 Look at this. I went live at exactly the right time By my calculation, it is seven o'clock and Zero seconds when I went live. I think I deserve Pat on the back for that I'm pat myself on the back for that. Hello everybody. Nice to see you. Hey, it's first of all. Hello, Marianne So special thing about Marianne first of all I saw her earlier today. Hi and nice to see you again second we will be celebrating two years of Remission for Marianne we will be celebrating that Tomorrow evening with a dinner with family and friends So I wanted to say congratulations Marianne and we are looking forward to the celebration that is something worth celebrating so so thank you for Letting us celebrate you and you're continuing to be here and be in health So that's for that's just to start the show Hello, everyone else who's here. Hello David Andrews and Cobra Island. There's peg warmers Always nice to see peg warmers here There is Yeah, there's peg warmers. Hey sparksters. Nice to see sparkster Andrew Andrew the guy's so nice They named him twice. There's JLS comics always nice to see JLS comics Rockin with the YouTube on JLS comics Hello firefly Matt Ruben Ruben Lester Dustin hello everyone. Welcome to Tuesday night Maybe that should be how I start this show that should be the slogan I start the show with the catchphrase because the perfect kind of catchphrase for me It's not actually saying anything It is in fact Tuesday night and it's not really even a catchphrase You just say it in a in a in an announcer voice and it sounds like a catchphrase Welcome to Tuesday night. Hey there John Carling Mr. Artist John Carling very nice to see you here So yes Yes, it's a big deal it's a big deal and it's very much worth celebrating it absolutely is so That's you know what that that is a good start That is a good start for this live stream starting on a positive note Oh hello Terrence Childs Maryland standing away hello Maryland from the United States. Thank you very much for joining. Hello Mitchell Michael Mitchell. Oh wait, that was Xamot. Oh, thank you for the The patronage Xamot first of all me. Thank you for that. Let me also acknowledge while I've spotted you here I know that you've sent some additional emails to me. I haven't had a chance to check it I've almost honestly been working To me I've been working right up to the point that the live stream starts So I'm a little behind so again. I apologize. I haven't been able to check your emails yet But I did see that emails came in and and thank you. Thank you for joining a patreon. So We're talking a lot about The classified series right now, I know that well because like for one thing We got We've got to talk about this, but we'll talk about that in a minute We'll talk about that in a minute. We've not been talking a lot about classified and it's it deserves to be talked about right now but the Vintage GI Joe that's what this channel is about. 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So a lot to celebrate a lot to celebrate a few things Pardon me a few things to not celebrate. So a few downers, but we'll save the downers Also, I'd like to point out that I'm doing this live stream without notes Because not only did I have not have a chance to check my emails. I also did not have a chance to Write down notes, but I got it in here. I know what the topics are I got it in here. Hello, Skyfall Hello. Hey comic tropes. It's nice to see you comic tropes. I saw Little bird told me and by a little bird I mean the internet and well by internet I don't mean Twitter because that's not a little bird anymore. That's a that's a that's an X but a little bird told me that Comic tropes won some awards So congratulations, man, there's a lot of congratulations to go around. What a great way Can you hear me? All of a sudden the the mic was muted Check one two check one two. Can you can you hear me? Oh, yeah? Okay. All right, so yeah, I'm flying without a net here I did not have time to to write any notes, but But you know, it's a great way to start the show lots of congratulations to go around lots of Good news. There is a little bit of bad news to talk about. Oh, hello. What's on Joe mind? He says well, where the hell are the singing cats speaking of which You know Alistair was just up here Alistair was just up here before we started the show and Now he's he's scrammed Now he now he's just I have no idea where it so, you know, I know that you guys are really Okay, what is happening with the microphone that is making it keep muting that's weird don't do that anymore computer, you know, basically I'm If it does that one more time, I'm off technology I'm down on technology if this thing mutes one more time. It's plugged in. It's plugged in quite solidly the microphone is working Anyway Starting with some Congratulations And we'll we'll we'll kind of wrap up with with some downer news actually a couple downer newses So so congratulations to Marianne Congratulations to Chris congratulations to all of you who are fine nice people It's Tuesday before we get too