 I'm here at the local target where I did confirm they are getting the new joes and I'm just waiting to open the door Should be one of the first ones in and we'll see if they even have them stocked yet Well, that was a bust. I did meet a guy who watches the show in there. That was really cool but they don't have the GI Joe figures in fact the guys scan the codes and they said that the The street date has been pushed out to 814 which I mean, we know that's not true And I talked to somebody in there yesterday who said that they did have them, but they have not been stocked so that either Either the guy is wrong or somebody has made it here and Convinced an employee to sell them those toys Before the 8 1 street date. So there's one more target to go to I've been to two so far No, Joe's yet. So we'll see if there's any better luck at the last one I'm now at my third target of the morning I'll put my mask on and let's see if we have any but better luck here. I'm in south Tulsa. I'm way south now If this doesn't work, there is another option. There is a waso, which is way north But hopefully we don't have to do that. Let's see if we can find some Joe's here So the lady in there said they have some apparently like on a pallet that they don't even have Broken out yet. So she can't even get to them Although they are on the premises. So you know what that means Means we have to go to a waso Okay, I've driven from south Tulsa all the way to north of Tulsa to a waso and We'll see if we have any better luck here. Will this store have what I'm looking for No, but we're gonna try anyway. What's this? What's this? One left and It is The one that I absolutely had to get It's the Cobra Trooper. Oh my god. I did it. I Did it. I got one Cobra Trooper Well, that's the figure I was wanting to get I am I'm unhappy that it was the last one. I like to leave something for someone else, but in this case It was either grab the last one or go home empty-handed after hitting four targets In this region that's quite a lot of driving before 9 a.m. I haven't had coffee Starting to get a little grumpy But this raises my mood a little bit Let's take this Cobra Trooper home and open it This is the GI Joe classified series target exclusive special missions Cobra Island Cobra Trooper That's a mouthful. This guy has more names than Apollo Creed Let's take a look at the figure in the box before we open it up On the front we have the window pane that clearly shows the figure and accessories We have the artwork. I like this artwork. This is the style of artwork I'd like to see on all of the classified series. It even shows a his tank in the background That's pretty cool. We have the special mission Cobra Island branding. That's for the target exclusive series This is number 12 in the classified series on this side of the box. It has Some icons that represent his specialties Looks like that. I think that's supposed to be infantry and Those are bullets. I guess maybe he is an expert with the machine gun and fighting karate or whatever and I think this is supposed to represent sabotage on the other side We have some more of that really nice artwork He looks I don't know almost like a Super natural in this artwork. That's really cool looking Really nice artwork on the side and we've got you know, yeah We've got his buddies here a nice group shot of the Cobra Trooper on the back. We have Some artwork that is the same across the series But this is different from the artwork on the regular classified series showing that artwork side-by-side With the regular classified series you can see the difference This classified series has this poster style artwork on it And this is an overview of Cobra Island with some of the details highlighted that looks great This sort of reminds me of the map that was included in the Cobra Civil War story arc in Marvel comics back in the 80s Of course, this map is not the same. It looks like we have different details But it is reminiscent of that and it's very nostalgic for me I think this is a cool thing and I like this artwork the UPC is on the bottom on the top We have the number 12 and Cobra emblem and we have a red background to denote an enemy action figure The Joes have a blue background So that's a nice contrast and sort of a callback to the GI Joes of the 1990s Where the card back had a red background for enemy figures and a blue background for Joe figures Now it's time to open this up and pull everything out All right pulling the plastic tray out with the figure and behind the figure it has. Oh, this is cool It has the terror drone with the fireback in the background Really nice. That's a nice touch. This series really for the most part is well done Here's the Cobra Trooper with all of his accessories and in my opinion, he looks great This is the one I really wanted to get I've been waiting for some kind of Cobra Trooper and they gave us one that is reminiscent of the classic 1982 version one Cobra Trooper the old blue shirts And of course they've updated the design a bit as they have with all the classified series But they've kept certain key elements of that classic figure. He's got his blue helmet He's got his black face mask He's got that red Cobra emblem directly in the center of his chest Classic Cobra blue uniform still has his knee pads and those boots I have all the accessories on this figure, but you don't have to configure it this way He comes with these night vision goggles with the red slits on the eyes. It's very reptilian They