 Hello everybody hooded core commander 788 here, and it's time for the answers to our annual Q&A This will be the final video of 2019. This is a tradition on this channel And we had more questions than ever before so thank you to everyone who participated I gave folks an opportunity to ask questions if they wanted to And you guys did ask a lot of questions. So thanks for Participating I'm gonna go through these questions. I have them printed out here They are I think they're in reverse order of when they were posted. So like the most recent questions are first And some of these include like larger comments than just the questions So I'm just gonna focus only on the questions I have read all your comments and thank you for all of the nice things that you had to say To try to streamline the process here if you wrote a comment that included the question I'm not gonna read the whole thing. I'm just gonna focus on the question here But I still thank you for the comments and thank you for the nice things that you said I really appreciate that So on also on some of these I may paraphrase the question if the question is really long But there's a lot go to go through here what I should have done But didn't do is like if some people asked Basically the same question. I should have kind of grouped those together and answer them, you know all at the same time But I didn't so some of these may be a little bit redundant, but that's okay I'm just happy to have you involved and have you care enough to even ask questions. So let's get started Okay, Jonathan Arkendale asks a question actually has a really big comment here And so thank you for the comment. I'm gonna jump right into the questions and see if I can answer them He has oh 10 questions here Question number one is if you could choose one established and or popular character Whether real or fictional to become part of the GI Joan universe in the vein of sergeant slaughter Which character would it that be or would you be against such a move? Well, I wouldn't be against such a move really If it's you know, if it's a cool idea But I've been thinking about this question since the first time I read it, I'm not sure I have a really good answer since you are The way you framed the question I assume you mean like a character outside of GI Joe so like a You know Marvel Comics general flag Or Quinn Would not be an appropriate answer although we got a Quinn figure or there was a Quinn figure in the modern area era. I guess there was an o-ring Quinn figure as well But not in the vintage era So I'm I assume you mean like characters outside of GI Joe and that has been a Hardware question to answer I'm like I would think about maybe like Rambo since you know the military guy from the 80s so that might be cool or to go into science fiction like Ripley or If you want to Stretch it a bit like ghostbusters the only character I kept thinking of that I thought would make a good Joe The one that kept popping up in my head was Steve Rogers like Captain America like movie Captain America where you know he was still you know had the Attitude of a soldier I Think that he would make a good Joe because I just think he would fit well with the team. He is able to be a team player he understands the Military lifestyle and chain of command and all that stuff. I just think that he would fit But that's the first one that really pops to my mind that may not be the best answer But that's the best I can think of I'm sorry if I'm not answering that question The best so we're off to a great start here with question number one question number two from Jonathan is If Larry Hama was to turn you into a character in the GI Joe universe Do you think he would make you a villain given the fact that you're a lawyer? Yes, probably so Question three. What do you think about Larry Hama's decision to change storm shadows initial allegiance in the storyline? Which according to him happened because he was bothered by the fact that this fictional Japanese character was conceived by GI Joe as a member of Cobra. I think it gave us some really great stories So I'm happy with it the storyline that led up to Storm Shadow Shifting his allegiances is I think one of the Best story arcs in the series. I mean that's the one where We learn we go back and look at the origin of snake eyes It's one in which we learn who the assassin of the Hardmaster was We learn a lot about Zartan and hit how he fits in all of this all of this sort of came about because I Should say the transition came about because of this really Interesting storyline in the GI Joe comic book series. So I'm for it. I really enjoyed the stories surrounding that Question for do you think that a paranoid schizophrenic Zartan? Would still be considered offensive. Yeah, probably so I'm not a fan of that I have worked with a lot of people with schizophrenia and one of the problems with You know making sure people get treated for Mental illness is the stigma surrounding them and this idea that people with schizophrenia are villains are you know That that contributes to that stigma Around that illness and I just I'm not a fan of that It's it's a the file card itself is a bit of pop psychology anyway and doesn't really reflect How the illness actually works so not a fan Question where are we question 5 have you ever rooted for Cobra if not What if America ever comes a dystopian oppressive state in the GI Joe universe would you root for Cobra? well, I mean I would root against any dystopian and oppressive states, so I guess so but I mean obviously this channel gets its name from Cobra commander and I think Cobra is a great enemy for GI Joe. I mean it has a lot of Substance to it and a lot that creates some real genuine Conflict between the two And there are some really great contrasts between GI Joe and Cobra, so I think Cobra is a great enemy excellent enemy for the series, but as far as Rooting for Cobra The philosophy behind Cobra is a little muddled, but we have we understand some of it mostly through the work of the the comic book series and Larry Hama and so that makes it hard for me to root for Cobra because the Ideas behind Cobra is not something that I root for in my Normal everyday life, so Not usually We are on question six lots of questions Jonathan, but that's okay This is a Q&A after all What faction usually won in your battle scenarios of old? Usually GI Joe won ultimately unless there was I had like an idea for Some something that Cobra was gonna do like like Cobra was gonna Capture a nuclear weapon or some kind of secret weapon or Cobra was going to Kidnap a Joe that would be used as a hostage or something like that And in those battles of course Cobra would win because it would give my GI Joe guys something to do and something to fight against So, you know, it could be either or but I think usually GI Joe came out on top Question seven, do you think you will ever hear from your old pal Sam again? I don't know. I don't think so I really actually Been trying to find him I know his name. I know his full name And I know, you know where he lived, you know What 35 years ago? But I still have not been able to find his family For those that don't know Sam was a friend of mine and my brother He lived in our neighborhood and it was the three of us that played GI Joe all the time and Sam I you know, I lost touch with them when we moved out of that neighborhood And I haven't been able to find him since I've looked on all the social media If he's on there, I can't find him Which you know, maybe he doesn't want to be found and I respect that but I would sure be happy to Talk to him again. I think that would be really cool But yeah, I don't know and it doesn't look like it. Unfortunately that may be a friendship that I'm unable to rekindle Question eight, what do you think about the GI Joe video games? Well, I haven't played all of the GI Joe video games, so I can't really comment I have played the GI Joe Atari game the Atari 2600 game. I think the game is unnecessarily difficult Actually got the game because I want to review it I don't know usually do like video game reviews on this channel, but that I thought might be fun, so Maybe someday in the future If I get around to it, I'll do a review of the Atari 2600 GI Joe game and And let you know what I think about it, but that I have played it. I've actually played it quite a bit I wanted to really get a feel for it and you know, those Atari games are Kind of simple very simple by today's standards, but also quite challenging in some levels Question nine, what are your thoughts about the Lunar six Empire's Manimals from 1994 I do have some of the animals because they were sent to me I want to take a closer look at them obviously this is far into the realm of science fiction Which is not my preference and so that probably give you a general idea of what I think of them I am interested in them as a part of the history of GI Joe as I am just in general Interested in the history of GI Joe, so they occupy An interesting and unique place in this series, but but as far as What I think about them individually, I'd really have to look at them more closely Which may I may do in a video someday in the future And question ten Do you consider the street fighter to GI Joe figures to be the only vintage Eric era? Collectibles that you are not interested in or do you not consider them? At all to be part of the GI Joe vintage era. I don't consider them to be part of GI Joe I consider them to be street fire toys that were given a GI Joe Label, so they could be marketed more easily Which I'm gonna talk about this next year. It's something I'm actually setting up to do Fairly early in the year in 2020 even though I don't intend to review street fighter toys. It is it's a part of The history of GI Joe and I do need to talk about it. I'm gonna get a little bit of help From somebody else to talk about that to somebody who knows a lot more about it But I've not ever been a fan of the street fighter to Toys in the GI Joe toy line, and it doesn't have anything at all really to do with not liking Street Fighter 2 I don't have any problem with the game at all, and I absolutely have no problem with there being toys for the game And I don't think that the toys are like the like taint GI Joe I Isn't not like Street Fighter hurt GI Joe in some way, so that's not really the problem. I have with Street Fighter And I hope that fans of Street Fighter will understand my Opinion about them as you know not in any way being Insulting or belittling of their enjoyment of Street Fighter I think in fact, I think maybe Street Fighter fans some of them might under might agree with My opinion of their place in GI Joe, but I will not get too much into that right now because That is actually gonna come up in a video in the not too distant future, but great questions Thank you very much Jonathan, and now we move to the next question question, which is beach 76 Says if you go back in time and mail away for the create a Cobra figure what codename Would you give him and what attributes would he have? good question I'm not sure about the attributes. I'd have to go through like the order form and Pick out each one, but I have thought about the Codename though because I've time traveled right I have all the knowledge that I have now But I'm in the past and I'm ordering this figure I think I would call him the hoodie viper. I would have a hoodie viper figure. That's what he would be Because I would love to have like a real personalized vintage era create a create a Cobra file card that had a link to This channel. I think that would be really cool I wouldn't call it the HTC or you know It would be weird for a Cobra soldier to be called hooded Cobra commander anything But yeah hoodie viper. Why not? I'll go with that Our next question is from Glenn Robbins Glenn says any plans to do a plans on doing any of the 12th inch versions of any of the ARH figures no plans immediately. I may eventually Do like an overview of the Hall of Fame Figures the the 90s 12-inch figures I've thought about it. I have a couple of them. I don't have it's not a focus of my collection So I don't have a lot of them, but I've seen a lot of them So that might be at some point in the future just like a An overview or something like that But probably not like individual reviews of individual figures I don't think that I would necessarily have a collection complete enough to do that Mr. Mustachio Says I hope I made it in time. You did make it in time What challenges do you imagine Roblox face when you made the transition from earth cook to space cook follow-up question? Who took over as earth cook? For the terrestrial bound Joe's follow-up to follow-up to Cobra ever have an Opposite number for the beloved rhyming chef Thanks, and Thank you for your nice comment here The biggest problem with the transition to Space cook is I don't believe you get to even really do a lot of cooking everything's in plastic bags And you know they are Heated up by machine or you know hot water is put in them. They're reconstituted This is I think one of the biggest barriers to Roblox even joining Star Brigade is that you know the food would be atrocious And if he is you know the cook for the Joe's on earth and He's gone. Who's left? I'm not sure who takes over. They may just all be eating MRE's Which probably doesn't make them too happy either now? I believe there was there was a Cobra chef Like a chef viper a cook viper not in the vintage era although there was like in the end I'm trying to remember which comic book it was. I think we saw some Cobra chefs or Cobra cooks in the comic book Doug Delos says looking forward to Joe Fest in 2020 and since I have never been to any Joe convention What is the one thing you would recommend? I don't miss out on maybe top two or three things Well, you know go to all the booths and meet all of the Joe people. That's number one That so the finest should be there go and see the cosplayers go and see Joe Colton She's been in one of my videos. You can see her in person. You know go to Check out the cusp the the custom exclusive stuff. I don't usually do convention exclusives, but the the Customization jobs that they do for those exclusives are amazing