far in it's Tuesday and And That means there's a new episode of half the battle Timmer did a review of the classified Cobra bat I know everything seems to be about classified right now and I do like me some classified Even Timmer is doing classified, but I mean that that classified Cobra bat is really nice It's really really nice, but we're getting I promise we are getting back to vintage I promise there is a vintage review coming up and We're this is a vintage GI Joe channel. We're still focused on that, but we have we have large We have large We have large classified that we should we should we need to talk about we need to talk about Yeah, what like at least it's not like Disconnecting and freezing but it is still a little bit annoying that it it's the audio keeps cutting out So You know, maybe we should start with the bad news You know, maybe maybe if we start with the bad news Then everything after that will feel better. But anyway, no the good so Tuesday half the battle Classified Cobra bat the link is in the description of this live stream After this live stream what's on Joe mind will be going live for their show The link for that is also in the description of this live stream In addition to that there are a couple links for some stories that we need to talk about So Get a second hiss and you can skate everywhere on them, you know, that would it's actually like like It's it'd be quite a hefty boot To skate on hello Aaron the toy and ants a toy enhancer nice to see you. Hey, it's Kujo. Nice to see Kujo as well This is awesome. I really love it when like the usual suspects are here And in addition to that we have some some new folks who are arriving in the show and checking it out. So So Don't forget to check out Timmer don't forget to check out what's on Joe mind. Let's start Let's start with the the not so good news Okay, and the not so good news probably the not so good news that most of us are aware of is Yeah, the Super seven GI Joe reaction a vehicle crowdfunding mothership Did not fund it did not get close As for why it didn't fund I think when hundreds and hundreds of people are saying that it was too expensive and they couldn't afford it Probably the reason it didn't fund is because it was too expensive and they couldn't afford it For someone like me the size of the thing is also a problem like I got this thing and I I'm gonna have to do something with this because I I don't have a lot of space for this and then I'll be getting the The haz lab dragonfly. I don't know. I don't know where that's gonna go So the Cobra mothership I Don't know where I would have put it. I honestly don't The space that it takes up It's it would be an issue for me So even if I wanted to shell out the the $500 and then with the $500 was just the base amount, right? That was with with the add-ons. It was significantly more than that So the the size of the thing was gonna be an issue the amount of space it took up but the cost of it Honestly, I think super seven was kind of in a catch-22 because to do a To do a crowdfunding project. It's got to be a significant enough project. It's got to be big enough To be worse Crowdfunding right so, you know, you're not gonna crowdfund say like the Ram motorcycle Which I mentioned just because it's in my line of sight. I see the Ram motorcycle over there so if you if if for for instance Hasbro were to do a haz lab for the Ram motorcycle Well, it would probably fund and it wouldn't be very expensive But that's not the kind of that's the kind of thing that you can do it for retail You can do that for retail for a reasonable amount of price but But to if you're going to do a Crowdfunded project. It's got to be significant enough to draw people to the crowdfunding and to To make people want to get something that they Could not possibly get a retail like like for for instance big this big honkin thing which you know, even if we're Stripped down it would still be Incredibly expensive probably too expensive for mainstream retail retail so they did something big. Okay. They did something big but Something big is also something expensive plus they would have licensing fees on top of that so You know, you have to do something big But if you do something too big then not enough people can afford it not enough people have the space for it Not enough people feel like they need it And I think that it It just hit that That spot where it was It was too big it was too expensive and yet it had to be that big and it had to be that expensive So there's no way around it so And I think it's fair to That the time of the year that it hit Wasn't great either like this is the holiday period people have Christmas. They have Hanukkah. They have You know, they have the holidays that have travel To see family. So this is a time when people don't necessarily have a lot of Extra disposable income to drive a few hundred bucks on on a On a on a big crowdfunding from crowdfunded project usually with these crowd funders Like like with the sky striker There is a surge of support right at