Okay, let's try that hello everyone Let's see if we are live now. It says we're live. That'd be cool if we were live Okay, I gotta okay for future live streams, I have to do something about that lighting that is not Working for me. Hold on a second. Let me let me switch this light on and see if it makes any difference Hold on that help it all that balance it out. Maybe a little bit Yeah, so all right, so lesson learned this is not the best lighting for a live stream That light is in the wrong position. It's really just You know blasting light on the top of my head. So that's kind of weird But anyway, hey everybody, how you doing? Who we got here? We've got Jumper general and elk hills and man of action and mcdj acdc small town machine shop killer weasor Harado and Beta Ray Bob and Matt and Mavargo and Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse and gas and Matt Same Matt, sorry, that's Matt twice hello twice to Matt. Hey GI Gary Mike and Kelden and Rob. Hey, it's Rob.  Hey, nice to see you. Hey Burgess and turd Ferguson Hello Jeffrey and Daniel and James and Pat Counter claws nice to see you. Good to see everyone here. We've got a lot to talk about. It's been an eventful week It's been an eventful day So I do want to say a few specific things about the hazelab sky striker We will get to that There's so much to say But I'm gonna give everybody a chance to settle in here before we get started Who who else has come in our RTD one live on tape from Hollywood? Hello, Joseph and JB Greetings, San Diego from the United States Hurricane and Steve and And GI claymore and Jason nice to see you Jason in Paul All right, cool watching in Virginia Beach. Hello, Virginia Beach from the United States Hello bones Bones the PhD candidate. That's that's nice if that's true. That's really cool. I thought about going for a PhD But I had been in school for so long so so long Um, hello Michael Pytel or hey everyone, okay, so Eight one three. Hey, cool. Um, so yeah, that's awesome. Hello everyone. It's nice to see you all I'm gonna just Give everybody everybody a chance to show up and settle in and get comfortable I've got some thoughts on the sky striker The hazelab sky striker And I want to talk about the good and the bad there's um There's there's actually a lot to thought to talk about here. There's um Uh I It's not a black and white issue. Um, and I did end up backing it and Uh, despite that I I understand why some folks wouldn't hello James aka rat face. How do you do? Uh case on hello Uh, and parik boylan, uh, how hello, how do you do? Um My fourth degree and the dissertation is kicking my Hey, it's comic tropes Hi chris. How you doing? Hold on.  Is this working now? Okay, hey I'm back. Okay. Hey cool. Wow. That really sucked. All right. Sorry about that. Yeah, internet was working great all day until now When I need it most so of course, this is when everything breaks down This is where everything just gets destroyed. Hang on a second now. I the Chat needs to be popped back out again. Hold on There we go and move this over here Like so and then move that like so All right. Hey, we're back in business. All right. Um Wow, that got me really sidetracked and where was I so who's come in since I? Uh had my little snafu. Uh, hello gl golf and uh, eric and greg Uh and mike and matthew and nyquist and bob's dungeon. Uh, hello everyone Sorry if I missed you. Okay. Uh, hello cobra commander. We're back Uh and robert. Uh, hey there. Um, and white vegeida. Uh, nice to see you Oh my gosh. Okay. All right. That was that was not fun Um, if I were to list Uh, lot if I were to list every fun thing to do that would not be on the list. Hey sparkster. How you doing? Uh, hello, shon Um, okay Yes, I uh, yeah, all I had to do is reverse the polarity. It works great now Uh, and I'm sure there's a lag. I mean after all of that, there's got to be a lag, right?  Hey nice to see you. Haven't uh, talked to you for a while. It's really nice to see you there Uh, or gi golf. I think I said gl golf, but there's an underscore there. Hello gi golf Uh, hello gussie and cyclonus And jesus, uh, hola Uh, hello pedro and seymour and herald Uh, uh, yeah, so cool. Uh, hello, uh bat um Looks like the the sky striker might just hit the first tier. Yeah, the the first stretch goal is in sight I do want to um Talk about the sky striker and I have a lot to say So once I get going, I probably will not be able to Look at the chat for a little bit until I've said my piece Um, so I'm giving in a minute before I get going because once I get going Then I'm not stopping. I'm not I'm gonna say everything I gotta say I'm gonna get it all out there.  Hey nice to see you. Uh, hello also to rick Um, uh before I get started though, I do want to point out that today is tuesday That means there is a new video from timmer, uh from half the battle He reviewed uh sub zero from the mortal combat line That is out now. Uh, so make sure you support our friends and People who are making good content For gi joe also, um I wanted to mention the show peg warmers, uh with my friend kevin. Uh, he has that going. Uh, it's uh Kind of related to all of toy collecting and it's really cool. Plus. I really like kevin So if you haven't checked out peg warmers, um, that's a great show. I try to Keep up with that as much as possible and he's gonna have a new episode tomorrow at seven And uh, why not since he's in here? Um, I'll say, uh, make sure you check out, uh comic tropes Not exactly toy related more comic book related but comic tropes is an excellent channel Really nicely researched and presented. Um, I do enjoy that very much Um, and a sparkster is here too. Um, I shouldn't forget that sparkster also has Uh, has a youtube channel about, uh, transformers. So there's some crossover there. I know, uh, I know folks in in this, uh, folks, uh, in this, um, um Fandom also often like transformers. Uh, so yeah, do check out, uh, the other folks there Uh, while we're at it and this this live stream will be a lot about, um Uh, the has lab sky striker, but I'm working up to it. I'm working up to it Um, yeah Uh, let's see. Where are we now? Uh, and who's not in here? I'll have a happy accident Uh, yeah, um See rob irris airy likes comic tropes. I like comic tropes as well Uh, currently sky striker is at 12,435 backers So and there are, uh, there's three hours and 49 minutes left to go. Uh, and, um, Uh, that that first stretch goal then is within reach Um, but I am not going to advertise I'm not here to advertise for the the has lab sky striker