 Hello everybody and happy Halloween. I hope everyone is having an excellent holiday. And welcome to HCC788 Live The Revenge. That's right. This is the episode where I get revenge on all who have wronged me. I can't think of anyone who has wronged me such that they deserve revenge. But if I think of any, if I think of any, they better watch out. So yes, that's right. This is the revenge episode as soon as I think of anyone upon whom I shall exact revenge. Which may not be anyone. So perhaps you're sitting out there thinking, I gave up trick or treating for this. I was expecting revenge and I may in fact not get any. Well, let me explain something to you. See, this is what we in the biz call marketing. Right? So if you think that it's going to be a revenge episode, then you're more likely to tune in because revenge is interesting. Hey, revenge was the entire motive of the Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins movie and people liked that, right? So a last poor Darth. I knew him Horatio. So yes, welcome to the special Halloween episode in which I am in costume. I couldn't decide what costume to wear so I improvised. I improvised. So yeah, I got into the costumes and props box for the show where I keep all the costumes and props for the show, which is why it's called the costume and props box. And I just pulled out, you know, whatever I found in there. So, so here we go. So we are. I don't even know you know what you guys think of what this ensemble should be called because I don't really know this is I came up with this like five minutes before I started. But revenge. Hello, Rob Irozeri perhaps I need revenge on Rob Irozeri there's comic tropes perhaps I need revenge on comic tropes I don't think so but perhaps. Hello Cyclonus and draws and from the Hilt and Lester and Zemott and jump in general and Joe fan 84 hi guys. This is the episode in which I work with no notes and try to remember important things to talk about for this episode because a lot's happened. Revenge 788 you know what that number 788 has been pissing me off and maybe 788 has it coming. Not really it's a number that's dumb. But the point is, you know, you clicked on it didn't you you thought there would be revenge that is that is what we in the biz call marketing, and I am basically a marketing genius. Important things have happened and important things are coming up. Hello crash. What is my least favorite candy. That's a good. That's a good question. Okay, like black licorice candy, which is that is licorice candy. I don't like the licorice flavor that some people love it. I am not one of the people that love it. That yes brand recognition. Hello rat face and jump in general and David Andrews. Nice to see you guys. I don't know how about like, you know what this makes me think of this. But tell me what tell me what the what the scene is from. I'm tired. I'm wasted. I love you darling. So it's going to be a great holiday as you can tell important things though. Hello Victor. Hello K dog Hello Andrew Andrew the guy so nice they named him twice. Important things that I get I got to get right off the bat or else I will forget them. Assembly required is coming up this weekend. Okay, I will be there I'm going to Des Moines, Iowa to be an assembly required this weekend I will be at the dinner on Friday evening. I will be going up on Thursday. I'm not sure exactly why I booked the hotel for Thursday I don't remember, but whatever I'm going on Thursday. And I will be at the hotel most of the time on Thursday working here's the thing about my life I work all the time. So I just went on vacation not let that long ago I was on vacation. I was on a boat. I came back. Okay, it was sort of a vacation. I had to take Zartan with me I had to. There's no sun here like we have overcast skies here, and I had to take an action figure with me so I could get some sun. So that was vital and had absolutely had to be done. But, but yes, I, but I just got back from a vacation on Thursday. And suddenly when I got home I had to get to work. And I've been working ever since. And I will work all the way up till Thursday to the time that I leave for Des Moines. When I get to Des Moines get checked into the hotel I will work. I will also work on Friday, until I can actually go to the show and go to the dinner and when I come back I will work some more. On Saturday, I will work before and after the show and then Sunday I come back home, and then I will work then so that's my life. However, I will say that, despite not sleeping and not having time to do much of anything but work. I have got a lot done on the next review video. A significant amount of work is done. The writing is all done. A lot of the shooting is done some of the shooting I'm going to do in Des Moines. In Des Moines, Iowa, I will, I'm going to bring my equipment and do some of the work there. I am waiting on a couple collaborative segments from other people. So I'm waiting on a couple pieces that I need to include