who did the voice for Star Scream was the same guy who did Cobra Commander.Didn't Tomax/Xamot try and do a splinter group from Cobra as well ?Yes, to the first.As for the second, Tomax and Xamot were the heads of the Crimson Guard, and I believe that in one of the five part story arcs that the cartoon did a couple of times, they did try a coup of Cobra.  Not sure if they further formed a splinter group.

Don Stugots

03-28-2006, 07:19 AM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">Death Metal Moe wrote: monsterone wrote: who were the punk rock limeys who slightly resembled judas priest and fought along side w/ cobra? The Dreadnoks?<img height="238" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Dreadnoks.jpg" width="310" border="0" /><hr color="cococo" align="left">

the sister was sooooo fucking hot.

spazemunky

03-28-2006, 08:48 AM

the story with the crimson guard was they
were like sleeper cells.  they held down normal jobs until they
got the call from cobra to do something.  in the comic they had a
story arc where lots of them got plastic surgery to look exactly the
same.  they were the "Fred" series of CGs.  one of them
killed Cobra Commander and pretended to be him.  that went on for
a while and the comic started to tank so they pulled some dumb " i
wasen't really dead!!! " bullshit like from a soap opera.

spazemunky

03-28-2006, 08:50 AM

Cobra Commander and Star Scream were the same guy doing the
voice.  he had some kind of throat condition that made him sound
like that.  probably a heavy smoker.  he has passed away
sadly.

JimBeam

03-28-2006, 09:16 AM

A lot of the cartoons at that time used the same voices I think.I'm pretty sure whoever did the voice of Duke in GI Joe did one of the voices in The Transformers.I kinda remember the comic book dying out before the cartoon.Anybody know how many issues the comic ran ?One of the best issues was the introduction of Storm Shadow.Now words. All about Snakes Eyes rescuing Scarlett from some castle with Storm Shadow and a whole bunch of other ninja dudes.

booster11373

03-28-2006, 09:36 AM

the comic ran 155 issues and ended in 1994. The cartoon stopped showing first run episodes before that I believe. The cartoon ran on channel 11 in New York at 4:30 I think.great  GI joe archive<a href="http://www.yojoe.com/" target="_self">http://www.yojoe.com/</a>

JustJon

03-28-2006, 12:04 PM

Silver mask then hood then silver battle armor, anything after that is mainly variations of the silver mask.The animation for the cartoon was Sunbow for most of the run, and the final season (maybe 2) were done by Dik.  GI Joe has always been owned by Hasbro, so the property was always american owned, but the animation was likely done overseas.

GlassJoe

03-30-2006, 10:35 PM

spazemunky wrote: THE SONG FROM TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE ROCKED!!! 
Are you referring to "The Touch" by Stan Bush?

GlassJoe

03-30-2006, 10:36 PM

It was my understanding that the helmet was for battle, while the hood
was more of a "business-casual" headwear for Cobra Commander.

spazemunky

03-31-2006, 07:21 AM

Thats the way the cartoon took it, but CC rolled into battle with the hood many times still.     
i hated that battle armor shit.  not only did it look silly the
real CC was only in it for a little while until it became that
imposter.  man that story arc sucked ass.  probably ruined
the whole comic. <img width="346" height="520" border="0" src="http://www.yojoe.com/feature/cotm/cc/iwon.jpg" alt="oh yea" title="oh yea" />

ChimneyFish

03-31-2006, 01:07 PM

Say hello to the Indian Cobra Commander.<img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/cobracommander_c_l.jpg" border="0" />

RingWraith

04-03-2006, 04:01 PM

Does anyone here remember when Cobra Commander appeared in an episode of Transformers G1?The episode came sometime after the Transformers The Movie.  Now, I don't think he really acknowledged himself as Cobra Commander, but same voice, and at the end of the episode he walked away and at one point he was gonna yell the cobra battle cry, but he coughed:  "COB.....cough!!!.....cough!!!....cough!!!Does anyone remember that episode???

furie

04-03-2006, 04:42 PM

ChimneyFish wrote: Say hello to the Indian Cobra Commander.<img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/cobracommander_c_l.jpg" border="0" />

international heroes? what the fuck is that about?

furie

04-03-2006, 04:46 PM

Death Metal Moe wrote: monsterone wrote: who were the punk rock limeys who slightly resembled judas priest and fought along side w/ cobra? The Dreadnoks?<img height="238" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Dreadnoks.jpg" width="310" border="0" />

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/furie1335/pics/dreadnok.jpg

JustJon

04-04-2006, 07:47 AM

RingWraith wrote: Does anyone here remember when Cobra Commander appeared in an episode of Transformers G1?The episode came sometime after the Transformers The Movie. Now, I don't think he really acknowledged himself as Cobra Commander, but same voice, and at the end of the episode he walked away and at one point he was gonna yell the cobra battle cry, but he coughed: "COB.....cough!!!.....cough!!!....cough!!!Does anyone remember that episode???   Yeah, that was awesome.[Insert Chris Farley picture here]

furie

04-05-2006, 06:20 PM

RingWraith wrote: Does anyone here remember when Cobra Commander appeared in an episode of Transformers G1?The episode came sometime after the Transformers The Movie. Now, I don't think he really acknowledged himself as Cobra Commander, but same voice, and at the end of the episode he walked away and at one point he was gonna yell the cobra battle cry, but he coughed: "COB.....cough!!!.....cough!!!....cough!!!Does anyone remember that episode??? 

No, i don't remember that one at all. i wonder if google video has that one

http://www.sepiamoons.com/images/blog/2005/0923.jpg

spazemunky

04-05-2006, 07:44 PM

Much later on there was a character called "Overlord"  as a
toy.  he seemed like another Serpentor type challenger for the
throne.  did this character ever make it into the comics?  i
tapped out about 4 comics after the real CC died.  <img width="400" height="300" border="0" src="http://i9.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/0c/74/96_1.JPG" alt="overlord" title="overlord" />

DESERTEAGLE.50

04-05-2006, 08:22 PM

I found a site that has what Cobra Commander looks like with his mask/face plate/visor off.     <img width="200" height="247" border="0" src="http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9902/26/showbuzz/steven.tyler.jpg" />