the end That will get them over that line. That's what happened with the sky striker that the sky striker funded on the last day But the thing is the sky striker was close enough the sky striker was in reach I think if if the project is close enough to funding to look like it's going to fund Then the FOMO kicks in then then the the stragglers who you know waited until the last minute then they jump on board Um to make sure they get it Before they lose the chance in this case like In order for that in order for that to work to get you over the line It's got to be close enough like it's got to be within reach And if you're this far out where you have Less than half of the backers that you need to reach the first funding goal Then um Then that last day's surge that's not gonna get you there You're you're not going to get half of the backers More than half of the backers on the last day um, it's just not feasible so I do feel bad for super seven. I feel bad for those who did back this because they wanted it. Uh, that's really It's really unfortunate. Um I I don't like to see gi joe lose anything and we've we've had a pretty good track record. We've had three Successfully funded has lab projects three We've had we're starting to build a legacy of success, but this is unfortunately a A big and pretty public Lost this is a failure. This is a failure. Let's not pretend that it's anything else um So that it just that kind of thing doesn't look good for the brand That kind of thing makes people in the future bulk at the idea of Taking the risk You know of taking the risk on On on on a premium product like this um So I'm not like all right in general. I'm not a a silver lining kind of guy All right, I'm not the most optimistic person in the world um But in the case of like wanting to support my brand and wanting to see gi joe successful in the mainstream A loss is a loss a failure is a failure You know, maybe in the future things turn around and there are some some more successes But let's not let's I don't want to pretend that this is a blessing in disguise uh, or some kind of I don't know, uh It's it's a it's a loss. Let's just call it what it is. It's a loss. Uh And unfortunately, I think like I said, I think super seven Um They kind of were stuck. I think they kind of had to do it this way And the way they had to do it Is exactly the way that wasn't gonna work. So um It's It's not all gloomy for super seven. They do have the license to do gi joe o-ring by the time they secured that license. I think it had to have been obvious that The mother ship was not gonna fund. All right, so um So they must have been aware of that at the time. So there is still some hope with uh for gi joe um under license at super seven and knock on wood Uh, the next projects will will be better. Um, but um It's it really really would have been a great um boost to start With a success here Um, and I I say this as someone who I I didn't back it I couldn't back it that I I can't shell out that amount of money and the thing is just too big I I literally would have no place to put it. Um, so It that it is what it is it is what it is a loss is a loss and it's the I don't see a whole lot good about it. But hopefully We can move on and bounce back and have more successful projects in the future Next bad news. Okay next bad news and the one that uh The one that a lot of people have also been talking about and that is Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees um At least they will be well they've laid Some of them are going to get their notices Like today I think And then the rest we're going to be um, let go Throughout next year most of them within the next six months the rest throughout the year They are I believe closing their Providence Rhode Island office So they will be Operating I guess out of their Pawtucket office Um, and this is another thing is this is not good. Um, this is not good. Um This is not This is not a sign of success And although you can You know position yourself to make some moves by cutting expenses by I mean you're also cutting talent. You're also cutting, you know, the people who you know, uh who Who actually do the work? to take advantage of the Goals or the the market targets that you're trying to meet so um First of all my condolences to anyone at Hasbro who Um, who's caught up in this um, I sincerely hope that No one on the gi joe brand team is among them. I doubt it I doubt it I mean the gi joe brand has had a pretty successful year Hasbro itself Maybe like crumbling to the ground but The the gi joe brand team has had a number of Of significant successes um, so I I think I Really is hopefully they're smart enough to keep those people on Uh, but that still means there are a lot of people um being cut and um You know Why why I like I why not I mean I know that I know that the toy industry in general right now It's a tough place Kids aren't buying plastic the way they used to and probably never will let's be real The kids are not going to come back to to the plastic In the