in the edit. But my part is getting pretty close to being done. It's looking good. It's looking good. So that means that you can expect to have an actual video, quite a significant video in fact. Not this Sunday because I'll be in Des Moines, but the following Sunday you should get something special, something substantial and I hope you very much enjoy it. I've enjoyed working on it. I've just had to work around the very little free time that I have. So it's Halloween is what they say. That's what the kids say. That's what the kids call it. I don't know. Mary Ann was going to be here. You know, Mary Ann, my significant other, my plus one. We went on vacation together. Actually, the vacation was our, for our first anniversary. We've been together for a year. We decided to do something special for our first anniversary. We did something special for our first anniversary. But we were going to spend this evening together and she was going to be on this show. But her daughter is going trick-or-treating so she's spending time with her child as she should. That always takes priority. She really dodged a bullet because she could have been on the air with this. She could have been sitting right next to this hotness right here. But yes, it's just me and I'm trying to remember all the things that I was going to remember because there have been some important announcements. G.I. Joe related. There was the Hasbro 1027 thing. They did an unboxing of the Haslab His Tank and I really like it. I did get in on the His Tank Haslab. I am now really glad that I did. I will open the thing when I get it. I will show you in detail my copy of it so that you can see it and you can see it. But I'm really excited about that. More so after having seen the actual production version come out of the box. It looks gorgeous. I think it's fantastic. But they also posted the classified vamp and clutch on Hasbro Pulse. And yes, I did get that. I did order that. That's one that I've been looking forward to for quite a while. Honestly, it's 100 bucks, which is I think remarkable for what you're getting. The figures are running 25 bucks, so it comes with a figure. The vehicle itself is just $75 for a vamp. That's less than I would have expected to pay for it for something that substantial. This is considerably more substantial than the Ram motorcycle that came with clutch and Tiger Force Duke. I'd say that's more substantial than two Ram motorcycles that came with breaker and Duke. To get that for 100 bucks with the figure is... The prices on classified, some of them are going up because they did create this new price tier for the deluxe figures. But some of the other prices have been remarkably less than expected. The Haslag Dragonfly was priced less than I thought it would be, so that's awesome. The vamp and clutch are less than I thought they would be, so that's great. I still suspect that crimes are being committed. I don't know how they're doing that, but I think at this point, I'm supportive of those crimes, whatever crimes they're committing. It's getting cheap stuff to me, so I'm okay with it, I think. But it's Halloween, so I'm evil hoodie. So perhaps my new pro crime stance is just the evil side of me coming out. Wow, I am an idiot. Comic Troops ordered one, that's awesome, and Crash says he pre-ordered two. For that price, I was tempted to get a couple, but I don't really need one. I'm not a completist when it comes to classified, and I'm not reselling them, so one is enough. Hey, Sparkster, nice to see you. He says, I recently built my own Dragonfly out of Lego bricks. I'd love to see that. I would love to see that. And my apologies to Sparkster. Bart says, isn't Cobra Commander already evil? Well, now I'm double evil. And you know what, Bart? You are on the revenge list. I mean, not really. I mean, I can't get revenge on Bart. Bart is nice, but watch yourself calling me evil like that just because I am. Hello, Agent Chuckles. Comic Troops says thoughts on them actually making Raptors. So that was one of the other announcements. I guess that a name only reveal is that they're going to do Raptor. I think it's hilarious. Why not? I mean, we're already working through the crazy animal themed Cobra's. We already got Crocmaster. You know, they did Crocmaster. You might as well do Raptor. I just don't know. I mean, when are we going to get Python Patrol crystal ball? Give us Python Patrol crystal ball, you cowards. I either I get Python Patrol crystal ball or I quit GI Joe. There you go. Ultimatum, which I completely will not live up to. I will not follow. Oh, thank you. Thank you, Comic Troops for the super chat. He says, have some candy. I will later because I don't actually have any. I'm not. And as you might have noticed from my from my costume and again, let me get to the full effect of the costume that I've been working. So I was a little unprepared for Halloween. So I didn't actually get any Halloween candy. I didn't actually put together a costume. So I'm