News · 2026-08-04
Arctic Battle 3-Pack: Three Cobra Cold-Weather Troopers, 27 Accessories, $84.99
Cobra is going cold-weather again. The G.I. Joe Classified Series Arctic Battle 3-Pack was shown at Hasbro’s San Diego Comic-Con 2026 panel at $84.99, shipping Fall 2026, with a preorder announced for Wednesday, August 26 at 1:00pm ET. As with the Sgt. Slaughter set, that date came off the panel rather than from Hasbro directly, and no product page has appeared on hasbropulse.com yet.
Get the roster right
There is a naming error circulating on this one that is worth heading off. Some panel writeups describe the set as two Cobra Snow Serpents and a Steel Corps Trooper. Hasbro’s own product images say otherwise. The three figures are the Arctic S.A.W.-Viper, the Arctic Drift Viper and the Arctic Steel Corps Trooper, which lines up with the trio Hasbro first showed during an Adventures In Collecting appearance back in December 2025.
So no Snow Serpent in this box, despite the arctic dressing. That matters if you were planning your shelf around one.
The packaging settles it too. The box front reads “Arctic Steel Corps Trooper vs. Arctic S.A.W.-Viper (Squad Alternate Weapons) & Drift Viper”, and carries the product number #224.
Do not confuse this with #216. That number belongs to the Arctic Assault H.I.S.S. and its driver, a separate and already-listed item. Several aggregators have run the two together.
27 accessories, and they are not padding
The loadout is the strongest argument for the set. The S.A.W.-Viper carries a bear pelt cape with a snarling head, a visored helmet, a pistol, a knife, a chainsaw, a large machine gun, an ammo belt, a carrying case and a backpack. The Steel Corps Trooper gets a gas mask head, three firearms, a grenade and a gold-capped canteen. The Drift Viper brings a face mask, a red-accented visor piece, a pistol, two knives, a scoped rifle with hose and bipod, and a twin-antenna backpack.
That is 27 pieces across three figures, which puts it in the same value bracket as the recent retro cardback Classified preorders rather than the thinner army-builder packs.
What to watch
Whether this lands as a Pulse exclusive or a wide release is still open. It was not announced as an exclusive at the panel, and no retailer listing has appeared at Big Bad Toy Store or Entertainment Earth yet. If it goes wide, the preorder is likely to be easier than the Slaughter set. We will add the buy link here once a real listing is live.
Sources
- Hasbro SDCC 2026 G.I. Joe Classified Series panel reveals and information, Toy Habits, 2026-07-23
- Hasbro confirms an arctic three-pack during Adventures In Collecting, ToyNewsi, December 2025
- Product photography: Hasbro official press images.
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