 Okay, this thing says I'm live, but is it is it telling the truth. I'm still getting used to to stream yard. Hello everybody. Who we got here. Hello Nyquist and Stonegate creations and Michael Mitchell and Joanie and mission of Fox sparrow and firefly and sparkster and Joanie again. How do you do. So, my plan initially for this evening was to do the live stream from outside I was going to move the operation out of doors to the back patio. But then it decided to rain it's raining. It's raining. So, change of plans, change of plans. So we're back inside, you know, I've been indoors all day, all day, but in the minute I think about stepping outside. It starts raining. Hello there, Rob and comic tropes is always nice to see comic tropes here. And hello Chris and Raymond Raymond says hi hoodie hi Raymond. And hello, Keeper and Matt. Hi everyone we have so much to talk about we have so much to talk about. And this, this is one of the things we have to talk about we're going to we are going to get to that oh my goodness okay. So yeah, I was on what's on Joe mind thanks to Mike for having me on to do like a live reaction to the Hasbro announcement we're going to get to that but but I got other stuff to get to first hello G7M9W gum you I think I interpreted that name as gum you I'm going to I'm saying it's the G and then the seven is a you and then M and the nine is an E and then W gum you hello gum you and G for Ron Z how do you do. Wow I really can't pronounce anything. Can I. So, yes hello, Jeff from the United States. So, yeah, so completely wrecked my plans of doing the live stream from outside Oh, also I got this new shirt. I got this new shirt from from it's I keep wanting to say articulated Chad but from it's Chad from his from his his merchandise. So I'm, I'm, I'm neon, I'm neon tonight. So we've got a lot to talk about. It is Tuesday. Don't forget. Don't forget that because it's Tuesday. There is a new episode of half battle sort of new episode what Timmer has done is he has aggregated his all of the videos from the main character may covering Lady J. So you get like a Lady J mega video from Timmer today. Also, after this show, what after wrap up here, what's on Joe mind should be going live right after us. So you can roll right over there and check out what's on Joe mind links are in the description of this video there are a lot of links in the description of this video and I I implore you to click on each of those links not yet wait till we're done when we're done to click on those links each and every one because they are all important hello the figures it back and yeah so yes, thank you for pointing that out Raymond the I took this picture. Let me see if I can do this because I wanted to I found this very amusing. I got a I got a little chuckle. I took this picture of of Falcon at a at a spooky angle. A bit like Boris Karloff and you know what at now from that angle looking at it from here that some of that hair is not painted. I didn't notice that I did not notice that looking at it from a straight on angle. But looking from that angle that there's a there's some some missed hair in that in that so yeah I just I thought that was amusing. So yes the first recent video was Lieutenant Lieutenant Falcon from Super Sonic Fighters Hello Mary hey Mary and it's nice to see Mary and happy late birthday Mary and took Mary in out for lunch for her birthday yesterday and I was very nice time so even though it's not her birthday anymore I for that you know basically for the rest of the year. No no actually I guess for the next six months I can say happy late birthday. And then and then for the next six months I can say happy early birthday right so for next six months wake up every morning. Happy late birthday until it gets closer until it gets closer to to the next birthday and then it's happy happy early birthday. See yes yes I can and this is also true she got a new tattoo today it's really cool it's really cool and if we have a lot of Joe Fest to talk about and we will talk about that if you're going then you will you should probably see the new tattoo unless she hasn't covered up I don't know what but there's a possibility of seeing the new tattoo. It's it's very nice. So. Yes, so let me let's get let's get the big news out of the way. The big news that the announcement from yesterday again I was on what's on your mind when it happened. They have launched a new has lab a new GI Joe classified has lab. It is it's the dragonfly it's the it's the thing that was rumored I mean the dragonfly was the rumor and that is in fact what it is. And not only did it launch it has been fully funded oh thank you to the cheapest big spender for the super chat hello commander just your thoughts why the sky striker took so long to back but the dragonfly did in record time hopefully reaches 19,000 I like how has lab didn't put the copilot's name on it. Good a good point and thank you for that. That's a good question that's a good question, because we've this is we've had three. GI Joe has labs all have been successful, all have been funded. But the sky striker that kind of got over the finish line on the last day. But his tank. And with the dragonfly. It's, you know, it's they've both funded really quickly. Dragonfly funded fully funded the next