 Susan, you have to see this. I got it. I really got it. What is it? It's this. Don't you already have this? No, no. This is new. Hold on. I'll show you. This is the one I had before. They're the same. They're not the same. This one has a shovel. And it is the five-year anniversary of the channel. It is with great pride that I can also announce this channel has surpassed 8,000 subscribers. I can only thank all of you for this channel's success. The viewers have made it happen. They have stepped up. They have helped and supported me. They deserve all the credit. If you clicked on this video to see a G.I. Joe review, you will get that. But I also need to comment on what the fans mean to G.I. Joe. Right now, we are G.I. Joe. The fans have kept the love alive. I invited everyone who watches this channel to participate in the five-year celebration. At the end of this video, I will play all the messages I received. Thank you all. Thanks for what you've done for me, and thanks for what you've done for G.I. Joe. For this review, I chose a rare G.I. Joe toy. It fits with the theme this year, and it has a special meaning to me. It's not a toy I had as a child. I didn't even know about it until I was an adult collector. I discovered this toy by watching another YouTube creator, FormBX257. At the time, I was alone, depressed, essentially homeless, crashing at a friend's house until I figured out what I was going to do with my life. In desperation to calm my mind, I searched YouTube to see if anyone was talking about G.I. Joe. I found Kevin, FormBX257, and I watched all of his videos. I saw all the toys I loved as a child, and I learned about toys that I never knew about. One of them was the Sears Exclusive Vamp Hal 2 Pack. It was a variation of a toy I loved as a kid, and it was very rare. It seemed unattainable. This year, I got it, and not only did I get it, I also got a lesser-known variation of that vamp. There's nothing special about owning old plastic. There's nothing admirable about buying things. What makes this special is that it completes a mission that started on that terrible day when I needed something to lift me up, and I found FormBX257. HCC788 presents the Sears Exclusive Vamp and Hal. This is the 1984 Sears Exclusive Vamp and Hal. This two-pack of vehicles was sold only in 1984 and only at Sears stores. They were advertised in Sears catalogs. The Sears release of the vamp and the Hal did not include action figures, even though the standard retail releases did. The regular retail release of the vamp included clutch and the regular release of the Hal included grand slam. Just looking at the outside of the box, this set looks like a straight reissue of the old vehicles. Kids may not have been enticed to buy toys they already had. Even if a kid didn't already have these vehicles, there was a lot of new and exciting stuff in 1984. I could see a lot of kids passing on this set in favor of some of the other great vehicles released that year. In the case of the Hal, it was a straight reissue of the retail version. No differences between the retail Hal and the Sears Hal have been identified. The vamp on the other hand was another story. Kids who picked up this set would have a variation of the vamp that would become rare and sought after. We actually have two variations of the Sears vamp to look at in this video. Before the launch of the G.I. Joe, a real American hero line in 1982, Sears had a history of releasing exclusive G.I. Joe toys. Sears has been selling exclusive G.I. Joe toys since the late 1960s. In 1969, Sears released a special version of the G.I. Joe space capsule. In 1970, they released the Super Adventure set. There are other exclusive Sears G.I. Joe toys in the 12-inch era. Hasbro and Sears apparently had a close relationship. That relationship continued into the real American hero era. Creating exclusives for retailers usually involves reissued product, but most of the time they will change the color to distinguish it from the standard release. They didn't bother to do that with this set. The first real American hero Sears exclusive started in 1982 with the Cobra Missile Command headquarters. It was a very simple cardboard play set that included the only three Cobra action figures available at that time. The next Sears exclusive was the 1984 vamp and howl, the set we're looking at in this review. The 1982 Cobra headquarters command center was also sold in 1983, but there was no new Sears exclusive for 1983. In 1985, there were two Sears exclusive G.I. Joe releases. There was the Crimson Attack Tank and the SMS, both Cobra vehicles. Sears released more Cobra related sets than G.I. Joe. In 1986, Sears had another two exclusive G.I. Joe releases. The Dreadnock aerosalt and the Dreadnock ground assault. I do not have those two sets to show you. And that was about it for Sears. Later G.I. Joe exclusives mostly went to Toys R Us and Target. Let's focus on the vamp right now. We'll take a closer look at the howl a little later. The vamp is based