if that's something that you're into into you definitely to check that out there will probably be panels of by Creators like Kirk bezigian Larry Hama. These guys usually do panels at Joe Fest Ron Rudd at where they talk about the creative process In making these toys in the comic books, so don't miss those. Those are a lot of fun and very informative Come and see me. I'll have a booth there. Just come and say hi. I'll be really happy to see you And the final While you're at the booth, I should have a card for everyone to sign. You know, I did one This year still 2019. I'll do one next year Please sign my Joe Fest 2020 card. Make sure you sign it for me so I can keep that And then after the show after the the doors close We usually all hang out, you know, we'll go to a bar Hotel bar usually and just hang out. So don't miss that too. Just join us And if you don't know anybody there and you don't know who to sit around or who to talk to Come and find me and we will talk. We will find a place to sit together and just enjoy talking about G.I. Joe So I look forward to seeing you there. I really hope you are able to make it and it should be a lot of fun now Uh, next question is Michael Johnson. If you could go back to the 80s for one day, how would you spend it? How would you spend it? You know? Yeah, how much money do I have? and And can I go to like toys rs? like in the 80s and just Come out with a arm load of stuff That would be that would be great I was thinking like, you know, I should visit some loved ones who have passed away since then But a lot of my loved ones are still alive from that era So I wouldn't have too many people to go and say hello to But you know, I have like my my grandparents. They passed away Recently, so I'd probably go and say hello to them. That's a nice way to spend a little time traveling trip In the 80s. But before I come back, I'd like to hit toys rs Adam Verwolf says are you when are you going to do a list of g.I. Joe toys ranked from bottom to top tier? I that's a good question a fair question the tier system I haven't always adhered to it all the time. Um, it's it's Kind of imprecise. I mean I have Criteria for judging But sometimes it's just too close a call for me to say exactly what tier things go into so It that's on me. I made the tier system because I wanted to have I wanted to give some kind of final Assessment on things, right? I mean I'm looking at these. I'm Reviewing them. I'm trying to look at them in a lot of detail And as a reviewer, I should be able to form some kind of opinion on them And so that's what the tier system was. Well, I can definitely form some kind of opinion on what I'm reviewing but Doesn't always neatly fit into those tiers. So I I don't know. I'm not sure about the tier system going forward Um, it's sometimes I almost think that it's uh created more problems than it's solved. So I'm not sure Um, we have Uh jesse kusatz Um, who says just for fun. What's your favorite figure from each year? Uh, then he lists his favorite figures from each year Uh, so my favorite figure from each year. I had to think about this a lot. I read through this question Uh, and I gave it Some thought and I'm not sure that these will be my answers for all time because my opinion does change from time to time Uh, but let's go through 82 through 94 One year at a time 1982 stalker will always be my favorite 1983 is a tough year because there are a lot of good figures, but I I guess I'll go with gung ho I really love gung ho um 1984 um storm shadow Really like firefly 2 84 is another good year. It's it's again hard to choose, but I'll go with storm shadow Um, 1985 would be either snake eyes or footloose. I really like the military look of footloose. I really do Um, but it's hard to top snake eyes. It's a really sweet figure from 85 1986 leatherneck 1987 falcon 1988 um, I think rock and roll version two. That was the last g ij action figure I bought at retail, you know back in that era um Except no, uh rock and roll was not 88 rock and roll was 89. Oh, I gotta pick an 88 figure All right There's gonna be a jump cut in this video because I had to think for a minute about who was in 88 And what's my favorite figure and I think it's hit and run. I mean that's uh, that was a figure that kind of harkened back to Uh, the more military years of the line and just had a lot of cool equipment and cool camouflage Um, but I also liked repeater from that year too, but I'm gonna stick with hit and run That's that's what I'm go for for 88 89. So then I thought well should rock and roll version two be my favorite figure from 89 But then I really like backblast from 89. So I think I might go with backblast 1990 will be either rampart or bullhorn. I'm leaning toward rampart 1991 big ben love that figure 1992 I really liked the version of roadblock we got in 1992 But if it's gotta be an original character Or a new character Bulletproof, I really like bulletproof 1993 Ace version three that may be a cop out But I feel like we finally got the version of ace that I always wanted in 1993 And then 1994 Joe Colton not so much because the figure is Great, but because it's a good figure And it just represents a lot of the history of gi joe and I like that a lot So I'll go with the joe colton mail away in 1994 Bob's dungeon. Do you think it's a shame that there is a little to no assembly in the modern vehicles as opposed to What there was in the older line? Yes, one of the Most fun things about getting a vintage Vehicle was putting it together and you know putting those stickers on yourself And that really made it yours That made it unique Even though You know all these vehicles are mass produced, you know, it was your hands that put that particular vehicle together And that was great. That's one of the reasons why I enjoy doing the vintage vehicle Unboxing and assembly videos is because I get to do that again now. I only get to do it really with 1990s vehicles But still the same idea. I get to put the thing together myself. I get to put the stickers on myself And even if it's not perfect, it's still mine. So, yeah, I think that's something that's missed a bit Um, okay they gone says Okay, put together all your all star joe debate team. Who do you think? Could out with with words Airborne is a lawyer um You know like airborne versus flint flint is an academic too Uh, I'll bet they could have some uh, some pretty deep discussions airborne and flint. That's what I'm going to go for Air airborne versus flint any topic throw it out there. I guarantee they could argue about it Uh blackbird 26155 says what's the favorite piece in your collection that you've acquired since starting this project? um, well, obviously I like the killer whale, but Getting the uss flag was a milestone and so that I guess I'll go with that I I have the fly. It's actually right behind the camera here. So I'm looking at it One of the things I regret about being so busy all the time Is that I don't get to kind of play around with it very much I wish I had more time To interact with the thing because it's so big and it's so there Um, but yeah, that was a milestone getting that one. So I'll go with the uss flag Uh, mark. Dela Cruz says hi hcc 78. What's your favorite gi joe vehicle? Thanks And that is the killer whale the killer whale is still my favorite vehicle. I love the features. I like the army green color It's just I had a lot of fun with it as a kid Usually playing with my friend sam's killer whale But uh, I I still think that's a really fun toy killer whale. Thank you for asking and then jack brown Says two part question. Ooh two parter Has your kids ever gotten into uh, slash a hold of your gi joes? If so, how angry did it make you? They haven't really Um, now my kids keep in mind they are girls Um, and they never had a lot of interest in you know, these toys that are Mostly they mostly appeal to boys, obviously Um, they don't exclusively appeal to boys. That's why I don't call them boys toys Because if you look at the comments even um in on this q and a There are women who follow this toy line. Uh, they're when they were girls They enjoy playing with the toys and watching the cartoons or reading the comic books So it's it is a toy line for everyone But it it's also no doubt that it was primarily marketed toward boys. That's that's true But my my girls, uh, never really had much interest. So they pretty much left it alone. Thanks. Thanks for asking Um, we have mr. Bull who says why wasn't there an 80s big lob figure? Um It is kind of surprising that there wasn't I mean he was in the animated movie And most of the other characters introduced in the animated movie did have figures not all of them. There was not a pythona but Maybe if the movie had done better like maybe if it had made more money, um, if it had been theatrically released Maybe they would have made a figure If they had continued that series into another season with sunbow rather than canceling it Maybe he would have gotten a figure, but uh, I guess, you know, I guess they didn't have one planned for 1987 And I guess since the movie didn't do didn't make a lot of money wasn't very successful If they had any plans, I guess they scrapped them. So yeah And I I'm not a fan of big lob But I understand a lot of people are and so, you know, I'm sorry you didn't get a big lob figure I'm sorry. You didn't there was one though. There was a convention exclusive Uh o-ring Big lob figure so it does exist out there, but it's not from the vintage era Uh, let's see Cameron Johnson says as a kid I was drawn to the crazier more outlandish giogeo Vehicles, how do you feel about the cobra buzz boar? Uh, the buzz boar is As a toy, it's fine as a vehicle. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense Um That uh, I didn't actually review the buzz boar that was reviewed by a guest reviewer on this channel the only guest reviewer I've ever had so at least so far Um, and the guest reviewer Liked it well enough. Um, I I just think the thing is funny. Um If I were to review it, I probably wouldn't be as favorable But, um, I mean, it's not offensive. I just think the thing is funny. It's it's um One of the crazier ideas in A time period when giogeo was coming up with a lot of crazy ideas Dale santaford says My question rowdy rowdy piper giogeo figure. Um, I think you might have maybe hit enter before you were done with your question Um, I believe there was a rowdy rowdy piper giogeo figure that was an a convention exclusive But I didn't make it to that convention and so I don't know a lot about it But yeah, that it does exist If that's your question And I believe they made rowdy rowdy piper a an iron grenadier So that's kind of cool The killer weezer says oh, he has a comment and thank you for your comment I'm going to jump right to the questions first question um Okay, uh, where's a couple of places to search for joes since shows I think you mean like toy shows conventions and stuff like that are out of my reach Um, well, I mean, there's always ebay. There are facebook groups that are dedicated to selling and trading giogeo vintage items. So those are places to check obviously um and in The last couple years A vintage toy mall has opened near where I live And that's been great because I've actually been able to go and spend my money at a local shop and support a local business And so if in your area there is a vintage toy dealer make sure you Check them out try to build a relationship with your local vintage toy dealer And sometimes they can keep an eye out for whatever you're looking for Um, second question, uh, is the third edition of the balomo guide Uh, was printed in 2018 how offer the prices from then to now Uh, and he provides an example here. Uh, the prices I think were probably pretty solid for the time it was published um, and I mean it's perfectly cool to have the The price guide in the guide. That's fine um But prices are really volatile right now. Um Usually trending upward at the moment. And so I am seeing prices just change Dramatically in a short period of time, especially on items that are a little bit harder to find um, so the the amount The prices in the price guide uh For the more common stuff it may not have changed all that much for like the really common stuff But for the hard to find items those tend to be selling for a lot more Lately so those prices may not be uh accurate Um, we go to eagle one eagle one, um eagle one asks Even as a kid, I understood the comic was vastly different from the cartoon By having separate continuity from comic to cartoon. Do you think it hurt the franchise by not having one concise story to follow? Um, well, I've thought a lot about this and obviously I like the comic book series more than the cartoon series but um, I've also listened to you know Kirk Bezikian and you know Buzz Dixon and the guys who were involved in Creating these things and I um, I kind of understand They're thinking that they you know Comic book series and an animated series. They have different qualities. They have different strengths and you want to Let them do what they do best Uh, and so what is what happens in the comic book series may not necessarily translate so well into the Animated series and vice versa So I think they had to do it the way they did it and I think that's fine and I think in It didn't necessarily hurt The gi joe brand. I think it helped it in some way Uh, because there are a lot of fans who came to the series from The cartoon series even though it's it's completely different from uh, the comic book series, but You know, I kind of hit them at their at their wavelength and That's how they came to appreciate all of it. So Without that you may not have reached as many people. You may not have you know found their wavelength So, you know a bit of diversity in the story um Is fine. I don't think you necessarily need a single unifying um Continuity as long as you know people understand, you know that you we're going in different directions with these things Uh, then I don't really think that it's necessarily a problem um As a kid I really wanted to see An animated version of the comic book like I wanted them to take the comic book and just make a cartoon out of it as an adult I can kind of see