I don't even know why I'm laughing, it's because it's weird because you're here next to me. Right. Serious. Okay. Hi everybody! Sam at Mixed Up Craft. Thank you for watching my tutorial today. This is another Mother's Day inspired tutorial, so I thought I'd bring in my mum. Hi! Say hello! Hello! Yes, so last year those of you that follow my channel would have remembered my Mother's Day series and my mum crafted with me and we made the rocker card. It was the rocker card wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And it was a good laugh and again those of you that may know or don't know, my mum's a crafter as well so it's really nice to be able to craft with someone that you love and it's my mum. So it's even better. So we have recently been to my grandmother, so my mum's mum, and we were looking through cards and we found this beautiful card which says Loving Wishes on Mother's Day and when you open it up it's got this beautiful little pop out part. Now this card is to my great, great, no to my great granny from my nanny. So it's my mum's grandmother.  So we know it's before that and she met granddad when? 21? Yeah. Yeah, around that time. So anyway, we've done the maths and it's between 50 and 60 years old and it's beautiful. These cards are just so lovely. They've got a real like kind of, I mean they're aged now but it's like a creamy colour but it's embossed and I just thought this is a Mother's Day card from way back then. Let's do a similar style today. So it brings us on nicely. This is the one that I've created and there's the front. Really pretty. This is using the first edition mariposa and then when you open it you have this pop up. So it's of a similar concept so it's got that rectangle piece like this one has, so you can see there but rather than obviously you can go in and cover it more if you want there, this has all been done through a machine and it's all been cut around that actual stamped image whereas I don't have that so I've gone and just done something different. So we've got this frame, you can see through the sides there so the profile is kind of that, that's how it would be because it would be open. I guess that person may want to display it open or have it closed. What do you think? I love it. I like it open. Yeah? Yeah. So we think it should be open, it would be like so. So I've finished it with those lovely little acetate butterflies and these paper flowers which are from Dovecraft and they are these ones here and you will see them in more detail later on today when I share the what did I get video because these were recently purchased so yeah they're by Dovecraft and I got them from the range and they're really really nice so I've used the purple ones there. So we've rambled on more than I usually do, well probably not actually I do talk quite a bit but anyway I like to talk. So let's crack on. Okay so I'm going to go through the beginning and the scoring as a normal tutorial but then you're going to see me and mum decorate and do all the kind of nice fun stuff. Yeah. So mum's just kind of sat here watching me so I've got a little template here which doesn't look like much but I know a lot of you do like it when I share the template. I've gone ahead and pulled out some of these yellow butterflies and there are the paper flowers in the yellow. Again Dovecraft same collection.  So it's a 5x7 card so I've already gone ahead here and cut myself a piece of 10x7 card stock and along the 10 inch side you just want to score it 5 and fold in half and that gives you your card base or you can use a pre-made card base it's up to you. Then to decorate the front I've got this white mat here which is a piece of five and three quarters by six and three quarters and then on top this is a piece of four and a half by six and a half so it's just dropping down there and you can see you get a nice frame. That's just all the main case then for the actual kind of pop-up mechanism inside which is this here. So this piece needs to be nine and three quarters by six and three quarters and first of all you want to score along the nine and three quarters side you want to score it two and one eighth and six and three eighths and then you want to flip it over and score at three and five eighths because we're going to be folding and burnishing them in different directions so if you flip the card stock over that would just stop any cracking.  Alright in fact I'm going to turn mine around now because you want that thicker side is what is this panel here okay again I just move this over a bit now like so so it's this panel so this is the orientation you want it in now alright. So that's all the scoring so I'm just going to get rid of that and then we can do some cutting and we need to mark a few little bits with a pencil and I'll grab my metal ruler. Okay so you should have these three score lines so one here one here and one here so this one this one and this one. What you want to do is come down on the first score line here so you've got your largest area on the left come down one inch and come up one inch and just mark with a pencil so I'm just going to lie this down and again just one inch there and then come up one inch there just lightly with a pencil and you can rub this out. Do you like watching this like free tutorial like live you're right right here next to me. It's really good really good. Okay so we basically just put a marker here and a marker here there and there now we want to do a marker here and a marker here so it's on the far score line so I'm just going to turn it so it faces me so you're working on the other end now again come up one inch and again come in one inch there. Okay next what we want to do pop it back again in that orientation she should have a pencil mark