numbers that they once did and the adult collector market. It's it's a large part of The toy industry right now, but that's that alone is not enough to To sustain These big brands like this you need more than like a few niche collectors Buying some high-end products. That's not that's not Uh, that's not how you Sustain success especially if you're not bringing anyone new into um Into into the You know the fandom you're not bringing people new into the product Um, then just selling to gray hair people That's not a recipe for success. Um now um Like I said, I know that the toy industry is not what it once was and that's not just uh unique to hasbro, but you know Mattel seems to be doing better than this um their competitors seem to be doing better than this and not I Not all of this has to do anything to do with the toy industry Um, they they bought uh entertainment one for like a bazillion dollars anybody remember that They were going to be an entertainment company. They bought uh entertainment one. They were going to be like Movies and music and junk like that and then recently they sold it and Like I I I don't think it's a bad idea to focus on entertainment in conjunction with The toys rather than just the toys themselves. I don't think that's a terrible idea um, but It seems like they really bit off more than they can chew right it's that that That Maybe they want to be entertainment company, but they're they're not that at least not yet um And these employees that they're cutting that they're that they're uh laying off that they're making redundant um, it's not very likely that And most of those had anything to do with those decisions. These are decisions that are made you know In the executive suites and in the boardrooms And and they're bad decisions these decisions do not work out So like when leadership makes decisions that don't work out then why why would we Put the responsibility on anyone other than leadership so, um You know, I I sympathize with uh, the folks who will be losing their jobs, especially around the holidays that is awful um but you know You know, it starts at the top. I don't know how else to say it it starts at the top And I don't see things getting better until the like the Fundamental decision-making gets better. So anyway that that's that's the other bad news and that that frankly is worse news if you happen to You know work at hasbro so uh, so I don't know if Hasbro employees if you're watching this which I mean, why would you be watching this shame on you? Don't watch this But if you are watching this uh, good luck and sincerely uh sympathies and um I I hate to see it happen. It's it's very very unfortunate That's the other bad news. Here's a little bit more Uh, good news. Okay. Let's we're going on the good news slide. We we've bought them out on the bad news now We're gonna we're gonna start to um to elevate we're gonna We're gonna go uphill now With some better news. So let's get rid of that. Um also to well it depends on how you look at it, um Hasbro is partnering with mccfarlane toys to Um, what are they called? They're gonna do these um The the the comic books with the um or the page poppers. That's what they're called. Um, the they're doing these, uh, it's like, uh Action figures that come with a comic book And that will include gi joe page punchers Um, that's the one. Thank you very much. I thank and matt as well the page punchers So, yeah, they're they're they're gonna do these, uh licensed page punchers That's gonna include some hasbro brands including transformers including gi joe including gungeon dragons so I mean that that's A new area for gi joe. That's nice. Um, it's also an area that could Appeal to a younger audience since it does include comic books. So that's also nice um but um a lot of A lot of what hasbro seems to be doing with What was mainly with gi joe not Also transformers. This isn't just a gi joe thing, but um with the super seven getting the license to Uh, the o-ring gi joe and with that other company whose name I can't remember, uh doing um modern Figures modern modern uh four inch figures It seems like like a lot of it is going to License rather than manufacturing stuff themselves Um, they're licensing out a lot of things Um, that is for one thing that sucks if for hasbro employees because it means that you know, they Uh, the company doesn't need as many people um It also may kind of suck for consumers because um Licenses have a fee, you know, the licensing is not free So whatever the cost of producing, you know, whatever they do whether it's page punchers or whatever um Then um You have to add to that the cost of the license the the fee so To make that feasible They they're gonna really have to pick and choose what they do right, um, I had a really great conversation with, um, kevin from peg warmers and I I encourage you to Watch that episode of peg warmers on on the peg warmer site um Super hat seven has a history of going a bit deeper into the more obscure characters with gi joe um It Depending on how much they have