Test Shot Prototype - Cobra Officer

Action figures usually start as "Hard Copies". These models are used to create the molds, that are used to press out a run of "First shots" or "Test shots". These test shots are done in many different colors and lack a date stamp until the production run begins.

Pictured above is an unpainted test shot of the 1982 straight-arm Cobra Officer. The entire figure is molded in a lighter blue than the figure that was released. There is no date stamp on the figure.