Go live. Okay. I think we are live and I think we have volume Because the little thing here indicates that we have volume I think we have video because that little thing indicates that we have video. Hello everybody. Welcome to another live show Thank you very much for being here. We've got a few people here already. Hi guys We hello Lester and jump a general and chromius and armor Magnus and Matt Rubin. How do you do? How do you do and Yes, I I got a video up finally finally it was the crossover between GI Joe and another toy line But you know what? It is time for us to get back to GI Joe. Let's talk about GI Joe Hello sparkster 1701 nice to see you. Good evening. Always nice to see you. Hello bubble wrap memories Hello, Andrew Andrew the guy's so nice. They named him twice. Hello Matt other Matt No, it's the same Matt. Oh you Matt was Yeah, you almost got me thinking it was a second Matt in here. Hello Dave. Hello Hello, Gee Franzi. Nice to see you. Gee Franzi. Hey, it's Green Yeti. Hi Green Yeti been a while. How do you do? He's trying 18 Green Yeti our young friend is now an adult. Can you believe that? Oh well? Congratulations It has been a minute. Hello Terrence and Jonathan and space Cobra and Michael and Matt And Jeffrey and sparkster again and WWE 85 and Chad and Firefly good evening Hello rat face and Bader Ray Bob and Kenneth and sparkster for a third time Hi everyone, how do you do? How do you do? I'll tell you what we're gonna do tonight Hello Garcia. I'll tell you what we're gonna do tonight. We are going to only Talk about GI Joe none of that other stuff None of that other stuff and maybe maybe we will even Finally get to our friend Gung-ho. All right. This is a GI Joe. It says GI Joe right on there I'm gonna put him up here for now because I got a few other things. Let me show you Let me show you I I did check My post office box and I did get a couple things. So I have I have I have two large boxes to open So I'm gonna do that I'm gonna do that and then my friends then I've had this hanging around That I have not opened yet. And so we are finally going to open the classified Tiger Force Duke and Ram So we're gonna finally do this We're gonna get through this I got for reference the other Ram motorcycle with breaker And I got for reference the other the first Duke classified figure So we're gonna get to those and then And then we should be able to wrap it up by looking at gung-ho here gung-ho He's been waiting a little bit. He's been waiting a little bit, but but it's okay. He's preserved in plastic You know, he's he's gonna be all right Hello to yes, the mats are all here. Hello redneck ogre and Rat face again, how do you do? Hello? Gussie and Yo Joe Banjo and Gray Fox and Guy Franzi again, I I'm sorry I apologize for mispronouncing your name in the past, but I'm pretty sure I've got it now Guy Franzi I'm pretty sure I've got it now Hello, Jay RJ Howard and Kenneth and Reno and Dio Soth and Stonegate creations and Christian bricks. How do you do? Hello Denmark from the United States? Thank you for being here so So Hello David Sharp Thank you very much for being here. So we have we have an agenda We have an agenda, but I wanted it. I wanted to say that I wanted to say something I have something on my heart that I would like to say something other than you know a Cholesterol, you know something other than you know, just You know arterial blockage on my heart that I wanted to share Hello Cobra Island nice to see you. Hello Dungeon Jerk and J station. Hello Chad far and bubble wrap memories Oh, yeah, the WK WK RP t-shirt a gift from Marianne Marianne Who is she may not be in the chat because she's sitting on the couch right over there? So she can she can hear, you know, what I'm she can she could see me and live in real time if she wanted to So, yeah, thank you. Thank you. It's it's This is one I really probably should save for Thanksgiving, but you know, it's I was in the mood Yeah, I'm a huge fan of WK RP still love that show.  I'm sorry. I I'm hooked on phonics And that works for me. So I'm doing the best. I'm doing the best I can I'm doing the best I can Is she going to Is she going to through figures throw figures at you. Yeah, she's going to throw figures at me She might she might see this is why I don't sing. I promise not to sing And I broke that promise and so I deserve to have something thrown at me Has she for not only has she forgiven me for the Stargate parody she helped me make it She helped me make it. I could not have done it without her help It was so so yes, um, we had fun, you know, we had a we had a all had a good time, but no more of The Stargate no more of that at least for this show You know, we are we're gonna focus on gi Joe Comic tropes says sorry. I'm late. Well, you should be I hope you brought snacks for everyone Last person in has to bring snacks. I enjoyed comic tropes this live show yesterday. That was a lot of fun Also, if you will check in the description of This video you will find the link to the Indie go-go for the comic tropes the Vampirella cover I've already purchased one and I hope you'll get one as well Trying to support a friend on that and it's and it's a really cool thing. Hello sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse Hello, Australia from the United States. Hello the Trek reviewer and it's Baroness. I nice to say you Baroness Uh Raymond literally you just filmed my replacement sky striker unboxing intro. Thanks for your courage. Good. Good Good. Good. I'm glad that you did it. I'm glad that you did it. You took that step It's I'm glad you did anyway Even Richard Dean Anderson couldn't find a way to fix that Stargate line Yeah, you'd have to do a lot of MacGyvering to make that to make that work So since we're starting out, you know, I do have before we get to I once again for those who aren't here I have from the PO box. I have two large boxes to open and then I'm going to open the the Tiger Force Duke and the Ram motorcycle and then and then we'll get to Get to our get to our old buddy gung-ho here But I I've got I've got something to get off my chest. Okay got something to get off my chest But but I want to get it out of the way, but we're going to focus on gi Joe focusing On gi Joe. It's an all gi Joe thing tonight. We're not even going to discuss Anything other than gi Joe Except for the things that I already did just discuss, but other than that You know it from the what is this the the 705 point on is gi Joe only Hello, the quiet. Thank you for the super chat the quiet silence. Hopefully no more Stargate curse. I hope not That was the best classified figure so far including future designs tunnel rat What is the best classified figure so far including future designs tunnel rat or big Ben are my favorites, you know Tom rat or big Ben both are like really cool really really cool Let's see. What was I I'm trying to think there was one that was stood out to me that I was really Looking forward to oh well. I It may I won't be high on very many other people's lists, but I Really like the what they did with rock and roll. I like the rock and roll design. It is updated But still, you know subtle and in character. I really like that. I really like it So I'll go with that even though that's not I know that's not gonna be high on many other people's lists But I really liked that The figure six pack says if you can't see and can you rap like the rap viker viper? Absolutely? Who do you think taught the rap viper how to rap? That not me sure sure not Least likely pet companion in the vintage series least like well Undertow comes with a fish, you know, I that that's probably Less than I mean, how do you train a fish? I mean, is that his pet fish and if it is like does he keep it in a big fish bowl? Or does the fish go on missions with him and if it goes on missions with him? How does he keep the fish from just going off and doing something else because it's a fish? that's a that's That's got to be up there. That's got to be up there What a preferred version two of rock and roll, but I still yeah I'm sure that eventually they'll get to the version to rock and roll because that's a very popular design But I am happy to get The 82 characters and I think the 82 characters because the figures were so plain They don't get a lot of love but We got a breaker and that was really awesome I I love this even though again, it's it's fairly plain and the rock and roll figure is it's not Too juiced up, right? It's it's still you know looks like you know a classic rock and roll, but it's updated Just enough to feel