 Okay, we should be live right now if this thing is working Then we are live and we seem to have volume and we seem to have picture. Hello, everybody How you doing who all's here? Hello Lester and jump a general and ww JD 85 Hello red deck over and figure six pack and Baderie Bob and hello Marianne and Hello, Jonathan and Mclauglauglaug and Gray Fox and low one boat to and Payne's toy samples. Hello, Peter. I'm nice to see you Thank you all for being here. Hello Chris Meyer So yes, it is Tuesday again I will say a special hello to Marianne who's in the chat. That's my girlfriend. Hello Marianne. Thanks for being here So what is up? That's a good question. Hey sparkster. How you doing? Hello Andrew Andrew the guy so nice They named him twice. Hey cyclonus nice to see you there. It's Chris from comic tropes Always nice to see Chris from comic comic tropes. There's fire crotch fire crotch in the house Yeah, you can definitely get some ointment for that you can get a cream that will help, you know soothe that, you know Irritation in that region You know just check your local pharmacist But hello everybody. Thank you for being here. It is seven o'clock on a Tuesday. Therefore, we are here Let's start hello Matt Rubin Let's start. Hello, Si. Let's start Well, that's a good question Marianne's thoughts on the defiant the defiant is that big giant space shuttle thing that I have on the end table over there Because I have nowhere else to put it and it's really huge. It's some Substantial Let's start by saying today is Tuesday Therefore it is a new half the battle from Timmer. His video today Is about part four of revenge of Cobra the miniseries Hello to Louise. Hello, Louise. How do you do? So make sure you check out Timmer's video. I never miss an episode of half the battle Hello, Rob Vegas. Nice to see you that our Australian contingent is here. Hello, Tim Top of the evening to you So yes, check out Timmer in case you missed it Um, what's on Joe mind on Friday? They did a top 10 GI Joe toys released in 2023 And I did participate that in that I wasn't on the show, but I offered my top 10 list, you know to their to their show So you can catch the replay if you didn't catch it live. What's on Joe mind? That's the one from Last Friday the most recent one. Hey John Carling. How do you do? Nice to see you there So, yes Yes, Timmer Timmer Yeah, Timmer has an awesome awesome channel and and I will say Timmer is a really cool guy He's I've worked with him quite a bit behind the scenes just a really really nice guy really good and easy to work with So, yes, yes, I try to try to never miss an episode of half the battle I also try to never miss an episode of what's on Joe mind. So make sure you check out what's on Joe mind on On Friday and or check out and check well check it on Friday, but also check out last Friday because that was their their top 10 list The defiant is a chunk. Yeah, it's it is a it's a sturdy table and it has to be and of course The defiant the complex is not sitting on its own wheels This is a fairly well-known flaw in the design. Hey JLS comics. How do you do? Nice to see you always nice to see JLS comics here It's a well-known flaw with the defiant that the complex the launcher the gantry has Has wheels but The wheels are not sturdy enough to hold the weight of the vehicle itself So under its own weight it will break. That's That's that's a slight design flaw Probably should have reinforced that just a little bit, but yes, it's over. I can see it over there It's just it's looming there in the corner But it's not sitting on its wheels because it would break its wheels it's It's not complete. It's it's close. It's close to complete But that's a very difficult vehicle to complete and some folks that have donated some parts to that vehicle for which I'm very grateful there. I I think that for Some of the like the the vehicle shells I think I might need to start with some better vehicle shells For these parts so that could you know be in a little bit better shape But I haven't made a lot of progress on the defiant for a little while just because it's so Expensive to get parts like ridiculously expensive. I understand why It's I'm not really complaining. It's just a fact of you know collecting and trying to complete that thing But the defiant is it's a monster. It's a monster It's far more complex than the USS flag the USS flag is better known And I think the USS flag is is more of a grail piece for a lot of collectors, but the defiant It's not as big, but it has a lot more parts. It's a lot more complex It's a lot harder to complete It's there's just so much to it. It's so intricate. So anyway, yeah, the defiant is Is looming in the corner over there? I Maybe it maybe I should maybe I should name it baby because I I've put it in a corner and nobody should do that. Hello. Dicast Nick. How do you do? Yeah McEl has the same design flaw. Yeah, I get it. I understand so What else is new hello Eric Gallagher Gullinger, how do you do? I'm chewing chewing bubblegum. I don't think I said hello to you how hello to you and Welcome and thank you for being here The Tiger Force defiant, you know what has bro if you're listening. Let's let's Face it. They're not listening, but it has bro if you're listening What we really need in the classified series is a classified scale Tiger Force defiant Let's get on that. Let's get on that a classified scale Tiger Force defiant Target exclusive You're welcome Anyway, hey, it's Bart. How do you do? Yeah, not nice try Bart did not mad libs time yet, but Chris from comic tropes, he did make up some other mad libs that we can use in the future So I will save the mad libs for a special occasion We'll use them. We'll use them. Those are fun. They're fun. It's a it's a fun participation thing Yeah, yeah, his size says has lab. Yeah, see see what we got the has lab his tank and it is like the size of A medium-sized dog So now just