day. Hey Hans, hello Hans nice to see you. Thanks for being here. Yes, the new tattoo is not GI Joe related but maybe it is. Maybe we'll just keep that in suspense. You know, we'll keep, we'll keep people in suspenders about what the actual who let's keep people in suspense about where the tattoo is that's the. Yeah, so we could start some some speculation on on where the tattoo is. So yes, I think one of the complaints that popped up with the sky striker is that there have been a lot of issues of the sky striker over the years and not everybody really wanted or needed another sky striker. Now I did in fact it's right here. It's it's right here. I did in fact want a sky striker, because I missed out on a lot of those reissues of the sky striker, not all of them I got some. So I did end up backing this and and I'm happy that I did. But yeah, I almost feel like the sky striker has lab was sort of like a proof of concept, you know just to see. If a GI Joe has lab could be successful to see if there was any market out there for it at all. And there was, but definitely not as enthusiastic. Hello. Who does he come in Hello Ellie. A lip cat like blade to that's nice. So, yes. What was I saying that I think that I think people are less enthusiastic about the sky striker because there had been a number of sky strikers released. So, and this one, you know it definitely goes back to the classic look of the sky striker, and it did have some updates it has some significant updates but at its core it is the vintage sky striker it is. It is the same. Well, it's not exactly the same but it's the same in a lot of ways. And that tropes says he ordered the dragon man I'm getting used to the order the dragon fly. Yeah and given how quickly it funded. There's I think a really good chance of the, the stretch goals being met. So, and there's like, more than a month to go. So, I think we should see, I, you know, I'm going to go out on them also I will probably see all the stretch goals. I mean the his tank blew through all the stretches. So, this probably will to I think there is I think I honestly I think classified is just taking off. I think classified is just taking off and I think that's one reason why. So quickly, I classified is the scale that a lot of collectors are going for now not just in for GI Joe but for a lot of things for Star Wars for Marvel for DC. That's the scale now that's that's the scale now and so the appeal reaches beyond just GI Joe fans that like other six inch figure collectors. You can't see this and like, that looks pretty good I should probably have one. Also, of course there are people getting it just to resell it which I think is silly. I mean, you can't you can't scalp this right, because there's not a limited quantity they'll make as many as your order, they'll make as many as your order. Nobody, you know, maxing out their orders on it doesn't keep anyone else from getting it. So that scalping it is ridiculous but of course there'll be people who do that as well that you know that that's that's toy collecting, but I'll tell I will say this, I will say this. I have not backed it yet. For one reason, and that's not going to say I'm not going to back it because I might because it looks really nice, and I really like it, and the price is amazingly good for it. So it is less expensive, less expensive than the his tank, but it's going to be bigger than the his tank. How can they make a bigger thing. That's expensive. And this I raised this question on what's on Joe mind. What what laws are they breaking what what crimes have they have been committed to get the price point for a larger vehicle to be less than the smaller vehicle. And if, if, if all the stretch goals are met, there'll be what for action figures oh hello white Vegeta thanks for being here thank you for the super chat. I would like the stretch goal to be a new character co pilot using the name of the vintage decal. I think that's, I think that makes a lot of sense. That of course with the sky striker, they did that with the sky striker and I think that makes a lot of sense for for the the dragonfly. I think we should one of them should be airborne, we should get an airborne, I should think. So, but I think that one of the other options, most likely should be the character that's named on the side of the vintage, basically a new character, a new character. So it doesn't have the, well I mean it has lights, you know, basically the same as the his tank it has lights, which is fine. I don't care. It's I mean it's nice to have them I'd rather have them than not. But, but I mean, something that I'll use sparingly on display assuming that I that I get the thing. Anyway, if you get four action figures with it they're like those are like 25 bucks a piece that's $100 worth of action figures thrown in which out of the $279 $100 of that is action figures. The vehicle itself is is less than $200 for this big honking thing. It, that's impressive. I, I assumed, if they were going to release a skies are not sky striker but a dragonfly, if they're going to release a dragonfly, it was going to be incredibly large and incredibly expensive I was thinking of something closer to the $500 range considering how much the his tank was. But to get it for less than the his tank I that's