Hello everybody hooded cover commander 788 here. This is another vintage GI Joe vehicle Unboxing and assembly video. This is the 1993 GI Joe Star Brigade Starfighter and the pilot sci-fi and This box is not sealed. It is open at one end. It wasn't sealed when I got it So we're not opening a new box But I have confirmed that everything is in the box So I will be assembling this vehicle for the first time I will also be taking the action figure out of its factory sealed bag So we'll be taking a look at that. I actually am doing this because I intend to review this soon But you should see the review of this vehicle and figure before you see the unboxing But I've got to put this stuff together so I can review it these vehicle Unboxing and assembly videos are usually pretty fun. You may remember I did this for them the mega marines monster blaster and I really enjoy this very nostalgic It kind of just takes me back to my childhood when I would get GI Joe vehicles and Opening them up and assembling them and you know putting them together Myself kind of made me feel like the vehicle was really mine So we're gonna do that with the starfighter and so I've got my tools here I've got a few tools that I might need in Putting it together and putting the stickers on so without further introduction. Let's open this up Pull the parts out and put them together. All right, as I said one end is open It was open when I got it. It wasn't sealed or anything And this box is intact. It's got the file card. It's got the flag points Nothing's been cut out of it. It is a nice intact box so let's open this in and Like the monster blaster it has a cardboard tray in here and all the parts are in it So we just slide the tray out and there are our parts And it looks like we have the bottom half We have the top half We have the tail and the rocket engine cones We have of course the action figure sci-fi and his accessories in the sealed bag Open that. I'll probably do that last And let's see we have some plastic trees with some parts on it But it looks like yeah a couple of the missiles have broken loose So we've got some missiles that have popped off of the plastic tree But one of them is still on And we've got another plastic tree with the gold colored parts and those are both still on there So we'll pop that off as well. We have the spring-loaded missile launcher that comes separately and We have a poly bag with the With the canopy So we'll open that sealed bag. Oh, we have the rubbery nose cone We have the sticker sheet with unapplied stickers and We have Tucked here with the catalog the 1993 catalog. We have the instructions and blueprints And there is that catalog. This is what I was hoping to get with the monster blaster This here it is the 1993 catalog. So I will have fun looking through that. All right I have all the pieces kind of laid out in front of me here and I have the instruction sheet open And I was just looking through this 93 catalog and at all the crazy wacky things they introduced that year It was definitely a very colorful year. I can say that so let's Take a look at the instructions and see what we are supposed to do first It looks like they want us to assemble the body first So that looks pretty simple It looks like we take the bottom half and the top half and we just mesh them together Looks like it has some tabs that fit into some holes there. So it's easy to line up And I guess you just press until it snaps Front part's a little tougher to snap together All right now I want to be careful. I don't want to break it. Oh, I see where it goes. Okay Yep there That goes in there Very good. All right. It was more difficult than I expected to snap that body together Some of those tabs didn't want to line up very well It's easier to put the back half on than the front half. The front half just did not want to line up very well But it looks like that's about as good as it's going to get so Let's go to the next part. We need to put on this nose comb And it looks like there's a notch right there And there's a little tab right there on the bottom part of the body of the vehicle And this is rubbery. So in theory this should kind of just Just fit on I should be able to like just Put it on like a blanket Like an overcoat But this just isn't going to be easy either is it okay? There's no secret to this I just kind of had to work it until the rubber fit over the that little Nose there on the body. So there it is on and Good it's actually fitting the way it's supposed to But again, not as easy to fit that on there as I expected it to be what's next the Rocket cones the blue rocket engines and it looks like those just snap on how do they snap on it looks like we have some knobs There at the top and there should some notches at the top and there should be a Tab and it looks like it goes on like this So should be able to just press it until it clicks Right Don't fight with me starfighter See this this is why 1993 not my favorite year the vehicles want to fight with me They don't want to just snap together easily like they're supposed to again. There's no Secret easy way to do it. I just have to press it on until it goes all the way on and make sure that notches lined up and and just Kind of force it of course, I don't like forcing old plastic, but it's strong enough and it fits okay. They're both on What is next we have? Looks like we're supposed to put the tail on and the gold Plastic hoses so the tail is here. So That will go on like oh, I see Like that. Oh, that was easy. Hey the first part of this vehicle that was actually easy to put on The tail is on now Let's see we need to break these hoses off of The tree and I'm going to use my exacto knife to carefully snip them off Like so There they are they are free for the first time ever from their plastic tree Now does it matter which way they go? It doesn't look like it does. No, it does. Okay, the long end goes at the back There we go. So yeah, there's some on the clips That connect them. There's a short one and a long one a long one goes in the back and I can see that makes sense so just pop those on Front end and then Back end.  