 And we are live. Hello everyone. This is the makeup live stream Missed yesterday very important reason though, but I missed yesterday But I didn't want to skip a whole week and not talk to you guys. I just couldn't stay away that long So we're doing a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday But hello everyone nice to see cyclones here and beta ray Bob I'm hello Joe fan 84. You know, it's this is like a Joe Fest reunion We got a lot of Joe Fest veterans right here in the chat, but hello to Matt and Tony So hello everyone. Hello Look I can't I can't Pronounce words with that many consonants in a row. It's I'm from Oklahoma. It's it's But Mick L. How do you do? Hey, it's JLS comics. Nice to see JLS comics. Thank you guys for being here. Hello explorie. So So hello everyone How are you doing it's Wednesday. Yes, it's it is yeah Wednesday weird so Stuff happened yesterday not bad stuff But I was unable to do the regular Tuesday live stream yesterday So I as early as I could I posted that we were gonna just do it a day later So here's the thing It's my last opportunity to take an evening off until August Because Cobra Convergence is about to start and I will I will have zero time off From now till the end of July. I may not be able to sleep So it was my one chance Nicholas thank you very much. It was fantastic. I didn't just like it. I loved it. That was awesome. Thank you so Yes, we had it. It was my last opportunity last opportunity to Where my notes? Oh, I left my show notes over there. Hang on everybody talk amongst yourself be right back I go through all this trouble to make show notes and then I don't I don't bring them over here I have stuff to show you because I did go to the DFW show Well, look at that Mary Ann is here. I thought I thought she wasn't going to be here I did get a message and hi Mary Ann nice to see you The reason that I didn't Hello the reason that I didn't Do the live stream Yesterday Was because as I said it's my last opportunity to have an evening off and there was there was a movie We we wanted to go see a movie. So Mary Ann and I had a date night Last opportunity to have a date night. Hey action fuzz nice to see you there, dude Last opportunity to have a date night and there was a fathom events screening of the room with Tommy Wizzow and and Greg Cistero and The other people that are in it that it's still Is still one of my favorite bad movies. It's it's a classic It's a classic and now I have seen it on the big screen before um I I saw the rift tracks Presentation which was hilarious by the way was absolutely hilarious um Mary Ann got too hot had to come home. We'll need to grocery shop another day. Well, I I do I Agree you're just a little too hot a little too hot for the grocery store So yes, we we went to see a screening of the room I have seen it on the big screen once That was the rift track presentation But this was just the straight movie All high yes This was the straight just just the movie and So, you know, I had I had to go We had to see it now I'll be I've seen it a bunch of times. Uh, Mary Ann Mary Ann has Seen it before I showed it to her. Look, you know when we started going out, you know, it's important that your partner know Things about you she your partner needs to know the important things about you Right. You you gotta know each other. So yeah, I had to show her some Movies, this is one of them Jls, we actually had a a very filling Italian dinner before we went but Oh, hello Andrew Andrew the guy so nice. They've they named him twice. Hey Christian bricks. Uh, hello Denmark from the United States um so yes We have a lot to talk about Nicholas brings up one of the things to talk about. I actually don't know the price. I didn't write that down but We have much to talk about but before we get to that. I did want to explain why I missed yesterday. So we are doing We are doing, um The the live stream today. No Uh, as much as I like hanging out with you guys Um, that was a lot of fun We really really enjoyed the movie. It if you haven't had a chance to see the room um See it Preferably see it with other people Right. This is something that needs to be witnessed um So so there's there's that, you know, um We we had a date night. It was very nice. It was a lot of fun We really enjoyed spending time together Um, it it'll be difficult to get the time um for the next month um And it it is true But you know what I that's I I volunteered to be monopolized um Yeah, adults. So that's that's fair adults only there are adult themes in the movie I mean, it's made by somebody someone with a a childlike mind But it but it there are adult themes in the movie um But but at any rate, so that's what we were doing last night had a date night we um Uh, we had a great time, but here we are I didn't want to wait I didn't want to wait An entire week to talk to you guys again. So we're doing what we're doing it. Uh, Wednesday Um, uh, hello sparkster. Nice to see sparkster here. Hello nyquist Uh, tone. I don't know if I said hello to tony jackson Um Who has the top hat and the I have both the top hat and the car What when I play monopoly Not only do I monopolize the board I monopolize all of the pieces. That's how I make sure that I win um but yes, um, but we Wednesday night and it's it's a good night to do it because there's been a lot of new gi joe news Um, I'm glad you're here sparkster always glad you're here There's new gi joe news there's a lot to talk about I have notes I I have notes so we will talk about it Um First I I wanted to talk about Uh, uh the dfw gi joe an action figure show which I went to on saturday. Fortunately, uh, the dallas is not too far from here It's about a four hour drive. Uh, which is not bad uh for Reference like the drive to augusta is 14 hours if you don't stop Um, but a four hour drive I can do that no big deal. So I drove out there Um, I actually made it to the show before they opened it for general admission Um, and I had a really good time. So ron rudette was there. I did get a print from ron I was i'm going to show you the stuff I got. I didn't get a lot of stuff I didn't get any actual action figures, but only because um, it was primarily a 12 inch show Which is actually kind of cool. I mean, I don't really