to pay for the license. Will they continue to be able to do that? Will will Will the the mcfarland toys deal Ever include any characters outside of the main characters. I think that's hard to do I think you know that you can sell some snake eyes, right? You put some snake eyes out there and there will be at least a few people buying it um, and there's nothing wrong with that if like It's nice to have one At least one that you can toss out there and know you can make some money Nothing bad about that but the thing is if you if that If you're not sure how much money you're gonna make if you're if you're concerned about, um Um drawing attracting enough customers to you know make a profit Are you gonna get anything outside of snake eyes or to or cobra commander? Um, I hope so I hope so it really it will have to see but um, but in any way um Peg warmer says I assume the page puncher is based based on the newer comics. Um I think that would I think that would make sense I think it would make sense. I I hope so that actually would be a really good way to tie in a um toy product with the new comic that they are trying to promote and has had pretty good Uh pretty good reviews people have have uh, you know have liked it so far. Um, but Um Anyway, that that's that I don't know if that's necessarily good news, but at least it's not at least it's not Bad news In the sense that you know, at least this this story doesn't involve anybody losing their jobs or um Or or a crowdfunding thing failing at least it's not about that. Okay, so it's moderate news If if not good news, it's moderate news um uh Oh, yeah, the Yeah, the um Hasbro ceo's name is cox and it's not spelled the good way Um, I won't make fun of him for that imagine that guy's probably been made fun of For that for his whole life. I will not add to that But that is his name um Yeah, so it it seems that uh, at least at least for gi joe and at least for the For the foreseeable future Uh, there is licensing Licensing ahead for us farming out The brands particularly gi joe that seems to be our future. Hey there white vegeta. Nice to see you Nice to see you there. Hello nyquist. I don't know if I said hello to you Well, see as soon as I start soliloquizing I my eyes shut down and I can't read the Live chat. Hello curt. Hello mad supanova. Hello, tony jackson. I already said hello to jls comics, but hello again Hello white vegeta. Um, hello d raven worton. So, um, uh That's all the newest items. I have thankfully That's too much bad news. If I had more news items, it'd probably be more bad news. So that's enough. That's that's enough So let's do Let's do this Uh, let me scooch this back um, and let's uh Okay, so I I posted my unboxing and review of of this the The has lab his tank And I wanted to have it present here with me because I wanted to Um, just have a chance to talk with everybody about it. Like Yeah, let's keep it keep it keep it on there. Uh, talk with everybody about it, you know, uh, live So that we could see it and you know, just talk about it together because I really like this It it turned out really really well um, it uh I mean the light up features even though I probably won't use them uh a lot, but they're still they're still kind of cool Like this one looks like night rider if if we're going going back and forth and then you know, you've got the The that and the that and the that and all of the things you have. Um, you got tail lights on it. Um, this Um, we've been talking a lot about failure lately this This is a success and this is you know, the the tangible result of success um And I um I I I'm really glad that I got in on it. I I um I understand, you know, anyone who who either couldn't or wouldn't get in on it. That's um, that's absolutely understandable, but I'm glad that I got in on it. This thing is it is um I mean, it's something that I never thought that I I actually have and hold in my hand. This is a A hiss tank for six inch scale action figures That is nuts When I took it out of the box like what really tripped me out was like the rubber treads These rubber treads are substantial They worked great They feel great Um, and this is like this is what a hiss tank that the vintage is I don't have it handy the vintage hiss tank just had a Block of traffic or plastic a block of plastic. Wow. I forgot how to english words Block of plastic for the treads But this this has actual for real treads. This is That is freaking amazing. Um, but um Okay, the oh I wanted to point out that uh, diana davis is doing a great job consulting uh on the gi jo comic book series um I did get issue number 301 now. I wish I had it See there was so much to talk about and I I got issue number 301. I did read it. I really liked it. I liked the artwork Uh as well. I think the artwork is really nice Um, but then I didn't have it handy to talk about because because the the hiss tank is is overshadowing all other topics right now It's just this big this big this big honking thing that is right in front of me. Um, but this This may this may stay