Let's see Let's see. Oh, it looks like they want us to put the spring-loaded missile launcher on Next so that goes in this hole here on the underside of the nose It looks pretty easy to assemble pretty straightforward Just press that in looks like it just frictions in it does not clip in that that's alright though That means it can rotate a bit. So that's That's that that was easy. Oh and the other missiles I see the missiles we can put on The vehicle and we've got one that has not already broken off the plastic tree. So let's use our exacto knife to snip that off and put the lid back on the knife safety first and These have The dumbbell shaped slots that fit on the pegs under the Starfighter. So let's Just pop those on real quick there That's number three And number four before you put number four in let's go ahead and pop it into the spring-loaded launcher And give it a little test. Let's test it out. Oops. Oops one of them fell off. Let's put it back There we go now spring-loaded launcher. Let's see here Does it work fire? It does work and it's pretty powerful too. Very nice very nice Okay, let's just slide that on And there we go now next is Let's see the gold cover for the For the where the tail connects Let's free that from its plastic prison This should be the last thing we really need to snip off and oops And let's see Wait, which way does it go? This is the same both ways so I guess it doesn't matter. All right, so it just pegs in. Oh Wait, wait, wait, hold on hold on Looks like there's something I'm supposed to do first. All right. See got to actually read the instructions We need to put the canopy on first and then put the little gold cap on so Let's open These out of the way Let's open The sealed bag with the canopy in it like that Taking the canopy outs and it looks like the canopy fits on More or less exactly the same way as the fit the tail did So we will put these tabs. Sorry. We will put these tabs. It doesn't slip out of my hands put the tabs in these holes here Should be enough flex for that to fit in There and the canopy let's make sure it gets on and fits properly there Canopy is on and it's a pretty tight fit and now the gold cap. This should be the last piece Before we start putting the stickers on Just pegs in that's all it does But it's pretty firm All right, that's putting a lot of pressure on that plastic piece that I don't really want to And I don't like that. So why are we putting a lot of pressure on a relatively thin plastic piece? Let's see Almost on it doesn't look like it has like a a Clip it's just a peg that fits in a hole. So you just have to press it in until it's All the way on it's not going to snap together or anything like that. Okay, that looks That looks to be on okay. That's pretty solid and I didn't break anything. So the canopy should Open there we go The tail fin should Pop up. Oh, nope. Nope We do not have a good assembly on this so I'm gonna try that again All right, I discovered two things about this plastic cover. First of all, you have to get it Press far enough down that the canopy will clear it and the tail will also clear it Also, it looks like there is a little Kind of half moon shape detail on it and I think that's supposed to be facing toward the back So maybe it doesn't fit either way It seems to fit a little bit better with that facing the rear of the vehicle And I've got it pressed down to where it does work the tail fin pops up The canopy pops up and does not is not obstructed by that cover So I think we finally have it assembled correctly That canopy is a tight fit though. It will open and it will close But man that is tight with the vehicle assemble it is time to put the stickers on and it looks like the sticker instructions are on This side the side with the blueprints There are a lot of changes by 1993 to our vehicle blueprints The 80s blueprints frankly were much nicer much more had a lot more Descriptions on it and it had like the grid lines that are missing on this one, but that's okay. That's okay 1993 what can I say? So let's go ahead and put the stickers on I have my tweezers and it looks like these are Paper stickers. These are not vinyl stickers. Of course.  You're not going to notice that much anyway So what should we do? I burped there. So cut that part out So what should we do first? It looks like let's put the starfighter Name on the side We have two stickers Marked number four. So let's take one of them And put our first sticker on carefully There we go And let's see make sure I'm placing it right Goes right there Try to get it nice and straight. No straighter than that These paper stickers when you're applying them seem to be less forgiving than the vinyl stickers on the vinyl stickers if you laid it less than perfectly the first time you can kind of pull them up and Set them again, but it looks like the glue on these paper stickers Don't want you to do that once it on it's on there. It's kind of sealed kind of cemented on so let's do number two and Put this one on And I have to say I think this is my favorite part of the vehicle assembly process placing the stickers on