 Hello everybody hooded cobra commander 788 here and it's time for us to do another vintage vehicle unboxing and assembly It's been a while since we've done one of these and I just felt like doing it So since it's my show, I can do what I feel like doing And we are going to open and assemble this cobra ice snake from 1993 I got this at a very good price at assembly required in Des Moines, Iowa I got it with the attention of assembling it on a video like this. So it's about time we did that. I would not Actually, this this is not a sealed item The box is already torn open. It was like that when I got it. The contents inside are not sealed So we're not really hurting anything by taking this thing out and putting it together I would not open a sealed item if it were from the 80s Those are nowadays just kind of rare and just doesn't seem like the right thing to do to open up a sealed 80s GI Joe item and I wouldn't open up any sealed item from any era if it were something rare But I snakes there are plenty of these around. So I think we're all right here Now when I was looking in this box, I noticed It includes the sticker sheet and the catalog, but it does not include the instruction sheets So I will have to look up the instructions online in order to assemble this But that's all right. Nothing's gonna stop us. I have my tools. I have my glasses. I have my soda Got a Pepsi in here. I'm out of peanuts. So no peanuts in the Pepsi, but that's all right I think we're ready to go. So let's get started. Let's start by taking the contents out of the box and seeing what else here I did peek in here a bit to see If it looked like it was all here, and I think it is Set the box aside for now like most 90s vehicles this came with a cardboard tray inside the box and I believe these parts would normally have been sealed in a plastic bag But as you can see, there's no plastic bag, but the parts are still on the frame So there's that to start with We have the catalog which I did see in there. Oh, and there is the sticker sheet Okay and Catalog this, you know, I'll add this to my catalog collection. I don't think I had this one At least I don't recall having this one so it'll be fun to Take a look through that catalog later And then we have looks like hood and wheel and main body and another wheel and what I assume is an axle and Then a spring-loaded weapon with a black string So I hope that's enough. I'm going to pull up the instructions on the internet and Take a look at this and see what step one is. Okay, slight snag Step one involves a rubber band and there is no rubber band here So fortunately I happen to have a rubber band that I was using for something else So I have no idea if this is the right size, but this is what we've got So this is what we will use. So I need to take some pieces off. I need to take this This connector bar off here and we'll get started with that Okay, this dark blue connector bar Needs this rubber band wrapped around it and it's supposed to be wrapped around in a particular way And I've looked at the instructions and I think I get it We are going to try it anyway, at least I hope I get it. I'm gonna do this the way the instructions show I'm not sure I can explain it Okay, this first loop is supposed to go on the hook, but through the second loop and that should Tighten really well Okay, all right. I think I got it, but that's got to be on the hook. Okay. All right. Well So If I can attempt to describe how to put this rubber band on you have to hook it on this little there's a Kind of a little peg right there. You have to hook the rubber band on that pull it tight pull wrap the rubber band around The bar and then put the rubber band through that first loop and then put that loop back on the hook So that's pretty tight. I hope this rubber band is large enough to Do what I need to do without breaking, but we're gonna give it a shot the next step if I can Read it here really quick Is we have to put this on On the main body. So here's the main body There's the front Looks like the hook side goes down and the rubber band goes that way and That's supposed to rest in there and the rubber band is supposed to go through this loop in the center Grab that rubber band and pull it through there we go There we go. Okay, so then it pulls through there and it hooks on this post underneath like That okay now so you have a rubber band that runs from this post through this hole out this center post and what looks like the cockpit and wraps around this Dark blue bar, okay, I have no idea what the purpose of that is but It's on there. So let's let's move to the next step and see if we can make sense of this Okay, it looks like we're supposed to take this the roll cage and Essentially put the two ends into this central bar that out of the way like so and then It's supposed to connect which it certainly isn't Connecting very easily. Is there a key to it doesn't look like it. Oh, here we go. Here we go All right, just had to work with it for a second. So now Now the the roll cage is connected to that that crossbar piece with the rubber band on it Still not sure what purpose that serves But it's done. Okay. What next? We're at step five roll cage Lift roll cage and