HCC788 - 1985 Cobra FERRET A.T.V. - Vintage G.I. Joe toy!
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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Sources and Information:
Cobra Ferret ATV on YoJoe.com:
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Cobra Ferret on ATV on 3DJoes.com:
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The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe, 3rd ed., Mark Bellomo,
Krause Publications, Stevens Point, WI, 2018
3.75 Joe, Vol 4, Dan Klingensmith, Steel City Publishing,
Chandler, AZ, 2015
Cobra Ferret on Halfbattle.com:
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Dirt Wheels Magazine, Buyer's Guide, Feb 3, 2017,
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Ferret:
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Image:
By Alfredo Gutiérrez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
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Ferret-legging:
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The Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett
Swampmasher box art
Cobra Ferret TV Commercial
Music:
Saving the World by Aaron Kenny
Failing Defense by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a
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Passage by Ugonna Onyekwe
Fond Memories by SYBS
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I'm getting the Ferret for Christmas! Excited!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Amazing! You managed to impersonate Timmer perfectly!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ferret on a ferret! This is the most humorous episode yet lol
Love the Timmer impression Bryan
Already subscribed to timmer
You boys are having too much fun.
Of course I've already subscribed long time ago to Timmer, the Balaclava Maestro!
Awesome review as always. Cool vehicle I remember as a kid somebody had this and we didn't know what ATV stood for, god that was so long ago anyway I'll put my 2 cents in and say I really love the brighter mailaway one the best, somebody on FB put a photo of a custom army green one with the guns painted dark grey it looked really good
I agree, this is the perfect Cobra vehicle! As for ferret-legging, former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy once held a record for number of ferrets down his trousers.
Great video! If you are looking to get one be sure to check the axles. I have see many that are broken. Just saying
I love how in the mail away catalogue, they couldn’t be bothered to plug the bazooka in or put on a freaking seat.
Hahaha I ddnt notice that until you said
Yeah, that bothered me too. Professionals through and through.
always was a favorite. Only things I never liked were the missiles, and the handle bars always put the figures arms in a weird position. Other than that, loved the Ferret.
The intro had me rolling! Nice impersonation of Timmer!
Yeah Timmer! He does an excellent job! And I get his jokes. The Ferret is awesome, one of my first favorites and for a vehicle that cost less than most Subway subs today you get a rolling (on real wheels) vehicle that was closer to real world than most Cobra weaponry. Glad they didn't slap a tow hook on it.
I got the Ferret for Christmas. It was one of my first Cobra vehicles. The articulated machine gun and steering really made it special. It still tops my list of favorite Cobra vehicles!!
Always loved the farret
The missiles on the FERRET were weird, but I always imagined each of them as being able to split and launch forwards AND backwards as 2 independent missiles, thusly, instead of having 2 missiles, it had 4. That's how I approached the issue anyway...
In the Sunbow animated series episode " Lights, Camera, Cobra" Zartan refers to the Ferret as the "Python cycle". I am guessing that when this episode was written Hasbro was going to call it the Python as HCC 788 mentioned at the start of the review. Despite not owning one in my childhood, I must say it is a nice looking vehicle that you can use with any Cobra character you want to.
Good review! 👍🏾
I need this vehicle reissued.
great vehicle that one - i got the tiger force one too. really cool how they used to have all of the detail on the suspension and engine back in the day. Thank you for another awesome review!!
Love your reviews commander!!! Thanks for bringing us all back to alot better times in our lives bro! Best wishes to you and everyone else during these crazy times God Bless
I still have my ferret since 1985 summer of...and I was 12 maybe 13 years of age And I still have it today and I'm now 46 almost 47 years of age😄😄😄
Could be 50 caliber pistol ammunition for the front mounted machine guns.
I think that was one of the first GIjoe vehicles I got on xmas.
Nice review! Can u review the Monster APC next?
This is or was a great vehicle , as well as a nice army builder for Cobra. The steering was a nice attribute and added alot to the play value. I've always considered it Xamot and Tomax' vehicle, but really any Cobra is fine. I'm surprised you hadn't reviewed this great vintage vehicle yet. GI Joe really didnt need the Tiger Paw version, but Tiger Force was a way for Hasbro to repaint and spin the vehicles it had already molded. I'm already subscribed to Timmer and have been for quite awhile now. I love his comic book reviews they're quite funny and entertaining. Best of luck to you both. Cant wait for Cobra Convergence!
Great review, looking forward to Cobra Convergence \o/
I always understood that the "cannon" on the ferret is a recoilless rifle, or some kind of anti vehicle rifle. As a kid ai just assumed it was a laser gun.
I'm sure there is at least one model of recoilless rifle that can be put on a large ATV. An anti tank rifle definitely would could be mounted on it. Of course to use them with any effectiveness you would need to park the ferret and use them dismounted. For the early concepts of Cobra that was about insurgency and terrorism this works well. A small agile vehicle you can use off road to transport an anti vehicle gun.
Jeeps have been mounted with recoilless rifles in WW2 and Korea.