Like still rock and roll, but also, you know something new It's this emotional support fish exactly exactly Yes undertoken tuna fish What was I saying so now One other thing. All right one other thing among many other things, but I know that We're looking at a lot of classified here. I Have got new I have purchased New vintage GI Joe stuff, but I can't show it to you I can't because it is for upcoming Videos it's for stuff that's coming up in the immediate future and if I showed it to you It would be a spoiler so Last well, thank you. What's on Joe mine for the Super Chat? The singing cats are somewhere under the couch And the and by the way the cats can sing better than than I can so so yes, um I'm still like still primarily a vintage guy and and it's still you know I'm still reviewing vintage toys and I'm still collecting and completing the vintage collection And I have actually picked up quite a few things that I cannot show you Last week. I showed you the cobra bug That uh chris got That was awesome. Thank you very much, but right now at this specific moment Because I can't show you the new stuff that I got that's vintage What I have to show you is Is this stuff and it's just been hanging out here I haven't haven't opened it yet that's still got the tape on it. Um, so Uh, so we will we will get we will get to that tonight. We're working on it working on it. Uh now Um, what was I saying? Oh, yeah, it's tuesday. It's tuesday. So remember two things first It's a new there's a new episode of half the battle from timmer He went to the belgium comic con that he goes to annually or semi annually And he's got a video from that. So check out timmer's video. He he shows all the cool stuff that he got there Um, so always check out that on tuesday also After this show, uh, there is another live episode of what's on joe mind The links to both of those channels are in the description of this video So you don't have to go nowhere to find them Well, as soon as you're done here, you can go immediately there click on those links and go see them for yourself Uh, thank you for the super chat joe fan 84. Hey commander and everyone working late again We'll be in and out. Mr. S says hey And he is watching at his mom's house. So everybody behave yourself. Uh, first of all, hello, mr. S And we're gonna keep we're gonna keep everything PG tonight ever. Okay, everybody's keep it PG Mr. S is watching And we don't want to be a bad influence on mr S especially since he's watching from his mom's house And we don't we don't want to get anybody in trouble. Okay, so best behavior best behavior Um, steven says I saw this, uh, half off at target not bad, uh bought it at full, uh price. Yeah These never go on clearance in the stores where I'm around but but it's because we never get enough of them It's hard to find anything here except at walmart. They have about a dozen Uh classified retro lady jays for some reason Um, you can find those Uh, hello. Oh, hello, robber is airy. Nice to see you. Uh heard we were opening some silver hawks and thunder cats tonight Uh, uh, yeah, you you miss heard you were misinformed sir. It's gi joe only all gi joe all the time except For these two large boxes that I got at the in the p.o. Box, which may it may have gi joe stuff in it for all I know Um, uh, Oklahoma sucks for classified that that is true that unfortunately that is true um It's it's it's slim pickings here Um, whoever is ordering the toys for our local retailers doesn't seem to be ordering very much um And the stuff that they do order it's like they they get like too many Of a single figure like that lady jay figure is now a peg warmer. It's a pretty good figure It's not a bad figure, but nobody's gonna buy a dozen of them Nobody's walking out with an arm full of them. And yet they don't have destro. They don't have The baroness. They don't have these others Um, and like so what do we do with that? So it's like, yeah, sometimes sometimes they're on the pegs, but is it what you're looking for? Probably not So anyway Um, I there was something I wanted to get off of my chest. Um, other than the I'm not taking off the wkrp shirt figuratively. I wanted to get this off my chest. Um Um So, uh, we I have some policies on this channel. Okay Um, I have some policies on this channel One of them is uh, I don't do drama Another one is um, I do not want to have an adversarial relationship with Uh, the viewers right I I want I I just don't want to have that kind of relationship And it's not because I don't like to argue Quite the opposite is because I like to argue a little bit too much. Um, and I just don't want to start that so It's not my job to correct people on the internet And if somebody thinks that I'm wrong about something they are welcome to think that and I do not need to get in a scuffle over it. Um, so I have these policies I have these rules for myself And at various times I've broken all of the rules. I've broken every single one of those rules at one time or another But I will say a couple things I'm doing my best. I'm trying to get better. I'm definitely breaking those rules less often Um, I'm improving and I'm working to improve Um, and if by any chance you are someone out there with whom I have, uh Broken those rules. Um, you can rest assured that I feel bad about it and I recognize it and I'm trying to do better Um, so, uh, yes, this is not a drama channel. This is not Uh, an argument channel. Um, this is well, it's my channel and it's mine to talk about what I think is important Um, and what's not important is my opinion on stuff My opinion on anything is the least important part of the review I feel like I have to do it. It's part of my job as a reviewer to express what I think about the the thing that I'm reviewing um, but, um But it's still just my opinion. Um, and I mean often you will hear people say, you know that you You have a right to disagree and if you disagree, that's fine And and while that is true, they don't actually need your permission to disagree. They can disagree Whether you want them to or not. Um, but I don't think that's enough at least for me. It's not enough to just Be okay with other people disagreeing. I think that you have to allow space Actually for people to disagree uh to to invite the disagreement um and to Not just tolerate it because that that can become patronizing, right? It sounds an awful lot like um, you're free to disagree with me if uh, if you want to be wrong. It's okay um, no It's it's not it's not enough to just Say while you can have a different opinion or if you want If you think differently and if you have a different opinion, I want you to I I don't just tolerate it. I actively want you to and I don't think me or any other yahoo on the internet should persuade you to To to dislike something that you like or like something that you dislike. In fact Having somebody on the internet persuade you to Dislike something that you previously liked. That's worse. That's a worse crime, right? That's That's a that's a worse thing to actually diminish someone's enjoyment um So I know I'm try to I try not to do that. I express what I think but that is only what I think um, and hopefully Um, that doesn't diminish somebody else's enjoyment of something. Um, there's there's often a debate about I guess among Not just toy reviews, but reviewers of all kinds about, you know, being positive versus being negative, you know Be having having positive reviews where you like something versus, uh, having videos where you just hate everything that you that that you see But I don't think that it's about positivity or negativity. I think it's about reasonableness It's it's about, um Thought, you know, it's about, uh, hopefully some analysis Um, it's it's not so it's for me. It's not about whether A review is a positive or negative as far as whether it's doing the right thing or Um, or is a good review or or a well constructed review. That's not I'm not looking at that I'm not looking at is this person positive all the time versus is this person negative all the time Um, what I'm looking at is is the person like thinking About what they're talking about. This person has some thought behind it and is this person reasonable Even if it's something that I disagree with if it's reasonable At least I can understand why the person thinks that and unfortunately here on the internet I don't know if you're familiar with the internet. First of all, there's a lot of point pornography that I've discovered Um, I somebody mentioned that I didn't believe it, but I saw a news report on, um USA Today that apparently there is pornography on the on the internet. I'm sorry, uh, mr. S. Don't look that up Don't google that Mr. S. Don't forget I said anything but other thing the other thing is, um The the internet gets rewarded for tribalism, right? So you you get attention by stirring up, uh drama and and hate Toward something about something you get rewarded for that because people get worked up about it. It gives people a reason to Not not just be impassioned but to also Have a target Uh, oh, thank you comic tropes for super chat respect stay honest with your friends.  