One of my favorite things about the super-popular G.I.Joe Classified toyline has been the inclusion of unnamed female troop builders, pilots, and drivers. As a massive fan of the G.I.Joe cartoon in the 80s, I viewed the Cobra Troopers as massively iconic. They were in nearly every episode... but only sparingly included females. I was also nuts for the toys and always desperately wanted an army of Cobra Troopers and Officers (I never got any). I also would see the Cobra Stinger vehicle in stores that came with a gray Cobra Trooper, and I was obsessed. When the Classified line first showed their Stinger with a gray driver, I was hoping we'd somehow get a female version. Then we saw this new Scout for the Ferret ATV. The vintage Ferret never came with a figure, but I distinctly remember friends of mine always having Baroness be the main Ferret driver during battle play, so something about the female Scout seems correct to me. I think she's awesome. Let's check out the Cobra Ferret Scout below!
It looked to me as if her chest armor and gun belt might be removable, but I was unable to get them off easily.
The Cobra Ferret Scout comes with a helmet, two handguns, a knife (that fits in her boot sheath), and she has a leg-mounted ammo pouch that is removeable.
I bought my figure loose on eBay so I do not own the Cobra Ferret ATV.
Here are two solicit pics.
Here is an image of the retro re-release of the vintage Cobra Stinger. I view this Cobra Ferret Scout as an homage to the Cobra Officer Stinger Driver that I was so covetous of as a child.
Time for a Comparison Pic!
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