Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and welcome to the last video of 2017 Which should publish on the last day of 2017? This is the answers video for the Q&A. I have your questions right here before I get started though There are some specific people I would like to thank some folks that have sent some stuff donated things to the channel I haven't had a chance to thank publicly before now So I want to make sure to thank them here. I want first of all, I want everyone to understand that Nobody should ever feel obligated to send me anything Please don't feel like you have to do that. It's greatly appreciated if you want to help out I just won't want anybody to feel like you have to I'm not here just trying to get free stuff from people I'm really not The on the other hand the stuff that people have sent has really helped the channel a lot over the last couple of years or so some Really great items have been sent here that I've been able to review They've helped feel some gaps in the collection helped me complete a few items very helpful So thank you to everyone who has ever sent anything to me to help the channel. It's so greatly appreciated So I wanted to make sure I thank Lawson Allen Lawson Allen has sent several packages to me with some really useful and cool things Some help me complete something and some research material that'll be very helpful He sent in one of the packages he sent a whole bunch of The catalogs the GI Joe catalogs that came with the vehicles now I had a lot of the catalogs from you know the earlier years But he included some catalogs from like the later years and the 90s that I didn't have and so those things are really cool to look at Somebody suggested maybe I should do a whole video just looking at those catalogs I think that's kind of a fun idea. I hadn't thought of that before so that's something I might do in the future Maybe I can work that up as like a Mid-week video or something just going through those catalogs. That was really cool. So thank you Lawson. I greatly appreciate that I also want to thank Larry Liora. I hope I'm pronouncing your name right Larry sent me two huge boxes of modern carded figures and Boxed vehicles and it's enormous. I mean I have a lot of it right here. I mean I am I've got so much of this stuff. I'm not entirely even sure what to do with it yet. I'm going to look for Vehicles to Like these things these are cool. Let's check this out. It plays the song So just so much stuff large vehicles There's so much stuff here and so I'm going to look for ways to integrate those into the reviews You know, I don't specifically review modern GI Joe toys, but if I did I'd have a pretty good start on it right here. So thank you Larry that was a lot more than Expected and I want to make sure that you understand that I appreciate that also Lance toss Lance you may remember did the painting for the Preview image on the bridge layer and toll booth review the review that I did with Kevin Maley. I Still think that artwork is fantastic Larry He said that he'd be interested in working on another project like that Larry I will be sending you an email with an idea for something we can do together again And I just look forward to working with you I still need to find a frame that will fit that Painting because that needs to be on my wall. I still look at it every once in a while and it's it's just awesome So thank you very much Lance now Let's get to the questions. I have printed them all out here Now I was in a little bit of a rush when I had to print these Because it was a work day and I had a lot of work to do so They are in reverse order of When they were posted so the most recent one is first So I'll just have to read them in that in that order also You guys replied to some of the questions and when I copied and pasted them into a word Docket did not indent the ones that were replies So I've tried to mark those so that I'm not I'm actually answering the questions and not Your reply. So hopefully I got all those without further ado Let's go ahead and answer your questions. The first question on my list Which is also the last question to be asked is from cyber tiger retro showcase and reviews Cyber tiger who has been in videos my videos before a good friend of the channel. Hello cyber tiger He asks Hootster, do you think the Joe's inclusion in a larger shared multiverse is a strength for the brand or an ill-advised? Dilution good question and I think it entirely depends on how it's done Well, I thought one of the strengths of the Marvel comic book series is that it did not Integrate GI Joe into the Marvel universe It kept it as its own its own thing which allowed it to develop its own Universal rules without being beholden to the Marvel universe rules And that I think helped GI Joe in the comic book series a lot to kind of develop its own tone its own Its own flavor its own characters and its own world and I very much appreciated that At the time I was reading the comic book series So that kind of makes me think maybe including GI Joe in a Hasbro cinematic universe Maybe it's not the best idea But on the other hand it depends on how well it's done I've not been extremely thrilled with other attempts to integrate GI Joe into a Hasbro universe Usually they end up playing second fiddle fiddle to Transformers transformers being now the big moneymaker and GI Joe isn't really And so I do have concerns about how GI Joe will be treated in that universe but But I'm always willing to let them give it a try I'm I'm open if they if they can do a good job of it and do it in a way that Makes GI Joe interesting and exciting, you know, I'm I'm for it. I'll check it out and I hope they do it well Union Pacific 833 says this is a long one high HCC 788. Hello First I would like to say love videos and keep up the amazing work. Thank you I am 16 and you get a fair amount of ridicule when your friends find out you collect toys From when your dad's were growing up. Yeah, I could imagine I mostly ignore them because I Enjoy GI Joe and they won't take that away from me. Good. Thanks for teaching me that and thanks for your videos That show me it doesn't matter your age. You can still have fun with GI Joe. That's right even when you're old like me now for the question if you aren't a huge fan of some of the sci-fi elements of GI Joe, but What are your opinions on the shuttles the defiant and the crusader? I have a beat-up crusader missing all the tail fins. Yeah, those tend to go missing several yellowed and Severely yellow and missing the pilot and it's still in my top five favorite vehicle. Sorry about the long question I just had to a lot to ask and say that's okay. Thanks for the joy you put in your Are you put in into all our lives and keep it up UP 833? Thank you very much. Those are very kind words and you know You get a little bit of ridicule even as an adult collecting toys, but don't worry about it I mean the people who get it will get it and the people who won't won't and you just can't fix everybody Now but as far as the defiant and the crusader I think both of them are really cool I've seen both I don't own either of them yet, but I've seen them both in person many times And they're really interesting. Of course I'm not much of a science fiction in GI Joe kind of guy But I still have to acknowledge that a lot of thought and effort went into those toys And they made some pretty cool toys with some pretty amazing features So I'm looking forward to eventually someday Reviewing both of those so I mean I can appreciate the toys for what they are Even if I don't think they necessarily necessarily integrate into the GI Joe universe perfectly I can still recognize, you know Good artistry and good engineering good design. I can still appreciate those things. So thank you for your question next question by our Pass Pasquilino, I apologize if I pronounced your name incorrectly. I'm from Oklahoma He asks if you were to select the golden silver and bronze age of GI Joe's what would What would be your years? My gold era is 82 to 85 Silver 86 to 88 and bronze 89 to 91 and that's Ramon from Brazil. Hello, Brazil from the United States Interesting question. I think the years you laid out are probably pretty close to what I would choose So I'm not sure I as much as I appreciate the 1982 Joes and that whole series I might not put it in the golden age just because of All the cost-cutting measures that they took that I think sort of Limited that first year of GI Joe's and of course they were groundbreaking at the time, but many many reused parts I'm not sure I put it in the golden age. It's like a It's like the the the proto golden age I don't know what you call the age before the golden age, but it's it's like it's what got everything started but I'd say the golden age started in 83 and built up through Yeah, about 85 86 we there was a Change as more science fiction and fantasy elements got integrated And then bronze age 89 to 91 Yeah, that's fair And after 91 is what the dark ages But to be fair, I've still found a lot of really cool stuff in the 90s I fact I've done videos about that. So, you know, not completely down on the 90s, but there was definitely a shift And you know after around 1991 that took the line in a totally different direction So I think I think those years would probably about the about right for gold silver and bronze age Luke Chewain again, I hope I'm pronouncing your name, right Says hi, I know you're a lawyer by profession. What kind of law do you practice? Also, do any other members of your family collect toys? I'm a fan of your videos. Keep up the great work. Thank you very much I do I am a lawyer. I landed into a very Unusual niche in the law that most people don't know about I worked for my county's public defender's office, but most public defenders Work on criminal cases. I don't work on criminal cases. I'm in the civil division Most people aren't even aware that the public defender gets appointed in civil cases, but and a few we do and in my state the we get appointed to represent people who are being petitioned to be Involuntarily committed to a hospital due to severe mental illness So I represent a lot of people who are alleged to have severe mental illness and to meet the statutory Threshold to require Hospitalization due to their mental illness. So Those are my clients I spent a lot of time in mental hospitals a lot of time in mental hospitals the other thing that we do in my group is We represent the wards in guardianship cases two kinds of guardianship cases if the Ward has a family member that has petitioned to be their guardian and the ward doesn't have enough assets to Hire an attorney to represent them in that case the court appoints us to represent those wards So we go and talk to them and see if they really do need a guardianship and see you know If they agree to it or not or you know, if not, you know What's really going on and we represent people in those guardianship cases the other type of guardianship case is when Somebody needs a guardian, but they don't have a family member that can be their guardian The state is petitioning to be their guardian because there is no one else to do it And so we get appointed in all those cases to represent the ward When the state wants to be their guardian And that keeps us pretty busy So that that's what I do. It's It's highly specialized most people have no idea how this stuff works because Most lawyers don't do it and don't even really know that it's done So it's it's our little corner of the legal profession, but it's really interesting. I love doing it You know, it's Never boring Definitely keeps me busy Oh as for Any other members of the family that collect toys, you know I have a couple daughters and they you know get toys every once in a while and you can say that they have a collection Susan has a few things here and there, but they don't really collect toys like Like I collect toys and that's fine. I want to make sure that they develop their own interests. So Yeah, I think that's the answer to those questions. Thanks for asking alien doom syndrome asks if gijo had never existed And there are any are there any other toy lines or activities from your childhood that would have inspired you to make videos? If so, what are they? Oh good question Before gijo was reissued in 1982 my first love In action figures was star wars. I was heavily into star wars had so many star wars And so that might that's the most likely candidates I probably just would have stuck with star wars, you know through return of the jedi and then you know when And in the later series that were released later I really not that much into star wars, especially, you know post tenor star wars at all now But because of gi joe gi joe really took over when When it was released, but if gi joe hadn't existed it probably would have continued to be star wars I didn't get a few other toy lines. I mean I got some transformers I don't think I was ever And I liked transformers, especially the cartoon series, but I don't think I was Into the toys enough to have enough of a nostalgic connection to do videos about them now Same with mask. I had a few masked toys and I liked the cartoon, but None of those really rose to the heights of gi joe as far as influence. So The only thing that I can think of that would have been a candidate for that would have been star wars Thanks for asking a really cool question Now let's go to uh, dominic lee Who says, uh, do you own every uh, arah vintage gi joe figure? And if not, which ones have eluded you? Thanks and great work man. Enjoy the channel and what you do. Thank you very much Happy holidays to you and yours yo joe and knowing is half the battle Yo joe to you as sell uh, also. Thank you and happy holidays to all of your uh, clan Thank you very much for your kind words Do I own every vintage gi joe figure? I do not And as for which ones have eluded me? A lot of them. Um, I was thinking I still haven't counted everything up, but I would guess that, um I am about maybe a little over halfway through collecting the real american hero figures That doesn't necessarily include even all the vehicles, but I'm roughly about halfway through I think with the collection. Um Now some very generous donations for instance max ribos ghost music Sent me a whole bunch of 90s Figures I did an unboxing of those a while back and that helped tremendously fill these gaps of in the 1990s of Stuff that I wasn't even close to getting yet. Uh now I have a lot of those and that was a huge help But there are still gaps that I have to fill. Um, I mean Recently I got I'm pretty sure my first Shadow ninjas figure Shadow ninjas from 1994. I only got one of them so far. Uh, so there there's there are a lot There are some rare figures that I still need to get um, but it's not so much the the The rare stuff that is a barrier Um, or even the price of it because I can you know, I can budget I can eventually get even the rare stuff But it's to the volume of it. There is so much if you go through yojo.com and just look at How much stuff they put out each year even straight through the 90s? I mean look at 1993 look at how many figures they released in 1993. There is so much So I think being Halfway ish through Getting it is pretty darn good. Um, plus I enjoy the journey. I enjoy The journey of collecting Almost as much as having the things is the The the the search the hunt Um is always fun. So I hope that answers your question. I have a long way to go. Um So we'll but I'm making progress a little bit of progress each day I think uh john uh Neho deal John nahadil. I apologize john Uh for butchering your name, but your question is being an old gi joe fan Like myself, uh, what do you think of the newer more articulated figures? They brought out for the 50th anniversary line I think they're a step up from an already great toy line. Well in fact, I