collect 12 inch, but I'm happy that 12 inch collectors still have get-togethers. I think that's important. I think Uh, 12 inch has been kind of neglected Uh for a while so, um Yeah, the yes, that's that's the movie that we saw the disaster it's a Nyquist says the disaster artist is better. Yes. Well, the disaster artist is an actual good movie It's a good movie about a bad movie um And yeah, we've seen that too So, yeah, I went to dfw. I saw ron rudette. It was nice to see the rudettes. Ginny was there with him If you have an opportunity to Meet ron rudette. You should he's such a nice guy such a Friendly guy. I did um a video. I put a video up of my trip to the dallas thing And uh, jj says misty twice at augusta and dfw. Well, you know, you got to be you got to be on your toes to catch me because I duck and weave um ron rudette, so I did get this and I got a print And I got it signed but then because I was careless The the bottom end of the print got crinkled. So there you'll see some Uh some damage here that I'm very upset about but I have only myself to blame. I was careless with it And uh, and and I've crinkled it. Um, yes, marianne had to deal with stuff We we talked before about the ridiculous storm that we had that for a lot of people knocked out power for me It knocked out the internet for a while Um, marianne was having to deal with that stuff. So she was not able to go to dallas um, but uh But anyway, yeah, what I got from ron is I got I got a hooded cobra commander Uh, and yeah, he signed it and he got his card here Whenever I am at a show with ron. I try to get a a print Um and get it like a different print each time so that I can have a little collection A little collection of uh of ron rudette prints. Uh, and plus, you know, just got to talk to him for a minute um One thing that was really nice is that um Is that, um There was a line. I mean ron rudette was attracting a really good crowd You know, he he had a line for a lot of the time um That he was there and I I got to wait in the line, which I think is fantastic. I you know, I'm so glad that people are showing up Oh, thank you, uh, joe fan itty for For the super chat. Um watching you at my parents house again. Oh, hello, mr. S. How do you do? Mr. S is playing a game on his phone So not paying attention good because I was gonna swear all night It's gonna be a non-stop profanity from me. I'm I'm just kidding. Hello, mr. S Enjoy your game on your phone. I know how your kids are. I know how your kids are um Nyquist, uh, ha ha ha a lot of story mark um So yes, the uh, the rudettes if you have a chance to meet them absolutely meet him And I'm I'm really happy to see that when they go to these shows That they're busy people are coming up to them people are getting prints. They are getting signatures. They're getting stuff signed That's very encouraging. Um, ron is a really nice guy and it's He's done a lot for all of this stuff all this stuff that you see in the background um Most of that started with ron so, um, I'm just really happy that he's getting Some notice and some appreciation After all these years of You know doing some important work that we all still enjoy I got to take a picture of him with with my with my cobra tattoo. That was awesome um, I also I captured a little bit of video so chicken fried toys was there and for those of you don't know chicken fried toys is going to be putting out uh an action figure with um A likeness of ron so they've got ron's head on an action figure not his literal head His literal head would be too big to fit on the action figure and you'd only be able to do one I'm talking about like a sculpted head that looks like his um So, um, I got a little bit of video of ron rudat Looking at the ron rudat Action figure at the chicken fried fried toys table. That was just kind of cool kind kind of surreal too. That was kind of fun um Also got for the first time got to meet pixel dan who uh is a delightful person. He was incredibly nice Um, which he is his reputation, right? I can't I don't know of anybody who has anything Bad to say about pixel dan. Uh, he's just a delightful person and I did Get his book talking about things right like If there is a print reference out there, um, at this point in my collecting career I'm going for print reference More than I'm going for plastic because this stuff is information It's information now. This is this hefty tome Uh, the toys of he man and the master of the universe. Um, this is you know primarily done by uh by dan and some With some help from his friends. It's got a list of the contributors contributor I can't talk Got a list of the contributors in here Um, but I hold on. Um I where's this This it's it's really heavy It's okay. Yeah, so yeah, it's got a list of the credits in here. Um, and he did He he did sign it for me He he did sign it. That was very nice. Um, and we um He was he was somewhat busy as well, but we still had a chance to talk a little bit So, um, we we have a mutual friend Uh, Kevin from peg warmers is a mutual friend And by the way, kevin from peg warmers is also one of the nicest people that you will ever meet or talk to Uh, I I just he's one of the people that I I'm really happy to be able to call a friend So, you know, we we struck up a little bit of conversation talked about You know similar interests. Uh, you know, I I got his book and we talked we talked a little bit about About print reference material, which I love to get my hands on You see some of it up here You don't see all of it up here because I've pulled some of it down so that I can Read them and do research with them. Um, so, um When I can get even if it's not necessarily gi joe related sometimes you can get valuable general toy information From these books on other lines So as one of the things that dan mentioned is that he you know has mark balomo's books Even though he's not a regular gi joe guy Uh, I'm like, yeah, I get that like I'm not a he-man guy, but like this is like I can't Pass up this monster. It's like 700 pages and it's got like It's it's a fantastic reference. It's got like everything here. So Absolutely, I got this and thank you, uh, dan for that and just thanks for being a nice guy, you know uh, very very personable um Uh, uh, Tony. Oh, yeah, Tony. I'm