Catch up time:
Ok, so here we go in no real order....
I got a real live Cobra FANG. Sweet, cheap. And while the 10yr old in me loves this thing, the 48yr old goes, pretty cool. Now really, 4 big missiles?  One big gimbal mounted gun that fires something, and since it's my imagination loading it, it fires high explosive flaming full automatic lasers. That about covers it. Ammo?Fahgettaboutit. Oh, and one great big honking bomb...Which for the 10yr is a great tactical device. For me?, of it comes when I finally use the Fang, The Fang is small sturdy and ready to go. And expensive. Ok, mine was 9 bucks!!! and then I had to fix the rotor mast. The FANG ,in cobra's world was just about as disposable as Trouble Bubble flight pod (see earlier post) and at least as expensive to make. And who flies the Fang? ANYBODY and everybody, which means A: Easier to fly and B: way more reliable and hardy. But then MARS engineers product improved the Fang and out came The CORPS! Rapid assault 1 man helo. A cost effective fang that no joe collector should be without. It's almost a spitting image, but clearly a bit better built. Higher speed but less payload and mission specific wings.(which Cobra leaves off in my world.. Better pilot seating and it's not nearly as nose heavy. It has 2 missiles and a double barreled fixed gun underneath. Less weight, higher speed. !0 year old goes pretty cool, get 2 ! 48yr old goes, I can have a sky full of these things!!!

Let's see...Oh yeay, Joes got a HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) missile system, to even up the odds what with Cobra quickly getting air superiority at my house. Vintage piece , can't recall the price, maybe 9 bucks...Nice 3 missile system,needs launch van...10yr old was so impressed he was firing hawks all day long, tracked and killed everything in the house. 48yr old was stressed out form the cost of replacing rhe missiles. Defense cutbacks you see...Great piece. Makes wish I could find another, or the cobra set..

Got a HAL double barrel gun...More anti air is what I think it is...Got nothing to tow it, yet. No one to man it.  Meh, it was cheap...

got a WOLVERINE!!!!! and uh,,,what does it do? Anti air? Bombardment? Mine was a bit rough but cheap, and after the 10yr old was done and let me at it , I carved out the inside and a full size figure can drive it. It's neat, it's vintage, it was cheap.

Got a vintage DragonFly! Cheap. This one has 2 short nose guns that only swivel, no elevation. No decals but all the missiles and BFG on the side. Working wench. No figures. The 10year old went crazy. AH1 SuperDOOPER Cobra !!!!  Working rotors!!! The 48yr says, gotta crack it open to fix it so the gunner can sit in it.  Now this thing suffers fro Hasbro's "thats real but this is better "BS...no tail roto, but no jet exhausts either. Weird V tail thing...that's coming off..and what the heck is the universal joint on the tail? Other than that, it's joe "scale" meaning it's undersized, but an ROC sits just fine in the pilot seat. And the scale is not an issue BECAUSE

Because the Joes have an AH64 Longbow Apache. A very slick toy. made better by cracking it open and carving out the floor boards, now, 2 ROC figs get in just fine. And the scale of the Apache,(clearly it would be more in scale if the original joes were used) is not TOO bad, and the Cobra sitting beside the Apache, have roughly the same size difference they do in real life. Now the Apache has 8 hellfire missiles , and it always will because they are molde to the pylon. These hellfire also look a WHOLE LOT like the Avatar Scorpion hellfire. As in the same hollowed out spots and exact same size and type of plastic. The Apache coles with 2 throw away figs, and some useful stuff. Great deal at 30 bucks. The 58yr was happy to buy it for his 10yr old self.

Figure wise, I got an ROC viper eel. An old figure, ok, and rescued from the peg, he got modified with new gear and looks GREAT! He needed a swim buddy...So I found a Mantis very cheap and thought the EEL officer would work.Yhis gave me 2 mantis (mantises? Manti?) and then a lot of disappointment. The officer is crap. Hate him. I even mixed and matched 3 sets of dive gear and I'm still not happy. Contact me ifyou want to trade. But hunting for another EEL, I found one. And had to walk away, because he was 13 bucks PLUS TAX...really? not me...dammit.

Finally, if anyone has a cobra gunship pilot complete, I need him very badly!!!!