impressive that that's impressive. I don't know how they did it. But that's not the reason that I haven't backed it yet there is one reason why I haven't backed it yet I may still do it. But I haven't pulled the trigger. And the reason is space. I mentioned this on what's on Joe mind. After the announcement, like I don't know where I will put it. And that's not, I'm not exaggerating here I am looking around. I looked at the dimensions of the thing and I'm looking around and like, I don't have any space that is that size. I was joking about throwing stuff with some of this stuff out. If I if I like completely eliminated this shelf. I think that would still be too narrow. So it wouldn't fit. It wouldn't fit. And I don't want to just get the thing to make it live in a box I don't I already have enough toys living in a box. Hello, a toy kind of kind of mood. Looking forward to corporate convergence with my crew and your recap of Joe fest absolutely that is we've got lots to talk about it's it's a busy night it's and it's going to be a busy weekend. But yeah that's the only reason that I haven't backed it yet I've got a ponder. I've got a thing. It's not the price the price like I said is really good for what you get way better than I expected. But like, I don't have the space I literally have. I don't know where it would go other than like, put it back in the like take it out put it together take some nice pictures maybe do a video of it then put it back in the box. And then just stash the box somewhere. And that would be it that's good that'd be like think about how you remember how big the sky striker box was. This one would be bigger than that. I'm not sure I even know where I would put the box if I leave it in the box. I just don't have that much space anymore. So that's why I'm pondering. That's why I'm thinking that's why I'm pondering. I'm thinking pondering. Marianne said suggested hanging it from the ceiling. Yeah, it would still be tight. And I like if you think about like hand from the ceiling but where Marianne obviously has been here before she knows the layout of the place. Also, you if you're going to hang it from the ceiling. Here's something you have to consider the cat absolutely will believe that it is a cat toy put there for his purposes. Right. He's up there. I'm asking him right. So if I hung it from the ceiling, it would have to be far enough away from anywhere that he could jump from. And get it. So, yeah, so I'm not just, I don't know. I'm just not sure I, I don't know. The fact is I will probably end up getting it anyway because it looks really nice. I'm not a completist when it comes to classified I if it's not something I'm interested in I'm totally fine passing on it. This one I know that I would really like it if I got it. It has been brought up that we don't have the his tank in hand yet. And it would be nice to have the his tank so we can, we could like look at the quality of it. You know, assuming that the the dragonfly will be of comparable quality. But we don't have that yet that his tank hasn't shipped out yet. So, yeah, I probably will pull the trigger. But if I wait on it a little bit, I'll feel better about it. See, this is the thing that the thing is to knock it's not coming up with solutions. I got no solutions. I got no solutions. Instead of coming up with solutions what I need to do is feel like I've thought about it before I do it. You understand. And yeah, Raymond is correct. She's Marion is friggin awesome. Yes, figure something out. Marianne's making making dirty jokes. But anyway, yes, we can find a way to make a bit but it's big is what I'm saying. See pluses and minuses. Minus I mean I think I actually think the size of it is a big minus at least for me for the spatially challenge. Yeah, look here. But she says behave she's she's going on in there in the in the in the live chat she's telling me to behave. But what are the pluses I do like the way it's designed. I like the additional like black paint detail on it. I think that was a good choice. I think if they had stuck with the green the solid green of the vintage dragonfly at that scale it would have been like that would have been a huge block of color with without much to break it up. So, I think I like the, the addition of like the black, you know, the black features of the black kind of outline over the top. I think that's nice. I think that's nice. And the a, a, see how would I how can I put this that I don't I don't have a problem with the blades not being motorized or having a switch to make them spin, I'm okay with that because I would never use that anyway. It's kind of like people were suggesting the his tank be motorized I would never use the motorized feature. So that's not personally important to me. But what I would rather have is some kind of locking mechanism on the rotor, so that the rotor will lock in place when it's on display, because if it doesn't have anything like that, then once again referring to Mr cat Mr Alistair who's who's up there up there right now. He you know you know what he's going to do you know he's going to he will spend that thing so much it'll, it'll, it'll take flight it'll it'll go airborne. Rob Rob is late, we're going to have to start over. Joe fan says hoping to get a Larry Hama autograph