Character Profile - "Cobra Commander"

New COBRA-ccentric Stills for 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

A series of COBRA-ccentric promotional stills turned up online yesterday (via Superhero Hype) with my fav being the above of Cobra Commander (which I wished someone gave him tighter pants or something) and Storm Shadow, flanked on both sides by Cobra Troopers (looked like the "recruitment video" worked, huh?) who ditched their blues for urban-camo-gear, and the Red Ninjas behind them, looking very Imperial Guards in Star Wars LOL


Redecorating The White House.

Dude is getting a whole lot of promo-time, especially with his bare-bod, impressively standing up right next to The Rock's lol

HASBRO'S 12" COBRA COMMANDER REVIEWED & UNMASKED

Now, I've been totally behind on my coverage of G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (some may say tis a good thing ;p) but lemme try to make it up with this video review by "Mister Clown" who unmasks Hasbro's 12 inch COBRA COMMANDER based on the movie character! Action Figure Insider first posted the video which is embedded above. *WARNING: CLICK-PLAY-FOR-SPOILER*

Somehow I can't help but feel the transparency element of the mask is japanese kaiju-vinyl influenced. Regardless, for US$15 it would make a pretty cool kitbash-fodder, yeh? IMHO, of coz :)

CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE BY SIDESHOW TOY

Basic essential information for pre-ordering Sideshow Toys' Comic-Con-Exclusive Crimson Cobra Commander 12-inch Figure - limited to 1,000 pieces worldwide.

- Comic-Con ATTENDEE Priority Pre-Orders begins Thursday - May 28th 2009, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM (Pacific Time)
- Price for ATTENDEE Edition is US$99.99
- Comic-Con NON-ATTENDEE Priority Pre-Orders begins Friday - May 29th 2009, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM (Pacific Time)
- Price for NON-ATTENDEE Edition is US$109.99

1/6 CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE BY SIDESHOW TOY

As part of their slate of exclusives planned for 2009's San Diego Comic Con [WHAT] - Sideshow Toy will be soliciting pre-orders for a 1/6-scaled CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER on both May 28th and 29th 2009 (from 10am Pacific Time - both days).

ATTENDEE Pre-orders happen May 28th with NON-ATTENDEE is on May 29th. "Attendees" are for folks who plan to physically collect the figure during the Comic-Con period, while "Non-Attendees" will have theirs shipped to their door. Generally prices for Attendee-versions are lesser. Will update prices when they are revealed. Meanwhile, check out a slideshow of screengrabs for the figure from the May 5th-episode of Sideshow TV :)


[16 x Images of Crimson Cobra Commander in slideshow of screengrabs]

SIDESHOW TOYS 1/6 COBRA COMMANDER @ SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2008

Sideshow Collectibles' 1/6-scaled COBRA COMMANDER blogged] made his debut @ SDCC and CoolToyReview has uber-sweet crips-pics of his Cobro-ness!


Have no issues with a molded-cowl, becoz frankly, a tailored-cloth one may be tricky to keep in place (you don't want to go off ironing a 1/6th-scaled cowl, do you? LOL) ... and so would his feature-film 1:1-counterpart be dressed in a similar fashion? *hhhmmmmm* ... altho the Cobra-cane be quite pimpin' ... LOL



SNAKE-EYES joins the Cobra Leader for the SDCC-Spotlight - loaded to bare:



... altho there's something about the tailored-mask that always leave s a "buldge" (becoz of hem-lines) ... perhaps folks can consider a "flocked" molded-headsculpt, for a tactile-parallel of cloth? IMHO, of coz :p ... GO PEEP CoolToyReview [all images via] for more Cobra & Snake-Eyes-goodness! (and higher-res images)

WHO IS COBRA COMMANDER?

... I've suddenly got this funny feeling that MOVIE-Cobra Commander will look like this Hasbro San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive figure [via] ... and man, I sure hope I'm utterly wrong tho! As "funny" as a battle-helmet may look on a live-person (IMHO), a rag draped over with holes cut-out would similarly be both ridiculous and perhaps even offensive - but of coz this is pure speculation on my part, yeh? Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the exhalted G.I.Joe nemesis (he looks sorta like a young Heath Ledger, dunt he?) and along with Destro, whose "final"-look may remain a mystery ... until an image-leak comes along, that is! LOL

"Not much is known of Cobra Commander's past, but in his early career he was a used car salesman. While struggling to keep his business afloat, he learned that a car crash had taken the life of his older brother, Dan, who had been driving drunk. Embittered by this tragedy, Cobra Commander became obsessed with vindicating his brother's death. He took specific interest in the surviving son of the family killed in the accident with Dan. That man was the soldier now known as Snake-Eye."
[Marvel Comics-origin]

"After the Marvel series ended, Cobra forces fell to a unified assault organized by the G.I. Joe leader, General Hawk. Cobra Commander managed to escape, becoming an international fugitive as the remnants of his organization retreated into hiding. He spent the next seven years sheltered in non-extradition countries, rebuilding his organization from the shadows." [Devil's Due-origins]