Unreleased Cobra-La vehicle art

Darko · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I'm sure some people have seen this before, but I never did:

http://www.yojoe.com/archive/unproduced ... ycle.shtml

Goofy? Yes. Illogical? Yes. Not "100% HARDCORE REAL WORLD MILITARY ACCURATE"? Yes. Awesome? Also yes. Come on, it's Nullifiers driving around giant bugs...what's not to love?

kingofpain26 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:47 am

aern't those modified Tron Light Cycles?

The Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:48 am

That is just too cool! I wonder what else was in store for the aported Cobra-La segment of the toyline?

SNAKE · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I think thats the "fat BAT" as it was termed at the time in the picture as well.

Greyryder · **Joined:** Sun May 25, 2008 9:59 pm

Tron cycle made out of giant bug bits? Awesomesauce!

I want one.

Red Sox · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:12 am

Wow! Never seen that before. I wouldn't ever want one, but still cool to see. It makes a ton of sense that Nullifiers were made for Cobra-La too. They fit in much better there than with the IG's.

night force cynic · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

No wonder the Nullifier was completely odd man out in the ranks of the IGs. Nothing about those guys said "pilots for Destro" but now this revelation makes perfect sense. From here on out, I think I'll always just see "bikers for Golobulus" when I look at the Nullifier.

narceron · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:06 am

fat bat?

I'm intrigued.

Soulgem · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:15 am

That's very interesting. Nullifier is indeed a bit out of place among the IGs. I'm not sold on the concept of Cobra-La, but I really appreciate the archaeological work here.

GITrekker · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Yeah, I first saw this image at the 1993 G.I.Joe Convention. As I have tried to verbally describe it to people over the years, "Think of something that's one part motorcycle, one part cockroach, and one part armadillo". I like the name "Insecticycle", but you gotta figure it probably would've picked up the nickname "BugBike" somewhere along the way. :roll:

Shame it didn't get made. As to other plans for Cobra-La, I'm pretty sure Pythona was in the works for 1988's female figure, but that never happened, either -- much to my (and probably a lot of other people's) considerable regret.

Caravankidd · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

It's so odd I think I would have several of them in my collection if they had ever reached production. Just so weird in a good way.

chad_ghost · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Anyone look at the Group Projects?
http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/custo ... =nullifier
http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/custo ... secticycle

Trekker- I found an old article that you wrote for Mastercollector that had that information. I also read some of the stuff on yojoe.com

Some of you might have seen that I was trying to hunt down a Tron cycle. It was for this GP. I thought it would have been awesome, but harder and more expensive to get than I wanted for a custom.

ZombieGuide · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:27 pm

Gotta agree with the above....it really does explain the Nullifier figure.

GITrekker · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

The one thing that was news to me was the idea of Nullifier as a Cobra-La agent. While he looked a little strange for an Iron Grenadier, I don't feel he looks quite weird enough to be from Cobra-La. He doesn't have quite that "organic" look that they seemed to evince. :shifty:

Just my opinion, not trying to dispute the report.

Kambei · **Posted:** Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:52 pm

I like the look of that thing. Pity they never got produced. So the Nullifiers were Cobra-La's version of the Dreadnoks?

Unreleased Cobra-La vehicle art

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