and Sergeant Slaughter autograph Friday night should be doable, which didn't have to leave so early, but Mr s's birthday happy birthday Mr s get him for a couple of happy birthday Mr s or early birthday if we're early. You know, we've already established we've already established like you can do early or late birthday. So for the next six months, you do, you know, happy late birthday, and for the following six months you do happy early birthday. Yeah he already jumps at the ceiling but she's seen that she she's seen the cat jump at the ceiling fan. So that's what I'm saying. So like if there's no way to lock the blades in place when it's on display that I will have to devise a method to do that. So, yeah, Joe fan says my cat Mimi knocked over the recon sled. Yeah, see, why did they do this, why I look. I know there are cats psychologist out there who can, who can tell us why cats do these things. If somebody could talk to one of those cats psychologist and ask them for me, please. If they could print out the reasons that a cat knocks our expensive stuff off the shelves and off the table, please print that out. Please Mr or Mrs cat psychologist and then after printing out roll it up roll up really tight and shove it way up in there just see how far up in there you can get it because that stuff is expensive. All right, and cats got to learn. All right cats cats got to learn cats are sure see Rob is correct. Rob and see that's what it's all. That's what it's all down to Bart says Joe fest my bad lol I've been drinking. Well Joe fest isn't your bad Joe fest is your good hopefully we haven't even talked about Joe fest yet I wanted to get the dragon fly stuff out of the way. So we've got the dragon fly stuff out of the way I think I've said all that I care to say about the dragon fly I've got it all on my system. I am not in any way. I don't endorse Hasbro or Hasbro projects. I am not paid they do not sponsor me. I do not sponsor them. There is no sponsoring going on at all. If I if such a sponsorship were offered I would reject it. But you know it I've said I've said my piece I've said my piece I'm ready to move on and moving on I'm moving on. Let's talk about Joe fest that's the other big thing that's coming up from the hill says they should pay you now I agree I mean yeah pay me of course but like pay me but let me also say anything I want. Yeah that's that I don't let that will not will not happen. Nice idea but not likely. And Louise says action figures are pet friendly but pets are not necessarily action figure friendly. So let's talk about the event that we've been leading up to for months now and it's finally upon us. Joe fest in Augusta Georgia. June 9 through the 11th we'll be showing up we will arrive there on the 8th. There are a couple links. There there's a there are a couple links in the description of this live stream. Don't click on them now wait till we're done wait wait till we're done. There is one for my Joe fest go fund me thank you to everyone who has contributed to that if you feel like contributing to that you certainly welcome to obviously we are going. So anything that you choose to couldn't contribute to it at this point will just help us make the trip a little easier so thank you to everyone who has helped so far. And we will see you there. The cat sleeping thank you once on Joe mine also thank you for what's on Joe mine for having me on the show. Yesterday that was fun enjoyed it very much. What was I saying okay so. The other link in the description of this live stream don't don't click on it yet don't click on it yet. The other link is for a meet up that that that I'm trying to put together. I've been wanting to do this for the last few few years is to have some kind of meet up some kind of gathering place where all of us can get together and hang out. Oh look at hey oh it's Chrissy hello Chrissy nice to see you they destroy stuff because they like to be involved in household decision making well that is one way to do it. That they certainly are involved in household. They're asserting themselves you could say that. But the reason I had not organized like a meet up. In the past is because I didn't want to overlap anything else that was going on. I didn't want anybody to miss any panels or events. This year I think we can do it. I think we can do it so if you're going to be in Augusta Georgia for Joe Fest on Friday the ninth at 530. We will be getting together at the mellow mushroom that's a P a pizza place. So hopefully everybody like if you don't like pizza they have other stuff. I'm sure I've already reserved tables so we'll be there at 530 on Friday evening that should be early enough. I think that we can wrap up and finish in time for if anybody wants to go to any other thing and any other thing that you can go and do that. And and Bart says meet up at the amphitheater for cigars at night absolutely. In fact I have cigars for that exact purpose. I have cigars for that exact purpose they are being packed in my luggage. So for those of you who haven't been out there the convention center is pretty close to downtown it's just like a block you walk a block and then you can kind of go really in either direction there's stuff. So things are pretty close there mostly within walking distance. But there's