did get some of the 50th anniversary stuff In fact right here That's my 50th anniversary beach head right there Um, and these figured out. Well, there goes an accessory that just fell off a tiny one that uh, I don't want to get lost There it is. Um, and well, that's actually illustrates one of my points about, um The 50th anniversary line and a lot of the modern era figures, which I now have a lot of modern era figures now Is that um, there's no denying that they are great figures I mean the detail the articulation The accessories even though it's really tiny accessories like this crossbow thing Um, I mean you look at these and it would be absurd to say that they're not Fantastic figures. Absolutely. They are. Um, what I think they are though is they're fantastic for collectors When I look at just how they're marketed and how they're designed and these tiny accessories that Are going to be very easy for a child to lose if if a kid plays with these. Um, I don't Think that they're necessarily marketed toward kids at all. I think they're marketed toward people my age And that's fine. Especially if you're my age and you like collecting those things It gives you some really awesome stuff and I That's no exaggeration. Really awesome. Uh, just really cool stuff to to collect Um, and I'm sure there are some kids that get these things and Recognize how great they are and appreciate playing with them. But I just don't think they're marketed that way Um, and I think that's the thing that right now is missing for g. I. Joe is How to draw in the next generation of g. I. Joe fan Um, I don't think the 50th anniversary figures necessarily Do that But what they do Is give adult collectors my age some really wicked cool stuff to get so I can definitely appreciate them on that level Aaron decker says As you progress and run out of joe fair years to review You think you may choose another toy line to review? If so, what line also what direction should hasbro take? To sort of relaunch or update g. I. Joe Instead of g. I. Joe fighting terrorists. Um, okay. Good questions. Um, as I run out of figures to review I have announced previously that um, you know, there will be An end to this project of reviewing every vintage g. I. Joe toy 82 to 94 It's a finite project. So yeah, eventually I will run out of stuff to review What will I do with the channel after that? Will I continue to do reviews? Will I just Close up shop? I think I will continue to do reviews something other than g. I. Joe But as for what that is I'm not going to say right now because For one thing I would want it to be a surprise For another thing it gives me a lot of time to change my mind If I come up with a better idea, so I don't want to lock myself into anything right now. Um, all I can say is I have some ideas But that's all they are right now. It's just just ideas. Um, your other question questions. Um, Oh, what direction? Should hasbro take to relaunch or update g. I. Joe I don't know that I have an exact answer for that But what I'd like to see them do is really focus Like a laser beam on getting new fans in I Do not need them to make something that pleases me or that is aimed at me at all um I've got my era of g. I. Joe. I don't need anything else. What I'd like to see is New fans and if they can bring in new fans by You know rebooting and doing another iteration of real american hero with duke and cobra and snake eyes and all that Great, you know if they can modernize that in a way that draws new people in fine If they can't do that though, I am also okay if they Go in a totally new direction as long as it works As long as it is done with care and thought and intelligence And draws in a new generation of fans I'm okay with that. I have some ideas about what might work for that, but um But um, there's very general ideas. I don't really have any specifics on that I just hope they do something Do something great with it that will give us on that another generation of fans Uh jason Says uh, are you planning to return to the old marvel run of gi joe comics? I would love to I just don't have the time to do it that has been The thing I wanted to do probably the most with this channel is get back to reviewing the comic books Has been now a couple of years. I think since I've done that um, but as it stands right now, I just Am barely getting the weekly reviews done More and more work has to go into them And I'm having less and less time to do other things Every once in a while I'll Throw up a quick Short video in the middle of the week Those are easy to produce though because they take only barely More time than just sitting and Doing the shooting The editing is really easy. They're short. So they don't take a lot of time to render But the comic book reviews are a lot more time consuming Take a lot more time to edit and To do those I would have to cut out something else. And right now I don't want to cut out anything else. So I don't know how I can bring that back But that's like probably the number one thing that I would like to do is bring that back if I could Todd Humphrey Says in your opinion Was there a single character or vehicle that marked when gi the gi joe toy line jumped the shark? From realistic military to more fantasy-based toy line. Well They were bleeding in more science fiction and fantasy stuff You know really even starting in like 84 with the zartan You know zartan is not realistic But you know it was still more military focused and it kind of Gradually drifted away from that through 86 but for me the watershed moment was A cobra law in the animated movie That was it. I mean that was jumping the shark for me. That was that was like The gi joe that I enjoyed That was gone and they were doing this new thing that just really didn't appeal to me at all So that's what I would say it was the moment they jumped the shark bar demand 95 lobby works says How was your christmas? Pretty good. Thank you for asking. I hope yours was pretty good, too Um, he says what can you say about the gi joe named gears? He's a guy in blue I don't know very much about gears. So I will have to look into that figure So I guess I don't have much to say about him at all. Um, at least not right now Uh, he says can you shout with your destro impression? Destro my destro impression. Okay militarily speaking cobra commander is a well-class buffoon Destro scottish I don't do a great scottish accent. Uh, anyway, that's destro shouting that thing that you wanted The thanks for thanks and uh, and I hope you had a good christmas. Happy new year to you. Um The heart of the story we tell says hey First i'm a big fan of both you and gi joe in general. Thank you very much Says so keep up the good work. I will try But on on to my question I know you are a classic gi joe guy and that means 80s mid 90s Hey, some of those 90s figures you even like I do even like some of those 90s figures But I wonder what you think about the o-ring figures. They released post 2000 before they went to modern figures I asked because those figures All always seemed to get lost Too modern for classic collectors too classic for modern collectors But I have found some great concepts there Like the vehicle pattern and color on python patrol figures Good question now. I wouldn't have been able to answer that question if not for the generous gift of larry I actually have some of them now in fact See this uh, these are o-ring figures that came with the Reprint of the classic comic book and I've got Yeah, yeah some dreadknots here Um, and I haven't opened these yet. So I haven't been able to play around with them. See how they are But my immediate impression is they are not bad In general, I think I like the colors of the classic figures over these new colors that they gave them And but they they all got new head sculpts and in general the new head sculpts are are pretty good I think on some of them. I would have liked I liked the old head sculpt better But they actually made them the newer heads more in scale with the body of the figure Some of the old heads could be a little kind of too big You know because they're toys But so there's some improvements on these I think And but I mean look at these If you look at these with the classic comic book and the classic o-ring figures These look to me like they are marketed toward older collectors who Remember these comic books and uh, would like to relive those days again. I mean these are marketed even with like, you know You know the old file cards and all the classic logos and everything Not something that's designed to bring in new fans But something that's supposed to appeal to someone like me and it does appeal to someone like me And I think in general they're pretty cool, but I think you are right. They do Kind of fall in that gap. They're not modern or they're not like modern articulated figures They are, you know, the classic o-ring figures, but they are after my cutoff point in 1994. They came out later. So um I kind of agree with your assessment. They get lost in the middle um, and I think it probably is uh, just kind of Because of when they were released. But I think they're all right. Um, I think they're pretty cool. I definitely Um, uh, give them a comparison to the classic figures. Um, if I review them in the future. So that's cool Kevin Maley, uh, who helped me with the uh, toll booth and bridge layer video. Uh, thank you again for that I got to meet Kevin at uh, joe con. That was really cool. He says here's my question Which gi joe toy did you not discover until you were an adult but looks like something you would have loved To have as a kid. Uh, he says mine is the mobile command center Um, and I did know about the mobile command center when I was a kid and I thought that was pretty cool. Um, There are a lot of them actually and i'm looking around here to try to grab one specifically Um, one that I did recently. Let me see if I can get it out of here The uh, the monster blaster Uh apc the one that I opened and assembled Um, you know, it's I wouldn't have liked the colors as a kid, but the toy itself Uh, is really quite interesting and I think I would have liked it. Um, and I've done some reviews, you know Several reviews in fact Of figures that came out after I had left gi joe. I didn't know anything about them, but I'm pretty sure I would have liked them Um, I can't reach the figure because it's over there, but interrogator Pretty cool, and I'm sure I would have liked that as a kid. So it's just a lot of them And that's one of been one of the great things about this project is discovering New things that I didn't even know about but are still really cool All right, uh skunk ape another friend of the channel Who helped out with the clean sweep review? Uh, that was a lot of fun. Thanks chris. Make sure you check out his stuff He says are there any figures or vehicles you have concerns that you will never be able to obtain? Maybe there's something Really rare or expensive? Yes. Yes. Yes um previously I thought the big problem would be the cobra missile command headquarters from 1982 that That cardboard play set, but I see those come up every once in a while. They're expensive, but You know expensive is just a matter of you know Waiting and accumulating the funds to get it I can do that But um the sears exclusive Dreadnock vehicle sets the ground attack set and the air attack set Those seem difficult to find Complete and intact and in a condition that would be ready to review Those I think will be difficult and and expensive and hard to find in any condition And there are variants, especially the motorcycle that came with the ground attack set So I got to hunt down variants And to top it off. I don't really even like the vehicles. So I got to like Pay a whole bunch of money to get these vehicles that I don't I mean I don't really like the color change to make them dreadlock and dreadnock vehicle This is my personal preference. I don't love them But they fall within the parameters of the reviews for this channel So at some point I got to try to track them down That's on the the top of my list of things that Are just going to be really hard to Get complete Thank you for asking that question. Mike Smith Says hey, brian, uh, how was collecting has collecting vintage, uh, joes affected your life in a positive way? For example, uh, it's bought, uh, brought back great memories and helped me bring A positive thing in my life when I was at my lowest point in my life Um, it also brought me into the community where I consider you and many others I've come across as friends and fellow collectors. Uh, thanks for everything. Merry Christmas. Happy new year to you and your family Thank you and merry christmas and happy new year to you as well. Uh, well, mike, um, my As far as what is how it's affected my life in a positive way is very similar to how it's affected you Um, I came into this at a very low point Um, and it gave me just like this little spark of light when I didn't have a whole lot positive going on in my life at the time and a whole lot of negative Um, and so it helped lift me out of that it helped me Meet some great people and it did introduce me to this community of collection. I mean, uh, you're what you're describing is I would describe the same thing. Uh, and so thank you, uh, mike for just, um, For asking your question and for Giving me the opportunity to do this kind of thing. I mean you guys, uh, your support of this channel Has enabled me to um, just This has been like a dream The support that i've gotten from you guys and the interactions have been so fun and positive There's so much There's so much I i'm not sure I can completely describe all of it, but um There are days when it's tough to you know, sit down and Do the shooting and do the editing and produce the videos sometimes i'm tired have long days at work, but Then I think about About the people about you guys over there on on the other side of this camera who are watching this and all the great interactions That I've had with you and all the positive feedback and all the the friendships that I've formed because of that That keeps me well motivated to go and do that shooting and do that video Anyway, even if i'm tired, so collecting g i joe has caused many Numerous positive things in my life. So thank you mike for that question And I hope you're doing well and doing better in your own life as well A cruiser date says a shipwreck once dated a fake mermaid If you were to date a real mermaid, would you want one with the Bottom half of fish or one with the top half of fish? Hang on one second. Hang on one second. I need something to help me answer that question Okay top half or bottom half. Let's see Bottom half christopher hilt asks, hey bud I can see by the number of comments you're going to have your hands full. Yes I hope I can get this video done in under three hours He says My wife tiger. That's a cool name. I wants to know who your favorite Female gi female joe is on that note I'm partial to jinx If I had to choose also i'm fully confident in your knowledge of gi joe lore But if you need help answering a question feel free to send it my way. I'd be happy to help. Thank you Doing some of the research for this the the show Is been a little bit difficult because of the time constraints. It's hard for me to like look over Everything in the comic book and the cartoon series and just see how everything integrated. I'm often limited to just looking at specific chunks of it And so I sometimes I could use some help. Um, you know Providing some context to those, you know, little factoids that i'm looking up all the time So thanks for that. I asked you your question favorite female joe Uh, it would have to be scarlet and it's a little frustrating because I don't think we got really a good scarlet action figure In the vintage run, but that's my favorite female character Absolutely loved the