sorry. I'm trying to keep an eye Um on the chat. Um jls says how many pounds is that book? Um, I I'd say this book is like You know, I know not a good judge of these things, but I say this good book is a good Between 10 and 50 pounds could be it could be 100 100 pounds I'm not sure what that is in kilos But absolute like look at these edges. This could be a murder weapon Like I I could take somebody out with this thing, you know, this that's serious this um So I wonder about hey, you know what when uh, karson's Uh, when 3d jose's book on the art of gi joe gets published that thing is gonna rival this in size and weight So i'm that's gonna be really awesome. So yeah, I got I'm running out of space here. So I got dan's book. I got talk to dan a little bit. He was really awesome very very very very nice I made a joke about him being my arch nemesis Which I I couldn't even maintain the joke very long. I don't have an arch nemesis come on Who would who would I have a as an arch nemesis? I I'm not intimidating if I try to intimidate somebody I feel bad about it So I yeah, I'm not the sort that's gonna have an uh an an arch nemesis, but uh, he was had a great sense of humor I I got some pictures taken with some Of the viewers that some of you may be in here. In fact, I know I think one of you is in here Uh got the cigar that I mentioned put that picture at the end of the video Loved that best one I've had in a while honestly, um But I got some pictures with some guys, um I was able to talk with some guys firefly who I met at joe fest This year was also there. Um, that's that's closer for him. So is that he was actually able to come up Got to hang out with him chat with him for a bit really love that dude. He's really nice Um call sign longbow. So Joe fest was so busy that I didn't have the opportunity to really look at The prototypes uh at the call sign longbow booth But they were at dfw So I actually got some time to like get the camera in front of them and actually look at those So that that was great. I put that in the video as well mark two designs mark two Oh, hello, uh rob. Nice to see you rob Um, if I'm not mistaken, um in my feed. I saw rob iris airy On the joe and joe podcast. So that's really awesome. Uh, yo joe june was the arch nemesis of my wallet Yeah, we got to talk about that. I'm getting to that. We got there is so much to talk about there has been news Oh, uh, thank you, uh, danny You have yet to mention that flint and lady j two pack with their nostalgic uniforms and flint Coming with the cigar. Say, um, danny is is hardcore on the flint and lady j two pack. But my thought My thought is, um It's flint and lady j post service domestic Release them as fashion dolls, right? Make flint and lady j The new barbie and king Right, this is my uh, I'm all for the flint and lady j two pack. But I say Go for the the gusto, right go for the big dogs like, uh, really compete with matel Make these guys the new barbie and ken uh Give them their own dream house and and a Corvette or whatever you think flint would drive after the service Um, but uh, that's what that's my idea. That's my idea and I'll thank you for the super chat and thank you for being here, danny so, um, yeah, uh I want to make sure that I get through the dfw show. There was it was Very busy. It wasn't as busy as joe fest. Thankfully because Joe fast almost killed me. It was very busy, but it was A lot of fun. It's like the good kind of busy. You're so busy having fun and talking to people. It's like You know, I'm really tired, but I want to keep going Hello draw. Hey nice to see you draws um Jam packed show that's right um, so But it was uh, oh, thank you Uh, again, uh, danny for the super chat. They have uh need to be action figures with their weapons and looking rad So they can still have their weapons, right? See, um, you remember In gi joe retaliation how, um Joe colton Had like a normal house, but he had all the weapons everywhere and he had like a vehicle stored in his garage You know that route. I think I think I think this will work Hasbro give me a call. You know most ideas I will I will give to hasbro for free But this one I think is a money maker. So you guys got to pay me for that Waiting for my kickback. It's just give me a call hasbro um So the the dfw show was mostly a 12 inch Um, there was there was of course three and three quarter inch stuff there. There was six inch stuff there But it was largely a 12 inch show I do know something about the 12 inch stuff. All right. I know something about the 60s and 70s gi joe so it was really cool to see some of that in person and there was a lot to see in person um A lot of adventure team stuff, you know, the several of the five star jeeps and Uh, lots of you know lots of like 60s 70s, you know talking joe flocked hair all of that was represented there. Uh, it was really amazing. Um I I went not necessarily with the intent of getting toys, but there were a couple of things that if I Had uh, if I'd run across them. I was going to pick them up just little odds and ends that I kind of wanted to see if I could pick up for future reviews I ended up not running into those things. I didn't find them. That's probably for the best Uh, that allowed me to spend more of my money on you know Book and a print and other things like that. Honestly at these shows I come back with paper More than plastic, but you know what? I um Uh It's I'm enjoying it more. I I think I enjoy these shows more than back when it was um Joe con and I was coming home with arm loads of Vintage toys and I still love getting vintage toy toys and I still do I get vintage toys, but um Lately I've I've been coming back with artwork and prints and books And um, I'm able to support um these uh creators who are putting all this effort into making these the these references these guides and I'm able to talk with them meet with them. Um Kind of talk about what they do and that it that's been more fun for me then um Then coming home with a bunch of toys I It's uh, so I I can't complain if I don't find anything You know any vintage stuff to get because I'm still really enjoying it and I really enjoyed the Dallas show Thanks to everyone who said hi lots of people did say hi. It was really awesome But