So this is going to be different let me know if you can hear me first of all my picture says I'm live but I don't have a way of checking my audio so do let me know if you can hear me if somebody can confirm that I will I'll get this camera turned around and show everybody the setup so how are you doing according this would be in line for 34 seconds let me do this hold on ah no I don't want to cover the camera hello all right um okay uh while I'm doing this I gotta grab a link we are doing a live review cool thank you um also by the way uh codename new 2 vero 2 has a new review out of the latest IDW GI Joe comic book and he wanted to mention that um we may be seeing kind of a wrap up of the Larry Hama series don't know don't know for sure but it's possible so um if you want to get caught up on that series now is the time so here's what we're gonna do um one more thing it's Tuesday so don't forget to check out Timmer uh half the battle he has a new review of cover girl uh so hello everyone well I really cannot read anything without my glasses uh so we've got um oh wow okay so we've got uh Rodimus and Fat Cat and Killer Reaser and codename new 2 vero 2 and I think I saw comic tropes there uh so what I'm gonna do can I switch this around yeah I think so hold on okay here's what we're gonna do here's what we're gonna do so this camera or this phone on which we are live streaming goes here all right well okay now now your view is totally blocked by this uh by this light but we're gonna fix that hold on let's just adjust that down here so this is our work surface to review to do our first ever live review um hello uh Jason and uh Peter hello um it is gonna be much more difficult for me to uh uh keep track of the live chat uh for this video so I apologize in advance but I have a setup here where I'm gonna try so I've got I'm using my phone and to live stream and let me grab the link here and post this on the social medias there and come on okay there and uh there okay okay this is a I've never done this before I have no idea how it's gonna go uh depending on how bad it is I may never do it again we'll see uh looks like oh it looks like we had a $2 superchat and I'm sorry I did not see it so this is my concern I want to try to keep track of the um of the live chat but uh for the most part I won't be able to see it so I'm trying to pull off the live chat on my laptop which is just off screen here here we go oh thank you comic tropes we'll do it live um so this is a much more cramped situation than I usually have let me check my audio here real quick just second uh okay yeah okay audio is working alright cool excellent okay so uh we have the winner of our patron's choice poll and that is barricade um and since version one and version two of barricade are so much alike uh I'm just gonna do them both in one video one review hello peg warmers I see you there um so we're just gonna do one video for both version one and version two so to my right I have my phone on a tripod to record this or to uh live stream uh directly in front of me I have uh the 4k camera and just checking the audio yes the audio is on the mic is on and then to my left I have my laptop and I will try to check on the live chat uh periodically but it's gonna be out of my direct view so I apologize if uh if you guys say something in the live chat that's important and I miss it so sorry about that um now naturally I have look this is um this is barricade right so we have a guest we have a special guest for this review and it's none other than captain power everybody give it up for captain power thank you thank you captain power yes oh yeah good point uh thank you I need doctor mindbender I have um other figures um are on the the other figures that I will need for this review are on the other side of this in fact I've got to move my laptop because it's it's gonna be in the way okay hang on let me go get mindbender hold on alright I'm back so yeah we have a spring loaded missile launcher so uh yes we need we need our friend doctor mb and I'll go ahead and put him on his stand and slide him out of the way how's everybody doing tonight so what we're doing is um we are we are live streaming the recording of the core review of uh barricade versions one and two 1992 and 1993 I have directly behind the phone that is doing the live streaming I have my notes um and oh a pen I need a pen to mark off each section so I don't repeat myself okay alright got a pen of course my camera shut off because I yak and instead of recording okay so you guys get to see all of the massive mistakes and foibles and uh here hello Mike and Bob uh and hello again stomach troops um so alright yeah um I had to bring in I had to bring in captain power I hope for obvious reasons I mean I mean just look um so we were gonna run through this we're gonna go through my notes we're gonna record each segment um what you may hear uh before I record a clip is I will you know do a quick audio check 123123 um there is a display on my camera that tells me how the audio is doing and um you know I have in the past um forgotten to check the audio forgotten to check the mic that the mic was on and uh had to go back and shoot things because I just I screwed up so it's got me in the habit of periodically checking the audio just to make sure that it's still working okay um uh hello Victor hello sparkster hello mcdj acdc hello yo joe okay so alright here we go um now the first line is just the versions and the years they were introduced so um hold on actually I need to I need to check something now hold on see I wrote down some notes I wrote down some facts and because I am never comfortable that I have written something down right I am double checking okay barricade what what a fascinating guy um yeah that's what I thought okay so yo joe.com says uh version one of barricade was uh available in 1992 only and was discontinued for 1993 and version two was only available in 1993 uh that may be true but there's a complication with that and that is that version one at least a few of them were available on the in 1993 battle core card so if it was only available in 1992 how did it show up on the 93 card so I will um I'll have to mention that so how do I want to say that uh I want to say this is barricade gi joe's bunker buster we have two versions of this figure version one was available in 1992 and version two was available in 1993 and I think I want to stop there and um reassess yes there will be lag there will absolutely be lag alright ready alright so let's alright well I've got a good angle here I've got a little bit of space here I decided moving the cards out a little bit and having the black background um behind the figure just makes the figure stand out a little bit better so that's how I've arranged this I'm getting smudges on my uh poster board here I need to replace it okay uh we're about to record our first clip are you excited I am alright checking audio three two one okay this is barricade gi joe's bunker buster we have two versions of pair blah blah blah this is barricade gi joe's bunker buster we have two versions of barricade version one was available in 1992 1992 and version 2 was available in 1993 uh, let's see according to yojo.com Version 1 was only available in 1992, but there are examples of Of barricade version 1 on the 1992 card back. Okay All right three two one According to yojo.com version 1 was only available in But there are some examples of the 1992 figure on the 1993 battlecore card Okay, hey, we're started We have a long ways to go. I have no idea how long this is going to take um Oh, yeah, I know I needed to throw one more thing in there. Hang on all right real quicky version 2 of barricade was only available in 1993 and was discontinued for 1994 There were no Excuse me. There were no other versions of barricade in the vintage era. There were a couple post vintage versions All right, now I've got to read a bit uh, because I've got some notes here on the origin of Of the term bunker buster All right three two one and go A bunker buster is a munition that is designed to destroy heavily fortified or underground targets Miriam Webster gives 1985 as the first usage of the term It was a term that entered the popular lexicon during the dang it A bunker buster is a munition that is designed to destroy heavily fortified or underground targets Miriam Webster gives 1985 as the first usage of the term It was a term that entered the popular lexicon during operation desert storm in 1991 when this figure was being designed All right We're actually moving to page two now because most of page one is taken up with like Uh stuff that I will do in front of the camera We're just doing the behind the camera stuff right now Okay Now oh, yeah, I need new figures. Uh, I'm okay Okay, I need to I need to tighten this I'm zooming in a little bit And oh that's too much Um, okay I think I gotta shift these a little bit Let's move these And I gotta grab something quick Actually need to grab two things No, all right now. I've got these two guys stand. Oh dang it stand them Out of frame here for a second Make sure the camera is focused. That is the biggest problem I've had Is making sure my shot is focused Okay That's annoying. Is this working? Are we still online? Okay I think we are Okay, it looks like we are okay. All right. Okay. So this line is according to