character in the comic book Such a strong character so many sides to her so interesting, uh, and just I think she's fantastic and needed a An adequate figure in the vintage line, which I don't think she got scarlet would be my answer Not my favorite female figure But my favorite female character if I had to pick a favorite female figure Uh, I mean jinx is a good one Uh, it wouldn't be scarlet because I don't think her figures were up to par I really liked the lady j action figure Um, and the baroness so it probably would be a contest between those two as to which figure I think is the best So thank you christopher Tim bentley says Uh, what's your favorite gi joe figure and why? Also, are you ever going to bring the review of the? Battle android trooper just asking all right. Thank you, uh, tim To answer the last part first the the bat review I have been trying to get to that thing for I think like two years. What I'm missing is the Variant of the figure with the the bright yellow paint I have several of the figures with the orangey yellow paint. That's the more common one Um, I have not been able to nail down to one with the bright yellow paint I'm still looking for one. I don't need the figure complete I only need just the figure to show as an example of the variant I I don't want to just describe it. I do want to show the variant But every time I think I got one, you know It turns out to be the same one that I already have sometimes the colors don't come out exactly Correctly in photography Um, so if you're ordering one online You might think you're getting the yellow variant, but it's just the lighting made it look that way And that can be pretty frustrating. So that is what's keeping me from doing the bat review Man, that is one that oh I want to get to Soon, but I'm just not ready That and the crimson guard actually have quite a ways to do to go to get crimson guard ready File card variants accessories variants. That's going to take some time But definitely want to do the bat review the first part of your question a favorite. Uh, gi Joe figure and why? Is uh version one really probably version 1.5 of stalker from 83 And I had the straight arm stalker in 82 one of my favorite figures I think that figure actually brought belonged to my brother So I had to borrow it from him if I wanted to play with it But that figure I think had the most impact on me At the very beginning of the toy line I mean the figure itself was special with the camouflage paint pattern and then when I I Discovered the comic book the character was awesome. He was used to great effect in the comic book Got a lot of development. He was integrated into the backstory of like the ninjas storm shadow and snake eyes He was a great leader So much to like about stalker that influenced my love for the figure and I now love the figure even before I read the character. So that's that all for all time. That'll be my favorite figure All right, and ryan sweeney says uh one figure of vehicle that you reviewed in 2017 Did you have a low opinion of that changed when you reviewed it? That's a good question. Um Usually I I can kind of figure out You know as I'm preparing for the review how I'm going to feel about a particular figure of vehicle but one that changed like I was almost done with the video and I changed my mind was the the Iron grenadiers demon tank, uh, which I had pegged for the middle tier It wasn't one that I Disliked at all. Um, but I had it pegged for the middle tier But just as I was going through and playing with it and I just I felt like it needed to be in the top tier I felt like it was better After the review than my first impression of it and again my first impression wasn't bad It was just um, it turned out to be better than than what I first thought. Uh, that's the first one that comes to mind. Um What else uh, let's see. I mean I was surprised at how much I liked interrogator, but um, I was pretty confident I was going to like the interrogator before I started reviewing it But yeah, I think the demon tank is the first one that comes to mind. Uh, thank you. That's a really cool question Um, Matt Lurch says, um, if you could create a figure of yourself by picking any job You, uh, have and uh had and picking any faction in the joe verse. Okay Um, what would the file card read as file name codename, uh, primary and secondary military specialty uh, qualifications, uh, and a quick quote. Wow. That's uh, I don't know if I can answer all of that. That's a lot. Um I Let me think about that. Um, secondary military specialty would probably have to be like legal services um, and uh Primary military, you know I am not an infantry sort of guy um but As a kid, I had the most fun playing with the infantry troopers The ground pounders the bullet catchers To me, they were the heart of gi joe and if I were to make a gi joe figure about myself I would be right in there. Um, and hey, I'm an action figure, right? I'm not really really me I can have the action figure with, uh, you know with the muscles and the guns and the camouflage That would be it. That would be the primary military specialty. Um You know If I were to make a figure about myself of myself, it would probably end up looking a whole lot like, uh, falcon But with the beard. So just copy falcon Put my name on it. Um codename um codename hoodster And um And just copy and paste that and that that's that's my figure now Give falcon a beard. That's it. Um, that that's the best I can come up with right now. I think Now toy guy 1182 says after you finish your journey through the vintage gi joe line Where do you plan to take your channel from there? But this is similar to what was asked before I have an idea I don't want to say what the idea is yet Because I want to leave some space for me to change my mind If I come up with a better idea I don't think I will just shut the channel down. I think I will continue to review things but as to what that will be That is for the future to know. I I cannot give that away just at this time But thank you for asking toy guy Clockwork cowboy steam powered sheriff great name Says what's your opinion on the convention exclusive o-ring figures from the past? My favorites are the crimson vipers and sergeant slaughter and his renegades Well, I wasn't going to the conventions way back then so I can't Give a lot of information about it. I don't have a lot of first-hand knowledge about it I know that a lot of the older, you know, old school collectors Still admire those sets. Uh, and that's pretty cool. Of course, I have I have more experience with um The convention exclusives from the last like five years because I've gone to those conventions, but those are all those are o-ring figures Those are all modern era figures And some of those look pretty cool But as you may be aware, uh Those modern era figures mainly, you know reuse older parts. Oh, it's very little new added to them Uh, I don't know that's a complaint that some collectors have about the convention exclusives I don't get the convention exclusives. Um, since I'm not a modern era collector But I have seen them and they do look pretty cool But I just don't have a lot of insider knowledge about the o-ring style that came years before um Mr. Jabon Mr. Jabon says, um, with so much talent going into the illustrations on your for your channel. Thank you Um, that's not all me. Uh other people have helped me with those too. Um, so how would you feel about, um Uh giving a motion comic ago That would be a lot of fun if I could find the time to do it and that's the problem What's taking on any new projects right now is just finding the time. I think that would be a lot of fun. Um Yeah, that would be really cool. Um I just I just don't have the time to do it I'd have to do like a tiny bit at a time and it would take forever, but it could be fun Thank you. Mr. Jabon for asking your question Uh, Zazzill Phoenix says will you ever get into doing frequent stop motion original stories? I've done of course something Something's kind of like that not a quite exactly stop motion But like these action scenes that I did with the figures and vehicles in the past And those were fun. Uh, and I would love to do those again. They are very time consuming But I enjoy doing them. In fact, I've got this idea for like a whole like feature length movie Um of you know action scenes done entirely with the vintage figures and vehicles that I think would be a lot of fun um, but my idea is For it like it's so huge It take a long time and a lot of help to do but you know That's a secret ambition of mine is to someday actually do that I think it would I think it could turn out really cool But I just have to Find the time to do it. Uh, that's always the challenge. So thank you for asking about that. Um, I would love to do that Tim Roper says, um When are we going to see the final sergeant slaughter review? Slaughter's more rather Sarge Review needs to be slaughterized. Yes And honestly, I'm kind of saving that one Because it will be the last sergeant slaughter review. I am tempted though to Um redo the first sergeant slaughter review Because there are a couple things that I got slightly wrong in that review and I'd like to update it and fix it a little bit Um, but and I hate getting things wrong in a review. It's not It's not really bad stuff, but just little things here and there that I really wish I could fix after the fact but uh Most likely the uh, slaughter's more order sergeant slaughter will be the last Sergeant slaughter review in it. I want to save it. I want to save it. Um Because once it's done, it's done. Um, So it may not be for a while. I want to save it for a special occasion Iceman, uh says, uh What's at the top of your wish list for additions to your collection name one large vehicle or play set In one accessory or a figure great show mary christmas who iceman I tell you, um One large vehicle has to be the defiant shuttle complex, which I was hoping I could get my hands on this year Didn't happen. Uh, so it's a higher priority next year. It is very big It's very expensive and not just the vehicle itself to review it I've got to have the figures figures plural that came with it Their accessories which themselves can be rare and expensive the file cards, which nobody ever seems to think about seems like they Even the people that are selling The defiant of the figures complete never seem to think about the file cards, which of course I need for my reviews um That'll be difficult, but that is I mean, it's not the thing that I Personally want the most the thing I personally want the most would be the 1982 Cobra missile command headquarters that would be the personally the most fulfilling But for the purposes of the channel and something that I want to review the defiant uh, and uh, oh figure, um Uh accessory or figure one accessory or figure I have still really been wanting to get that stardust to review, but I've got two Variants of it that I still need to pick up so the probably starduster I think But now I think about it. There are others that I've man. I really No, I'm sort of sticking with starduster a star public starduster. I still kind of like to get my hands on the listening fun tripwire with the cassette tape Starduster though. Yeah starduster That's a harder question to answer than I thought Um, mr. Friend 1973 says uh first. Thank you for your visit. Thank you Uh, two questions. Number one. What happened to comic book wednesdays? I know others do comic reviews, but each gi Joe each Joe youtuber has their own style I appreciate and I'd like to see more Of your classic comic reviews and from you. Uh, and number two. Can you look into changing? Your end video comment only gi Joe's gi Joe your videos have grown To become fantastic that phrase weakens the whole video though as it doesn't It does not qualitatively match your video productions. No offense intended. Okay. Thanks. Okay question number one It's the time that it takes to put into the comic book reviews When I do a review of a toy the audio for the most part is recorded at the same time as the video For a comic book though, um, I have like an audio track And then I have to lay over at the images of the comic book on top of that You have to do the timing right you have to like zoom in on things and And crop things and uh, it takes like twice as long It's really time consuming to edit those And that's the number one reason why uh, I I'm not doing it right now And that's the number one thing I would like to do if I had the time If I could bring one thing back, it would be the comic book reviews As far as the um The tagline at the end of the videos, I'm not going to be changing that because that uh phrase Is a part of gi Joe history that phrase was used to close The first ever tv commercial for gi Joe back in 1964 And as you probably know on this channel, we uh really we respect our history We uh, we want to honor our history even the history that came before The 1982 real american hero line all the way back to 1964 when we the world was first introduced to gi Joe as a toy And I want to address this this question kind of in a broader sense outside of just this one thing um If you feel that there's some part of the reviews that you don't like And you want to leave a comment saying that I should stop doing it The answer to that will always be no I will not because My perspective doing these reviews is different from your perspective watching it You are watching the videos through the filter of your personal preferences, but As the creator of the video, I am seeing All of the feedback from everybody all the comments all of the private messages all of the emails I see all of it. So I have a pretty good idea of what's working and what's not and so If I start changing things based on what one commenter says that he doesn't like You know, I'll change something and please that one guy and piss off 10 other people who didn't want me to change it and so I can't Do things that way on the flip side of that If you're watching these videos and you do like things and there are things in the videos that you Want to keep and don't want to be changed You don't have to worry that i'm going to change something that you like Because some guy made a comment and said he didn't like it. I don't make decisions that way So you don't have to worry about that Um, charles williams says um eye patches and robot arms Why was this such a thing? Is there any definitive story about how major blood lost his eye and arm? And had the arm replaced by super sophisticated technology? Or even why that decision was made for the character? I assume the answer to the second part is just to make him cooler There seem to be To maybe a trend in 80s toy cartoons give the Eyepatch guy some kind of mechanical arm. Yeah Um, I got this idea from the skunk ape skunk ape video on rambo force of freedom with the freedom. So that's chris On comic tropes make sure you check him out on youtube There was gripper from uh Rambo from rambo force of freedom with an uh with an eye out and a mechanical clamping arm And docked terror from centurions with a totally mechanized half of his body Also one eye out Also the missing eye and the robot arm had to be on opposite sides of the body Um, which doesn't really make sense assuming they were in some kind of heinous accident The weaker form of monster from silverhawks also sported wicked eyepatch, but sadly no robot arm Hammerhead from thundercats also had this conceit It's interesting to note that in the previous decade the heroic six million dollar man Was the one with the eye and arm gimmick. Are there any gi 80s characters? This kind of gimmicky trend showed up in 80s characters. Well, I mean obviously you mentioned made of your blood and I don't I don't recall them ever Actually providing a backstory for his eyepatch and robot arm. I'm not sure that they had one You know, I just kind of hinted that he had some Some history with some some injury and of course it did make the character a little bit more interesting But uh, you mentioned six six million dollar man Before that even the first 12 inch gi joe had a scar It wasn't I think until later that they started to in gi joe action figures equate, you know essentially ugliness Or flaws physical flaws with the bad guys If you know if you were Perfect looking if you looked like duke with the square jaw and the perfect teeth, then you're the good guy if you deviate from you know, what is Aesthetically pleasing for the norm then you had to be a villain.  