also an amphitheater out near the convention well really the hotel the amphitheater is closer to the hotel. So yeah we can meet out there for cigars I'll post you know when when I know we're going to be somewhere I will. I'll try to post that on social media so we can you know work that out because I would really like to see everybody this year. Last year I had a table. The the upside of the table is that it provides a place for people that who want to come see me to come see me and I get to see people they come to me that's awesome. The downside is that I I don't I can't get out very easily and go do other things during the convention hours. So that's the downside of having a table I don't have a table this year. So I think this is a good time to do to do some kind of a meet up so we'll get together for dinner. The information is in the link there's a link like I said in the description of this live stream. So if you would like to come you're certainly welcome I would love to see everybody do check in as going. So that if we need more tables I can let them know. So yeah just please let us know and if you get there and you haven't like RSVP you know what I don't care just show up just come and see us let's come and say hi. This I really want to see everyone I want to hang out with everyone. So please please come and say hi. And and hopefully we will see everyone there. Yes. Gene Hackman cigars. I was going to make espresso. So that that's that's the other link. I know that not everybody will necessarily be there by Friday evening. But if you are please join us if you can. Don't if you there's something else that you're wanting to do you don't miss that. I mean I'm not really I'm really not trying to pull anybody away from anything else they want to do with the con but if it's something. If you are able to make it and if you'd like to make it the information is in the link in the description and the rest of the weekend I think we are going to be really busy really really busy really really busy. So I Bart says he'll be there Thursday around five we should be there close to that I'm not sure exactly the timing but we will be there at some point on Thursday. And I'm thrilled that Mary Ann is coming with me. Not only is Mary Ann coming with me the kids are coming. They may or may not go to the show I mean they're welcome to but but the kids are coming like we've got the whole entourage we got the whole game. Going on this trip and it's our first big trip together and I'm very excited about it I've been like really thrilled about this for several months now thinking about how fun it's going to be so. So my request from you is you know I've now put a lot of pressure on you to live up to those expectations now you guys got to make it fun right. Don't make me look like a liar like I dragged all these people across several states. And it's a big dud you know so now the pressures on you the pressures on you to make it fun for everybody. You know I've done my part. Now you must do your part the cat is not going my my oldest daughter is going to watch the where to go. My oldest daughter is going to watch the cat while we are gone. And I don't I don't know where he is he's probably getting into into trouble. Look, Rob says bring the kid I need a break. I need a break from the kitty that's getting not going. He would not like that he would he would hate that he'd be very angry if we made him go. Thank you Joe fan 84 for the Super Chat. You know when the early access is on Friday or know what figure thing are giving out the answer is not really but. I did grab before we started. Let's see. The panel detail thingy. And there it is. Can I hear her long. Let's make that go away for a second. So yeah there's there are the panel there's the panel detail so you can see. Saturday and Sunday. I don't really know what I can Saber Academy is but G I Joe 3D printing Wheeljack toys. That's a name we're familiar with operation recall I absolutely will not miss that one. G I Joe fan club with with James Kavanaugh, valor verse Jody classified I never miss the Jody classified panel I never ever miss the Jody classified panel. And let's oh I let's first but not least audible interlude the audible interlude podcast is kicking off Saturday. So I shall be there. I will interlude they are Cobra convergence presenters and I'm really thrilled that they are present at Joe Fest and that I will get to see them and hang out with them that'll be really cool. So, yeah, honestly, most of those panels I will probably be at so we may spend a lot of time in the panels I'll have to like deliberately take a break. And then Sunday, you know steel city publishing that's dangling and Smith, rising sun comics. Those are folks that we know and like very well. Samantha Newark special guest 3D Joe's again Carson along with the operation recall Carson's a good friend. Call sign longbow and after action report so as you can see, it's going to be hard to miss any of the Sunday panels to so it that's the challenge is going to is going to be like doing other than panels on some of those days, because I like I like supporting people that I love and know and care about. And, and if they're if they're doing a panel. I want to be there, you know, I want to be there I want to support the