a little behind the times here. Thank you for the super chat, Comic Troops. Now I can get some candy. And since when I get the candy, it will be after Halloween. I can keep it all to myself because I am evil hoodie this time. This looks ridiculous. This is the dumbest thing I've ever done. And that's saying something because I've done some pretty dumb stuff. But this is like way up there on the dumb scale. Okay, so other things that I need to make sure that that I mention because they're important, probably the most important thing is that the charity drive, the Christmas charity drive that Timmer does on half the battle starts. I believe he said it starts on Sunday. As soon as his video goes up, I will share it and I'll try to make a video of my own. Because I really do like the charity drive that he does each year. I think that's a really fantastic thing. I always participate in it even when my channel was on hiatus. I still jumped in to do the charity drive. It really is that important. So thanks Timmer for doing it. And as soon as his video goes up, I will make sure to share that. And I want to participate in a more significant way. I just need to find a more significant way to actually participate. I want to help more. So I want to see what I can do to help. But the links for assembly required and for half the battle YouTube channel, they are both in the description of this live stream so you can go check them out. So Commando Hank, lawyer cosplay could be used for extensive enterprises. Honestly, going back to Raptor, I think Raptor is absolutely ridiculous. But he's in GI Joe, right? So there's no point in objecting to his inclusion in GI Joe. He's already in and has been in since what 1987, I guess is when they introduced Raptor. So being that he's in GI Joe lore, he was in the comic book, you know, not in the cartoon, he wasn't in the animated series because it was in the break. But he's in, no point in objecting now, it's too late. So given that he's in, I want the classified Raptor action figure to be as redonkulous as possible. I mean, he's a bird man. So just go all out, right? Go all out. Give him a beak, you know. And I think it's very important that he have the silver painted toenails on the outside of his boots. That's ridiculous. And I'll just make it as absurd as it actually is. You know, don't hold back. Just let it, let it go, let it loose. There's no point in holding back, right? And croc master, by the way, is also a kind of a ridiculous character from the vintage era. But the classified croc master figure turned out to be actually a really nice figure. So that does give me some hope that in the larger scale, they can bring out some better things about these kind of silly characters from the vintage era. So I don't think I can pass on Raptor. It's just too ridiculous. And I mean, I do like things that are ridiculous. I mean, just look at me, just look at me. So the absurd and the ridiculous is right up my alley. So I'll have to, I'll have to check it out. Hello, Renegade Biker, didn't see you come in here. Hello, Sean Beckett. Hello to everyone. Hello, Matt Noon. And hello, I'm sorry to anyone that I didn't say hi to. I just started talking, like my eyes shut off, like my brain cannot process reading the live chat and talking at the same time. It's a mental defect. I have nothing I can do about it. But once I start talking, like I just lose the ability to read. Comic Trope says, do you think classified will make, will make the stinger since they made the vamp and have the mold? I think yes, I think, I think it only makes sense. And this is why I, this could be one of the reasons why they're able to do the vamp. So, you know, relatively inexpensively, given the size of the vehicle that it is, and including an action figure is because they, I'm sure that they've included in their cost analysis, the fact that they will be able to reuse that mold several times, right? Because, of course, it is the original vamp, and then there's the vamp mark two. There's the stinger, there's the tiger sting. They already have Tiger Force. Why would they not do the tiger sting also? So, I mean, they, they're coming out with the dread knocks now. They've come out with the dread knocks and they have already done the Ram motorcycle and they are doing the vamp. So, they could do a dread knock ground assault two pack, like the old Sears ground assault set. They'll have everything they'll have everything that they need to do that without having to pay for any new tooling, they will already have it, right? They don't have to pay any extra for it. So, yeah, I think they absolutely will. I think that just makes sense. You know what I mean? But, but yes, that was one of the big things that came out and then the name only reveals. There was Raptor and there was, I'm blanking on who the other name reveal is, I'm sorry. There was another name reveal. Also, some photos have come out with, oh, it was Iron Grenadiers, wasn't it? Yes, that's what