or any other has lab I have some things to say about it, but I'm not going to sell that to you Um, if you if that's something that you want to do and you want to back You've already made that decision. Uh, and you should go with the best choice for you. So I'm not I'm not gonna jump on uh here and uh And sell for hasbro But I do have some things to say about it some good some bad, uh, some thoughts some just general thoughts And we'll we'll get into it. Um, we'll talk about all of it. Uh, but I oh I saw magnus. Hello, magnus Uh, just draw stopping in real quick. Well, thanks for stopping in. I appreciate it Um, I am I am absolutely glad that the Sky striker got funded. Um, that uh, there there could have been some negative implications for not getting funded Oh, robert sends sends a super chat Uh Let me sell it sky striker Yeah, all right, you can sell it you've officially sold it you bought the advertising space You know, that's hey, that's uh, that's totally within your uh privilege Um So yeah, see more we will talk about the whole thing we will talk about the whole thing I'm gonna give it a few more minutes and then I will I will dive in. Um, because I although the this Livestream will be a lot about the sky striker. I don't want to be entirely about the sky striker I'd like to have some time to talk about some other things um Nonstop haunts says I feel the ground crew stretch goal makes the most sense Uh, it's the first stretch goal rather than scarlet. Yeah, I agree with that Just a super chat because I like what you thank you very much, uh, chris from comic tropes I like what you do as well. I like what you do very much. Hey, there's photo viper Nice to see you photo viper and robert long. How do you do? Oh and the killer weasel sends a super chat as well So are you going to exchange eight one three instead of seven eight eight? Yeah, I guess Uh, if I wanted to be modern, I guess I would have to but I'm an old-fashioned guy So I'm gonna stick with the classic seven eight eight. Good question though. Good question You know, that means I'm I'm out of step with modern society as usual Uh, by the way, we are having some egg nog Uh with with no alcohol in it. I'm I'm not drinking alcohol right now Uh, kind of off of alcohol for a bit. So, uh, this is this is non spiked egg nog There is nothing in this egg nog except egg and nog Hey, joe hunter Should have been ripcord first that also would have been a nice choice and I do want to talk about those stretch goals um The stretch goals like some of them were not bad But um But the order in which they were tiered I think could have been thought out a little bit better also a non-stop pop is uh, jeff Adams and I want to say hi to jeff. I've actually been talking with jeff quite a bit about the sky striker today So, um, hello jeff um Yes, yes, uh 612 rebel uh our secret rebel. I am drinking an egg nog, but only with the egg and the nog anyway okay, so Yeah, we're about 16 minutes in it's time. Let's let's dive in. Okay. Let's talk about the the Uh has lab sky striker. So uh has hasbro through its has lab crowdfunding feature Okay. Yeah now i'm getting connection problems again. 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We're good All right now Okay, so where was I so the um Hasbro, uh the great and powerful Um used its has lab crowdfunding um feature to present a Uh, a sky striker project. This is a crowdfunding project So it needs to get a certain number of backers in order to be funded to actually be made um and uh Today Which was the last day? Of the the window in which it could be funded. It did get funded There were also some stretch goals Um, and it looks for the most part as though the stretch goals are not going to be met except Um, perhaps for the first one. Um, we are Less than 500 backers away from, uh, the first stretch goal Which is a A scarlet In a flight suit a scarlet o-ring action figure in a flights flight suit. Um, so And it's uh the Sky striker the whole project. Um, it's about 230 dollars in order to back it. Okay, everybody follow Um, there were some folks that really didn't Like that idea. We're not keen on it and um, I think that that's reasonable. Um I think there are reasonable reasonable reasons to um To be hesitant to spend that much money on a Sky striker and let's so let's talk about that. Um I did back it. So obviously, um, I I found reasons to back it Uh, but I want to talk about like the pros and the cons What I usually do is I like to talk about The positive first and then come back around and talk about the negative side of things But hey kojo nice to see kujo um But I'm gonna flip it this time and I'm gonna talk about the negative first But then I'll talk about the positive after that So, uh, there are some reasons why someone might not back the Has lab sky striker and some of them are reasonable. Some of them are not But uh, some reasonable reasons Would be that you just don't have the enough money. It's it's expensive It's a lot for a sky striker. Now you get extra bits It's not just the sky striker you get extra bits But uh, but it's still a lot and If you don't have it then, you know That you're kind of cut out of that as an option um The timing Is also bad and that Exacerb exacerbated people's money issues because it's close to the holidays Even if you have money, you may want to spend it on something else Uh, given the time of the year it is and If if if you want to spend your money on those things like other things holiday things then you you should Um, I I I don't think anybody should um Uh Should make the choice of having between having a good holiday or buying a a plastic toy. I think that's That's an easy choice Some people just be not wanted just don't want a sky striker There have been other sky strikers made. This is it's not like this one. This is going to be Constructed differently. It's going to be a different sky striker. It's retooled and all of that but um But uh, but there have been other sky strikers and And you may just not want another one You may have a lot of them and you just don't need another sky striker And and I can understand that one a counter argument that I have seen Is that it also comes with a lot of figures and they are o-ring figures We haven't gotten gizio o-ring figures for quite a long time So getting new o-ring figures along with the sky striker is kind of a big deal So it might be worth it to you for just the figures And to that I would say well, maybe um, it depends on how much value you put on those figures And even with