is kind of a zen experience Trying to make sure they Get properly placed and they are as straight as they can be That's about as good as I'm gonna get that very nice Now I like to use these videos when I can to just talk with you guys and I haven't done that very much in this video But I do want everyone out there to know how much I appreciate you Appreciate you watching these videos appreciate you everything you've done for me I do these videos every week and I do put a lot of work into them But I have to say you have done a lot more for me than I feel like I've done for you You you've been very supportive you've been a great audience great friends and That means more to me than that even the GI Joe or the videos themselves Making contacts with people Making new friends That is what this is really about And so thank you for everything that you've done I Follow another toy review channel that recently Reached 200,000 subscribers. That's pretty impressive I don't have anywhere near that, but you know what that's fine because to me This channel Has already been a great success The channel has already surpassed any expectations. I had for it We've already been successful. It's impossible for the channel to fail now because Because we've already made it a success We have already won by just by doing this and by bringing a lot of GI Joe fans together by Fostering a good positive community And by just enjoying our time together and enjoying these old toys and the nostalgia and the great memories They give us So so thank you. I mean I can't do that myself To do that myself. I would basically just be sitting here talking to myself But the fact that you are supportive and you watch the show means that I'm not just talking myself I'm talking to a lot of people who share this interest and a lot of folks that I have come to call friends and We have an event coming up in a few months Joe con 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee And it looks like this is going to be the last Joe con Hasbro has not renewed the contract with fund publications the organization that Puts the official GI Joe convention on So this is the last year. We thought it was going to be a couple years ago But at the last minute Hasbro decided to extend the contract two more years So we thought 2016 was going to be the end but we got a reprieve to 2018 but it doesn't look like The sentence will be commuted. It looks like 2018 really is the final show so Of course, I will be there that will be my Fifth one, I think I think it'll be number five. I lose track. I think 2014 2014 was my first one So 2014 it was a 2015 2016 2017 last year in Florida and then yeah, they'll be my fifth one so I'm hoping since it's the last one We can make it a really good one and make it Make it one for the record, you know one for the books make it a big one. That's just a big gathering of Friends a big gathering of people and I know a lot of you guys go for the Exclusive convention sets the action figures that you can only get at the convention And if you like those things then great. I'm glad that you do But those things never mattered to me really I don't go there to Get exclusive stuff. I go there because People are there people who share a passion for this hobby and you know in my everyday life I don't get that I don't have a lot of great fans in my area Now there are some and I'm very happy to meet those folks But we don't have a huge gi Joe community just here in this local area So I can't just go Somewhere and have a nice chat with a lot of other gi Joe fans so for me Joe Khan is That's the real event is The real opportunity to go and just talk about folks that That actually care about gi Joe that remember gi Joe the way I do And that's special to me and that's what I will miss It looks like some Joe fans might be trying to put together The next generation of gi Joe focus convention something that's done by the fans. It's not official from Hasbro, but We'll see how it turns out. I'm hoping that The fan community will Create The replacement for Joe con it doesn't have to be Hasbro official It doesn't have to have you know officially released exclusive figures not to me Because to me that's not what the important thing was anyway the important thing is you guys So let's see I do it love putting these stickers on that's my favorite thing Thanks to everyone who supports the channel on patreon It is always humbling to me When someone decides to support the channel in that way And it has been invaluable I mean it's really made a big difference. I have been able to Replace my equipment upgrade the equipment just in general make the show better and that's That's due to the support that I get from you guys through patreon and It's just really thrilling to me. I mean the show started out pretty humbly with an old camera That was I think just barely qualified in it as an HD camera. It was barely HD like pretty old generation HD camera But that's all I had And I just kind of pointed the camera at an action figure and talked about it Didn't work very much from a script and zero editing so of course you got all of my stuttering and pauses and mistakes and Those Early videos pretty pretty boring. I didn't do very much to spice them up But I thought eventually Maybe I should put a little more effort into these now. I do enjoy looking at the toys But I think if people are gonna watch They deserve a little bit more effort so I started doing some editing actually Cutting things together a little bit better. I Started writing out not a script. In fact, I still don't really work from a script But notes I was making