It was kind of an 80s shorthand to very easily let you identify who the villains are and maybe not The most thoughtful way to do it because you know, it does equate basically almost any physical flaw with with villainy But but I mean what is it all is the case First gi joe was the one with the scar as you point out Six million dollar man. He was the one with the physical injuries and the the body parts that were replaced with robotics Um I wasn't in the 80s, but robo joe kind of the same thing Uh, except except he got to be a good guy. So he he bucked that trend. So yeah robo joe The shining example of progress in gi joe kv 467 asks I'd like to know more about how you played with the toys as a kid in the house in the backyard Did you ever make dioramas? I didn't really make a whole lot of dioramas as for how we would play Sometimes we'd play indoors. Sometimes we'd play outdoors Um, that's how a lot of our accessories got lost Playing with the gi joe's outdoors How we played okay I have a brother who's a little bit younger than I am But we were still both in the age range to play with gi joe together And we had a friend in the neighborhood named sam. He lived about half a block down the street um And so the three of us would often play together like every day Uh, and we were all sort of a super into gi joe And we would all just kind of share our toys and uh between the three of us We had almost everything in gi joe from 82 through about I think 86 I'd say in about 87 is when we stopped really trying to get everything Um, but we there were a few things that we didn't have I don't think Any of us sent off for any of the mail away stuff But the retail stuff um Most of it we got we didn't get all of the seers exclusive stuff because a lot of times we just didn't know about it If we had no known about it, we probably would have got it But I mean we had practically everything between the three of us And we just pool all of our stuff together Either we'd go over to his house or he'd come over to our house And we just have epic battles. We'd have story lines that would go over several days You know It was huge And we would you know do it until we got tired of one particular story and then we just Start over to start in a whole new direction or sometimes we would like start small like we want to have like this one specific battle between These guys gi some gi joe guys versus cobra guys Um, and sometimes a bigger story would come out of that And we just kind of Follow that along to wherever it went and it was it was a lot of fun So that's usually how we played is the three of us Either indoors or outside And just with huge battles, but not just battles we had like whole story lines going on Usually it really didn't tie in very much to the cartoon or comic books We would just make up our own thing And just have a lot of fun with it. That's usually how we played with the toys Michael Johnson says thanks for running an awesome channel Thank you Merry Christmas to you and your family. Merry Christmas to you a little late, but uh the same to you as well In a past video you said you'd enjoyed visiting britain I'd like to ask where you visited and what you liked about it Susan and I did very much Enjoy visiting the uk. We spent a lot of our time in london and saw many things in london Of course, there's a lot there So even you know spending a week there and doing a lot of activities every day We still weren't able to see everything, but he also we took a little side Adventure out into noddingham. So we got out of london for a little while. We took a train up to noddingham Because I have a friend who lived up there. He actually lives in london now But I wanted to visit a friend there And susan is a big fan of russell howard and he was doing one of his comedy shows There in noddingham. So we went to that. We got to see russell howard in person In you know his one of his shows. So that was fun. That was a susan thing. She's a big fan. So We loved a lot about the uk and in london in particular The underground system is fantastic. We were able to go everywhere we wanted and do everything we wanted We just wish we had more time And that's one of our goals this year is to go back See some friends again See some new friends that we've made since then And also see some of the things that we didn't have a chance to see the first time around so Yeah, we love it. And you know, we are shameless tourists. There's no way around that but as tourists we had a great time It was a lot of fun Now road pig john asks, uh, what do you think of the of the 1988 Destro action figure with a gold head that was never released And appeared in the 1988 gi jo catalog two years ago I made a custom of it because it looked pretty cool If compared with the one they released And there's a link here and I did go check out that link when I saw this question And it's really interesting. It looks like For like a prototype For the catalog they repainted the version one destro chest Um and uh in kind of the version two colors It looks really interesting. I think I still probably Prefer the version uh two that we got in 1988 I do like that kind of futuristic military uniform they gave them But uh, I could I'd be really interested to seeing your custom of it I think that could be really cool. I could definitely see a really awesome custom being made of that So, yeah, that's what I think about it. I think it's really cool But I still think that the one that we got in 88 probably has the edge for me. I really like that figure Joe fan 82 Another great friend of the channel has a great youtube channel himself He reviews a lot of modern era gi jo figures like a lot of the stuff that I have in this box right here He's got a great channel. Check him out. Um, he says as a kid. What were your favorite tv shows live action or cartoon? Well as a kid in the 80s. It was a great time to watch tv. I loved the a team night rider airwolf Just all of those actiony shows that were kind of aimed at young boys Man, I dug all of that stuff as for cartoons. Of course, I watched gi jo sometimes and transformers loved transformers The cartoons I loved the cartoon series more than I even liked the toys for transformers But like I always got up and watched saturday morning cartoons and there were Dozens and dozens of weird and wacky oddball cartoons from back then that still kind of stick in my mind. There's a A cartoon called gilligan's planet. It was absolutely ridiculous just bonkers But I just loved the thing. Um, you know, what else was on saturday mornings Like a lot of licensed stuff. Like there's a cartoon about the rubik's cube It was weird and I seemed to recall like way way back. There was a cartoon of the lone ranger That uh, for some reason I just really enjoyed I connected with that and enjoyed that a lot and uh, just I just liked Turning on the tv on saturday mornings and just watching as many of those cartoons Like I really liked the hannah barbara cartoons that a lot of them were really goofy and weird But I enjoyed that era of cartoons a lot. So yeah, man The 80s is a great time to be a kid and watch tv And I just I was a sucker for all of that stuff that was kind of aimed at my age group Bebo uh says um, I once scored a fully intact original knight raven at a swamp meet for ten dollars And an original castle grace goal with all of its accessories for $2.99 at goodwill The these are little jewels I have scored what little jewels have you scored at a great price Well, you know, I don't know if I have any great stories like that Every once in a while I will find something cool at a resale shop That's at a decent price, but usually those are kind of small things and not I mean the prices are okay, but not spectacular A lot of times I run into vendors who are essentially toy dealers and they're charging full price for them So I'm not sure I have any great stories like that. I think the Finding gi joe toys in the wild here has proven difficult Some of the best things that I've gotten have been stuff that's been sent to me by viewers I mean some of those things are are really great and I would have had a difficult time finding them Here from a dealer, you know kind of in the wild I probably would have had to resort to ebay and you know ebay prices are tend to run high But uh, yeah, I can't think of anything right now that would make a great story Man a castle preschool At goodwill. That's that's pretty good. That's that's excellent. That's a great find And a night raven for 10 bucks. That's excellent too. Congratulations to you But I don't think I have a good story for you. I feel bad about that. I'll hopefully In the coming year. I'll come across something that'll be just a great story for that kind of thing, but Haven't haven't found a lot of great deals like that just you know out in the wild Moving on to Matthew Hudson's question Do you plan to attend the 2018 gi joke convention in chattanooga, tennessee? I apologize if you already answered this elsewhere. I'm new to your videos. Well, welcome It's always nice to have people who are new to the videos I'm glad you found the channel and I hope you enjoy them I am planning to attend jocon in chattanooga, tennessee Next year. I've been able to go for the last what I think four years four or five years or something like that I haven't missed a jocon. I've been to all of them I only wish I could have gone to them earlier. I didn't I mean I didn't I wasn't collecting gi joe at the time So I didn't know they were doing jocon until I started to become a collector and then discovered. Hey, they have a convention So I only wish I could have gone to the earlier ones It does look like the 2018 convention will be the last one I wouldn't miss it. I got to be there and As you may or may not know the guys from the gi joe bird podcaster, they're going to try to make it over too They've got You know a crowdfunding thing that they're doing to try to get them over here I'm going to help with that and I hope they can make it because that would be awesome So I'm going to encourage as many people as they can to It's possible to go to that Last jocon, you know make it you know one for the history books make it a great one And I hope to see a lot of you there. So yes the answer to that the short answer to that is yes I plan to be there. Um, and welcome to the channel, uh, matthew Lander extremo says, uh, sorry for my poor english. No need to apologize. Um Is the fail failure of gi joe in japan the cause of the dead or death of the line A takara slash hasbro partnership on transformers Working very well even today If tara takara, uh cares about gi joe two, maybe the line Still going or transformers is better concept Um, and gi joe is doomed anyway or or or is transformers a better concept and gi joe doomed, okay? I understand your question. Um, the answer those I don't think, um Like the failure of gi joe in japan is necessarily the cause of The death of the line it may be more of a symptom of it um Transformers has a little bit of an advantage there in that it kind of originated in japan, uh, and then was imported over here and transformers Does have a concept that is maybe easier to um To keep going for a long period of time whereas gi joe being more military centric Will tend to To have errors, you know, it'll have dry spells where Um, it just isn't going to be in the public consciousness enough But then the next iteration will come around and it will be reborn. So that's kind of what we're waiting for in gi joe um I think we will eventually have a new iteration for a new generation But gi joe is cyclical it comes in cycles and we're in kind of a down cycle now And we have been for a little while, but I think there will be an upcycle again. Okay. Sorry. I had to stop and get a drink Drink of water. So let's move on to uh, jedi db. I assume db stands for defensive back Jedi db asks. Okay. This is sort of a two for one Uh, I know you're an attorney. What kind of law do you practice? And the answer to that is mental health and guardianship cases And the other question is what is the one classic gi joe or cobra figure that you despise to the point of wishing it had never been created That's it for me. Have a happy new year. Don't party too late with the dread knots. Okay, I'll try not to But I can't promise not to drink too much grape soda Now the second question I think it's got to be go lobulous I really dislike go lobulous both in concept and in execution Both the character and the figure it is attached to I think some poor choices made with the Animated movie. I shouldn't say poor choices. I know some people really liked it and if you did great I should say choices that I didn't agree with And I didn't like that. I wish they hadn't made so Yeah, go lobulous springs to mind. Uh, that would be one that I would oh, and you know this came up on uh in the facebook group gi joe discussion and A kirk bazillion who was in charge of gi joe at the time in the 80s He agrees with me on that. His answer was also go lobulous. Therefore We've got to be right, right? I mean, there's no reason for further discussion Kirk bazillion agrees with me. So it's go lobulous I'm just kidding though. People like go lobulous if you want to like go lobulous, that's fine Fragminion asks most trouble you've ever had Getting a toy through the mail Silliest skit you ever thought up for the show in your opinion silliest skits. They're all silly But for their first answer to your first question, um, I ordered a A mickey mouse cobra commander and a mail away duke file card from the same source Um, it was sent. It was mailed to me. It was shipped. Actually, they didn't do anything wrong They packaged it fine. They shipped it to the correct address the postal service Delivered it to the wrong address because the place I was living at the time The address was Very almost identical to the address the next street over it was like street or place They delivered it to the person one street over And I contacted The postal service I opened a ticket about it. They were extremely unhelpful they were Ignoring my actual problem and not actually investigating it until at some point I gave up on them. I Suspected what happened? Um, and so I decided to check for myself So I went the next street over and checked knocked on my neighbor's door Asked them if they had a package. They said they did And so I finally got it But I had to take matters into my own hands the postal service could not tell me what happened to it Other than that it was delivered and I you know I I was I could have opened an insurance claim on it But it's I wanted the figure I wanted the figure at the price that I paid for it and the file card and I did get it I finally got it, but that was a hassle and uh, us postal service Didn't help very much And it was their screw up. They it was the correct address on the label. They sent it to the right place It's just the postal service delivered it to the wrong place Anyway Next question kurt road trip. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, I forgot the silliest skit The silliest skit that can comes to my mind It was the one with shipwreck Where he has the hook on the side and I said it was an std that made his private parts move around to his hip That was that was pretty silly Okay, kurt road trip says This is a sticky question as it may instill a political debate However, the question I ask Nearly because I felt it important and I feel the we the viewers should know. Okay It's a question That can go to you. Mrs. HTC as well as the children if they are wishing to answer So I'll ask Susan later I'll answer for now The question is creamy or chunky style peanut butter And no substitute of nutella. Well, I wouldn't substitute nutella because I don't really like nutella But as far as crunchy or creamy peanut butter I think creamy peanut butter makes better sandwiches So I'd have to go with that and I will I will get susan's answer At the at the end of this video. I'll bring her in to answer that too. So that's my answer and I'm sticking to it Mike Horsley another Long-time commenter I see Mike's comments in the videos all the time Oh, and this is for susan as well for mrs. HTC How does being the wife of a collector feel when the space starts to run out lol I will ask her that I will bring her in at the end of this video to ask answer those questions Let me just make sure that I mark those and don't forget about them. So we'll ask susan that question later Mike Horsley also asks another question. He says neon colors aside What are your thoughts on eco warriors and might you be reviewing more of them in the future? We'll definitely review a few more eco warriors in the future And yeah, it's setting the bright colors aside. I mean, there's a kernel of a good idea there. It's I mean it could have been made into something really very interesting I mean the idea of a faction of gi joe that has to fight to fight against Ecological terrorism is not a bad idea and it could tie into some real world scenarios So you can actually bring some realism into it. I think that there's a good idea there I think what kills me with eco warriors is the The lack of sincerity. It's Really feels to me like a cash grab It feels like something that was just tossed out there Because captain planet was popular at the time Um, and I don't to me it doesn't feel like there really is an environmental message there. It doesn't feel Pro environment. It feels faux environment. I just made that up. It's faux environmentalism I think that's probably what I Disliked about eco warriors more than even the bright colors is the kind of lack of sincerity Um, but man, it could have been something good could have been something good All right glenn robbins says will you ever do a video showing your entire collection? I I can try to um, I did that once Like a long time ago and I've added a lot since then it's a little difficult now because Some of my collection isn't here. I have a couple of things that are at on display in my office the The night raven and the conquest x 30 are in my office. So they're not here also Not everything is on display and space is an issue and so like I have now like a lot of the figures I have in boxes like this with the mark with the dates like this my 1990 box. This is That was this 1994 and so I I don't like keeping the figures in boxes I like having them out so that I can see them and play with them But at the moment space is an issue so that I can I could eventually do Um a video showing the whole collection But I'll have to I have to take a lot of that stuff out of the boxes so you can actually see it So that would take some work But I think it would be fun to do if I can ever find the time to do it. So, um, the answer to that is maybe Maybe if I can if I can find the time and the space to pull all that out so you can see it Keith ivy says Was there any non gi jo military toy lines that you incorporated into your childhood play time? For example, when gi jo came first came out, uh cobor was lacking vehicles and accessories So I remember buying a uh sergeant rock bad guys anti aircraft gun sergeant rock. Yeah um because um It was black and had a sticker on the sides with twin snakes giving my cobor forces something to combat the joes With hey, that's a cool great idea. I didn't have that one, but that's a great idea um But um, yeah, I mean when the core figures came out We got a bunch of those as and when we eventually started customizing figures Some of the parts for core figures were compatible with gi jo some were not So we would combine those parts with gi jo figures and you know create new guys So definitely the core when gi jo first came out though, uh We mainly had star wars. So if we needed an extra bad guy or something We just throw a star wars guy in Because yeah cobra in the first couple of years, you know, didn't have a lot of stuff But I mean that wasn't my favorite way to play with toys I kind of like to keep star wars in its own universe And I didn't like crossover transformers really all that much as well, but sometimes You know these uh kind of knockoff or uh, you know These other military toy lines, they shouldn't necessarily call them knockoffs, but but like sergeant rock and uh the core Um, we would use those as like extra guys Because sometimes, you know, you might need extra bad guys or maybe I wouldn't put them in cobra But I needed a different group of bad guys like to um, you know, maybe triangulate against gi jo and cobra We did some of those kinds of storylines or like cobra would invade A country and we'd need troops to represent You know that country and the core figures would work for that and gi jo would have to come in and rescue them We did that a few times. So yeah, the core figures we used a lot a lot um, so moving to um Nicholas uh secularis says Name a gi jo or cobra vehicle type that was badly needed, but never was never made Cobra air troop transport or maybe the flying uh aircraft carrier from the cartoon You hit on it the exact one The cobra air troop transport from the comic books the helicopter transport Which was all over the comic books and looked like it would make a fantastic toy Cobra in the toy universe really could have used that Uh, and they never made it. I mean cobra didn't have a lot of the great troop transports Um, uh the troop carriers that gi jo had gi jo gi jo had several of them You had several to choose from if you wanted to transport gi jo even like the killer whale had a great troop transporting compartment in it Even though it wasn't that main function for that vehicle cobra had fewer options Um, and man that would have been a great cobra toy That's the one they should have made so that's my answer to that you hit you are you hit on it um John q says favorite alcoholic beverage and will you please review more ninja force? Favorite I'll even more of a bourbon guy lately, and I like uh knobs creek And makers mark, you know when I can get it. I don't I don't get a lot of it But you know when I can get it that I like that And will I review more ninja force? Yes, definitely. I've got some ninja force plans for next year I can't tell you what they are yet because I want it all to be a surprise But definitely we'll be reviewing more ninja force Uh jason let's roll uh says will you please review the battle gear accessory packs? This is interesting not the first person to ask I never thought about reviewing the battle gear accessory packs I guess I could I need to go through and see if I have Uh have them complete. Um, I don't think about the accessory pack accessories really very much to me When I get an accessory pack Accessory it's just something that I'll eventually have to replace with you know the original accessory So they've always been more of a nuisance to me than an asset But you know what they were part of the gi joe toy line. They were unique I mean they are sort of their own little collectibles within themselves So that's something I think about I need to think about how to review the accessory pack figures accessories But that's something I would consider. I will give some thought to that Jayden Jarvis says Do you collect the figure inserts? command rings Battle ribbons, etc. And will you be doing reviews on them? Well, I don't really collect them and Formbx 257 has done a little bit of the Inserts and I never really thought about it When I was a kid playing with those and when I would get those I always kind of treated them as throwaways I never really kept them Obviously, I should have because now people do collect those But uh, I don't I haven't really considered them to be a regular part of the toy line So it hasn't really even Been something that have crossed my mind Like with the battle gear accessory packs. It's something I'd have to give some thought to I think it would be really interesting to have them and it could make a very interesting review It's just not something that I've thought about before and I would have to ponder and consider that Before doing it, but thank you for raising that issue. It's given me something to think about That's something that I'll have to think about in the future Ewok hunter zero three says hoodie. Do you think gi Joe will succeed into the 2020s or will it die around now Also, what's your favorite modern joe? Okay. Good questions Will it die in 2020 I hope not I'm hoping that this new movie will be something that brings a new generation of fans into gi Joe I'm crossing my fingers And however they need to do that Is fine with me as long as it is good and as long as it works Even if it's not something that personally pleases me. That's fine. We're thinking about the kids now We're thinking about the next generation. So that's who they need to appeal to If it fails though, if it doesn't work if the 2020 movie is just it just doesn't land Um Then I don't think the gi Joe toy line will die forever the reason being Because hasbro historically has made So much money on gi Joe. I mean so much money It had in years past has been a cash cow for them And so even if it fails in 2020 you get further down the road It's just inevitable that somebody over at hasbro will Look at the history and look at how much money they've made in the past And will think wow I can make money with this again, you know And unless they get become allergic to making money Somebody's going to try to revive it at some point in the future. It's just inevitable. It's just like That's business. Um, it's just my hope that When they do that It will be done by somebody who cares about it Who appreciates the history but also wants to add something new And uh, so that's my hope If it doesn't work in 2020 At some point in the future they will try again Just because they like making money. Uh, my favorite modern joe my favorite modern joe is I'm not sure I I actually really like that 50th anniversary beachhead. I think that's a pretty cool one Um, I'm not I can't answer that right now because I did get just over here off camera like these like Boxes full of hearted modern figures that I just dumped in the floor And uh, I haven't gone through all of those yet. So my favorite modern figure may be In in there, maybe it's this one. Hey, it's d'artain And I may not have even looked at it yet. So I'll have to defer that question until I can look more at the modern figures And so I don't know yet. I don't know yet Olga rose Says do you display? Any of your figures in diorama settings? I don't now. Um, I used to have little diorama sort of going In my old setup before you moved to the new house But space issues have made it difficult to do that now all I'm doing is just trying to squeeze Anything in any space I can find I'd like to do dioramas maybe at some point in the future Especially if I can like have some fun building like nicely detailed dioramas But it's just I just don't have the time and the space to do it right now So it is something to think about for the future. So but yeah, not right now Right now it's just like It's space, you know, just finding the space to put anything right now is is the challenge But thank you for asking Jonathan m says mr. H Thank you, mr. M How does your family slash friends slash neighbors slash co-workers feel about your gido gido collection and youtube celeb status? Well, I'd hardly call myself a youtube celeb but Most of my co-workers know what I do and they are amused by it They've even on some occasions got me some gi joe toys And they picked the right ones. They got me stuff that I didn't already have they actually Contributed to my collection, which is awesome Susan seems to not mind very much as long as I you know, don't interfere too much with family stuff I do have to admit sometimes Uh in doing all this stuff I get really focused On creating the videos and trying to get the work done I get a little bit on the tense side and you know, that's not always a good thing and I have to you know, You know check myself But as long as I'm behaving myself. She doesn't seem to mind too much and plus With you know the patreon and with the help of viewers Uh the The show is Almost paying for itself including getting new stuff to review and that that takes a lot of the pressure off as far as the family goes If i'm not having to put a lot of money into it and it's the show's kind of Self perpetuating That that eases a lot of that tension So and I have a lot of you to thank for that and thank you You are helping my marriage by helping the channel. Thanks But uh, yeah, I think Most of my co-workers don't necessarily watch the videos But they know about them and they they get some amusement about out of this uh this uh part of my hobby, so Yeah, they think it's fun. Um And jason galligan says hcc 788 would you consider doing the occasional comic book wednesday? with select-top-notch issues of the original marvel run of gi joe special missions At the end Kind of the same answer as before if I had time to do it That is the number one thing I would like to do if I could Add something to the channel is I would bring that back It's just that man when I start to sit down and think about What it would take to to do that The time just isn't there. It just isn't and so If anything ever changes and I am able to get some more gaps in time to give me some space to do that Absolutely, that would be the thing that I would bring back I so want to get back to reviewing the comic books Really more than anything right now. I miss that and I think I would enjoy I would enjoy that a lot I Love in this username Says for the q&a video a list of your favorite comic book issues would be great I wish I had prepared a list, but just off the top of my head. I really enjoyed the The origin of snake eyes two-part stories And the silent issue I thought was pretty good issue number 21 There are some issues in the 30s and 40s um the Stalker and recondo mission in Sierra Gordo to rescue um Dr. Burkhart. It's dr. Burkhart.  