pre-production material barricade was originally Going to be a second version of downtown Now scoot, let me check the the Check the framing of that Okay Barricade was originally going to be the second version of downtown The mortar man from 1989 That is surprising since I think downtown should have been the second version of gi chose for first mortar soldier short views Now I just have to say that without stuttering and stammering. Let's see if we can do it All right ready Here we go According to pre-production material barricade was originally going to be the second version of downtown the mortar man from 1989 That's surprising since I think downtown should have been the second version of gi chose first mortar soldier short views Hey one take how about that? Move these guys out of the way. All right Actually, I kind of wish I left those hold on Actually should have recorded recorded this next bit Uh before moving those but let's just do it. Okay All right ready As we will see barricades roll doesn't As we will see barricades roll doesn't oh, hold on Wow, I didn't write that correctly. Okay As we'll as we will see barricades roll doesn't fit a bunker buster or a mortar soldier Okay. All right now. I need these guys out of here And kind of move these out of the way and this out of the way And this out of the way and I'm just gonna slide those out of the way All right now Let's see Okay, if you grew up in the 1980s, you probably recognize barricade, but you may not know him by or but you may know him by a different name Captain power. I need you to stand up man Captain power. I need you to stand standing your own feet, buddy Okay. All right. Let's try this if you won't stand. I'll just put some stick them on his feet If you grew up in the 80s, you probably recognize barricade, but you may know him by a different name captain power All right, here we go. Three two one If you grew up in the 1980s, you may recognize barricade, but you may know him If you grew up in the 1980s, you may recognize barricade, but you may know him by a different name captain power I'm gonna tighten that shot Actually, I'm gonna slide it over a little bit because I want to overlay Some captain power Archived video footage I don't like that angle though.  There we go Okay All right, so we've got to go into the background of captain power now All right. Let me let me try to get this out first before I start recording Captain power and the soldiers of the future was a toy line produced by Mattel in 1987 It had an accompanying television show made by landmark entertainment and Ventura Pictures It was an innovative interactive show that provided targets targets For the toys the show included targets that could be Uh, okay No, I don't want to say it that way and provided a game for the toys two minute much Use of the word target or targets That provided a game for the toys the show included targets That could be seen by the electronic eye on the toys by shooting the tv screen with a power xd7 jet I'm sorry the power jet xd7 you could register hits Okay, that's gonna be a tough one to get out. Oh boy. Here we go How's everything going in there? Um All right.  So Okay, that's a little better I'm trying to pay attention to like the the background Um, because Well, that's not any good either Um I've noticed in some uh videos. I have like a little dutch angle on some of my Um On some of my shots and I'm trying to avoid that. Um, okay, that doesn't work at all Let's let's do it right. Let's do it right Ah, that's as good as it's gonna get. Okay. All right. Ready three two one. Here we go Captain power and the soldiers of the future was a toy line produced by matel in 1987 It had an accompanying television show. Wow. I can't say the word accompanying Captain power and the soldiers of the Captain power and the soldiers of the future was a toy line produced by Captain power and the soldiers of the future was a toy line produced by matel in 1987 It had an accompanying television show made by landmark entertainment and ventura pictures It was an innovative interactive show that provided a game for the toys The show included targets that could be seen by the electronic eye in the toys by shooting the tv screen with the power jet x T7 you could register hits. Wow that whole thing stuck sucked. I'm Taking that from the top. Let's do that again Captain power and the soldiers of the future was a toy line produced by matel in 1987 It had an accompanying television show made by landmark entertainment and ventura pictures. It was an interact You know, I'm gonna do that I'm gonna do that in two segments. It's just too hard to get that all out in one go It was an innovative interactive show that provided a game for the toys the show included targets that could be It was an it was an innovative interactive show that provided a game for the toys The show included targets that could be seen by the electronic eye in the toys By shooting the tv screen with the power jet x t7 you could register hits All right, three two one. It was a really cool idea the toys and the tv show It was a really cool idea the toy and the tv show didn't last long But it is one of the most creative forms of children's entertainment in the 80s okay all right, let's Shift that actually i'm going to get like a a torso up shot I've had the camera on like the entire Body of both figures here for a couple Uh seconds so much just change that up All right Okay, so i'm gonna make fun of hasbro for a little bit But the creators of gi joe wouldn't copy a toy from another toy line would like would they I mean they copied from aliens captain planet ninja turtles star wars But not captain power captain power was cancelled years before barricade was released Okay Back out And I think I want to like hold the figures for this Okay, pulling these in for one simple Statement But Hmm I think I'm going to go back to that I think I'm going to go back to that I think I'm going to go back to that I think I'm going to go back to that I think I'm going to go back to that But But it's the same guy I think okay. I'm scratching one line because oops I'm scratching one line because it's redundant Okay That's not to say that hasbro was trying to latch on to the popularity of a show that was long gone before barricade was designed Maybe it was homage. Maybe it was a sign of respect. I don't know okay All right. Now, let's uh, let's give uh captain power a break here. Oh, we have Slide this out of the way a little bit more All right. Now we have version one and version two side by side All right. Now my point my first point about version one version two Is version two is identical to version one Except the blue parts are changed to orange. Even the accessories are the same Let's get the accessories in there if I want to talk about them there there There are those even on camera. Yeah close enough. Okay. All right ready three two one Version two is identical to version one except the blue parts are changed to orange. Even the accessories are the same Uh, okay, get this up a little bit get a slightly tighter shot on these guys All right You're seeing how the sausage is made here. This that's something you should never desire Oh somebody sent a super channel. I didn't see it. Thank you to whoever did that. I'm sorry. I didn't see it All right Okay This skirts the line of demarcation between a variant and a version that This skirts the line up This skirts the line of demarcation between a variant and a version that is a discussion detailed in my review of firefly versions two and three Okay, one quick shot. I'm just gonna slide this in and get one quickie shot of The battle core logo Okay Sliding this up to get that into frame Tighten that shot just a little bit. Everything is focused. Yay All right version two Uh was part of the battle core series which was the main line of gi jo toys in 1993 All right version Version two is part of the battle core series, which was the main line of gi jo toys in 1993 okay All right, we've got the review started and we need to talk about The cards I do have the card backs for these guys, but the figures are moving out of the way just for a second Let's pull that back out I have the full card backs for both versions. We can see how these figures were marketed in 1992 and 1993 Let's pull that back out until I can see All of both cards Oh, thanks. I've oh wait there. I saw the super chat. Uh, thanks riptide oliri. Um, uh, Sorry, I missed your uh, whoever sent the super chat earlier. Thank you though Okay all right I have the full cards for both versions. We can see how these figures were marketed in 1992 and 1993 Finished another page There will be some parts of this review that you will not see because I will be um I'll shoot the stuff that I'm gonna do in front of the camera later And of course, I will edit and all of that Uh version one first appeared on a 1992 card. It was also on the battlecourt 1993 card uh Then in 1993 sometime in 1993 they changed the color um And created version two And all version three figures were produced on the 1993 card The artwork was not updated to reflect the new colors Okay, let's get my my lovely hand in here for a second Version one was version one for Slow down Version one first appeared on the 1992 card. It was also on the battlecourt 1993 card Then sometime in 1993 They changed the color of the figure producing