mark two designs, uh, they are doing a a 3d printed Personalized head. I got my head scanned I got my head scanned For the for the 3d personalized head, which they had some samples there There were a whole lot better than that selfie series. I gotta say that it's really really sweet So thank you mark for doing that. Thank you for scanning my head My head hasn't felt quite the same since I think you may have stolen part of my soul But you know what? It's worth it. I'll be immortalized in plastic totally worth it Hey sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse nice to see you zazel howdy. See I He spends a little time in the us and canada and he's always already coming out with the howdy's I don't know. They probably say howdy in in australia. I don't know what i'm talking about but howdy Howdy y'all how y'all doing? um Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse. We are going to talk about cobra convergence because this is my last live stream before cobra convergence gets started Uh, but I want to make sure first of all to let everybody know why I wasn't broadcasting tomorrow and broadcasting day instead Um, also really delighted to see maryan uh in the chat I wasn't sure she would be able to make it also wanted to talk about the the dfw show Um and thank everybody that I got to see there. Um, oh I did I got this from chicken fried toys. So chicken fried toys is going to be doing A cops and crooks Marshall sundown and they did they did have the prototype there looks really great Um, so cops and crooks is a series is a little after my time Uh, so I don't have a lot of personal experience with cops and crooks But you know what this might be a An on ramp for me. This might be a jumping on point Uh for uh cops and crooks for me. Um Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse says maryan is a legitimate legend mvp of joe fest. She really enjoyed joe fest Every time we talked about it. It was just you know, she she had a really good time Uh, and it was really nice to to meet everyone and really nice to meet Meet some of my friends in person like zazel Um, who was like a a celebrity zazel got to be a celebrity there and that was fun. You know, um when um When the gi joe burg guys came to the states for joe con it was More fun probably that watching Their fans meet them and watch them get recognized and watch people go up and say hi to them Then then you know then me not like I had fun there, but it was more fun watching them You know experience a bit of Uh of recognition um, so this year I it felt like that away again because A zazel Hans chad All you all you guys uh were there and People were going up to you. I saw it. I saw people recognizing you. Uh, that was a lot of fun. Um, I I just really love seeing that so Um, we could we could keep going on We could keep going on about joe fest because it was so eventful. Uh, but we've got another event to talk about Um joe fan says, uh, yes Yeah, that's correct. I met joe fan 84 in person. Um Awesome to finally meet you face face. Good to get a happy birthday for mr. S That was a lot. Uh, he says he loved and appreciated that was fun for me to do and and a happy birthday Well late now, uh, but happy birthday again to to mr. S. That was a lot of fun Uh, let's briefly talk because I did put some notes together. Let's briefly talk about the yo-jo june announcements. There are There are some there's some new stuff, right? There's some new stuff coming up. Uh, so I want to go ahead and Um, go through these quickly We are already halfway through the show And I want to make sure to leave enough time to talk about cobra convergence This is my last hot chance to talk about cobra convergence seven before it starts um But uh, what was announced today? What was announced today? The announced the crimson viper. It is a cobra viper um Uh, hold on. Hold on. Um, Mary mercy, uh, well, michael mercy did a big centurions video. I like centurions Who remembers centurions that's that's uh, that was a fun show. That was a fun show um Yeah, see and and I met joe fan 84 and I met zazel and zazel met joe fan 84 It was it was just that kind of show everybody was meeting everybody. It was it was fantastic um, so they announced a few classified figures They announced that there would be a crimson viper that one is okay I I don't need a crimson viper. I don't see the the vipers as being Part of the same unit as the crimson guard I kind of see the crimson guard as a specialty elite unit and probably the only ones in cobra that Would be decked out in the crimson uniform crimson bats crimson vipers. I just I just don't see it I know a lot of people will get that so You know, I'm it's an army builder right people will jump on it Um, and I mean it looks good. He can't go wrong with Red, you know a red viper. It looks great. It looks great Um, but I don't need it personally, but I know I I can see how good it looks and I can I know a lot of people will jump on that next one Nunshuck, this is one that was leaked Um, this is one that uh That was leaked. Yes. Lester so close to crowbar converter seven and it's actually like Really really close. Let's see Yojo's got it Yeah, so nunshuck Ralph Ralph baducci your brooklyn ninja Nunshuck they're doing a nunshuck and yes nunshuck does have nunshucks Nunshuck does have nunshucks. I'm actually more interested in this one. This is probably the one that I'm most interested in because um These 90s figures like I'm not a 90s guy, but there are still some 90s figures that are pretty good and Uh, nunshuck is a figure that I liked I I did like nunshuck um and Seeing that kind of figure Interpreted in that scale is kind of cool. Plus. I think I don't want I don't want 90s Gijo fans to me to be neglected now. I'm I'm always gonna prefer The 80s stuff, but there are lots of fans of the 90s gijo stuff. I do not want them to be neglected I want them to see their Favorite stuff brought forward to the modern age. So so that's really nice so Ralph baducci Your brooklyn ninja Will be uh in the classified series and You know, I guess that's gonna be an amazon It's gonna be on amazon. I haven't ordered anything yet. I've been really busy today but Uh, and I'm sure some of this stuff's gonna probably is already sold out. In