 Hello everyone welcome to another Tuesday livestream Alistair is right there and he he wants to leap up to the top of that Shelf right there, which he can do he can make it I just want to make sure he oh now he changed his mind. He can make he can make that leap, but I just want to make sure he doesn't knock anything over, you know Not gonna think off the shelf when he does but but anyway Hello, everyone. Hello, Sparster. Hello, Joe Finn. Hello, Big M. Hello, Yo, Joe. Hello Colonel Chrome. Hello the 80s guy. It's great to see everybody. Hello, Marianne. It's all Nice to see Marianne. I saw Marianne in person today and It's nice to see her in here Hello Zemont and hey Byron is here. Joe motion videos 82 Lester Stratka Corey rat face 44 Insanity's playground York Dark So guys a beach head 76 Robert Lester the gang is all here. Hello, Michael Michele Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first live stream of 2024 hey, it's peg warmers to It's peg warmers to Hello peg warmers what peg warmers said right here is is sort of pertinent to this live stream because This was my last purchase From 2023 this is my last GI Joe purchase from last year So, you know, I thought I'd check it out. Look at it. Hello Woodman 29 nice to see you here. Nice to see Beta Ray Bob as well and hey Christian bricks Greetings From greetings to the United States from the United States Greetings Denmark from the United States. Thanks for being here Hello Terrence we okay, so Before we get started all right before we get going I want to remind everybody that it's Tuesday That means there is a new video from Timmer on half the battle There is a link to that video in the description of this live stream His video this time is a wrap-up of the year a lot wrap up of 2023 and It includes Something that I sent to him and it's it's not a spoiler now It's not a spoiler now although you should watch the video Because I it was very nice for me to see his reaction. So for those of you who Haven't watched the video and are definitely going to after after this live stream, I Am I am no law? Oh, thank you Joe fan 80 Joe fan 84 for the super chat a happy new year. Mr. S and I are watching with my parents tonight. Everyone says hello Hello, Joe fan and mr. S and Parents nice to see everybody. I'll try to be on my best behavior. I'll try to be on my best behavior Timmer The Haslab his tank is no longer in my possession Because I sent it to Belgium and it is now in the possession of Timmer so Timmer has the Haslab his tank now and I'm really happy that he does. I mean Timmer has us a significant his tank collection. He loves his tanks and I thought the probability of him getting his hands on the Haslab his tank was low So I thought you know, I don't need it He needs it more than I do so I sent it to him minus two figures I did keep two figures. I did keep two figures. I kept the the Ron Rudd at figure And I kept the the Cobra commander figure the other two I also sent along so Thank you Timmer For all you have done Timmer's been a fantastic friend and collaborator now for for Many years a lot of years now an amazing number of years now Timmer has been a collaborator and a good friend. So hello cyclonus. Nice to see you there Hello iconic blood and I think I said hello to Beach 76, but if not, hello again. Hello Stratka Zulu So anyway, that's where the Haslab his tank is now. I've done everything that I wanted to do with it I Thought it was fantastic. I really loved it. I think it's an amazing vehicle and It's a his tank like it's an amazing rendition of an iconic vehicle and I loved it But I didn't need it anymore So I sent it someone who who needed it more and who would want it more and I think in the long run would appreciate it more So so that is Timmer's video. Please do watch Half the battle on the link in the description After this live stream and check out, you know, check out his reaction and you can see See what I sent him But also normally there would be a Watson Joe mind Livestream after this one, but they are not doing that this week, but they did do a couple special editions including an interview with with pixel Dan, which is I think that is That was delightful If you've ever had a chance to meet pixel Dan in person, he's he's he's are just a really nice guy He's a really wonderful person to to meet If you haven't and you have the opportunity to you know, certainly You know go to a show that he's at and say hi. He's really personable and really easy to talk to And by the way, so are the Watson Joe mind guys So seeing those guys working together and you know talking to each other that was it was delightful It really was delightful, but the point is there's not gonna be a live Watson Joe mind this evening So after I guess after we're done here. Just go watch Timmer's video and see what he got. It was a lot of fun Speaking of someone who knows pixel Dan Kevin from peg warmers. He is exactly right. He's He's not He's not fake. He's not putting on a show or a personality for For his videos. He's He's genuine and he's really like that. So that that's nice to know and that's nice to it's nice to find someone like that so So great job and good get watch on Joe mine good get to have a pixel Dan on that was That was really smashing Anyway, as you can see for the first live stream of 2024 I pulled my old Python patrol shirt Out of my it was in it was stuffed in a drawer actually Because I haven't worn this in a long time and I made this I made this for let's see which Python patrol was it I think it was the Python Patrol Viper video that I made this for something like that One of them, but the point is I made it out of a regular yellow t-shirt and spray paint and I used like little cardboard strips to mask it off and then I did I did this with spray paint so I wore this because because this This surprisingly this was my final GI Joe purchase of the year Why because I saw it I saw it and so I got it and I did I don't have the regular Copperhead This is the the Python Patrol copperhead. I didn't I never got the regular one or yeah I only okay, I say this I haven't got the regular one yet But I am interested in getting the regular one and I thought this would be at least a temporary substitute because copperhead, you know, that's a Not the most popular character. It's pretty deep in the lineup So I I'm always impressed when classified gets deeper in the lineup of Characters when I dig a little deeper On these classified figures and copperhead. Yeah, that's that's digging deep. That's digging fairly deep it's not the deepest but it's digging somewhat deep to get copperhead and a Python Patrol copperhead Copperhead was in Python Patrol And they actually got him in the classified Python Patrol. So I just thought that was interesting. Oh See Zaymon said hello to Robbie is a hello Robbie Rosary Nice to see you. Hello Ray Paz. Hello Aaron the toy enhancer. I Think I said hello to the figure six pack. Hello everyone and I'm sorry if I missed anybody But anyway, so an honor of my final My final GI Joe purchase of 2023 I'm going full Python Patrol, which is why you can't see me right because The Pythonization process makes you invisible sort of, you know, well if you're watching This with radar or infrared. I am totally invisible to you Now I'm more visible to the naked eye So if you're if you're not if you if by some weird coincidence You're not watching with radar or infrared Then you didn't you can in fact see me but for the for all of you down there who are watching with radar and infrared Totally invisible. Thank you the cheapest big spender for the Super Chat He says awesome what you did for Timmer a completely unselfish of you pure pure class all the way You and Timmer are two of the cornerstones of the joke community. Hopefully this will be the year of Kevin's comeback I would love that happy Here's to a happy new year to you. Thank you very much the cheapest big spender. I really do appreciate that I Would love for Kevin to come back. I really would I I will I will say that I'm you know He doesn't have like a social media presence anymore at least not that I can find and I I have other ways that I've tried to reach out to him But none of those have been successful So Kevin if you hear this see this if anybody even like lets you know about this We would love to see you We would love for you to make a comeback. Hello Kiwi GI Joe customs and collection. Nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here 2024 is gonna be a big year and we I want to talk about that and I want to make sure to set aside enough time to talk about What's coming up in 2024? I can't tell you everything because some things are not ready to be announced yet But we can talk about it in general terms, right? We can talk about it in general terms Before we're ready to announce the specifics. So but the 2024 should be Really big it's gonna be the year of Joe 2024 is the year of Joe so yeah, we're gonna open this unfortunately that means probably won't be able to get to gung-ho here I You know, I hate to leave gung-ho in in the plastic But I just I have a feeling that we're not gonna get to gung-ho this evening. We got a lot to talk about it Marianne is exactly right Although you're not Marianne Zaymott is also probably exactly right 2024 is a big year a busy year. Yes, we've we've already We've already lined up A lot of travel a lot going on For next year. We've got we've got a lot happening So we'll talk about that. We'll talk about that. I did. I also wanted to mention That The reason that I sent Tim or the his tank is because I wanted him to have it. I It was Heartwarming to me that he recorded his reaction, but if he hadn't recorded the reaction That's fine. I I don't like I don't send stuff to people Just to get Get content out of it or to get a mention out of it So if he had just opened it privately as long as he enjoyed it, I would have been happy But it was very gratifying to see His reaction that was that was nice. That was a great way for me to wrap up 2023 it was it was lovely. It was quite charming. So So yes, don't forget a check out timers video as soon as you are done here Where were we yeah, so we can't probably won't get to gung-ho Sadly gung-ho probably forever. Well, no, I'm gonna I'm really gonna try to open this thing We'll try to get to it next week. Well, you know, maybe 2024 isn't just the year of Joe. It's The year maybe it's the year of gung-ho. All right the year of Joe and the year of gung-ho You know, it's got to be true because it rhymes So but you know, I will I will tear into this I have already opened it obviously because I posted pictures of it