it was. Once again, Comic Tropes comes in with the clutch with the clutch information. Oh, hello, Matt Rubin. Nice to see you, Matt Rubin. Thanks for being here. Hello, Robert Olson. What was I saying? So, Iron Grenadiers, okay? So, they are doing metalhead and it looks like metalhead will have Iron Grenadier branding. So, if they have the Iron Grenadier, the basic Iron Grenadier trooper, it seems like, it seems logical that a classified version of Destro version two should follow. And I like the Iron Grenadiers. The Iron Grenadiers are pretty cool. So, that's something that I think, I think we can look forward to. And, yeah, I think that's, it's a positive thing. They're moving in a really cool direction. Comic Tropes says, Crimson, Lobotomax, that's any day now. You know, why not? Just do it. You know, okay. Obviously, I think the Lunar Ticks aliens are ridiculous. And in fact, a lot of the 90s gimmicks are kind of ridiculous. But having said that, I do know there are lots of fans of 90s G.I. Joe. And I think that is a well that they could go back to more often because a lot of our younger fans are fans that came into G.I. Joe from the 90s. And that's something that that's a group that may be a little bit underserved. So they're giving us Metalhead, which is an iconic 90s character in Iron Grenadiers branding. Something that is a character that was very memorable from the Deke animated series. So the Lunar Ticks aliens, I think might be a stretch, might be a stretch, but I think I would be okay with them serving the 90s fans a bit more. There is another group of fans that I think Super 7 is trying to serve, but is having a hard time. And this is where we need to talk about something that is not going quite as well. Renegade Biker, is there a mailing address? We're going to send something to him. Obviously, there is. He has an address, but you would have to ask him. I can't give out his address. I can't send a couple of things to him, but he obviously gave me his information not to disseminate. But if you reach out to him, he may be able to give that to you. Let's talk about Super 7 because that's a doozy, right? That's one that's not going well. And I've been checking back, that's comic tropes is right on the money as you might say. And Nyquist, yeah, 500 bucks. The Cobra Mothership, which is in the 118th scale, so it's scaled for vintage figures. It includes some cool stuff. It includes an O-ring figure. And there's an expansion pack that you can get with a squad of O-ring figures. And that's really cool, especially for fans of O-ring G.I. Joe who are not getting that stuff right now. There's nobody else making anything for them. Well, okay, G.I. Joe's not making anything for them. There's some awesome third party O-ring figures that are happening right now. If you like O-ring, there's actually a really good time to look into third party sources, awesome stuff going on. But as far as specifically G.I. Joe, there's not really a lot of it out there right now. But the $500 Cobra Mothership, it may be a bit of an ask. I'm not getting it. It's too much for me. And even if it weren't, that's not really in my wheelhouse. The Super 7 stuff, I think Super 7 is very smartly focusing on nostalgia around the animated series, which is where the Cobra Mothership comes from anyway. And I think that makes perfect sense, especially for their five point of articulation, simplified figures. I think those figures kind of lend themselves to that kind of really basic design and color scheme that looks like animation, right? That's all cool and well and good. But $500, that's a big ask. That's a big ask for fans. And it's not making a lot of progress. I've been checking back periodically. And the line on that thing is not moving very quickly, sometimes not moving at all for days. So that doesn't bode well. I'm not going to tell everybody to go out there and buy it because if $500 is too much for you, then you can't justify that. Or if this is something that you just don't need or want, then at any price you shouldn't have to go get it. But it's definitely not a good thing for GI Joe if a licensed crowdfunded project fails, right? That doesn't bode well. I don't want, okay, to Super7 and Hasbro who are definitely watching and listening right now. And of course they are. I mean, who wouldn't listen to the wisdom emanating from this oracle right here? So of course they're listening. So let me say to everybody, you know, don't lose your minds over this if it doesn't work out. It may not necessarily be a lack of interest. But I mean, you may have found the top end of the price scale, the price point that people are willing to shell out at any one time on GI Joe. That's a big ask. Hello, Firefly. I just wanted to say hello to you. It's nice to see you. It's got the footprint of a piece of furniture and it's wider than the flag. Yes, it is enormous. And Comic Tropes was able to see it at New York Comic Con. Thank you again, Chris, for checking that out. I really appreciate it. It's big. It's really big. That's fair to bring up because that's another issue that some folks may have with it. Even if you are interested in it and even if you can't afford it, it's really big. You may not have the space for it. That would be my issue. I got in on the Haslab Dragonfly and that thing is huge and I already don't know where I'm going to put that. I would have to live in the Cobra mothership. I'll have to move my bed in there in order to have space in this place for that thing. It is enormous. I think I understand in any way why Super 7 went that way. If you're going to do a high-end crowd-funded project, some kind of special project, that you couldn't financially justify doing any other way. This is way too big to ever put out at retail. That's just not feasible. The only way to do it is to try to get the funding through preorders. It's a conditional preorder is what it is. I understand why they did it. If you're going to do something like that, it really needs to be something special. You can't just do a fang helicopter as a crowd-funded thing. It's got to be something big. It's got to be something substantial. It's got to be something that people will be interested in. It's got to be something that you can't get any other way. I understand that. Man, that's a big ask. That's a big ask. The base vehicle is $500. I believe I've seen folks post their receipts for when they ordered it and they signed up for it. Tax on top of that. I don't believe that includes shipping either. Add-ons, it's much more than $500 at the end of the day. I understand why they did it, but I just don't think... I think that you've reached that tipping point that it has to be bigger, but now it's too big. It has to be big enough for people to want to buy it, but now it's too big for people to be able to buy it. I want to see everything related to GI Joe succeed. I want GI Joe to win. The more we succeed, the more GI Joe we will get. That has been the case. The classified series has been doing well enough that we're getting more classified. The Super 7 series is licensed, but it's been doing well enough that we're getting more Super 7 stuff. That's good. It has been the case that the more successful GI Joe has been, the more of GI Joe we get. I want to caution everyone, don't lose your minds if the Super 7 mothership doesn't fund. It's not good. Failure is never good. I'm not a silver lining kind of guy. Failure is never in itself good. Success would be better, but if it doesn't fail, please don't look at that as the end of the world when GI Joe is done. GI Joe is not done. I just think maybe that's not the project that realistically can succeed. This is all assuming that it doesn't succeed. There's still a lot of time left. They could get a surge there at the end that tips it over the line in which case they'll just point and laugh at me and be like, haha, what an idiot. Do I look like an idiot? Do I look like a complete moron? Despite the fact that I look like an extremely stable genius, I might in fact be a total moron. If it does end up funding, well, then good. Then disregard everything that I said. Just ignore the last, I don't know, 20 minutes or so of the show. But anyway, is that everything I was going to talk about? Like I said, I'm not working from notes. I'm not working from notes, but I'm trying to remember everything. We talked about assembly required. That's in Des Moines. That's this weekend. That's coming up. I will be there. Please come and see me. I will not look like this. I'm not bringing this. So look like, look, you know, refer to previous images of me to see what I will look like. Look for me there. Love to see everyone. Oh, no, it's black Halloween cat. Look, spooky. Okay, go away. There we go. He muted the mic. Thanks a lot. I was, I was on your side. I've been telling people all month that black cats are not bad luck. And then within two seconds of coming up here, you unplug the mic, you mute the mic, and I got to fix it. Anyway. So anyway, assembly required. Half the battle Christmas charity coming up. I will share. Oh, thank you. Joe fan 84. He sends a super chat and says Mr. S wants everyone to know his bag is absolutely full to the brim. And we're heading home now. Happy Halloween to everyone. Congratulations, Mr. S on the Halloween candy loot. Now, please give me my share. I will be expecting my kickback. Okay. That's how this works. I get 20%. I get 20%. So just send me 20% of your candy and we're good. But congratulations and happy Halloween, Mr. S. Gray Fox says just tuning in is this battle core. Hoodie Coco. It might be this is after all. The best in the world. As soon as I figure out something to get revenge on, I am going to be revenging all over that place. So, so yes, it's, um, I'm in quite a festive mood. where this show started and as soon as this show is over, I got to work more. Yay, that's my life, man. But yeah, so, but if you're in the Des Moines, Iowa area, please come by. Please say hi. The show, Assembly Required, it's not an expensive show to come in. So please come, please say hello and I'll be there. I'm going to shoot some of the next review video while I'm there. And hopefully when I get back, I'll be ready to start editing. I can actually get you guys a new video. I'm trying to get stuff out on a more regular basis, but unfortunately, more regular basis doesn't necessarily mean weekly because, well, a couple of reasons. First of all, I've been really, really busy with many other things. Black cat, the destroyer of worlds done. Yeah, that's, yeah, he's over here destroying worlds. That's what he's doing. Also, hello, Christian Bricks. Nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here. What was I saying? Okay, so yeah, Assembly Required, video coming, working on it, did a lot of shooting on it. Hopefully be ready to edit by the time I get back. That'll be awesome. And what else was I supposed to talk about? I think that was it. After this show, I believe what's on JoeMind is live today, right? So I'm having a hard time keeping up with anything. So my apologies to everyone. You know, if you have a show, lately, I probably haven't kept up with it the way that I would like to. I'm barely keeping up with my own stuff. So I'm having a very hard time keeping up with other people's stuff, but I'm trying to do better. I'm trying to do better. And yeah, Comic Tropes points out, so we've got something, we've got something big coming, at least I hope it will be big, for JoeFest in Augusta. So I know that JoeFest is like half a year away or more, more than that. But also, Cobra Convergence is normally we wouldn't start planning that until January. But because, you know, we're trying to do something special. We're having to, you know, kind of work on these things early. Oh, hey, hello, Toy Connections. Thank you very much for being here. Oh, and what's on JoeMind is running a supercut tonight. That's nice. Frankly, I could use a supercut. So thank you, what's on JoeMind for doing a supercut, because frankly, I could use one. I know my hair is fabulous, but I could use a trim. I could use a slight trim. So thank you for the supercut on what's on JoeMind. But yes, anyway, I don't want to give away too much yet, because well, because there's not a lot to give away yet. We're still very in the very early stages of working on it. But at JoeFest, coming up in Augusta in June, there will be a booth and a presence for Cobra Convergence specifically, and a Cobra Convergence panel at JoeFest. So we will, we're gonna try to make it big. We're gonna try to make it big. We're gonna try to make it special. But to do that, we're trying to get started on it now, so we can have some hope, some hope of having it done on time. Oh, hello. Thank you, Josiah, for the super chat. He says, does Toy Connections want to break any news tonight? So Toy Connections, have you any news to break? I don't know. You got news? Well, you know what? I was about to say talk about Ken, but I don't want to tell Tails out of school. I don't want to jump the gun on anything that Ken's doing. I want to, he should be able to announce things when he's ready to. So, but I have been talking with Ken about some of the plans for JoeFest. Well, I've been talking to a lot of people about the plans for JoeFest, but it's coming up. It's coming up. What would all of you want for a Cobra Convergence Booth Art collection displays something else? That's a good question because I think the presence is going to be significant. See, the nice thing about JoeFest in 2024 is that it's going to be late in June, whereas this year it was early in June. It was really too early to announce a lot of the Cobra Convergence stuff that was going to launch in July. Well, this time, it's right before Cobra Convergence 8 launches, so the timing is really good. The timing is really good to do something special related to Cobra Convergence at JoeFest. Toy Connection says, Delta 17 shipment is on the water and on the way to North America. Delta 17, that is something you must check into. Speaking of third-party toys, it's a great time for third-party action figures and Delta 17. I was able to see their samples at JoeFest this year. They look fantastic. It says, HCC and I have collaboration with Kelly Slaughter airing Friday. That's right. If you're on Patreon, you saw it early. Thank you, Ken, for letting my patrons get an early access of that. I really appreciate it. Thanks to the Super Chat Josiah, HCC, and Kelly did great. Thank you very much. I think Kelly did very well. Kelly's got a very good announcer voice. Kelly Slaughter, she's got a good presence. I just try to keep up. Ken was there when I did the recording of my part, so he saw how many attempts it took for me to say simple lines. Simple lines. I lose the ability to speak English and say intelligible words. Yes, Bart. Toy Connections is in the house. That is correctamundo. What was I saying? I think that's