version two and all version two figures were produced on the 1993 card The artwork was not updated to reflect the new colors If only the colors were changed and nothing else was the updated figure really intended to be a new version or just a variant the 1992 card has some nice Nice card art it has It says uh, let's see battering ram launcher shoots battle stand included there is There are some instructions on how to use the spring loaded missile launcher Barricade was number nine in the 1992 series. Okay, here we go. All right ready On the 1992 card, we have the gi jo logo and we have some pretty good card art It says battering ram launcher shoots ah On the 1992 card, we have the gi jo logo and some pretty good card art It says battering ram launcher shoots battle blah blah blah. Wow. I'm struggling with that On the 1992 card, it has the gi jo logo. It has some pretty good card art It says battering ram launcher shoots shoots battering ram launcher shoots The 1992 card has the gi jo logo. It has some pretty good card art It says battering ram launcher shoots battle stand included Let's pause it right there There are some There are some instructions on how to use the There are some There are some instructions on how to use the spring loaded missile launcher barricade was number nine in the 1992 series And this figure was two dollars and ninety nine cents at toys are us Back of the car. We have the cross cell we have Uh advertisements for drug elimination force eco warriors and ninja force The figure was worth one flag point and we had a file and he has a file card that we will look at later All right, ready. Here we go On the back of the card. We have the cross cell. We have some advertisements for drug elimination forks of forks On the back of the card. We have the cross cell We have an advertisement for drug elimination force eco warriors and ninja force This figure is worth one flag point and we have the file card, which we will look at later Okay, now let's move on to 1993 card. How are we doing? How's everybody going? Is this boring already? Um, given that okay, we've been going for like Uh 37 minutes and I am not anywhere near done. I'm not haven't even gotten to the accessories Okay 1993 card Okay, it has the battle core logo has the same card art, but it has the blue laser beam background still has instructions for the Missile launcher and the battle stand Barricade is number 17 of the battle core series. Okay, here we go All right ready here we go The 1993 card has the battle core logo barricade was number 17 in the battle core series It has the same artwork as the 1992 card, but it now has the blue laser stripe background It still has instructions on how to use the spring loaded missile launcher and the battle stand Okay, so Here's something that's missing.  So I need to adjust my camera So I can get it in frame. There we go. Oh, we are recording. We are recording Uh, okay On the back of the card, we have the cross cell and an advertisement for de f and ninja force The flag point is missing on my example. Then we have that flag The back of the card has the crop The back of the card has the cross cell and an advertisement for de f and ninja force it also Okay The back of the card has the cross cell and an advertisement for de f and ninja force The flag point has been removed on my example. Then of course we have the file card Okay, we're not looking at the file card yet. We are just Taking a quick look at the card backs Okay We are looking at accessories now. And you know what I think I think we need to move these out of the way I think we need to move these out of the way.  Again. I don't want to break it Okay, right. Let's check that angle. Here we go. Let's look at the Let's look at the accessories for barricade both version 1 and version 2 had the same accessories So we only have to look at them once All right first helmet The file card calls this a titanium reinforced con concussion proof headgear Titanium reinforced concussion proof headgear. It is gold with red paint with a red paint application Uh, it is made of flexible plastic. I like the plastic flexible plastic accessories from the 90s less chance of breakage Uh, looks very similar to cap to the captain power helmet. Yeah, I gotta bring captain power in You know what? Oh, I need the card Need the card too. Okay. I need the card just out of the frame Uh, okay All right, all right looks similar to the captain power helmet This is what really makes the figure look like captain power without the helmet. We may not Make the connection so strongly the biggest difference is barricade has red on his helmet instead of blue But the car door has blue on the helmet. Okay. Now all I have to do is say that Okay, let's get this let's get that out of the way All right. All right. All right. Let's Tighten that in Oh, you know what? I just realized I'm running this camera on battery And that battery is not gonna last that long so I had better plug this in This has got to be my least popular live stream If you have any sanity, this has got to be the least popular live stream Okay, there we go. All right. That is better. Okay Ready Let's start with barricades helmet his helmet. Okay. All right focus focus Let's start with okay. Come on now. There we go Let's start with barricades. How come on Let's start with barricades helmet The helmet Okay, I want to get the camera focused a good view to start this clip with the helmet in frame Let's start by looking at barricades helmet. The file card calls this helmet titanium Reinforced concussion proof headgear All right. All right. Let's get a look at the helmet on all sides Okay The helmet is gold with red paint on the front It is made of a soft flexible plastic and I like this. I like okay The helmet is gold with red. Hmm The helmet is gold with a red paint application. It is made of a soft flexible plastic I like the flexible plastic accessories from the 90s. There's less chance of breakage. All right three two one It looks a bit similar to captain powers helmet The biggest difference is captain powers helmet has blue instead of red However, the card art for barricade has blue on the helmet Uh, okay check check check check All right, let's look at the submachine gun now. Let's move this out of the way set that aside All right, the card calls it a sophisticated z99 battlefield sidearm Of course you're gonna do that Oh, I missed I missed uh, I missed another super chat. Sorry. Hello and thank you All right ready, okay Uh, let's see Next let's look at barricades submachine gun The card calls this a sophisticated z99 battlefield sidearm next. Let's look at Next let's look at barricades submachine gun. The card calls this a sophisticated z99 battlefield sidearm Okay It is in blue plastic It is not based on a real-world weapon to my knowledge, but it still looks good This gun was issued in black for cutter version 3 in 1993 Okay, let's see let's think about how we're going to do the backpack here You guys occupying yourself. Hello, j. S. J. L. O. Cmixt. Nice to see you. Uh, hello Jeff Jones and JB Whatever the really long name hello I just want to thank you for this information and thanks for being here and for this Thanks for your help little family It is in blue plastic There's a yellow plastic out there It is in blue plastic It is in blue plastic name hello yeah it calls it a sidearm but that's not really what it is but these these 90s file cards had zany names for everything like not almost nothing was really named correctly okay okay so our the next accessory is the backpack alright here's how we're gonna do this the next accessory is the backpack I'm going to look at the one that came with version two because it does because it does not have the missile launcher attached attached so you can see that it has a slot and on that slot you can fit the missile launcher okay alright here we go alright focus focus focus now there we go the next accessory is the backpack it is in blue plastic I am using the one that came with my version two figure you can see that it has a slot and on that slot you can fit the spring loaded missile launcher mine is a very tight fit and because it's such a tight fit I will not put it on this backpack okay I did put it on once but it was such a tight fit that I almost did not get it off okay yeah alright it kind of works okay the backpack that came with my version one figure isn't quite such a tight fit so you can pull the thing off alright so based on the card art based on the card art this is the top sorry about my camera it looks like you know it should go this way but yeah no but it's importing the card it goes like this yeah it's almost time for Dr. Mindbender let's see hold on a second let me check something yeah alright okay now I got to keep that in my frame okay okay so the way I want to say this is this is a spring loaded a spring loaded missile launcher this was an innovation for GI Joe's in the 1990s this is in blue plastic with a yellow trigger in the back okay try to show all sides this is a spring loaded missile launcher these were an innovation for 90s GI Joe's it is in blue plastic it has a yellow trigger in the back alright 3 2 1 according to the artwork on the card the according to the artwork on the card the grip is supposed to be on the top of the launcher this is according to the according to the artwork on the card