give us that a Has lab not not just a regular defiant a Tiger Force defiant come on guys Come on have the courage To give us a Tiger Force defiant Hello Tracy, how do you do? Thanks for being here? We love me pierce. I'm I apologize. I'm butchering your name says hello from France. Hello France from the United States I apologize. I can't speak words very well. I'm from Oklahoma But welcome anyway, and thank you for being here. Hey, hello, Sergeant Barker. Nice to see you Bought crimson guard version 13 desert camo. Hey, that's cool. That's cool Crimson guard that is I don't have the classified crimson guard yet That's one that I thought that I would jump on but I just haven't gotten around to it but the class classified crimson guard is a really pretty figure and And we were just mentioning we were just mentioning Timmer The crimson guard is Timmer's favorite figure so So so yeah crimson guard very popular but There have been some versions of the crimson guard That were not crimson The the Python patrol crimson guard a notable example You know, I guess you know crimson, you know, it could be just the name of the unit It doesn't they don't have to necessarily wear that red uniform all the time, but You know that they were introduced as the crimson guard wearing crimson uniform So it does kind of seem like that's that's the reason they're called that But yeah, but yeah, so somebody got the idea of like okay We need another version of the crimson guard, but let's make him yellow That that'll that's what they will least expect Night Force or D.F. Defiant. Oh, thank you comic tropes G.I. Joe 300 had got in the Guinness World Records for most characters in one page 312 that's awesome. Thank you comic tropes. I did see that Larry Posted that it was in the Guinness World Record But I wasn't able to see what it got in for but it got in for the most characters in a page That's incredible They did make that one special that was a special issue because that's supposed to be the final issue of the IDW series, but If you read it and I hope I'm I'm not gonna spoil anything. I'm not gonna spoil anything But it did not end as we expected it to end It did not end as we expected it to end So no spoilers. I do I you should go and get it and read it yourself but but issue number 300 is the final G.I. Joe issue for IDW publishing. It will be moving to a new publisher And we shall see what happens don't want to speculate don't want to speculate on what direction they may go But we knew we do know that they are going in a direction. It's they're moving So anyway, yes So thank you everybody for being here hello cordial young does anybody know what happened for me except five two five seven He seems to have disappeared. That's a good question. This is a question that comes up Comes up fairly recently. I'm sorry fairly frequently It but but the answer is no, I haven't heard from Kevin for BX to five seven To my knowledge. Nobody else has heard from Kevin. I do hope he's well. Hope he's fine But yeah, I haven't haven't heard a whisper from him in quite a while and I did reach out to him I did try to make contact with him, but yeah, I did not hear back So I don't know don't know what's going on, but I hope he's well. Whatever he's doing. I hope he's all right If anything happened, I hope somebody would you know, just tell us Because we do care, you know, he's a very very important part of our community for a very long time We care about Kevin, but we haven't heard from him in quite a while and we haven't I Mean we haven't had any news. It's been at least a couple years since we've had any news. I'm pretty sure so So yeah, it's a good question, but the answer is I don't know no. No, I have not heard anything But yeah There is one other thing I guess there's one it's not much of a news thing but Joe Fest 2023 in Augusta, Georgia in June I should be there They just posted on their social medias that they have some t-shirts available. I went ahead and ordered t-shirts for Joe Fest 2023 so if you can make it to To to Joe Fest to Augusta in June 2023 I should hopefully see you there this time around. I'm I'm not gonna get a table Because I I I want the freedom to move around I moved around quite a bit when I had the table, but you know, you're not really supposed to do that You're supposed to stay at your table But but I want the freedom to go just go to all the panels and just go see people So so no table this time, but I will be there My girlfriend Marianne is supposed to be coming with me. So you should be able to meet her And it should be fun. Oh and Bart says he should be at Joe Fest. That's fantastic It it's always a party when Bart shows up In fact, I don't think it counts as Joe Fest if Bart doesn't show up. Bart doesn't show up They have to cancel Joe Fest Well, I actually I should have a travel partner with me But I don't I don't think my my daughter's gonna go. I don't think Audrey's gonna go Audrey wanted to go last year 2022 and she did go and she It complained a lot It's she didn't she didn't want to participate in anything, but she just wanted to go So I don't know that she'll go this time, but But I should also have a travel partner. Hello, Joe fan 84. Nice to see you Hey, Joe fan 84 is going to Joe Fest Joe fan Going to Joe Fest. That's a really good idea JLS says I watched the episode where they refer to form BX 257 the other day and thought of him. Yes, the Kevin got his YouTube handle from I believe it was episode one of The GI Joe animated series from 1983 there's a there's a line in there and then you know, it's that's where he got His nickname. So yeah, no, I do think of Kevin a bit too because you know, I still run across his videos He's been in a lot of my videos. So he you know, he comes up and you know, I think you know What's happened to I'm I hope he's okay but Mary Ann says she'll participate in anything. Yes Yes, Mary Ann will participate in everything. That's