the stretch goals Which may not be met, but even if they are That's a good number of figures, but is it two hundred and thirty dollars worth of figures Maybe uh, it really depends on if you want those specific figures and if If any of those figures, you know, you don't want then it probably isn't worth it just for the figures So as a threshold question You have to want a sky striker. It's not there aren't enough figures to just Spend two hundred and thirty bucks on the figures and then, you know, keep the sky striker in the box You have to want a sky striker first To really make it worth it including the figures so I can I can see folks that had a problem with that another um Another issue that people may have is that they they're not fans of has lab And um, and I can understand that as well. This is corporate crowdfunding. This is essentially a pre-order A contingent pre-order It's a contingent on, you know enough pre-orders coming in to fund the project But I I've always kind of had a problem with corporate crowdfunding like this I view crowdfunding as Something that is for an independent creator For some kind of dream project that never, you know, would never see the light of day If it didn't get backing through crowdfunding Hasbro is a corporation and a very large one You know that they are not the underdog. It's not a mom and pop operation And they are not independent creators So I think it's a little bit of a A misuse of the crowdfunding The purpose of crowdfunding it's a misuse of the purpose of crowdfunding you might say And yeah, I I get that as well I I understand the the business reason why this model is chosen and why it works and the model does work Um There are several projects that did get funded And you know these toys exist and they would not otherwise have existed if it hadn't been funded in this way. So Um Hasbro is doing fine with this model and they're not going to stop doing it You know while they're Having successes at it, but um, yeah, I I get it. It the there's um Um I can't I kind of share those concerns Um I you know, I don't I don't hate Hasbro. There are people out there that that hate Hasbro and I You know, I I can't I can't say I don't don't understand, but you know Hasbro Hasbro is A corporation and they run as corporations do um they're they're They make toys and other forms of entertainment, but they're not in the business of making toys and other forms of entertainment They're in the business of making money and they make money by making toys and other entertainment So that is you know, that's their motivation and it just has to be understood that way But Hasbro owns gijo and that's not going to change ever So if we get any gijo any new gijo Uh, it's it's Hasbro is only going to do that if Hasbro can make money That's just the the nature of the beast um but um Yeah, I I I don't go in for corporate worship. Uh, that's that's one of the reasons why I was not enticed to go to has con Anybody remember has con? Um, that's that thing that they did Uh in lieu of Joe con and bot con Um, and it just is a it's a misunderstanding A misinterpretation of the relationship between the Customer and the the toy company um People are fans of gijo. People are fans of Transformers people are fans of I don't know my little pony But people are not Hasbro fans Hasbro is the company that makes those things But we're not out here like Playing with Hasbro logos. We're not, you know We understand that Hasbro has to make a profit and Hasbro is a business But we're not Hasbro fans. It's that's not That's not the relationship that kids have with toys. That's not the relationship that Adult collectors have with toys and we are Okay Still cutting out damn it Um, okay, um What can I do about this? What can I do about this? Okay, can can anybody hear me just raise your hand if you can hear me. Sorry about this I can see I can see in my little feed here that this is uh Yeah, it's it's buffering quite a lot And my indicator here is in the red Come on. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry Okay, all right. See now it's saying it's got an excellent connection, but I haven't I didn't change anything Okay, how geez how bad is the lag? Um, this is I haven't had a problem like this with my internet connection in a long time Uh, okay killer weasers says do you think the price of the sky striker is worth it? Like the price of a proton pack, uh, and one um Um, I It is worth it for me. Uh, assume. Um, uh, yes, I thank you. Thank you chris. I appreciate that Um, um Yeah Okay, all right. Hold on Okay, all right I have no idea if this is working. It says no data Uh, thank you jason if you can hear me That doesn't help me Okay Ah, okay, stop that Okay, all right. Well, I might be back. Okay. Hey, okay. Cool. All right. Um All right, uh, we'll see I'll try to talk fast because I don't know how long this is gonna work Uh, this really sucks. I apologize. Um, I will try to uh figure out what the problem is and not have this problem in the future Uh, but uh, thank you everyone who's stuck with me. We got 168 viewers right now Uh, that's awesome. I really appreciate it. Um, where was I? Okay. Yeah, so um Yeah, as I was saying, this is why I wasn't enticed to go to has con. Um, because I That's that feels like just straight corporate worship to me. Um, and I that I'm I don't I'm not into that. Um, so Um, yeah, I I also have a little bit of a problem with like large corporations using the crowdfunding method to essentially take pre-orders or you know put feelers out for pre-orders for Higher in product That they could You know, they could produce Or produce a lower inversion of it for mass retail But it is what it is. This is the model that is being used right now and I understand that Um, uh Another reason you might Not want to back it is that you're just a vintage collector and it's not a vintage gi joe Toy and that would have been my position for a lot of the time when I was collecting Um, I only collected vintage gi joe. I didn't collect anything modern Um, but I have opened the door to some modern, um, collecting a little bit I'm not a complete completist by any means, uh for Modern gi joe stuff, but you know, I I started getting some gi joe classified figures and I actually liked them I ended up liking them a lot more than I expected. So I'm glad that I opened myself up to Uh, collecting some modern gi joe besides just vintage, but I'm still primarily primarily a vintage Uh gi joe collector Um So there is no modern gi joe release that I absolutely