Cobra Commander’s Ass Sits in Style
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?Jesus. There’s nothing that’s not depressing about Sideshow’s awesome new G.I. Joe Cobra Commander throne environment/prop. First of all, it’s $189, which is pretty damn expensive when you consider it’s furniture that only a toy can sit down on. I’m also bummed out that this is only for Sideshow’s 12-inch G.I. Joe line, because even though I’m not collecting the new classic Joes, if Hasbro made one of these with a Cobra Commander in 3 3/4-inch style, I’d but it just so ol’ C.C. could gesticulate wildly at me on my desk. But the saddest bit is when you realize most of the chairs in your house
are from Ikea and actually cost less than this toy throne, like I did, and it dawns on you that some toys live better than you do. If you guys don’t mind, I’m going to start spiking my coffee now. I haven’t decided if it’ll be with whisky or bleach, though.
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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.