loosely on a couple real world vehicles, the Lamborghini Cheetah and the FMC XR311. Both prototype vehicles from the 1970s that never saw full production. The designer for the vamp for Hasbro was Wayne Luther. Early design drawings of the vamp looked more like the Cheetah. Some features were cut and the vehicle was downsized before production. Pre-production artwork refers to the vamp as the FMC XR or the XR311 Jeep. The first release of the vamp was in 1982. It was re-released in 1983. There is no difference between the 82 and the 83 vamps except the 83 vamp came with the swivel arm version of the driver clutch. This 1982 vamp is the original and it is the baseline by which all variations are measured. In 1984 we got the vamp Mark II, an updated version of the vamp in a desert brown color and it had the second version of the clutch action figure. That same year in 1984 we got the Cobra Stinger, a black Cobra version of that classic GI Joe vehicle. Looking great in black by the way. The Cobra Stinger came with an action figure, the Stinger driver. Since the Sears Exclusive vamp was also released in 1984, the vamp was available in three different flavors that year. In 1986 there was the Sears Exclusive Dreadnock Ground Assault four wheel drive vehicle. Unfortunately, I don't have that one to show you. That was a recolored reissue of the Stinger. In 1988 we got the Mail Away vamp Mark II. It was advertised as being basically the same vehicle as the 1984 vamp Mark II. But kids who have mailed away for this vehicle got something very different. The color was drastically different from the retail release and it had a lot of features from the original vamp. Please note the vamp Mark II I have here is not complete. It did have the doors, the roof, and the missile box like the retail release. In 1989 we got the Tiger Force Tiger Sting. Obviously the colors are a lot different, but it has a lot of the same features as the vamp Mark II. But not all of the same features. It's another hybrid between the vamp and the vamp Mark II. It's actually pretty close to the Mail Away vamp except for the colors. Let's take a look at the points of variation among the green vamps. Again, using the original vamp release as a baseline, we can see how the sears releases are different. And again, I have two variations of that sears release. The first thing you're going to look for is the shovel on the hood. The original vamp did not have a shovel on the hood and the sears release did. But there is a sears vamp without the shovel on the hood. It would be very easy to mistake this for a regular retail release. But the no shovel variant does have the other points of difference, so you can still distinguish it from the regular retail release. The sears vamp has these notches on the pillars for the roll cage. They're very small. They'd be very easy to miss. But the retail vamp did not have those. So that is something to keep an eye on. The notches come from the 1984 vamp Mark II, and they act as stoppers for the hinges on the doors. Of course, the sears vamp did not come with doors, but it still has the notches. Those little notches can help you distinguish the non-shovel variant of the sears vamp from the regular retail release. It will still have those notches. The regular retail release will not. For the final variation, we've got to look at the underside. The original retail release vamp will say Hasbro Industries Inc. Copyright 1982. On the sears exclusive vamp on the underside, it will say Hasbro Industries Inc. Copyright 1984. And yes, the no shovel variant also has that 1984 date stamp on the bottom. The sears version of the vamp is a hybrid of the original 1982 vamp and the vamp Mark II. It has features from both. It is not just a green version of the Mark II body. It has the gun on the hood and the rack for the gas cans in the back, not the pegs. It seems like they had to push this exclusive out when they were still working on updates for the mold. It looks like a work in progress. All the sears vamps that I've been able to find have the original 1982 vamp dashboard and steering wheel. There are allegedly some that have the Stinger or vamp Mark II dashboard and steering wheel. I haven't been able to get my hands on that variant and Yojo.com does not list it. For something like that, I would be concerned that someone has married a sears vamp body with a Mark II or Stinger chassis. If you run across this one, check for signs of tampering. If it can be verified that a vamp with an updated dashboard actually came out of the sears vamp hal box, then it may be a legitimate variation. I just can't confirm it. Let's look at the parts and the features of the vamp and overall it has a light green color offset with dark gray. I like the color. Even though it's green, like all other vehicles from 1982, the lighter color helps it stand out. It provides a nice contrast with the darker green of the hal. In the front, we have a couple sticker headlights, a dark gray bumper and a brush