that probably wouldn't have worked and probably would not have appealed to you know, the existing fans of the animated series But you know as a kid I was thinking more, you know, just just what I want Not what everyone else might want Uh, but yeah, that's a fair question. That's a good question And it makes us think a bit about the different strengths and weaknesses of different types of media Martin D says If you haven't ever had another youtube channel, uh, that was not about toy collection. What would the subject be? Well, I've Thought about and sort of tried to start like a movie review channel um, I've had YouTube channel in the past that was focused more on law and philosophy and politics, but um those I just When it comes down to it, this is what I like to do So I just don't think I'm gonna branch out Um, I had for for some time. I really thought about and wanted to branch out, but yeah, I think Um, I kind of changed my mind about that I feel like this is where I belong. This is what I want to do. So I don't I don't think I'll be Trying out a different youtube ventures at least for not for right now Tim Bentley. Hello Tim. Um, he has a question It says, uh, what was the worst action figure you ever reviewed? Uh, and I'm starting a new costume. Oh, uh, tim is a cosplayer Uh, don't have any ideas Uh, do you have uh, any merry christmas happy new year? Oh, do we have do I have any ideas? And he says, merry christmas and happy new year. So thank you, Tim. Um, let's see, um The worst figure that I reviewed, um, I still am not a fan of uh Cobra law and gallobulus is I just really dislike the gallobulus figure I understand gallobulus has his defenders and you don't have to defend him. You can just like him. It's fine um, I just um By the that figure just did not Appeal to me at all. It still doesn't I've gotten some criticism for that review for not being fair to cobra law Um, I I think I was I think more fair than I get credit for Uh, but even in the best possible light I I don't like that figure. So I'm gonna go with gallobulus Gallobulus Defenders of gallobulus. I I respect you I do And I'm not saying you should change your mind. This is just my opinion. Oh, um, you asked about ideas for a cosplay Gallobulus, there you go Uh, get started on there. You have to make a really long tail Um, all right, uh christopher hilt Uh says hey anybody And he has some nice comments here. So thank you for your comments He actually asked his wife and another question for himself So I will answer his wife's question first. She says How does hcc 78 and his wife come up with all their funny material? That's a good question. That's something that I'd like to talk about more. Um, and that's something I may talk about more at joe fest Um, the I don't do like skits or gags in every video. Um, only when I come up with something that I think will be funny and I think will fit um, but Usually what happens is I'm looking at these toys. I'm writing my notes on them and I'll get hit with a an idea that I think is funny Um, and you know, I'll think about it some more kind of think about how it would look on screen And if it makes me laugh Then I try to I try to do it if I can there are some ideas that they just They're not going to work because they would take too long to to Film they would take too long to edit and I just don't have that much time So any idea that I come up with it has to be something that we can do pretty quickly Uh, and susan has been a great sport. She has contributed some ideas as well Uh, she has said that she wants to be in the video. So I've tried to get her in the videos more um, but um, but yeah, usually I I'm just struck by You know just something funny that occurs to me while I'm preparing the video And if uh, if I think about it for a minute, I don't always go with my my first reaction or my first instinct Gotta think about it for a minute. Make sure it's actually gonna work Make sure that you know It's not just funny in my head Um But if it still seems funny after a couple of days, then I'll start working on it Um, now some things probably still are only funny in my head, but you know, it's my show. So Um, nobody can stop me from doing it Um, so thanks to uh, your wife for her question. Thank you very much And christopher christopher asks, um This is his question after his wife's question Um If forced into it, uh, and stalker had to choose a new code name. What do you think it should be? Uh, the I think they should just call him ranger I think they actually mistakenly called him that in one of the comic book issues But I think ranger is uh, you know That I just think it's a good name Maybe it's too general right because there are a lot of army rangers, but I don't think stalker would have a problem at all, but uh Being known by Yeah, or being known as ranger. Um I think that would be fine. I didn't just think it's too bad that like he has a name that really wouldn't work right now it it just It a modern audience is not going to accept a character named stalker Even knowing what we know, you know, if that's not what they meant when they made that Character's name But I I know how it is, but I would go with ranger. I like that idea. That'd be fine. Okay back after a brief break And the next question is zantharis 61 Uh, who says when I got into collecting I purchased my favorite figures later on I found out it was called army building Uh, what are your thoughts of army building and what figures and or vehicles would you like to army build? By the way, um for figures, it's falcon ripcord and leather neck. Okay, cool. Um Army building most of the time people army build like cobra troopers and that makes total sense to me because they were kind of Designed to be an army, uh, right? They were sort of undifferentiated They, you know, you most of them didn't have show their features So they could just you could get a bunch of them and just pretend that they're different guys They're supposed to have an army of them rather than just one now as a kid for each trooper I really only had one but as an adult. Um, I have uh, army built a little bit, uh, not I'm not intentionally except for like my uh My cobra eels Those I have intentionally picked up a few of just because I like the eels. Um, and And because I have to collect, um Variations and you know Get like incomplete figures and put in order to assemble a complete figure Um, I have ended up with multiples of Certain figures like the cobra bat and the crimson guard. I didn't intentionally army build those But since hey since I ended up with more than one of them Anyway, I might as well hang on to them and I have a small army of them. So that's cool. There are some folks that Just really go crazy with the army building and you know, that's their preference. That's fine. Um Uh, it does affect the price of those figures a bit. Um Figures that are normally army built like the various cobra troopers the vipers Uh tend to run a bit high because you know A whole bunch of them end up in a few collections. So there just aren't as many of them around But keep in mind that these toys were mass produced You know, there are many many thousands of them out there And even though army building has affected the price some You can still find them out there. They're still out there. You can still get them You may have to pay a little bit more for them, but Um, but it's fine. And I don't really think army building has had Uh a big negative impact on collecting maybe Maybe other than like just bumping up the prices of some of those figures, but um, yeah, if you want to army build I'd say, you know go for it. Um If you are collecting on a budget That can break your budget pretty uh easily, but It is kind of cool though to see an army of figures on a shelf Um, kind of how you probably always wanted to do it when you were a kid, but Maybe couldn't afford to may as an adult collector Maybe you can get all those figures and kind of see the whole army in front of you. That's uh, that's not bad Uh, Eric Aiman. Hello, uh, Eric Well, I have some nice comments. Thank you very much for your comments, Eric Um, he says, uh, you've defined the scope of your g.i.gio collecting as essentially comprising 82 to 94 u.s Released air age line. Uh, but how do you decide the order in which you select your items for review? That's a really good question. Do you have a deliberate approach or strategy? Do you have particular figures or vehicles in mind for review particular events milestones? Um, and such a really good question. I do have Sort of an informal system I didn't always but i'm developing it a bit more to try to Add a bit more variety to the reviews Um, and so one thing I do is I try not to review more than one version of a figure in the same year um, so like I reviewed one version of cobra commander This year and I actually had another version of cobra commander on the schedule But I struck that because you know, I I want to spread them out You know, I want to have more versions of cobra commander to review in subsequent years Same with snake eyes. Um, I was very tempting to review Two versions of snake eyes in the same year, but I got to spread that out a bit And I look at like There will probably always be more joes than cobras But I try not to have Like a whole bunch of them in a row like a whole bunch of cobras in a row And a whole bunch of joes in a row so that they've got to mix up a little bit Also, the ratio of vehicles to figures has been a little bit off. I need to kind of Get a better handle on that Vehicles are always more difficult to review. There's just more to look at right? It's just more to do It's more work. Um Also, I mean there are more figures than vehicles to review So there will always be more figure reviews than vehicles what I used to do is um I would review one vehicle per month like the first review of the month would be a vehicle everything else would be a figure Uh, and that worked out well enough for a while But over time I just found that to be a bit too rigid So now I just kind of look at the whole schedule And I you know look at I try to space out the vehicle reviews By a reasonable amount. I don't want to go like a long time without reviewing a vehicle But I I have to have some space in there because I've got a lot more figures. I need to review um Yeah, and I've done like theme months in the past like uh, you know tiger force months or whatever, but um The theme months end up being a little bit of a problem because Uh, if a viewer doesn't like that theme then a viewer may tune out for an entire month Um, and I don't want to miss people for an entire month. So the theme months Not sure if I'm going to do a whole lot more of those um But um, yeah the uh I've started doing Themes for the year like 2019 was the year of the rarity So I needed to mix up in some fairly rare items throughout the year Uh, I've already decided on what Next year's theme is going to be and this one's going to be kind of rough folks It's going to be it's not going to be an easy one So then now I have themes that go through for the whole year, but I can't Only do Uh, that stuff I can't only do rare reviews. I got to mix in you know some common things. So uh, yeah, um, that's a long answer for a short question, but the the The most concise answer is I try to spread it out. I try to diversify it I try to not have too much of the same kind of thing Too close together. That's the short answer All right. Tim roper says, uh, any regrets reviewing version one version two Sarge together Any chance you will revisit these two separately to slaughterize it? Yeah, a little bit. I mean, uh, the review itself is fine. Um, but Like any of those older reviews They may not be redone, but they always have the potential of being redone because I feel like I could do better now um So maybe is the answer. That's a definite maybe. Um, yeah Um Thomas p says watching your videos. It's clear. Uh, you have a rather large collection of gio's which reminds me Uh, which leads me to the question. How do you keep track of all the items in your collection? Have you ever unintentionally acquired two of the same figure not knowing you had it? Um, yeah, I think that's happened, uh, with figures and file cards I like I forgot I had the file card and I got another one um I had tried to keep track of my collection in several ways. I had a list. Um, I had a Spreadsheet, uh, and none of that Worked very well because I couldn't keep up with it. Um, I I really like to have stuff coming in all the time Um, I I want to keep getting stuff. I love collecting. Um, I love getting gio. I love having new stuff come in and, um Sometimes not always but sometimes it comes in So quickly that I Can't keep my list up. So I haven't kept a list for the last couple years. And so, um I it's pretty much in my head. Um, I have things somewhat organized So if I'm thinking of getting something I can go and check and make sure I don't already have it Um, because that is kind of a pain to Double up on something spend the money on something I already have when I could have gotten something new Um, so yeah, it's not the best way to organize Uh, but that's my life right now someday. I keep thinking when my life calms down a bit I will be able to organize more and better than I have In the past, but life hasn't calmed down that that that much. So Yeah, I'm not as organized as I probably should be Next question is From john friday john friday says if you were tasked to reboot the live action Movie franchise what joe's cobras would you feature? What would your dream casting for those roles and Would the story what would the story roughly be about? Thanks. Merry christmas to you as well I would like to take it back to the basics and I'll like take it back to the original team Although I understand it probably would be impossible to market a gi jo anything That didn't have duke Uh, they didn't have destro, you know the bareness, whatever Um, so I understand that there are core characters that the audience Wants to see that were not part of that original 1982 team. So yeah, you'd probably have duke in there But I'd like to see I'd like to see it started with a smaller team where you can focus on fewer characters and