 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and it's time for another donation unboxing video This is an unboxing video for everything that I received in the PO box in the month of December 2019 and we've got a few things here. We have a box and we have several envelopes So I want to remind everyone You can send things to me. You can donate things to the channel or send me letters that some people have and There's a PO box I have for that. It will appear on your screen right now I also want to remind everyone as I do every time that you do not have to send anything to me. I Appreciate just having you here watching the videos. Okay. I don't want anyone to feel obligated to send anything to me at all In fact, I want to be very careful about taking too much from you You guys have been very generous But I don't feel like you owe me anything if anything I owe you You are the reason this show exists without you I would literally be talking to myself, which would be weird But I just want everyone to understand I'm very clear that if you have any Reservations about donating something to the channel then please don't do it. I would rather have you Maintain your respect for the channel then for you to feel like you've donated something to the channel And it didn't go to a good place and it wasn't I didn't deserve to have that donation So if you in any way feel that way, please don't send anything Now it may seem a little bit weird that I have a P. O box and then I discourage people from sending anything to it But I just want to be clear. Um, I I appreciate everything that everyone has done for me and for this channel and the donations have been extremely generous but I I Want everyone to understand that you don't have to do that in order for me to Appreciate you. I just really am glad that you're here And I hope you'll stay with us and you'll I hope you will continue on this Collecting journey with me and with the rest of us and that that's really the important thing if you do want to send Something though, I'll do a video like this where I open it up and we can all say see What you send and I can say thank you for what you do So here's what we got and let's tear into this stuff and see what we got in December All right, I am going to start with This because I just got it today and this came in from Byron Kellogg Byron is a long time friend of the channel and a friend of me And I just I appreciate him a lot. He has Really been supportive in a lot of ways for a long time So thank you Byron for all of your support and and he sends something here So let's actually know what it is because he told me what it was going to be this is Let me zoom it in This is Tiger Force Frostbite Okay Now you may be thinking if you follow me on the Facebook and the Twitter that I already have Tiger Force Frostbite, but wait Tiger Force Frostbite has a variation he has Some of his figures the eyes and eyebrows are a different color and keen-eyed Byron spotted that I only had one of the variants of Frostbite and so he sent me the other one so now I have Frostbite with the variation on His eyebrows and his eyes very thoughtful very thoughtful Byron you know he He saw I need and he filled the need so thank you. That's really cool and again once Byron Thank you so much for your support So I will be including that when I eventually review the Tiger Force Tiger Cat and version 2 of Frostbite all right I am going next with this from Tim Bentley Tim Bentley has also been a friend of the channel for a while and Tim's a really nice guy So hello Tim, and I believe from peeking inside I By the way, I've already cut everything open here So it's easier for me to open it up on camera although I haven't looked inside to see what any of it is This is a card and it is a Christmas card Merry Christmas. May your joys be delightful your blessings be many May your merry may your Christmas this year be the nicest of any and he has a nice Merry Christmas message here from your friend Timothy Bentley Thank you very much Timothy. I'm sorry. I've got show show people the card And I'm sorry. I didn't get to this before Christmas, but it's not too long after Christmas But it's very thoughtful. Thank you very much and also thank you for just being a cool guy Tim also does cosplay. So, you know, he got to check out his cosplay. He does some cool GI Joe costumes So awesome. Thank you very much for this And and thanks for just all that you do. Okay. We have a letter from the UK And I absolutely do need to put on my glasses for this and This this looks familiar. I believe we have Gotten these letters before and I'm always happy to get them. How many pages we look at here So this is a longer letter and it's gonna take me a bit to read So I am going to pause the video just for a second So that I can read this usually on these longer letters. I do that. I Didn't always do that. I used to just start reading But then I discovered that sometimes there was content in the letter that the writer didn't necessarily want me to read out loud so so now I will read the letter and I will Get back with you after I'm done reading it Okay, I've gone through this letter from Gary Watson. Thank you, Gary I knew who it was. He had sent letters like this before so it's really cool to get actual letters in the mail with a stamp from the UK. So Thank you, Gary and he he gives some information about