The autocannon could be ranging from 20 to 40mm. it would have a significant recoil at 40mm but manageable. It's probably though an automatic recoilless rifle. The large hose could be venting the excess propellant gas downwards, below the Ferret. That with the big muzzle break may diminish the recoil. Also, in the 1950's the French Army tested Vespa scooters with recoilless rifles for paratroopers, which may have been an inspiration for that weapon. Don'nt forget that many Cobra operatives had on their filecards mentions to French Army and Foreign Legion, so it's not that far fetched. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP
Recoilless gun was my call, too. It would give enough firepower to the vehicle and still make it stable, just like M40 106mm recoilless gun mounted on a Jeep.
Thinks for review a cobra weapon if you want to join us cobra is always looking for someone like you
Wild Bill V2/V3 needs a review, no one's done it that I can find. It's so obviously Theodore Roosevelt from his cavalryman days... with a rocket launcher. Which I could see him actually owning if they existed back then.
Awesome intro!!
I think the Swampmasher should be the very last item you review!
I always wish I had this as a kid. Awesome vehicle. Awesome review.
Awesome review! This was one of my favorite vehicles as a kid, and still is. Tomax and Xamot had so many adventures on the sofa cushions and coffee table taking out the Joes on this thing. Keep up the good work HCC!
The review got funnier the more guys where riding it at once
And what a variety of Cobra. I started to see Village People riding it.
Cobra viper would look cool on one.
The Motor Vipers, despite being assigned to pilot Stuns, are the best suited to drive the Ferret (read the filecard)
Really enjoyed this review. Personally I love the Swampmasher. It’s my favorite vehicle. It was my first vehicle and I had a lot of fun playing. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have as many bells and whistles as larger vehicles, and can’t hold many figures, I truly liked the fact that it is small and manned by a single figure. I liked the idea of the lone operative going on solo mission with only his vehicle and his weapons, and the Swampmasher worked great, especially with its wheel setup that allowed for all terrain navigation. I typically had either Muskrat or Storm Shadow V2 Manning it. I really hope your review the Swampmasher!
For some reason I can imagine HCC going to a ATV store and demanding a dark blue ATV.
HCC is right Cobra never showed any concern for their operatives safety. Then again GIJOE barely showed concern either
This is one of my first vehicles. When I was a kid, imagine the double sided missiles as launching sideways and called them sidewinders... Also the cannon, since it has a hose, we assume it was a big flamethrower.
Not really a motorcycle BUT I liked the Joe L. C. V. Recon Sled
You forgot to mention the two tone colour that was changed on the main side cannon'.the rear body of the gun is blue on the art and pic of protype on back .
Great review. I could see that becoming a fleet vehicle to those who played with Joes back then.
+ 1 subscription for Timmer :-) looking forward to the next Cobra convergence!
I really wish Hasbro would reissue the Ferret. They did remolds for both G.I. Joe and Cobra, but not in the original red and blue color scheme.
I really enjoy Timmer's channel and saw his review of the Swampmasher (as well as Form BX257's review of the vehicle). I suspect that every You Tube channel in existence will review this vehicle before HCC788. Mini HCC788 will be collecting social security before this review happens.
Hooded Cobra we need a solid overtop Defiant special. Currently begging Hasbro to do a sturdy upgraded version and bring it back since the quest to Mars is on.
Thank you for all you do.
those mini cannons could be 50 cal no problem. 50 cal revolvers exist
the machine guns could be 50 ae like the desert eagle
I remember when I was a kid this was the first GI Joe/Cobra vehicle I loved.
Excellent, but ATV's aren't very dangerous, it's the testosterone added to them that is.
Has anyone else experienced problems with the black rubber parts having a chemical reaction with the blue plastic parts of their Ferret? Long time contact between the two results in the blue plastic melting where it contacts with black rubberised black parts, the wheel rims seem to suffer the most.
Is that engine cover from the light blue variant, or is it faded? I have never seen the light blue version so I was curious.
Thanks for your content as always!
Maybe it was the lighting in the original shots... because by the end of the video the color of the cover looked like it matched the rest of the blue body.
Not a fan of the ATV as a weapon of war, because of the obvious lack of armor. This model was beautifully done, however, and the extra addition of rubber wheels really sells it. I wish the VAMP and other vehicles had rubber tires too.
That's one thing I never could figure out about the Cobra Ferret as a kid, why the double ended missiles?! 🤔
Agreed. I just pretended they split apart when fired and shot forward and backward.
Mumble Mumble Mumble Mumble. Take that thing off damn.
Great review HCC788. I also just thought of a another COBRA that would look good on the Ferret. That would be the 1986 Viper. The Vioers have red and blue accents in their uniforms as well and they look real tactical.
Think your both dressed like ginerdcommander. Im flatered as usual tho.
PHAA HAA HAA HAA HAAA!!!
Sua sponte "of his or her own will"
That fits with you picking the review.
It's better than the 3 wheels we had in the early 80s
Great video! I would love to see LegalEagle's take on this difficult case of copyright infringement.
fred 7, we need word on the gi joe "retro" travesty
I loved this, hope they have in in the new retro line.
Why would Cobra have a vehicle called a Ferret? Ferrets hunt cobras. That should have been a Joe vehicle.
Nooooo! Swamp Smasher should have won, I demand a recount, lol, well I guess next time, at least the ferret review was good and I had 4 ferrets for pets, one of them was named Bart, and boy when he was in trouble and you yell BART, he would as fast as he can to hide while stealing your steak