“Reviving Nostalgia: The Forgotten Gem of 1993 – Hasbro’s Cobra Detonator, a Beastly Ride with Epic Play Value!”
Story by Mitchell Smith
Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at a G.I. Joe vehicle that is under appreciated in my opinion. In 1993 Hasbro was still making some cool vehicles. At this point there had been a wide range of small, medium, and large vehicles in the Joe franchise, some of which were awesome and down right EPIC and some that weren’t as glorious. The Detonator is a large Cobra vehicle that I never hear anything about. This is a cool unique Cobra Vehicle that was built pretty sturdy and packed a lot of play value for a kid.
The front Ram part makes this look like one mean vehicle. This also holds a good number of figures, at least 14 comfortably, and could be used as a transport. The final feature that may make or break this vehicle are the large foam missiles that have a launching mechanism to fire them off. This is a cool feature especially looking back to 1993 and thinking of being a kid somewhere around 10 years old. Setting up a line of Joes and knocking them over from a distance would have been great fun.
The vehicle comes with the Nitro Viper. He is a relatively simple design but I think he pops. All and all this is one vehicle that is pretty cool. Who had a Detonator as a kid? Who really wanted one? Make sure to check back for our next discussion.
