G.I. Joe toys at Target: H.I.S.S. tank
These toy sections aren't for kids, they're for us, the parents.
Target price for a brand new one: $15.99
eBay price for an identical 80s version: up to $28.99
Maybe my memory is wrong, but I thought the 80s version had to be assembled out of the box. I remember having to snap together the main pieces (cockpit cover, turret well, turret canon, upper assembly onto treads), and I remember it coming with a sheet of stickers, and a guide showing where they were meant to be placed. But then maybe I just moved around the stickers on mine, and disassembled it. Hm...
Also, this always seemed like a strange design to me as a kid. It looked cool, and intimidating, and kind of "cobra-esque" like the real life snake -- sure, but wouldn't it be really vulnerable to someone sneaking up with a grenade or something under the cockpit? Wasn't that a design flaw? Is it not the case that real tanks always keep the passenger comparment in the middle, shielded behind lots of steel? That's not how Cobra rolls.
G.I. Joe toys at Target: H.I.S.S. tank
These toy sections aren't for kids, they're for us, the parents.
Target price for a brand new one: $15.99
eBay price for an identical 80s version: up to $28.99
Maybe my memory is wrong, but I thought the 80s version had to be assembled out of the box. I remember having to snap together the main pieces (cockpit cover, turret well, turret canon, upper assembly onto treads), and I remember it coming with a sheet of stickers, and a guide showing where they were meant to be placed. But then maybe I just moved around the stickers on mine, and disassembled it. Hm...
Also, this always seemed like a strange design to me as a kid. It looked cool, and intimidating, and kind of "cobra-esque" like the real life snake -- sure, but wouldn't it be really vulnerable to someone sneaking up with a grenade or something under the cockpit? Wasn't that a design flaw? Is it not the case that real tanks always keep the passenger comparment in the middle, shielded behind lots of steel? That's not how Cobra rolls.