awesome. The orgy is on Joe Fest orgy. Here we go. I really shouldn't say stuff like that. This is supposed to be a family show everybody If you have kids watching plug their ears Pay white Vegeta a speaking of Joe Fest Guy I met at Joe Fest last year have a friend in Oklahoma that's looking to go to Joe Fest as well That's awesome. I also am a friend in Oklahoma that's looking to go to Joe Fest Hey, it's Chrissy. How do you do? So we got Chris. We got comic tropes. We got Chrissy in here Thanks, thanks for being here. We got a pretty cool crowd here tonight And that's really great It's nice to have a cool crowd when I have absolutely nothing planned Look, I've already talked about all the topics that I have. I got no other topics The only other topic I can think of the only other thing that topic I can think of is I Got another email saying the Haslab sky striker Will ship soon. That's that they've told me that three times now. They sent an email that says That Haslab sky striker is gonna ship soon. It's gonna ship soon. We're warning you Here it comes I'm gonna count to three and we're gonna ship that Haslab sky striker one two Two and a half two and three quarters. We're about to ship it now We're about to ship that sky striker. They haven't shipped it yet. They haven't shipped it yet Hey Cobra Island, how do you do? Yes, Augusta does have a good pizza place. We did discover that They do have some good pizza there. Yeah, we'll have to we'll have to hit that place up again I really like that. That was really good Has has crabs I Jeffrey's giving us a topic cloud burst cloud burst. I do have that figure. What have an Unusual figure I haven't reviewed it yet Do I have the glider they came with I don't remember I don't remember if I have I don't remember if I have everything But I do have the figure and it's it's Interesting it's an interesting figure White Vegeta says lots of classifies showing up at Target. I've got a check target. It's actually been a long time since I've been to Target The last few times I went to Target. They Well, the last time I went to Target They still had Snake eyes movie figures and it's been like More than a year since those should have been off the pegs But I'll check target. I haven't checked target in a while I do collect Classified I'm not a completist when it comes to classified. I get what I can You know, but if it's if it's just impossible to get, you know, I'll let it go. I'll let it go Sir Pentor classified Sir Pentor. I I did order it. I did order it, but It's sold out before I could get in on the first round of Ordering so I got in on the second round when they made more available So I did order it, but I Don't have it yet. A lot of people have already a lot of people have already got there So there are a ton of people's have their Sir Pentor's I do not I do not I will I will get one It is ordered, but yeah comic-trope says yesterday saw Tiger Force Duke and the Ram at Target. I would like to see that because That's one that I wouldn't mind. Oh, thank you, Joe fan 84 for the Super Chat Hope to meet you there. Mr. S is coming. All right, Mr. S. That's awesome Hope he doesn't get bored. Do you know what figure they're going to give out with the tickets by any chance? I don't know yet. I don't know yet I will try to find out by the next show so I can get some information if if if they've announced it yet I'm not really sure so the answer is I don't know But but I'd check check the website. I think it's Joe Fest USA comm I think that's it But at any rate, yes, I will be I will be an attendee at the show And there are some good things about having a table Like I it means I have a home base and when in people if they want to come and find me They can come and find me, but It's very limiting. It's very limiting so Hello, yeah, let's see. I was a 3-0 roadblock nice, but Reeves is the storm shadow arms to skinny. Yeah that Roadblock and storm shadow should have different size arms, you know, even if storm shadow works out a lot It's just genetics. I mean Roadblock is just a bigger dude. So yeah, you're reasoning the same arms. That's and the the The 3-0 roadblock is kind of a premium figure isn't it so that's that's interesting Anyway Yes See hoping the sparser says hoping this year to build a rattler out of Lego Now don't forget they did make that, you know, the Lego knockoffs I don't have it up here, but they did make the Lego knockoff Cobra rattler Here's what you should do. Here's what you should do is get the the leg the knockoff Lego Cobra rattler in the box and then build your own Lego legitimate Lego cobra rattler and then And then take the the knockoff one put it together put them side by side and See how much yours will be better than The one that they issued so because yours definitely will be better It's it's just a question of how much better it will be See Raymond says lots classified showing up at toys are us. Oh, yes in Canada Yeah, we This unfortunately the company the country I live in is kind of a backwater and we don't have Toys are us here. We don't have these modern things that you have up there in Canada We are we are Sons toys are us But but I hear you guys have I hear you guys do nice toys are us up there Two things that Canada does it does pretty well toys are us and poutine Yay Canada wait, the Canadian salute like Well, oh Canada Toys are us in Macy's in the US that would that's that's Isn't it like a it's not like a No, I saw the report about that It's not like a store, but isn't it like a like a department or a Section of the store something like that At any rate, I haven't I haven't been to one yet. I am curious But Yeah, if toys are us is back in the USS and the back in the USA I I They're not around here. They're not around here. In fact this general area. It can be quite a challenge to to get Vintage toys that we've got some vintage toy dealers here. We do But But but it's a it's