look cool But you don't have to have those on the figure You can remove those and he can just wear his helmet And I think he looks really good with just the helmet that looks more like that classic trooper That helmet is pretty sweet too. I like the shape of it. I like the black details on it really nicely done He's wearing a black tactical vest over his torso and I don't think this vest is removable It might be but I don't see an obvious way to remove it But that's okay with me. I know some collectors have a problem with non-removable vests That's really not a problem with me. I can't complain about that the vest holds three accessories He has a knife that can fit snugly if you press it down in far enough He's got two pistols. He's got one in the front And around the back he has another one, but you kind of have to move this other weapon out of the way So those pistols are the same He has two pegs on the back of the vest for pegging on his weapons his rifles But this pistol kind of gets on the way a bit So you have to keep that in mind both of his rifles have pegs So you can peg them on the back and I appreciate them giving away to store the weapons That does not include boring a whole street through the weapon as with snake eyes He has two rifles both in black. He has this sci-fi looking assault rifle, which I think looks fine It does have the peg on the side and that's a bit obvious But I don't mind that so much because it does give us a way to store the weapon on his back very nice I have heard a rumor that these rifles this and the other one he comes with are based on nerf guns That's interesting and I'll have to take a closer look at that When I do a full review on this figure his other rifle appears to be based on the dragon of sniper rifle that the version one figure came with It's long. It's more of a sniper rifle type It's a little bit difficult to get in his hand, but it can work. You can do it It's a good well detailed weapon with another peg as you can see and you can peg that on the back As to whether you can peg both at the same time I don't think so. I think there's just not enough room and this pistol gets in the way. You might be able to like Force it. Oh, yeah, I forced it, but Now this covers up this pistol on his back So you kind of have to decide if that's the way you want to do it rumor is this is also based on a nerf gun So we will take a closer look at that sometime in the future. I put this red band thing on the figure's arm That's the only way I could think of to put it on the figure There are no instructions on Where this is supposed to go and I looked at the artwork for any clues and I didn't see any It has the cobra officer's chevron and on the cobra officer the chevron is pointed down So I thought this is the way it should go So I guess if he's wearing this it designates him as an officer But you can remove the left hand like so and you can You can pull this off now. It's a tight fit over that elbow, but you can remove that And now he is a regular non-commissioned officer trooper. That was my overview of the cobra trooper How would I rate my cobra island street day experience? Not good. I went to four targets to get one guy And it's not a matter of the scalpers getting to the figures before I did for the first two targets I went to I was there when the doors opened the first one opened an hour earlier than the second one I didn't get video of that because I forgot my phone I was a little bit excited and eager to get in and see if they had the figures I did talk to an employee at each of those targets The at the first target the guy simply said they don't have any at the second target I had been there the day before and I was told they did have them But they couldn't sell them to me until the following morning Well, the following morning comes and I'm there as soon as the store opens Again, it opened an hour later than the other one. I'm the first one through the door and They don't have them. I asked an employee and he says no the street date for those is august 14th Even though we know that's not true We know that was moved up to august 1st But this guy was clueless and they did not have the figures on the pegs at the third target again Figures not on the pegs. I talked to an employee. She scans them. She checks them She says they're on some palette somewhere and she can't get to them So she can't even pull them out of the back to sell them to me So I drove to owasso hasbro. You made me drive to the target in owasso and This was the last guy there There were a couple classified figures of the general release classified figures Not many of those either, but this is the last of the cobra island figures It is the one I wanted. Um, it was the main focus. I wanted the cobra trooper I got the cobra trooper, but Last one even though originally this is the only one I was going to get I was considering picking up the whole series if it was available, but I never even had the chance I will check back at those other stores in the future But I'm not in a big hurry either I will find them eventually at retail or I will order them online But what I will not do is pay scalper prices for them and neither should you Do not reward scalpers for taking all of the stock before anyone else has a chance to get them I hope you're enjoying cobra convergence five so far You should have already seen g.i. Joburg's kickoff of the event. I will have a video up tomorrow I will see you then until then remember only cobra is cobra