fit wide canopy through the roll cage bars wide canopy fit through the roll cage bars like how Lift roll cage and fit All right. This is going to take a little. Oh I see. I think it fits like this Okay Well, that's not gonna fit very easily All right. Hang on. Give me a minute to look at the instructions again. Okay. All right I think I get it. You have to get kind of get the front end of the the the hood here that Canopy or whatever they call it Inside that roll cage. So yeah, there we go. So that the roll cage bars fit In these notches here. So that's done and then I believe this just Just snaps on We've got a couple tabs on the sides. We've got a tab in the front So in theory, we should be able to just line this up. I Said line it up. Hold on. That's there we go Line it up and press it on until it snaps on so there there There ah success success There we go. All right, so we got the front end assembled the roll cage is on Let's see what the next step is. Okay. I get it now. I get it now step six is just activating the roll cage Okay, so the roll cage you close it by putting these two These two pegs into these two holes, right and that holds pretty well, but it actually has like spikes on it There are spikes on the roll cage and it shows a Graphic here like you have some GI Joe's in front of your I snake here and you want to take them out. You just lift up on that roll cage a bit and bam Instant deadly weapon that is hilarious and I love it. Okay Next is the axle installation upside down guide post on on white axle into White vehicle body as shown This looks like a guide post Looks like it goes that way Press down on axle until a white vehicle tab and post snap into axle slot and hole as Shown, okay, I believe I see it so that goes okay, so this Axle piece it actually fits right over the post that the rubber band is wrapped around so If you align it correctly, it should go yes perfectly like that and then it should snap in Let me see where the tabs are so I can Press it in the right spots so it will snap in but not break Ah there. Oh, yes. Yes. There we go. There you go. Alright, so axle is assembled and next step is Ah the the ski assembly so still got to take the skis off of the frame so Let's do that We go See And there okay, all right, didn't cut the front tips off there And come on come on There, okay. All right, so we got the skis off and these this should be pretty simple let's turn it over and And Match blue skis a and b with white vehicle slots a and b and press into place So I guess they are not interchangeable. So which one ski a Ski B, and it took me a minute to figure out what I was supposed to slot it into but I guess it goes like this and And press in until it connects there we go there we go I Thought it connected to this front sort of area here, but looking at the instructions a little better It connects a little farther back. Oh, that fits really well. Make sure that clicks into place. Yeah All right, we have skis dig it dig it. We have skis now we have skis, but we need wheels So the next is the wheel assembly we have two of those those let's see Snap the two back wheels into onto the white Axle posts as shown That is about as simple as you can get you've got mushroom clips right there the wheel goes on Press on Well, it's not it doesn't go easy does it okay? I want to be careful not to break that so According to the instructions, there's no secret to it. It's just a press on until it stays on So that is that's worrying me right there. That looks like it wants to break All right, that is Seriously not going in There's no left or right wheel I may need to I need to take this wheel off Before you go any further because if I press any harder on that or if I try to twist it It's gonna break that axle off. So hold on time out. Okay. I got the wheel off without Breaking the axle or the wheel but they're like some of the plastic on the wheel has shaved off onto the Post and some of the plastic on the post is left inside the wheel. So this Worrys me. I don't want to have another breakage situation like with the ninja lightning but these wheels are not fitting on well and I Need to figure out a good way to put them on Unfortunately, and so okay. All right. I got one. I think I got one. Yes. Oh, yes It snapped on the instructions. I tried the other wheel on this side and it it seemed to go on a bit better The instructions are no help at all. It just says press it on. Well, okay I was pressing it on but I was about to break the damn thing. So I Don't see any indication that there's a left and right wheel the wheels look identical But for some reason this one was not going on that side very well So we'll try it on this side try to press it straight and not Not get it all sideways. This wheel is just gonna give me trouble isn't it? All right. Oh There we go. Oh, it's on it didn't break. Oh, oh goody. It didn't break That okay. I don't like that That was much harder than it should have been And I felt like it was gonna break it did It did clip on it didn't break but Yeah, that was much too tight to fit. I feel I think there was a better way to do that All right, pause just for a minute to take another look at the instruction sheet And it looks