the grip is supposed to be on the top of the launcher this does not fit on my action figures hand and I'm not going to force it now let's see if I can actually say this alright okay above the missile launcher barrel it looks above the missile launcher barrel that above the missile launcher barrel it looks like it has above the missile launcher barrel above the missile launcher above the missile launcher barrel it looks like it has a multi-barrel machine gun the card calls this an eight-barreled multi-shot never miss machine gun okay barricade included one yellow missile with a battering ram tip the card calls this a high-powered wall smasher battering ram barricade included one barricade included barricade included one yellow missile with a battering ram tip that Barricade included one yellow missile with a battering ram tip Barricade included a Barricade included one yellow missile with a battering ram tip the card called this a high-powered wall smasher battering ram All right, let's let's move these guys All right, you guys got to move Because we're gonna have a guest appearance here just in a second All right. All right, let's get my dr. Meinbender ready Ready ready? Okay Hello guys Okay, all right to operate the spring-loaded missile launcher just place the Yellow missile into the barrel of the launcher with the notch side up press until it clicks. Okay. All right ready Making sure we focus To operate the missile launcher just place the missile in the bluh To operate the missile launcher just place the missile in the barrel. Okay To operate the missile launcher just place the missile in the barrel notch side up press until it clicks. All right There we go three two one To test this missile launcher. Oh, there we go to test this missile launcher. Let's bring in our old friend. Okay To test this missile launcher, let's bring in our old friend dr. Meinbender No, he's too close. Okay to test this missile launcher. Let's bring in our old friend dr. Meinbender Nope too close to the wall. Here we go to test this missile launcher. Let's bring in our old friend dr. Meinbender You see I've learned from the past that if he's too close to the wall, he won't fall down. All right ready Here we go. Let's see if we can hit him on the first shot. Let's see. All right focus focus focus focus focus focus Come on autofocus. There we go to fire the missile. Hmm to fire the missile just take aim and press down on the trigger in the back to fire That was a solid hit that that was a solid hit Yeah, we nailed that Okay, and and there's one other accessory. We're not done. We're not done very Barricade included one other accessory Barricade included one other accessory. It is a figure stand in black plastic. This was a great thing about 90s figures They mostly came with figure stands and 80s figures did not Okay, who the articulation part. Oh dear Just switching pages here in my notes All right for the articulation Let's okay Because I don't want it to be too jarring I want to try to set this up to how it will look When I start the Looking at the figure Okay All right, let's set that up. Okay. Make sure it's focused Okay Now let's see how many tries it takes to do this Let's just see Let's look at the articulation on Barricade both version one and version two had the same articulation And it was the articulation that was standard for GI Joe figures well before 1992 He could turn his head from left to right and look up and down He gets wing his arm up at the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around He had a hinge at the elbow that allowed him to bend his arm at the elbow about 90 degrees He had a swivel at the bicep that allowed him to swivel his arm all the way around This was an o-ring figure meaning it was held together with a rubber o-ring that looked around the inside Not allowed him to move at the torso of it He can move his legs apart about so far He could bend his leg at the hip about 90 degrees and bend at the knee about 90 degrees First try am I good or what first try? It's tricky to do all that and keep it in frame and keep it focused. Okay Put this guy back on the stand All right I'm gonna tighten this shot just a little bit and I want to talk about gold plastic syndrome Just for a little bit because I thought that was gonna be a concern. Oh, thank you killer weezer. Yes bullseye bullseye Okay, all right, let's All right, those are out of the way for now. All right Let's look at the sculpt design and color for barricade I was going to warn about gold plastic syndrome for this figure Gold plastic produced in the 80s and 90s tends to become very brittle over time for barricade though It doesn't seem I'm sorry. It doesn't look like most of his parts are made of gold plastic He is mostly a base blue plastic color with gold paint And I did take this guy apart because I had to I had to give him a new o-ring And on the inside it looks it doesn't look like very many of these parts are actually gold plastic Here we go. Let's look at the sculpt design and color of barricade I was going to warn about gold plastic syndrome for this figure gold plastic produced in the 80s and 90s tends to become very Brittle over time for barricade though. It doesn't look like most of his plastics are bad. Oh damn it Let's look at the sculpt design and color of barricade I was going to warn about gold plastic syndrome for this figure gold plastic produced in the 80s and 90s tends to become very Brittle over time for barricade though. It doesn't look like most of his parts are made of gold plastic He is mostly a base blue plastic color with gold paint okay Now let's get his head in view and focused and Thank you for the super chance by the way I I apologize and this may be one reason why we don't do this again in the future And that is like I can't interact with you guys this way Um, I hope this is interesting to some people like I hope some people enjoy seeing how how I do this but Yeah, it's uh One of the reasons I like doing the live stream is because I like interacting and I like talking with people and I like, you know, responding Uh, and it's just like almost impossible to do Uh, so, uh, yeah, sorry about that But we we do the best we can let's get this guy in let's adjust this light Move this light in let's oh ow. Let's move this light in Hopefully without okay All right, let's get okay let's Tighten that shot a little bit All right looking at barricades barricades head. He has black hair He has a subtle sneer His face was probably based on a real person as many 90s gi joe figures were But I haven't been able to find a source for who this may be. Okay. All right ready Looking at barricades head. He has black hair. He has a subtle sneer This face was probably based on a real person as many 90s gi joe figures were But I haven't been able to find a source for who this may be All right. Look at his face. I mean, well, it's See that's that's too much light. Uh, but look at his face I mean that looks like it that looks like it was based on somebody right that looks like that was a real person probably like the janitor at hasbro or something and uh, I have some sources for You know who these gi joe faces were modeled after but I have not been able to find a source for um For barricade have not been able to find a source for this guy Yeah, it looks like Bruce Wayne. Yeah close enough Okay, all right okay Let's see on his chest He has a blue uniform with gold armor On his chest and back And a protruding pack on his back Uh, okay, and then here here I've got to bring in another comparison because I mean on captain power that pack it looks like a jet pack, right? But it's still like kind of protrudes in a similar manner As barricade and that's another similarity between these two figures Um, okay, uh, let's see All right. Here we go. All right focus, please Yeah, that can go for now focus. Please.  Here we go. All right All right, here we go On his chest, he has a blue uniform with gold armor on his chest and his back He has a protruding pack on the back This is similar to the pack on the back of the captain power figure on the pack Dang it On his chest, he has a blue uniform with gold armor on his chest and back On his back. He has a protruding pack that is similar to the pack Okay, well that was out of frame All right, let's keep it in frame on his chest, he has a blue uniform with a On his chest, he has a blue uniform with gold armor on his chest and back on his back He has a protruding pack that is similar to the pack on the captain Captain fowler captain fowler On his chest. He has a blue uniform with gold armor on his chest and back on his back He has a protruding pack that is similar to the pack on the captain power figure on the captain power figure That looks like it's supposed to be a jet pack not so on barricade, but it still looks similar Okay Hey, you know what? Okay.  