I have to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they are Sharing their honest opinion Uh, let's just say that let's give them the benefit of the doubt and and not assume that they're just trolling um, or just Making clickbait Giving them the that benefit of the doubt. I still have to see that We're being thoughtful reasonable, uh logical. Um, you know And like how do you treat other people? You know If you throw your opinion out there, what what is your reaction? When somebody disagrees with it um And that I think says a lot more about a person than you know, how many toys they have that's um So that's that's kind of what I look at But I also know that that's not what gets rewarded on the internet that um, that's also why this channel isn't this channel is um I know that there are some things that I could do that would get a larger audience I know there are things that could do some simple things that I could do probably that would Get this channel in front of more eyeballs And I don't intend to do any of those things So we are going to carry on steady as she goes I will do my best to stick to my own rules and talk about About plastic army man instead of talking about people and attacking people Um, and I will also try to stick to my rule about not having an adversarial relationship with With the viewers. I will do my best and if I ever break those rules, you know, that's on me I I take responsibility for that now Now having said that I feel I got that off my chest, you know, I feel like my heart is now pumping More freely We're we're we're good. We're good. Now It is time to open some stuff. Let's let's open some stuff. So I got this I got these boxes um In the p.o. Box, I'm gonna go through these first. Uh, these are both from the same person, but the person doesn't want me to Uh, share the information on the label So I actually cut that out so that I don't accidentally put somebody's address on the internet I I totally cut them off. Oh Um, so I'm opening these up. I did cut the boxes open before starting But I haven't looked in the boxes to see what's there So I have my sharp object here in case there's something in there like packaging that I need to cut open I don't know. So I have the sharp object But but I do cut these boxes open before I start recording Before I start streaming Because it reduces the possibility that I will slash myself On live television. So if we can reduce those opportunities, that's a good thing. So, um, this has It has a letter. Let me see Uh, oh, it says public letter. I can read this. It says greeting a greetings. HCC 78 greetings Uh, it's been a long time. There's not much in this big box, but you should like it anyway Some accessories for 12 inch gio figures. Whoo, um, especially cobra commander. I have the cobra commander A gift for your daughter. Oh, she likes that. She really does. Um, the third party rages on toy hacks website has Sticker instructions. Oh, that's intriguing. Uh, diosauce. Thank you very much diosauce I I keep all of these letters. I'm going to keep that letter And I'm going to I'm gonna actually move this down here. So I can Ah, there we go That's much easier. I don't have a lot of space here on the table So we're opening this and a reminder We're only talking about gio this time. No stargate No, uh, uh, no my little pony. No Transformers none of that gio only Gio only is a gio only. We got to stay focused here. This is this is what we do This is what we do also. I also apologize because uh, when I start soliloquizing You know when I when I start speechifying when I start pontificating Like I just did I I I lose track of the live chat. So I apologize that wasn't reading the live chat. Um How to first aid chance. Yeah, that's that's what we would have to do. Oh, hello. Exploriso. I didn't see you come in Exploriso is like good. He brought doughnuts Good news chris Exploriso Brought doughnuts.  First of all because I love and second of all because I'm from Oklahoma And I barely know how to speak anyway So, uh, yeah, it's it's frankly, uh, I think fortunate that I can string a few words together to make sentences So let's but let's look at this. Oh and dyosauce is it? Hello. Dyosauce Um, yeah stargate denied. In fact, I'm not even gonna mention stargate after that time. I just mentioned it So at the 7 25 mark After that no mentions of stargate But we're opening this box from dyosauce. Let's see here. Um, and oh, I see you immediately something This has got to be the gift for audrey. She's uh, she likes the ninja turtles And she likes plushies She will love this She will love this She's gonna be over here tomorrow. She will love this So thank you for this I better keep take care of this because she will be mad at me if anything happens to it. Oh this okay, check this out Speaking of third party. That's what this is gonna be. This is Is a third party transformer and I I admit I don't know as much about these It's a third party transformer, but hey, we're not talking about transformers, right? We're talking about gi joe So I'm going to make this transformer an honorary gi joe. Okay, so this what does this say? um arch enemy You know codename arch enemy Uh, this gi joe transformer Uh, third party a third party. Uh, that's really cool um Vans hobby There we go. There's the the label now. This is interesting. So it's like it's like an optimus prime Uh, but in evil colors. So it's like bizarro alt optimus prime So it's like optimus prime, but A photo negative so everything about optimus prime is opposite for this guy. So like Optimus prime is really smart.  And I admit I don't know a whole lot about these But the detail on it is quite impressive. Now. I I did have transformers generation one transformers as as a young person um and um Uh, I remember They were a little clunky, right the the transformers back then Uh, they were huge. All right, they're very very popular, but they were clunky um and And expensive that they were pricey at the time so Uh, this is this is really fascinating to me because it's like and I I know that this stuff is is done now I know that transformers have updated, but look at this guy has articulation. Check that out Look at that non clunky guy Uh, that's really cool So bizarro optimus prime Uh honorary gi joe codename arch enemy. That's awesome. Thank you very much. Dio saw. I want to put this over here So that I don't lose it and I'm going to make sure that I have not Missed anything. Okay, and then the the accessories. Oh, yeah, check this out. No, I'll check this out. Okay, so accessories for 12 inch joe is like the hall of fame Hall of fame scale. Check this out It's uh megatron pistols Um in 12 inch gi joe scale, that's really nice. Check that out. This is cool Look that it's it's it's articulated That's really cool. Does it transform It might transform. I can't tell I don't want to break it. I'm not gonna break it I'm not I'm gonna be careful with it and not break the thing that I just got But yeah, check that out. It's Metal screws and everything. That's really cool. Now. I wish I had the the hall of fame of Cobra commander here so I could put these in his hand It looks too large for the classified six six inch scale. This would fit the 12 inch scale Uh, but that is impressive That detail is is impressive. That's really cool Um, oh, look at this.  