need I can get some things because I want them, but I don't need any of them if it's not vintage that I don't have Um, I don't have an actual need for it Um, so yeah, if you're a vintage collector, don't feel bad about not buying something that isn't within you the scope of your collecting, uh, but um, one thing I want a couple a couple Things that I have seen around The fan community that I I'm not very fond of Is um, like shaming people for not spending money Uh, I I don't like that. Um I I'm more than dislike it. I actually really kind of hate it and I that that can Stop happening anytime. That's really not cool um I I came from a very working class background. My family usually did not have a lot of money Um, I did get some gi joe toys when I was a kid But a lot of those I bought myself because I worked mowing lawns and things to get money to buy them, but um money was always short and Uh Shaming someone for not spending money is like a sin. I I really don't like that And I have been seeing some of that going around Uh, so that can stop Uh, I I will not support that and in fact when I see it, I'll probably call it out. I I I really dislike that Nobody Whether you want to back a sky striker or not That that's got to be your own choice and don't let anybody shame you into doing anything Especially spending money If you don't want to spend the money on the sky striker for whatever reason Even if you have the money and could do it and you just choose not to that is still your choice And I I'll back you 100 percent. I'll back that before I back the sky striker Um, another thing that I think is not reasonable is hoping that it the hoping that it fails You may not like the sky striker You may not like has lab. You may not like hasbro You may not like Modern toys. You may have a hundred other reasons for not liking it or not wanting to do it Uh, but hoping that it fails Is I think self-defeating um Master son, I would rather have gotten the last tier with the flag crewman. Yeah me too. Um, I do want to address that I wish they would have offered all seven color Shirt crew for air ops. That also would have been cool. That would have been very cool Um, and I do want to talk about the and I see peg warmers in here. Hello peg warmers Hello cobra island. I'm doing well. I hope you're doing well as well as well um, so but here's the thing Gijo has to make hasbro money if we're going to continue getting gijo anything um If we're going to get gijo anything So it's not a uh situation where well if this thing fails Then hasbro might give us something else that we like better. I I don't think that it's gonna work out that way if gijo projects movies toy lines Continue to fail Uh, then what's more likely to happen is we just won't get anything Which is a condition that we had not that long ago. Does anybody remember when we had no gijo of any kind anywhere? Uh, that was not that long ago and that lasted for a while And to continue getting gijo in any form Uh, hasbro has to see That uh that it can make money and not only make money, but make more money by giving us more kinds of gijo Successful campaigns successful movies successful toy lines um give hasbro opportunities to To produce more and different kinds of gijo uh merchandise and uh media Uh, so if something is coming along that you don't like Uh, the more successful these Things these projects are the more There is a chance that something will come along that you do like But that's not gonna happen if um If gijo continues to fail Now there have some been some successes the classified line seems to be doing very well But the snake eyes movie did not do well And you know, there was a risk that this has lab thing wouldn't do well and um, that that would not be a good sign It wouldn't necessarily be the death knell of gijo at this exact moment But it's not a good trend and if you want more gijo Uh, that's that kind of trend is Is not how you get there so um that Also, like I just I like for people to get what they want I know that not every gijo fan likes the same stuff that I do and Not only is that okay I I am happy about that if there's a if there's something that you want Out of gijo that is different from what I want You know, I'll just I can just pass it up. You know, I've got plenty of stuff that I like But that doesn't mean I you shouldn't get the thing that you want so Yeah, uh I I know that some people liked the snake eyes movie more than I did um And even though I would have liked to see things go differently I'm still happy that you got a movie that you liked. I'm happy that you got some toys from that movie that you liked I hope you liked the toys But here's cobra law is a great example. There are some gijo fans that love cobra law I mean really love it. I mean that they latched onto that and that became their entry point to gijo That wasn't me and I don't really understand that Uh, but I can't be mad at somebody enjoying something So, yeah, even if I didn't back the sky striker I still would have wanted it to fund if for no other reason than for those who wanted it to get it So, um, I'm happy that those who want it are going to get it. So, um So, that's that's good and I want to talk about like some of the Some of the positives and kind of the some of the reasons that I came down on On backing it Um, so I've kind of I've got the negative out of the way Uh, at least, you know, most of it. I might have a little bit here and there, but you know, those are a lot of the The things that I'm seeing when I look around the fan community Um And a lot of those things I don't disagree with some of the I do disagree with but some I don't disagree with Um, so, uh, I think it's perfectly reasonable if you do not want This item To not get this item and nobody should make you feel bad about that either I just don't think it's reasonable to if you don't want this item to hope that this item fails That I do not think is reasonable um So but let's talk about I don't want this is not intended to be a downer. So let's let's let's walk it back Let's walk it back a little bit and let's talk about some of the plus side. Okay um So like I said, the the threshold question is Do you want a sky striker? You have to want a sky striker in order for this to be worth it Uh with all of the figures put together um, it's it's not $230 doesn't quite cover just the value of the figures you have to want the sky striker first um Well, in fact, I do want a sky striker I am interested in seeing what they do with the sky striker Um, they are fixing