I'm gonna mention that. I don't know if I'll leave that in the video. I might cut that out But I'm gonna mention it. Okay So on his arms. He has blue sleeves. He has gold armor on his shoulder and he has gold Iron man style gloves. Let's say that and if I don't like it, I will cut that part out Well, I can I can fix it in the edit if I don't like it. Okay On his arms. He has long blue sleeves. He has On his arms. He has long blue sleeves He has gold armor on his shoulders and he has gold iron man style gloves Hold on. I'm just curious about something. Yeah, okay Yeah, both both version one version two are made in china Just wanted to see if there was any difference in the country of origin stamp You know the kind of thing that I should be checking before I start the review, but you know better light than ever All right Okay, so his waist is His waist piece is a solid gold color Uh A solid gold color with no paint applications. It is all gold armor There is not much else to say about there's not much else to say about this waist piece All right focus, please All right The waist piece is The waist piece is all gold with no paint applications. It is just solid gold armor Okay Now here I've got to draw some additional parallels Two captain power. Let's see Hang on a second. Okay. Hang on a second. Um Yeah, that's what I thought I've got I forgot to pull a figure. Hey guys, I forgot to pull a figure Hold on. Uh these legs the reason I'm saying that and the reason I have to go get a figure is that uh these Lower legs were used. Well, actually maybe all the legs. Let's see. Uh, we're used for Uh a couple 1994 figures I don't have one of them, but I do have the other and I I prefer to show As well as tell so I've got to go get a 94 figure. Hold on for me. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll be right back All right, here we go. I got it. Yeah Yep, okay Found it. All right. It was black star and years I do not have years from 1994 But I do have black star Uh, so yeah, if you can see that yeah Black star reuses barricades legs. So I need to include that. All right Okay, so what are we saying here about this here Guy's legs. Let's pull that shot out a little bit There we go Uh on his legs, he has a blue uniform with gold with Gold's thigh pads and straps that go around his upper legs He has gold knee pads and tall gold boots. Okay That's the basics of what we're gonna say about it Okay All right ready Okay Yeah, okay on his legs He has a blue uniform with gold pads on his thighs and straps that go around his upper legs He has gold knee pads and tall gold boots That out of it Wow, that's gonna be complicated doing this. Uh All right, let's let's just try it. Let's roll it. Let's roll it Okay Ready That is very similar to captain power who had a Okay, that's I'm gonna okay. I could fumble with this a little bit I wish captain power had foot peg or holes for foot pegs. I would put them on a figure stand Uh, but I can't do that Okay, ready All right, here we go. All right ready These legs are very similar to these These legs are very similar to captain power who had gold thigh pads gold straps around here. Okay, dang it these legs These legs are very similar to captain power whose legs had a blue uniform With gold thigh pads and straps around the upper legs gold knee pads and tall gold boots Okay. All right, let's put him back on his figure stand just for a second All right How we doing? Okay Are we getting good good engagement? YouTube or Is is this feeding the algorithm? That's what we're supposed to care about right? We're supposed to be feeding the algorithm That wild beast Okay, so let me get this uh framed. I think I want to bring black star in from Uh stage right, so let's let's uh get that Shot framed up and get a good camera angle like so All right. Oh, yeah, we really need to tighten that up. Yeah, but I'll do Okay And uh, honestly, this isn't that much different from shooting a video by myself. I still talk to myself like this Okay, three two one audio is good. Here we go These legs were used on two figures in 1994 gears and cobra black star. There we go Okay, all right ready, okay This color scene this color scheme is not suitable for most combat environments But if barricade works in an urban setting rather than a traditional battlefield, it may work Okay, the color scheme is not suitable for most combat environments But if barricade works in an urban setting rather than a traditional battlefield, it may not matter that much Let's give version two the spotlight here because like version two look at this They they are they are the same they all they did was they they pumped orange plastic into the uh Injection molds instead of blue and then painted it exactly the same and gave him exactly the same accessories It's the same figure. Uh, it's just the the color is altered extremely slightly Um, hold on where my glasses. Oh, there they are Yeah, that does say 92. Yep. There we go. All right three two one. Here we go Version two of barricade from 1995 is exactly the same as version one The only difference is the blue parts have been changed to orange The paint applications are exactly the same the articulation the accessories all exactly the same Even the copyright stamp and the country of origin stamp on the figures are the same All right, you know what it's time to look at the file card and let's let's get these guys dressed again Yeah Put their helmets back on There we go Yeah, we might be done. I think we're almost done with uh with captain power here. We're almost done Okay Uh, let's see. Let's give uh version one his uh submachine gun back Okay, and yeah, well now let's let's uh Let's put his pack back on Let's get them all All geared up Okay, now we've got uh, I've got to adjust the camera Adjust the camera Uh, let's see. I need to adjust the camera for the file card. The file card is going to be There which needs to be a little that's got to be a little bit lower All right, let's let's sort this out. Okay, that's not bad Okay, oops I accidentally turned my light off. There we go Okay All right, let's look at barricades file card The 1992 file card Okay Let's do this. All right three two one and go Let's look at barricades file card the 1992 file card has a portrait of barricade and then a full body picture of barricade that I sucked Okay Let's take a look at barricades file card the 1992 file Let's take a look at barricades file card the 1992 file card has a portrait of barricade here There is a full body image of barricade that's taken from the art on the front of the card and it has some features listed Let's look at barricades file card the 1992 file card has a portrait of barricade and a full body picture of barricade That's taken from the artwork on the front of the card Let's pause there just for a second. All right three two one go It has a numbered list of features and I have used this list to describe some of the accessories and features on the figure Oh, I didn't get okay. He's I just realized something He's the badger driver and I didn't get the badger. I'll just get a picture of the badger and I'll drop it in So, uh, yeah secondary military specialty badger driver See, I should have had the badger ready to drop in here And since I don't and since I would literally have to dig it out of a box Um, I'll just have to drop in a photo of it. So all right. That's fine Show prep that that's what I need I need show prep Okay, his codename is barricade. He is the bunker buster. His file name is philip m hull hull singer. Damn it His codename is barricade. He is the bunker buster his His codename is barricade. He is the bunker buster His file name is philip m Ah, his code name is Barricade, he is the Bunker Buster. His file name is Phillip M. Halsinger. His primary military specialty is Bunker Buster. Secondary military specialty is Badger Driver. Hang on a second, when was the, hold on. I gotta refresh my memory about something. Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, okay, hold on. The Badger was a 91 vehicle. Yeah, it was just, that's what I thought. Okay, I double checked because I never trust my memory, but the Badger was a 1991 vehicle discontinued by 1992. So this was not on the shelves at the same time as Barricade. So I have to mention that, hang on. All right, three, two, one. The Badger was a 1991 GI Joe vehicle that was discontinued for 1992. So it was not on the shelves at the same time as Barricade. Okay, his birthplace is Pittsburgh, Kansas, and his grade is E5. There is a quote here, presumably from Barricade himself. It says, never kick down a door that you can blow down with a satchel charge. The figure does not include a satchel charge. Okay, all right. So let me read through this and try to kind of get it out and practice for a second before I attempt to do it for realsies, okay? All right, when Cobra takes over its city, it has to be one back, block by block, house by house, room by room. Barricade, GI Joe's armor assault specialist, has nerves of steel and trip hammer reflexes necessary for the job, outfitted with a suit of flexible composite laminate armor and a helmet with built-in infrared heat source sensors. Wow, that is hard to say. This is easy to write and not too hard to read, but this is hard to say. These were never meant to be spoken aloud.  