there there there and there so that one that one that one and that one. Now we want to create these little markers here and basically all of this white bit and all this here is this here so it's this bit is this bit here alright so this is what you're creating we need to remove these areas. Now once you know exactly what we're doing you can you may want to use actual dies for this if you've got a rectangle of something that's you know the long thin rectangles then you can just put dies through these centre bits as long as they don't overlap that score line and you need it to be at least three-eighths of an inch or more because that will then give you need that to be of some kind of strength I'm using 300gsm paper mill direct card stock if you've got you know 260 is what a lot of issues even 240 you know you want to make sure that that is no thinner than three-eighths of an inch like I said go bigger you can even do three-quarters if you want because you're adding stuff to it so all it's going to do is mean that frames wider if you're adding lots to it then that's fine but you can see their minds pretty strong because it's a strong card stock so see what you've got and then you can obviously decide so what we're going to do now is to make this marker here we're going to work from this score line here so this middle one so that's this one here you just want to come out by three-eighths of an inch which is what I'm doing but if you want to do more because you think your card stock is not very strong then you know do so so what I find easiest to do is if you line your ruler up from the two pencil marks that you just done so I'm just lining it up here wherever your ruler sits in the middle just count out three-eighths of an inch so one two three so I'm just putting a little marker and then one two three and a little marker there okay so I've just done that so I've literally just put my ruler in the middle wherever it lies there if you don't want to do it that way line it up with just this pencil mark and I can sit it at three-eighths there that's three-eighths there we go you can see then just mark with a pencil there either way whatever works best for you you might want to come down one inch on this score line as well and then come out by three-eighths of an inch so again come down one inch which is what that will be and then come out three-eighths of an inch so there's many ways to do it but I just find it easy just to lie your ruler right across and whatever you know marker it sits in in the middle here just count out one two three little pencil mark one two three okay now we're going to join all of those markers up so I'm going to join them again very lightly with your pencil because you don't want to see this and you want to be able to rub all out don't worry if they all go slightly over as long as they meet because that's where you're going to cut with your cutting knife or if you want you can use your trimmer I prefer using a cutting knife because I think I've got a bit more control and I can actually see the score lines better but if I bring that up now you can see what I've created that's that first score line second score line third score line and then you can see all those markers I've just gone through with you so now I've got this area here which is this one and then this area here which is this one and now we're going to remove it so I've got my metal ruler got my cutting knife what I find easiest first is cut right the way down the score line first in between the pencil mark so I'm cutting from that marker down to that marker okay don't cut up here or anything you've cut starting your cutting here we're removing this middle bit everything else needs to stay joined so pop your ruler down really push down hard and always make sure you angle your knife into your ruler and then go right down and then go along to the other pencil line so now I'm doing this one so down to that one because while you've got it in this orientation you might as well just know if you're slightly over I would say with this one go over the pencil mark away from the score line because it just means that frame will be a little bit bigger but it's best to go larger than go any smaller so again like so and then this one here I'm going to flip it around just so I can see the pencil marks I want to come larger than smaller like so and then the last one on that score line if you want to remove the the actual score line you can do okay then I'm going to pop it this way and now remove this section here don't just feel like cutting right across because you're just going to ruin all your hard work so you're just going ignore your pencil lines it's the actual and you know the crossing over the pencil lines because you're going to rub that out and then I've just done that one there and then flip it around I can already see it starting to drop away and then it should if there's little bits where it doesn't just go in and just don't cut anymore just push down with the knife and it should just take it out and if you've got any rough edges don't worry because we're going to cover it all with flowers so it's a really good card that if you've done it all and you think oh gosh you know gone over I've gone into the card don't worry about it because you're going to cover it and decorate it quite a lot I mean I guess I've kept my decoration quite minimal for me usually I go a bit over the top okay nice so it should all come away relatively easy so again if I flip that around now you can see there's the template we've got that I will take a picture of this template and I'll pop it up on my blog as well all right then I'm just going to remove any pencil marks and like I said if you think your corners are a little bit messy we're just going