That's that's really that's really impressive Um Well, thank you dino soft now. I've got I want to put this back in the bag and not lose it Uh You know, this makes me nervous this makes me more nervous than anything is that somebody's gonna send me something And um through carelessness, I will lose it or Uh, or break it and I really don't really really don't want to do that. So that's box number one box number two from the same person Um, let's see. Oh, there's a Right here. Um on this cardboard. There is a letter Let me put this down here Um, it says oh it says public letter again. Hello again, hcc 788. Hello Are they say good things come in small packages? Not this time bigger is better. Um, in this case for your daughter Um order, uh for you For your daughter order for you chaos dio soth ps I had planned to send her items sealed in package but did not have the space They are brand new awesome That is intriguing. Let me check this out. Let me let me see again. I keep all of these letters None of those letters get thrown away. I have a special place for them. So let's see Let's see. This is a very large box well packaged Well packed Um, oh well, that's what that okay Open okay, this says open after large box. So I'm gonna set this aside. I've got to do it in the right order Here we go. Oh, there's a Oh for daughter. It says daughter. It says daughter. So, um, all right, let me Well, actually Maybe I should do this first since I'm supposed to open this after the large box. So, uh, maybe I'm supposed to open this last Oh, check this out Yeah, okay So we've got, uh We've got some princesses Um, and and check this out the princess has has little little shoes. That's adorable That that is that is adorable It's an oh, yeah. Hey articulated. It's it's this is, uh Um from mario um She has like a I think that's an action feature. I think that's a that's a a ninja force ninja punch. Check this out That's that's cool. And then we've got, um We've got motorcycle blonde Um, I I I don't know from from girls toys. I gotta be honest. So I'm just gonna call her motorcycle blonde um So, yeah, uh, audrey should love this stuff Um, she is getting more into Toys and stuff now that she's older when she was younger. She had no interest in toys, but now She's actually getting interested in Toys and stuff. So she will love that. Oh, it's got she's got a She's got a an umbrella sword Parasol there. I'm going okay. Once again, I'm putting these back in because I do not want to lose them That is the biggest thing that I'm most concerned about. I really don't want to lose these Okay, so now there's a big box. I have no idea what it is Uh It is uh Let's see.  Okay, so let's hold on me, uh Open this and Carefully, it's really big Um, bear with me here Oh, it opens at the end. Here we go. Oh What have we got here? This is interesting Um, okay, hang on guys We'll check that out Okay, there are parts that are falling, but I'll pick them up. I'll pick them up Look at this. This is enormous This is enormous. Look at the size of this. I'm afraid to take it out I don't want anything to to fall out. Um Um That's that that is crazy, man. So it's it looks like a third party transformer honorary gi jo honorary gi jo These are all honorary gi joes now because we're only talking about gi joes today um, and um It appears Oh careful now careful careful.  So this may be a robot of me I'm Oh, please Uh, I really try to be careful to not hurt the thing that somebody went through a lot of trouble to send Um, okay, so let me try to get This big old daddy here honorary gi jo uh codename big orange He's the anti Timmer trooper because you know, Timmer doesn't like orange. Um, so I'm gonna carefully place this over here um Okay Zero studio cell pump conversion do not try to transform this before watching reviews and tutorial videos. Thank you Uh screw covers and uh most spikes are already installed. You must attach the shoulder spikes. Okay. Thank you for this information Thank you. I will be careful. That's what I'm trying to do is be very careful with this honorary gi jo now I've got to open the smaller box I've got to open the smaller box um, and There we go Small box. Oh, I see I see how I see I see so I erroneously thought that his head was a giant hole But this is in fact A unicron. Um, now you just have to imagine the end of the transformers movie. Uh, this head Orbiting cybertron After he blew up Do do do do do do. No, that's the gi jo thing. Um transformers So that's this is really freaking awesome and it has the Again, I'm trying to be really careful, but it has the things And the the advice was do not try to transform it without watching the tutorials I wouldn't dare I would not dare. So, um, we're gonna say that, uh, honorary gi jo Unicron transformer, um, is here to Destroy cobra's evil plans Um, so thank you very much. That was really awesome. Uh, audrey will love this stuff. She will especially love this She loves these things. That's fantastic So thank you very much and thank you for your support. You've supported the channel for a long time It's very much appreciated. Um, and now. Oh, hello, uh, raw vegas. Nice to see you Optimus prime will return. Um, no, we're not talking about opus prime. Optimus prime is now an honorary gi jo um And uh, and now it is time, uh, to do this in order to properly, uh, play the role of a planet orson wells Got as big as one. Yes, he he He he he did, um He put on some girth in his later years. He he and he did indeed Um orson wells genius filmmaker Did some incredible things on film classics that still hold up today um including the the Uh, 1986 transformers the movie, you know his ultimate achievement. Okay, so I'm now going to Open this here we go. I'm opening this and For reference, like I said, I have the first, uh classified duke I have the first classified ram which came with breaker one of my faves Um, and we are going to open now the tiger force version of duke and The ram motorcycle so For those who collect sealed in box, you know, avert your eyes because I have just cut the tape Um, no, let's uh, let's check this out on this gi jo only show um So it we have a box Congratulations a box in a box Hopefully it's not just boxes all the way down. Let's hopefully there's there's actually a toy in there, but let's see. Oh, there's a tray So just like a 90s figure, there's a tray And there is our Duke and ram. I did want to point this out This is a part of the new Uh, no plastic packaging So this this box includes no plastic It has large artwork on the front It has photos on the back And um As you know, this is a mixed bag with the uh with the no plastic packaging It's a lot of real estate to include Some artwork and if the artwork is good, then that's fantastic You just want more of it if it's not so good Then it's not so good. This is not bad now. This is in a comic book style. It looks like, you know line art that's been colored Um So it's in a comic book style now I The comic book art style that we've seen is a mixed bag Um for something like this, I think it needs a bit more detail than what you would get on Like an interior page of some comic good example right here. So this is The first duke also had kind of a comic book art style But that is a much simple simpler style, which Works absolutely fine On the interior page of a comic book. I mean that that even would look pretty good but on the packaging for An item for retail like this I would rather see something More detailed And this this is much better For vehicles more so than individual figures I think the the no plastic packaging works better because With vintage gi joe, we are used to getting vehicles in boxes with art like this So this feels very familiar This this feels kind of nostalgic even But uh, but there's that and oh, they do still have the codes On the side. Let's see if we can decipher these. Okay Let me see if we can decipher these. All right. This one Is a bowl of starfish This one is Uh, it's It's two mcdonalds signs side by side. So those two mcdonalds side by side uh, this one Is a single teardrop because duke is sad You know, that's a single teardrop and this one That's a seahorse That's obviously a seahorse um now, um How could these be related? I mean we've got a bowl of starfish up here and we've got a seahorse down here um those are both Related to the sea right to the ocean duke is not in the navy, right? So that's curious about that but I think this This might be a narrative. I think this might be a story um this is so Consider if it goes in reverse order. I think it makes more sense. Check this out. So the seahorse Um is sad because he cannot rescue the mcdonalds Starfish from the bowl. So yeah, the starfish are in the bowl at mcdonalds and because of that we have a sad seahorse Very clever You know, I have to hand it to whoever managed to create an entire story using just four symbols Very impressive sir or madam Whoever came up with that so great stuff Great stuff. But let's let's actually look at the toy here. Let's let's uh Let's see about oh, and we can't forget this. This has got to be the accessories in this box So let's these get these guys out first. Um, we have My tray, uh, and we have some ties in the back which I may need