 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and this is a quick compare and contrast between a vintage GI Joe action figure And it's modern equivalent since I most recently reviewed shipwreck. I wanted to look at a couple other versions of shipwreck We have version one from 1985 and we have version 19 from 2015 this version 19 was from the 50th anniversary set one special thing about this modern shipwreck Action figure. I want it in a drawing from the YouTube channel comic tropes Chris Pierce from that channel has become a good friend of this channel and I've come to appreciate his insight and advice Let's start with a quick overview of version one of shipwreck from 1985 This is the version of shipwreck that most GI Joe fans would be familiar with This is how he looked in the Sunbow animated series And this is how he looked in most of his appearances in the GI Joe comic book series It's the classic Navy sailor look with his Dixie cup hat his brown beard His overall blue uniform He has his ranking Cygnia on his shoulder and he has a tattoo on his forearm As far as accessories he comes with his percussion pistols That has a little loop that can go around his wrist He has his boarding hooks with the black string Not a big fan of this accessory, but you can wind that string around the hook That is on shipwrecks left hip. Again, this is not my favorite accessory Most of the time I have this wrapped around the body of the action figure Because it can fall off of that hook really easily and then most importantly we have his parrot The green and yellow parrot named Polly Which has feet that can clip on to his wrist The original shipwreck action figure did not come with a figure stand I'm just using a generic figure stand for this one And of course this is shipwrecks iconic look This is what most of us think of when we think of shipwreck And I do like this figure. I think it's appropriate for a Navy sailor Although this is shipwrecks iconic look It is not his only look as we saw with the review of shipwreck version 2 Where he was wearing a diving suit This modern version 1950th anniversary shipwreck figure Gives us an alternative interpretation of shipwreck It's not the only shipwreck action figure that has this general overall look But it is nice to see this different take on the classic shipwreck figure This modern 50th anniversary shipwreck came in a two-pack packaged with Cobra Commander This modern shipwreck action figure has more accessories than he can carry But let's take a look at those accessories starting with his parrot He does have an updated version of Polly Instead of the parrot at rest We now have the parrot with his wings out And you can pretend that the parrot is flying with his wings out like this So that's not a bad update He also has some additional paint applications with a few more colors He has some purple on his head He has a little bit of a white paint wash on his wings He has yellow feet So this is not a bad update of Polly Not a bad update of the parrot I do have a little bit of problem with it though The feet on this parrot are very small So it's difficult to clip him onto anything I have him clipped to this loop on a shipwrecks vest I don't know that that's where it's supposed to go The feet are a flexible plastic And the vest is also a flexible plastic Which actually makes it difficult to get the feet clipped onto that loop I've seen pictures on yojo.com with the parrot Clipped onto shipwrecks hand I did try that I was not able to get that to work And the feet are too small to clip on shipwrecks wrist As the vintage parrot does So Polly only really has a few places where he can clip onto shipwrecks What I would like to see And what neither the vintage nor the modern figure have Is a Polly that can clip on shipwrecks shoulder That's what I'd like to see I want the parrot to be on shipwrecks shoulder Rather than on his vest or on his wrist I just think that's where the parrot should be Here are the two versions of Polly side by side I was always fine with the vintage Polly I thought the parrot was fine at rest I thought this was appropriate for shipwrecks partner But it is nice to get a parrot with the wings out So you can really kind of pretend that the parrot is flying But I think the feet on the modern parrot Are not an upgrade from the vintage version The vintage version doesn't clip onto the figure shoulder either Those feet are just a bit too small for the action figure shoulder They fit on the wrist But the smaller feet on the new Polly Don't clip on anywhere very well at all You might clip him on to one of shipwrecks rifles I guess he might fit on the barrel of one of the guns But I'm not sure you would want your parrot to rest there But anyway, not a bad version of Polly on the modern figure And really I kind of like both for different reasons So I think they're about even as far as I'm concerned As far as my preferences So both pretty good parrots Shipwreck has two knives One with a paint application on the blade Another unpainted silver Actually kind of a grayish knife Both are not bad But he doesn't really have a place to put them I thought he would have maybe a sheath on the vest Or on the leg or something like that to put these knives But he doesn't really have that At least not that I can find And I haven't seen pictures of him storing the knife anywhere So the knives either have to be in his hand Or just setting off to the side I do prefer to have accessories that the action figure can carry It's just a preference for me I don't like to have extra accessories That the action figure can't holster or carry Shipwreck has two assault rifles One tan with a black paint application And another one that is all black And I guess he can hold both of them at the same time But of course then he's got two extra knives that he won't hold on to Neither of them fit in the hand very well At least on my example you can kind of make them fit We kind of have to wedge them in there So not bad assault rifles But maybe more accessories than he absolutely needs In the holster on his leg he has a very tiny almost microscopic pistol And that has an even smaller suppressor that fits into the holster Not super easy to even get out But that tiny suppressor will fit on the barrel of the pistol That is really small That's a tiny accessory I guess it's nice that it's removable from the holster Rather than just sculpted in But maybe a little too small The pistol will fit in Shipwreck's hand But it does seem a bit undersized Like most modern figures This Shipwreck figure came with a figure stand With his name on it And since this is a 50th anniversary figure It has G.I. Joe in gold letters on the top The modern figure replaces Shipwreck's Donald Duck hat with a black beanie But he has his brown beard It does look like Shipwreck It's a nice look I do like it He has this black tactical vest With a loop here on the back I will remove this vest in a moment Because I want you to see what's under the vest On his shirt on the right sleeve He has a little gold star This designates him as a 50th anniversary figure He has his tattoo on his arm On his left arm He has a black band Which could mean that Shipwreck is in mourning Or maybe he is protesting the Vietnam War The war's over, Shipwreck With that vest removed We see Shipwreck is wearing a white t-shirt With navy and black letters across the chest I really like this Instead of having his blue dungarees He has green BDU trousers I has got a brown belt with a silver belt buckle He's got a brown holster on the right leg Brown pouches on the left leg He has knee pads and gray boots And I like this This is a nice update to Shipwreck It's not the same as the classic blue navy uniform look But it's not bad It's recognizable as Shipwreck But it's updated with a bit more detail And to make him maybe a bit more battle ready As you may know, if you've watched earlier videos I am not as enamored with modern articulation and sculpting As a lot of modern GI Joe collectors are I like the classic look for Shipwreck But I also do like this modern update I think the modern figure has a nice look as well So in my book, these two figures come out about even That was a quick compare and contrast Between version 1 of Shipwreck from 1985 And version 19 from 2015 I hope you enjoyed it We do full vintage GI Joe toy reviews on this channel every week So I hope you will subscribe and check back for those Thank you to my patrons for their generous support Please find me on social media on Facebook and Twitter And I have a website, HCC788.com I will see you soon with another full vintage GI Joe toy review I will see you then And until then, remember only GI Joe is GI Joe