a little bit of a challenge toy collecting in this area can be a bit of a challenge Bart says toys are us is a dirty corner with toddler toys That's kind of what I was envision envisioning. I you know, but I haven't seen it, right? I haven't I should see it for myself. Hello photo viper. How do you do? Yeah, a section inside Macy's department story. That's what I thought Matt. That's that's what I understood that it was But I haven't seen one. So yeah, but I should I should so Joe fan says I'm in the middle of nowhere. We have a Walmart that closes at nine That's that's that's that's that's funny Macy's purchased by Disney. Wow, that's interesting Disney's is buying everything aren't they? Bart says they have a Macy's toys are us there. Yeah, I we don't have one here first of all But I have I have traveled I did I did actually extensive travel in 2022 But in my travels it just never occurred to me to go in a Macy's. So I just I just haven't Haven't been But anyway, what was I saying? Marian says check my PO box Friday, okay, if you don't get for the Okay, thank you. Thank you. I will check. Thank you. Thanks for the warning Oh, thank you for the super chat Rob Vegas. I put this into the Rock of Vegas Augusta beer budget. Absolutely Absolutely. Yeah, although I although I'm not Drinking him or I don't drink alcohol anymore That doesn't stop me from going around with everybody, you know to the bars and to the places in Town because there's plenty. There's plenty to do plenty to do So, yes I still putting it peanuts in Pepsi. I haven't done that for a bit, but I do still like to do it I just don't happen to have any peanuts on me right now, but but yes peanuts in Pepsi That's it's a local delicacy, you know Passed down from the ancient tribesmen who lived here long before Europeans settled they were putting peanuts in their Pepsi Low one boat who doesn't drink either. So yeah, that's that's cool. And there's plenty to do. There's plenty to do There's one plenty to do But But yeah, just because I don't like drink beer doesn't mean I can't be around it I don't have any problem being around other people having alcohol. So I'm happy to go, you know To go to the places, you know after after the show go out and hang out with everybody very happy to do that Hello, Elk here Elk Hills How are y'all y'all are fine and I hope y'all are doing well too Marion says I lived here my entire life but never heard of peanuts in Pepsi Well, it is an old native American tradition From the peanut tribe the peanut gallery back in the 1600s they started putting peanuts in their Pepsi until Until the Europeans arrived and wiped them all out with scurvy Yes peanuts and Pepsi trust me it's not that it's it's the sweet and the salty together It's it's a good mix. It's a good mix. You may not think so But I'm telling you No, but now milk in Pepsi is disgusting Disgusting idea. You're a bunch of disgusting people. I'm sure I'm closing the show down shows over Shows over. Goodbye everybody. I'm kidding. I'm back But yes, peanut peanuts and Pepsi see it's the saltiness and the sweet together It's it's it's good. It's it's good Marion says heard of it, but never done it. I know it's it's It's scary, you know, it's it's it's an exotic food Choice, it's a it's it's a local delicacy. It is perhaps an acquired taste but Milk and Pepsi tastes like root beer I would think that milk and Pepsi would taste kind of like a Like a melted ice cream float Like if you had the ice cream, but the ice cream just all melted into your soda, that's what I'm imagining How did we get off on that? We're supposed to be talking about GI Joe. What we were to Joe Fest Joe Joe Fest It's coming up in June. I think it was what June 9th through the 11th. Why don't I remember these things? June 9th through the 11th in Augusta, Georgia And I hope many people will join us there. It should be fun. I have fun every time I go. I Really do it's it's a chance to to catch up with people to meet new friends to catch up with old friends So Which nuts do I use in Pepsi I use these nuts Poutine and grape soda that's for That's for the dreadlocks, but it's the Canadian dreadnoughts is for the Canadian dreadnoughts But but yeah, but it's they use the French pronounce pronunciation of dreadnose It's the French the dreadnose That have the the poutine in and grape soda. What are we doing guys? This show is supposed to be about GI Joe It's just been one tangent after another. This is why I need to have topics This is why it's dangerous for me to not have topics When I start this show, I don't I didn't I did not have a chance to make it to my post office box So I've got nothing to open nothing to show you No, no unboxing I wasn't prepared to do a mad libs. I didn't get anything. I got nothing ready. I got nothing ready The blue read the Libra says we're making a point about why you were interested in Tiger Force Duke with Ram By the way, thanks for highlighting my previous. Okay, cool. Cool Thank you the blue Libra and thank you Marianne I will Know the profit director. Hello the profit director You're quite the pimp daddy profit director and did I say hello to Raymond? Hello Raymond if I didn't I meant or candy meant the breast meant no candy meant just meant Anyway, what was I saying? Oh, yes. Um, I Before I was interrupted by about 20 different tangents I was saying that Tiger Force Duke and the Ram the set the classified set the reason I'm interested in it is because you know Hasbro has gone to the plastic free packaging Okay, so instead of having a clear plastic window pane Showing the figure and vehicle they have all artwork. Well For vintage fans for vehicles. We are used to having our artwork of the vehicle artwork on the front so I think the that the Duke and Ram set will feel the most like a Vintage boxed vehicle. That's what I think and I'd like to see it I'd like to get my hands on I like to see it touch it take a look at it because I just I have a feeling That there's even though it's new There's gonna be a little bit of nostalgia. It's it's different for like figures figures Usually we can see the figure usually there's a plastic bubble or a plastic window pane to see the figure But vehicles vehicles have always been in boxes with art So to me that just makes a lot of sense. I With the figures Since you are using all that real estate on the box for artwork whether the box looks good or not depends on the artwork and Some Classified GI Joe artwork. I do like some of it. I don't like so much So if it is some artwork that I'm not as fond of Then that's a lot of real estate on that box with with art that I that I don't love But but the flip side is that if it's good if the if the art the box art is good Then it's better to have even more of it. That's great But but it's a catch-22 right? It's You're losing the window pane to see the toy itself to actually see the physical toy and What you're getting for sacrificing that is potentially more good artwork But also potentially Some not so good artwork. So That's a trade-off. That's a trade-off. But anyway, yeah, I'm very curious about it. I'm very curious Cometrope says my target had about six of the Duke rams. Oh, yeah. Oh buy the buy Yeah, a lot of the art is is not good There are there is some of the classified art that I really really like a lot But there's others that I'm not so fond of Marianne and I were at Walmart a few days ago And as usual I swing through the toy section because I enjoy being disappointed like I just You know, I was like man, I just I just don't feel disappointed enough So let's go to the toy section so that I can be even more disappointed than usual And they still had the same junk that they've had for a while. However They did have two Crock masters They had two Crock masters Those are nice Crock masters one of the best figures that they've done in the classified line I don't need it. I already have one. So I'm not gonna buy one. I already have one But it's nice to see it. It's nice to see it and that's one That and the box is attractive It does still have the plastic on it. It's got the plastic window pane. So it's not the plastic-less package But the art that is on it is nice the figure is nice the big crocodile that comes with the figure is amazing Yeah, and Crock master is a silly figure. It's the the figure is ridiculous. It's weird but I cannot deny that The classified version of Crock master is a really really well done figure Amazing detail. Just amazing Just amazing Raymond says a Canadian Walmart suck at carrying Joe's The apparently just got a check at the Canadian toys are us. That's what the scuttlebud is That's that's what the word on the street is is check at at Canadian toys are us apparently they have something Hello draws I don't think I said hello to draws Let's see what would be the hardest GI Joe vehicle to do in a haz lab like the skyscraper that is not to fly the hardest GI Joe vehicle to do in a haz lab That's an interesting question because usually it's like people ask what vehicles would be best to do that they want to do as A haz lab and you're asking what's the hardest to do? What's the hardest? I think One of the hardest to do would probably be The the killer whale The killer whale at the classified state scale would be enormous But I would love it that that's one where even At the ridiculous price point that it would be For the classified scale Killer whale. I love that vehicle enough That I would still be tempted to get it Um, oh, see elk hills. See elk hills is think of the same way that I am Yeah, it's like if they actually did a haz lab classified killer whale It would be so you'd you'd have to it'd be like buying a car Right, you'd have to like you'd have to take out a loan. It'd be ridiculously expensive Most of us could not even come close to affording it. Um, if you consider like how much the His tank cost and it would be several times That size Um That's so there's no way they'd ever do it But even at that I love the killer whale so much. I would still be tempted I would still I might have to to sell a kidney But I would still be tempted JLS has classified general vehicle. Oh my goodness a classified General I have you seen that thing all right the the general the in the vintage one In the 118 scale is almost the size of this table And then and take it up to the classified scale and like it'd be like Like the size of my coffee table like why it's a very wide vehicle very very wide And it comes with like a sub vehicle. It's got a it's got the The locust helicopter That lands on the top I guess you could think of the general as like a mobile helipad With but with a bunch of guns Mobile helipad with a bunch of guns. That's that's the the general very large Very very large Uh, profit director says the hazlet haz lab would be like a thousand dollars. Yeah, at least at least a grand Uh, so so that's why they would never do it never do it never do it But I would still be tempted. That's what I'm saying That I would that would tempt me to make some very unwise Very unwise life choices For what is essentially a hunk of plastic But I would covet that hunk of plastic I might I might just need it anyway You know So like when I'm homeless on the streets At least I'll be carrying that that giant killer whale around with me. It'll be big enough. I can live in that I can just live in that. I mean the classifieds is killer whale. It'd be big enough. I'll just live in there And if you look at it that way, hey, if you look at it that way if you look at it that way, um Then uh The a classified killer whale is a bargain And it's expensive as a toy but as A home to live in That's that's pretty good deal. That's a pretty good deal That's not bad So invest in your future And pick up a has lab killer whale Comic trope says worst vintage vehicle. I still think the cobra rat is the