I think that's the character's name Feel bad about not even remembering a major side character's name I love those, but I think my all-time favorite Uh, would be the uh, cobra civil war story arc All of those issues from start to finish just I still stick in my mind. I still love reading those So those would have to be on my list of favorite comic book issues Del short says Would there be a way to reboot cobra law into something you could get behind and like? and not a question for But thank you to mrs. H cc 788. I'm gonna make sure she hears that and family for obviously being behind such a great project. Thank you Do you have going here? I personally love the videos Where uh, where there are cameos by everyone. They are great. Thank you. And I love those too I have really enjoyed working with the other guys who are creating stuff here on youtube Other gi jo related stuff My goal for next year. Um, I first of all, I love to work with all of those guys again if they're willing to do it uh, but I'd also like to Like bring in some maybe some guys outside of gi jo and like Maybe introduce some new people to what we're doing here in the gi jo community That they may not be aware of stuff that they may enjoy if they were aware of it But I haven't quite hit on What direction that'll go yet, but I love doing the cameos and I love having those guys in They're a great bunch of guys and I encourage you to watch all of their stuff on youtube Just I think they're great and they've been great to work with So so i'm glad that you're enjoying that. Thank you for watching And I will convey to mrs. H cc your thanks as well I like it when she hears that stuff. So yeah, I'll make sure that that gets conveyed to her Tyrell white says What is your favorite top middle and bottom tier figures? Oh, that's hard. That's hard. That's hard. Um, let's see favorite top tier figure Um, I'm not, you know, well stalker stalker is my favorite figure version 101.5 So but if I don't count that my favorite top tier figure Is hard to choose which is um So I like I mean that's that snake eyes um Flint is a really excellent figure uh Falcon is an excellent figure Uh, I'm not sure I can answer. I think I can answer though. Uh, my favorite, uh, bottom tier figure Is probably ice cream soldier not because I love the figure But because I've had a lot of fun with it. I have a lot of fun kind of Poking fun at that figure. Uh, I've got a lot of enjoyment out of it So even though my opinion on the figure itself hasn't changed the fact that I've Had so much fun with it makes it one of my favorite bottom tier figures um Evil crab says could you make a video on the astro viper version 2? Or any star brigade? Yes, I eventually will I just haven't gotten to him yet And I've done some star brigade Already and there are plans to do more star brigade. I'm not sure how much I'll get to next year, but um I'll get to some uh, but um Even further down the road. I have some specific plans for star brigade. So The answer to the both of those is yes Uh vandal uh says, uh, hi hoodie, uh, two quick questions Uh, one starduster is my favorite joe. Uh, he was a little more than a myth when I was a kid saying here Uh, now that I have one, he's my favorite joe figure. Uh, when are you going to review him and two mrs. Hoodie, uh, hoodette What is your favorite gi joe figure? I will ask her that question Um And in parentheses cobra dreadnock joe, etc. Uh, ps A starduster's uh camo makes perfect sense. He's a jetpack trooper His uniform would help him blend into the sky not the jungle. Love your channel. Thank you very much vandal and, um Starduster is not a bad figure to have as your favorite figure I have one starduster figure. It's the the first one Like version 1a or whatever And I really like it like you for me. It was a myth. None of my friends ever had it as a kid Uh, and so it's a thrill for me to have one now Um, I I want I I'd like to review it next year, but I I need the other two variants I need the the b and c figure Uh, and again, I don't need the accessories already got the accessories already got the file card I really only need the figures themselves I'd like to have them in decent condition without a lot of yellowing and Without any broken parts so that I can fully show the Variants for the review video But as you I'm sure you know Even the figures themselves without any accessories tend to run pretty high. They are pretty expensive and so Uh, I haven't prioritized those recently Um, but that's what's keeping me from doing the review when I get those then I'll be ready to do the review And I'll be thrilled to do the review. I agree with you about the camouflage The camouflage does make sense in that context. Absolutely. Um, so, um, I'll get to it as soon as I can and as soon as I can get those variants And I will ask Mrs. HCC your question. Uh at the end of this q and a video. I'll bring her in to ask for that Juan penia says Hello, hooded covert commander 78 I was wondering if there are any franchises you think could cross over with gi joe Love your work. Keep up the amazing work. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you And uh, yes, there are a lot of franchises that could cross over with gi joe I prefer gi joe In its own universe, um, and I prefer gi joe to be in a universe that looks a lot Like our own World with our own history and political systems and all that. I think that's one of the strengths of gi joe but If you're gonna cross over gi joe with other things there are tons of stuff they could cross over with Actually timmer from half the battle has done episodes on Whether gi joe, uh, would cross over well with certain other Toy lines and you know things like captain america Absolutely works great. Uh aliens would probably work pretty well too. Um, I actually think I mean they tried to cross gi joe with transformers many times I don't think that's as good a fit as they seem to you know, the creators seem to think it is I don't think it works that well, but there are tons of other things that that gi joe could cross over with that I I think would be pretty cool. Um, but but check out timmer's videos on that I think he actually has some good answers for that better answers probably than than I would um The droid whisperer Says what's your current display setup like and how much do you keep out in comparison? To how much you have packed away a good question. I've got you know, it's just right behind me. This is how it is um, and i'm struggling for um for shelf space I'm gonna move the camera just for a second. Uh, and it's gonna get a little wobbly and go handheld just for a second So I apologize for that, but just to answer your question. It's easier to show you um And let's see. I'm gonna I've got the uss flag here um, and I've got and the cats keep getting up there knocking stuff over um, and I've got uh, you know some some of the rarer figures up there and the gliders And I've got a couple shelves over here and Some stuff packed away down there. There's the tiger rad and the rattler and you know going up there Uh, and then I have let me put the camera back on the the tripod Do that there um, and then I have those On display, but then um because shelf space is short I have A lot of boxes of figures um, like I even though I Really love the monster blaster apc. I don't have a shelf space for it. So I'm just keeping it in the box right now I've got boxes and tubs of vehicles over there Some really nice vehicles that I just don't have the space for so that's her like how like what percentage of it Um Is on display versus packed away. I'd say like It's getting close to half of it is just packed away right now And that's again, that's not how I want to do it. I want to have the the toys and the vehicles and the figures out Because I like to see them and I occasionally I like to Play with them and I I want to have access to them for when I do reviews So it's not ideal, but that's just the space situation right now um dark phoenix asks Says I know you're not a big fan of uh 1990s geogio figures However, could you please explain the transition between uh targets from iron grenadiers line in 1980s to cobra line in 1990s? How are they Supposed to land without a glider. Okay. Good questions. Uh, and you know, I don't know that they ever had Uh an in universe explanation for that. Um Like the the The real explanation is that because they had the mold to reuse it was cheap to produce Version two of target and they weren't really doing iron grenadiers anymore at that point. So They just made him cobra because Because it was easy and cheap But I guess if you were searching for in in universe explanation, I mean obviously Destro had reallied himself with cobra by that point So, I know it could make sense that his iron grenadiers specialized troops kind of You know became cobra troops, maybe But uh, yeah, I think the real reason is they did it just because it was cheap And how are they supposed to land without a glider? Again, something that I don't think was explained very well, but I personally think that the backpack Probably has a parachute. I I see them as basically paratroopers, but Dropping from extremely high heights like from orbit dropping all the way down um, so I think Even though I don't think it's stated explicitly I think I think they're paratroopers. I think the backpack has a pair parachute Okay, robert hawkins Have you ever made a list of what you had as a kid? What are your favorite christmas and birthday joe memories? I as a kid and I I didn't make a list because I don't think I can Because as I said before my brother and I played with a friend sam All the time and we were always mixing our toys together and to be honest sometimes. I cannot remember Which toys were ours and which toys were sam's because we just played with them all together um, I some specifically I do remember like uh up there the The site sorry right here the sky striker. I didn't have the site the sky striker sam had it though But because we were playing together every day. I played with a sky striker all the time Um, sam had the uss flag. We did not have that but again, we played with it all the time um And there are some that I just don't remember I know I we played with them. I know Either we had it or sam had it, but I just don't remember which ones actually were ours So i'm not sure I even could make a list. I can't say though that uh between 1982 and 1986 We had almost everything The things that we didn't have were like the mailaways and like the seers exclusives Most of those we just didn't know about them or we just never sent away for things But um, other than that like the regular retail stuff We had almost all of it between the three of us or among the three of us Um, and oh favorite christmas and birthday joe memories, you know, it's weird, but I don't Remember a lot of my birthdays, which is strange. You would think I would But uh, my birthdays that I don't remember A lot of gi joe stuff today. I know I got gi joe stuff But I don't remember which of it came on my birthdays, but I do remember christmas Um, I guess it would have been christmas 83. Um when Really both my brother and I it was a gift for both of us got the 1983 headquarters command center And that thing was just so huge at the time. Oh, I remember that really well. That was a christmas gift The 83 headquarters command center. So I think that's the best memory that I can offer there Razz holly says What is your dream teams of five? For gi joe and your dream team for cobra each team with one vehicle Love your show. I keep keep keep up the great job Yo joe and thank you very much and razz. I think you have a youtube channel as well So you keep up your good work as well And okay dream teams for five gi joe and five cobra and one vehicle each That is tough when we played with The toys as kids, of course, we would pick figures that would fit with whatever mission we were going on, but I really liked the jungle missions so I usually gravitated towards the figures that had camouflage So stalker often went on missions Oh who else well lieutenant falcon when we got to that point 87 Ripcord camouflage trooper often went on missions flint It's hard to pick five but But just the guys with the camouflage, especially like the all over camouflage. Man, that was I love that a lot Footloose footloose Almost every mission when it's at five. I think that's close to five And for cobra troopers, you know, I always liked the old blue shirts I always wish I had more of them I was never able to army build as a kid, but I'd have to have a blue shirt trooper and an officer And let's see Man, I like I liked the his tank. So I'd probably have the driver of the his tank And so that would be cobra's vehicles the his tank As for if I could only pick one gi joe vehicle It's tempting to say the mobat, but the the vamp was more versatile. So I'd probably choose the vamp I think that's the best I can do man I suck at coming up with these lists, but For gi joe all the guys with the camouflage and the vamp for cobra, you know blue shirts and officers And the his tank and I'd probably that that'd be good I just have a go all those guys go up against each other Shane Everett says what do you think or what did you think of the two gi joe live action films? Rise of cobra. I did not like I thought there were some missed opportunities there Some poor choices it Uh, it wasn't so much that it didn't stick with the gi joe that I know It's just it's that it It didn't tell a compelling story Didn't make us care about the characters enough Um, it It just it was a bit lackluster. It I just thought it was done poorly. The whole thing was done poorly I'm sorry rise of cobra. I didn't think it was done very well at all. Um retaliation That was a great improvement. It didn't do everything perfectly. There are some things I still didn't like about it, but much improved over Rise of cobra a lot of the characters that they did focus on Did feel more like Those characters it felt more like gi joe than rise of cobra did so better I still don't think we've had the perfect live action gi joe movie Maybe the one they come up with in the year 2020 will be the one but um I'm mixed on the live action movies, but I can still enjoy retaliation I I've definitely come around to enjoying retaliation more than I dislike it Erdio 21, I hope I said that right Who in want would you say are the most overrated and most underrated or underappreciated figures and vehicles? Thanks, and thank you That is hard. Let's see. What's overrated? I think The triple t tank that sergeant slaughter came with I I know some people like that. I didn't like it I think that may be a bit overrated the cobra stun I think is one that a lot of people like but I think might be a little overrated But what's underrated? You know a lot of the figures that some people think are just boring Uh, I I like a lot of those like I really like grunt, which I think is a an underrated figure I mean It's still a fairly generic looking figure and I get that but I still appreciate the figure for what it is Uh, somebody like a doc the doc action figure from 1983 It's kind of on the plain side and he didn't fit with a lot of people's uh play scenarios I having a medic But I still appreciate the figure again for what it is. Um, so that figure's maybe a little bit underrated What else? Um Airborne, I think airborne the first airborne figure is a bit underrated I appreciate that figure. I think a lot more than a lot of other people do. I like that one a lot I think those I think those would be my answers at least for now I'd have to give a lot more thought to that To be sure I'm not missing something But just off the top of my head and looking at what I'm able to see behind me That's what I can think of to answer that question Mickey joe's mre review your review mre's that's nearly interesting. Anyway, mickey asks What's the most ridiculous figure that you still love the most ridiculous figure that I still Love and generally I do love gi joe figures even the kind of ridiculous ones Um, I think that would have to be There's there's a contest because I still I mean I think dr. Meinbender is Ridiculous, but I still kind of love maybe the character more than the figure. Um, I wouldn't say I love crystal ball But I like the figure more than I expected to and it's ridiculous So that definitely is a contender Some of the dreadnought figures are a bit on the ridiculous side, but intentionally so they're intentionally Weird and I like most of those so maybe that's the answer But uh, Meinbender and crystal ball though they could be contenders raptor I don't love raptor. He's super ridiculous, but I I've had some fun with him, but um Yeah, I think that's the best answer I can give maybe maybe it's mine, but maybe it is dr. Meinbender Maybe I think I'll pick that it's Meinbender dr. Meinbender J sn says will you do the 1993 battle core figures? Yes. Yes. I've done a few of them already I will do more There are a lot of them. It is going to take some time I have I do have a lot of them