Make it a little bit more humble beginnings rather than like they have the biggest and best of everything They have a giant Underground headquarters that is impossibly large Like in in rise of cobra um So yeah, I'd like to maybe see it come back to basics a little bit They try to do that. I think a little bit in In uh, uh retaliation So they tried to kind of pare it down to a smaller group and they did try to take it back to basics And even though that's not a perfect movie that is something that I did kind of like about it Is that it didn't have a a zillion people on the team. You had some specific Limited number of characters to focus on and they could be developed a little bit more Uh, so that's what I do with it. I I think I would um I try I take it back to basics and I would establish that Conflict between gi joe and cobra just really focus on setting that up really well I have no idea what actors I would choose. I'll have to skip that part of the question I don't really know Um, but uh, I would I'd like to see I'd like to see maybe a simpler On more focus gi joe that you could build on you you can build on that, right? You can uh, you can then have like the dread knocks over here And you can have the ninjas over here and you can have all these things interacting But I feel like you got to lay the foundation for that first So that's what I would do if I were to reboot the live action movie Okay, jason carrest, um has some comments and um Uh, thank you for your comment. I'm going to skip directly to the question Uh, the question is um Okay, I'm sorry, uh the the comment is the question. So I have to kind of go through the whole thing Um Question is the ultimate guide to gi joe volume one by mark valomo forward for series four 1985 reads paraphrasing Basically, this is about lari hama Wanting the footloose action figure to be a new version of grunt And his question is Imagine what could have happened here to the joe versed flash could have been the 1985 airtight as he was Experienced with chemical biological radiological weapons stalker might have been in the new desert trooper Clutch could have driven the awestriker Implications are astounding But not but was not in the cards. So The question is if you agree disagree partially agree see some fine points, but not others What's your take ps have you mentioned yet that you're in credits? musics This season sounds a bit like uh the lumineers a great band. Oh, I don't think anybody's mentioned that, but thank you Okay, so if I can paraphrase his question um it's about Could we have had? a new versions of the original characters outfitted for new environments and with new equipment equipment rather than introducing Whole new characters that basically had the same specialty And I get your point and I think that it is definitely a good idea for some characters um What the first thing that pops into my mind is like downtown from what 1989 I don't think there's any reason why that figure could not have been short views I mean it's the it's the same colors could have been better, but still Yeah, there are some instances where I think that's that would have been a great idea in other instances, um, I'm kind of glad we got to Diversify a little bit. I'm glad we got to have a few new characters I think you need new characters uh each year to just kind of keep the brand refreshed and to Create more character types, you know more Different types of interactions. Have you had have different types of people join the team? Also, if you have new characters, you can create a squad of guys For a particular environment like I think it would be great to have like a A desert Equipped stalker, but I would still want dusty right um, and you know tan clutch and tan grunt, um all these guys Sometimes they may seem redundant But you know if you want to build a squad out of these guys and all of these guys go on a mission together I think that's kind of cool too But yeah, sometimes there there were some figures that came out that Were there was no reason why they that had to be a new character. It could have easily been an updated Older character and might have been better for it. So really interesting question that Takes my mind in a direction that I hadn't uh hadn't really thought a lot about David Landon Cole my old friend Landon Says what's your favorite sonic fighter? Uh, will a toy master ever be stopped? Yes, Landon is the toy master Um bizarre accent and the research lab has made each gi joe release year its own sub team Um, so okay. All right. So wow its own sub team and all previous alliances have been forgotten Which year will win the ultimate battle? Um, uh of ultimate destiny. Okay. I stuttered a lot while I was reading that question. I'm sorry. So Landon has um Basically a two-part question First, what's your favorite sonic warrior? I think you mean like the sonic fighters. Um And uh, I mean do do the super sonic fighters count, uh, you know, do the Do the talking battle commanders count as well? Um, as far as the sonic fighters Um, I really liked that version the sonic fighters version of law I just think it's a nice figure and it's like the colors are Nicely updated from the original even though the mold is that they just reuse the version one mold It's really think it's a nice looking figure. Um, but okay, so The next question is Each year of release is its own sub team and they're gonna fight it out. They're gonna fight it out Oh, I know who wins and you're not gonna like it Uh, I there's there can be only one answer and it's unfortunately It's because of sheer numbers alone If each year of gi joe is a its own sub team and they have to fight all of the other Years as sub teams the 1993 has to win because it has everyone outnumbered Um, it's totally unfair But just with the sheer volume of stuff that was released in 1993 I just think all of the other years would be overwhelmed Human wave just rolling right through there 93 there. It's not a very satisfying answer. I know So, uh, Ian shaman says In one form What would you like to see hasbro bring back gi joe as reissues as updated versions of existing characters It has all new characters and in which scales 3.75 inch or six inch collectors line I personally like to see a cinch six inch line like star wars black series or power rangers lightning collection Um, well, I don't collect modern. So I guess it doesn't matter to me what Scale they do as long as it's something that people will buy and that will be popular um But I I know that it's not going to happen But I kind of wish gi joe would be Uh revamped in a way that is totally new not like Another iteration of real american hero um Because I I just think that the next generation of fans Deserves its own gi joe like what we had We did not have The 60s and 70s gi joe it was new and it was for us Uh and what we had probably didn't appeal very much at all to fans of gi joe in the 60s and 70s But you know, it was focused on what we wanted at the time and I feel like The kids that would be buying the stuff today Deserve the same thing. I say that but I know that's not going to happen. Uh, even when they tried to Give us something new like sigma six Wasn't really new. Um, it's still, you know Had real american hero characters in it um It was, you know, it was just another it was it like a A different kind of Version of real american hero. They're not going to do what I want them to do is and I accept that I understand that that's something that I want but I also understand that that's not something that's going to happen So I'm not going to get too upset about that. So as far as what's within the range of actual possibility Um There has been talk about like a gi joe evergreen line Maybe I'll I'll believe that when I see a bit more of it. Um There will definitely be figures for the snake eyes movie That could be a launching point for more things Um, I think that's the direction it'll go I think it will be another iteration of real american hero. It'll be a A revamped You know a rebooted version of that With a lot of characters that we're familiar with Uh, but just in different forms. Um, and I think that's fine As long as they do it well and as long as uh The next generation of fans likes it A good question. Um game masters hobby says best gi joe holiday memory um I got the 1983 headquarters command center. I think in 1983. I believe that was that christmas Um, and that was that's probably the best one. I mean the headquarters What at the time You couldn't get any better than that. That was that was the ultimate. So, uh, that's probably the best memory that that I can recall right now Nathan web. Um, hi hcc. Hello I'd like to draw one of your title pages. Is that possible? It is if you want to uh, send me a an email at the email address that uh, I'll put it in the the The uh description of this video if you want to send me an email One thing that's important to keep in mind about Being a guest artist for you know doing title cards on the show is I I the show is not a money maker. I can't Pay artists to do that And because I understand that a lot of artists get a lot of requests to work for free I don't ask people to do that. I I never have never will ask an artist to work for free. Um, if you want to Volunteer your work. Uh, I would be okay with that Reluctantly and I think I've said this to everyone that that has Volunteered work for me is that I your work is valuable your worth work is worth something and so, uh If you are donating that Uh, it makes me appreciate it that much more, but you should not donate it because You think that I'm asking for it or that I need it um I I want all artists to understand that Uh, their work their work is worth something Um, so if you under those circumstances if you would like to donate some artwork for a title card Definitely send me an email, but I'll I'll never ask you to do something without being paid for it um, and uh, I I appreciate, uh the artistic talent of the people that have, uh Have helped out with this channel, uh, and that means a lot to me because because I do value your work so much So thank you. Um, it's a surprise question. Uh, thank you Uh, Tony Jackson says Was there a real world military vehicle you wanted to see in gi Joe style that hasbro not never got around to Um, I think I would have liked to see a gi joe. Well, okay. I have two answers As a kid, I would have liked to seen a gi joe Uh version of the russian hind helicopter That was in a bunch of movies and I just thought that would be really cool. Um, the other answer would be the, um c 130 air airplane the cargo plane Which they never released, but there was A version released that was not gi joe. I do have it. It's pretty cool um But even looking at the one that was eventually released Uh, you can kind of see how hasbro would never have done that If hasbro had done it, it would have been Ridiculously expensive and it's a big toy too. Um, but um, yeah, I think I always wanted a c 130 and or A hind helicopter. I think those would have been really cool additions for gi joe vehicles And alex and megan Oh wait, yeah, here we go alex and megan say, um, I had a question About a chrome snake eyes. I saw. Oh, okay. This is not a question Uh, just, uh, I guess he already got his question answered Uh, but he likes the idea of the q&a. So, uh, thank you very much. Uh, very much appreciated We move on to sky warp 6599 who says my first question is what's your most valuable gi joe action figure or vehicle? Two, when did you start getting back into collecting gi joe figures? I recently started myself. So I was just kind of wondering, um, hope, uh, you answer these questions Have a great new year. Have a great new year to you as well. Uh, to answer your first question Um The gold head steel brigade is probably the most valuable piece in the collection right now Um, I do also have the creative cobra, which is you know, also a pretty rare piece Um, the flag is not necessarily rare, but it's big and it can be, uh, pricey I don't like to go too much into How much I paid for stuff because I don't want people to use that as a yardstick for how much they should pay for it That that's not the purpose of this channel. Uh, but I think it's fair enough to say that those things Are at the top of the list for how much I had to shell out to get them Oh, your second question was, um When did I get started back into collecting? Um, it was around 2014 So really I've not been doing it that long compared to a lot of collectors who've been doing it for decades But uh, when I got back into it, I got back into it with a lot of energy and passion So I really Dived into it and I started getting stuff pretty quickly um My original plan Was to just get the 1982 figures I thought that would be pretty cool to have the 82 figures just the 82 figures lined up on a shelf one shelf I thought that would be pretty awesome Uh, then I got the his tank and the his tank is not from 1982. It's from 1983. So that just threw that plan out the window and Then I had to eventually decide okay, where when will I stop? And I've just I've decided that I will stop with The vintage run 82 to 94 That's the scope of my collection. But yeah, I haven't been doing it I guess very long compared to a lot of other people Um, so, you know, probably not even qualified to uh, do these reviews. You should probably find, uh somebody more experience Brian Fitzgerald says What in particular reignited your passion for gi joe? That's Falls perfectly from the last question um, and it was form bx257 the, uh youtube content creator kevin Um, I it was a I've told the story before I won't go too much into it again. It's um I was a in a pretty rough Part of my life and I found kevin's videos and it reminded me of all the fun I had with gi joe and that kind of got me into Uh, collecting so that's I give credit to form bx257 for that Troy Smith What was your favorite video you produced this year? A lot of really great ones with a lot of uh, great guests. Um, I love love working with people um And I loved doing cober convergence and working with timmer and all of that Um, it's hard to pick a favorite, but I think It might be the joe colton video Um, because I have so much respect for joe and for mike