action force which is You know, I'm a big fan of action force I did a review of action force with cyber tiger another good friend from the UK That video was a lot of fun. I love working with cyber tiger and the cyber tiger had actually sent me some of the comic books that that you're referring to here, Gary So I have actually had a chance to read some of them that some of the others I talks about battle action force and there's some differences between the US version of certain characters versus how they were portrayed in action force and Some scans of battle action force you can find on blood for the baron calm. Hey, there's a website for you I don't mention that enough blood for the baron calm is an excellent resource if you want to find out about action force and for those who don't know action force was the UK version of GI Joe Until it eventually just Was called GI Joe before that It was called action force and it has its own unique and very rich history And I'm very interested in that history and So where is it in this letter? Gary talks about Some of the Well, here he's talking about Leatherneck and how Leatherneck was was different Changed from American to German Leatherneck German and action force and Some of the other birth places were changed as well, but he also talks about the Different names for certain vehicles like the whale was simply called the hovercraft and the shark was renamed Flying submarine. Yeah, and I've seen some of the you the action force versions of those American vehicles and they are a lot of them are amazing and They're really fascinating variations on some familiar vehicles that we got in the States And as as you know, I've limited my collection to US released GI Joe toys But often when I see some of these action force variations I think that man, I really would like to get them but but but You know, I'm keeping within the scope of my collection, right? This is This is how, you know, I keep some some self-discipline and self-control because if I start Buying You know foreign released international released vehicles and figures Where does it stop? Because there's so many there's so much cool stuff There's so much cool stuff that I could fill my house from floor to ceiling in every room With just the most amazing stuff And I I think I would be kicked out of my house if I did that But I there's no denying that it's it's really cool to look at and I'm Always enjoy learning about it And on the occasions that I've actually been able to see the stuff in person Man, I just it makes me want it so bad so bad But UK fans you have some really awesome stuff in action force and and Gary has Laid out a lot of that here including just some Some peculiarities and some different nationalities for different characters here So like airborne version one, I guess it was from Naples and blowtorch from to lose France Breaker from Munich, West Germany. So yeah Their action force it had a lot of the same guys right that we remember, but it was a truly international team So their back stories and their backgrounds were all different And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing now. I love my GI Joe, right? I love my American version of GI Joe and I wouldn't replace it with anything, but but I am Interested in just how different Different countries Made little changes here and there that That made them more interesting to children in that culture And that is I think a really fascinating a fascinating Aspect of GI Joe that a lot of American fans don't necessarily Look into so anyway, I love the letter. Thank you, Gary And thank you for the other letters that you sent now Gary's letter along with Tim's card will go in My fan mail folder that was made by a fan even though I don't call you guys fans, right? I don't consider you guys to be fans of me. I think you're probably fans of GI Joe And what I try to do is to I you know, I don't consider myself Better than anyone just because I I'm on this side of the camera. There are a lot of you guys out there that are that are more knowledgeable more experienced at collecting than I am and You know, I just really enjoy, you know learning from people who have been doing this longer So I tend to refer to you if you're viewing the video. I refer to you as a viewer rather than a fan Except of course a fan of GI Joe, so I'm also a fan. I'm basically I'm I'm I'm just you I just happen to be on this side of the camera. So thanks, but even so thanks for the fan mail I appreciate that. So I am keeping everything that you guys sent to me I've got another really full envelope of just really nice letters and stuff that you guys have sent to me I'm not throwing any of that away. I'm keeping every single one of it. I'm gonna keep it forever So now let's move on. We got one more envelope to do and then we have a box So let's see what's next Jason Karris sends an envelope. I have cut it open already I don't see a letter in there, but I see something wrapped in bubble wrap and let's see if I can peel the tape off or if I'm gonna have to cut it. Let's see. Oh, I can peel it Okay, I can peel it so I don't have to cut the tape and Let's see. That's oh, oh wait, wait. I know what this is. Hey, that's cool Hold on Yeah, I don't know if you can see this I'll take I'll take it out if this is these are the accessories for Yes, slaughter's marauders footloose slaughter's marauders footloose, so