some problems that I have with and I have it right here The vintage sky striker one of the things they're fixing is this deal right here Where the sweep wing lever is also connected to the landing gear So you cannot have the wings swept back and the landing gear Down so that is something that is being fixed in The haz lab version Um, it's got it's got some extra bits. It's got some blast effects and things like that. Uh, so There are enough differences from the vintage sky striker that I want to take a look at it I want to put the two side by side. So I'll get a review out of it. I will get a video out of it I will absolutely review this thing when I get it and yeah, I'll show you every Every nook and cranny Um, and if you want to buy one on the aftermarket, you'll get a good look So that you can decide whether or not you want to pick one of these things up after the fact So, yeah So if the if the threshold question is whether you want a sky striker for me, the answer Is yes, I do um The timing still sucks. The timing this close to the holidays is not good Obviously it didn't hinder the thing from getting backed and getting funded But uh, yeah the timing Absolutely could have been better and how are we doing now? Let me see Uh, we are at, uh, 12,795. So we'll probably hit that first stretch goal. We there's still three hours to go um Another reason I came down on the side of um Of backing the sky striker Um, I could have I could have taken a chance about oh crap. It's really it's going down again, isn't it? Uh, can you hear me? Hey, can everybody hear me because this is saying that my internet connection is is crap again um Yeah Yeah, we're just getting to the good stuff Why is it gonna have this problem now? um Okay, thank you. Um Okay, okay, okay Okay, well you can hear me at least okay All right, thanks. Well, you know what I'm plowing through and this is either gonna work or won't but whatever um, okay, so um A principle that I would consider to be um You can hear perfectly. Okay. Uh a principle that I would consider to be a higher principle than um than standing up against uh, you know Corporate uh, uh misuse of crowdfunding um I hope it's working The but the principle that motivates me more is that I believe in gf with my dollars against has lab um Although, you know, I can understand why people would take that position and and I get that um Yeah, the yeah, I don't know know about that but yeah anyway um Audio has never cut the image can buffer. Okay. There's nothing to look at anyway. It's just it's just my mug uh in in my mug with um My mug with uh with eggnog um, so that that means more to me it means more to me that g i joe succeed and Uh every g i joe project whether it is something i'm interested personally in and or not uh the success of g i joe Uh matters to me um The the the g i joe retro line the walmart exclusive line that was not really retro and it was all modern Uh, I wasn't especially interested but I still wanted to see it succeed You know, I want uh hasbro to make enough money on g i joe that they try other things That they give us other options And the more g i joe succeeds the more types of g i joe we are likely to get So we'll like and approve um So yeah, that that's really what it came down to I do want a sky striker um The sky striker for me is far more important than the figures the figures are of moderate interest to me at best The sky striker is more interesting um But uh, yeah, I want g i joe to win. I want g i joe to succeed and um And that that matters to me that is personally important to me and uh, despite the fact that I laid out some concerns Some problems that I had with it um the uh My desire to see g i joe succeed, uh Is makes more of a difference to me um There have been some suggestions some alternatives To the sky striker that might have been uh funded a bit more quickly or been a bit more successful um I think the uss flag or the defiant were probably too big for a first project But one alternative that keeps being put out there is a night raven Like a vintage we've gotten several sky strikers. We haven't gotten as many night ravens We got like that movie night raven the the one from which um um Which was not uh Yeah, I hope I hope I hope some of this is working hang on Like it keeps bouncing um Another thing is like the the first stretch goal is a scarlet action figure With a flight suit, but it's the flight suit is the ace body With a scarlet head head on it and they're already doing the ace body They are already got that mold for uh for ace So just putting a new body on that and calling that a stretch goal The last stretch goal is just not very likely to to make it um so Yeah, the the flight crew being the the Figures that I most wanted are the ones that are least likely to Be included now there are the cobra figures. So let's not forget the cobra figures So three cobra figures coming including a swivel arm mickey mouse cobra commander Um, which I absolutely do want because I want to stack that thing Up to the vintage one and compare them um, so Yeah, am I am I gone now? Okay, now it says excellent connection Yeah, something something's not right here. Something's interfering. I'm gonna figure this out Next live stream is gonna go smoothly. I swear Yeah, non-stop pop. That's exactly correct. The last stretch goal is the one I wanted the most um So I think that's everything I had to get off my chest uh about um About the sky striker If you didn't back it and you had reasons That's cool. I totally get it But you know, don't don't shoot your your Fellow collectors in the foot, uh, you know, don't undermine what other collectors want by hoping that a project fails I that's just not It's not very nice. Uh, it's not Kind to your fellow collectors And I think it's ultimately self-defeating if you would like to see something else if you'd like to see something um Something else something different something that's more along the lines of of what you would like to see Excuse me, but yes, um there. I've said my piece and it's almost eight o'clock. I'm gonna stay on a little bit longer Um Because my connection has been so crappy and I apologize for that Uh, I'm just gonna hang out for a little bit longer because I've said my thing that I want to say about the sky striker I'd like to see if you guys have anything else you'd like to to copy to talk about so um So let's uh, let's move on shall we um, I hope what I said made sense Robert says 12,872 that 13,000 goal is very much within reach it. They very well could