people that I care about. So, plus there are some panels that I just never miss, like I would never miss the 3D 3D Joe's panel I would never miss the the Joe to classify panel. I would not miss audible interlude. I don't want to miss. So, yeah, if you have a hard time finding me if you don't see me on the dealer floor. Look in the panel rooms. I'll probably be there. But yes. Wow, Marian fit. I got that's one of my the first gifts I got for her was a travel bag. That's that's that's very nice that's very nice. Actually, I will be packing this evening, at least starting to pack. Oh, man, we've got so much to go. Oh, clothes speaking of clothes. Thanks for the segue. I have not forgotten about the Tiger Force the Tiger Force Outback Cosplay. Okay, so I've got I did get the other pieces of the Tiger Force Outback Cosplay. So at least for part of the time, maybe not the whole time but for part of the time, I will look like this. And I did think about, I did think about previewing the Cosplay for this live stream, but it I realized that it was kind of impractical to show you the whole thing with this camera. So so but I will I will preview it when we get there. Okay, I'll preview it when we get there. I'll post it. And probably at least for part of the day on Saturday, you just look for orange. Look for the orange. People are going to think I'm a bangles fan but that's okay. I guess that's okay for now. People they'll they'll see the tattoo and they'll be very confused. They'll be very confused. But yes so so I haven't forgotten about this and like I said I did get I did get the rest of the pieces that I need for for Outback so my my Cosplay is complete, and I will debut it. Yeah, it should be Saturday. I'm pretty sure Saturday is what we're going for. Hello, Hello, Agent Chuckles white Troll week. We had a conversation about about some alternatives for that'd be very see what I want though here's what I want. Here's what I want. I want somebody and I want another cosplayer maybe somebody from the finest or like to also show up looking like Tiger Force Outback and I will go up to that person and I will point a finger at that person I will say Zartan. So that's that's that's my that's my gag. I'm saving that up that's I'm saving that gag up and then and I probably won't be able to use it and there probably be nobody nobody else doing the Tiger Force Outback but if but yes that's that's my plan though dude is to to to like because I'm the real one right. There's another one there. Then it's somebody in disguise. And we know who's the master of disguise right right right. So anyway that's that's my plan. Doug says you shouldn't have told I tell I tell everybody everything. I got a big mouth. I am someone in the finest here. Somebody. Yeah, the finest cosplay group. Agent Chuckles says somebody should go as me somebody get on that. How does somebody disguise themselves like Timmer has a thing Timmer has the whole get up he has the shirt and the mask and the hat and everything. I just like wear a different T shirt or something each time. Spaghetti thank you. Thank you Michael. Thank you. We got like 20 minutes I definitely must not run late because what's on Joe mine will start up. And it's also as soon as I'm done here I've got to take care of a few things for the trip. There are so many things to do. There are so many things to do I I've got to start I haven't started packing I've got to start packing. There are a couple items that I still need to purchase I don't I've got to buy a couple things for the trip I'm not ready. I'm not ready. However, by this time tomorrow evening. I'm going to be ready. I'm going to be ready. But in these last 20 minutes in these last 20 minutes. I want to talk about falcon. Because I did. I most recent video. Super sonic fighters falcon. I am I will I will get on it. I will get on it. I'm getting on it. Don't get I'm not forget the thank you razor I'm not forgetting that I packed that every time. It's it's super hot and sweaty in Georgia. Anyway, so I wanted to talk. I mean I kind of did talk at length about Falcon Earl like in the review. But since I got this thing and since I was reviewing another version of Falcon I thought you know what. Why not let's go ahead. Let's go ahead and look at this guy. And often often figures that are. Don't look very good in images look better in hand. Unfortunately this is not one of them. And yeah the face the face has kind of an uncanny valley thing happening with it. I don't know what else to say about it. But what I wanted to address. Was this. The Ben shotgun so I got a lot of suggestions people were like use hot water will use boiling water I promise you I did in fact. Earlier today I reapplied the hot water to this and with hot water this does become very pliable right with hot water I was able to straighten this thing right out in fact I did it again. Today and I'm like wow it's straight I straightened it it's straight. And. And then within like a couple minutes. It was curved again it's a little bit straighter than it was. But I promise you I do know the the various tricks for. Fixing bends in plastic and softening plastic of it. It's not working with this thing like I'm. Putting it parallel to my little shelf divider there so you can see how bent it is. So yeah