Okay, Barricade can take on any Cobra agent in an urban environment and knock his block off with relative ease, knock his block off. So we're borrowing from Rockham Sockham Robots, okay? This paragraph says when Cobra takes over a city, it has to be one back, block by block, house by house, room by room. Barricade, GI Joe's armored assault specialist, has nerves of steel and trip hammer reflexes necessary for the job, outfitted with a suit of flexible composite laminate armor and a helmet with built-in infrared heat source sensors. Barricade can take on any Cobra agent in an urban environment and knock his block off with relative ease, knock his block off. So are we borrowing from Rockham Sockham Robots now? Now, I need to switch to, okay, this. All right, okay, so there are some minor differences between the 92 and 93 card. Let's see, hang on one second. Be right back and I'm back. Okay, all right. All right, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. All right, there are some minor differences between the 1992 card and the 1993 card. They did away with the registered trademark symbol next to GI Joe and he is now the urban assault specialist instead of the armored assault specialist. Okay, all right, ready? Here we go. There are some minor changes on the 1993 card. They did away with the registered trademark symbol next to GI Joe and he's now the urban assault specialist instead of the armored assault specialist. Three, two, one, three, two, one, go. This is the kind of change you saw in DEF characters that were re-released in 1993 like bulletproof but Barricade was not in DEF. They did not need to make this change. Okay, so I want to slide these guys over. I want to put these cards here. I need to reposition my camera and get these in frame and I need to grab another figure. Focus, pretty please. Focus would be great. I love it when you focus camera. It's super sexy when cameras focus the way they're supposed to. Okay, hang on, let me grab a figure. Okay, what the card is describing is an urban assault trooper, not a guy who blows up underground bases. His role is more like an urban assault trooper or a SWAT specialist like Shockwave. In fact, Barricade looks a little bit like Shockwave version three. Okay, let's tighten that a little bit, not that much. Okay, okay, ready? Okay, yeah, it looks like it's focused. Okay, three, two, one, here we go. What this card is describing is an urban assault, hmm, what this card is describing is an urban assault trooper, not a guy who blows up underground bases. His role is more like an urban assault trooper or a SWAT, hmm. What this card is describing is an urban assault trooper, not a guy who blows up underground bases. His role is more like an, hmm. Okay, okay, all right, let's try that again. What this card is describing is an urban assault trooper, not a guy who, hmm. What this card is describing is an urban assault trooper, not a guy who blows up underground bases. His role is more like a SWAT specialist like Shockwave. In fact, Barricade looks a little like Shockwave version three. Okay, so let's bring in, just for a moment, let's bring in all of Barricade's alternate identities here. These are all alternate universe Barricades. I'm gonna take Captain Power's little pistol out. It's just kind of getting in the way. All right, Captain Power, then you just stand up without a figure stand, bro. Why didn't Captain Power figures not have holes for foot pegs? I know they didn't necessarily have foot pegs on the vehicles or play sets, but that doesn't matter. It was kind of standard in the 80s. So, a lot of the toys that kids would be playing with in this scale did have foot pegs. And for the most part, like Star Wars foot pegs were compatible with G.I. Joe and vice versa. And he had no foot pegs on Captain Power. Come on, okay, yeah. His feet are kind of small, too.  Small feet and no foot pegs. All right, that's pretty good. All right, let's get all of these in frame for one quick line. Okay, all right, where was my line? Okay, so Barricade could have been downtown or Short Fuse or Shockwave or Captain Power. Okay, and I gotta grab something. I gotta grab this thing, which I was looking for before and I didn't know where it was, but I have since found it. All right, everybody out of the way. Everybody out of the way. Out the way, out the way. All right, all right. So the G.I. Joe collector's book, published by Hasbro in 1993, has two listings for Barricade. The 1992 listing calls him the Bunker Buster Specialist. Okay, let's find it.  No, no, no, no, where is he, where is he, where is he? No, no, no. Let's see. Yeah, there he is. Okay, got it. Let's pull that out. There we go. All right, ready? The G.I. Joe collector book, published by Hasbro in 1993, has two listings for Barricade. The 1992 listing has his specialty as Bunker Buster. I do hate myself. Let's try that again. The G.I. Joe collector's book from 1998. The G.I. Joe collector's book, published by Hasbro in 1993, has two entries for Barricade. The 1992 entry has his specialty as Bunker Buster Specialist. And then the 1993 one is on the next page. Where is he, where is he? See, this is why I probably should highlight this thing anyway. There he is, okay, Barricade. Here we go. The 1993 entry has his specialty as Urban Assault Trooper in parentheses, new colors. All right, let's focus on that real quick. Put my finger right on it so you can see it real easy. All right. This specialty did not make it to the 1993 file card. Based on the file card, this seems to be what he was always meant to be. He's not a Bunker Buster in the conventional sense, unless you mean busting into, ah, okay. This specialty didn't make it to the 1993 file card. Based on the file card, this seems to be what he was always meant to be. He's not a Bunker Buster in the conventional sense, unless you mean, unless you mean busting into bunkers through the door. Okay, you know what, all that's left is the media section and then a whole bunch of stuff in front of the camera. And then we're done, guys. We just went a half hour over schedule. Let's see, how are we gonna do this? Let's get these out of the way. And usually I have some animation or comic book stuff to show, but I absolutely do not now for these guys because they did not appear in the animated series. They did not appear in the comic book series. Okay, they did not appear in the Marvel comic series and this is a vintage-focused channel. So post-vintage appearances in comic books are not typically included. And so since he didn't have really any appearances, I couldn't even find where he was animated for commercials. So there seems to be no animation of Barricade from that era. There may be some post-vintage. Actually, I haven't found any post-vintage either, but that wouldn't be my focus anyway if it was, but it would still be interesting to find. Okay, all right, let's get a good angle here. You know what, I think I want the missile in and I want it at an angle. That'll be cool. That'll be all right. That could make a good shot composition. A little wobbly, but that doesn't matter. Okay, let's get this zoomed in nice and tight on these guys. How am I gonna say this? My notes just say cartoon none, comic book none. Right, this, see, those are my notes. Cartoon none, comic book none, that's all I got. Okay, so I'm going to say let's move this back a little bit. Got quite a shadow there. Let's adjust the lighting. Yep, that's terrible, but it'll have to do. Trying to get both of these guys in. There we go. Hey, don't fall. Stand up. Okay, okay, that works. Version one is kind of using Version two's foot stand, or figure stand to prop himself up. Okay, so how am I gonna say this? What I'm gonna say is looking at how barricade was used in G.I. Joe media, that won't take long. He had no appearances in the animated series and no appearance in the G.I. Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Okay, this is the last shot too. Ready? Three, two, one. Looking at how barricade was used in G.I. Joe media, that won't take long. He had no appearances in the animated series and no appearances in the G.I. Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics. And that's it guys, that's it. We did it. All right, hang on. Hang on, hang on.  So obviously the, there's more to go because I need to record all the stuff that I do in front of the camera. But that will have to wait because that is an entirely different setup. And I'm really tired. So that's why I typically do not do both of those things like ride in a row. So as you can see, like when I first saw pictures of barricade, I kind of thought version two was red. But having it in hand, it's definitely orange. I had to, I had to check again because my memory said red. But in reality, that is definitely orange. You can see a contrast in the actual red on the helmet and the orange on the body. Okay, hang on a second, let me, let me. How do I do this? I want to turn around and okay, cool. Hello everyone. Okay, so we've been going for an hour and 42 minutes. Thank you to everyone who came and stayed and kind of saw how the sausage was made. I really appreciate it. I don't know if I'll ever do this again. I really don't know. We'll see if there's any interest at all but I just thought it would be fun, kind of as a one-off. This was the figure that won the Patreon poll. So I figure since, you know, since we're democratizing this review on Patreon, why don't we democratize the actual recording of the review? So, goodnight Riptide O'Leary, hello Mike and Chris and Wyatt Vagata and RTD1. So yeah, so now I'm tired and I'm gonna give out. So I am gonna wrap it up but I will say thank you to everyone. I will say goodnight. We will have a regular live stream next week and we'll have lots to talk about. So thanks everyone and I will see you again next time. As soon as I figure out how to turn this off. All right, goodnight everyone. Bye.