to cover them up my kind of okay so mum has already gone ahead she's done one earlier so this is mums already now I'm going to stamp mine you want to stamp and do all that kind of stuff before you fold and burnish it so it's best to do it all while it's flat okay so I'm going to just quickly stamp my little where did I put it okay so I'm just going to get this stumped here okay so mum you ready yeah got the same so now we want to do a little bit of folding let me just remember which way yeah so pop it this way I'm coming to frame now you've got room there we go side by side now a little bit squashed so you want to fold it up towards you first score line then the middle one away from you so be careful because this one's right yeah on that little frame okay and then back towards you for the last one and it should all fit together like that right then you'll want your card base so in my case I've got the yellow what color have you gone for me mum's got pink and then what we're going to do is this is going to stick inside like so because it's a slightly shorter you should have a quarter inch border on all of your four sides okay so I'm going to add double-sided tape to this side and this side here and then we'll get it stuck down okay we're ready if you saw me doing that then I was you know kidding around yeah just took a little bit longer but it's fine I'm patient right I'm sorry I'm just looking I'm going to grab my poke tool I'll give this to you in a second mum so we didn't bring a spare I've got a spare one here sure I have another one all this I'm looking at you haven't got a spare yeah but they're not very good okay okay so take off the first one they go mommy do yours I'll be pet I'll wait again you'll be waiting a long time my craft at my own leisure don't like to be rushed you took your time being born thanks mom one you can do it I know pressure pressure it's like being back at school okay so make sure if you haven't already decorated the front then make sure it's the right way up pop it on its side okay and you want to just hover it here and you want to make sure you got an even border from the bottom and the sides yeah you're happy with that I want to bring it down a little bit just to make sure it hits the right yeah that'd be fine yeah as long as you got an equal border because you'll see in a minute what I mean this fits perfectly within this yellow or in your case the pink so we just want to make sure it's gonna fit in and then what you should be able to do is just lie completely flat and you see you get oh yeah nice border so just flip it over remove the backing and then okay don't hold that facing you make sure this middle bit here is all flat and then you should be able to just drop down the end piece with a nice frame and now if you bring it up just make sure that I'll see folds in nicely I like might want to just go and burnish when it's all flat like this just go over pop them up in a minute but now you've got your pop-up show yours mum and now it's just the fun part of decorating so I'm just gonna show you the card again so you can see what we're gonna do I am pretty much gonna copy that I'm just gonna redo that again with all of this here that's the front I've got the butterfly and then I've got all of this here mum what are you gonna be using I'm gonna go yours all mixed up bring it in share it let's see this is what mom's using mom does like to go a little bit out there she goes a bit crazy with her cards nothing matches but this is all from mom's is it like a glass jar of just all the odd bits so she's gonna throw them all together in this car this is like so it's bits from other projects I like I know I remember the card that this came from a wildflower garden you know where you just get all mixed up yeah you know some without leaves so mum's are pretty much already as well she's only literally just got the glue them and stick them down which is fine we don't mind that yeah and there's an odd one the odd leaves and stuff so what I'm gonna do like I said we're gonna speed this up but hopefully we're both staying frame no doubt we'll have a laugh we're sweating because it's so warm in the room with the air-conditioned and it's like being back at school with the teacher hovering over you as well okay so yeah enjoy and we'll be back when it's all done it's all of the inside done that mom do you want to show yours yeah you're gonna add some butterflies oh yeah you're gonna do some inside if you just there we go with my mom's yep she's got some butterflies she's gonna fill the inside now and pop some more leaves on here and stuff so it kind of feels you want it to kind of look like when you're looking in mm-hmm you see there you kind of look down through this and you see these bits and then you see the butterflies inside there I do and on the side yeah and also when you fold it all flat you want to make sure that nothing overhangs here so see it's 5x7 and that's gonna fit perfectly in your envelope also I'm gonna decorate the front now just by sticking down obviously those sizes I gave you earlier it's probably best to do that before you add all this bulk I mean it's still okay but it will be easier so I said I gave some measurements for these earlier but I'm now gonna stick that one on top and that one over the top there and then I've got my sentiment there and I've got this butterfly which is gonna go like so I'm basically just copying that one there all right there we go and then I will put it will be on you now the rush I'll put that there so that will cover up that a little bit in the corner like that I think yeah okay do you want to use a foam is that or do you want to use the glue no the yeah that's the one I just gave to you it's got loads in oh yeah it's only because