I wanted to address that but. Like this is a figure that. Has a lot of points that. Well okay let's qualify that it has points that. It has some points that are good. It has other points that was very little effort could have been better. And then it has it has a few it has a few bad points I it does no way around that. I can't say that I it's hard for me to hate on any action figure because I mean they're plastic it seems kind of weird to hate something that's plastic. But. But it's I'll say it's not not to my taste. And you know I do agree with. What people have said about the head it's there it's. It's got kind of a mutant head happening there it's it's. Yeah it's definitely not a very attractive face but it's not just that it's the eyes it's the eyes have a. Have that uncanny valley that like. Like corpse eyes that that's that's not a living thing that that is a. A simulacrum that is not a that is not a person. So I and I'm sorry I'm sorry Falcon I'm sorry and also for for all the creative people involved with Falcon also sorry. I've been pretty happy with the classified series thus far. But there are there are some misses and this is this is a miss this is a misses. I mean it looks like a mister. But this is one of the misses. So I just wanted to get that off my chest I just wanted to. I wanted to get that out there and I did actually because I knew I was going to be reviewing a Falcon figure. That's why I got this because I was thinking of passing on it honestly I was really thinking of passing on it. So yeah I was I was really thinking of passing on it but. One of my rules is that I cannot pass judgment. On a toy that I've not actually seen in person. And this one I had not I saw the pictures like everybody else. But I can't decide unless I can see it with my own two eyes while I have seen it with my own two eyes. But I think like actually think this is bothering me more. I mean I can try the hot water trick again for like the third time or fourth time or whatever how many times I've done it. But it just keeps reforming into this bent shape. That's that's kind of freaky. But yeah that's that's that is what it is. The are I understand what they're going for here they're going for like a very stern expression. But he looks. Pouty look like. Those are pouty lips see the pouty lips. Like I know what you're going for I really do. And I don't I don't hate any artist at like I'm. I don't have anything on any toy boxes. Like. My art I couldn't do this. I could not. I lack the talent and the ability to do this but. Yeah it's it's not. Not the direction I would have gone. That's all that's that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. The shock in place I did try that the first I did try that the first time. I didn't try it the most recent time I guess I mean I can try it again. But anyway it's a. It is what it is it is what it is so now I've said my piece about that so I said my piece about the dragon fly. I said my piece about Joe fast and now I've said my piece about Falcon I've said I've got a lot of pieces that have been said I feel better I do you feel better. Personally I feel a bit better I feel a bit better. But we got about 10 minutes so let's recap let's recap. It's Tuesday what's on Joe mind is next. Half the battle Timmer has a super review. Amalgamation conglomeration. Constabulation of all of the Lady J videos. Big announcement has lab dragon fly I have not backed it yet although I probably will. But I need to figure out where I'm going to put it first that is my issue right now is that I can't even imagine where I would I would have space for the thing it is. Very large. Joe fast is coming up. It's it's starting this Friday so it's running from Friday through Sunday. I will be in Augusta Georgia for Joe fast. At some point on Thursday I will be there at some time on Thursday. We will all be really tired from the road so my first order of business is to probably take a nap. Because I'm old I get sleepy. So I'll probably take a nap. But then after that, you know we will be out of the mouth. It's going to be a grand time. We've got there's a meet up please consider checking the link in the description RSV peeing to the meet up and show up and let's all get together and hang out on Friday evening for dinner at at Joe fast in Augusta Georgia. I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone that is my favorite part of the whole thing is to see the people that I care about people that are my friends. I have this whole group of friends that I only get to see once a year. Well this is this is the time this is the time this is the once a year. So I get to see these guys again and I'm very excited about it. Not only am I excited about that. My girlfriend Marianne is coming. Both of our kids are coming. It's going to be a whole carload of people. It's going to be a heck of a time. Okay, so it's weird. It's going to be a very busy weekend, but it should be a lot of fun. Bart is correct. He says can't miss me at Joe fast. I'm 66. Yes. Basically look for the tall guy. And that's Bart. You cannot miss Bart. And I've gotten a chance to hang out with Bart now a number of times. And that's all a lot of fun that I'm looking forward to that as well. So that's that's my that's my pitch. That's that's my spiel. Doug