to cut Uh, in fact, I am going to cut them So let's uh Cross your fingers and hope that I don't cut off any of my fingers. Let's see It's pretty tough and also this knife is kind of dull. I really need to sharpen this thing Good lord, I need to sharpen it I don't know that I would cut myself with this thing. It's so dull Um, let's see. Um, and then this You know, you know what could be used for this other than a knife Scissors, I don't know if you've heard of this invention called scissors. It's like a knife, but way safer Um But you know, I like to live dangerously so let Let's get this thing open on this gi joe only Episode where we don't talk about anything other than gi joe Except for those other things that we just talked about so At the at the 745 mark in this live stream Nothing but gi joe from then on. Uh, so Let's see now we have uh, let's see. Did we get them all? I think we got them all We have let's let's free Free duke Free, uh, mr. Conrad hauser Connie let's let's uh Free connie from his, uh From his cardboard coffin Okay, so there's there's duke. There's tiger force duke and we'll look at him in a second Here is The motorcycle part of the tiger force ranger motorcycle. Um now, um In the vintage era, we did not get a tiger force Ram We got other tiger force vehicles, but not the ram Um, some had speculated that we might get a tiger force. Um A tiger force ferret. Uh, what was it called a tiger paw? I think when they turned it into the tiger force version of the cobra ferret, but uh, not not yet anyway um, we got a uh tiger force Repaint of let's see here Kickstand there's the kick it has a kickstand. We got the tiger force repaint of the um Of the ram motorcycle that we previously got with, um with breaker so It's fine. Um, uh It's what they had they had the mold for it, uh, and and I don't mind It's it's a really nice vehicle. I do hope though that we can eventually get some more tiger force vehicles and at this scale at this scale Um, yeah, I'll almost add myself at this scale You're not going to get very many You're not going to get any large vehicles. You're going to get mostly small vehicles and and at most medium sized vehicles So you're going to get stuff that's motorcycle sized usually, um But the the ferret is not much bigger. It's it's close to motorcycle size um From the hilt says greetings. I forgot it was tuesday me too. That happens to me a lot Um, that's not yeah, that's not this is this is This is what it is. Um, this is It's it's a really dull thing is that needs to be sharpened is what it is. Okay, so i'm opening this and it has A christmas present And another so that's that's all of it. Oh the um The slip with the copyright and disclaimer uh information is in there can't can't forget that You know someday years from now people are going to be collecting these and like Why didn't you save those copyright and disclaimer slips? Huh, it's not complete if it doesn't come with the copyright and disclaimer slip. Well, i'm saving them I'm saving them. Um, so uh, let's see This is sealed It is in tissue paper But it's sealed. It's not taped or anything. So the only way to open it is to tear it unfortunately so let's uh Let's go ahead and tear that open We've got a cardboard wrap thing which I assume is duke's submachine gun we've got a ah I wasn't expecting that we've got the pistol and the backpack in here And this which uh is a tiger force release uh tiger force colors of the machine gun that came with One of the versions of roadblock How we doing on time we're we're fine. We're fine. Look, we have to stop at eight o'clock because what's undral mind? Um Has their show and i've got to edit video I have been shooting video like a madman over the last two days to get the next video done Um, and i've got to edit some of it.  Nice to see you. Nice to see you there. Hello. I anybody sneak in here Hey, it's axel foley. It's it's nice to see Um eddie murphy in the show. That's awesome um, so it's this is a red and tiger force branded version of the Um, the minigun that uh, well it it's the same one as this I'm trying to describe it and I can actually show you the things side by side at this. It's a red branded version of this and That means in here it must be the The housing for the sidecar and that's exactly what it is nothing else in there very good So this is the housing for the sidecar Uh, two halves and then this let me see how's it going it goes in like that and like that So, uh, here's the thing about tiger force colors. They're pretty Outlandish They're very loud They're not camouflaged. They're they're incredibly impractical for military vehicles ground vehicles at least um, but they they do make a striking display And even though I was not a fan of these colors as a young person As an adult collector. I have to admit they they make a striking display, you know, they're very eye catching so let's uh Let's put the sidecar on it's got a couple pegs here We've got to peg it. No no jokes about pegging in there. Remember mr. S is watching from his mom's house We're not gonna don't even mention it. In fact, forget I mentioned it So you peg that in Uh add some lube if it's a little tight If it's a little tight just add a little bit of lube there But uh, but this one's fine. The holes are big enough Um, so there's the there's the sidecar Um Marianne is over there giggling. I don't know why I'm trying to keep it clean here Um, okay, and this is oh Is the submachine gun Familiar submachine gun and I and I'm flinging it. Good grief. Uh, I believe this came with stalker as well It looks like the same one Um, so and here is duke. Um, so let's take a moment to just look at duke for a second, right? Um duke Uh is in his tiger force colors like the vintage figure But they they chose to keep him as a blonde the tiger force figure Inexplicably changed his hair color to brown Um, they could have done that But I'm glad they didn't That you know, they had to make a choice right and no matter which choice they made Somebody was going to be upset somebody was going to want it the other way I'm glad they chose consistency over just wrote copying of the Tiger force figure. I I do appreciate that Uh firefly says he had a mercari's seller ship a rattler that was uh Loomed with ky jelly. Uh, my gosh Why would I you know what? I don't even want to know. Um You decide you decide what uh, what kind of rating you want to leave for that seller Okay, so um, let me pull out The first classified duke just to figure real quick and I'm trying to not crinkle the plastic In your ears, but I just want to show you these side by side because we have seven minutes. We've got to be We've got to be out of here. We've got to be out of 5000 in seven minutes to uh So that what's on so we don't step on what's on joe mine's Show. Sorry. Okay. So there's there's um classified duke v1 Classified duke v2 It's the same mold as you would expect uh, the tiger force vintage tiger force duke is Mostly the same mold as version one, but it actually has a couple different parts We covered that we I did a review of it. It has a couple different parts, but the same basic look as the first version, but um You know what and the hair color is well, you know what that is really close. It is basically the same hair color. So um, I To me this just makes sense. I never I never as a kid and as an adult. I never really understood why Uh duke's hair color spontaneously changed to brown and then spontaneously changed back with later versions um, so That that's good. That's good. Um, well, I think one reason why some of these sub teams like tiger force and slaughters marauders They would change the hair color of a figure. Um, there would be no way to mix up that uh part that head with the vintage head so if you were wanting to like Deceive somebody into thinking that they had a a vintage figure and you were slapping a tiger force head on the vintage figure Everybody would know at a glance that no, that's not the vintage figure. He has a different hair color I can't I could appreciate that. All right. I that I can get behind um, but My preference would be to not like change from a blonde to to brown hair Just give them like a different shade of blonde or something like that something else that is easily identifiable as as a different part from from the first one But there you go. So that's that side by side. Um, let me see if I can get him on the motorcycle We have four minutes. That is just enough time. I think to put him on the motorcycle And uh, oh, let's put the the pistol in his holster Let's put the pistol