make it So we could get a a scarlet in a on an a scarlet head on an ace body that That's our that's our stretch prize Uh, yeah, danny. I I'd like to see it more all encompassing I understand and support the the fact that people have their preferences people like things and dislike things and That's not only is that allowed. I think that's actually good um, but What I I think is not reasonable and not fair is to Uh to insist that the thing that your preferences be the only thing that anyone gets Uh, and that nobody else should be able to have their their preferences that differ from yours um, and I think Maybe in some of my older videos, I Uh, I didn't follow that principle very well, but I'm trying to do that do it better now I'm trying to Um You know, I'm trying I'm trying to be a better member of the community Um, and and I hope that You know, I I can't force other people to and I even if I could I wouldn't But I can just try to be an example Of, you know, the right way to treat, you know friends and the right way to treat other members of the community Um, I may not always succeed, but I can try I can do my best And that's what we're gonna do. We're gonna give it our best shot Um, so what do we got? Hey, Ryan Sweeney Um Oh, thank you very much, Ryan. Uh, thank you. I very much appreciate that um Joe Bader Ray Bob says anyone else planning on going to joe fest 2022 if I can afford to go Uh, I absolutely will go. I just bought a sky striker. So we'll see but uh, if if I can swing it I absolutely want to go. I'm I I miss everyone. I really want to go to a convention again um, haven't been to uh, joe fest for a couple years and Really really want to go. Um, so that was I had so much fun at Uh, joe fest at the one the one that I was able to go through or go to before, you know, the pandemic and all of that But I had so much fun so much fun um No robo joe no sky striker Somebody gets you a robo joe and just I'm waiting for a classified robo joe. Somebody make that happen um um Yeah, and uh, um, yeah k.m. And I don't try to speak for the fans. I really like for people to speak for themselves Um, I think the only voices that that I would object to are just voices that would try to drown out everyone else. Um So hopefully everybody can uh, respect everybody else's opinion and you know, um Uh, and yeah go uh Just support support each other but if Rally around something that you enjoy rally around something that you love not not just some Don't just complain about stuff that you hate Rally around the things that you love and make it better um And that's that's what i'm trying to do. Uh, even when I Even when I really dislike something and I've reviewed some toys that I really disliked I've always tried to find something positive to say about it. Um, something real and positive Not just making something up But you know somebody had the idea of making that toy even if it turned out to be ridiculous Somebody thought it was a good idea And it appealed to somebody Somebody bought it Maybe not a lot of people but somebody picked that thing up and thought that was a cool toy and they wanted it and they Played with it and that might have been their favorite gi joe And even if I don't like it, I still try to understand that and I think it's Maybe lazy To to not try to see Uh, something positive. What do you got postage money, uh, uh to the mail hoodie, uh to joe confine thing Yeah, uh, thank you the fly attractor. I appreciate that that that may be how I have to get to to joe fest or But um, yeah, I miss I miss the convention so much. I I really do. Um The joe cons that I went to the joe fest that I went to Um, those are great memories. Um And oh, robert monti sends a super chat a big one. Um towards sky striker. Merry christmas. Thank you very much robert Thank you. Um, and thank you for your support. You've supported the channel for a long time And I have noticed and I I really do appreciate that um And the killer reiser says start a hoodie cocoa fest hoodie cocoa fest 2022 Who said that there was I think um, uh comic tropes had uh mentioned something like that. Yeah You know, I have no idea how How to put together a convention, but ed who puts the who does uh, uh joe fest manages to do it and it's like That is that's got to be stressful. That has got to be so stressful um Jeff says why is there uh, not larry homa appearances and joe films all uh stan lee Well, I think they were gonna try to do that and they did put a cameo in snake eyes and if If they continue to do gi joe movies, I think they might do something like that I at least they I think they were kind of hinted uh at it Say I could I could start a my own convention And I know at least two people would go That's cool. At least two people would go to my convention It'll be we'll need a very small space Not a lot of vendors No artist alley none Uh, no room for it. There's only two people attending Um Yeah, hoody cocoa fest um So uh Schmow schmow dog would also go so now we got three people we got three people. Hey, you know Three's company like the like the sitcom But yeah, so I've tried to go a little bit longer to try to make up for the Connectivity issues that I was having and I'm really sorry about that. I am going to wrap it up here in just a minute Oh, thank you rob vegas Says a great community here. Thank you htc for getting me inspired to get out the gi joes and have so much fun here on YouTube cheers from melbourne cheers melbourne from the united states. Thank you very much rob And thank you. You've supported the channel for quite a while too and I I do notice that and I do appreciate that very much Um, tell us what's on the shelves. Okay. Well, these are just some Vehicle boxes because I didn't have anywhere else to put them, but I've got some I've got some classified I've got lady jay in plent here and I've got the movie baroness and I've got major blood And then like over here. I've got zartan and the regal cobra commander and I've got the The regular release baroness here and I've got my cardboard play button and my uh, my Cobra commander laser pistol and then My beer stein and my His tank three my extra one the one that I didn't open and then I've got some more I've got the the movie snake eyes and Storm shadow up there. So that's what's on my shelf and then some books some books I've got here's something that we need to do In the not too distant future and that is we need to do story time Maybe next time we can do story time because I still have these um These find your fate books And that's