out on a shelf And if I can catch ron rudat at a convention or something I I may have him put his Signature right by the printed signature on here Um, because this this is awesome. Um I'm very I very much believe in giving credit where it's due and There are a few people that deserve more credit for the Uh existence of gi jo as we know it then ron rudat. I mean larry hamlet larry hamlet certainly kirk bozigian certainly and a lot of the like, um, uh, joe bichol and um bob prupas and uh, I mean a lot of these guys who are at hasbro and And griffin mccall at the time Who handled the marketing and the you know the animation and and all of these things they all Deserve all the credit they are due but It all started From the pencil of ron rudat That is the the origin story and I think This is a really cool looking figure That like well black and red one of my favorite combinations color combinations to start with and Like you like that that glossy black with the red Uh contrasted that's This one may be displayed. I may I may keep this one out of the box and and put it up there somewhere Um, the other figures. I mean I like them I think I like them in the his tank Um more than you know, well, I guess that that would be displayed as long as I display the his tank but um, but I have an idea for the his tank It may be a surprise I may have to surprise you with my idea for the his tank But I do have an idea for the his tank That may not involve displaying it in the traditional sense. Well, we'll we'll get to that I don't want us I don't want to say anything that I can't deliver on so I'll I'll I'll stay vague I'll stay vague such as I got an idea anyway um And uh like I I really like having the classic look cobra commander I really like that the The recharging pack is removable That's nice Wish it had been on the version one figure I like having it But I I really love the design of the earlier classified cobra commanders more At this scale like you can really get some detail in there you can add like uh accessories and removable things and Um, you you can do so much I think this figure is necessary. I think it's good I'm I'm glad to have it um and You know, I guess I mean I guess I might display this one too but um But just from an aesthetics point of view, I don't love it as much as other classified cobra commanders um, so I do like the mickey mouse Cobra emblem on there Um, that's a really nice callback The fact that they made this means that inevitably We will get a standard deco Cobra commander at some point So what we'll make this one special Will be the mickey mouse logo and hey, it's a mail order. So that's fitting Um, so that this is this is nice and all but I think the things that really um That I really enjoyed the most first of all is the tank itself the tank itself which has just a ton of moving parts and and is very solidly built um And has just like they a lot of effort that went into small things like they they They paid attention to the small details um that and uh, and the the The hiss tactician the the wrong route at figure those are the things I think that I'm most excited about um As far as like the the hiss gunner versus the his only pull the his driver out real quick I'm a pull the his driver out He's been sitting in here since I put him in there for that video. I haven't taken him out. So um I think I'm about even as far as like How happy I am with these two figures um I I like I I look at them and I get about the same amount of enjoyment out of both um And I think that's because I have always liked the um The design of the his tank driver Just all that red all that red in 1983 seemed special All that did like I I remember in 1983 when the his tank and the his driver came out that A bright red figure Really stood out and really seemed special um, so this This this is that Oh, hey allister. Hey, you want to come say hi? Hang on a second allister is up here. Hey bud We'll come say hi Sure Come on over here Okay, I can't reach you over there Hold on. He's here. He wants to he wants to make an appearance. He wants to he wants to to grace the show With his presence Come here. Look see I think he's attracted to the his tank because he thinks it's a relative or something Oh, I just noticed this I left the Except the hatch open or is it Yeah, the hatch the hatch for the missile launchers were open was open. Um, yeah Oh, yeah, this side too. I forgot to close the latches the hatches for the missile launcher come here, buddy Come here Come here. Come here. Come here Yes, you yes you come here. No you ah Okay, there he goes. All right. Sorry about that there But look there's allister. Hi bud. Look look. It's you look. It's you Yeah, he's he's he's too restless. He's not gonna stay here He came up here because he was curious, but he's not gonna He's not oh, uh See you later marion. See you tomorrow I have a good night Um allister says bye to okay. Okay, buddy. Okay It's that that's you know Uh as you oh Why is this not working and can you still hear me? Hold on. I gotta I