fact, I think somebody mentioned uh sold out Earlier and that's fine. That's fine Tony says no ways no one's been uh demanding chibang that would be pretty far down the list that would That would be getting pretty deep So here's one. We got one demanding chibang um So, um, what was I saying? Yeah, um So Ralph baducci your brooklyn brooklyn ninja, you know what that reminds me of it reminds me of the yovl ninja um Thank you for the super chat what's on joe mine. Sorry I can't lead into what's on joe mine because that was in the past and we're in the future Normally, I'd say watch on what's watch what's on joe mine after this But in fact, you should have already watched watched on joe mine before this He says where the hell are the singing cats? They're in yovl. Um, so Ralph baducci the brooklyn ninja Reminds me of the yovl ninja Danny says I've been doing a lot of drinking. Uh, that's good. It's good to stay hydrated. Uh, you got it I'm drinking out of a boot I mean thinking and I have come to the realization that dr. Mine bender is the lamest design maybe Maybe but let's not forget raptor. Let's let's give raptor his do so Probably nobody remembers the yovl ninja, right? So in this this, um, this town in england Yovl this this guy was dressing up as a ninja And fighting crime That was a real thing so Ralph Ralph baducci The the brooklyn ninja it just In my mind it it makes me think of the yovl ninja. So, uh, I wonder if they team up. Hey um Hasbro Give us a classified yovl ninja Who would be Ralph baducci the brooklyn ninja's sidekick? All right, let's I that's what I think that that's what I think we should have I think Hasbro should be listening very closely to me and my brilliant ideas I'm saying Flint and lady j with their dream house released as fashion dolls and the yovl ninja to pair up with uh with Ralph baducci our brooklyn ninja And then the other one was firefly and I I should be more thrilled about firefly that I am I think the firefly figure looks great. It is great brooklyn ninja Thursdays at nine this fall it could yeah, I feel like this is probably It's a good show. I think that should that'd be That would be following welcome back codder same demographic same same demographic What the hell was I talking about so anyway Um Firefly, uh, they released in fact, I have it I have it right up there. Don't I hold on a second firefly up here Of course, of course, I wouldn't have classified firefly handy when I need it. Why don't I have that handy? Anyway, the oh here he is here. He is. Um So they released this firefly Um, they released this firefly and um, it was Not The best received figure. It's not quite what we were looking for in our firefly. He has some like bomb diffusing equipment Oh, thank you. The blue really uh, libra Uh, nunchuck firefly crimson viper and sound wave thunder machine. I'm getting it. I'm getting to it Uh, sound uh sound wave thunder machine mashup are all available for pre-order on bbts Thank you, uh for for the uh for the advertisement Blue libra for a bbts. That's a great place to go get everything. I have ordered some things from them as well And also thank you for the super chat and thank you for watching and thank you for being blue cobra blue for Uh, cobra convergence. I assume that's why you're calling yourself the blue libra Specifically for cobra convergence. No, you don't need to correct me. I assume that my assumption is correct so they are giving us a A more vintage accurate firefly Uh to to replace to replace this one that uh, that was I don't know just didn't quite capture the the spirit and essence Of firefly And I think it looks fine. I I will probably like it better than The first one But I honestly I I think I think uh, I think nunchuck Is the most interesting to me which is surprising It's surprising The blue libra says, uh, should I rename to cobra codename cobra blue libra for july? That's perfect That's perfect. In fact, if you can get your name legally changed to that. I think You would not regret it Perfect promo. Hey, it's kujo. Hey nice to see kujo Always happy to see kujo here Um, so yeah, uh, I mean firefly is fine crimson viper Uh, I don't need it, but I know a lot of people will really dig it um But uh, but nunchuck that's Um, it's intriguing It's intriguing as as a non 90s fan It's intriguing. That's all I got to say and not the first uh, interpretation classified interpretation of a ninja force figure we had the ninja force storm shadow, which is Also not handy. Why I don't I have see if I did pro show prep I would have the storm shadow figure to show you based on the ninja force design So, you know, we're starting to build a little bit of a ninja force team here right or It depends on how you look at it because that storm shadow was released as a cobra But in the 90s that storm shadow was a joe. So he would have been on the same team As nunchuck. Um, I think I'm I think I'm most intrigued by the by the brooklyn ninja The other thing the big thing That was uh, announced and we will get to that now It's sort of you know, it's sort of cobra related. It's dreadnock related anyway For for cobra conversions. We could call it dreadnock conversions We could call it dreadnock conversions so a gi joe transformers mash up A thunder machine that transforms into sound wave Which will apparently be available on amazon. I apologize. I forgot to check the price. I didn't look that up my apologies um Now I don't I don't do the gi joe transformers mashups, but I know a lot of people do these things sell Like crazy. They've done a his tank that transforms into megatron They've done an all striker that transforms into bumblebee now. They are doing a sound wave that transforms into thunder machine Obviously the thunder machine is not a cassette player But I mean the colors kind of work right the colors kind of work for a sound wave I'm sure you know gi joe and transformers mashup fans will like this one It comes with a few things first of all it comes with a an o ring Zirana and zartan so Just as I don't want the 90s gi joe fans to be neglected and i'm happy that they're getting Ralph baducci the brooklyn ninja I'm happy that o ring the fans and people who want modern o ring figures um, we'll be getting A couple o rings. This is