bar, and a molded in non-functional winch. On the hood, of course, we have that all-important shovel. It's strange that a shovel could look so beautiful, but for a collector, it looks like gold. The shovel was an innovation for 1984. None of the earlier vamps had it, but the vamp Mark II had the shovel as did the stinger. After that, most vamp releases used the mold with the shovel, but not all. A few went back to the old 1982 no shovel mold. Vamp releases with the shovel included the vamp Mark II, the stinger, the sears vamp, of course, and the sears dreadnought ground assault vehicle. The vamps without the shovel, and again we're talking about 1984 and later, include the sears vamp variant, the mail away vamp Mark II, and the Tiger Force Tiger Sting. There is more on the hood than the shovel. There is also this little machine gun looking thing. It is not identified on the blueprints, but it looks like a little bit of extra armament for the vamp. It has four wheels. They are plastic. They are dark gray with green hubcaps. They turn pretty well, pretty easily, but the front wheels do not steer. The two front wheels and the two back wheels are connected with metal dowel axles. Those metal axles are very strong, and it makes the vamp a very tough vehicle. The underside is mostly hollow, but it does have the all-important date stamp. Make sure you turn over all your vamps and look on the underside. Next we have the roll cage. It has a couple angled pillars and some bars across the top, and this can be a weak point. It tends to break on all four of the points where it connects to the main body of the vehicle, so do be cautious about that. The Sears vamp did not come with clutch, but I'm going to borrow clutch for a moment so I can demonstrate putting a figure in the vehicle and also show you something that is a problem with all versions of the vamp. This crossbar on the roll cage is too low. It actually goes right across the eyes of the driver. It makes the vehicle feel a little undersized for these figures. That crossbar does have a rear view mirror. That's a nice touch. No side mirrors though. The inside of the cab is dark gray. We have two seats with a center console and a gear shift, and a pretty plain dashboard. There is some nice technical detail in the section behind the seats. On that dashboard is a green steering wheel. It does not turn, but it is removable, and because it is removable, it is a frequently missing part. The column for the steering wheel is keyed, so it only goes in one way. Once it goes in, it does stay in fairly well. I don't think the steering wheel gets in the way of the action figure, so I would just leave it in, don't risk losing it. I do like that technical detail behind the driver, and there is a small rear window. There's no clear plastic on any of this. The cab is entirely open. Who should drive this special vamp? The box art shows Rackondo driving with Mutt riding shotgun, and those choices are as good as any, I guess, but I put it to you. If clutch is not an option, who is your go-to vamp driver? Moving to the back, we have the main armament for the vamp, this gun turret. The blueprints call this gun a machine gun 7.62 millimeter computer synchronized. It is on a small green turret. The gun itself is dark gray, it can rotate all the way around, 360 degrees, and it can elevate, and has quite good elevations, so it could be used for anti-aircraft. The machine gun itself has some nice detail. It's in a dark gray. On the starboard side of the machine gun, there is this tab, and by moving this tab forward and back, the barrels move with it. So this simulates alternating recoil. Fans have wondered how this gun is operated. The only way to control it is from inside the cab. There are no controls directly on the gun. There is no platform or seat for a gun operator in the back, so it must be controlled from the driver's or passenger seat. In the G.I. Joe comic book, in issue number 7, Clutch reveals he has a remote control for the gun turret. In the very back, we have a couple tail lights, and we have a rack that holds two gas cans. Each gas can has a unique sticker, so there is can number 1, and can number 2. This is all exactly the same as the retail vamp. The gas cans are hollow. There is no bottom on them, and they have a handle. The handle actually can fit fairly easily in an action figure's hand without stressing the thumbs too much. So the action figure can carry the gasoline can. Take a note of the difference in the cans on this vamp and the regular retail vamp with the vamp mark 2. This one has a rack and the two cans rest in there. The vamp mark 2 has cans that are on pegs that go in holes on the back of the vehicle. That's why I'm saying this is not just a green version of the vamp mark 2 mold. There are differences. What I wish the vamp had is a troop carrying platform like the Stinger. This would have allowed for a gunner in the back, and the vamp could have carried one or two more figures. This would have been more