always fun. We haven't done that for a while. We need to we need to do story time You know what? I'm going to Guarantee that we will do story time next week unless I forget And I will try not to I will really try not to forget Um, but yeah, um, so that's that's the stuff on my shelves and some some other books Some are reference books. Here's one Here's one to google Yeah, yeah google that one. Anyway, um Uh, yeah, a hoodie coco fest grilling in the backyard. That's that's yeah, that's about right. That's about my speed. Hey draws Um, so, uh, yeah, okay. I am gonna wrap it up. Um, I am getting kind of tired. It's been a long day Um, I have been working working on video stuff working on video stuff Um, there's a lot of stuff that's coming out really soon Um, I have been producing a lot but you know going back and looking at the stuff that I've put together It needs to get better from a technical ask A technical point of view it needs to get better But i'm working on that. Um, it's not been very difficult to uh to start making videos again But I it is a little bit difficult to Get back to the quality Excuse me the quality of videos that I did like they're just some small things that um That are easy to miss but they make a difference in the quality of video. So um I'm I need to I I'm working on it. I'm working on it. So If if there are any small issues in videos that are going to come out within the next couple weeks I can assure you those things will get better. I am paying attention Uh, I am you know evaluating the work that I'm putting out and I am making notes to fix certain things So it's going to get better Lead red laser cinema Um, oh, yeah, I almost forgot. So this is the 1982 Uh cobra missile command headquarters. So that's the original one. I also have the The file card holder This is the was it 2017 Uh reissue the re-release Um, I did a video in which I assembled this thing And I also included it in a A comparison in my review of this one. So, uh, yeah Um, this that I'm actually really happy. This is one of my grail pieces. I'm really happy to have that um Give us one more hour on celebrity gossip. That is that is very tempting Uh, what what's what celebrities do I have to gossip about? Uh, my gosh, you know, this is something I've never paid close attention to the private lives of celebrities Uh, I just it just never even Like actors and performers that I really like Um For the most part I I don't I don't dig into their personal business. It just feels like a violation to like Digging into their private lives. It just doesn't seem like it's any of my business Um, but obviously lots of other people do Um Yo, joe banjo. Um, yeah, it's it's kind of the end, but I'm still going I'll I'll keep going for a little while. I had serious bandwidth issues which seem to be cleared up now Uh, robert sends a super chat a 13 k hit Uh, oh, okay. So yeah 16 000 uh backers means, um Yeah, and uh, uh, jeff also sent me the the same thing. So I I I got the same information from two sources. It's like stereo um Yeah, so there are 13 000 backers of the sky striker now, uh, that means we will get the scarlet with the, um The who's it what the the flight suit The scarlet with the flight suit. I'm not terribly worked up about the scarlet with the the flight suit The night force ripcord would be kind of cool. I would like that But that flight crew the flight crew is is i'm pretty sure well out of reach But that's the one that I wanted the most um Sears full of holy grails for joes. Yeah hasbro seemed to have had a really good relationship with sears uh, they produced a lot of sears exclusives even going back to like The 12 inch line before real american hero gi joe. There were some sears exclusives um Oh, yeah fattie arbuckle maybe in some trouble. Thank you rob. That is quite a deep reference. Um Yes, fattie arbuckle had like a Uh an accusation of a of a murder. It was a scandal Uh, that's something to to look into if you're not aware of it Um And if you're not aware of it, you probably are not even aware of who fattie arbuckle is but he he was a very famous person He was indeed very very famous um Commentary, so I don't have enough space my house for something as big as the sky striker. Should I support the haz lab? Um And just keep it on top of my roof.  It's gonna get airborne You know you get some lift under those wings and some kid You know walking, you know down the street in neighborhood is going to be shocked shocked To see an airplane just just flying by his head So yeah, just put it on your roof and just keep the wings keep the wings out Um So yeah, I I want to I do want to see the thing side to side It's supposed to be almost exactly the same size as the vintage sky striker And on holding the vintage sky striker in my hands, which I haven't done for a little while Just reminds me of how much I love this thing it's Um, it's just so well made Like look at all that armament on the bottom Look at all those missiles the The drop tank We've got the removable engines. You've got the removable engine covers You've got our Our canopy with with two seats the the Haslab sky striker Cockpit is going to be a little bit more detailed in this But with the space available you can't it's not enough room to do a lot more detail, unfortunately Um, uh getting airborne and lift ticket Um Oh, yeah, we're getting a co-pilot too, right because on this thing there It has like the sticker that says Wayne Ruthle, which was an enneagram for the sky striker designer's name So we're going to actually get a figure with that name Um Yes, Brandon. I also love top gun. Uh, it's it's one of my favorite movies. It is Super cheesy. All right.  It is a silly movie in places, but I still love it it's it's still it's Lots of warm memories about the top gun.   I'm just I'm just enjoying holding on to this thing and looking at it. This is That's a beauty that that's a beauty That's That's really really nice Yeah, um, so anyway, let's see um Yeah, so, uh, sorry. I'm I'm I'm looking at the sky striker and not looking at the live chat. Sorry about that Oh, okay. Yeah, and it's uh My connection is going crappy. So, you know, I think this is I think this is the time to end it before uh, the Uh connection completely craps out. So hold on. Let me type this in in case I get cut off Okay, so Thank you, everyone. If you can hear me, um If you can't then I put it in the chat. So thanks everyone. Uh, it's been a great, uh live stream. Well, okay I I you guys have been great. The live stream has been cut out several times. So sorry about that That has not been great. But thank you everyone for being here. Uh, it really means a lot to me and um, I will do