you just had a new one I just swapped it I thought you might want foam because it's quite raised but it is quite a thick flower anyway so yeah that covers up that little mark little tip there when you make mistakes like I always do we make mistakes me covering up with diamantes the way I thought it looked quite nice with them coming coming yeah coming down yeah why not let's do it just get into this filming like you know I'm a natural I'm gonna keep that in and a butterfly do you want a blue one what's wrong with the blue butterfly in my wildflower garden so we're gonna use a paper printed one which doesn't look any no actually I'm gonna go for the green oh no green flowers that's just a different green it could be a rare one that's just like I don't know the other side of the world what have I taught you when you're using acetate you can use what have you got to use hey gotta use red tape don't you know nothing I don't I do but like I said it's like being back at school with the teacher walking around the exam room watching over you this is a rare butterfly okay in Julie's rare wildflower garden it is as a wildflower garden somebody just got the seeds scatter them all over the place and just and this is what this is the result there we go look at that a wild rare butterfly bring it up to the camera there we go look at that I'm impressed with that oh look at all those wildflowers and all those rare butterflies nobody knows what they are nobody knows what they are there's not even a red animal there I would say put a bit more leaf there leaf they've got any more leaves bricks have I got a spare few leaves are different to mine so what about that flower I suppose pull some off the back of this yeah go on them where do you want to nestle them Samantha no I just think you've got a bit of white space on that on this bit here okay so you could maybe put that one under there see it kind of just fills that and then have that one like there so it kind of comes in yeah if you attach it to underneath that orange petal just kind of fills that space a little bit you want it to look like this wild Julie's garden of course happy I'm very happy really happy okay so these are our finished cards so I'll just bring it up there mum bring yours up yeah mine's better though just get yours right in there Julie that's it look look everybody that's mine keep it still okay oh quick we've only got 30 minutes left before my memory card goes okay so there's the card there's really really nice and then you open it up and it reveals your pop out of mine's better Julie's meadow of wildflowers and exotic butterflies that no one's ever seen before yeah see look may your day be filled with fun and laughter and that's what I've had tonight have you enjoyed this yeah I have actually it's been really really fun it's all about a really good laugh so that's that one I'm bringing that one again there so you can just see the differences they are gorgeous aren't you there's same color so there we go you can see them all there so I hope you've enjoyed it I hope this has made you smile brought a little bit of joy yeah yeah I've had a good old giggle you can I've kept in a few well I will be keeping in a few not outtakes but just bits when we were well I was gonna edit out I'm gonna leave those bits I think it's quite funny but yeah there you have it so I hope you're enjoying this year's Mother's Day series so far are you enjoying it mum I am enjoying it what have you made so far what for my mom no from the week you what did you made the bag the big shoulder bag I have made did you like that one I love that one yeah really nice and if you want to see mum's version of that bag nearly finished okay if you head over to mixed up crafters Facebook page you will see it on there obviously you've probably heard now she's called Julie so yeah so thanks for joining me tonight man that's right it's been nice having you time and I hope you've been your joy I hope you've all enjoyed watching today and I will be back again tomorrow with another tutorial thanks for watching bye


This channel has passed 12,000 subscribers. Thanks to everyone who has joined this journey through the world of GI Joe. I used to think we would top out at about 10,000 subscribers, but we've blown past that goal and we are still growing. A lot of people still remember GI Joe, and together we will relive those great childhood memories. Thank you all for being here. Now, on with the show. Buddy hooded Cobra Commander 788 here. This is the show where we review every vintage GI Joe toy from 1982 to 1994. This is a potato masher. And this is the swamp masher.  Voters on Patreon were given a chance to choose the swamp masher for a review many times, and the swamp masher always lost. Finally, in September and the year of our Lord, 2020, the swamp masher finally won. Can the review live up to the hype? Of course not. This is the swamp masher we're talking about here. This is not one of the all-time great GI Joe vehicles. There's a reason it would always lose. There's still a lot to say about the swamp masher. It's a strange little buggy. HCC 788 at long last presents the swamp masher. This is the 1988 GI Joe swamp masher. This vehicle was first introduced in 1988 and was also available in 1989. It was discontinued for 1990. It did not include an action figure. It isn't listed on yojo.com, but the swamp masher was available as a mail-away offer in the 1990 catalog titled Attack of the Swamp Creature. This is the only release of this vehicle in the vintage or modern era. It's billed as a swamp vehicle. As such, it's GI Joe's first dedicated swamp vehicle. Surprising, GI Joe took so long to get to the swamps. Both Cobra and the Cobra-aligned gang, the Dreadnocks, had swamp vehicles well