like we need to put the launcher on next the launcher has a pivot to which it attaches for anyone concerned that I am Using my hobby knife here on the table surface this table surface Was purchased because it is tough and sturdy and it will be just fine It's also usually covered up with poster board for my Refuse I shoot the reviews on this surface So don't worry about it. Guess what? You don't even need to put it in the comments. Everything will be fine So this goes in here and it looks like it goes in firmly Like the wheels they it certainly is a tight fit So I'm gonna have to I don't want to break it But it does it's gonna have to work with me here. It's got to go in It's like that that mushroom clip that on this tiny little pivot is too small For the post that it's supposed to go into All right, I have to work with this Seem to have mislaid my pliers which would have been a big help in this situation I may have to go find them because I'll wait. Hold on Maybe Well, that is tight. Ah, there we go That's on yay and then next Next next next come on And just put this on it. Yeah like that Should just pop right on that little clip right there trying to let you see it a little bit better There is this bar right here that goes on this clip right there at least in theory and Let's see Yeah, it just goes straight on or at least it's supposed to That's another really tight fit And unnecessarily tight fit Why you do this to me Hasbro? Why do you do this? You know this this is supposed to be assembled by kids in 1993 This should not be a struggle for an adult in 2020 All right once again, I've got to be very careful with a part here because this Does not want to give and I need that clip to grab on to this bar And I'm gonna have to negotiate it a bit Okay There okay Again another scary piece to assemble it doesn't look like yeah, it doesn't tilt up very much There because there's a little stopper right there behind it So it doesn't tilt up very much, but it will now pivot And we now have to we have to tie some string here. We have to tie some string to This grapple hook here, so let's go ahead and oops. Let's cut let's cut that off, and I Was looking at the instructions to try to figure out where to tie it on and it took a minute to figure out It says I'm supposed to Tie it to one of these holes in Or on the grapple missile and then the other end is supposed to go on the launcher rings and I Doubt you can see it, but there are a couple really small rings right there where my finger is On this launcher and it looks like it's supposed to go into One of those so we're gonna we're gonna thread it through All right, and then we're gonna tie it We'll knot it a couple of times and that should do The other end. Let's see if we put it in this way this side of the missile. Okay, we're gonna We're just gonna loop it through this hole on the missile and Tie it Tie a couple knots If I can I'm trying to not tie big knots, right? I'm trying to keep the end of the string kind of short without a lot of excess on the end but my fingers are Too fat to really do it right, so we're gonna keep trying This thing is almost done basically we just got to put these other missiles on and Then we got to get to put the stickers on that's always my favorite part man. This string is not cooperating I needed to thread through that loop Like so there we go and tighten Now if I load this thing in the launcher Press it until it clicks. Yes And if I fire it The string should hang on to it here we go Okay, what's going on? That's the trigger There it goes There you go. That was kind of fun. Let's do it one more time Really has to go all the way back and then trigger Okay, cool. All right. Well, I Want to put too much pressure on the string, so I'll just kind of rest it in there for right now I Get back to our instructions. Yeah, so basically Cut these extra missiles off and These are extra missiles that can be used with the missile launcher So Yeah Fire these missiles, but of course one nice thing about At least some of these 90s vehicles that have missile launchers is they gave you a way to store the extra missiles so you get a couple extras and Yeah, they just go in here. I guess How are they supposed to go? They just oh, yeah, okay. Here we go. There. Okay, so wait that should go in further I think there. Okay. All right, so No There I think So we got missiles in front for storage we got I guess I'll just have to Press that in there. All right next we have the stickers Put on the stickers always the best part And unfortunately, I have to do this on my side So you you don't necessarily get to see it until I turn it around but this should be Easy enough. It looks like number four goes right on the side. I like these these are like silvery kind of Reflective stickers. That's kind of cool And we have We have a cobra emblem with like Icicles and a snowflake in the background. I don't know if I want that to be like the cobra Arctic emblem but It's it's different It is different. Okay, so there's that what number is that number five Where's number five? There's number five and number five caution sticker goes and the front the main body looks like on the hood piece and Like other 90s vehicles it is