Call it a run change. Call it a variant. Call it a royal pain in the....Whatever you want to call it, eagle eye collectors have spotted that there are officially two different versions of the Cobra Trooper from the Target exclusive Cobra Island wave. No, I'm not talking about the recently announced retail version, which was just made available via sites such as Hasbro Pulse and Entertainment Earth.
Both of these versions have been spotted on Cobra Island cards, or boxes, and came across my radar via MCUcollector24. He's identified a Cobra Trooper with a black collar vest, and one with a blue collar.
Thought at first the blue collar one was definitely the more difficult one to come across. As knowledge of it spreads across the collecting world, more and more are surfacing. While prices for the blue variant seem higher than the black, there is no documented proof that any one is more rarer than the other.
What doesn't help right now is that even with the recent announcement of the figure seeing a re-release, prices for a Cobra Trooper are at an all time high. Definitely something to consider if you're going to put yourself to task of hunting down the opposite version of the one you have, or both, if you don't have either one. If it helps with your decision, it's worth noting that the original production photos show a black collar for the figure.
With that said though, my personal favorite is the blue collar version. It just looks "correct". The blue of the shirt should be there. Otherwise, it implies the vest has a collar, which doesn't look right in comparison.
Of course, if you wanted a one of a kind variant, that would have been the recently sold paint error Cobra Trooper sporting an all blue face.
Custom paint job, or one of a kind error? Doesn't matter. Someone bought it for $300.00.
For those of you trying to keep up with the various versions people have found, you may want to check out my initial post about Destro and Beach Head, HERE.
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What’s a fair price for an eBay Trooper? I’m going to have to bite at this point.
ReplyDeleteI had a theory until 2020 Joe Classified that any modern toyline is not HTF, but I also took to heart your prediction the Cobra Island Trooper is going to remain hard to get. Targets are starting to list Joes as “discontinued” which means no further shipments for the wave.
I just paid $125 for a blue collar version. However, those seem to be few and far between. I'd like to think you can get a black vest one for $80.00.
DeleteOr try your luck in December when I put a whole wave of Cobra Island up for a contest.