before then. For Cobra, 1984 was the year of the swamp. They got the water moccasin airboat, which is ideal for marshlands. Zartan also had the chameleon swamp skier, which was a small vehicle that could glide over shallow water. In 1986, the Dreadnocks added the swamp fire to their arsenal. It was a hybrid helicopter boat that could skim the swamp waters. That's not to say GI Joe didn't have vehicles that could be used in the swamp. In 1984, the killer whale hovercraft could easily fight in the swamps. It wasn't dedicated for that purpose, but it could be used for that. And it was the primary rival to Cobra's water moccasin. In the TV animated miniseries Revenge of Cobra, GI Joe used the Skyhawk as a swamp skimmer, even though it was designed as an air vehicle. In 1988, GI Joe's alternative swamp vehicle was the Tiger Force Tiger Shark, a reissue of Cobra's water moccasin in Tiger Force colors. Cobra and the Dreadnocks focused on the swamps, so GI Joe needed to step up its game if they wanted to retake that territory and they attempted to do so in 1988 with the introduction of their first dedicated swamp fighter, Muscat. And of course, with the introduction of the swamp vehicle, the swamp masher. The problem is, the swamp masher isn't a good swamp vehicle. Whatever they chose to call it, it's better suited for a different environment. The special triangular wheel design wouldn't do what a swamp vehicle needs to do. I will explain when I get to that segment of the parts and features. Yes, we will talk about those crazy wheels. This vehicle is much derided by GI Joe fans. The color is part of the problem. The weird wheel system is another. Maybe that's why it lost my Patreon polls so many times. I can't disagree with those criticisms, but I'll try to point out some of the good traits, too. Some fans think this looks more like a Dreadnock vehicle than a GI Joe vehicle, and that makes a lot of sense. The Dreadnocks sometimes used purple on their vehicles. They used light green as well. If the swamp masher had Dreadnock labels on it, it would fit right in. I do have the instruction sheet and the blueprints for the swamp masher, and I will be referring to this when I talk about the features on the toy. Let's look at the parts and the features of the swamp masher starting in the front. And in the front, we have a dark gray bumper and a dark gray front grille. Both are small. In the main body, there is a circular indent with slits that seem to indicate a headlight. The vehicle apparently has only one headlight. In the front, on the starboard side, there is a gray missile launcher that will elevate. And there's quite good elevation, in fact. It can fire almost straight up. And in that missile launcher, there are two purple missiles. The back of the purple missiles just press straight into the launcher. There are two of them. They are identical, and that purple color, I think, is what bothers most people. The blueprints identify these as Series 1 cruiser magnetic array detection bombs. Interesting that they're called bombs when they appear to be self-propelled missiles. They may be more like rocket-propelled grenades or mortars than actual missiles. The main body is bright green, not quite neon green, more like Kermit the Frog green. It has adequate detail, without being exceptional. Front and center molded into the main body, there is a control column with a single control stick. An American flag sticker for the US release. And on the inside of the cockpit, there is what appears to be a radar screen control sticker. In the cockpit, there is a very dark gray, nearly black seat. It is nicely molded. The leg room in the cockpit is a little bit narrow because of the post where the missile launcher pegs in. It's a little bit tricky to get a figure in there. But if you can wedge him in, you can put his hand on the control stick. It's not too thick for that. And his right foot will be in the center console, not on the right side where it looks like it should go. It's just too narrow to put the figure there. And once he's in there, he's in there quite securely. He doesn't need a seat belt or a backpack. He's not going anywhere. In Form BX257's review of the swamp masher, he showed how Muskrat's accessories could fit in the vehicle. I highly recommend you watch that video and watch all of Form BX257's reviews. There are platforms on either side of the cockpit, but they're far too narrow to carry a figure. The underside is plain without any additional detail at all. Let's talk about the wheels. This is the gimmick feature of this vehicle. The wheels are the reason the swamp masher is memorable and criticized. On each side, there are two clusters of three wheels in a triangular configuration for a total of twelve wheels. On smooth ground, the swamp masher rolls on eight wheels. This was probably inspired by the Landmaster, a twelve wheel vehicle created for the 1977 movie Damnation Alley. The triangular wheel configuration doesn't really come into play on smooth ground. It really is used when the swamp masher encounters an obstacle. When it hits an obstacle, the whole wheel cluster will rotate, allowing the swamp masher to climb over it. The effect of this is when the swamp masher rolls over an obstacle, the cluster of three wheels acts like one big wheel. It's also been suggested that these small wheels are really bogies for tank treads and credit again to Form BX257 for testing that out. That would make a lot more sense than having all these small free rolling wheels. Is this appropriate for driving in the swamp? I'm sure there are plenty of obstacles in the swamp to roll over. The problem is the marsh. The wheels would not work well with shallow water, mud and vegetation. The tall grass would get tangled in