gotta switch. Hold on Oh, I see I see what the problem is. Hang on time out time out Oh That work, uh, let me know if you can hear me Okay, you can hear me. Well for some reason the light on the microphone is off um And oh it came back on It came back on All right. Well as well. We're fine. We're fine. It came back on um The the lights on the his tank also came back on um So anyway, I just wanted to show this guy to you guys, you know live and you know talk a bit more about it. Although I said everything I could think of to say about it. Um See this is no Far be it for me to someone who to disagree with someone who uh did a super chat First of all, thank you for the super chat I encourage everyone to To go check out what's on Joe mind Right after this show the link is in the description But I I disagree that the tactician Would have looked better in purple the purple's color scheme that they voted on was was far too close to um the techno viper and I that If you had put that on the shelf next to the techno viper They they would not have been distinct enough. I I I I don't think in the long run Considering everything else that's coming out of the line That that would have been a good choice This I think works it. It's the same Mostly the same mostly the same colors as As your his tank driver But kind of flipped around um Just to denote some uh some differences some some significant differences in his role Uh, whereas purple purple would there's no other purple on the tank Uh, there's no other purple anywhere It I and I do like purple purple is one of my favorite colors Uh, my favorite colors being blue and purple Um, so I I do likes me some purple, but in this case I I think purple would have looked out of place and Once you get the actual techno viper It would look too much like the techno viper. Uh, I I think I'm very I'm quite happy with this and I think uh I think I love it. I may I may actually marry it. Is can I can I fit? I'll I'll get a tiny ring to put on its ring finger because I love it um, but uh Yeah, so this and this box. I'm like, you know, why don't I just? Accessories are rattling around in there. Why don't I just find a spot for it here real quick? Hold on I keep I keep hitting the the button is right here for the electronics and I keep hitting it just by just by moving it Um, it does automatically shut off after a little while So I'm not too worried about running the battery down But uh, man, I am short on space, aren't I? um Here's what we'll do. Uh, well now Uh, where's a good where's a good spot for it? Hold on Hold up. Hold up. We're a good spot for it. Um, no, I want that there And I want that there. Okay. Well, uh, hold on. I'll get I'll figure this out I'll figure it out. You think I can't figure it out. I'll figure it out And the light went out on this again. Why is the I may have to check this microphone because the light keeps going out Check one two check one two Um, oh, that's a good point. You know if if we were to open this if we were to open this Then then he could go up there. Uh, what what there is there enough? What if I? What if I Yeah We'll see because like we're down to Like 11 minutes 11 minutes. Is that even enough time? To open a gung-ho Do you know how much time it takes to open a gung-ho? Have you ever timed it? And I say that but you know what I can tell right now that won't work Oh, hello, um Jason, thank you for the super chat. How many figures fit in the back of the tank? Well, there is one seat So, um, oh I kept the weapons on the rack and then I've been sure uh moving it around Um, there's one seat Now you could fit I'd say at least two more figures Um Standing or crouched in there now they'd have to be crouched They'd have to be crouched down because you can fit you can fit a figure like Way in the back and then you can put a figure on this seat And then you can put a figure right here in front of fact. Let's let's try that Let's test it out. They do have to crouch though. There's no standing room in here Uh, and thank you again for the super chat Um, there's no standing room. So they're gonna have to they they got a squat You know, you you ever have words that you just hate You just don't like the sound of it for me squat is one of those words Um, so all right, I think in theory You could put cocoa. Oh, no, that's not gonna work. So the answer is two I thought you could sneak one in the back there, but the the Space for the gunner Takes up that space. So I'm gonna keep knocking the weapons down the weapons were staying up there really well until I started fidgeting with it You know what I didn't take these out anyway All right, I'm taking the weapons out of the rack Taking the weapons out of the rack the the weapons in the rack They don't really take up any space that figures would take up I'm just taking them out because I don't want them to slide around and fall out um Did I mention how cool this This tactical shotgun is that is That's freaking awesome. I love it. Uh, okay so, uh, so In that case the answer is two The answer