says a regular vacation. Do you have the family we do. Yeah. I think we're taking Marianne's vehicle and I that that's a family truckster isn't it. That's something like that. Something, you know, I forget the brand, but yeah. Thank you, gum you. Thank you. I'm looking forward to meeting you as well. So I highlighted this Benson is just you're talking about the sitcom Benson. Who remembers the sitcom Benson. The sitcom Benson had Odo in it. Anybody remember that anyway. Yes. That this is here's the here's the message of the evening Joe fast or bust. We are we're driving out there with the kids from Oakland to Georgia land. It is not an insignificant drive. Not an insignificant drive. But we will be there. Rachel says not going to vote Joe fest. Oh, to meet Lord hoodie. I'm a Lord now I've been. I've been made up here at the DFW show. The DFW show is another one that I'm really trying to go to. And I think I can. I think I can. I've talked to Marianne about that. That would be like a one day thing. But there are going to be some people there that I'd like to see. So I'm going to try to make it to the DFW thing as well. That's not as far. That's not nearly as far to a drive to get there. But yeah, I. This is. This is important to me. These gatherings. Yeah, I. I really have there. There's a sense of community with the GI Joe fan group. And I know that probably every fan group can say that every fandom has some kind of a community. Some communities are better than others, but there always is some kind of community and. And not everybody cares. Like you don't have to care about community or, you know, getting together with people and all of that. Some people are not into that. Some people just want their plastic and they or they want to, you know, express their fandom in some other way. And you know what, that's also fine. That is also fine. But for me personally, these one on one connections. With people is that's a big part of this. That's a big part of this for me. It really does mean a lot to me. And I've been very grateful to get to know a number of people over the years that I can call friends. I hope that I get to know more and I get to make more friends. And yeah, like, I love the plastic as much as anybody. I really do. And I know it's a cliche that it was really all about the friends we made along the way. I know that's a cliche, but you know, in the end, you know, the people that we connect with, they're not plastic. They can actually, you know, care about us back. You know, that's so that it means something. It means something to me and I do love making videos, but the process of making videos is a bit solitary. You know, I'm usually here by myself. Sometimes I can rope somebody in. Sometimes I can rope somebody into making a guest appearance, but usually it's just me sitting by myself. But going to an event like this, it really like makes things more tangible. Like you guys are, you're not just like on a screen. You're really there and I really get to say hello to you and thank you for all that you've done for me. So yeah, it's a big deal. And honestly, if I could, if it were in any way feasible, I would just tour all of the shows all year. I would just live on the road, go from show to show. All of the small shows, all the big shows, all the medium shows. I would love that. I would love that. But given that that's not feasible, I'll go to as many as I can and this is an important one. This is one that I look forward to every year. Assembly required is another one that I've been to a couple of times now. So I'd like to make that a regular thing. The DFW show, I'm really sincerely hoping that I can make it to that as well. So yeah, this is, it's important to me personally. It's important. It's something that I didn't expect when I started talking about G.I. Joe and doing all these things. But it's come to mean a lot more to me than I expected. And with that, well, we got about three minutes, right? We got about three minutes. So, yeah, it's, see, that's what I do. Honestly, I didn't know I could be so moving. I never knew I could say anything so touching. I'm very impressed with myself. Mary Ann is going to go, but I will talk to you later, Mary Ann. Good night. But I'm also wrapping up this here in just a minute because I do want everyone to do two things while several things. All right. Here's the list of things to do. Okay. After this, check the links in the description of this live stream. You'll find a number of links there. You'll find the GoFundMe. You'll find the Meetup at JoeFest. You will find the link to Watson JoeMind. So you can roll right over and watch Watson JoeMind right after this. You can get the link to Half the Battle. So, and if you're so inclined, there's also the link to the Haslab Dragonfly. Again, I have not backed it, not yet at least. But there's, I mean, we're talking about it. So I might as well give you the means of at least looking at it yourself. So there you go. There's that. But anyway, so thank you very much. I think I should wrap up. Oh, yeah. It's time. It's time. So I'm wrapping up now, guys. Thank you. Next time I see you, next time I see you, we will be on Georgia time. So until then, good night, everybody, and we will see you. We will see you in a few days. Bye, everyone.