notes about what I wanted to say about each of the toys and I Started out only only behind the camera. I wasn't appearing in front of the camera at all and some of you May prefer it that way, but now you just have no choice. You have to see my face So the The videos have evolved quite a bit since the beginning and I hope that it's been for the better. I Certainly enjoy making them more They are harder to make They take more time But they are more enjoyable to make I Have more fun doing them and I hope you have more fun watching them I know that it's not going to be Everyone's bag right not everyone's gonna like it and that doesn't bother me at all. Believe me the fact that I Displeased or disappoint people on the internet Does not keep me up at night at all But you know I have a style and I think some people Enjoy it But I can't please everyone so I don't try That is the last sticker. We now have an empty sticker sheet The stickers on this one are are minimal but effective They are paper stickers with a white background you can kind of see that I Don't think we have any bubbles and they're mostly pretty straight may not have been perfect But that's okay. I might have lined them up a little bit Straighter if I hadn't been talking to you guys you guys keep distracting me while I'm trying to put this thing together But that's okay. I forgive you this time. It's it's fine There it is. So that was a lot of fun I just I do really enjoy putting the stickers on that's my favorite part So that leaves us with one more thing and that is the pilot Let's open up sci-fi This is the third version of sci-fi am I blanking on that? I think it's third version from 1993 This is basically a white version of the gray sci-fi That we got earlier from what? 1991 I think and of course the first sci-fi was 1986 in the neon green So that's kind of funny. This is the one figure that started out neon in the 80s and got Morse of dude colors as he went on Of course white isn't all that subdued, but you know what it works for a pilot Let's pop him out And there we are this is the first time this action figure has ever been touched How is his O-ring pretty tight not bad looks like do we have a We have a little bit of paint Here on his hip looks like they missed on the paint a little bit Not perfect interesting Slight quality control issue The joints of course as you'd expect are tight for a figure that has never been played with Of course, I will review this pretty soon and I'll have to move them all around to show you the articulation Yeah, nice to see a more or less perfect figure Except for a little blob of paint there. I don't think that's supposed to be there. That's okay Let's see. He came with a couple accessories he came with a helmet and that is a Fairly hard plastic helmet. I was actually thinking that might be a softer plastic But that's a hard plastic, maybe it's a little softer than the standard accessory plastic but not very much and So we put that on his head and ooh, that's a tight fit. There we go Fits on his head and he comes with a laser pistol Both the helmet and the laser pistol have knobs on them because these are just reissued from the earlier version and That those had hoses that connected them. Of course, this doesn't have the connector hoses But they still have the knobs That's one of the consequences of having basically just a reissued figure, but not all of the accessories are reissued So there is sci-fi. I don't know if he will fit in his cockpit with his laser weapon, so let's try to find out Let's put sci-fi in there and I Now it doesn't really work not with him holding the weapon So let's put him in there Can I I don't like leaving Accessories just out like this like if I don't put it in here with him It's just going to get lost But then I'm worried that if I place it in here it might fall down in one of the crevices there It might be difficult to get out, but I'm going to risk it because Otherwise, I'll definitely lose this so I'm just going to lay that across his chest close the canopy and we have Ooh, that's tight come on That canopy is a tight fit. There we go We have the complete and assembled Gijo Starfighter from 1993 you probably know this vehicle is also a reissue of The Cobra Stellar Stiletto with a few differences It has the spring-loaded missile launcher and the missiles that go with it. That's different from the Cobra Version and of course, it's white instead of red. I am partial to the red, but it's this is acceptable It's fine for what it what it is But we did it we assembled In 1990s GI Joe vehicle fresh out of the box not a sealed box But we did have some sealed parts sealed action figure fresh sticker sheet and some of the Pieces were still on the plastic trees, so we got to break those out. We still got mostly the experience of assembling Brand new vehicle. Thank you everyone for watching this vehicle And thank you everyone for watching any of my videos. This is really awesome and special. There's the the box There is the Starfighter with with sci-fi in it and his little silver laser gun Thanks again. Thanks for watching this. I hope you enjoyed it By the time you see this you will have already seen a review for this, but now you can see where it came from. I actually Opened this thing up and assembled it myself And everything is crisp and new and it's hard to get much more mint than that So I hope you enjoyed this and I hope you enjoyed the review of it Thanks everyone for watching. I'll be back next time with a full GI Joe toy review I hope to see you there and I hope to see you at Joe con. Thanks for watching. I'll see you next time