complete, but there's still a few that I need to get 1993 man a lot of figures released that year. Maybe too many figures released that year So It's going to take some time to get to but yeah, I'll do them and I'll be happy to do them. There are some good battle core figures I will get to them Leolius says, uh, what's your opinion for gi joe video games and movies george from greece. Hello greece. Hello from the united states um gi joe video games and movies, you know, I still like I said before I don't think we have gotten The gi joe movie we deserve I think we we still have that coming. That's still in the future as far as video games go Uh, I don't think I've played enough gi joe games. I didn't get Um, a lot of the gi joe games like in the the 90s. I never played them I was kind of out of gi joe by then so I wouldn't have gone after those games I remember playing the gi joe game for the Atari and I thought it was pretty lame But that's that was way back. It was like was that 1988 like early 80s when that came out Um, I would have to play more gi joe video games to experience them There was a video game. I think for was it for rise of cobra that they did and actually tried to get that game I was picking it up second hand at a video game shop But the one that I got the disc was all scratched up and cracked. They couldn't give it to me And they didn't have another one So I even tried to get more recent gi joe video games to play them and I was unsuccessful So, uh, I don't have enough information to ask to answer that question John Wilde asks who or what introduced you to gi joe for me. It was the marvel comic book commercials That was exactly what they had those commercials for so I guess they worked For me my earliest memory of gi joe. I'm pretty sure Is the second gi joe commercial for the toys It was the commercial where, um, it had a breaker writing on the ram motorcycle um That is that's my earliest memory of gi joe seeing that on tv being really interested in and of course Finding them at the stores and the first figure I got was breaker prime 28 asks Is there an unreleased item that you wish they had released and not released certain items? Um throughout the line. Well, I wish they hadn't done cobra law. That would be number one But yeah, um as mentioned before And I want to reiterate this and I think a lot of people Are on the same page with me in the gi joe comic books. There was a cobra Transport helicopter that looked really great and it looked like it was designed As a toy, but it was never released as a toy and I really wish they had I think that's my answer for that Um Wayne tetrialt says I am new to you. Uh, well welcome. I'm glad you're here and thanks for joining But what forces do you think were better gi joe or cobra or destro for me? It was cobra They had better weapons and vehicles And I can see why you would say that Cobra did has some pretty good weapons and vehicles Destro did as well. And I think destro was Better field commander than cobra commander was but Despite the name. I'm always on the side of the angels. So I'll have to go with gi joe um, I just I believe more in what they were fighting for than, uh, Cobra or destro. So I'm going to stick with gi joe on that Joel pumpy says, uh, do you feel that gi joe mainly the comic and the toy got the marine core right? That's a really interesting question. I asked this because the first marine We get didn't have a rifle but a grenade launcher and that got me thinking did gung ho ever come with a rifle at all Uh, some later versions of gung ho did come with the rifle The first two versions did not, you know, he had the grenade launcher and then version two He had it was in the dress blues with the sword Um, so but did they get the marine core right? I even though I love gung ho and not like really started my, um fascination with the marine core I think leather neck did a better job of getting the marine core right And to maybe to a lesser extent sergeant slaughter in like the more drill instructor kind of role But leather neck man, he just feels like a marine to me leather neck. Yeah Uh, and let's see, uh, mr Sayah vid, I hope I said that right I says hello from columbia. Hello columbia from the united states Uh related to action figures. Do you have any guilty pleasure?  I still like, okay. Um, thanks a lot.  Thank you very much Thank you very much for watching from columbia um A guilty pleasure Oh, let me think, you know, I always thought that, you know, the tiger rat Uh Was kind of a guilty pleasure Because I really liked that jet, uh, even though as a kid I really would not have liked it because of the the weird colors the tiger force colors That might be a guilty pleasure. Um, I like lifeline Lifeline might be a guilty pleasure that red uniform Is pretty bright, but I mean, I understand why they went with that and actually does kind of make sense, uh in universe In context, um, so I'm not sure that one would count I'm not I don't know if I can adequately answer that. Maybe I'll go with lifeline, uh, but I'm not sure if that should count I mean a lot of people like lifeline. He's not underrated or anything Uh, so I'm not sure see that's sorry. I hate not having good answers for these But I just never really thought about it. Um, in general, even though there are some figures and vehicles that I don't love In general, I really like gi joe, which is why I'm doing this. Um, so It's hard to pick one that would be a guilty pleasure. I'll give that some more thought though. I'll give him more thought Our Ronnie McKinney says hi. I enjoy all of your reviews. Thank you very much I was wondering if you're going to possibly, uh, cover the cobra night landing And or battle accessory packs in 2018. Well, the second question about battle accessory packs I will give some thought to the battle gear accessory packs, uh, or battlefield accessory packs, um Battle gear accessory packs. Geez. I can't even say it right. Um I'll have to give some thought to that and I'll have to dig through what I have and see which of them I have complete. I probably do have several of them complete Um, so I'll I'll give that some thought. Uh, the cobra night landing, which I do have. Where is it? Um, That was right here I have right here. Uh, I would like to cover in a review now. I need to think about this This is something I've been pondering. Some of these smaller vehicles Are hard to fill out for full reviews, especially if like the night landing wasn't really used in media very much, uh, or at all So it makes it hard to do like a more expansive review for it. Uh, so obviously I in the past I've done Like short reviews for the like the small play sets like the the missile defense unit and all that Maybe I'll do something like that for the night landing and other small vehicles. Um, they wouldn't Be as long but they would be full reviews Uh, and it might enable me to get to them sooner If I can find the time to do them, but uh, I as for it, uh, if I do it this year It's not on the schedule yet, but I haven't finished making the schedule So the best I can say is maybe Kevin Murphy says as a viewer from the uk. Hello, uk from the united states Thank you for doing an action force video earlier in the year I enjoy doing that video with cyber tiger. That was a lot of fun I was also a really hard video to make all of those images from blood from the baron We had to get permission to use those the guy that runs the site was super cool about it But that was a lot. I enjoyed doing that. It was fun. Uh, it says I grew up with action man Action force and then the rebranded gi joe action force And ended with a few gi joe figures The rebranded gi joe figure file cards were changed to make them from different countries If Hasbro had dropped the real american hero tagline And gone with an international approach. What do you think the outcome would have been? Uh, do you think as a kid you would have treated the toy line any differently? And would they hold the same appeal today? That's a really interesting question and i'm not Sure, I never really thought about it. Um, I think it still would have been pretty cool Uh, because the toys themselves were really cool um And if they had presented this to larry hama As an international team rather than an american team Um, I think larry hama still could have done something great with it And I think I still would have I think most of us probably still would have appreciated it because it was in great creative hands, um and All credit to larry hama and ron rudat and the other guys who created the toy line in those early years for Adding so much creativity to it. Um, I think they could have done it as an international team as well But we'll never know because that's not what they did, of course And being I mean they were initially producing this for an american market. They made it america very american centric It's easy to understand why? growing up as a kid, um Being seven years old. I mean, I just of course, it's american everything. I knew was american. So, um You know, I I embraced it because of course it just That was there was just a normal at the time. Uh, it was just understood to be An american toy line But of course as we know now gi joe was Spread far and wide far beyond the borders of the united states Um, many many countries had their own version of gi joe sometimes called something different sometimes still called gi joe um, and so from The from the very beginning gi joe Expanded beyond, uh, the united states going all the way back to action man Uh, and I think it was, uh Issued was released in 1965 a year after the american toy was released gi joe has been international Since 1965 um Would american audiences have bought it as well as They did at the american toy line It's hard to say but Give it to larry hamma and i'll bet he still could have made something that american kids would have appreciated just as much And I think that that I think reflects my respect for larry hamma and his intelligence and his ability to write Good characters and good story. I think he could have done something with it really good questions Not something I thought of before but I appreciate you asking Uh marvel n dc 379 asks, uh, or says if there's a new gi joe cartoon Would you prefer it be like the classic real american hero series or Something different with the core concepts of the gi joe Uh, another good question now I think my I think they should go in a new direction with it. I think they should Uh Yeah, go in a different direction. Give us something new or don't give us something new give the next generation Their own gi joe That is focused on the things that they like and they are interested in Try to capture today's zeitgeist rather than try to recapture The cold basically the cold war era that's when we grew up is the cold war these were cold war era toys Worked very well for that time period Now If they could update our gi joe in a way that appeals to Kids today the next generation great. That's fine. Uh, and I would be all for that. I love to see More modern interpretation of our favorite characters I mean, that's kind of sort of what we got with the live action gi joe movies, although it wasn't always executed perfectly Uh, so if they can update gi joe and give us Like the old real american hero cartoon But you know Updated for the modern audience. Awesome. Great I'm just I gotta admit. I don't have a lot of faith that they can do that Uh, and so my belief is that it might be time for something brand new and something for The new generation that will get them excited and give them their own gi joe That is not just a rehash of our gi joe Uh, good question. Uh, really interesting question Uh, james barry jr. Says what may you decide to call your channel hc 78? Okay. Why did I call the channel hcc 788? Good question hooded cobra commander 788 is the nickname that I came up with Because I was just kind of Just entering into the gi joe collecting community. I had just started collecting gi joe again as an adult And mainly I was just looking for a name that hadn't been used yet You know, I was just looking for a unique name. I always liked the the hooded cobra commander Figure, you know, it was a mail away figure. I did not mail away for it But I had friends who had it, uh, and so I had seen it before and I've been able to play with it before I really liked it on which I had one of my own Uh, so I was going to call it hooded cobra commander But of course there'd probably be hundreds of hooded cobra commanders out there So I added the 788 From the the his tank the his tank, uh, number on there the the 788. So I just added that on the as a tag And so it's hooded cobra commander 788. Uh, but it got shortened though to hcc 788 after Like really early on Somebody left a comment on the video Uh, and just shortened it and said hcc Made a comment to hcc And it's like, oh hcc I can Brandy branding Now I have something that I can turn into a logo hcc 788 There it is. It's short. It's easy to remember I can put it in the background of my videos. I can put it in the corner of my videos I can it's that that's it just kind of came Organically out of somebody's comment and it's like, okay I'll just put the 788 on the end of it and now hcc 788 and it works It's and it's easier to say than hooded cobra commander 788 Thank you for asking that question James, uh, Schultz the third says, uh, will you ever do a review of the thunderclap great channel hcc? Thank you very much. Yes, I will definitely do a review of the thunderclap I have the thunderclap. I have it complete and ready to review I don't know exactly when I get we'll get to it. It's a big enough vehicle that I could save it for One of the first of the year reviews because I always review something big for the first Review of the year even though it's really big and it would qualify for that. I don't think I want to save it for that I want to do it At some point in the middle of the year it's it's not going to be a first of the year review But it's a big one. So I'll have to set aside extra time to do it So it's not on the schedule yet, but I will definitely get to it and I have it ready. It's ready. I have it in my position ready to review Abadaba says What's your thoughts on the 2000s? Joe repaints slash reissues DT a direct to consumer toys rs six packs and The wonderful comic three packs Those are worth it just for the october guard and quinn. Yeah and again, thanks to Larry his gift. I actually have some of those now So I'll have to give you A better impression as I Take a better look at them. I do find them very interesting especially the The repaints and reissues from the 2000s the o-ring style figures. Those are really interesting. Yeah, like the new sculpt era and the The comic packs and I have examples of all of those now that I can actually look at So I know it's not a great answer to your question But I do want to take a closer look at them and get a better impression of them before I really say exactly what I think I just I just kind of take a closer look at them But I do I can't say that some of them I do like very much but As the Weeks go by and we get deeper into the year Hopefully we'll be taking a closer look at at some of those. Thank you for your question Adam Verwolf, um adam. I have to confess. I keep wanting to call you adam airwolf Mr. Adam airwolf says have you ever thought of actually wearing a hood? I have But I have to admit, you know, I all right I can be vain. All right. I actually do want you to see my face and recognize my face when I go to jocon I really enjoy Meeting people. I enjoy meeting viewers and talking to you and interacting with you in person I want you to be able to recognize me Um, so I have I do have what is referred to in the business as a face for radio So, you know covering my face up with a hood it might actually help my my views but But