an opportunity of the previous Uh gi joe transformers combos included o ring figures and Uh, here we're getting some more I I do like the modern o rings. I don't like them as much as the Vintage o rings, but I think they are fine. I think they're mostly pretty well done um I I'm not gonna get I'm not gonna shell out the money for The vehicle transformer that I don't really need just to get the o ring figures, but still it's nice There are they're updated though This is something that's very interesting to me. These are they are updated So there's some updated sculpting on zartan and some updated arms on zirana They did zirana without the arm armor the like the The the shoulder armor that the vintage figure had Makes it match some of the Early artwork for zirana. Also, they added a tattoo That was on some early zirana artwork um, so uh, yeah, so Uh, that's some o rings But what's interesting to me is that they've updated them So a lot of the o ring stuff that we've seen has been just very very close Um to the vintage Uh mold almost as if they reused the vintage tooling With with with some minor updates These are updated in a more substantial way than some of those others which to me Uh Sounds like they are Uh making some new Uh tooling for o ring figures. That's nice That's uh encouraging For fans of o ring figures that should be encouraging because You know, it it adds to the library of Parts that they can use on future figures. So I I consider that to be encouraging if you're an o ring fan that wants modern figures um Well Fans that may feel neglected still Would be fans of the modern constructor a construction figure Yeah, uh gussey says no, uh thrasher um I think a lot of people might have liked the thrasher but based on the previous releases I'm kind of not surprised that they didn't go with thrasher. Um, they've been Using figures that will be a bit more popular than the vehicle drivers That these vehicles would have come with So with the his tank slash megatron, we didn't get a A his driver. We got a baroness with The crankcase slash bumblebee we didn't get I'm sorry with the awestriker slash bumblebee. We didn't get a crankcase. We got stalker And with this we're not getting a thrasher, but we're getting two figures Uh, so that's new. We're getting two figures getting a serena and a sartan um, but yeah for for the future of o ring uh having um a larger library of Of tooling that they can use for additional parts Uh, it means that that you potentially can get more in the future It means this they have this means they have this so if they want to use this in the future um That they can right so that the the tooling for it is already done. It's paid for it They've made that investment which means that you know, they've they've got this for the future for those who Collected gi joe through the early 2000s for the late 90s early 2000s, which wasn't me by the way I was not in gi joe at the time, but for those that were Uh, i'm sure you remember that um certain reissues Of you know o ring figures did not use The molds that we were expecting right? um They uh, they didn't use um Like for the stars and stripes set Uh for you know that that cober three pack that came with the baroness and cober commander and destro uh used some molds that didn't quite correspond with Expectations because apparently those molds were not available anymore. They were just gone um so there's there was some frustration there with uh collectors who wanted to see those classic designs reissued see those classic molds reused When they couldn't they didn't exist anymore Well, it seems like they are investing in the tooling And that bodes very well for Uh for o ring in the future the greater library that they can build up of parts the more they can give you Later, so that's that's encouraging if you like o ring Um, I do like o ring, but I'll I'll mostly be sticking with the the vintage stuff um But as I said if you are a fan of well two things if you're a fan of 12 inch They don't have anything for you if you're a fan of modern construction like the The 25th anniversary 30th anniversary figures um There may be some third party stuff. There may be some licensed Stuff for you, but there's not any you know hasbro releases on the horizon Hey, there's peg warmers peg warmers says hasbro threw out a lot of molds and lost others That's that's exactly correct And that's why you know when they went back to try to do some of these sets and reissue some of these figures They they couldn't use The old ones they didn't have them anymore So it like I don't want to keep harping on it, but it is encouraging that they are That's they seem to be um investing in new tooling And by the way peg warmers first of all hello peg warmers um You were talked about over the weekend Uh in a very positive way Um, I was able to I mentioned early in the show. I don't know if you were here for that But I was able to meet pixel dan um Very nice guy He mentioned you right off the bat, right so um Dan and I have a mutual friend being Kevin from peg warmers who we are both very fond of so if your ears were burning that's because You you were being talked about but but not in a gossipy way and basically Two people who really like you way so um So yeah, we we had good things to say about you and uh, and we're both happy to know you. Uh, thank you for the Uh, thank you for the super chat Danny HTC you're seriously going to take credit for my flint and lady j2 pack. Well, okay here. Here's Uh, and thank you for playing along Danny, you know, uh, it's it's been fun I I am enjoying this kind of running thread here Um I will give you credit for the flint and lady j2 pack if it turns out to be Um straight action figures and not fashion dolls. I I will only take credit if they issue Flint and lady j as fashion dolls to compete with barbie and ken if if that's what they do That's my idea. I take credit for it has really got to pay me for that You know, call me, you know, get the check in the mail If it's if it's Danny's idea will will give Danny credit If they go with Danny's idea um, but if it's uh, if it happens to be in the very narrow category of Fashion dolls to compete with barbie and ken That was mine. That was mine. I the fashion idea Fashion doll