it. It is Halloween. I'm missing out on some of the live chat. Rainier Barker says, I conclude my Cobra Glass showcase at the upcoming Cobra Convergence event. Yes, absolutely. As usual, there will be a call for new participants in Cobra Convergence. I really want Cobra Convergence 8 to be the biggest. I really want it to be special. They're all special, but we've tried to make it a bigger and more significant event each year. I'd like for us to really step it up in 2024. Thanks for mentioning that, Renegade Barker. At some point, probably after January, I'll start doing calls for Cobra Convergence participants. We'll try to get it going. We'll try to get everyone in who wants to be in and who's actually creating something related to GI Joe that really should be in the event. I'm going to do my best. I always miss a few people. Every year, I always miss a few people who really should have been in, but I didn't get them in the event and I'm always like, okay, well, I've got to get them next year. Jamelyn Park says, how is Marianne? Marianne is well. She is probably trick-or-treating with her child right about now. That's why she's not here. She is halloweening with her child. Actually, I saw her earlier today and she's doing quite well. Cometrope says, I think the folks at the CCA table should be in cosplay. I sort of have an idea. Anyway, okay. Some of these things I haven't even talked to anybody about because they're just in the idea phase. I like to hold on to an idea for a few minutes before I start tossing it out there because sometimes when you get ideas, they sound like they're really good ideas, but you sleep on them for a few days and then you're like, that actually wasn't that good an idea and I'm glad I didn't talk to anybody about it because that would have been just dumb. But I got some ideas still in the idea phase, but the Cobra Convergence presence at Jofest should be significant. I'm pretty sure. At least it's going to be the best I can do, which I don't know. You've seen what I can do. My powers are limited, but I'll do the best I can. I'm surrounded by books, mainly. I had to do a lot, a lot, lot of research for the next video that's coming up. Oh, thank you, Josiah. Josiah, thank you for the super chat. It says, cooler, what's on Joe Mine's shirt to wear at Jofest, classic logo or Sergeant C-nugs. I like the C-nugs. I like the classic logo. Don't get me wrong. I like the classic logo. I have a t-shirt with the classic logo. I don't have a C-nugs. Maybe I should get a C-nugs. You raise a good question. Perhaps I will get a C-nugs for the show. I got to go look at their merch page and see if I can get a C-nugs. Comic Trope says, I always wanted to go to Jofest, but I don't know if I'd have enough to do. Is one day plenty? Well, it depends on when you go. There's the show with the panels and the floor show. I assume Sergeant Slaughter will be back. I think he tries to go every year. A lot of it is the after-party. The after-party is significant. The game show, the karaoke night, just everything. There would be plenty to do. As long as you are outside of your hotel room, there's the huge toy swap that they do. There are impromptu meet-ups in the hotel. When I say impromptu meet-ups in the hotel, it's not, well, I actually can't prove that it isn't anything dirty. There probably are some naughty meet-ups in the hotel. That's none of my business. Outside of the rooms, people hanging out. There's a lot to do. There's a lot to do. We had a pizza party. I planned a gathering at the Mellow Mushroom. I called in early to have a table available. We ended up waiting for a significant amount of time. Won't do that again. Won't do that again. Hello, Woodman29. It's nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here. You know what? The important thing is that Bart was there. Once Bart's there, then you know it's a party. The thing about Joe Fest and really a lot of the GI Joe-centered conventions is that they're significantly smaller than your Comic-Cons in your major cities. Because of that, you can really make some actual connections. You can really meet people and really spend a significant amount of time with people, including the people doing the panels, the celebrities there for the signatures. You can actually spend some real time with people. That's what most of us do. I'm looking forward to it, especially the karaoke night. Not because I'm going to sing. I don't do karaoke. People pay me not to sing. But Marianne has a special song that she's already committed to doing with another participant there. Yes, that'll be amusing. Anyway, we've got about seven minutes. I'm going to wrap it up. I don't want you guys to miss the Supercut. I definitely don't want to miss the Supercut. I mean, look at this. It's not that, but it should be equally entertaining. Just to recap, and then I will wrap things up here because I've got to go back to work. Of course, I'm not done working. What? I've only been working like 6.30 this