Where Have the Cobra Snipers Been All This Time?
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All right, G.I. Joe fans, help me out — to my knowledge, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a Cobra Sniper. In fact, I don’t ever remember an all-black Cobra soldier period, although I allow they were probably in some repaint/gift pack over the years. But an outright Cobra Sniper? I feel like I would have remembered that shit. So is Sideshow going off the reservation with their 12-inch collectible Joes line? It’s fine by me, because this guy looks pretty awesome. I dig the all-black, and frankly, snipers are something Cobra should have and have a lot of. But it this based on an actual toy/character/comic scene, or is Sideshow making shit up. Let me know and pre-order ‘im here. (Via ToyNewsI)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.