it's instructing me if I'm gonna move it for a little farther back It's instructing me to place stickers over some of the molded details and I don't love that So we got a couple on And what's next number six goes there This number six There's number six number six let's try to Grab that and that goes in this piece over the back wheel like so And I think that's all for that side Looks like it Let's see we got some that go on the top That's the number eight and number eight Let's see That is a classic cobra emblem with a trademark stamp on it Because cobra likes to protect its intellectual properties and this is supposed to be facing The back so this goes on and I don't want to cover this little molded in fuel cap So this should go right in front of it Like So there we go Same on the other side Let's see Well, I'm gonna have to switch hands with that because to get that Okay All right, so this This is my favorite part of the assembly. I really like applying the stickers. It's just it's It's nostalgic and it's just kind of a quiet Activity it's calming Get a bit of Zen for the day All right cobra emblems now we need to put the ice snake Where does that go oh I see the ice snake thing goes there. Oh, and then we have a lift sticker number nine Which goes I don't understand where it's pointing. Oh it goes there number nine sticker goes right so Like so and I'm guessing that the little arrows on the lift sticker face to the front Which would make sense because I think it's supposed to be pointing at the canopy So it would be It would be here Try to center that pretty good best I can anyway Not bad All right, and then this part right here we have this like I Think that's supposed to be like ice snake, but with like with icicles hanging on it it's kind of silly but That's okay The whole thing is kind of silly, but we love it anyway Okay, so this Goes on just like that. Let me try to center this Yeah, it's about the same width as this kind of molding on the hood so that helps center it There Not too bad ice snake We have a stay clear That's number seven That's number seven it goes right there and with the arrow is pointing up So that goes here All right these little caution stickers and stay clear and you know on some vehicles You are no step stickers. I think just adds a bit of verisimilitude to these vehicles although, you know in the 90s they got so wild and Divorced from the from reality. I don't necessarily know why they bothered to to give them any kind of a realistic feel to them But you know, it's all right. It's a nice try Cobra snow Goes there And as much as possible. I am trying to not put these stickers over the molded details It would have been nice if some of these stickers they kind of worked around of the details on the on the toy TPH rescue goes on this side. Here we go This side and it's gonna go where it's gonna go on this piece right there so TPH rescue Goes here. All right, I am amazed that anyone actually sits through all of these videos So if you've made it this far, I appreciate it and thank you And let's see There seems to be Yeah, we've got another number six sticker that goes This side is trying to get along got pretty well with where it was on the other side So it will be as symmetrical as we can make it Got one more caution sticker that goes there And we got one more Big Cobra snowflake and that is our last one. I kind of dig these stickers though It's a bit unique having these kind of reflective foil stickers They're kind of cool Dropped a missile off, but I'm trying to line this up with how I added on the other side Yeah, pretty much dead center there Okay, stickers are assembled and there is our Completed ice snake and that was my unboxing of the Cobra ice snake from 1983 I did enjoy it, but although there were some stressful parts to it Some parts didn't want to go on very easily Seems like it's that way with every vehicle we assembled some of you may have noticed that this box is bilingual This looks like a Canadian box Canada got the same vehicles we got in the US But when there was an American flag sticker or a sticker that said USA on it It would be a Canadian flag or it would say Canada instead of USA Well on the Cobra vehicles, you know, you didn't have an American flag So I believe this would have been identical to the US release Except the box also has French on it as well as English So yeah, there you go. I Know this type of video isn't gonna be everybody's cup of tea Not everybody is going to enjoy sitting with me and putting a vehicle together. It's it's not Exciting it's not high energy is kind of low-key, but I enjoy doing them and I'll do them as much as I can So as I get vehicles that are cheap enough and you know, not rare That we can assemble I'll do more videos like this, but mainly I'm working on reviews I'm actually in the process of getting some reviews ready right now. Just thought I'd take a break from it I hope you like what we have coming up but Just remember New video goes up on Sunday And every once in a while in the middle of the week. I'll give you something like this So thanks everyone for watching. I'll see you soon with the full vintage GI Joe toy review until then remember only GI Joe is GI Joe