What's going on everyone Sam here with late in sports cards and I am ripping one box of 2022 tops archive signature series retired player edition baseball for Cameron G so good luck Cameron see what we got in here it's full big one-on-one Jeter or Pedro or Ichiro would be awesome that's cool got 41 of 93 that is Eric Davis for the Reds nice one there that is on a 90 tops right there 1990 tops Eric Davis and there is the 41 out of 93 there you go that will do it for your break there Cameron congrats on the hit we'll get that and you're a clearly authentic box right out to you thanks again


French ambassador given 48 hours to leave Niger. Recently, Niger's Hunter, which took over power on July 26, 2023, announced that they had given the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country as bilateral ties continued to deteriorate rapidly. The Hunter said Sylvain it had refused to respond to an invitation to meet Niger's foreign minister to hold discussions on a way forward. France, a former colonial power, said the Puchas have no authority to order such an expulsion. Paris opposes July's coup, saying that ousted President Mohammed Bazoum, who has been in captivity ever since the coup, must be returned to office. The announcement was made through a press release by Niger's foreign minister, installed by the Hunter. This follows a series of statements and demonstrations hostile to France. This was seen when a pro-coup demonstration took place with about 1,000 supporters of the Hunter flying Russian flags, voicing support for the Wagner group and throwing rocks at every passing politician's vehicle. The demonstrators also denounced the French presence and that of other foreign bases. The French foreign ministry responded by saying that it had taken note of the Puchas. Further indicating that Puchas do not have the authority to make this request, the ambassador's approval comes solely from the legitimately elected Nigerian authorities, the ministry added. General Abdulrahman Dkihani, Niger's coup leader, pledged last week to return the West African nation to civilian rule within three years. He made the announcement after meeting mediators from the West African regional bloc Iqours in the capital, Niome. It should be noted that the Hunter, led by Abdulrahman Dkihani, said the defense and security forces had decided to topple the regime due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance. He also announced that the solution of the country's constitution, the suspension of state institutions and the closure of the country's borders. Iqours was led by Nigerian President Bola to enable threatened military action to reverse last month's overthrow of President Buzum if talks fail. The Hunter had said that Niger did not want a war but would defend itself against any foreign intervention. Niger's Hunter clearly warned that if any attack were to be undertaken against them, it would not be a walk in the park like some people seem to think. General Dkihani also reiterated his criticism of what he called the illegal and inhumane sanctions imposed by Iqours on the landlocked, impoverished country. This has included cutting electricity, resulting in blackouts in Niome and other major cities, as well as blocking crucial imports. Glory drivers have been stuck for weeks waiting to bring in supplies, forcing up food prices. Iqours rejected the three-year timeframe after recent discussions. However, Iqours said it is not accepting any prolonged transition again in the region, calling on the Hunter to get ready to hand over in the shortest possible time. It is worth noting that regional efforts to reverse the coup have been backed by the US and France, which both have military bases in Niger. These bases are part of efforts to tackle Jihadist groups in the wider Sahel region. The Hunter leader, who headed the presidential guard before seizing power on July 26, said military intervention could worsen the Islamist insurgencies linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State Group. The coup shows similar recent takeovers in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali. And the influence of Russia in the wider Sahel region is also growing through its mercenary group, Wagner. As the events in Niger continue to unfold, it raises concerns about why almost all African countries working with France have problems and what will become of Niger's relationship with France and other Western powers. Is Niger ready to completely cut ties with France? And if they do, will the situation in Niger change? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to like and subscribe to our channel as we bring you more updates from across Africa.


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Welcome back to The Breakfast and good morning once again. It's time for Off the Press where we have a quick review of the major stories making headlines across Nigeria today. Kicking off this morning with the punch in the newspapers and it's going to be on your screen in a few seconds. There's something there on Nigeria's debt profile currently a little scary. Yes, it says debt rises by 20.8 trillion Naira on the Buhari, servicing gulps 10.26 trillion Naira. Federal government owes 26.9 trillion, state FCT owes 6.01 trillion Naira. Debt revenue ratio shows danger, says experts. And of course the federal government's borrowing not transparent, its purpose not known, says economists. Also on the punch this morning, Nigeria's house on fire, where under attack, says Bajabya Mila. And the Red Cross blames over loading as Buhari mourns 150 persons who drowned in KB state. That's such a sad story. Federal government expects first oil from new marginal fields by 2022 and experts fault Naira devaluation, say prices will rise and poverty deepen. Buhari didn't consult widely on judiciary autonomy and order 10 is 40 and that is from the Nigerian Governors Forum. Nigerians present divergent views as constitutional panel holds hearing. Also on the punch this morning, Iqiti orders probe as 100 students are hospitalized after fumigation. Contribution pension assets rise to 12.4 trillion Naira, says PENCOM. And federal government plans 1 trillion Naira, 17 smart schools and 1.2 trillion Naira model institutions. Finally this morning, Masari falls presidency, backs governors, says open grazing on Islamic. Well, Buba Mara is saying here, if cannabis is legalized, Nigeria is becoming a den of junkies and criminals. Alright, let's turn to the Nigerian Tribune. At Zonal Hearing on Constitutional Review, returned to 1963 constitution, state police fiscal federalism dominates. Accountant general makes you turn, says 4.2 million pounds Iburi loot still being awaited. Naira trades for 493 Naira per dollar at the parallel market. That's almost 500 Naira at the parallel market. FG states FCT to get $750 million World Bank grants for two years. Each state gets $20 million, FG FCT $15 million each. Affirm Thursday, appointments, promotion and remuneration of judges in Nigeria the need for change. Justice and Sports Minister says NYC won't be scrapped. Air Refuge Sacks 19 political appointees. Buhari says insecurity affecting his development plans. Lawan Badabi Amila Sultan Oni, others expressed concern over growing insecurity. Buhari's executive order 10 on judicial autonomy on necessary ill advice, that's according to the NGF. Immigration lands over 100 students in hospital in AKT. Over 100 missing, 22 rescued, 5 dead in Kebi Boat Tragedy. NIS two profile herdsmen entering through the country, who the Niger-Nigeria-Nijee border. Lastly on the Nigerian Tribune, Gonmin Attack Police Patrol Van, Q1 officer in Delta State. The Daily Independent, up next, it says there, states disagree on state police restructuring and state creation. Somolu wants fiscal federalism, special status for Lagos. Nigeria needs a new constitution, not amendments, and that's from the Delta State Governor, Okowa. And we can also see here, Kiritu Lusain, a review should address regional agitations. Afeba Balala says a constitution review will be a futile exercise. All right, 160 feared dead as boat cap sizes in Kebi. Reps someone Malami over unrecovered $60 billion, discover loopholes in EFCC reports. And also President Buhari blames international borders for insecurity in Nigeria. Peace is expensive, but insecurity costs more, says the Chief of Defence staff. And Governor Orofi sacks 19 political appointees to cut costs. I hope that includes the door opener for the door opener. That was a funny video. That was sacked. Major crisis imminent, Okotia warns. And fear grips Kubua residents as gunmen strike again, kidnapped too. Lastly, office holders paying lip service to insecurity, says Saltan. And the final newspaper here, The Nation. It reads constitution, state police, power devolution, top talks. Lagos six special status, Afeba Balala calls for 1963 constitution. Southeast says give us more states. Nigeria Delta converses fiscal federalism. Above the headline of the nation newspaper, Saltan laments in action on security plans. Don't politicians count on? He says politicians can't go home. Scores feared killed in Kebi ferry incidents. The president said he's sad. Naira crashes to 493 Naira to a dollar in parallel market. 100 Okiti students hospitalized after inhaling chemical. Also in the nation newspaper, Elrify sacks 19 aids. UNAU Ekoas express concern over Mali as presidents and prime minister resign. The nation newspaper also has the stories. Buhari not against open grazing ban says presidency. Okay, that sounds like a contradiction to the earlier stance of the president. And presidents fears about state police. Why NYC should not be scrapped by federal government? Bread price to go up. Those are the stories we're looking at on the nation newspaper this morning. Alright, just before our guest joins us, we can just quickly also share our thoughts on some of these ones. The first one there, of course, on the Poncha Shed, you know, debt rises by 20.8 trillion Naira on the Buhari. It says servicing gulps 10.26 trillion Naira.  You know, because every year, you know, we have to create some space to pay back those funds in our budget. And it's taken out some of the money that we should use for, you know, better things, you know, and fix in the country. If we continue to service debt and the percentage of our, you know, a budget that goes into debt servicing continues to rise every year. You know, analysts have also said that there's nothing wrong with borrowing. It's not a crime to borrow.  