worst turd That I've seen um You might say something like the road toad and that's that thing that's Uh, well the road toad. I mean, it's it's kind of silly kind of useless but The cobra rat the cobra rat Is the most half-assed vehicle Uh that I think they've ever done The most half asked It is it's um uh, it's It's not even complete. Yeah, you know, I I got one. I got a boxed one. I got a sealed box cobra rat I opened it. I assembled it on camera And when I took the thing out of the box, I thought half of it was missing I thought this can't be the whole thing But it was that was the whole thing It's that's that's it's pretty it's pretty bad. It's pretty bad um Rob Vegas says, uh, it's awful, but I love it the coastal defender the coastal defender see, um It I I suppose a lot of people would say would scoff at the coastal defender But the coastal defender was a low price point vehicle Uh, it had some features, right because it unfolded right it it unfolded So it had some features, you know At least at least it was a complete vehicle Unlike the cobra rat Uh, yeah dross says cobra rat feels like capital. Yeah, the cobra rat is You know, it um The figure six pack the tank car Yeah, uh, if you're not familiar with the tank car, you should check out a picture of that. Okay, the tank car, that's a Yeah, that's kind of a The the tank car should have been a sub vehicle for a larger vehicle because you think about it like Talking about the killer whale the killer whale had that tiny little motorcycle that came with it, right? It had the tiny little motorcycle So you could do a half-ass vehicle. That's a sub vehicle for something larger and that's all right Uh, Bart loves the coastal defender. He has like five of them But but Bart, can you live in the coastal defender, you know, if you if you if you get kicked out of your home Can you live in it? I think not I think not but a classified killer whale It should it should float right Therefore it's a houseboat We got water You know, I'll just Set it out on the water Jump in and I'll live out there. I'll fish for food. I'll be fine I'll be fine Deshae gaming comic says thoughts on the future of gi joe comics. That's a good question We did touch on that a little bit earlier. Um, it was mentioned that gi joe number 300 is in the guiness book of world records um I That's okay I don't want to spoil gi joe number 300. It's a special issue. I do want people to go out and get it and read it but, um If I had to guess if I had to guess The future of gi joe comics will have Two distinct series Two distinct series kind of like how IDW tried to do it But I I think it might be done better By the new publisher. We'll we'll see we'll see but I think we're gonna have Two gi joes One that draws upon the history that we all know and love And then a new one for a new era and I think that's fine. I think that's fine I do think there needs to be a gi joe for the the new era But I I also don't think that they should get rid of The the what we have right because there is still a fan base that's interested Um Jared says gi joe apc. I would rather have the action for his version. Yes The action force version of the apc is amazing I don't have it, but I have seen it Uh, and it's amazing It it's it really like beefs up the apc Um, oh, thank you for the uh, super chat dave a classified stiller stiletto Um Oh countrotes. I'm sorry. I missed your question earlier. How many roving gi joe bases did uh, uh, How many roving bases did gi joe have they had the mobile command center? They had, um The the the general Um, you could call the rolling thunder A mobile base kind of was a really big anyway. They had, um, oh, what was I thinking? I was just I was just thinking of it Um, oh, yeah, the mobile battle bunker is kind of a mobile base Um, that's just the vintage era. I know like In I think it was in the rise of cobra line. They had the pit which was a mobile base Um the future well the future fortress that okay, jeffrey. That's an interesting point the future fortress As a fortress is not itself supposed to be mobile once it's together, but it's made up of A bunch of mobile vehicles. So that does that therefore make it A mobile base the few forward america. Yes. Thank you very much. Uh, uh, I that one had slipped on mine Ford america. That's another one gi joe like their mobile bases I mean they they needed bases, right? But they also wanted a change of scenery So You know if they got tired of the boat of the base They got tired of the base here. They just moved the betas over there. It's like mash It's like mash and the m stands for mobile So we're we're moving That's that's how we keep the enemy on on the on their toes. That's how we That's how we confuse the enemy. They make their plans like here is gi joe Headquarters, we're gonna attack there Little do they know that next monday gi joe headquarters is gonna be moved three blocks down the street And and therefore their plans are all ruined That's why we have the mobile bases the cobra bug the cobra bug is Uh, it's definitely sort of base-like, but it's it's billed as like a uh An underwater tank or a submarine tank something along those lines um the cobra bug it's uh It's definitely more of a vehicle than a base, but it has It has some base-like features It has sub vehicles that come off of it But I think I think I always think of the cobra bug as Uh as as really kind of a big submarine um Raymond says can we start a petition for more o-rings? Yes Start a petition for more o-rings. Um Speaking of the uh sky striker, which I mentioned earlier the sky striker is going to include several Uh o-ring figures several new o-ring figures, and that's kind of a big deal. That's kind of a big deal I'm looking forward to the figures almost as much as I'm looking forward to the vehicle. I'm very interested very curious um, and my understanding is that the figures are carded Which means To do a proper review. I'm