check this out Footloose backpack in black Footloose Helmet in in black. Well, you can't see that very well, but to take my word for it it's footloose's helmet in black and of course it has his his m16 and his His anti-tank weapon and Of course, these were black originally, but still the point is is that I didn't have these so this is another thing that I can check off the list and You know everything like this that helps me complete something in the vintage line It just gets me that much closer to being ready to review it and that's a thrill for me So thank you Jason. Thank you for this. This is a big help and finally the box This is from Brandon Knight Brandon has sent a lot of stuff And so and Brandon has been a friend of the channel for quite some time and has supported the channel Very strongly for a long time, so thank you Brandon I always thank Brandon because Brandon deserves all the things But he sends another box and you know again Brandon if you You know you don't have to send stuff to me But the fact that you do I just want you to know that that it means a lot to me So thank you Brandon So I'm gonna open this up. I have cut the tape. So let's see what it is We have we got another flap here. There we go Got it. We have some bubble wrap always good to Carefully pack things so it doesn't get damaged in shipping We have a letter for which I will Need my glasses. This is not a long letter. So I think I can Read this aloud. It says dear HCC 78 happy new year. Happy new year to you, too Let's start the new year with new adventures I hope we can keep growing our community and making new friends along the way That is what it's about Thanks for all your help and making your show a fun place where all are welcome To help you once more I put together this package Some items to help for future reviews thought these could help add color and flair to the shows and reviews Hope you enjoy these items and help out. I Know I don't have to do this. I just said that but you help me in many ways It's nice to do things for friends and show how important their friendship is Thank you, Brandon. That's that's very nice. Thank you. I hope to see you and our community at Joe Fest 2020 yes, Joe Fest in Augusta, Georgia At the end of June this year I will be as we get closer to that I will be promoting that more because I will be there and I hope to meet you there Keep up the good work and never give up never surrender If you ever want help for future reviews or your website hit me up. I always like to help Well until next time remember GI Joe is GI Joe and 90 90 degrees angle. Yes Let's not forget the art. Let's not forget the articulation So thank you, Brandon for that and now that I've moved the letter out of the way I can see what's in the box. I guess I'll show you what's in the box So check this out. I See it and I automatically think this is amazing. All right this is It's a t-shirt and it's it's the Baron iron blood red shadows the the skull I I have to open it. Hold on this. We were just talking about action force, right? We were just talking about action force. Well This Susan will dig this. All right because Susan kind of likes this too Check that out. Check that out. Oh, that's so cool and I can wear this in a review I need more like I usually wear a t-shirt for reviews. I need more of these I need more T-shirts that I can like wear on the screen that is awesome and there are more I'm going to set this here because I have more to dig out. Look at this Look at this that upside down. It's the dreadlocks Look at that. It's the oh my gosh. Hold on. Here's another one. Here's another one. This is like the classic The classic GI Joe. How many are there in here? There's another one There's an hold on. Oh my they're two more What's this one? What's this one? Hold on. I'm getting it. I'm getting it. Oh, what's this? Oh, look at that? It's got like vehicles Like all the vehicle arch from the 80s Yeah, APC ram motorcycle a stinger. Oh, there's Cobra. There's Cobra commander right there That's fantastic. And there's oh, there's one more and there's one more and it looks like this is the classic The classic The classic real American hero GI Joe Logo that is awesome. That actually does help out really good. You know what? I'm gonna pause the video right now Because I need to change shirts and that's everything Thank you to everyone who who sent stuff this month as I always say You don't have to send anything to me if we don't get anything for the month of January then I just won't do a Review like this or a video like this for February and that's absolutely fine But if I do get anything from you guys, I'll do something like this I'll open it up and I'll show everyone what we got but of course Never feel like you have to send anything. I am really happy just having you here If you did want to send something the PO box again will be on the screen and We're gonna have a really good year in 2020 How already have some plans that I really hope you're going to enjoy and we're gonna be working really hard to Bring you some stuff that's fun to watch. I really hope you will enjoy what we've got coming up so Thank you everyone. Thank you everyone and We'll see you soon the first review of 2020 should go up on the second Sunday of the month, so I hope you like it and until then of course remember that Only GI Joe is GI Joe and blood for the Baron