The United States is owing billions and billions of dollars. I'm not sure who they're owing. But it is what exactly you use these funds for. And can these funds and the utilization of these funds eventually roll over and pay back, you know, the funds that were borrowed? If not, then you're putting yourself into more and more trouble. So the question, of course, that I believe Nigeria should be asking is, what have these funds been used for? If we are owing trillions of Naira, what were these funds put into, you know, on the federal level, on the state level also? If states are owing as much as six trillion Naira, what were these funds used for? In what ways have these funds become, you know, what projects have you seen? Is it in healthcare, in infrastructure, roads, bridges, and everything, you know, that is possible, you know, that you can point to? Where exactly have these funds gone into? And so it is a legitimate question that Nigerians need to ask. By the time this administration leaves power, if we're going to be in 30 trillion Naira, 23 trillion, 40 trillion Naira debt, what will the administration boast of, that these monies were borrowed for? In just eight years, what will be those things that we can point out and say, oh, you know, these are the things that we achieved with the amount of money that we borrowed. Now we have, you know, 70% better infrastructure than we had before. Now we have trains running across the country. Now we have better roads. Now we have, you know, bridges and all of that. But if we can't boast of some of all these things, then it should be frightening for Nigerians. And they are legitimate questions once again. Our senior news editor, Kairi Eladende joining us this morning. Thanks for joining us. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Good morning. All right. Good morning. Yes. We've taken a look at the papers this morning. And the current story has been of the Constitution Review. Just how states basically disagree on state policing on restructuring state creation. We know that South is sustained in one more state.  How do you interpret the stories regarding the Constitution Review? Okay, let me start by saying that there's absolutely nothing new in what has been debated. Every four years, this has been the ritual. When I make it a defense, this time is how speedy and how fast they can get this thing signed up for the president to give his assets. So that we are not put in that conundrum of, oh, the time is gone. The lawmakers are on recess and we end up going the same circle every four years. Now, this is very critical. And for a lot of people who believe that it's still window dressing. It's still form of symptomatic treatment rather than going to the root of the issue. What do I mean by the root of the issue? A new constitution, a new constitution that will not only seek to address the advantages for the governor. Because the governors are for devolution of powers. They want more powers. They want more revenue into their forces. But that's not the whole idea of restructuring. When we talk about restructuring, we're talking beyond the governor's having more power. We want powers to the people. We want people to hold the government closest to them to accountability. Because it's not about the governor's having more powers coming from the center. But the governor should also devolve power to the third chair of government, which is the local government. So the state policing is a lovely idea. We hope it will not be abused. Even though there will be some skirmishes where some governors will use it to, you know, which aren't their opponents. That is, that cannot be taken away. But it's much preferred than the current structure. Then the issue of one must stay for the southeast. This is also very, very important. A region cannot have seven states, like the Northwest have seven states, and the Southings have always had five states. So what does it take to make it six? However, we must also remind people that over time the state's creation has always been the executive fiat of the military president, the military head of state. Sorry, pardon my language. I don't want to use the president for a man that came in through the barrels of gum. So it is only important that it is fair. It is equitable to have one state in the southeast. Okay. One of the stories also, of course, is on the daily independent, the president blaming foreign borders for Nigeria's insecurity. Do you think that we maybe have spent too much time and that excuse may not work anymore? I don't want to fall into the trap of headline custom. We might need to go deeper to understand what the real issue is, because saying that is not only insulting to our intelligence, but it's just to let us know that there is lack of willpower by the people at the hem of affairs. So I want to treat it on the ground of thinking beyond the headline. Now, when you talk about the borders, we remember when government looked at the borders, there was some huge crime from businessmen who felt that you cut them out. Even some ECOWAS member states, you know, kicked against it that this is not part of what we signed in the ECOWAS Treaty. And there were a whole lot of things that we had some infractions on. And at the end of the day, government had to come down and do all those things. So for us, it's not enough excuse. It's for government to ensure that if you want to play the big brother's role in the sub-region, then you also need to play the big brother role by providing necessary security at your borders. You need to be firm and strict on your rules of engagement so that you don't come and make your people victims of all these genius crimes that have been perpetrated either by locals or by foreigners. Alright. But why I brought that up is because I felt we've spent almost six years with the current administration. Shouldn't that have been enough time for us to have done better with our borders? Protecting Nigeria's sovereignty and of course closing those loopholes with our borders. Yes, I totally understand your view. And that's why I said it's quite insulting for us to still be passing the buck. In every civilized crime, leaders don't give such kind of excuses. They need it in the bud. They protect their citizens. That's their primary responsibility. You need to give us security. You need to give us welfare. And this can never be mudged, even though some of us may not agree with the way the constitution was written and how it was written, but that particular sentence is something that we will stand with. And that is the protection of, it must provide the security and welfare for the citizens. So I totally agree with you. Let the government do the needful. If it's going to cost us some economic gains, then we need to be alive for us to even have food. And looking at the story we've seen on all papers this morning about the Naira trading for almost 500 Naira to a dollar at the parallel market, how do you think this would basically affect the prices of things locally, especially when they're imported? It's quite disturbing and it's something that we had expected. And it appears we're doing little. We're working towards addressing these issues. You remember the time of putting so much attention on local rise when we're paying attention on local manufacturing, but it appears that it has simmered down, things are beginning to go back to what it used to be, and until we prioritize the issue of local production, this will continue. I remember one article, I don't know whether you came across it. When someone was doing the analysis that it's not about the exchange rate, it's about the worth of the Naira and the worth of these dollars. That what can $10 due to you, what can 10, I mean the worth of it in Naira due to you. Someone was saying that this amount cannot get you accommodation, this cannot do you this. I think it's something for us to look at. And we may lose our breath, we may lose our senses if we continue with this exchange rate, because let any government come in and promise us it will turn to one Naira to one dollar. It's something that I don't think will ever happen in our lifetime. I'm still talking about money. We know that this issue of the 4.2 million pounds Ibori Loots is still very controversial. They had earlier said Delta State government is not a signatory to the MOU and the Repatriation Agreement. I think it's just the issue of bureaucracy. I don't think the accountant general would come on air. I mean while he was responding to questions from lawmakers and he would say that Delta State is getting the money. So or has gotten the money. So let's not pay too much attention on semantics now. The bottom line is Delta State is having their money, whether they will have it or they don't have it. It shouldn't be... We don't want to wrap up this one without saying something quickly about the 160 lives that have been reported, lost in a boat that capsized in Kebbi. The president of course has sent a message mourning those lives. But shouldn't it be big enough for national mourning, the 160 Nigerians? I don't know why you're bringing this up. This is not something we should gloss over. This is not something we should rush. It's a topic on its own. It's something that deserves a whole lot of attention. And it underscores the kind of disrespect that we pay to the issue of lives in this country. It is not just boat capsizing. What about the kidnapping that are happening every now and then? What about people that are being wasted on our roads? It just tells us that there's so much we need to do about the way we prioritize our lives. And for me, I don't know whether Sao Kee has engaged in some water transportation. Even Lagos that should be doing very well, sometimes when I see the way the boats are, I remember my experience. I was to come from Ikorodu to the island one of those evenings. And when I saw the old arrangement, I said I would rather go by the road and spend all the hours on the road. That's to let you know that we are not yet serious. So if Lagos is still seen in that light, trust me, it doesn't be worse in many places. All right. Thank you. Always a pleasure speaking with you and hearing your perspective. Thanks for joining us this morning. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So we'll take a break here and return to this class events that happened today in history.