gonna have to take them off the card. I will not be able to leave them carded um Has lab classified subma chopper That's awesome Um tactical battle platform could be airlifted, but um I never dare try don't want to drop it and you bust the thing. Yeah, uh the so the tactic The transportable tactical battle platform the first t is for transportable So that makes it mobile. So I think that counts the uss flag the uss flag it's kind of like a base at sea And it's You can pretend to be more. I don't know if you ever try to move the flag around. It's not so easy um The there have been several people it including our friends g i joe berg who built bases um For the flag to set upon so you could do something like that But yeah, kind of Oh comic trope says, um any rough guess and when you do a review no rest just curious. Okay Oh, and hello, uh, justin nice to see you. I didn't see you come in but hello. Thanks. Thank you very much for being here Um, I do have a little bit of news on that. Okay, um So I started writing the script for a review uh this week. Um and until I ran into The realization that the vehicle that I was going to review Is missing a part So that's unfortunate. Um, so I I I scrambled to ebay to see if this is something that I could just quickly order Just order the part But no Nobody has it. Oh, thank you dave for the super chat So the only rumor o-ring figures other than the ones with the sky skypers sky strikers, uh, could be zirana Um, I'm sorry zartan and zirana with the sound wave thunder machine. Yes the The g i joe transformers crossovers have had o-ring figures. They've done the bareness and stalker um, and the rumor is there's going to be a sound wave thunder machine with zartan and zirana So those could be new o-rings coming in the not too distant future um But uh, so anyway, so the I was writing the script for a review I discovered I was missing a part. I tried to order the part. I can't get it Nobody has it. I can't even get an incomplete vehicle with that part Um, and the chances of me finding that part locally here somewhere is Well, that's impossible. So I switched I switched to plan b Uh, which was to review a figure. So I I I put that script on hold Uh shifted focus to A figure review and so I'm getting everything ready for the figure review And so I go to grab the file card and I can't find it So I I went I went through every file card. I have four times looking for this silly thing and reached the realization that Apparently I never had the file card. I thought I had the file card. I have almost every file card At least through the 80s and a lot of them into the 90s too. So I should have this one So I was like Have I gone all of this time? Not having this file card That's very possible. That's possible because I wouldn't have bought the file card because I would have assumed I already had it so So that one's on hold. Um, I did order the file card. Um, so the plan was to record a review this week And get it up for this sunday um, but, um Uh, it's gonna be slightly delayed, but but we're getting there. We're getting there Um, oh, sparkster says I have a toy show coming up in march. Um, I can look for the part if you like Um, yeah, I'll I'll try to reach you sparkster and let you know what the part is I don't want to spoil it I don't want to tell everybody what it is because I'm trying not to spoil what future reviews will be If you can find the part though, that would be somewhat miraculous because it's it's a fairly rare part But um, yeah, I I would I would enlist the help that that's yeah Um file cards rob says file cards. This is one When when I actually get the review done and you see the figure that I'm gonna review You'll be surprised that I didn't have the file card. I'm surprised that I didn't have the file card I'm a little frustrated with myself For not knowing that I had the file card. Um, so This is the problem with relying on my memory for anything You cannot rely on my memory for anything Okay, this is why I write things down But okay years ago. I tried to keep track of my collection on a spreadsheet But at that time the collection was growing so fast That I just couldn't keep up the spreadsheet. It was just It was just too much. I had stuff coming in all the time So I ended up trying to rely on my memory For what I had And there are some things like There are some things I know I don't have right. I know I don't have the general, you know There there are some 90s vehicles. I know I don't have them But there are things that I really could swear that I had in my collection Uh, and when I look for them, it's like nope Nope, I guess you dreamed that Um, or there are some things that I did have them But I either gave them away or sold them a long long time. This is why I don't um The blizzard. Um, oh it's blizzard. Um, uh, w w JD says you own blizzard I have blizzard. I Think almost complete. I've got to check to see what's missing, but I think I have blizzard almost almost complete. I'm pretty sure um but uh, uh Yeah, I um I don't I don't know. I don't know what the the short thing is I I don't know what I have and what I don't have them Well, a little frustrated one myself. I should have known this Uh, but yeah, the uh The uh, oh the cat on the screen the cat cats on the screen help the algorithm algorithm This will get a million views now. This will get a million views. Hello, buddy Hi, he's been mister destructive today Yes, yes, he has Yeah, um So anyway um Uh gamer dude says, uh, okay, we'll check that. Oh, um, uh, I'm sorry I missed some I missed some of the chat didn't I I'm I apologize um Uh, oh gamer dude was asking sparks. I'm I'm sorry. I've cut my I've cut into somebody else's conversation. My apologies. My apologies um Fame toy hunters luck nailed me most of the loose parts I needed for my g1 transformers might yeah, you that's possible Hey, you probably have better luck than me. You probably have