Cobra Infantry 6 pack

[The Faceless Master]

I remember hearing that a few molds were lost with a boat that sank. What was up with that?

the TRU 97-98 exclusives, rumor has it that the boat that carried the moulds
sank or something

Alley Viper v1 that was planned to be released with the Rage Metro
http://www.yojoe.com/archive/preprod...leyviper.shtml
Cobra Commander v1 that was planned for the Cobra Command 3-pack
as well as Destro v1
http://www.yojoe.com/archive/preprod...ommander.shtml
http://www.yojoe.com/archive/preprod/97/destro.shtml

But most tragic of all <brings tears to my eyes when i think about it>
would be Snake Eyes v2 for the Joe Commando Team 3-pack
http://www.yojoe.com/archive/preprod/97/snakeeyes.shtml

Not sure if the same fate was met by the Flash mould
http://www.yojoe.com/archive/preprod/97/flash.shtml

[Patrick A. Riley]

my question is, at the end of his description, he has:

"keywords: snakeeyes , snake eyes , Stormshadow , custom , firefly , shipwreck , ninja , trooper , lot, guns , weapon, falcon , night , tiger , good , cast , sword , flint , ladyjaye , sigma , hiss , headquarters , terror , base , destro, commander , weapons , model , sky , rattler , a10 , tru , flight pod , trouble bubble , army . "

What the heck is that all about???
Is that just to help his auction pull up in a search? Or does this have some other meaning???

Many of those keywords have nothing to do with the auction, so they are not allowed by eBay rules.

Most people have these keyowrds listed in a very small font at the bottom of an auction page, usually in white text so that they appear "invisible"

Other sellers hide them in the HTML tags in their description, so they are not seen on the page, but they still work and their auctions will show up in unrelated keyword search results

[Bravo]

Now we're stuck with mellon head troppers with Roadblock arms.

They bothered to make the gas mask head for Cobras that appear in one panel in issue 44, they could recast the TRU infantry head.

IIRC at last year's convention someone asked about Night Watch and the Hasbro team claimed they requested the TRU infantry molds for the set but got the originals instead.

[Blayloxzuess]

Many of those keywords have nothing to do with the auction, so they are not allowed by eBay rules.

Most people have these keyowrds listed in a very small font at the bottom of an auction page, usually in white text so that they appear "invisible"

Other sellers hide them in the HTML tags in their description, so they are not seen on the page, but they still work and their auctions will show up in unrelated keyword search results

Ahhh... Tricky Tricky

[Net-Viper X]

That stuff about the molds being lost is total BS. If those molds where gone we would not have any Night Watch troopers or comic pack troopers. Only part gone is those terrible new sculpt heads that where way too small for the body they where on. Gotta be careful with people on ebay, some will say things about a product just to get your cash, and some are just saying what they where told by someone else and not aware of the facts themselves.

[Net-Viper X]

Comparative pics of a real live soldier, and what he would look like with his head shrunk down to TRU trooper size. Just for effect. Sorry for the off topic of this post.

[FireFox91]

I feel a locked thread coming on.

[Lody]

I would appreciate it if EVERYONE would edit their messages and stay on track here...

[The Faceless Master]

Yes, plz stay on topic & edit your threads ASAP
thanks

[slap happy]

That stuff about the molds being lost is total BS. If those molds where gone we would not have any Night Watch troopers or comic pack troopers.

I thought something similar. How did they keep track of the same torso, waist and legs that were probably collecting dust in a warehouse somewhere for 30 years YET lose the head they sculpted last year. It's weird how Hasbro just loses part of a figure, like the v1 Viper's legs, but keeps the rest. Interesting that the TRU CI heads are they only new sculpt item that I've heard of turning up missing.