and for uh, what's on joe mind and all they have done for The gi joe fan community Um, and how much I've been a fan of theirs for such a long time and for them to come on my show is a really big deal So i'm gonna If I have to point a gun to my head and I have to pick one. I think that's the one I'll pick the joe colton review The batman it's the batman Uh, batman asks, um If you could create a story with any of your vintage figures, what would the story be called and be about What joes and cobras would you want involved? Any vehicles you would include well, uh, the first video that I ever did on this channel before I even did reviews Was an attempt at a an action figure kind of story Thing kind of a like a little mini movie Um, and it was going to start with the origin of both cobra and gi joe and kind of follow their development You know all the way up through, you know their their rise And I that's something that Still interests me. I still think about you know, what kind of Actions what kind of decisions what kind of thought processes would produce these two teams And uh, that's something that I would like to explore probably something along those lines and as far as who would be involved. Well, you know Your original 1982 team Cobra commander Destro, you know your cobra troopers all those guys. You got to start you got to start at the beginning um Jesse kusatz says, um, do you take inventory of your collection? So you know exactly what you need and would you make that information available to your fans? So they don't end up You don't end up with so many multiples From the generous donations. That's a fair point More importantly, how do you keep track of the reviews that you do? Great to see a checklist so we can easily find what was a review and what has yet to come Also, do you know how many reviews you feel inclined to re-review? I'm personally fine with your old reviews, but curious What we can expect really good questions multiple questions in there I already kind of answered that i'm not doing a very good job of keeping track of my collection And that is totally on me. Surprisingly, I don't get a lot of multiples, uh in the donations, which is cool So and by the way for those who donate, thank you for doing that I I don't ask people to do that, but it's very nice and people have really helped out a lot But um, but yeah, I don't have a good system right now I know I really need to get a better system But right now it's just it's all of my effort and all of my time just to Get the reviews done So it's I'll have to have a bit of space and time to work on that before I can really Do it better But as far as a list of the reviews, I'm trying to keep the website the hcc788.com website updated So, uh for the most of them less might have been a couple that I missed Uh, but you should be able to go there and look by year and look by item and see If it's if it's I've done a review. It should be up there Um Need to update a couple of them, but for the most part it should be up there So yeah, if you want to see what hasn't been reviewed if the review is not there, I probably haven't done it um But uh as far as which ones I might re-review um Like any of those really old ones Could be re-reviewed. I don't The earliest videos i'm not super satisfied with i'm glad that you like them and and some other folks like them too um Sometimes I might just let them stand, uh, but There are some that I feel like I reviewed too early in this channel's life like I Really hadn't developed my style enough. I hadn't you know, I I needed to mature a bit before I reviewed some of these uh, really important Characters like like duke. I think I reviewed duke way too early. I think I reviewed snake eyes way too early I I did all three of the original dread knocks and so that's done But I want to look at the original dread knocks again. I think I I could Do a little better now. So Yeah, all of those like before say 19 Uh 19 before 2016 ish All of those could be eligible to be re-reviewed. Good questions. Thank you jesse Uh next question from brandon night. Um any asks would I ever Review the lennar core remco us figures and 18 figures. Uh compare them to hasbro gi jo figures Which plastic is better and why also you would you welcome these toy lines into the joe family? um I don't know if I would like review like individual toys, but I kind of like to do As with the hall of fame figures, I kind of like to do like an overview Uh and kind of give a more general idea of what they are And yeah, do a compare and contrast with the gi jo figures to see, you know, how did they measure up? I think that would be really interesting. I'd really like to do that sunday It's kind of it's on my list of things to do. Uh, I haven't gotten around to it yet. Um, but as far as walking them Welcoming welcoming them into the gi jo family, you know, I as a kid. I definitely did. I mean as a kid I needed More guys, right? Um gi jo provided a lot, but I would need like more enemy Characters, I would need some civilian characters I would need like some even like some good guys that aren't necessarily joes I would need all these guys and the lantern core figures the Remco figures they um, they provided that Just these missing pieces that I wanted for my playtime and then later when I started customizing They provided a lot of parts when we were creating our own Characters. So uh, yeah, I I welcomed them at the time and I'm still pretty fond of them now Dirt McGirt great name He says, um I know you like more realistic gi jo Sorry more realistic military style figures Uh, enjoy the look at your childhood box of kit bash parts. That is, uh, I enjoyed that as well That was a nice trip down memory lane Uh, if you could cherry pick through all the vintage parts Figures for parts from boots to helmets, uh, all the guns accessories what parts and features Uh from the vintage line, would you assemble to make the most perfect? be a military style Uh military style joe Uh, oh fun fact when I got a little older as a child we used a scavenge All the good camel uniform parts and cool guns and equipment to make a hardcore team and assemble the leftovers Into civilians or the dud team of dudes with bright jerseys and purple pants and goofy guns Uh, I we did the same thing basically when we were talking I was talking about customizing And the last year or so of collecting gi joe as a kid We were doing a lot of customizing and this is the time period when we were getting a lot of purple figures, um So we did the same thing we would get figures that had you know camouflage And we would put those parts together. Uh, so yeah, we You know did the same thing. I mean exactly the same thing um So but as far as building a figure, I'm not sure I can answer that in this context because I'd really that's That take a lot of you know looking at parts looking what is compatible looking at what I would have to you know paint um So I'm not sure and I apologize. I don't think I can answer that question adequately uh, but I do uh Have a lot of fond memories of doing what you did and kind of you know putting together our own guys Uh, albert moe says Has there been a time in acquiring figures or vehicles that you overpaid? If so, which one was it? Oh, yeah, I'm sure there was. I think I paid too much for my, um Uh, listening fun tripwire um Because I really I just wanted to review it. I just wanted to Um, and I didn't want to wait around for a better deal. I just wanted to figure So, uh, I probably overpaid for that one. I again, I won't talk about like how much I paid because I don't Want that I this I don't want this to become a price guide Um, but there have probably been a few times Uh, usually when um Something is on the schedule to review and I just really have to get it and I don't have time to wait for a better deal There is something I do when I create the schedule for the year Uh, I will always intentionally put certain items on the schedule that I don't have complete yet because It makes me have to get it, uh, because there are some things that some gaps in the collection that I just haven't been very motivated to fill But if I put it on the schedule, then I have to fill that gap It kind of pushes me forward to to completing certain things Because I know that I have to if I'm going to keep the schedule and review it on time um, so yeah Some of those occasions I may have overpaid a little bit, but uh One that comes to mind is that listen and fun trip wire Forge masijuski says, um What do you think of the modern gi jo figures that have been released 25th 30th Etc. Etc. What is your opinion on hasbro dropping gi jo from his toy selection? Is there a place for military toys? Toys in the modern day As far as the modern figures it's not really my bag. I understand why a lot of people like them Uh, they look really nice. They're well sculpted Lots of articulation lots of pieces lots of Weapons and stuff when I handle them I they to me they don't feel like toys um They look and feel like an adult collectible. In fact, I think on the uh, like the figure subscription service Figures from the collectors club. They actually say adult collectible on them um, and so, uh They have a different appeal than the vintage figures the vintage figures for whatever flaws they have Are definitely toys that were intended to be played with by small people So, uh, it's just different. Um, and it's just not my thing I'm just not a modern collector and a lot of people dig the modern stuff and that's great. I'm just I do have some And some of them have been donated to me and actually that's very very helpful Because I'm since I'm not a modern collector. That's the only way I really have a chance to really look at them and to Understand them and get to to know them is uh by very generous people. Uh, just Donating some of them. Uh, so that's been great and I have enjoyed kind of Looking at what they have done with gi joe in recent years. Um, and The modern figures definitely have a very strong appeal. They look great But it's not vintage and I still focus on vintage Ask what's your opinion of hasbro dropping the gi joe Line from its toy selection Well, that's supposed to change next year with the snake eyes movie. So gi joe will be back in And is there a place for military toys in the modern day? Uh, sure. I mean, um A lot of uh, even like marvel stuff. Um, I mean it's super heroes, but a lot of it even still has like a military or pseudo military style to it. Um There are some fortnight figures that are a lot like gi joe and so yeah, sure sure. Um, what I think People conflate with this idea that of military toys versus like The an overall attitude toward, you know, militarism, I guess um The people buy military toys. Uh, they may not necessarily buy um The uh, a certain attitude toward war um And I'm not sure that was that's very much different from even how it was In the 80s and 90s even back then people were, uh, not looking all that, uh, well on excessively, you know belligerent attitude toward war in general and toys that reflected that So that's not new, you know, that's something that's been around for a while Uh, but with a proper attitude with the proper mindset then My military toys are around right now and they're being purchased right now. So yeah Military toys can make it. Um gi joe just has to Find how it fits in that Um, uh, but good questions and uh, I love these questions that give us something to think about This is going to be a really long video. I was hoping to make it shorter and streamline the process But I've not done that at all. So um Sorry folks. Thanks for being patient James Schultz the third says, uh, hello hoodies 788 Um, how many in 1982 1994 figures do you own and how many more to go great channel? Thank you very much. I have no idea how many I have I have never counted them even when the collection was smaller I didn't count them Um, and as far as how many I have to go, I'm gonna guess we're down to like a third Like our last third of the vintage era now the problem is A lot of that last third of the collection that I still have to get Is like really hard to find stuff, you know, or or really big stuff that I'm running out of room for Um, so that last one third of the way Is it may be the most? Maybe the hardest may be the most difficult to to to do so Uh, yeah, I think we are most of the way there, but Yeah, that that doesn't mean this last part is going to be easy. Um, but you know, um, I don't Count the figures because Uh, the size of the collection has never been the most important thing to me I'm trying to, uh, put the collection together so that I can share each of these things with everyone And so that's really the purpose not just to get like a bunch of stuff But there's a purpose to getting this stuff and that's always been more important to me than how much stuff it is Uh, but uh, good question. Thank you, James. Ryan Sweeney says, um Have you met many folks, uh, that you have mentioned on your channel, uh, from sergeant slaughter to larry hama Is there any person out there you would want to meet? Uh, or is there someone, uh, who you would like to interview as part, uh of cober convergence 2020 Really good questions. I have met larry hama I've met sergeant slaughter I met ron rudat and, uh, kirk bezigian all of the Names you probably know from me mentioning them Uh, who were very instrumental in creating g i joe Back in the 80s and the 90s Um, so I've met a lot of those guys great guys great experience Um, as far as someone I'd like to meet I would really like to meet air devon That is someone I would really love to talk to um, I just want to Listen to her talk about collecting And also about you know, kind of turning that corner and letting go of a lot of her collection I have a lot of respect for air devon Um, and she was kind of getting out of g i joe collecting at almost the same time I was getting in so I'm not sure I'll ever have a chance to meet her and talk with her But that is someone that I would love to be able to meet and just have a conversation with As far as who I'd like to interview for cobra convergence I would love to interview larry hama, but I don't think he does that anymore. It doesn't really do that kind