better luck than me And again, I'm trying I'm not trying to spoil anything that's coming up But the vehicle that I was going to review Um, the fact that that's that part was missing Would not be obvious So it's like it It wouldn't be obvious, right? It's the vehicle looks complete without it is what I'm saying The vehicle looks fine without it Um So unless you're looking for it It wouldn't occur to you that oh hang on. There's something missing there Um, which is why I was typing the freaking Uh script for it and before I realized Uh that um Uh that that I was missing something Um What's the best deal you ever got on the figure or a vehicle? I got a yellow neck serpentor for like four dollars um, I got um a Sears exclusive vamp from the vamp how two-pack for I don't remember exactly how much but it was it was priced as a regular vamp It was priced like a regular retail vamp um And and and I picked it up and it's Not just a regular retail vamp. It's it was the sears exclusive. I still have that one um, but yes, um That yellow head Or yellow neck serpentor was it was a nice deal Sometimes you run across these deals the seller doesn't know what they have And probably they don't care what they have because they're not a collector. They're like here. Just take this stuff here um, and You know four bucks four bucks for the yellow Uh yellow neck snake, uh serpentor variant. That's probably the best deal that I've got. I think that's a pretty good deal Um, now I've got some stuff for that doesn't count like Getting stuff for free is not a deal, right? Like my my 1964 Um gi jo action soldier that was given to me. I didn't make a deal on that that doesn't count I have to at least have paid something for it for it to be a deal um But yeah, I got I got a fairly rare variant um Justin says how about the maggot and worm I do have the maggot and the worm and I even have Uh the worm with the antenna Uh, so yes that that one I got um Which decals will use on your haz lab sky striker? I think I'm going to use the standard one. Um Because I want to compare and contrast The haz lab sky striker with the vintage sky striker So in order to compare apples to apples, I want to use the decal set that is closest to The vintage so that's that's my plan. That's my plan Um, that it is nice to have options though um Peter says everything of doing a gi jo iceberg tier list. I have thought of that. In fact, I I started writing one a while back um But uh, but I never finished it. Uh For those of you that don't know, uh There are these things that people have been doing been doing these iceberg tier lists um And I don't think anyone has done one for gi jo. At least I haven't seen it Uh, so that actually is something that I had thought of and I tried to put together a script for it But I had it just hadn't quite Um, I didn't have enough. I didn't have enough. Uh, and I haven't really had the chance to go back and look at it. Um Uh White Vegeta says picked up a 90s lot mostly mega marines and eco warriors. Wow Uh that had rampage and create a cobra hidden in the mix. Well, that's a good deal That's a really good deal Uh to to get like just a lot It's probably hard to do now But years ago you could get like figure and vehicle lots just buy a bunch of them And you could get little gems like that in it. It's probably harder to do now because people are Looking out for things and most of this stuff is in the hands of collectors now who know what they have so it's probably harder to Find those hidden gems now, but especially, you know, a few years ago, you could do that You could you could buy a lot, you know of figures just buy a bunch of them And then find something cool and rare within that that's I've done that A few times and that's that's always really cool um Um Johnny says as a kid I managed to lose everybody's clear visor antenna only antenna. I didn't lose was the cobra law Royal guard dude. Yeah, and that's funny because that antenna is easily lost. Yeah antennae and uh visors and those things those tend to be uh the most Missing stuff the the frequently missing stuff and the microphones if there was a figure that came with the plug-in microphone That's probably gone um so hard top and um Heavy metal and uh lift ticket The why couldn't they just glue those microphones in just glue the microphones in Uh, so yeah, those those tend to be tend to be very very difficult to to find draw says I remember when you could find loose figures at the goodwill in my area And yeah, you could get lucky like that. I suppose some people still do get lucky. There's they're still out there The the stuff is still out there, but it's definitely harder to find now. Oh my goodness. It's eight o'clock Um by my clock by my time it is eight o'clock. I do need to wrap up the show. Um I uh, I've got some things to do. I'd like to work on that script a little bit more While I wait for the file card to get here um But uh, but yes, thank you everybody for coming. I it it actually went really fast That was a really fast hour. It was really nice talking everybody. I really appreciate it I want to thank everybody in particular who has stuck with me on the patreon Even though I haven't had a lot of content lately You guys have helped more than you know, and I appreciated a great deal There will be more coming. I'm working on it But the the help is greatly greatly appreciated and I thank you. So Thank you everyone Thank you for being here. We will do this again next week and hopefully In the very near future, I will have an actual fully edited review I need to get a fully editor edited review done and ready and then I need to get back in the routine of doing Fully edited reviews. It's been a little while since I've done it. It's it's not the routine anymore I want to get back in that routine, but we're working on it. We're working on so. Thank you. Good night, everyone Uh, and I will see you next week. See you next