is two Because you can fit a guy on the seat. Hold on like i'm gonna do like i'm gonna do let's uh Cobra commander gets the seat the throne. It's got a cobra on it. It looks kind of like a throne Um, so cobra commander gets the throne Uh There we go Adjustable seat and then let's see a tactician here. Let's say he's gonna kneel inside He's he's outranked by cobra commander. So he has to kneel inside and fortunately His name is kneel That's not nobody knew that but I just reveal his secret identity. His name is kneel And that's what he's gonna do. So you can have kneel kneel So kneel kneels Right like just like that wait Yeah, so kneel well Now cobra now the problem one problem is cobra commander is is splaying A cobra commander is man splaying and is he's got to leave enough room. So Can he sit on coco's lap? I don't think that there's a quite enough headroom good good suggestion though Good suggestion. Um, so But we're gonna have kneel kneel We're gonna have oh, oh, I knocked I knocked out cobra commander's pistol um So we're gonna have kneel kneel just like that There you go. There you go just hang there hang loose there. So There there you got cobra commander in the seat and you got kneeling and You can it will yes, it will close So the answer is two that means that the grand total of figures that can be On the inside of this vehicle and in the gun turret is four In addition to that You should be able to carry at least two on this back platform It doesn't have foot pegs no foot pegs. But what you do is you just stand a guy on the back And then have them grip the Grip the grip the roll bar right the little grabber bar there um let's see Which is easier said than done these these Classified figures they have like a death grip There we go. So You have a You have a guy riding along on the back like that you can have at least two guys On the platform so I would say the total number of Figures this could carry would be six Two on the inside back one driver one gunner That's four I can do math. That's four. Uh, and then two on the back. So, uh, I'd say six six can comfortably fit Uh on the his tank um I think if you spread these guys on the back out far enough you could potentially fit three on there But it would be a little crowded so You you could squeeze a seventh guy on there, but Um, but I'd say it it fits six comfortable That's that's what I'm saying. Good Just uh just just like your minivan just like your minivan it seats six comfortably um How are we doing we got like less than five minutes? Um Unfortunately not enough time to open the the uh gung-ho. I'll I'll have to find a space for the tactician Later because the show is almost over. Uh, but what just I want to wrap up with one final look At this gorgeous his tank Which I do love Uh, and I Well, and I paid for it, you know, just like the fact that I paid for it You know, I could still Be disappointed, you know, it's very possible to still to especially after waiting this long Uh, it it it really could have not lived up to the hype It had been built up and and it was something and when something's built up that much Um, it's hard to live up to the hype but this this is like The his tank itself is the Lamborghini of tanks, right? This thing is a sports car of a tank And uh to have it with these features and and all of that and at this scale, it's uh I I am not disappointed. I I truly am not so So thanks to the uh, the designers and manufacturers And thank you because It is time to wrap up the show. Um, I will um I've got at least two videos coming up soon. I've got a Classified review for friday class of friday Which I did finish shooting. I shot that video um, and then I I have a vintage review coming up on um sunday Which will be the one that patrons voted on so thank you patrons for your support. Thank you for all you do um So that's that's a vintage vintage review coming up on sunday. I have it written it's written right that everything is written I've got all my notes and all my sources. It's it's ready to go Um, I just that's but I haven't shot that one yet So that's the next real task is to shoot That video shoot that video Um, so that's that's what i'm working on. Uh, so thank you for your patience. Thank you for your support Thank you for uh for everything. Um, you know what 2023 Turned out to be a pretty good year. It didn't really start that way. It started kind of rough Um and 2022 ended kind of roughly. Um, but 2023 turn has turned out pretty well and You know, I don't want to jinx it, but There are some pretty good prospects for 2024. I can tell you that in 2024 uh cobra convergence should be Significantly bigger than ever Uh, and plans are already being made so Stick around for next year. Um and stick around for what's on joe mind, which is right After this so thanks everyone. I'm gonna say good night and I will see you all Next time see you all next week. Bye everyone and uh, happy holidays. Merry christmas to everyone who celebrates and um Uh, I will catch you next uh next tuesday. Bye everyone. Bye. Bye