functional than a couple gas cans. And finally we have a universal tow hitch. Of course the vamp would need one to tow the HAL. Now let's look at the HAL. HAL stands for Heavy Artillery Laser. It may also be a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001 Space Odyssey. The HAL was one of two towed weapons in 1982. The other one was the MMS. Both of the 1982 towed weapons came with action figures. The MMS came with Hawke and the HAL came with Grand Slam. There was another smaller gun emplacement from 1982 the FLAC. The FLAC did not include an action figure and it didn't have wheels so it couldn't be towed. The closest Cobra equivalent would be the 1984 Cobra ASP. The ASP was a towable cannon like the HAL and it was in that classic Cobra blue. Some fans have pointed out the oddity of referring to a laser as artillery. We tend to think of artillery as a shell firing gun that lobs a projectile at a ballistic trajectory on the enemy. That's generally how conventional artillery works. The word artillery just refers to a large caliber gun with a range longer than infantry small arms. In earlier usages of the word artillery was more or less synonymous with cannon. The HAL, a cannon with two large laser barrels and long range qualifies as artillery in the broadest sense of the word. As a towed weapon the HAL was less popular than some other vehicles in 1982. It isn't self powered it's only mobile in conjunction with another vehicle. It can be towed by the vamp and the MOBAT, the motorized battle tank. That being the case it's convenient for the HAL to come with its own transportation. The original HAL was stationary unless you bought another toy to go with it. The original release of the HAL in 1982 came with Grand Slam that would have been the straight arm version of Grand Slam. When it was in 1983 it had the swivel arm version of Grand Slam with updated articulation and of course also in 1983 there was another version of Grand Slam that came with the jump jet pack. The Sears release of the HAL came with no action figures. Unlike the vamp there does not seem to be any variation between the Sears HAL and the regular retail release. Let's take a look at the parts and the features of the HAL. Overall it is a dark green color. It's a very nice pseudo military look for a science fiction weapon. If a real GI Joe team were to have lasers they would look like this. They would look like military weapons. In the front we have the barrel tips. There are two barrels and this is a frequent break point. These barrel tips can be a bit fragile and do tend to break frequently. There is a lot of great technical detail all over the main body of the HAL. It is really nice looking really excellent detail and all of it looks great in that dark green. Following all that exceptional detail all the way down the main body of the laser cannon in the back it has some vents. There are some kill marks on the side of the cannon looks like aircraft so that does hint at an anti-aircraft role for the HAL. Artillery can be used for anti-aircraft so the HAL can still be artillery if it is an anti-aircraft gun. On the starboard side of the HAL there is the control seat. The seat itself is brown. There is a stair step up to the control platform. That's a nice touch and there is a foot peg on the floor board. I don't usually use that. It's at kind of an awkward position for the figure and I don't think you necessarily need it. On the main body of the cannon there is a control stick for the operator. Even though this HAL did not come with grand slam, I'm going to borrow grand slam so I can demonstrate how to put a figure in the seat just bend his knees and place him in. No back peg. There is that foot peg but like I said it's at an awkward placement for the figure to actually use. He does stay in but maybe not as securely as he could with some extra support and maybe from a back peg. There is a computer control screen in front of the seat. It is in brown plastic. That brown does provide a bit of color variation against that dark green. There is a sticker on the screen and it looks like the HAL is targeting a red airplane. That does confirm its anti-aircraft role. This operating station provides no protection for the gunner at all. But the HAL may not be a frontline weapon so that may not necessarily be a problem. Since the HAL is a cannon it can move like a cannon. It's mounted on this ring that can rotate 360 degrees. It can also elevate with a ratchet and that ratchet is accomplished with a flat metal piece inside the body of the HAL that runs across teeth and when the HAL elevates it makes a sickening sound that sounds exactly like plastic breaking. I'm not a big fan of that ratcheting sound I do feel like I'm going to break the toy every time I move it. It's not quite so bad moving down but moving it up makes a terrible terrible noise. The HAL stands on three legs. This is its emplacement mode. It has two long front legs that swing out and one back leg that holds the wheels up off the ground. The wheels are dark gray and really nice. They are connected with a metal dowel axle similar to the vamp so they're very sturdy really nice looking wheels. There are no exposed mushroom clips like what you got on 90s vehicles. These wheels appear to be the same or very similar to the wheels on the 1982 MMS. But the HAL is a toad weapon. It can be moved. So let's put it in its mobile mode. First you have to fold this back leg up. It will swing back and it will wedge in so it will stay up. But the hinge doesn't stay in very well so this thing does tend to pop out frequently and that is a very frequently missing part. With the back leg folded up the wheels now touch the ground. Let's turn our attention to the front legs. These two long front legs each have a loop and they swing. You can swing them together and overlap those loops and it will now fit on a universal tow hitch like the one on the vamp. Let's go ahead and place the HAL's tow loops on the tow hitch for the vamp. And there you go the set is complete. Looking at how the vamp and the HAL were used separately in GI Joe media. In the cartoon the vamp first appeared in the 1983 GI Joe mini series A Real American Hero. We first saw it in Part 3 which is surprising considering how popular the vehicle was. I would expect it to be in the first part or in all the parts. The vamp was also animated for commercials. The vamp didn't make many animated appearances at least not in its original form. It was phased out because there were newer toys to sell. The HAL had a couple very brief appearances in the animated series. It had a total screen time of about 5 seconds. If you blink you'll miss it. In the GI Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics they both appeared in issue number one. The HAL was featured on the inside cover. It incorrectly identifies flash as the operator. In the comic book the vamp is the first real GI Joe vehicle we see when clutch drives hawk to GI Joe headquarters. Later in that issue the HAL is towed by the vamp. The perfect combo. The HAL is used to take out tanks not aircraft. The vamp was used far more frequently in the comic book than the HAL. But the HAL did have an odd moment in the spotlight in issue number three when the Joe's threw it down an elevator shaft to stop a giant robot. Even the ever popular vamp was phased out of the comic book in favor of newer vehicles including the updated vamp mark two. Looking at the vamp and HAL two pack overall I've already reviewed the vamp and the HAL separately so you already know what I think of them. The vamp is great. It's a very versatile vehicle. I like the original green. I like the gun turret more than the missiles that later releases came with. It's not perfect. A platform in the back would have been more useful than the gas cans. It could have had a gunner. The HAL looks fantastic and it fills a role on the team. If GI Joe was going to have lasers I'd rather they look like this. It looks ready for field use. It isn't red or orange or purple. It is army green. The HAL is a little short on features though. Standing alone it doesn't provide enough play value. Its main feature, its mobility can only be used in conjunction with another vehicle. The combination of the vamp and the HAL as a Sears exclusive didn't really give kids anything new. At best it gave them a second chance at these toys if they didn't pick up the regular retail releases. The combination helps the HAL a little bit because it came with a vehicle to tow it. The more important thing to me is that it expands my GI Joe experience. I thought I was immersed in GI Joe as a child but as an adult I have discovered so much more. I enjoy the nostalgia but I enjoy discovery more. That was my review of the Sears exclusive vamp HAL 2 pack. Thank you for 5 great years. I am not exaggerating when I say this has probably been the best 5 years of my life. I loved GI Joe when I was growing up. I never imagined I'd still be talking about it today. I never imagined I'd still be discovering new things about these old toys. If you recently found this channel welcome. I'm glad you're here. If you've been following this channel for a long time, thank you for sticking with me. Please consider subscribing to the channel for more GI Joe videos. You can find me on social media, on Facebook and Twitter and I have a website HCC788.com. Thanks to everyone who supports the channel on Patreon. If you like the channel and you'd like to support the channel in that way, please check out Patreon. You can get some special perks and learn how to decode the secret messages you see in these videos. We've talked a lot about the creators of GI Joe and given them credit for creating a toy line that we still remember and talk about. This is about the fans. The fans have kept GI Joe alive when there are no toys on the shelves and no movies on the screens. And that's what this anniversary celebration is really about. Now I'm going to turn the video over to you. These are the messages you sent me for the anniversary. Thank you for participating. Let's keep it going for another 5 years. And in all that time, always remember, only GI Joe is GI Joe. Happy 5th Anniversary Hooded Cobra Commander 788. This little cobra salute is for you. Hey, hey, Brian. I just wanted to say congratulations on 5 years doing your show. You've got a lot to be proud of. 5 years of reviews. You've created Cobra Convergence. And a review of a big playset or vehicle every year. Wow! My head's off to you. Figuratively speaking. It's been great seeing your channel grow and getting so many people involved in the GI Joe community. And you know what? 5 years is just the beginning. Here's to the next 5 years. I'm sure we're all going to have a lot of fun. And to commemorate this great occasion I'll do you a great honor. Actually, get your name right. Congratulations HCC 788. Well, I hope you're enjoying yourself and I'll see you very soon. And I remember, only GI Joe is GI Joe. You caught me playing the GI Joe song perfectly on this violin. My name is Chris and I host the YouTube show Comic Tropes where I review comic books every week. And I just wanted to take a moment to say to Hooded Cobra Commander 788 or Hoodie Coco as I like to call you. Thank you so much for not just producing a weekly amazing YouTube show, but also for being such a great friend and sounding board for me because I also do YouTube and I just want to say you have given me not just entertainment, but you've helped me remember a lot of nostalgia for something that I loved growing up and you've reignited a lot of my passion for GI Joe. You produce a fantastic show. Here's to 5 more years. This is Beachhead reporting for GI Joe Burg. Congrats on the first 5 years of HCC and thanks for bringing this Joe community together. Yo Joe! Now drop and give me 20! Hey HCC 788 Congratulations on reaching 5 years on YouTube. It's been a long and sometimes rough road. I know how it can be, but your hard work and dedication really shows in the video content that you produce. So congratulations again and here's to at least another 5 more. Hey B Congratulations on 5 years. That is a milestone and a half of I could only wish to be half as good as you in 5 years. That gosh 5 years man is I remember joining your channel when you're barely a year into it. So the progress you've made is just phenomenal. I know YouTube channels are work in progress but man I think you got it locked. I really do. Congratulations again. It has been a pleasure working with you and knowing you and I wish you many many happy years in the future and thank you for getting me interested in collecting toys again. That has been a big bonus in my life. So all because of you buddy. We'll talk to you later. Bye. Happy 5th anniversary Hooded Cobra Commander 788 Man you have a long name. Wow 5 years on YouTube Congratulations Hooded Cobra Commander 788 That is a huge accomplishment. I love your channel and it's been awesome getting to know you in real life as well as online. Keep up the good work. The reviews are awesome and I've put together something special for you just for this. Happy anniversary Hooded Coco Happy anniversary Hooded Coco Happy anniversary Hooded Coco Happy anniversary to you. Babe I will keep this short and sweet but I am so so proud of everything you've done both on your channel and how you've overcome things in your private life as well. I think you're an amazing guy and I just really really want to be there with you when you go from strength to strength to strength over the again another 5 years and I'm sure everything is going to be even more awesome than it already is. I love you, bro. Look after yourself. Here's to the next 5 years. God bless. Hello, this is Shabu R.U. from Codename New 202. I want to wish HCC 788 a very happy 5th anniversary. Much deserved. There is no one that has given so selflessly to the community. If you think about it everyone this man is a husband a father a professional takes care of his house and then he still makes time to deliver to bring to us our childhood back. There is something about that that is it's beyond explanation my grandfather told me that you should always associate yourself with individuals that have good qualities and bring out the best in you. I'm going to say something personal HCC 788 came into my life in a very dark time I was a victim of a hate crime at work despite my father serving in the marines despite my service and I was a victim of a hate crime I was suffering from PTSD and I would watch FormBX25 in HCC those guys I wrote to Brian and he wrote back and he encouraged me we need to hear your voice you're part of us and that's the beauty of HCC 788 everybody is welcome everybody is a part of this so thank you HCC 788 for being a beacon in our community and hopefully 5 more years I wonder what Timmer is up to congratulations to my good friend hooded cobra commander 788 I've had the privilege of watching your channel grow for many years and look forward to what the future holds for you congratulations and yo jo I'm 5 year anniversary HCC 788 you're awesome hey hooded it's a resi guy I just wanted to chime in on your 5 year anniversary video and thank you for all the hard work and effort you've been doing for the GI Joe community I'm looking forward to 5 more years of your great reviews and great comedy please don't lose that aspect of it and because of you I actually figure in 30 years the other day um welcome to the addiction indeed um hopefully you know we'll have a great next 5 years thanks a lot it's the snake eyes and chuckle show story snake eyes and chuckles special guests Alan Alda Mr. T and Zanzibar and now, here's snake eyes okay good evening folks, it's great to see you all here before we go on our first guest tonight we have a special announcement I'd like to congratulate our friend hooded cobra commander 788 on 5 years of producing high quality youtube videos revealing vintage real American hero GI Joe action figures let's give him a big hand warm congratulations folks congratulations hooded we love your show hey hooded coco photo viper here on location my next photo shoot I just wanted to wish you happy congratulations on 5 years of content you guys are doing great you're amazing keep it up photo viper out this is grunt and I'm just gonna tell you happy 5 year anniversary I'm just playing it's sartan happy 5 year anniversary hooded cobra commander ha ha ha ha wow it 5 years is a long time to keep a youtube channel going I've been watching you for like 4 and I patreon right away and holler at you that occasion thanks for putting all the effort into it for the last 5 years and you know hopefully you can take as long as you want finish it up the rest I'll continue to watch again happy anniversary Brian and thank you again for all that you do hey what's up everybody this is Steve in Salako also known as armor magnus I want to give a huge shout out and congratulations hooded cobra commander happy 788 on your 5 year anniversary what an amazing accomplishment I'm very excited for your success and the success of the channel and I want to thank you for the great content that you provide on a weekly basis and your commitment to the joe community also want to thank you for your inspiration because of you I decided to start my own youtube channel where I review the things that I'm talking about GI Joe and Transformers so thank you for your inspiration again congratulations on your success I'm very excited for you and I'm very excited to see what hooded cobra commander 788 has in store over the next 5 years joe joe happy 5th anniversary to the hooded cobra commander 788 show it has been a great 5 years and I hope to see you again what's up hoody Eric Eman from the great north woods of wisconsin here to say congratulations on 5 years of your channel during which you with your unique style and wit and insight have helped to keep GI Joe alive for fans like me so I just want to express my gratitude for your hard work and dedication because you're an important part of the GI Joe community and I want to wish you many more years to come of even greater success but remember only HCC 788 HCC happy anniversary man 5 years that's amazing just wanted to pop on real quick say thank you for all the great reviews the toys we all know and love you know and it's always a lot of fun watching you review anyway looking forward to the next 5 years I'm sure it'll only get better and better thank you for inviting everybody to celebrate with you and yo jo hey uh by the way that uh special project is almost done it'll be to you soon thanks happy anniversary 4 years huh that hooded cover commander has done it again I shall inform lord serpentor but first I will make a video to congratulate him on his channel's anniversary let me know when we're ready uh sir we're already recording what? I will deal with you later thank you so much hooded cover commander for the great content and amazing work and contribution to the GI Joe community hey hooded cover commander 788 I just wanted to know I just started watching your stuff I really enjoyed it it's uh made me to get some of my old GI Joe's and repaired some of the ones that have dry rotted uh here good congratulations on 5 years here's the 5 more years look forward to see what's your review next and remember only GI Joe is GI Joe but more importantly hello hooded cover commander Marcel here from the Netherlands and I just want to congratulate you with 5 years of GI Joe reviews and I love watching you I love your life audience you and it every review every live stream you do is a joy for me I really must sit down and watch everything you make so keep on the good work and from the Netherlands till next time well I can't believe that HCC 788 has gone for 5 years awesome you have inspired me to make my own channel and buy the figures and vehicles that I reckon I should do hey ACC from my GI Joe toy room awesome Spokane Washington just wanted to give you a quick message to say congratulations on 5 years that's