these wheels and the vehicle would sink because it does not appear to be buoyant. The whole design is more like a dune buggy with a whole bunch of purple wheels. It is not well adapted to the swamp. This configuration would work in rocky terrain. That's where the vehicle would encounter obstacles that would need to be climbed over. It wouldn't have to worry so much about sinking in the mud. Behind the cockpit toward the starboard side, there is a dark gray engine with dark gray exhaust pipes. No engine cover, but that's okay. This adds to the dune buggy look of the vehicle. Behind the cockpit on the port side is this really wicked looking purple machine gun on a dark gray turret. The blueprints call this machine gun a 20mm armor-piercing main cannon. And it is a multi-barrel machine gun. It's a mini gun. Looks great. Well, maybe except for the purple. That dark gray turret will rotate 360 degrees and the machine gun will elevate on a ratchet. And it's got really good elevation too and can be aimed at aircraft. It can take out air targets. I like this weapon. I think this is a good main weapon. It's a good size for the vehicle and it's ready to unleash a hail of lead on both ground and air targets. I see two downsides to this machine gun. First, it's purple.  At the very back there is a troop carrying platform with two foot pegs and a universal tow hitch in case you wanted to tow something behind the swamp masher. There is a purple bar for the passengers to grab. Although that's too thick for the action figure's hands, so don't try that. That platform provides a space for carrying two additional action figures for a total of three. If I can get them on there, there we go. And you can pretend that one of those figures is manning that machine gun. Who should drive the swamp masher? There's a strong case to be made for Muskrat since he was the team's swamp fighter and he is driving the vehicle on the box. The box also has hardball riding on the back and that's as good a choice as any. The TV commercial for the swamp masher has Storm Shadow version 2 driving with Shockwave riding on the back platform. And that certainly is an option. I'm not sure the Ninja and the Urban Fighter are the best choices for a swamp mission. Looking at how the swamp masher was used in GI Joe Media, it wasn't used very much. To my knowledge, the swamp masher was not in the animated series and was only animated for commercials. The swamp masher made an appearance in the comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was an issue number 87 with the squad of Joe's Surveiling Castle Destro. It wasn't a very noteworthy appearance, but at least it's something. Looking at the swamp masher, overall it is very mediocre. It's small, it is not a rival for the vamp. It's roughly the same size as the awestriker, but it feels less substantial than the awestriker. It's short on features with the exception of those crazy wheels. The colors put a lot of people off and that's understandable. Purple? Why purple? Why bright green? Why dreadnought colors on a GI Joe vehicle? A more subdued color scheme would make a big difference. It wouldn't fix all of the problems on the swamp masher, but it would help. Let's talk about those wheels.  They don't look like they're suited for the swamp. Those wheels would get tangled in vegetation and the vehicle would sink in the water and mud. The wheels look like they're more suited for climbing over rocky terrain. In my opinion, the wheel cluster gimmick is not worth the trouble. And the swamp masher would be better off with big fat wheels or with tank treads. And with treads, it would be better suited for a snowy environment. You can use the swamp masher in almost any environment, but the swamp. Are there good points? Of course there are. The missiles are not bad. Unfortunately, they're purple. The machine gun looks great. It's one of the better machine guns on a GI Joe vehicle. Unfortunately, it's purple. There are some good possibilities here for customization. Customizers get on that, please. But as it is, I can't recommend the swamp masher. That was my review of the swamp masher. I hope you enjoyed it. Was that worth the wait? No. If you like GI Joe, make sure you subscribe for more reviews. You can find me on social media, on Facebook and Twitter. And I have a website, hcc788.com. I'm also on Patreon. If you'd like to support the channel in that way, you can get some special perks like early access to reviews and a sketch and a code book that can help you decode the secret messages you see in these videos. Special thanks to all the names you see scrolling on the screen. I could not do this show without them, and I would like for you to be one of them. 2020 is the year of the 90s on this channel. I'm reviewing a lot of 90s GI Joe toys, but we're taking a little break from that. The last vintage review I did was something from the 80s. This week was something from the 80s. Next week will be something from the 80s. And it will be a redo of an old review that I did because I think I can do better this time. Thank you for 12,000 subscribers. I'll be back next week with a vintage 80s GI Joe toy review. I'll see you then, and until then, remember only GI Joe is GI Joe.


A Russian emergency ministry has confirmed that six people died in an A-26 Russian military transport aircraft crash. The plane lost control of some 38 km away from a military airport in the Khabarovsk region, far as Russia, on Wednesday evening. Now, as so said, none of the crew onboard the aircraft survived, as debris from the plane was ported earlier by rescuers near the city of Khabarovsk. The original rescuers were currently approaching the crash site and they had spent several hours trying to find a location in strong winds.