Note: Many mail-in vehicles had glossy blueprints instead of the plain paper blueprints included with store-bought vehicles.

1982

M.O.B.A.T. - solid rubber treads, no dimple in machine gun to hold it on (earlier) or perforated treads (with drive bogey teeth showing through the tread), modified gun and copula (to keep the .50 cal on), and altered battery cover to make it more secure.

1983

A.P.C. - tan camoflage top (retail) or green top (Hasbro Direct mail-in version) that was also used to make the convention CUDA.

Dragonfly - nose gun that pivots and swivels as shown on the box (earlier) or nose gun that only swivels (later)

Skystriker - Nose gun with grid behind the gun (like on a real F14 Tomcat except the gun is on the top half of the fuselage instead of the bottom) or without the grid.

H.I.S.S. - clear "788" stickers (early retail), red "788" stickers (later retail), or white "788" stickers (Hasbro Direct mail in)

1984

Stinger Night Attack Jeep - with grey roof and doors (retail) or all black body (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Missile Defense Unit - lighter gray parts or darker charcoal gray with bullet holes.

Mortar Defense Unit - lighter green parts (retail) or darker green parts (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Machine Gun Defense Unit - grey parts (retail) or black parts (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

VAMP Mark II - darker brown, water cans, Made in China, and several VAMP details (retail vehicle); or lighter brown plastic, gas cans, and Made in Brazil (Hasbro Direct mail-in vehicle)

1985

Ammo Dump - lighter green parts (retail) or darker green parts (mail-in)

Cobra Bunker - light gray base (retail) or dark gray base (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Ferret - dark blue body (retail) or light blue body (mail-in)

Forward Observer - lighter green parts (retail) or darker green parts (mail-in)

Flight Pod - mine with rounded spikes or pointed spikes

Moray Hydrofoil - top section attaches to bow with exposed snaps by the missile launcher, or with a post that fits into a slot

Rifle Range - dark brown base and dark blue parts (retail) or light brown base and blue- purple parts (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

1986

Night Raven - without landing gear notch and small aircraft without landing pegs or with landing gear notch and with small craft's landing pegs

Firebat – maroon (retail) or red (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Terror Drome - light or dark red pieces

Triple-T - with black guns and missiles (retail) or red guns and missiles (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Dreadnok Ground Assault - motorcycle cannon is light green or dark green

1987

Cobra W.O.L.F. – white missile hatch and ski-pedos (retail) or black missile hatch and ski-pedos (Hasbro Direct mail-in)

Crossfire - Alpha 27 or Delta 49 (this was entirely intentional, allowing the two vehicles to be used together with different radio frequencies)

Defiant Space Shuttle Complex – connecting arm on shuttle hatch or hinged shuttle hatch

1988

Skystorm X-Wing Chopper - white or off-white

Stellar Stilletto - 1-piece body or 2-piece body

Destro's Despoiler - bronze or gold parts

Phantom X-19 - actuator or no actuator

1990

Hammerhead – light and dark gray

1992

Barracuda - black top/blue middle/ black bottom or blue top/black middle/blue bottom

1993

Monster Blaster APC – light green top and dark green bottom or dark green top and light green bottom

1994

Scorpion - tan top and black bottom or black top and tan bottom

Cobra Power Fighter - with a white streak or with silvery-blue streaks

2000

Man-O-War - either Black top/Silver middle/Black bottom or Silver top/Black middle/Silver bottom

2002

Cobra Hiss IV - with a solid front sticker or gradient filled front sticker

2003

Battle Blitz - with electronics (carded) or without (boxed)

Cobra Venom Cycle - with electronics and painted front end (earlier carded), with electronics and unpainted front end (later carded), or without electronics and painted front end (boxed)

Desert Coyote - with electronics (carded) or without (boxed)

Missile Storm Copter - with electronics (carded) or without (boxed)

2004

No known variations