totally sweet thanks for all the awesome toy reviews and funny moments and just helping make the GI Joe community as awesome as it could possibly be here's to another 5 years and as always only GI Joe is GI Joe go hey good to go happy 5 years GI Joe congratulations on 5 years of inspiring videos hooded cover commander hello from the top of an ancient Irish round tower attached to St. Canis Cathedral in Kilkenny island where I'm on vacation for a few days just looking at the sites and this is just a quick video to say congratulations to Brian for running a fantastic YouTube channel congratulations on the 5 year anniversary and here's looking forward to the next 5 years which I'm sure will be just as great to H.C.788 and the rest of the GI Joe community I am Brandon Knight and I want to greet you on this special day today is the 5 year anniversary of this channel with H.C.C. 788 as its creator today we have been on a great journey with many adventures with this channel and making new friends along the way so hopefully we will keep continuing these great adventures and for many more years to come I can't wait for the next anniversaries to come up in the near future and see how far we've come and all the more friends we keep meeting we have all shown how much we've loved this toy line comic series and cartoon series so thanks to H.C.788 for helping us show our love and remember JoeFest is coming up and I hope I see you all there and get to meet you for the very first time so let's all appreciate today as the 5 year anniversary with H.C.788 and remember GI Joe is only GI Joe Yo Joe! Yo check it out man Adam Big Ben aren't the only ones joining the ultimate action team in the name of the father, son of a gun Flint Duke and the general Hark I was hired by them was told to get rid of the pad get it all clean cut and up technically I am a mercenary for a higher slash military advisor filling in today for a senior drill instructor formerly an international terrorist Guantanamo Bay can't handle this mercenary portray as good as it gets currently wanted for crowns and three continents about to be exonerated by the ghetto USA because some guys get all the breaks we all love the American cheese on the whopper, American apple pie after supper gambling on football in the American hustle classic cars American muscle, American beauties but I ain't no sucker, I hate the import rifles and the C-bell buckles and I'm a modest man, I don't like the brad but we all about that business so I stay on top of that like a cherry ice cream sundae enjoy it along with the commanders if you would rave all the body on the Monday in the sand don't go a little something like you don't know G.I. Joe till you watch this show congratulations on five years, HCC 788 and keep up the good videos happy fifth anniversary Hooded Copper Commander happy fifth anniversary Hooded Copper Commander we enjoy your videos quite a lot you helped us put this flag together A, what's your favorite Hooded Copper Commander video? Tomahawk Why the Tomahawk? Because it's my favorite vehicle Excellent Happy anniversary sir From Ryan and Dylan We wanted to wish you a happy five year anniversary and we hope you many many more years of great programming on HCC 788 Thanks Hey HCC, here's for another five years, na zdrowie Hey there Brian a little awkward for me since I'm not used to this stuff I guess but happy anniversary and look there's my cousin, say hello to the camera and again, happy anniversary in a way thanks for entertaining me in a way and I should have scripted this honestly sorry about that, happy anniversary still also no it's not really Joe but I also like shiny things like you and happy anniversary Hello everybody Hebrew77 here and I'm here to wish Hooded Copper Commander 7888 a very happy five year anniversary I can't believe it's been five years well I'll tell you what brother we're all pulling for you we love you and you're a great accent to the GI Joe community that I say accent or accent anyway, keep up the good work and we're looking forward to another five years of excellent action figure and comic book reviews so to everyone here at the Hebrew Channel thanks for all that you've done and remember, only Hooded Copper Commander is Hooded Copper Commander good night everybody so I would just like to say to my friend Hoodie congratulations on the five years that's great and keep up the great work all right dinner honey it's your very favorite very shortcake it's your very favorite yes it is so I see your friend Blueberry Muffin was over welcome to the Hooded Copper Commander 788 Channel and welcome to my first ever GI Joe action figure review we're going to be reviewing Breaker today but before I get started I did want to say a few words first of all there are other GI Joe action figure reviewers on YouTube and of course they'll do a much better job than I will they're much more experienced collectors than I am but it looks like fun and I've wanted to do it for a while so I thought I'd give it a spin