of interview anymore I kind of understand why But it's too bad because I think that uh, that would be a great Uh, addition to cobra convergence Uh, Alejandro marino says what is your top, uh, ten most important g i joe and cobra figures? um Most important that's an interesting way you put that and that's not favorite, but most important So for most important you have to go with the characters that in that, um Uh That impacted the storyline the most And so I've thought about that Um And the names I came up with were well stalker snake eyes storm shadow You know the three that originated in Vietnam as war buddies uh scarlet duke cobra commander uh destro the baroness zartan and um Oh who is number 10? That's only nine Uh Okay, I'm blanking on number 10, but you get the idea. These are the ones that have the most impact on the story roadblock roadblock this is just because I like roadblock um SEO toy reviews, what do you think are the best and worst vehicle name acronyms? I don't know if I can pick the best one. Uh, unless it's just ironic. Um, never been a great fan of the excessive use of acronyms like, um uh, now I wrote down the acronym for the demon tank, which is dual. Um, sorry Dual elevating multi ordinance neutralizer Or the havoc which is heavy articulated vehicle ordinance carrier those words Those words don't all go together. Uh, but um, yeah, I don't know The and whale the for the killer whale the whle that was that one's pretty silly. Um So yeah, I just I don't know if I can pick best and worst, but just in general I I think um I'm not a fan of the acronyms just in general and SEO tour reviews has an excellent youtube channel of his own So make sure you check out SEO toy review Pensive melancholy says uh collecting joe's modern or vintage Is an expensive hobby very true How much longer do you think you will continue to collect? How many more joes do you need to finish your collection? I think this sort of uh goes back to what I said I think I'm down to about a third Of the vintage run that I still need to get um, but it's a difficult third to get so Uh, just however long that takes and I have no idea But that's That that's what I'm Estimating is I've still got about a third of the way to go Uh, Robert Olson Uh, thanks for all you do. Thank you very much. Uh, I'm glad you're enjoying the channel Uh question is how much of your collection do you keep on display versus what you might keep in storage? Really good question Um, I have some storage bins for figures that are separated by year I try to keep everything up through about 1986 on display somewhere and my display is not super organized right now, but um everything Up through 86 should be out and not stored Um everything after 1986 it just depends on what I have room for and if I don't have room for something Then I'm uh just I'm carefully Uh, you know keeping it Stored I've got it carefully packed, you know So it doesn't break and so all the pieces stay together and those I have organized by year That's for the figures the vehicles are a bit more difficult to organize Most of the vehicles are on display in some way shape or form. There are some that I've had to put in storage bins Uh, but hopefully they don't have to live there forever because I really like displaying the vehicles And I hate to have them stored away But space is an issue Space is an issue if I had infinite space then it wouldn't it wouldn't be an issue Uh, but yeah, I try to keep everything at least up to 86 uh on display at least as much as possible um All right, uh good question. Good question Uh, the next question is let me make sure I'm looking at the right one Uh, oh, I think I skipped the page. Let's see. Oh, I did. Sorry. Here we go. Um, we're up to Charisma Keith says, um, can you do a segment on quick kick? Um, Maybe I'll do a segment on quick kick. I hadn't thought about it. I'll think about it at least. Um, I did a review a quick kick and I focused a lot on his lack of shoes Um, that was the theme That was the theme for the video, uh, because it's the thing that stood out to me the most on that figure Um, but, um, I don't know. Maybe that's maybe quick kick deserves another look Tyrell white says of all the gi jo figures slash vehicles you have Left to review which one are you most looking forward to reviewing? There are so many that I am really excited to review Um, and it's hard to pick one that I'm most excited about Uh, the phantom x 19 that'll be a lot of fun to review the slaughters marauders equalizer Very excited about that the ghost striker is I think A much cooler toy than I was expecting Excited about that. So there's a lot of them a lot of them that I'm really looking forward to Uh, Steve clower Uh, says hello recently again, uh, this year to acquire my joes from my childhood Um, I have them on a shelf in my man cave similar to yours My question is how often do you clean them? And how slash what do you use? Well, the answer is not as often as I should That's another thing that I just haven't had time to get to I tried to clean things up if they're going to be on camera Um, but then even at that like if it's something I'm using for reference Um, I don't usually have time to do a detailed job so, um So it's probably it's not as clean as it should be But the thing that I'm actually reviewing I'm trying to get that cleaned up more in the past I didn't bother with it because I guess I didn't think very many people were watching or would care but uh Nowadays I do try to Clean up whatever item that I'm actually reviewing um But uh, yeah, that's uh, that's a good question. The answer is not as much as I should uh, and what do I use, you know Uh, soap and water basically, um, you know and a soft, uh bristle toothbrush is that should take care of most of it Uh, in fact, if there's anything that doesn't take care of you have to be careful about Anything abrasive on the plastic. So, um, yeah, I hope that answers your question Dave yard bird says What are some figures and vehicles that you have changed your mind about positive or negative after doing a review? Um, I think even in the reviews. I have said that I changed my mind Uh, as I was looking at it. So pathfinder is a figure. I was not expecting to like I ended up liking it Um, the excuse me the demon tank was a vehicle I was not expecting to like but I really enjoyed playing around with it when I was reviewing it So, uh, those are two that come to mind. I do change my mind sometimes I'm not completely Unflexible and Contrary to popular opinion Um, Curtis Schultz says we ever do one episode on your star wars and transformers collection and show us how you Can play with them with g. I jose Um, I wouldn't be opposed to it, but I don't really have a lot of transformers I do have some star wars, but I haven't like Been collecting star wars like in earnest. I've got a few of them Um, but if I got more, I mean, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea Uh, they're just not things that I actively collect. Uh, there are folks that collect all of those things and Probably would do a better job of like showing all of those things interacting Um, but uh, yeah, I'm glad you like star wars and transformers. I like both of those lines, too They're just not lines that I actively collect right now Um Oh, and he also follows up. Where did you get that hoodie? I want one If you're talking about the uh, like the snake eyes hoodie. I think I just got that on amazon I'm pretty sure And john ulrich says, um, are there any figures of vehicles you are not looking forward to reviewing? um A lot of 1993 which we got to do it. We got to get through 93 guys. We got to It's part of the project, but we've got to power through that um Yeah, the a lot of ninja force stuff. I'm really not looking forward to You know the stuff that you would expect me to not look forward to That's the stuff. I'm not looking forward to um A big problem with the 93 stuff is not just the volume of it and not just the colors Of everything, but there's a lot of redundancy. I just feel like I'm going to be repeating myself uh in a lot of 1993 reviews and That's not fun. It's probably not fun to watch But if I'm going to do the project properly, I guess I got to do it um David Stelz Stelzer, I almost always say his name wrong. David Stelzer says um First-time caller long-time listener uh cobra So cobra is based in the geographically unknown springfield usa And the simpson is based in a geographically known unknown springfield usa My question is is the criminal snake from the simpsons Affiliated with the cobra organization in any way I'll take my answer off the air. I think he's a dreadknock. That's my theory Good question though Joe motion videos 82 byron a good friend of the channel and a good friend of me Does susan like your collection or just tolerate it? Um, I think she mostly tolerates it It's easier to tolerate now that it's in here rather than out there with her stuff But I mean she doesn't have any special interest in gi joe and I don't ask her to right She enjoys going to the conventions and meeting people and interacting with people and that's fun But um, but as far as the toys and the stuff, I don't it's not really her thing So, um You know, she's okay with it. That's that's the best I can say she's okay with it But she's not she's not against it. She doesn't dislike it But it's uh, it's not something that she probably necessarily loves either Um, okay. Matthew Todd. Oh, Matthew Todd designs says How old were you when you stopped collecting as a kid? Sorry advanced. Oh, she already answered this before. Well, um, that's fine I guess I was like 12 or 13 when I stopped Uh, which was actually kind of long in the tooth for a gi joe collector back then. I was kind of getting Past the age of collecting toys. Um, and I think technically That was you know, I was collecting for Uh, for customization purposes by that point. So, um, yeah, but I guess I would have been around 12 or 13 I can't remember exactly what month I stopped if it was before or after my 13th birthday, but around there. Uh, I'm pretty sure Uh Moriarty 74 says if you could stop one gi joe figure and one vehicle from being made, which ones would they be? well, I mean like I'm probably like uh, cobra law Or globulous if it's one figure and probably a pogo Uh, if it's a vehicle, but here's the thing about that. I mean, I don't like those things But I understand other people do like them and I wouldn't want to deny those people The thing that they like so I wouldn't necessarily stop the production of them Um, I just wouldn't get them myself Um, but if you like the things I want you to have the things that you like, I wouldn't want to do that um Okay, matt rubin says this might be a weird one. Ooh a weird one Um, do you prefer us to call you by your real name or hcc 788 when we meet you in public? Or do you prefer hoodie hoodie coco or any of the other various nicknames you've gotten over the past years? I love it all you can call me all of the nicknames or hcc or my real name That's all fine. I just really enjoy meeting people in person. So, um As long as you don't call me late for dinner. Uh, we are good Uh, alec tuttle says, um, what are our chances of getting a dino hunter's review in 2020? Well, I tell you I don't know what the chances are but I can tell you that I have Had dino hunters on my radar, uh, but I haven't been able to nail down that set yet Um, it's not an easy one to acquire This is why that last third of the collection is going to be so difficult because dino hunters. It's not an easy one Um, but uh, so will that happen in 2020? I don't know Uh, but it's on my radar. That's that's all I can say at this point uh, brian, uh, busser, um says What's your fondest memory of gi joe when you were a kid? Did you play with gi joe with friends or was it something you did on your own? I did play with friends and that's probably my fondest memory of gi joe is playing with friends I mentioned before my friend sam He would come over to our house And we would set up everything and have huge battles and huge story lines We would go to over to his house and we'd do the same thing. Uh, and we just there was a lot of, um Uh, just a lot of fun just a lot of fun playing with friends with these toys and uh, yeah That probably is my favorite gi joe memory. It's just having several Really fun years of um playing with friends. Uh, I I still have a lot of nice memories of that Robert monti says, um If you'd have a custom gi joe figure made of you, um, would you be part of cobra gi joe or other And how would your figure look outfit colors weapons specialty, etc. Well as it happens, uh, some folks have done Custom figures of me. I've got a modern version. I've got a vintage version And then I have a vintage and modern version of like a green cobra commander hooded cobra commander like O-ring and modern style. So I like all of those. Um, and I don't know it's hard for me to like say What a custom figure of me should look like because It it trips me out that somebody would make a custom figure of me in the first place So just the effort of doing the figure blows me away. So, uh, I'm not going to get too picky about like what Parts are used. Uh, I'm just extremely flattered that you would do it in the first place So for those who have done it. Thank you. It's very very thoughtful very flattering. Thank you very much All right, the major pain says Oh, he's watching he was watching the toys that made us. Uh, the documentary on netflix I says, uh questions are what were your thoughts on it? Um, What is your opinion as to who should get more credit for its creation stan weston or don levine? And did weston get screwed? I think he did at least, uh, and at least I'm sorry last but not least What the hell were they thinking with cobra law? Manure is a maybe, uh And thank you for your nice comments as well. Um I really enjoyed the toys that made us I just thought it was fun to see those creators, you know in this documentary and see them talking about How uh our gi joe came about and how the original gi joe came about Um as for who get should get the most credit that's hard to say because You wouldn't get gi joe as we know it or as they knew it back then without both of them All right, you have to have the guy that has the the colonel of the idea Uh, but then you also have to have the guy the guy who takes that idea and um adds the things that Makes it the marketable product um I did stan didn't stan weston get screwed probably a bit um I mean he he had a chance to Have a piece of the pie as it were Uh, and he declined that I think that wasn't in hindsight. That wasn't the best choice But um, I'm sure at the time he was thinking that you know It's probably the best he could do um But I think as gi joe fans. We should show our respect For stan weston. I mean credit to the guy who came up with the idea who who Actually had the idea first um But having said that like would gi joe Be gi joe without being called gi joe without all of the like other decisions that were made Leading up to the point to it actually hitting the shelves and being presented to kids Um, that's you ask a difficult question. I don't know if I can answer it perfectly well But what were they thinking with cobra law? You know That was a marketing guy's idea marketing um But I having said that Keep in mind. There are some people who really like cobra law And there's nothing wrong with any with liking cobra law. It's just not my not my preference kb Asked the question. He says Well, he says I know you had a modest star wars collection back in your early years When you did a few reviews on them How big is the collection now and do you plan on collecting more or all of them regardless of ever intending to review them? Hey, good question. Good question Um, the star wars collection. I've added a few pieces here and there like I have an x-wing I have a speeder bike I have like a boba fed. I have a few things But I'm not actively collecting it. So the collection is not really growing Um, I'm really focused. I'd really like to finish this gi joe project Um, so after I'm done with that Then I might turn my attention to star wars maybe The prices on vintage star wars is getting ridiculous. So maybe not but I'm really focused right now on getting this gi joe project done Shane everett says, uh, what's your favorite year for gi joe vehicles? Mine is 1988 Well, you know what mine might be 1988 too, which may be surprising for a lot of people because like killer whale Was 1984 and there were some good year vehicles in 1984 including the rattler But there are also some weak additions in 1984 1982 Had some great vehicles, but You know it kind of short on aircraft You know water vehicles, you know 1982 is kind of one sided 1983 you have the his tank you have the Sky striker fantastic vehicles fantastic vehicles, but again, you also have some weaker entries in 1983 But um, when you look at 1988 and look at these that were introduced in 1988 You had the the warthog the mean dog rolling thunder The phantom x-19 the desert fox the cobra bug um, you had some Weaker additions too that you had like the battle barge and the adder the rpv but 1988 actually had a lot of military themed vehicles Way more than you would expect for that time period And you know if you're just looking at the year as a whole That might actually be the best one. All right, anthony rodriguez has looks like four questions Uh question one, uh I know you don't consider street fighter line a subset part of gi joe cannon, but they are official Do you have any of those figures? Um, and as far as cannon goes There isn't a single gi joe cannon. So cannon really isn't Probably the right word. Um, I don't I know they have the gi joe label on them, but I never really consider them That they're not really integrated into the gi joe toy line that's really kind of their own separate thing with the gi joe label And we're using a lot of gi joe parts Um, but do I have any I I don't have any, uh, that's Not something that I actively collect and actually I don't think anyone has sent me any either um And let's see. Oh, yeah, they go, uh well with mortal combat and so on. Yeah, I mean I'm sure they do and I'm For street fighter fans. I'm sure the figures are fine um Question two is did you ever get into the modern versions of the joe figures that came out in the 2010s to 2017s? I have some but I don't actively collect them. I think they look really nice and they have a lot of nice accessories But I am focused on the vintage. So I don't actively collect modern I've had some modern figures donated to the channel Which has been very very helpful and I appreciate but just not something that I actively collect Have you ever seen the gi joe cryo line? Uh, he describes that I have seen it again. Not something that I collect Um interesting idea. I know lego is popular. Uh, I don't think the cryo line um Well, it's not still around. I guess it it didn't uh didn't last all that long but uh, but I know some people who really liked it and Who still collect it. So, uh, I think it's not a bad idea. It's again. It's not vintage. So it's not my focus Um, and I finally he asks about the built to rule line And again, I have seen the built to rule line. Now that is an intriguing idea um, that's something I never would have thought of to do like, uh gi joe and like building pieces Um Interesting idea. Apparently it didn't resonate. I guess it wasn't very popular. Um, I don't know how I would have felt about it if I had gotten it but Um, you know, again, it's not my focus. So I don't intend to collect them but But an intriguing idea. I will say, uh, that that's um, it's innovative. I'll give you that um, jerry reiner says, um Fan creation seemed to be about the only way to bring joe's into the future Is there any known self-regulation effort in the community To help joe's protect joe's from counterfeit or reproduction or very good customization work compared to original gi joe products And the gi joe branded products Um, I make my own accessories and play sets if they ever escaped into the wild I would hate for their Providence to be unknown and they get passed off as originals when they aren't Thank you for your great work. Uh, and thank you for writing really good question There is a lot of controversy surrounding reproduction figures and accessories Um, I when I first started out, I really didn't have a problem with them. I Over time I've kind of changed my mind about them. I Looking at what they do. I should say what they have done in other um, collecting circles uh, I think in general it it, uh It's doesn't help You know the collecting community very much. It's I think it introduces a lot of confusion Um into the collecting market Um, I do not think they bring down the prices of the actual vintage items Um, I've seen no evidence of that Uh, but what they do is they introduce uncertainty Um, and that sometimes can even drive prices up So Yeah, I I'm not a fan of the the counterfeits or reproductions. Um, there are some customizations though that I mean You know, they're not vintage and nobody's going to mistake them for vintage Um, and some amazing customization work is done by very creative people Um, and not only is there not anything wrong with that. I think that's a great thing um, but there are some, uh Uh reputable toy dealers who Uh Are very careful to not include reproduction pieces. I think roma collectibles is the first one to come to mind that they I mean they've stated publicly that They don't like and they don't want reproduction. Uh, they trying to Stick with the real items. So, um You know, I don't want to stoke that controversy too much other than to state that um, I I I would not like to see more high quality reproduction Items hit the market. I think they will ultimately be bad for Um, the just the activity of collecting vintage toys. I think they will They will hurt far more than they could possibly help Uh, and they are counterfeits. I mean, that's what they are. I mean you can use whatever terminology you want But when you boil it right down if they are creating something that is intended to Look very close to the original vintage item, that's a counterfeit But as far as, um self-regulation You know In a lot of ways it's the wild west out there. So you just have to be cautious And good luck But if I can help, you know, sometimes if you ask for help Most of the times I can spot The uh reproduction or counterfeit items and some of them are really good and some of them will slip by me Sometimes you really have to find an expert to tell you if something is real or not KB we got KB again an aside, um Seen one great fan creation and one abomination Oh revenge of cobra. Oh the robot from revenge of cobra and then the cobra commander figure transformed into reptilian A form from the movie. Um, this goes right at what I just said about About customization and uh, um, I think all of that is great. Uh, and it doesn't bother me to like see a customization of you know, uh Figure from the 87 movie Because I can appreciate the creativity and the work that goes into it. So, um That stuff is awesome. Yeah, I I've seen that stuff too And my hats off to the creative people who actually Put the effort and the time into creating those things creating things that never existed, right? Hasbro never gave us those things But you know, they showed those things on the screen But they never actually gave them to you in a tangible form. So that's kind of cool. That's kind of cool Uh, agnitha lidoff says my question uh, if Is there a smaller gun for baroness and saw viper that resembles the same looking gun As the one in the artwork for their card. I'm not aware of one um There are so many accessories that came out in the 90s that there may be like an adequate substitute for it, but It's not coming to mind. I can't think of one right off the top of my head. I'm sorry. I wish there were one, but um Yeah, they did get kind of oversized weapons. It's yeah, that's Yeah, uh, I understand your frustration Brent mcmillan. Hello Brent It says from any of his kids from in the 80s and 90s seeing new joes on the toy shelves would obviously bring back Bring a great deal of excitement and joy Have any pickups in 2019 brought back any of these kidlike flutters of excitement and pure joy um Well, yeah, um, and it's usually surrounding stuff that I didn't have as a kid Like let me see if I could carefully pull this off the shelf here. I got this thing like This night force killer whale I know that's not what it's called, but it it's the killer whale in night force colors And I know of course I never had this as a kid and it's not complete. I have some of the pieces in there though um, but uh I just love seeing this and being able to hold this in my hand and one reason that I was thrilled to get it is because I had um, I'd had to pick up a bunch of stuff that I Wasn't very thrilled with because I needed to fill some gaps in the collection I needed to get some stuff ready to review and I was like, I just really want to get something that I like Something that I will actually enjoy And yeah, that thing I I was I was pretty happy to get it. I I had fun playing around with it and kind of like Just having that that black Killer whale killer whale is my favorite vehicle anyway, but it's just a really cool Uh variation of of that classic vehicle. So there's one right there. Yeah, I got a great thrill out of that um Peter ang says, uh, non gijo characters from the cartoon overlooked in the uh, oh our non gijo characters from the cartoon Overlooked in the comic book Characters and what non joe character from the cartoon. Would you love to see in the comics? Uh, that's a tough question. So I by non gijo characters. I assume Uh, you mean like not Like sparks sparks was a gijo, but they never made a figure out of them and he was not in the comic book um, and the characters I am thinking I I can think of right off hand or like side characters from the cartoon that didn't Get into the comic book like like hondaloo. I assume you're not meaning like side characters like hondaloo um, so I uh That's all I can think of right now because I I'm not sure exactly If I'm answering your question right So I apologize for that. I I don't think I'm answering your question properly But I guess I'll have to move on because I'm not sure I uh right off top of my head which like cartoon characters that you would Want to see in the comic book. Maybe I should just ask you the question. Were there um characters in the Cartoon that you wanted to see in the comic book, but you didn't see Um, maybe you can let me know and then maybe I can think about it a little bit more Um, but peter ang I'm always happy to see you. Uh, and nice to see you in the live live stream as well um L01 bo2 Says, uh, hi brian. Hopefully you won't skip this very important question Does snake eyes wear boxers briefs or does he go commando? There's a reason he's called commando Yeah, I just don't think there's any question about that. Although only scarlet knows for sure but um But I I think he's commando in more ways than one um Erdo 21 says Uh, may seem strange, uh, but it's been on my mind for decades literally decades Virtually all the box art features the vehicles driving or flying from the right I'm sorry toward the right The only ones I can think of otherwise are the fang and serpentos air chariot Uh, this must be for marketing appeal or purposes Um, I guess but do you have any thoughts on why the vehicles are heading? Um To the right on the box art. There's no way it's a coincidence Um, there must be a reason and I I'm I think there is a reason and I think I'll see um somebody Responded to this question indicating that you know, you you read from left to right So they're probably thinking of the the eye flow Across the artwork on the box. So yeah, it's probably a marketing thing And it's probably related to just how the eye flows over the artwork um, but Even if that's the case then the question is Why was it ever different? Why was the fang different? Why was serpentos air chariot different? Why did they on those very few select items? Why did they go the other direction? That to me that's the mystery if you're going to do it one way on virtually every other examples Why do you do it the other way on that one? Why is that? Hmm riddle me that Uh, good question though. Thank you for asking Brad Williams Would you consider getting your hands on slash reviewing the mass device that came out with the dvd battle packs in the early 2000s Well, um, I don't think I would do like a full review on it I could do like a like a a quick look at it. Uh, it is outside the scope of You know what I'm reviewing on the channel. It's out to discuss outside the scope of the the project But you know, if I got it, uh, I would at least look at it. You know, I'd probably at least get it in front of the camera um, but other than that, I don't know, um uh I mean I've seen them around And I know people like them and it is kind of cool to have something that you know appeared in the The animated series, but we didn't get a toy of it, you know in the In the vintage line Jay uh arbello Says question one Why is stalker 1982 so much money? Any question to why didn't hasbro make the gijo vehicle from gijo comic number six the six wheeler with the the crap um Stalker is expensive because it's another one of those figures that breaks very easily So, uh, it's hard to find intact examples at a reasonable price Plus, I think the 1982 figures just in general are starting to get more expensive Not just stalker, but a lot of them are getting more expensive um But yeah stalker that light green plastic breaks very easily So, you know, a lot of them just didn't survive Um as for the vehicle in the comic book It's probably the same as a lot of the vehicles in the animated series that did not become toys It was a one-time use But a really cool design. I thought it was a cool design It would have been really big think about how big that would have been that would have been a very large vehicle Um, and it might have been a cool vehicle to have I know that somebody's done one somebody's made one because at Joe con somebody had a custom Of that vehicle and it was really awesome Um, but yeah, it was just a one-time thing. I think just created for that issue of the comic book Um, but I thought it was a cool design Uh seek the day says if you had to slim down your collection to five figures in one vehicle What would they be here's would be breaker because he's my first figure stalker because he's my favorite figure Um hood and cobra commander because that's where this channel's name comes from snake eyes And storm shadow because yin and yang And the killer whale because it's my favorite vehicle David Landon Cole's okay. David Landon Cole answers Uh answers this question for me. He says five ice creams and an orange his tank Now that that's that's temer's list. That's not my list A max blue says, uh, do you have a list of items online for missing figures slash accessories slash vehicles? Uh, do you consider 1993 street fighter joe part of your your project? Um When are you going to show off the ac 130 gunship sitting on the uss flag? Um, it's right over there and if it weren't so big I would go get it and put it on the screen right now I do want to show that thing on screen at some point. I've just haven't Found the time to do it. It's a really cool toy Um as uh answering your questions in reverse about street fighter I don't consider them to be part of the project, but I will be covering them with some help pretty soon um, and um In a list of items missing Um, I don't have a list. I know I need to get a list. I don't have a list You know I did have a list, but it just I couldn't keep up with it. I was Getting stuff so fast and then I'd go to like joe con and just pick up a whole bunch of stuff And then I just never like went back and updated the list. It just became too much Um, I know it would be helpful to have a list Eventually, I'll have a list right now. The list is up here It's in my head and that's not a very good place for it Uh, glenn robbins Says, uh, do you plan on doing a review of stalker version five? That's the 1994 stalker Yes, I will do a review. I don't know exactly when But I will get to it. I will do a review of that figure Photoviper says excluding zark tan, which is your favorite dreadnock Buzzer always been buzzer always been partial to buzzer. I like buzzer Uh, Zed kaizoku says Knowing you will only review vintage joes 82 to 90 actually 94. Uh, my questions are One, will you review somebody? I'm sorry. We review some of the gi joe spy troops valor versus venom toys since they Also have o-ring figures, especially the arctic ice saber with frostbite Which uh, love to know your opinion on this particular vehicle design. Uh, no plans to do that right now. Um The project kind of ends at 1994 because this line ended at 1994. It's like a A historical backstop to this project So it doesn't cover all of o-rings O-ring figures and they're accompanying vehicles Uh, I wouldn't be opposed to looking at it, but no plans at least right now Question two since captain gridiron is a captain. Do you think uh, duke or stalker should remain sergeant or become captain's Two. Well, I think in gi joe retaliation didn't duke become a captain. I thought that was true. Um But in my universe Um Duke and stalker are both sergeants. They're both non-commissioned officers. I just I just don't see them becoming officers Um, I just think they embody that you know non-com Uh personality that mentality Uh, and I just think that they would that that's what they would do. I don't think they would accept a commission Uh question three is uh, what are your top five favorite joe's Joe vehicles and five cobra vehicles from any year uh for this uh A while back I did a top 10 uh video for vehicles and I I've found a lot of vehicles since then that I like a lot But I I will just refer to that video because I don't think that list has changed I still I think those are still my favorites I I think so even though I again I found a lot of really great stuff since then Uh, I I think my top 10 is still unchanged Uh cobra island says, uh, would you ever promote any other channel on your videos? Like concept because if many people want other opinions on figures veals, I promote others like yours and kevin's mostly Uh, so that would what so would that be an opinion an option for you? I try to promote people's Channels a lot. Um I have people on the show a lot. I refer people to others Videos a lot. I kind of thought that's what I was doing. I'm not sure what I would need to do to How I'm not sure how I can do more of that I I do co-reconvergence where a lot of people come together and do Their thing and I direct people to a lot of different people and even like Like uh channels that are not like the featured channels that are on the schedule Um, I I I open it up to everyone who has a youtube channel Or is a content creator that does anything related to gi joe. I try to bring them in I also try to tell everybody who they are. I do promotion videos I do like whole videos that show what they do So I hope that I'm already doing that. I don't know what else I should do Ww JD 85 says do you think gi joe's 90s figures could uh Could be done without the oversaturation of missile launchers that came with the figures Well, yeah, I mean the missile launchers for the most part Uh, or it's just not my thing. I I've grown to tolerate them. I don't dislike them as much as I used to but I mean, I just don't need them. I don't need spring-loaded missile launchers. Just not my thing Um, I think a lot of 90s figures would benefit from repaints uh because Some of the sculpting on 90s figures is excellent Really great But they put colors on them that distract from That great sculpting so that you don't sometimes you don't even see it Um, if you have 90s figures, I would encourage you to Look closely at them and looked at all of the intricate sculpting work on those figures and then Take a step back and look at the figure and see how much of that great sculpting work is washed out by the color choices Um, but yeah, that's my thoughts about it Uh renegade biker, uh, will you be able to get led strip lights for your collection? I ever used molding putty Uh on your collection that is missing a part or connection Uh plan or he plans to do that with the havoc The the part that goes on the side panel. Okay. Yeah, I understand what you're talking about What are the sky hawks? Um, or fangs landing skid? I actually did use, um like, um like plumbers, uh the two-part plumbers epoxy To repair a a hinge on the tactical battle platform And it was a gray piece because it's that like the ramp And the the epoxy was also gray So it blended in perfectly is like did the perfect repair job. It's the best repair job I've ever done Um, so I have used it in that uh capacity I don't use it very much as much as possible. I try to get uh unbroken pieces But I have had to do repairs every once in a while Not with putty as much But you know, it's just a fact of life. I think with if you're collecting vintage toys It's sometimes you have to fix them. Um And uh toy polo a great channel to get some good ideas for how to do repairs on Uh vintage figures and vehicles. Oh and the led strip lights. I would like to uh, I'd love to have those I think all this stuff could be lit better Uh, but it's just it's not a high priority right now because When I look at my schedule, there is so much that I have to do in a relative short period of time that uh Like other things like cleaning my stuff and like organizing my stuff and like creating a list of my stuff It just it's gonna have to wait until I have more time to do it which I hope I hope someday In the near future I will have Uh, and we're getting close to the end. Oh my gosh, is this the last page of questions? This is we're on the last page of questions Dbd bites Has some questions. He says when did you get back into gi joe somewhere around 2014? What caused you to get back into it? Um, I was not feeling very good. Uh, but I found form bx 257 I loved his videos and I got back into it Um, what was the first figure you got after getting back into gi joe? I got 1982 straight arm breaker because that was the first figure I ever got as a child Uh, what do you think of both movies and post marvel comics series? Uh, the movies, uh I wasn't a big fan of rise of cobra. Uh, I liked retaliation better It was not perfect, but it it was an improvement. It felt a bit more like gi joe than the first movie As far as the Post marvel series, um, I haven't been super interested in the Stuff that wasn't written by larry hama You know, there are some creative ideas there, but they're just not to my taste I know a lot of other people like them, but it's just it hasn't been my thing um as far as Of the larry hama series that he's doing with idw I've only recently got back into reading that and I think it's great. I think larry is doing a great job I regret missing out on that series for all these years. The series has been going for years And I could have been reading it the whole time, but I'm stuck in my vintage ways and I want my Marvel comics and I just hadn't given the series a chance. Well I wish I had given it a chance a lot sooner um Oh, uh, let's see. We're not done with questions here. He says, um When you reach the end of the classic gi joe, uh, what would you do then? I don't know and uh, finally, uh The least favorite figure ever That's still got to be globulous That tail I mean that tail um Gazz says if you could choose any vehicle outside gi joe to become a joe or cobra vehicle What would you choose example the c view from? Uh voyage from beyond the sea the joes could use a kick ass sub like that Um, yeah, I think I mentioned the hind helicopter before Um the c 130. I'll stick with that both the hind helicopter the c 130 I think we got non gi joe versions of both of those But I would love to have seen Either of those back, uh in the vintage era. I uh, those would have been really cool um gi dojo says What's your favorite gi joe at retail memory for instance, maybe The grandest display aisle or maybe the best find during your childhood um Uh, I there are so many I have to pick one I think I think the time that I guilted my parents into getting the wolverine and cover girl Uh, yeah, I actually We were in Where were we? I think we were in I forget what story we're in now. I'm blanking on what story it was I remember this play I can see it like it was yesterday. I just don't remember what story it was But I told my parent actually said to my dad Hey, it's been quite a while since You got us a gi joe vehicle Uh, man, I miss getting gi joe vehicles Are we ever going to get a gi joe vehicle again? And I basically nagged Until I got to pick one out and uh, I think the wolverine was the one that I didn't have So I got that one and I I like the wolverine. I like I like the toy, but yeah, that's Uh, that's the one that stands out of my memory right now is when I guilted my parents into getting the 1983 wolverine Um Gabe kane says will you be remaking your 1983 headquarters review? Uh I think that one is probably more likely to be redone. I feel like I can do better on that one. That's a really old review So, uh, the answer is maybe I don't know if I will get to it, but I would definitely like to redo that one Uh, and the last question, which is actually the first question to be asked is from chris mcaddy three Uh, it's what is your all-time favorite gi joe figure and that is stalker Um, I guess technically stalker version 1.5 because I like the swivel arms But stalker either version one or version 1.5 that will always be my favorite and that is it that is the much too long q&a video and uh, Congratulations to anyone who actually makes it through The video my voice is hoarse now. I didn't take enough breaks. It probably would Break it up a little bit more next time. Uh, and but it's been fun. So I guess we'll keep the traditional life Thank you to everyone who participated And this is it. This is the end of 2019 2020 will be a big year. I think it's uh, there are a lot of great things planned. I hope you enjoy it I hope you I get to meet a lot of you in person. That was one of the great things about 2019 is I got to meet a lot of you guys, uh, and that was Uh, so much fun and that means a lot to me. So, uh, thank you to everyone who participated. I'm going to wrap this up now Thanks for making 2019 great. Uh, I will see you next year and until then remember only gi joe is gi joe