in his poster. There we go Um, and now let's uh, I gotta I gotta I gotta unpeg the the side car I'm gonna pull it out. Just you know It's it can be tight and they can get stuck in there. So you gotta You know, if wiggle it if you have to I'm giving it advice here um, so I gotta yeah pop it out pop it out and um All right, and there are foot pegs. I'm not sure how necessary the foot pegs are but we're gonna use them Um, there's one There's two Come on. Ah All right, I've flung him. Hang on. Hang on. How much time we got three minutes we got three minutes to get this guy on this motorcycle and And show him off Before we hand the baton over to the watson joe mine show and I go and edit video which I've needed to do Uh to get this next review done um That last review that that That eco striker review it took two weeks, but not because Not because There was like extra material although there was extra material. I was on track to get it done on time uh, but I I needed to shoot the outdoor part of it and Uh, Mary Ann and I were on the way on the way to shoot the outdoor part of it and my car broke down So I had to fix it And that took several days um, and uh, yeah, like I said cursed Cursed look at this. I put the wrong duke on there Well, anyway, uh, okay, how much time we got two minutes. No, we're gonna put the right Sorry, I got I got the the dukes mixed up. I mixed up my dukes Um, hold on. No, no, I want I want to get the full effect. Uh, just just hang on We're gonna we're gonna sign off here in two minutes But and we're gonna all go and check out what's on joe mine new episode link in the description Uh, but we are going to quickly quickly Get duke on this motorcycle Son of a gun It's the the joints are tight The grip is tight There now Now let's repag this I said repag it come on We did it. We did it. There he is. There he is. There is duke and his hand came off the the the The handlebar, but whatever there is All right. Thank you everyone for watching. Um, uh, thank you for joining this gi jo only show Or we didn't talk about anything other than gi joe this show and that's how it should be. This is a gi joe channel So thank you very much for joining. It's been really fun I always enjoy meeting with you guys and i'm working All the next review which should in theory Be up on time. Uh, so I will see you all next time And for now, I will say good night. Good night, everyone. Have a great evening. Uh, go check out what's on joe mine's show and I will


That's my best like game show hostess. That's Vanna White that I've got. And that's because this series feels like such a game to me. I don't know. So I get just like many of you tons of ads on Instagram, sewing related and some not, but a lot of sewing related ones. And I've always wondered, you know, do those things really work? So I started buying them and using them for the first time here on the channel and reviewing the products to see if they actually work. I have a whole playlist dedicated to this. We've done two of these so far. So if you wanna check up on those and see how that went, you can check the description box for a link to the playlist. Today, we are gonna be looking at the name stamp. This is the ad that I got from the name stamp where they make it look super easy, super cute to just add a name to any fabric. Got the name stamp. Mine should say inside the hem. You can add a little icon type thing. I can't even remember which one I got. And we're gonna see if this works. I've got three different fabrics. I've got a 100% cotton, well, a cotton spandex, I should say. I've got a rayon spandex and I've got a 100% polyester, like ITY kind of slippery knit. So we're gonna test out the stamp, see how it looks. Some of them are lighter colors. Some of them are darker colors. See how the stamp looks. Then I'm going to wash them. I'm gonna let them cure. And I don't know if there's any instructions on how long to do that. I was thinking maybe 24 hours. Let it cure overnight and then wash them and see how the ink holds up in the regular wash cycle. So let's get to it. Let's check out the name stamp. Okay, so I've got my name stamp. I've got three different types of knit fabrics. This one's more like an ITY, 100% cotton and this one is like a rayon blend, maybe a 100% rayon. Okay, so here's the stamp. Okay, why are you reading this? I'm waiting for you to unbox me. Feel free to take a photo of me and upload to your story. Don't forget to tag me. Thanks for supporting our small business. Okay. And then there's a card in here. That says we hope this package brightens your day. There's a coupon code for the next order. You guys feel free to use that. It's called thanks. Scan me and enter our giveaway. Okay, the box actually has lots of information but no instructions. So I'm assuming this is pretty straightforward. It does come in this cute little case. I love things that have like a place where I can store them easily. Apparently I chose this. I don't really remember what it was so long ago but I think you can choose between cats and dogs, maybe. So maybe I thought this one was the closest to honey. I don't know.  Oh, yep. Okay. And you can see I've got my inside of him in there with a little crown. All right. Let's see how this goes. Well, that's really easy. So looks beautiful on that one. Nice and clean lined. Here it is on the rayon, a darker color too. Perfect. And then here it is on the ITY. Also great. So it's obviously not very big. I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting in terms of size but I think this definitely would serve the purpose for my knit garments like t-shirts and stuff where you don't really want a tag in the back. You could do like a little tag list thing. I wish that they would let me do more lines. I guess what else I could do is order a different one that has, so I would have inside the him and then I'd have another one that has like my general sizing like large slash 16 or whatever. Or I guess if it's knit tops, you could probably just do the Alphanomeric sizing so I could just do size large. And then I wouldn't want to do a third one. Gosh, that's getting expensive. But I guess you could do two and then you'd like stack them up together because they are pretty flat in the front. You just stack them up together and just smoosh them down at the same time and then you'd have your name or your brand name or whatever it is and then also the sizing. The other issue is I can't remember. I'll have to go look back at my order but I think I put spaces in here and they took all the spaces away. So this is, if you didn't know that that said inside the him would you really know what that said at all? So maybe you need to come up with a word that's just one word. Even if I did my LJ, which is like my initials, Lindsay Johns, that I have all my other labels. Does LJ read like LJ if it's all smooshed together? I don't know. So a couple of things. All right, but I'm gonna let these cure overnight. I think 24 hours is plenty and then I'm gonna throw them in the wash and we are gonna see what happens. So this is the before on the name stamp and I'll be back tomorrow to talk to you about what happens after you wash them, right? So it is the next day. Honey is growling at the table and next day washed and dried them as I would if they were like actual shirts or garments. And as you can see, we have a bit of a development. A sad one. Our rayon completely faded. It's right here. If you can see barely, barely any left. This is what it started looking like. This is our cotton knit and you can see it faded kind of a lot. And then the star of the show is our ITY knit which still looks pretty much brand new. So that's a little bit disappointing because I was really wanting to count on this to help label my knit garments, but not for nothing. This is still there. I don't know if this is totally set in or if after another washing it goes away. I will continue to kind of just throw these scraps into the wash and probably just post something on my Instagram in a couple of weeks to give you the final final on it. But they did provide this little iron on label situation where you can stamp the paper and then iron it onto your garment. So I guess push comes to shove. I could do something like that, but you know, I don't know, is it clear? Yeah, it's clear. I think, I don't know, maybe it's white. But I think I would rather just use my iron on labels from label weavers on something when the garment or when the ink is gonna wash out of the garment. So that is our little experiment for the name stamp.


