00:00 "Heroic Nonsense" Original Song 00:31 Intro 01:23 Cobra STINGER Review 04:27 Cobra Stinger DRIVER Review 06:24 Comparisons with Classified HISS tank and HMS 08:13 Comparison with Classified VAMP 09:40 UPGRADING the Stinger with VAMP parts and vice-versa! 12:15 Comparisons - Figures 13:09 Comparison with original 1/18 Stinger vehicles and drivers 14:38 Action Shots! Display and Build Ideas! 16:41 Box Art 17:39 Outro
Holy moly! What a comprehensive video! That Stinger looks great no matter the scale or style. Cobras cohesive color palette really ties it all together. Coooobra!
Right!? Thanks man and thanks for watching it all the way through - wasn’t expecting to have so much to talk about! Btw- The Sarge is in so you know what that means - hope your singing voice is ready 😂
VERY cool review. Well done. The blue Cobra Officer remains my absolute favorite of the Cobra Enemy trooper style figures. The other variants are fun to mix and match parts to make sub teams or different commands.
Thanks very much! Yeah there’s something special about the original Cobra trooper. They were so great when shown in the cartoons and the image of them parachuting down in the movie can’t be beat. That’s why having these 6in scale ones are so awesome! And you’re right, mixing and matching was a ton of fun back in the day - used to do it all the time with my friend. Did you mix and match the originals or the current line?
@heroicnonsense1 I never had the original Cobra troopers. I had to go to my friend's houses for that. It was like all the adults got together to make sure we didn't have duplicates between the group of us 🤣 I've been mixing the Classified Cobra troopers like crazy though. Every time I do I think of more to do. I've already thought of 3 to use with this driver and my Stinger hasn't even arrived yet lol
@@Blitz0065 ha! Tell me about it! When we were kids, I don’t know if troop building was a thing yet and definitely just getting one was a big deal! I went a little crazy when they started updating the figures in the 2000’s and just bought tons of army builders. Luckily my friend and I put our sets together so we had a pretty good roster when we created our battles. I still have all original 1/18 figures and vehicles so at some point I’ll start doing retro reviews of them like I started for my G1 Transformers. Interested in hearing about how you’ve created new classified variants and what you have in mind for the Stinger driver!
The original 80’s one had a black shovel and the 25th anniversary re-release had the AK - I showed both. Thought I was going crazy bc I was sure I double checked! My original 84 version is missing a lot of the pieces though - I got it years ago from a friend…
@@heroicnonsense1 Yeah Im sorry, you are right, wow that 25th really created a false memory. I prefer the OG its lower to the ground and more elegant in its way, the shiny black and shiny grey I miss as well. I picked up one but prefer the Vamp.
@@davidreeves4556 no worries! Yeah, the 25th feels different. I’d love to have had a complete original ‘84 but at least they rereleased something comparable. Wasn’t as big a fan of the VAMP from back in the day but I have to say they did an amazing job on the Classified version! Still, it’s gotta be Cobra Stinger for me but I hear ya 🤘
00:00 "Heroic Nonsense" Original Song
00:31 Intro
01:23 Cobra STINGER Review
04:27 Cobra Stinger DRIVER Review
06:24 Comparisons with Classified HISS tank and HMS
08:13 Comparison with Classified VAMP
09:40 UPGRADING the Stinger with VAMP parts and vice-versa!
12:15 Comparisons - Figures
13:09 Comparison with original 1/18 Stinger vehicles and drivers
14:38 Action Shots! Display and Build Ideas!
16:41 Box Art
17:39 Outro
Holy moly! What a comprehensive video! That Stinger looks great no matter the scale or style. Cobras cohesive color palette really ties it all together. Coooobra!
Right!? Thanks man and thanks for watching it all the way through - wasn’t expecting to have so much to talk about! Btw- The Sarge is in so you know what that means - hope your singing voice is ready 😂
Very good video , smooth editing really flowed.
Thanks man - appreciate the kind words! Fun vehicle to review for sure…
VERY cool review. Well done. The blue Cobra Officer remains my absolute favorite of the Cobra Enemy trooper style figures. The other variants are fun to mix and match parts to make sub teams or different commands.
Thanks very much! Yeah there’s something special about the original Cobra trooper. They were so great when shown in the cartoons and the image of them parachuting down in the movie can’t be beat. That’s why having these 6in scale ones are so awesome! And you’re right, mixing and matching was a ton of fun back in the day - used to do it all the time with my friend. Did you mix and match the originals or the current line?
@heroicnonsense1 I never had the original Cobra troopers. I had to go to my friend's houses for that. It was like all the adults got together to make sure we didn't have duplicates between the group of us 🤣
I've been mixing the Classified Cobra troopers like crazy though. Every time I do I think of more to do. I've already thought of 3 to use with this driver and my Stinger hasn't even arrived yet lol
@@Blitz0065 ha! Tell me about it! When we were kids, I don’t know if troop building was a thing yet and definitely just getting one was a big deal! I went a little crazy when they started updating the figures in the 2000’s and just bought tons of army builders. Luckily my friend and I put our sets together so we had a pretty good roster when we created our battles. I still have all original 1/18 figures and vehicles so at some point I’ll start doing retro reviews of them like I started for my G1 Transformers.
Interested in hearing about how you’ve created new classified variants and what you have in mind for the Stinger driver!
great review! Cobra!
Glad you enjoyed it! I love the Stinger - such a great Classified vehicle…Cobraaa 🤘
OG stinger had an AK on the hood, its even shown in your own video.
The original 80’s one had a black shovel and the 25th anniversary re-release had the AK - I showed both. Thought I was going crazy bc I was sure I double checked! My original 84 version is missing a lot of the pieces though - I got it years ago from a friend…
@@heroicnonsense1 Yeah Im sorry, you are right, wow that 25th really created a false memory. I prefer the OG its lower to the ground and more elegant in its way, the shiny black and shiny grey I miss as well. I picked up one but prefer the Vamp.
@@davidreeves4556 no worries! Yeah, the 25th feels different. I’d love to have had a complete original ‘84 but at least they rereleased something comparable. Wasn’t as big a fan of the VAMP from back in the day but I have to say they did an amazing job on the Classified version! Still, it’s gotta be Cobra Stinger for me but I hear ya 🤘
You pronounce “Iron” weird.
I’ll try to do better - maybe it’s from my days in the Quebec metal scene and listening to all that Maiden