yeah, I just Stick with the way I'm doing it now besides which Timmer from half the battle he does the mask and the hand and everything and that's a little bit close and I don't want to I don't want to rip off Timmer so, you know Timmer can do his own thing and I'll just I'll just do my thing So I've thought about it. Yes, but I I decided not to next question by L01 bo2 Mr. Bo2 Says As your collection continue continues to grow. Have you ever thought to yourself? That there are too many mediocre figures and vehicles to buy that it might make more sense to just stick with whatever you really like best Or would that mean you would quickly run out of material for your videos As an example, I've enjoyed comic books for over 25 years and long ago broke out of my completionist mentality It was liberating to actually downsize my collection of it. Thank you for your entertaining reviews. Thank you very much Being a completist means that I do have to get a lot of stuff that I don't really love A lot of really mediocre stuff Um On the one hand, I don't know whether or not I really am going to like it until I have it in hand There have been a lot of figures that Uh, I didn't think I would like but when I actually get them in hand and I can uh, see them and touch them I and they they grow on me and I appreciate them more same with a lot of vehicles. Um, so, um So I do appreciate having the figures even the ones that I don't at first think that I would like But you hit on the other thing and it's absolutely correct If I only stuck to the stuff that I liked Then I would run out of material and that is actually um One of the things I I always have to think about when I'm scheduling reviews is that, um, if I Only review The figures and vehicles that I love like all of the things that I think are topped here I would They would be all done and then I'd have nothing to review except for week after week of Week and mediocre and bottom tier figures and that I just can't do that. Uh, that would just Uh, I might kill my enthusiasm a little bit So I gotta every once in a while I gotta do I gotta review those figures that A lot of people would consider to be mediocre Um and spread out the ones that I really enjoy So that so I have something to look forward to but I can also, you know Get some of those mediocre figures done and get those under my belt. So yeah, um, I never really Wanted to be a completionist and the only reason I Turned into one Was really for this show because um, I want to be able to show you these things and not just Talk about them. I want to actually be able to put them in front of the camera And so you can see okay. Look at this thing. This is the variation You know, this is the these are the original accessories and that way, you know, you can make up your own mind Whether you think it's a mediocre figure or not I've done a ton of reviews on figures that I thought were not that great But people watching it thought they were pretty awesome and decided they wanted to go out and get their own Well, I think that's great. So, um, I got a review even the Even the middle of the road guys that Don't seem to matter because even though I don't think they matter a lot of people do but I do I can't appreciate Your thoughts on downsizing man. I can appreciate that a lot. So I understand what you're saying But for the show's purposes, I've got to got to keep on chugging and try to get each one Um, james strickland says I enjoy your reviews. Do you think you will ever review any knockoff gi joe items examples like the core figures? Well, I did review, um One knockoff bareness figure, which I thought was pretty funny The core figures were such an important part of our playtime When we were kids that if I can get my hands on a few of them I don't know that it would be like a full review, but I might I would enjoy like, um, looking doing quick looks at them. Um, I think that would be fun and interesting Well, there's one video that I've been pondering for a couple of years now And that is to do like, um, a history of the three and three quarter inch action figure like from From the the fisher price adventure people to like the um, the mego Three and three quarter inch o-ring figures To, you know, star wars and gi joe and just follow them all through that and the core figures would have to be part of that Because they were so important. I think to the history of the three and three quarter inch action figure I don't have a lot of core figures right now to review. I just don't Uh, it's something I'd have to go I'd have to get some, uh, but uh, but I think it would be fun to look at So it's something that we consider doing. I just don't have plans to do it right now Um, but it's uh, it's something I could do in the future. Uh, good question Uh, terry turner says, uh, do you have any plans of doing a review of the his to tank? Hammer and stuff from the star brigade line. P. S. Merry christmas and happy new year to you Merry christmas and happy new year to you as well. The answer is yes. I will review all of it I don't have the his to yet Um, I thought about getting that at jocon, but I passed on it. Uh, the price wasn't quite right But I will pick one up when I can the hammer. I do have the hammer, but it's very incomplete It's missing several parts the parts that are missing are the hard defined parts like the antenna So it's going to take a little while and some patience to complete that one Very much looking forward to that review when I do get it complete You will see more of star brigade. You should see more more of star brigade this year But maybe even more so the following year because again, I have some plans For a little bit farther down the road, but we will be looking at star brigade again In the not too distant future. Thank you for asking that question James bond 1956 says, uh, what is your day job? What do you hope to see on the gi jo reboot that will be released in 2020? My day job is I'm a lawyer with the public defender's office and I do mental health and guardianship cases Uh, and with the reboot in 2020, um I don't have like specific Things that I would like to see but in general I would like to see a movie that draws the new generation of gi jo fans in And just something that the kids think is really awesome. Even if my generation does not think it's awesome I don't care. I want the new generation to fall in love with gi jo. And so that's what I'm hoping for however they do it Uh, that's what I hope they do Uh martin, uh crunstrom says Hasbro has named you responsible for the gi jo toy department. Oh Awesome, that's good news. Um and sent you back to 1983 in, uh with cart blanche Uh, what would you do differently to keep the joes relevant and competitive in the 90s and 2000s? Oh, that's so hard. Um I'm not sure They could have done much better than what they did. I understand why they went to the neon colors and the spring loaded weapons And the I understand all that the aliens all of it. I understand it. I get it. Maybe they could have given us a gi jo that was more reflective of the image of soldiers in media at the time But I'm just not sure there just seems to be a cycle with gi jo when It doesn't fit with the general mood of the country and the world for a period But then it comes back into vogue eventually I've been on record saying that I don't necessarily agree with the decisions that The marketers for gi jo made in the 90s, but that doesn't mean I could have made better decisions I'm not sure I could have done any better than they did. Let's see. Uh max blue Says um hcc what vintage figure slash vehicle or both have you surprisingly liked Long after stopping stopped playing with joes as a kid Would a younger hcc Found something in the 90s as good as 80s joes Yeah I mean interrogator I mentioned the monster blaster although As a kid I would not have liked the colors But I probably still would have liked the vehicle itself and what am I surprisingly like long after I stopped playing At the sky striker I still really I mean That Flipping that landing gear up and down is just still very satisfying.  The tomahawk is just beautiful The the uss flag, which I mean sam our friend sam had the uss flag. We didn't But now I got my own and it's just It's really nice the killer whale. My gosh. How could I have not mentioned the killer whale yet? And this The killer whale is still one that is really cool to just play around with because it's got so much and yeah There are some 90s figures of vehicles A bulletproof. I think I would have liked That's a 90s figure that as a kid in the 80s if we had it back then I think I would have liked that one All right skunkie Our friend skunk ape again. Make sure you check out comic tropes on youtube says Would you rather have one more sunbow season or one more year of new figures and vehicles for the uh re h line? I think Given the direction they were going with the figures and vehicles by 1994 if they had carried that on to 1995 I don't think it would have improved very much You know, I mean like if they had continued with the real american hero line and not jumped over to sergeant savage Uh, so I'd go with another year of the sunbow series Since the sunbow series ended With really with the the 1987 animated movie There are all these uh, uh new characters that we never got to see Animated by sunbow some of them we got to see in the deke series not all of them Uh, but of course the deke series is generally thought to be of lesser quality I really would have loved to see how they integrated characters like outback Um and shockwave into the sunbow series I wanted to see that and we never got to see that because they cancelled it So I'd go with an extra year of the sunbow series. I think I would have liked that very much avatar of coma Says storm shadow or snake eyes. That's an excellent question. Um, it's very close I'm gonna say snake eyes by a thin margin snake eyes is both mysterious But there's a vulnerability about him. He's a he's a tragic figure Um, and to me, that's compelling my jmergox says hcc What is your personal opinion of cobra later on using robots like the battle android troopers and how Uh, how you incorporate them into your in your gi joe playtime uh, I think um It's for the cartoon series. It was convenient to have robots Fighting for cobra because it gave gi joe targets. They could actually hit So all the lasers didn't always miss um, and I think that Helped a little bit, but even though I'm a little bit uneasy with having Robots and gi joe The way they did the battle android troopers. I think is the best way they could have done I mean they look cool. Uh, they were invented by dr. Meinbender. So we have a connection to another um, another uh character in the story and they weren't like Super robots. Uh, they were it would be about what you would expect robots to be on a battlefield kind of dumb, but able to march and run and Shoot a rifle so They would I think they would be less desirable than a regular foot soldier But it would have the advantage.   They'll still put holes in you So there are some good uses for the bats and you know, they I think they did the best they could with them So I I can live with the bats. I can't I can't hawk masterson a good name if I've ever heard one says What's your stance on the 1990 gi joe vehicles and figures? As you've pointed out several times in other videos, you're not a fan of 90s air joes But there are several hidden gems in 90s line to be found That other collectors might have passed on Uh, yeah, there are some nice vehicles and figures in the 90s. I I keep pointing to the The monster blaster apc, but there's one right there. I mean that's exhibit a There was some really cool stuff in the 90s. And I've pointed out some 90s figures that That I ended up liking a lot. So, uh, yeah now my Dislike for the 90s is kind of There are some specific things that I truly dislike, but there's a general Dislike for the direction that they went But even given that there are some individual toys that I think are great from the 90s I mean all the way through the 90s even like toward the the end of the line There were still some great ones In there in the toy line. So, yeah, I I have to give Props to the 90s. It was not all bad. And I try to point out the good stuff when I can find it Joseph, uh, Christovic says Why do you think clutch, um, is a jerk in the comics? And what do you think about, uh, agent helix? Well, I don't know a whole lot about agent helix. So I'll have to pass on that one, but that clutch, uh Yeah, I think I mean Those are those early gi Joe characters They had to have something to distinguish one character from another Uh, because frankly a lot of them looked a lot alike um, so they had to have fairly sharply contrasting character traits and clutch just happened to be the one Who got to be kind of the a kind of a jerk now They tried to or Larry tried to write him kind of as more of a lovable jerk He's not like necessarily mean spirited.  Don't have it Still want it still want to review it So that's the big one and of course the the figures that came with those Um, so yeah, those probably top of my list And I would I really hope I can nail down the defiant shuttle complex this year It is a goal. Joe motion videos 82. This is Byron. Uh, you've I've mentioned Byron before. Hello Byron How you doing? I hope everything's going well with you and your dad and everything Um Byron says HCC if you had to start collecting all over again What would you do differently? And then he says mrs. HCC. What do you think of its collection and youtube channel? I will have Susan answer that question at the end Along with the other questions as for your first question In the beginning I was trying to be really organized and like get things like get one year at a time like get all of 1982 Get all of 1983 get all of 1988 And since I was focused on a year at a time Whenever I would Get something from outside the year I was focusing on I would just sell it or trade it off Because I didn't need it. I wasn't at that point in my collecting goals Uh, if I had to do over again, I would have kept that stuff because some of the stuff that I sold off I would have some complete vehicles and figures right now If I hadn't gotten rid of them before and now I want them now. I want them back So um, yeah, I probably would have held on to those That's one. I think the one thing I would have done differently and now I have a hard time getting rid of anything Selling anything trading anything. I just I just keep it But that's not necessarily the best thing to do either. Um, in fact, I probably should Uh, take some of my duplicates and put them back out there into the market so some other people can enjoy them Maybe that's something I should do Um, in 2018 that might be a new year's resolution is to to um, let go of some of those uh, those duplicates All right, pensive ruin says thank you for your passion for gi jo. Thank you Um, what are your life dreams and have you realized them? Oh such a hard question my life goal was to Finish law school and to get my license pass the bar and get my license That took a long time to get my bachelor's degree Took years because I was working full time at the time I had a small business as well at the same time I was working full time and I was going to to school at night It took a long time just to get to law school. It almost seemed like it never happened Then when I finally got to law school that was a tough hard slog To get through three years of that and then to Get past the bar exam and actually get a license And then after that to find a place where I could work that I would enjoy I had one my first job after law school was A dud it turned out to not be what I wanted to do at all So I ended up leaving that job and it was it took a little bit to find the job that I'm in now And so I'm really I'm I am where I wanted