morning. Of course, I'm not done. To recap, assembly required in Des Moines, Iowa. This weekend, I will be there. Half the battle Christmas charity event coming up. We'll share that when that goes live. GI Joe Stove, classified vamp and clutch and so forth. Classified his tank looks gorgeous. Super 7, mothership. I mean, it looks nice, but it is struggling to get the fumbling. So I hope it goes well. But as I said before, that's a big ask. Cobra Convergence presence at Joe Fest 2024 should be significant. I'm really tired and I need to probably go to sleep. I'm probably going to have some kind of psychotic breakdown due to lack of sleep deprivation. That's a bad thing. You really got to keep you got to make sure to get your rest. The brain starts to not work properly when you're asleep deprived for too long. And that's I'm there. I'm there. So oh yeah. Hold on. Comic tropes. We didn't talk about that at all. GI Joe number 301, Cobra Commander number one, Duke number one, all coming soon, all of which I do intend to get. I will get all of them. I've been feeling more positive about the image skybound GI Joe than I was before. I'm encouraged. Of course, you got to read it. There's no substitute for actually looking at it and experiencing it. But I was pretty concerned about the direction they were going when they first announced it and a few details got out. But as we learn more, I feel a little better about it. So knock on wood. That's not wood. It will it will go well and it'll actually be good. And the most important thing is it has got to resonate with a current comic book audience. That's GI Joe needs relevance. GI Joe needs a current audience, not just a nostalgia audience. So that's, I think that's the important thing. We'll do. Okay, hold on. I can I can sort of see with I got my glasses on. I can sort of see K dog will do be about his shadowy agent past. I don't know we will find out or is the rightful spot as the leader of GI Joe and boyfriend of scarlet. You're okay. I'm banning K dog. I'm kidding. I'm not. And the comic tropes it starts with him leading a new team to investigate both Cobra and transformers. And hopefully, you know, he through his investigation, he will find that transformers doesn't require that much attention. So, you know, focus on Cobra. That's that's what I'm hoping he will find in in his in his investigation. Robbie Rosary, who is is a comic book a fish Yanado says, I like transformers one and I rarely like transformers comics. Well, that's that's also encouraging. The thing about the GI Joe transformers crossovers is that you know, I don't want to be the dead horse, but I've in general have not enjoyed the crossovers. It's very hard to balance GI Joe and transformers in the same story. They're just made with different purposes. They're different scales. They, you know, one's more of a cosmic thing and one is more of a grounded thing. And they they they do not mesh easily. So so yes, but it's encouraging. That's all that's all I can say right now is it's encouraging. And I hope I hope it goes well. But I see that it is it's about time for us to wrap up. We got about about one minute. So thank you for joining me for this Halloween the revenge episode. I mean, look at me. Look at me. I am wearing the literal face of evil. So of course, I'm revenging on someone I don't know who I'm revenging on. Nobody really comes to mind that I would revenge upon. But as soon as I think of that person, they better watch out. Because I'm gonna be revenging. Oh, I'm gonna be revenging. Just see if I don't just try to stop me from revenging. Another super chat from just I thank you. Watson Joe mine shirts on sale at key public now. Yes. And I do have I have a couple. I have three. I have three Watson Joe mine shirts because they did a shirt for Cobra Convergence five five. It's one of them. But I've got I got the Cobra Convergence shirt. I've got the the the the Mark Weber off target. And I've got the basic. I've got the basic logo shirt. Um, anyway, but but before I go, before I go, let me take this mask off. Just once. Let me look upon you with my own eyes. Look upon you with my own eyes. You're all blurry. I can't see you. I can't actually look upon you with my own eyes. Well, hello. Hello JLS comics. It's nice to see you. But in fact, you you came just just at the end of the show. So I will wrap up so we can all go to to supercuts with Watson Joe mine. And I will see you all again next Tuesday. And hopefully if all goes well, after that, I will have a really significant review video for you should be a pretty big one. So anyway, good night, everyone. Have a great Halloween gets lots of candy. Be careful. Check the candy to make sure there's no LSD in it. Or I mean, if there is a LSD in it, just save those for yourself. Don't give that to the kids. You know, that that's for later. That's for mom and dad later. But but have a great Halloween. And and we'll see you all next week. Bye, everyone. Thanks. See you later.