But you know Seth Godin, the marketing guy, daily blog. He's got a secret section on his website for recipes and I found his recipe for the King of Dahl, Dahl Makhani. And what sold me on his King of Dahl was $9, 15 servings, complete protein. You can eat it for a week, you can freeze it, it reheats well and you can make it in 30 minutes in an Instant Pot. It's basically lentil stew. Part of it is making a garam masala, which is sort of the spice blend. By the way, I've had this on our backlog of things to make for like two years now. The problem all this time was I was intimidated by going to an Indian grocery store to find some of these ingredients. Our kids loved it. Even our youngest one, who pretty much is a little bit picky, but when we put Dahl in front of him, he went to town. This is so good, Judy. So he's handsome. And then we'll talk about the enhancements that you can do to make it better. Dude, it's Dahl. So today we're gonna show you the absolute easiest method of Dahl Makhani, the King of Dahl from South Dakota and here we go. All right, so we're gonna take two cups of Missouri lentil. So that's red lentil. So we're gonna rinse them and soak them for two to six hours.  His recipe calls for an inch of soft Mexican cinnamon. We couldn't find that. So we're just using about an inch of regular old cinnamon, a pinch of turmeric. I think that's just for color. And then he says two or three or six dried chili peppers. And then we're going to quote obliterate them in the blender. Using the eight ounce personal cup, you could really use any blender of any type here till you get kind of a fine powder. Smell it, it smells amazing. Smells like an Indian restaurant. Then we're gonna do another blend. And this is garlic and ginger and water. So we're gonna use three cloves of garlic, about a two inch hunk of ginger, and then about a cup of water and blend those all out together. So this is just like garlic, ginger, water. Kind of a funny stuff. So grab your instant pot. If you don't have one, as Seth Godin says, it'll pay for itself in a week. We have the medium sized one. We'll put a link to it down below. Again, highly recommend make the field trip to an Indian grocery store to buy all these seeds. If you really don't want to, we'll put links to all of these seeds that you can just have delivered to your house. It's gonna be a lot more expensive, but take out your instant pot and press the saute button. And we're gonna take two tablespoons of butter. We're using earth balance. We have Miyoko's brand in the fridge, would've been great too. And if you don't have that coconut butter, you can use traditional butter as well. And then we'll add the garam masala to the melted butter. It's gonna sizzle and mix it around for about a minute. Then we're gonna add the ginger, garlic, water mixture, mix that around too. Then take a 28 ounce can of cheap tomato puree. Pour the whole thing in and then fill that can up with water. Put that in. Now add the drained lentils, mix everything around, turn off the saute from the in spot and then flip it to beans. You can actually change the timer down from 30 minutes to 21 minutes. Lock the in spot and then it should just get started. I think when it says on, that means it's preheating. You're done. Yep, that's what it's supposed to do. Once the timer shows up, it will start counting down once it's fully preheated and pressurized. When the timer goes up, serve it hot over rice and add some cilantro. We also made some vegan naan with Nora Cooks' recipe. It took like five minutes. So this recipe was easy and it was good, but it could be better. Not sure why this recipe didn't call for onions. Next time, right after we add the garam masala to the butter, we would add a whole red diced onion. We probably add more garlic too instead of three cloves, maybe like five or six. This dish is traditionally a little bit creamy. So might consider adding a little bit of coconut milk, maybe like a fourth of a cup or half a cup. You could also make your own cashew cream. So half a cup of soaked cashews, half a cup of water, a squeeze of lemon juice and a teaspoon of salt blended. And of course, you can always add salt and pepper. Probably would have added a couple teaspoons of salt and a few shakes of pepper to the garam masala mixture. It'll last in your fridge for about five days. You can freeze it. We're using these super cubes. They're silicone trays, super awesome. Put a link to those too. Guys, I'm so glad we finally made this. I think this is gonna become a staple in our home, making it once a week. I said in the last video we made that this was the thing I wanted to learn how to do. And this is just one sort of step in learning how to use the Instant Pot, learning how to make doll. There's a million types of doll you can make. I think we can make this one better. Like I said, with onions and more garlic, it may be a little more cream. But I'm excited and feeling good that we did this. I really am. Hopefully more Instant Pot Vitamix recipes coming at you. So subscribe to our channel if you haven't already. And if you appreciate videos like this, hit that thumbs up. Thank you so much for watching guys and we'll see you in the next one. What do you think guys? I'm liking eating. What do you think of the doll? Good. It's good, right? It's so flavorful. Judy loves it. I love it too. I love that you love it.


Well anytime a midget Brainer battles in any sport you know it's going to be a good one it's called a rivalry for a reason for boys basketball could also carry some big momentum in the postseason next week next week it's also the regular season home finale for Warriors head coach Scott Stanfield his team get an upset win over the Lumberjacks well they came out firing Joey Sauer here finds Chris Carroll's driving the loop he puts it in seven nothing run seven nothing run to start the game but the Jacks pick up the defense Ryan Beiberdorf the steal takes it himself to the bucket that gets the visitors going the Warriors big man Taylor Shalito answers all 77 inches of them pulls up against the plus one to drop back and forth we go the Jacks filled with Spahn Cobb Hubbard pulls up for the jumper he knocks it down this one goes to overtime but she pulls away final score there 67-59 both teams with one game left in the regular season if you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS