 Okay, apparently I'm live and the cat is like Really being a butthead right now here cut say hi to the nice people on camera if you're gonna be that intrusive It looks like I'm a minute late Who's here hi Matt and Rob and Gee fronzee. Hey comic tropes nice to see you. Hope you're doing well Hello Christian bricks and Tony And Dan jammin and hey, it's Marianne. Hi Marianne. Look Marianne is well well Acquainted with this fella here. I'll put him down, but it's not that won't deter him. He'll be right back up here. Stay Stay anyway. Hi. Hey jelly JLS comics nice to see you. Hello, Chromius and Matt and Sparkster and Dustin and Danny. Hello everyone Hello, we made it. Sorry. I'm a minute late, but unfortunately I cannot I cannot stretch the The show an extra minute to make up for it because what's on Joe mind has their episode which comes right after this one Late late night Denmark birthday is coming up this Saturday fingers crossed getting some Joe's 30 years late From my friends. Well, happy birthday. Happy early birthday. I hope you get Everything you dream of and that the birthday fairy brings you nice presents Yes, Alistair is I don't even know what he's doing right now. I don't you know what I need one though Hello, other Rob. Hello, Rob. It was airy and Bob's dungeon and Matthew and Chris and Explore so you know what? Even if it annoys people that I say hello to whoever pops up in the live chat I don't care. That's one of my favorite parts of the show is saying hello to as many of you individually as I can so Anybody who doesn't like it Can do whatever they want to do. I don't care So yes, here we are it is he spilled many. Yeah, see that's what he's talking about That's what a Marianne's talking about him spilling drinks. I have I have my water here in my my the big Texan cup Where I tried to to eat the big steak and I and I failed I did not eat the the big 72 ounce steak Didn't finish that but anyway, he was up here just trying to he's eyeing it. He's getting really close really close Anyway, hello rat face and Raymond. So we are A minute late. Yeah, exactly. It's like the whole evening is off so I I don't have a lot of for you I know that there has been some GI Joe news we covered some of it Last week about the movie stuff the potential. It's not even movie news yet It's just potential movie news That's a lot of meat what 50 chicken what I have no idea there's conversation about chicken wings I could go for some chicken wings actually. I'm still a little bit hungry. Anyway, um, oh Yeah, the 72 ounce steak. Yeah, it's a it's a yeah I took the stuff. I mean you go there Why not take the 72 ounce steak challenge? Even if you don't make it you'll you'll still have all the steak you can possibly eat Hello, Craig. Thanks for me here. Hello space cobra. Hello, Lester. Hello, Straca What was I saying? Okay, so we talked about the the potential movie news last week. I had no idea you know if What's gonna come with that but we already discussed that Some images have been released of a new classified arctic bat Which I I did not grab that image for you. I wish I had It looks really interesting and I'm sure that lots of The people who are on the cutting edge Of GI Joe news are all over it. I am not a news channel So I leave that to the people who who uh, you know Who who are on top of the news who? Do the hard journalism I'll leave that to them, but I uh those images are out there. Um, It's tuesday another thing. Um, I wanted to remind everybody it's tuesday Which means there is a new episode of half the battle from timmer and he is still in his main character May and he is his main character for this year for the entire month of may is lady j So, um, I I'm a fan of light lady j. I like the character and that's what timmer is doing this month So, um Uh, don't fill up on bread. Yeah, that's how they get you, you know, uh, oh, thank you articulated chat for the for the super chat, um Lord hoodie for the joe fest drive coffee fun. I do appreciate that that's coming up soon That is coming up soon and We are gonna be ready. Um I I haven't plugged the go fund me for a while. So I will mention it. I there is a link for it In the description. Um, I really greatly appreciate everybody who's helped And everybody who every little bit of help makes a big difference. So thank you sincerely. Thank you to everyone Um, but joe fest coming soon Uh, I will be there marianne will be there. Uh, it'll be a lot of fun. It'll be a great Time and I'm I'm looking forward to that. Like I'm unreasonably hugely looking forward to it. Um, hello to, uh, 1980s, uh, batamax, um, are they still going to make the chuckles movie? I I haven't heard anything about, uh, a chuckles movie That's been suggested quite a bit Um, and I think that a chuckles movie might be a great idea That's I think that's been brought up enough that people, you know People I think would really like it. I think uh chuckles movie would be very interesting. Um, definitely kind of a 007 sort of vibe to it and might be a nice update Or introduction to a new era of gi joe But what they were talking about with the movie stuff was the possibility of taking the, uh, The canceled scrapped, uh, lady jay television show and turning that into a movie That's the rumor, but that that's all it is right now is just the rumor um Lens flares Well, yeah, I uh You know, I I could Hollywood give me a call I will make a movie for half of the price of jj abrams and with twice The lens flares you get double the lens flares flares for half the price The cat is over there. Please don't knock anything down. Please Please just please No, okay. All right. He's fine. He's calmed down. He's calmed down the beast has calmed down. Anyway, um, so, um chris pratt as chuckles Chris pratt is in like every movie now anyway, right? So he'd have to you know, I think that's like he's got some kind of hollywood contract that he's He's just stars in every movie that comes out anymore um photo Hello photo viper photo viper says he'd rather have the television show. I think I probably Would too, um, that's another thing that's been talked about quite a bit is the idea of a gi joe television show and how much They could expand on the storyline in that kind of format. Um, I think that that would be great At least for the time being it doesn't look like they're gonna do a tv show So if we're gonna get anything, it's probably gonna be in the form of a movie But I yeah at the tv show. I think would be Um, a really nice idea Hello, the trek reviewer nice to see you. Hello, beta ray bomb so, um What was I saying? Oh, okay, so um, the cobra imp that was The video that went up on sunday that was a challenge. I gotta say I I mentioned this at the end of last week's live stream and um It was on my schedule It was on my calendar and the reason it was on my calendar is because Um, I knew that I was doing the cobra commander video and that was a big thing. That was a big Uh time consuming video and I wanted to do something Easy that was the idea do something easy give myself a little bit of a break Well, it turned out to not be that easy because it turns out that it's hard to find things to say about the cobra imp I mean, it's it's uh, it's it just is what it is. So um in looking at it and uh And thinking about it, um, yeah the the the meaning of life just occurred to me the the entire meaning of life Look, I am as surprised as anyone. I didn't expect to find the meaning of life when uh Looking at the cobra imp of all things, you know, you think you're gonna find the meaning of life if you're looking at like a Uh Zartan or a Destro maybe maybe uh find the meaning of life when looking at a star brigade Figure or vehicle, but nobody expects to find the meaning of life when looking at the cobra imp. I mean come on um So, um, anyway um Yes, the the So yeah, I decided I needed to share I needed to share the meaning of life. So I hope that you got a great deal out of that video, uh because I put Literally everything I could into that video. It's hard. Look, it's easier It's easier to do a video about something that's really great or something that's really bad There's always a lot to say about it, but this is like middle of the road stuff where it's like it's It's fine That's hard. It's like Like I could not look I can point to things right I can show you the thing on the camera and I can point to things and and Basically tell you what you're seeing right because you could see it But but would you know what you're seeing? Uh, if I didn't tell you what you're seeing on the screen in front of your own eyes So I could do that, but that's not really a review at least not in the sense that I do I'm I've got to say something about it and it's uh Finding something to say About a toy that has nothing to say is quite a challenge Matt says president, uh mentioned the meaning of life was 42. I thought about that. I thought about that, but technically the 42 is the answer To life the universe and everything similar close close To the meaning of life close um Uh sparkster says working on designs to make the imp out of lego bricks now that could be Um, I'm very interested if you're gonna make it out of lego bricks. Um, how you are going to get the The angles on the front. I'm curious how you're gonna do that. I'd like to see that I hope you will share that with us when When you have it completed because I'm I'm quite curious how like you're the lego guy. I don't I don't know from lego. So I'm just curious how it has some odd angles the front end has some unusual angles. Um, but anyway So that was on sunday, I hope everybody enjoyed that it's it was that was a challenge That was a challenge. Hello, joe fan 84. Thanks for being here Um Four plus two equals 42. You know raisiner. I'm no math scientist But I think it's just makes logical sense that four plus two equals 42 um Uh, what was I saying? I don't know Russell brand as crystal ball. I don't know where that came from, but that's a brilliant idea Um, in fact, Russell brand may be crystal ball. That's maybe his secret identity. Um, but uh So that was the the video on sunday. That was a challenge. I am actually rather glad to be Past it. It's done It's done. Um, now I come to you this evening Uh, a little worn out a little bit tired and with my voice a little A little worn out as well Um, uh Imp possible. Thank you jls comics. Yes, it's impossible. It's impossible to find anything to say about it But uh, but fortunately it was the key to the meaning of life Um, I come to you this evening Um a bit a bit worn out and with my vocal chords rather rather worn as well Because I have been shooting video All day from early this morning until just a little while before Um, I started getting ready for this live stream. I've got uh, I'm working on the next video the next review and and Um, the next review is the winner of the patreon poll. Remember that remember that thing that happened the patreon poll Um, that's what this next review is and I'm uh I decided to do a little extra I decided to do a little extra. It's it's a bit more work But I'm I'm reasonably happy with how it is turning out. I'm I'm fairly happy with it I think it's gonna be not bad. I will it be a popular video probably not but I think it will be A fun video. So I'm putting a little extra effort into it Uh, so I have been talking to a microphone All day and my voice and my vocal chords are a little bit on the tired side. Uh, so that's um, I'm That's uh, that that's where this evening finds me so Um, this show even though it started a minute late It will still end at eight o'clock my time. Uh, so that um So that uh, what's on we can roll right into what's on joe mind And uh, and I can give my voice a break I don't think I could continue beyond that because my voice is likely to give out. I had the idea I had the idea of Uh, doing uh, story time for those of you who are uninitiated the other They're behind that but um, the g i joe find your fate books We we do the uh, story time where we read one of the find your fate books and together we decide You know what we will choose? Uh, and uh, see if we Win or if we lose that uh, that story Um, and I was gonna do that tonight, but Um Reading That's section whenever I do story time. That's a lot of talking. That's a lot of talking and I don't know That my voice will hang out that long. So Um, uh, I'm unfortunately I've got to talk anyway, right because I'm not gonna I'm not gonna stop talking but um, the reading is like it's more of a steady pace of talking and I'm trying to Uh, not do that I'm I don't know if I would make it in fact. I'll I think I'll be lucky to make it through Uh, this hour of the live stream. It's gonna be worth it though. I think I really think it's gonna be worth it I I like where this next review is going. It should be done on time It should be done on time. So if you are a patron, you should get early access If you're a patron, you already know what it is, right good because if you're a patron Then you voted on it and you saw the results of the poll poll So you already know what it is um, but uh Also as a patron, um, you should Knock on wood still get early access Um, because I it's it should be done on time. It should be done on time. Um Marian says I can't recall a time when you haven't been talking wise ass. Yeah. Well, you know what? um That goes double on you uh I'm rubber your glue Anyway, uh, fun fact the author of the last one of the books, uh, eric afibi is really rl stein Yes, that's correct turd fergusson Rl stein seems to have written a large number of the books sometimes under his Uh real name sometimes under a pen name under a pseudonym and He used several pseudonyms. That is one. That is correct. That is one. Um, I don't have um The entire series some of the books are a little hard to come by Some some seem to have had shorter print runs But um, but I'd like to complete it and there are a few that even though I think we've read all of them now There are a few that I think we haven't read very much and we maybe if we do them again, we'll have a different outcome Um, hello the lilet says greetings. I hope you're having a beautiful morning. I am have it's morning somewhere, right? It's morning somewhere here. It's more evening, you know a little later in the day, but um, Uh, but but thank you. I hope you were having a good morning as well Uh, joe fan says, uh, he's a talker too. So that's see this is good. This is good See, um, that way when we get together, there's never a lack of communication You know, there's never a lack of there's always conversation Always something going on, you know, and it's it's actually also totally fine um for Uh non talkers for quiet people to join in too Because I mean you don't have to talk. We'll we'll take care of that. We'll take care of the talking You just sit back and enjoy the entertainment Um, are we oh is this what we're doing? Are we casting? Are we casting the um, uh, a gi joe movie? Is that what we're doing? I think that's why and I I think also I I think, um um, what Um, not only should we cast a gi joe movie I think paramount pictures needs to pay specific attention to the live chat on this live stream over there for ideas look paramount pictures You know this If you if you're not catching this live paramount pictures, just watch the replay look at The live chat and make your casting decisions from that You cannot go wrong Cannot go wrong Anyway, uh pink as seren that actually would be it teddy. That's not a that's a good idea. Hello the blue really libra nice to see you Thank you very much for being here um, so Uh, yeah the find your fate books. Um, I should get a few more of them um I do have most of the set I do have most of the series, but there are a few here and there that I still need to pick up Hello white vegeta nice to see you. Um And hello christian bricks. I've already said hello to christian bricks, but hello again Ben kingsley as dr. Meinbender. That would be That would be intriguing Um, yeah, I could see it. I could see it Um, need a general review. I still need to get the general complete. Um, I almost got the general last year at uh, joe fest Almost I probably should have done it. I did not pull the trigger on it. I had enough money on me But I did not pull the trigger. I almost got the general I still need to get the general. I will get the general. I'll get the general. I'll get it Uh, hello jammelin parks. How do you do? um Ever thought about going through issues of the old gi joe magazine. Um, oh, that's interesting. I do have some I I don't have many of them I don't have many of them, but um, I know exactly what you're talking about That's an interesting idea. I hadn't thought of it actually. Um Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can get a few Uh, a few issues, uh, maybe put a few of them together and that might be fun You know, that's not a bad idea. Um, I'm pretty sure I have some but I don't know where they are Most of my media stuff might my print stuff is up here, but it's not up there um And I'm not sure where it is. So, um, I'll need to I need to see it need to see what I have and maybe see if I can get some more get some more issues Uh, but yeah, the gi joe magazine that would be that's an intriguing idea That's intriguing. I'll at least look into it. I'll at least look into it. Um Samuel l jackson as doc that's um I mean it would instantly be uh more entertaining that's for sure um, but uh so What the heck am I talking about? Yeah, so I'm I'm a little I'm a little on the exhausted side. I'm not gonna lie. I Um, I wasn't gonna miss this live stream. I would never miss this live stream Well, I would say say never I really try not to miss this live stream if I have to miss it or cancel it I've got a really really good reason because I do not like to cancel it um, but But I didn't want to miss even though I'm I'm really really tired Um after after the show here I will probably Just crash. Let's be real. I'll probably just completely, you know fall out on the floor But I will get through this show. I will get through this show um Patrick says magazine ideas great. It is an intriguing idea isn't it? I'll have to see I will do some checking to see if I can find some more issues And see if I can dig out what I have which I know it isn't very much I know I know I don't have very much but Let me let me I'll just look at let me That's all I can guarantee right now is that I will look into it. Um, and I will see what I can do I think it's a it's a fun idea. Um It's not something I think I've ever talked about It's a bit of ephemera, and I don't think anybody really talks very much about it. So Interesting interesting idea interesting idea. Um, anyway, so Let's see personal. Okay on a personal note. Um, I had we had a good weekend I had a good weekend. Um, so one of the reasons I might be a little bit tired Today because I had an active weekend. It was a really good weekend. Um on saturday Marianne and I went to a renaissance fair That is not here, but it's a nearby town and We took our kids And we had a great time a fantastic time and And I found this shirt For those of you who remember my other castleton shirt that Marianne got me. I found this one as a as a complimentary castleton shirt So now I have this weird collection Of castleton shirts, but you know what? Why not? It is still one of my favorite episodes of mst3k so, uh I guess when I run across a gray castleton t-shirt Uh, I'll I just have to pick it up. I found that I found that quite amusing quite amusing. Uh, but yes the renaissance festival is um Well, it's funny. It's always a lot of entertainment. It's always a lot of fun. Um, it's uh It's I I have to I kind of relish in the absurdity of it because you have these people in costumes. Um, Not all renaissance costumes sometimes from Uh, many different times time periods sometimes costumes from different times periods all In the same costume you have lots of fake british accents Um, and then you have your mix of I don't know just oddities Furries, um, you know fantasy cosplayers elves, you know, it's um the whole thing it's like Just going into a parallel dimension where up is down left is right cats and dogs living together Um, it's it's a it's a lot of entertainment. I wouldn't say that I am Um, like deeply into that renaissance fair culture. I'm definitely not but I do like to go at least to once a year because I cannot deny It's a great time. It's it's ridiculous and absurd in a lot of areas But it's a great time. So we we had a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun We there was really hot. It's like that. It was it was the hottest day of the year so far Um, and I I think all of us got a bit of color in our skin. We were Under the sun a fair bit, but um, but yeah lots of fun. The kids had a great time uh, so, uh um Yes, uh, Mary Ann says we could have you worn something stargate. See that's I think that would be a fun idea We also had the the idea of dressing up as Uh as minecraft villagers And going here. Ha ha as minecraft. I thought that would be fun. Um, but uh But it was a very active weekend Um, I rolled into the week already a bit worn out But yesterday I spent a lot of time writing this new episode this next episode and today I spent a lot of time Shooting the next episode. I still have to do some tomorrow I have to do a little bit a little bit tomorrow to have the next episode ready um, even though the next the each episode goes live on uh sundays the deadline Is actually friday because I try to get it up on friday evening for patrons. So, um That's the goal. That's the car the target and I'm really really working on it really really working on it. Um Uh, yeah, see dressed as colonel o'neill. That's that I could do that I basically look exactly like richardine anderson. I mean, I know you might have thought this was a the richardine anderson show Right, I know that you you might have been saying but in fact that is it it's hoodie This is hoodie dean anderson um But uh, uh, yes, but see that that kind of stuff. That's fun. That that's fun Um, I see we are still can't casting the gi joe movie and or television show uh paramount pictures Replay this, you know replay it at half speed So you don't miss anything and scour through that live chat for your casting ideas. I think Um, I think I think we've got some really good choices here um, that's worse Schwarzenegger and devido as tomax and zeemot. That's see that's genius That is genius. That's at a twins reunion. Genius. Uh, hello cobra island. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here um, so um We'd love to see someone dressed as dr. Who uh in his companions at the renfor. See that's a fun idea too See it doesn't have to be Renaissance garb. In fact, it usually isn't renaissance garb. You know, it's um, uh, it's it's Something else, but if you're gonna go fantasy at one of these things and why not do a doctor who Why not do a star trek? You know, why not do a stargate? Why not do a minecraft villager? Um, but uh, yeah, see that's um no, uh Mary Ann wore something really really nice for the event. I did not I looked through my closet and the only thing that I could think of to where was my cobra commander costume And I decided against that because it was about 90 degrees out there and I would have died Uh, so so I went with something comfortable instead. Hello firefly. Nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here Um, so uh, hey, it's bart. Uh, hello from pittsburgh. Hello pittsburgh from the united states Thank you very much for being here um Bart We uh, someone I hung out with extensively at uh, joe fest last year and you know what I I've talked about joe fest a little bit um, well, I I've talked about it more as it's getting closer. Um, and I think that it's fair to uh Uh to talk about it a bit more and it's gonna it's right around the corner We don't have very many of these live shows before we are there. All right. We are we are there Um, yes, I had the pockets. I at least I had pockets um, so Uh, yeah, it's um Marianne and I will be going to joe fest. Um, it's something that I enjoyed a great deal last year Um, and I'm very much looking forward to it. Um, so if you if uh, if you can make it I hope that you will. Um, let me uh, hold on a second. Um Let's see. So it's about uh Well, it's about a 14 hour drive from here to um To august of georgia But it's that's an estimate because you got to stop right for gas You know go to the bathroom whatever So you got to attack that onto it but um, and I I would like to at least the plan right now is to Go straight through just go straight through And get there. Um, and in theory we should be getting there on thursday the show is the ninth through the 11th and um We should be there the the evening before and we will be leaving the morning after so um, this is something that um Really I have to uh, I have to commend Ed Schumacher who uh Has organized the show since I think 2018 Was the first one. Um Since the end of joe con, um the official convention There have been lots of great regional shows and um, I've been trying to make it to some more of those recent regional shows That's why I went to assembly required and I've loved assembly required um, but not everybody can make it to the regional shows and Um, I think what we would miss if we didn't have it is that big event where everybody congregates And you can get together and reconnect with your gi jo Fan community people. Hello ryan sweeney. Uh, nice to see you. Thank you for being here ryan Always nice to see ryan here. Um, and that's something that um That we could have totally lost After joe con we could have that could have been totally gone um, we would have had Regional shows that you know, some of us could have made it to we would have pockets of of fans getting together over here and over there um, but But we do have An event every year that We kind of make a commitment to go to and that's that's what Makes it special the the show itself It has gi jo in it and it will have plenty of gi jo creators and personalities and and all of that But there's more than gi jo there. It's it's like they're local comic con. So there's comic book stuff There's wrestling stuff. There's movie stuff. Um, there is there's lots of non gi jo stuff But there's still plenty of joe stuff there. Um, but it's not the show. I think that makes it special. It's the Uh, it's it's the the the mass gathering of us of the fans of the community And that is something that means a lot to me Uh, and i'm glad that we didn't totally lose um as When joe con was canceled Um Even though joe fest has a different feel it's it's not the same. It's not the same It's not the same. It's a different feel at at joe fest than joe con But it's still a lot of the same people and that's I think the best thing that and so, um I would have to commend ed for picking up the ball at some, you know, uh personal expense and risk that he Took on this venture And uh, it's something that um that that I appreciate that is Something that um that that he risked that he took on and I think that a lot of us benefit from it So I'm very much looking forward to it. Um, and I hope all of you can be there on june the ninth through the 11th and um, yeah, we're gonna Uh, at least the plan right now Is to drive all the way through now last year I did not drive all the way through. I drove. I had a stop. I drove halfway Uh, and then I stayed overnight and then I drove the rest of the way and I did the same thing going back The reason I did that though is because I had my daughter. I had uh audrey with me And I didn't think I could keep her in the car for that long without having a mutiny on my hands So I decided to break up the trip, you know, I decided to break it up And do shorter days to get there and shorter days to get back this time though You know, it's the grown-ups. It's the adults It's the adults rolling through here. And you know what? We can handle it. You know, we can we can handle some cross-country driving um Uh There was a near-fist I missed the near-fist fight. Uh, Bart says, uh, Joe fest to the blast after hours parties are cool There was a near-fist fight last year. I missed the near-fist fight. I was um, my recollection is that uh Our group including uh, Bart and Cindy and Matt, uh, we were all we hung out for a while We kind of split up for the evening and then I believe Bart like went out Again and stayed out even later, which is um, uh, he's quite a trooper quite a trooper Bart is um, but yeah, it was I had a really good time and and um, I'm looking forward to introducing Marianna to To the people that I know and the people that I care about and just showing her something That is totally different from anything that she has ever experienced before so that's gonna be Um, that's gonna be a lot of fun. Uh, so Uh, that's uh That's in june Um, I will try to talk about it more. I'm not a I'm not sponsored by joe fest and I am not sponsoring joe fest Um, that is not my role. I am I'm not a paid guest. I I do not have a vendor table Um, I am only I'm only me and I'm only talking about my own experience and, um My thoughts about you know, what it means and you know, what it is and what you may expect if you go there so Take that as it will obviously People will have their own experience and not everybody's experience will be equal, but I will say this I I've said this before I'm going to reiterate it. I'm reiterating I am reiterating Bart says he has to keep his clothes on this year. Well, hold on. No, I didn't say that I didn't say Bart has to keep his clothes on Look, whatever you do in the privacy of your own hotel room. That's none of your business. You know, that's that's not hey I That's not for me to say that's not for me to say um But uh, but yeah I will reiterate that When I started going to joe fest, which was in 2014 Um, it took several years Uh for me to start meeting people and um forming friendships and bonds with people and um, you know really having That kind of personal connection it took several years and it wasn't for Like lack of trying I was there and I participated as much as I could but Um, a lot of the regulars had been going for years and years Before that and everybody seemed to know everybody else Except nobody knew me and I didn't know them So it was a challenge. It was difficult to make that kind of connection with people at joe con Um, it was really the last two or three of them that I went to Where I really had that connection and um really did look forward to meeting up with people every year And had some friends. I kind of um started getting my own own circle of friends there I would like everyone who joins us at joe fest to not have that Challenge to not have that problem. Uh, if you are new if you've never been there before Um, come and find me. Um, I look like this. This is what I look this is what this is what I look like when I'm reading This is what I look like just walking around Um, come and see me. Please come talk to me. Come say hi um, and we will we'll hang out if you Spend some time with me. I will be spending some time with all of the lots of people in this in this live Um In this live chat will be there. Um, I'll be spending a lot of time with them. You can Hang out and meet all of the people that uh, that that you encounter here, you know in In uh, in this in this live stream in the comments in in social media the people who are Um, big fans of gi joe and who are fan creators Um, you know just let's let's talk. Let's hang out. Let's talk about gi joe. Let's talk about fun stuff Let's let's enjoy the weekend. Um, and uh, yeah Let's not have um anybody feeling like an outsider And like nobody cares who they are and none of that I would I will do my best to Uh to help anyone not have that kind of experience. So yeah, just come see me. Uh, and let's let's talk. Let's just talk Um, it's gonna be busy, right? It it's always busy um a lot of I mean Some I see a lot of people there that I know and I like to hang out with but it's so busy that sometimes Meeting up with people is like saying hello as you pass down the aisles because You're going here. They're going there. It's busy. It's busy Uh, what I would like to do though Is I would really like Um, yes, I will bring the board to sign. I absolutely will Bart. Um I would like to figure out at some place and sometimes specifically Where we can get together maybe for lunch or something maybe on a for lunch on one of the the con days um and um Just just actually get together to congregate to get everyone in one place so we can at least have some time Uh more than just passing in Down the aisles and saying hi as as you go by. Um, I really want to make sure to have actual time With people so uh, so we'll work on that we'll work on that. I think we need to find out what the um What the panel schedule is because I don't want to keep anyone from going to A panel that they want to see So We'll we'll work it out. We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. But but at any rate, yeah, let's let's get together Augusta, georgia June 9th through 11th and um Lots to do lots to see and uh, hopefully everybody will have a good time This will not be the the joe fest only show I will talk about lots more than that but uh, but it is getting close And I want to make sure everyone is up to speed that everybody knows what the plans are And that everybody who wants to join uh, does join and that everybody who Uh comes out actually has a good time and um and is able to make some connections with people Let's see what we can do about that so I hope everybody has been Paying close attention to the movie casting in the live chat Um paramount pictures. I I should have I should have added paramount pictures in twitter when I shared the link for this Because paramount pictures needs to be paying attention to this Um charlie day as clutch jared ledo as cobra commander Um, so yeah, we're we're getting it. We're getting it brad pit as blow torch. That is interesting Um, think of brad pitch brad pit playing a role like blow torch who is not Not a main character not not a main character whatsoever Um, in fact behind a mask most of the time Um blow torch. That's interesting Uh, what else is getting a close cobra convergence seven? Yes g i gary cobra convergence seven so um The calendar is set and my my thanks and appreciation and apologies for anyone who Um Wanted to get in and be a featured presenter But I was either wasn't able to get back with uh with you or we just weren't able to Get it together in time I know there are some people who sent uh some messages, but they didn't have like a link or something That you know, I could look at to to link to some kind of uh, you know project or Channel or podcast that they were doing so my apologies for that there will still be a way For you to participate there absolutely will still be a way for you to participate But the calendar I think is pretty much set now And uh, so now that that's taken care of for cobra convergence seven We need to start working on like the The launch video and um planning the collaborations and so forth Um, what do you keep in the lunchbox to your right? Um This lunchbox This lunchbox, I think is empty. Oh, it's not empty. Uh, it includes a a thermos Anything in the in the sir. Oh, it's crack. That's right. This is the one that I have that's got a like big freaking crack In the in the thermos and then also I didn't realize this was in here I was wondering where this was and I forgot who who sent this to me, but it's um, Is somebody's uh quinn Uh custom so yeah So that that's what's in there. Um I shouldn't put that back in there, but I'm afraid if I don't put it back in there. I'll it'll Uh, well, I'm putting it back in there for right now, but that that's what's in That's what's in this lunchbox here Uh to the right uh speaking of lunchboxes, uh, somebody turned me on to one of our uh antique shops Um, not here in town, but in jinx supposedly has a gi joe lunchbox that is not one that I already have I'm not a huge lunchbox collector, but I do like Like I like the artwork on this. This is my this is some of my favorite gi joe artwork on this lunchbox Uh, it's you got a very kind of naturalistic, uh poses on them. I like the lighting work I just it feels very real to me, but also a little bit stylized There there's a little bit of style there but like look at that, uh casual stance there from, uh uh with the snake eyes And uh, yeah, I just this feels Really good. I just like the style It's not overly actiony. I mean there these guys are not striking action poses Which which I like, you know, sometimes the actioniness the action poses get a little over the top But not with this. This is some of my favorite artwork. So we've got the The uh mobat on the other side. What do we got? We've got We've got what I guess is supposed to be hawk and the mms on The bottom but hawk is wearing a beret A hawk can be seen in a beret Is uh sometimes in other media, but Um, not looking like the action figure um But yeah, that's the bottom we've got uh, I guess what looks like maybe flash On the uh on the ram motorcycle and this has got a like a little bit of tape residue there So and and this side we've got I mean, who is this supposed to be is this Is this zap On the uh On the jump jet pack. It's got a he's got a mustache like zap But he's got a uniform that doesn't look a whole lot like zap Um, so your guess is as good as mine and then let's see who's that Uh, and that is I don't know generic joe on uh standing next to the jump Uh, who that's supposed to be is that short fuse maybe But anyway at any rate, um Yeah, I I'm a big fan. So and there's some artwork here too Of uh, the joe's planting the us flag, but it's obstructed. It's hard to see Because of the handle here. Um, but yeah, this is I really like these I like the lunchboxes not because i'm a big lunchbox collector But because I like the artwork on them and I was I somebody did mention that one of the shops Has a gi joe lunchbox that I don't have so Mary Ann, hey, if you're if you're up for going antiquing this weekend Might might swing around might see what they got. Um, but um Uh, but anyway, uh, we've got what nine minutes. We've got nine minutes Uh, hopefully my voice still sounds okay But I can feel in my throat that, um I've not got much left. I've not got much left left in it. Um Comic trope says he likes lunch. Uh, me too I like lunch sometimes I like to have lunch in the evening. I I call it dinner, but uh, but You know lunch in the evening. I like that as well Me as scrap I would play scrap iron Thank you. Thank you for nominating me teddy for scrap. I would play scrap iron. Absolutely. Um But uh, oh my goodness of open gung-ho. I totally forgot. Uh, now this is This is I forgot about this. I set him up there so I could see him So I wouldn't forget, but I got this gung-ho like I don't know a couple months ago Um, I found it at walmart. Um, and I will say this I will say this Um, I had been complaining that None of the walmarts in my area had any new joes Uh for a long time no new gi joe stuff for a long long time, but I will say they are doing better. They're doing a lot better. Um, and in fact, um, They've had new shipments of A variety of different, uh, gi joe stuff including classified including this Retro card back classified Gung-ho and this is something I keep I keep intending to get to this But something always gets in the way And I do want to give this thing the proper attention. I want to open it and I want, uh, Yeah, and I would like to do a compare and contrast to the first Classified version of gung-ho. I want to actually put them side by side So you can see the differences and the similarities. So that's uh Got some glare from my screen on there um, and I don't have The other gung-ho out. I don't have the other gung-ho out to do the compare and contrast so, um, and We also have what six minutes. I don't think that's that's quite enough time to do a full compare and contrast. So Instead of opening this Now and doing a rush job on it I will um I will save this For for next week so we can open this properly and do Do a proper opening of Of gung-ho. He's gonna have see if I put him there Then when I turn the camera on I can see him behind me. He's behind me saying hey remember me I'm suffocating in this plastic tomb. Would you open me? Please? That's what he's saying. It's very polite gung-ho You know, I think he's you think he's quite the ruffian, but he's actually quite polite um, but uh, yeah Sam Elliott as tiger force out back now that would That would be something it. Uh, chris did suggest that I I will be cosplaying outback for at least one of the days At least one of the convention days. I will Have a an outback cosplay. So Um, I still need to put that together, but thanks to Uh chris from comic tropes. I have the tiger force outback Shirt, you know, and that's the main piece right the rest of it is just you know Extra, but the main thing that he's recognized by is the the the big orange tiger t-shirt And thanks to comic tropes. I have that so so look for my tiger force Outback cosplay um, I have I am I've been so committed and dedicated To To this tiger force Outback cosplay that I have been growing A beard and I have been letting my hair go naturally Gray and white for years for years Just so I can Cosplay tiger force outback. That's how committed I am to the craft of cosplay But oh, uh, Mary Ann says gonna head out. Uh, thanks, uh, Mary Ann. I'll be talking to you soon. I am sure Um, always nice to see you here, uh, but we are down to about four minutes and I'm probably actually gonna Uh, I'm probably gonna actually wrap it up here. Um, I give you guys time to skip over to Um What's on Joe mind? I'm a crash a bit. One thing I won't be doing is talking I've got to give my voice a little bit of a break because I've got to record more video tomorrow I've got this thing. I would say about um 75 done the only thing I have to do is the the front of the camera stuff the Intro in the commentary stuff That's all I've got to do and that takes a lot less time Than the core review the core review Where the camera is actually pointing at the thing that I'm talking about That takes far far more time That's the stuff that's researched and written out very carefully Or as carefully as I can do it Um, so that takes a lot more time the front of the camera work. It still takes some time It does but it's it's easier. It takes less time So I would say I'm at least 75 done With next week's video or with this coming weekend's video so I've got to do that And I've got to preserve my voice a little bit So that I can speak tomorrow and in front of the camera So I think this is a good time. I think I will I will call it. I thank you everyone for being here Um, I'll let you guys roll into what's on Joe mind. They should be starting just a few minutes after I wrap up here Thanks all. Uh, I will see you next week and I will see you sunday with a new video and if you're on Patreon, which I hope you are I will see you friday with a new video until then. I'll see you all later. Bye everyone Good night. All good night. All see you later