starring Orson Welles in an original radio play Thunder from the Mountains by Arthur Miller, a story of Juarez, liberator of Mexico on the cavalcade of America. 75 years ago, on June 19th, as the light of dawn broke over the peak of Mount Popacatepetl, death by rifle fire was administered to Ferdinand Maximilian, last emperor of Mexico. With it came liberty to a nation. More than any other, one man was responsible. He was Benito Juarez. It is his ever glorious story that we tell tonight with the celebrated young actor of stage, screen and radio, Orson Welles portraying the role of Juarez and narrating our program. In 1867, the ambassadors of all the crown governments of the world filed into the Presidential Palace in Mexico City. Standing before the door of his office, Mexican President Benito Juarez stolidly listens to the prepared speeches of the diplomats as they pass before him and shake his labor-toughened hand. His Majesty the King of Quasar fervently desires that the President spare the life of his Highness Maximilian. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria urgently besieges your Excellency to pardon his Highness Maximilian. His Majesty the Queen of Spain plays at the President will shock his message by pardoning him. As Benito Juarez listens to the pleas of the world's mightiest states, the Royal Courts of Europe wait at the telegraph for his answer, and Mexico also waits. Juarez stares through the window at the morning sun, motionless, Indian, like a man remembering whole lifetimes. Honored ambassadors, I will try to tell you why it is, that the Maximilian will surely die. There were two men who lived a century ago, and it is a strange and marvelous thing. But if they were to stand side by side before the sun, they would have cast two identical shadows. This northern one, you know.  This one is Lincoln, the farmer's son, and now a lawyer here in Salem, Illinois, waiting for the client's step across his porch. Yes, you remember Lincoln. Travel your eye down the spine of our continent, 2,000 miles south of Salem, across the Rio Grande, across the high spikes of the Sierra Madre. Here this other lawyer lived a century ago, this other Lincoln, this Indian man with the narrow Indian eyes you do not remember. But his craggy face, his stovepipe hat and long black coat make a familiar silhouette. This Mexican one is Juarez, Benito Juarez, pacing his office floor like Lincoln in the north, waiting for the client's step, as Lincoln waits in that same quiet year, one century ago. Let me understand, old man. You have been working these bees of land very long. All my life, senor. They told me if I go to Juarez, I will find justice. Where is justice, Juarez? Your justice must come with facts. Every year you pay 100 measures of beans for the land. How many measures do you offer to pay your landlord this time? Old crop was 30 measures. That is what I give him. It is not enough, he says. He must have my little great donkey besides.  Pedro, Pedro is your son. Oh no, no, senor. I found Pedro on the roadside last year. He's a little boy. God forgot to teach him how to speak.  He was like a friend to that great donkey. It is possible, senor. Oh yes, it is possible. So, when Dom Manuel, my landlord, tried to take the donkey away, little Pedro would not let go of him. Dom Manuel took out his whip, senor, and he beat my Pedro. Beat him again, and he beat him to the ground. Pedro cannot walk now. He cannot walk, senor. Boris, I have no money. Is there justice in Mexico for a man without money? Come with me. Boris, where? To Dom Manuel. There are laws in Mexico, uncle. A very funny situation. Wait, who gave you permission to enter this house, Juan Felipe? Juan Felipe is my client, Dom Manuel. We have come to inform you, Dom Manuel, that we are going to sue you for injuries done to the little boy, Pedro. He is a peasant, Boris.  Boris, so, this is not Boris. Do you recognize me, senor, Boris? I have seen you speak, senor, president Santa Ana. Aha, and you like my speeches. You always give a good performance, ex-convict. Considering that you do not charge admission.  A peasant is made for working and dying. Dom Manuel is not guilty of anything wrong.  The laws of Mexico. The laws of Mexico have nothing to do with Mexico. As remarked, does not amuse me, senor, president.  Stand by my side. Hold my hand. I will drown you in gold. Take my advice, Boris. Take it, take it. I will make you a great rich man. Dom Manuel, I will bring you to court. What makes you like this, Wallace?  Why? You see my hands, Santa Ana? They are not the lawyers, but the peasant's hands. My face has been beat, my lips have been split open. My spine has bent to the hole. In school, a Spanish gentleman turned their backs on my Indian face as though it were the color of disease. I'm not bitter. My senor, president, I am ashamed of Mexico. Ashamed for Mexico. It's not a Christian thing that seven-eighths of the people should live like slaves, whether there are no laws to prevent slavery. It's not a Christian thing, excellency. The laws must be obeyed. Good day. That other Lincoln loved silently in those days, while this southern one, wordless, walked up and down in his stove pipette before the house of Margarita, courting, playing the bear, pacing the sidewalk in his methodical way until her door would open, respectively, and a voice would call in our good senor. Margarita, come away from the window. It is not correct to pick at him when he's playing bear. He's not nice for a girl. Oh, he must love me. Every night for six weeks. No one night has he failed to appear. I think it is about time to let him into the house. Six weeks. Quite a lot of walking up and down, and he is such a busy man. Oh, just let me watch him one minute more. How dignified he is. Say my new name, Father. Senora Margarita Juarez. Margarita Juarez. Yes, tonight it seems so natural. It must be time now. Father, open the door, please. Go upstairs now. When we have settled everything, come and speak to your future husband for a moment. Don't be long with him, Father. Senor Juarez. Did you call me, Senor Margarita? Yes. Would you be good enough to step into my house? Thank you, Senor. Thank you. I have always thought it is a lovely house. Peering outward on the several states, the taller one in Illinois saw the drums of war uncovering and listened for the sound he feared. And Juarez, too. Governor Juarez now, feeling the ground tremble with a brewing civil war, walked quietly and listening among his Mexicans. A strange governor, no braided uniform or painted women running drunken through his palace halls. He walked in places no governor had ever walked before, searching, searching for that dangerous core of anger that festered somewhere in the state.   I have always wanted to see a silver mine, especially yours, Senor. You'll either wait. Yes, Excellency. To the right, Excellency, this way, please. No, let me see them dig. How these men change, Excellency. By what law you change these men? Are they apes? They are always running away. How you are aware, Senor, that the law forbids this. I had heard of it, Excellency. You had heard of it. You had heard of it. Break those chains. At once. Remember, friend, laws are made to be obeyed, not to be heard of. Cut the chains. I will be back. Remember it. Now he's building schools for peasants. Did I tell him to build schools for peasants? No, Senor President. No, did I not want him to stop sticking his nose into the silver mines? Did I not want him to stay away from the peasants? Stop stirring them up. Senor, you will take a force of men. Right to his house. And in my name, in the name of Santa Ana. Bring him to me. You are listening to Orson Welles as Benito Juarez on the cavalcade of America presented by Dupont. Exiled from Mexico, Juarez, penniless, lands in New Orleans. Many months later, a tall gentleman enters the top floor of a shabby rooming house in New Orleans and is talking with Benito Juarez. Juarez, it is time to go back. It is time to put Santa Ana down. No, Conor, of course. I am East President. Let them vote him out as they voted him in. Can you vote at a king, Juarez? King? Is he mad? Is the beast mad? He has made himself king of Mexico, Juarez. I knew revolutionary armies forming on the West Coast. I've raised three shiploads of munitions. It's time to pull him down, Juarez. Yes. Yes, now. Now is the time. He is the rebel now, not we. Where can we leave?  