idea my idea Right, you'd have a gem and the holograms crossover has bro. You own that you can do that Um, I think it's fan fantastic um anyway Fashion figures there you go. See, um Uh So, yeah, but I'll get I'll give Dan Yeah, the credit uh, Dan should take the credit if it's action figures. I get the credit If it's fashion dolls Hasbro, I feel that hasbro must take a side on this And and and start issuing some checks to one of us I'm not gonna say who that should favor I'm not gonna say who that should favor But I do I do really like the fashion doll idea and I think that one would have legs I think that would have legs Hmm Tony Jackson and uh since um, uh, Marianne was here. I'm not sure if she's still here. She's Was grocery shopping. I wasn't I didn't think she'd be here at all Because she was grocery shopping, but apparently she's too hot for the grocery store. She's pretty hot. I'm not gonna lie um But um, Marianne is a big stargate fan She has been transforming me into a stargate fan I had not paid any attention to stargate until recently. Thank you marianne for that But because of marianne I did get a complete Run a complete set complete collection of the hasbro stargate movie toys Including uh the the glider Um and um Yeah, I have the glider. I opened the glider. I put the glider together the glider's pretty good. You could you could have done that Uh, that could have been a cobra law vehicle if it had come out like just a little bit earlier if they a little bit earlier absolutely could have fit uh Could have been released as a cobra law toy now The construction would have had to be slightly different The construction would have had to be slightly different because The stargate figures had bigger butts Which is why the stargate Attack cruiser is a one-seater instead of a two-seater So I think you would have needed to make it a narrower the seat would have to be narrower for the smaller back sides of gi cho figures, but You know you you could have fit that in something like Uh like cobra law it it has that otherworldly feel has that sci-fi feel And cobra law did have some aircraft like cobra law had some some fighter Weird organics aircraft that did not get released as Um as a toy as toys Well, you know they didn't exactly look like the attack cruiser didn't exactly look like the the wing glider from stargate but you know The stargate toys Didn't exactly look like the movie either So why not you know in the spirit of hasbro reusing things In places where it's not entirely appropriate I say you can use the stargate glider as A cobra law. I think it can work. I think it can work. Uh, then he says let's just split the check. Oh, yeah, maybe Yeah, we we probably worked something out. Um, tell you what hasbro You send me that you here's how you do it send me the check Send me the check and and I'll split it completely fairly With daniel we'll just I'll I'll split no problem. I'll I'll take care of it and you can trust me To be fair Aren't stargate figures about five inches that they're they're closer to four inch figures Um, they're they're not that much taller than gi jo figures, but they are wider They are wider if they were much taller than they could not have used the awestriker as the attack cruiser because the figure wouldn't have Fit in you know under the the bar, but they are definitely wider the the construction It's totally different and because of how they are constructed. Um, they they're they're They're they're butts they got they got big butts. I I cannot lie um, so um So, yeah, you have to change the dimensions of the the the the seating area to fit the posterior Um peg warmers says stargate glider might also work for iron creditors. Yeah, I can see that you see it's It's got a similar vibe to uh, destros despoiler so you could have been you could have done it like, um You know what that I think that could have worked better than the agp That came with the nullifier another figure that probably would have been a cobra law figure if it had been Made it in a different year um, but Um, but yeah, iron grenadiers listen think about that think about the iron grenadiers as uh, either like a an upscaled deluxe version of the despoiler or A replacement for the agp that that's kind of evokes the same feel as the despoiler, but it's definitely more of a larger attack craft like the despoiler is for Destro to fly over the battle battlefield and observe the troops Maybe attach himself to a demon tank with those pegs so he can lead the battle but the the Winged glider is more of a a heavy attack vehicle. So I think that could have been A viable replacement for the agp for the iron grenadiers So it's almost eight o'clock We we have talked mostly about other things other than Cobra convergence. So in in the final minutes, I will wrap up cobra convergence. I will apologize Because I did get this letter From from our friend. I think this is I got I got this letter in the post office box From our friend gary in england And I I I didn't read it. I'm sorry I I opened the letter and then I got long-winded talking about things I will first of all, I will say thank you to gary for sending this I will read it and keep it as I always do um, I will add though that I've been thinking about Maybe discontinuing the Uh discontinuing the the p.o. Box um I I I've always felt a little bad about like taking stuff from people sending stuff and I mean people do it all voluntarily. I don't Ask people to do it, but they do it and they've done it a lot um, and I I I always worry about Feeling like I'm taking more than I'm giving so Uh, so I had I had the thought I've had the thought I haven't done anything yet But I've had the thought of discontinuing the p.o. Box I'll I'll think about it. I will I'm considering it But thank you, denny for the super chat eighties had better toys nineties had better cartoons. Um Uh, maybe I you know what? I'm not sure I can verify that because I wasn't really following a lot of cartoons in the 90s um so I For those who remember the kids uh, the the children's products and the children's cartoons in the 90s They can vouch for that better than I can Because I don't I didn't really wasn't really following a lot of 90s stuff So I I can only I can really only vouch for