 Hello everybody, hoodedToberCommander788 here and I'm back with another Vintage GI Joe Toy review. But that's not all I'm back with. This is a special video. I have hit 50 subscribers and that's fantastic. I've only been doing this for a few months. I'm still a newcomer and I've already hit 50 subscribers. Thank you to everyone who subscribed. I'm very grateful. I really appreciate it. In this video we are going to be reviewing the GI Joe Ram Motorcycle but I've got a special announcement after the review so make sure you stick around for that. This is the 1982 GI Joe Ram Motorcycle. Ram R.A.M. is an acronym that stands for Rapid Fire Motorcycle which doesn't actually spell out ram. It spells out erfm. The Ram Motorcycle was first released in 1982 in the first line of vehicles when GI Joe was rebooted in 1982. It was also sold in 1983. It was discontinued in 1984 and it was not replaced with any other motorcycle in 1984 but there was a replacement for the Ram Motorcycle in 1985, the Silver Mirage Motorcycle. The Ram was worth two flag points and it did not come with an action figure. Let's look at the parts and the features of the Ram Motorcycle starting of course with this very large prominent gun that attaches to the side. The blueprints call this a 20mm electric gaffling gun and it really does look very impressive. Lots of nice detail on here. It has a wheel on here at the bottom so it can roll along when it's attached to the motorcycle. The gun has these two pegs here. One of them is round and another one is rectangular and they fit into the corresponding holes on the side of the motorcycle. They fit right in there and they don't snap in, they just friction in. It doesn't always stay in very well so sometimes I use a little bit of sticky tack just to hold it in a little bit better. On either side we have these saddle packs. There are two of them and they fit into these holes, these rectangular slots here in the back and these are frequently lost items so you will often see Ram Motorcycles missing one or both of these saddle packs and as you can see they're not the same. Although they are the same mold they have different stickers. There's saddle pack one and saddle pack two. So if you're wanting a complete Ram you need to check and check the stickers and make sure that you're getting the right ones. You need both of them in order to have a complete motorcycle. The front wheel turns a little bit and not too much and that's a nice feature. I'm actually glad that it doesn't turn too much otherwise it might not roll straight when you roll it along the ground so just a little bit of turn in the front wheel is okay. One thing I like about the tires is that on the side it doesn't say good year or anything like that. It has Hasbro's copyright information. This kind of hood looking thing up at the front here the blueprints call aerodynamic fairing and this may be taken from a real world vehicle the Honda CB900F2 which has a similar sort of housing on the front end here. On the other side we have a sticker control panel that's a nice detail and it's just hollow inside. There are no handlebars but this was designed for the straight arm action figures like Breaker here. The straight arm action figures could not bend their arms at the bicep to hold on to handlebars so just having them stick their hands inside there was just much more practical. It worked better with these 1982 figures with the less articulation. All the way around the motorcycle there is a lot of really impressive detail. This is a nicely detailed motorcycle a very nicely detailed vehicle especially considering this was the first line of vehicles and sometimes those early GI Joe vehicles were a little bit lacking in detail compared to later vehicles but this looks really nice. This engine the blueprints call a 1000cc twin cam engine fuel injected and turbocharged. At the bottom there is a kickstand that will go up and down and this is another frequently missing item so if you are getting a ram motorcycle just make sure that it still has the kickstand that is often missing. On both sides we have some posts here two on this side and two on that side and those are for holding the action figure on the motorcycle I'll show you how that works. The action figures legs kind of go between those posts on this side the top of the foot goes under this post and this post goes on the back of his ankle. On the other side we have one post for the back of his leg and another lower post for the top of his foot and that kind of holds him on there with his hands inside the hood and I find it easier to put the action figure on before putting the gun on if the gun is on sometimes it obstructs the action figures foot so once you have the figure in like breaker here there you go and you have breaker ready to ride into battle on the ram motorcycle he looks like he's ready to do some business. There is a minor controversy about who should ride the ram motorcycle in the comic book it always showed rock and roll as the driver of the ram always paired rock and roll with it and I don't know he looks pretty good rock and roll was the machine gunner of that first GI Joe group and so I guess they kind of figured that machine gunner big machine gun those should go together. So the box art did not show rock and roll on the ram it had breaker and breaker was featured in the first TV commercial of that included the ram motorcycle and I've always been partial to breaker on the ram I always preferred breaker to rock and roll on the ram motorcycle for a couple reasons first of all breaker doesn't have any weapons he didn't come with any firearms he only came with his communication equipment and his helmet and so he doesn't have any guns to fire so if you pair him with the ram he can still have all of his accessories on and he has this really bad ass gun on his motorcycle so he can ride into battle and actually fight Cobra whereas rock and roll he already had a really big gun and it wasn't really very easy for him to carry his big gun when he was riding on the motorcycle so I think that rock and roll is pretty well equipped but breaker really I think fits the ram motorcycle better I even like the combination of the lighter green on the motorcycle and the darker or medium green on breakers uniform I just think that looks really good so I put the question to you do you prefer rock and roll on the ram or breaker or one of the other action figures what's your preference that's my review of the ram motorcycle it is a pretty simple toy and so there's not a lot to go over here but it's still a really cool toy I loved this when I was a kid I think that it's just a really awesome vehicle it looks great with the action figures it looks really menacing with that huge gun on the side it looks fast so it really looks like something that the Joe team would really want to have and that they would like to take into battle this this is like a fast attack vehicle with some great armament I hope you liked this video if you did make sure you give it a thumbs up on YouTube and make sure you subscribe I've got a lot of great new GI Joe toy reviews coming up you do not want to miss them and make sure you like the hooded Cobra commander seven eight eight Facebook page there are a lot of updates on that page that you don't get anywhere else but this is not the end of the video I've got a special announcement coming up right now I hope you enjoyed the review now it's time for a special announcement I'm going to be giving away a vintage GI Joe toy to one of my viewers I decided when I started that when I hit 100 subscribers I was going to give away one of my vintage GI Joe toys so now that we're at the halfway point I'm letting you know that when I hit 100 subscribers I'm going to give away a toy and specifically I'm going to give away the Ram motorcycle the very one that I reviewed in this video this is from my personal collection and this could be yours I'll tell you how it's going to work first I've got to hit 100 subscribers when I hit 100 subscribers watch for the 100 subscriber announcement video and then you will put a comment on that video to let me know that you would like to be in the running for the vintage GI Joe toy then I will select one of the commenters at random and it will be yours you won't even have to pay for shipping now you might be thinking this is kind of a small toy and it's a fairly common item that's not much of a prize but hey this is just for my first 100 subscribers as I hit more subscriber milestones I'll be giving away bigger and better GI Joe toys I want to share some of the vintage GI Joe love with you the viewer so stick with me there are a lot of great GI Joe toys yet to review and it's gonna be a great time as we climb up toward 100 subscribers and then when we get there one of you is going to get this little guy thanks for watching and I'll see you next time you'll stay till the fights one