No, no, the others are military men. Let them go by boat. I will make my way. Without money, we don't... I have my hands and two good feet. To our Mexico, to our home, a good dog can always make his way. Lincoln in Springfield, standing at the rail of the Washington Bound Express, turned to the people who stood waiting in the rain. I leave now for the capital, he said, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. And they waved him silently on his way toward war. And the one called Juarez with no farewells gathered up his pennies and his long black coat and shipped across the shining gulf to Panama. And facing the west, he left all cities behind and walked alone across the curved and narrow finger that joins the continents. Through jungles he walked where parrots flew and stood at last on the Pacific beach. And there he was hired into the galley of a ship and he sailed toward western Mexico where in a deep cut between big hills in a greener valley forge a ragged army waited to attack while Lincoln rode solemnly to the White House on that same dark day. Señor Presidente, Benito Juarez has landed in Mexico. Juarez! So, it's all I see was too much. We will ride against him, señoras, tear him out of his heels. Juarez! Yes, come home to die. The land is on fire. The sky burns. The people lift up like lions roaring their anger from the coast, from Atlatlan and Atoyac, from the towns of the Spaniards and the Indian towns. They came from Tuantepak, Durango, and the river there from the Bay of Banderas. The fishermen ran with salt on their lips as once the fishermen of Marblehead came in their boats to crash the heights for Wattington. The sowers of corn and the makers of bread, the black-eyed and the fair, the forest men whose backs were bent like the trees they cut, they came, they came, sweetening with blood the deserts of long, dead centuries. And they scrawled new names on Mexico's face, Díos y Libertad, for God and liberty. And the stones rang like bells from Guadalajara to the Gulf. President Warhing. That has a beautiful sound, President. Diego, where is my family? Are they here yet? They will be here immediately, Excellency. You may enter the city at your pleasure now. The flags are flying. The people are dancing under the new outweighs. Congratulations, Excellency. I do not believe we have met, señor. Ambassador Fellini, your Excellency, I have an urgent request. Yes, señor, what is your request? My emperor asks Mexico the immediate payment of her debt to France. $12 million. The payment, Excellency. Nowhere enough, señor. Mexico cannot pay any debts for at least a year. In that case, it is my duty to inform you that Emperor Napoleon's army on Resinus the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian is at this moment lending on your coast. May I have the honor of carrying your reply to Resinus? You may have that honor. Go to this hospital, please. This military doll. This sudden Mexican emperor. Caliomato is very cleverly arrived at the moment when the people are exhausted from his civil war. He will be received with the same exquisite hatred as only the people of the Americas know how to brew for conquerors.  At Gettysburg, the taller one halted between battles and spoke his vision that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth. Quiet. Why do we fight him? Listen to me. They've got us with our backs against Texas. Our bullets are almost gone. We'll all die. For what now? Oh, Sayor, it's all of you. Hear me out. We could make peace with Maximilian. Yes, we could make peace. But not with these hills. Not with these... these Mexican earths. I do not speak now as Juarez, but has that unseeable thing which through which the people govern themselves. I can no more surrender than he. Real grande can turn into the Rhine. Many don't... Speak what's happening. On the road here we are being followed.  They leaped on him. They stood him to a tree and shot him there. There was no reason. He was going with them. Is it clear, Sayor, that we cannot surrender? They are shooting prisoners. We are not going with that ammunition. Our stocks are gone. Excellency. Yes, Sayor. He says he comes from across the river. You are from Texas? Yes, sir. Juarez, sir. I am. I just come over to let you boys know that we can't figure you out. Every night, we've been leaving a pile of rifles, powder and cartridges right out on the river bank on our side. And there ain't one bullet been taken yet. Don't you want the stuff? We belong to the United States Army. Between us, mister, we kind of figure we can spare it. I don't know how to thank you, Sayor. I guess A. Blinken ain't too happy about that foreign print yelling across the river at us the rest of our lives. Well, good night.  And God bless Abraham Lincoln. Thanks, sir. Bye. That was... That was 30 million people talking, Sayor. Mexico is not alone. Mexico was not alone. And the time came when Juarez, standing in the vaulted palace of the president, paused a moment to look at each ambassador pleading for the life of Maximilian and continued. Sorry. It's not difficult one to stand. Honored ambassadors, why Maximilian must die?  That would call only for revenge. And the Mexican state does not stoop to vengeance. Why then must he die, gentlemen? I ask you a question. Why is it that the United States of America alone, among all the great powers, has not sent an ambassador to plead with me for Maximilian's life? Why do they not send a plea? Because they know that for a democratic state to pardon a would-be tyrant is to make mockery of that state and its whole people. Therefore, in the name of Mexican democracy, to her everlasting honor and the undying dignity of her people, I command that the sentence of execution be carried out against the art duke for the non-Maximilian by firing squad upon the heel of bells. I don't. Thank you, Orson Wells. Ladies and gentlemen, in a few moments we will hear again from Mr. Wells. But first, the momentum of America will not be stopped, says the president of the DuPont Company in the current issue of the DuPont Magazine, marking the company's 140th anniversary. The course ahead, he gives, as his opinion, is beset with difficulties. No doubt it holds many discouragements. But I feel that there is nothing awaiting us of America either in business or on the nation's battle lines that we cannot overcome with fundamental study, effort, initiative, vision, and daring. Referring to the war work and trusted to the DuPont Company with winning the war industry's present task, he says, it is not enough that we do a good job. That would be merely accomplishing the expected. The great war plants and charge to our building should be completed ahead of schedule. They should produce beyond their planned capacity. Both in rendering service and in producing goods we should do more than is asked. With satisfaction, I can report that the DuPont organization is achieving these goals. The President of DuPont goes on to speak of the future when this passing illness of civilization shall be gone. I feel we have much about which to be encouraged in speculating on the future, he says. In chemistry, we have a field of endeavor that the future, no doubt, will prove has been but sparsely explored. The prospective demand for accomplishments in that field and for the creation and discovery of better things for better living is unlimited. Unusual initiative and effort will be required of us. Our industrial scientists must endeavor to penetrate those more difficult areas into which up to now few have dared venture to explore. Do we have the courage and confidence to win through, he asks? And answers, I believe we do. The war and the peace will both be victories. Friends of the cavalcade who would like a copy of this anniversary edition of the DuPont magazine may have one. Right to the radio section, DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware. The magazine is printed in color with full-page illustrations of a modern industrial chemistry plant at work, plastic noses for bombing planes, barrage balloons, an airplane production line, and shipyard. There are 36 pages of information about the part chemistry is playing in war production. DuPont will be happy to send you a copy so that you may know some of the wartime accomplishments of chemistry and what they will bring to all of us when peace comes again in terms of better things for better living through chemistry. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the star of our play. Good evening, Mrs. Orson Welles. It was a great privilege to play Bonito Juarez for you this evening. A few weeks ago in Mexico, I attended a great celebration in his honor. There were many speakers. And the last of these was a humble citizen of the Mexican Republic. He's also a very old man. I'll never forget what he said. I am 87 years old, he told us. I'm 87 years old. And I have the honor to be one of those who shot and killed the Emperor Ferdinand Maximilian. Next week, ladies and gentlemen, Cavalcade will welcome back as its star, Madeleine Carroll, in a modern drama of an American Army nurse based on a story in the October American magazine. The play will be called, I Married in Batan. Next week, Madeleine Carroll in I Married in Batan. On tonight's program, the orchestra and musical score were under the direction of Don Burry. This is Clayton Collier sending best wishes from Dupont. This program is coming to you from New York. This is the National Broadcasting Company.


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