the 80s stuff But in the last few minutes, and I'll probably go a little bit long So I I don't have I'm not segwaying to what's on Joe mine tonight because we're a day late Um, I could segue to what's on Joe mind in the past You know time travel style um but um And I apologize when I start, um Uh, yeah, I'm I'm afraid I'm out of time. We're just gonna yeah, I'm out of time to uh Out of time to open gung-ho. Will this guy ever be opened? Who knows? um But I do want to take a few minutes Even if I go along Uh to thank everyone uh participating in cobra convergence this year The calendar is up at hdc788.com right now Um, I thank you to everyone who follows cobra convergence and watches all of the participants Um, and catches everybody on the calendar Um, thank you to everyone who submits their own cobra convergence Uh creations was something that I have because I've been busy in dallas and working this week I haven't been promoting it as as much as I should but there are instructions on the website on hdc788.com. There's a link For you to participate if you want to I will promote that more because I want The event to be for everyone. I want everyone to get involved in some way shape or form Whether you're on the calendar or not um Uh cobra converters seven this time we can't find our keys. Well, we are we are getting Old and we do get for for we do get uh forgetful. Anyway, um What was I saying so yeah, I do want any whether you're on the calendar or not Please participate. Please send me stuff instructions are on the website And uh, but thank you. Thank you to everyone. Uh, who's doing it. It will be the entire month of july We've got presenters at least one presenter every day. Some days two presenters It will be starting out with sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse as it did last year um And i'm i'm excited i'm looking forward to that july 1st starting with sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse Zazel who again I got to meet at joe fest really great guy um and In in these closing minutes and I will have to close um, I will have to close um And uh because i'm tired. It's been a long day. It's been a very busy day. It's been a very busy day. Um Yeah, wait not this time not this time But uh But but thank you sincere thanks to everyone who Who's been in cobra convergence over the years everyone who has participated everyone who will participate Um, you you guys have have made it the event. You you're the ones that make it an event So I that's what I'll close with that's what I'll close with is a thank you um I do know some of the things that are coming this year. I think you're really gonna like it like it um um A new feature that I am adding this year is We will be doing interviews with cobra convergence presenters not everybody who had the time to do an interview But I will be posting pre-recorded interviews with presenters on the same day that they're That their cobra convergence entry goes up So, uh, if you're not as familiar with these guys, uh, check out the interviews um There's someone that I did um It's gonna be good or bad. Um It may it may be bad, but it'll feel good um so You will get um Half-hour interviews with a lot of your cobra convergence presenters this year All of them that had time to do the interview. I've I've Sat down with them. I've talked with them. I've been doing that in the lead up To uh the event because uh, I want of course I I like getting to know these guys myself as well. I enjoy that I've really enjoyed talking with these guys and I want to make sure that everyone Is knows who these guys are because they are doing the work. They are doing the work They do they're they're doing the all all the creative work all the the the actual meet of the event um, and uh If you don't know them, you'll have a chance to get to know them a little better. So That's something that is going to be Running through the whole month. Uh, what's on joe mine says do we have? An interview set up. I don't believe you do, but it's easy enough. Just let me know and I'll make sure to get it on the calendar Um, and I'll make sure to get done before your day So that it can go up on the same day that uh, you were uh, your cobra convergence entry goes up I want everyone to know who these folks are because um Jls comics, thank you Thanks for to jls comics for being in it now for for multiple years Uh, thanks to what's on joe mine and thanks to peg warmers. Um, and uh, and thanks to cobra island um Yeah, yeah cobra island. Uh, so for those Um for those for those who haven't Done an interview yet You can set that up. Just let me know I just gotta make sure that it's on the calendar That we have a mutual time when we can do it But uh, that's something that that i'm adding this year and I I hope that everybody enjoys that. Um, I certainly did But that that's how that's how I want to wrap this up. Uh talking about cobra convergence. This is uh Next time we talk we will be in it right next time we talk Um, it's gonna be started Um, so I know I've got a few shows that I'll be doing in the meantime um, I will be doing It's chad that will be on Uh, hold on. Let me check my challenge. I have a calendar just for this purpose um So, uh, it looks like it's chad will be sunday Uh, so check out it's chad on sunday. I'll make sure to share that Um, there we go So I'll be on, uh, it's chad's show neon at night I'll be get I'll get to talk about brightly colored 90s action figures on chad's show um, and uh on friday friday, right Yeah on friday, um, I should be on uh on sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse. So I'll make sure to share all of Those links as they go up. Um, but uh, but thank you to everyone I am gonna wrap up Because I I'm starting to notice that I'm getting really tired. It's been a very very busy day In a very very busy week in a very busy month. So I'm going to say good night to everyone, but next time we talk Well, we will be converging let's converge um For the live show next tuesday But let's converge for the entire month of july and let's get it going and let's make this one the best one ever So thanks everyone and for now. I will say good night. See everyone soon Uh and take care only cobra is cobra rock on see you all later