But I would like to take a closer look at it and I will take a closer look at it here with you Let's talk about Oh, one other thing somewhat important thing My last video of the year was actually opening the Delta 17 figures I Want to say again, thank you to Delta 17 for sending me those They they offered I didn't go go out there and tell them to send me free stuff also, you know always for the sake of full disclosure and just Basic honesty if somebody sends me something to open I'm gonna tell you that they send it to me to open is So that there's no impression that I am I'm Doing an advertisement in the guise of a review. I hate it when people do that I don't want to do that. So, you know, I made sure to say Upfront and at the end of the video and put it on the screen that these were sent to me and I didn't purchase them. However, I Would have purchased them because they're really cool So that video has done really well and has gotten a really good Positive response, which is really nice But honestly, it's not about the video the the Figures are really good. The figures are just really good Which is why I would you know I for some of the army builders I may I may pick up a few more of them because I really like their army builder figures their infantry troopers I Mean, you know, I may just pick up a couple more, but at any rate that was my last video of the year It was it wasn't originally planned to be the last video of the year, but The we moved the timetable up a little bit So I didn't I didn't want to sit on them. I didn't want to sit on them They sent me the box And I I wanted to open the box. So we just we opened the box So thank you everyone to who Who watched the video and as always I like Any endorsement of mine Should matter to you less than your own judgment and your own personal taste You've got to make your choices Hopefully I've I can show you something from enough angles and you know in enough light that it will help you Decide but your decisions are always more important than any opinion that I have about anything Hey, hello, Sergeant Slaughter Slaughterhouse oh Why I highlighted Sparks are because it's the the chat moves so fast But high sparkster too nice to see you sergeant Slaughter Slaughterhouse I I also hope everyone had a nice New Year's celebration I I was asleep for the actual ticking over of the New Year, but but That's that's that's my life. My life is work and sleep and making videos So that was anyway that thank you everyone who watched that and And checked out Delta 17 and reached out to Delta Delta 17 They they're they're pretty thrilled with with your response. So thank you And and thanks for watching and I I hope that you will consider checking them out. I just I just really liked it it It's one of those things where like if I didn't like them. I'd have to tell you that I didn't like them and It's a little it's of course it it's awkward if somebody sends you something and you open it and you don't like it, however As I said in in the video, I had a preview of those that they were at Joe Fest So I was able to see Well, it was probably like the There were they were painted Prototypes to so that they did have basically the same paint job that they were gonna have in the production figures So like I already got to see them and I already knew that I was gonna Like them. So I was kind of just really happy that that they sent them on so anyway, so thanks for that Let's I am gonna open this I'm not gonna have time to open gung-ho unfortunately But I am gonna open this somebody said hello to Rob Vegas, but I didn't see Rob Vegas come in Hello, Rob Vegas wherever you are. Hello agent Chuckles. Thank you very much for being here. Hello, Bob's dungeon What was I saying? Yes, I'm Won't have time to open gung-ho maybe next week. I am gonna open this But let's let's take a sec. Let's take it just a few minutes. Okay to talk about Next year. Hello Paul nap. Nice to see you as well Yes Paul nap Is going to be a new presenter in Cobra convergence this year and That is something that You know, let's let's kick it off talking about 2024 by talking about Cobra convergence, so Cobra convergence we Been doing it for years It happens in July There will be a calendar of presenters and on each day there will be a couple g. I Joe Content creators who do a presentation Ostensibly about Cobra, right, but that's been interpreted very widely interpreted very widely And it's supposed to be like it's supposed to to spark Creativity right it's not supposed to constrain the creators I Supposed to spark, you know creativity and give them some ideas, you know what I'm saying so So Cobra convergence You know Based around GI Joe's enemy Cobra it it goes through the entire month of July There will be two GI Joe content creators Every day in July Except for the 31st July 31st is always a wrap-up video But the first through the 30th. There's gonna be a there's gonna be two GI Joe content creators Every day and I would like to thank All of the creators who are putting forward their their effort For this year. I thank you James Lucas. Happy New Year to you as well I Don't want Cobra convergence to be about me and that's it I Talk about a lot so it sort of necessarily Becomes about me, but I'm trying to not do that and every year I try to do this There are dozens dozens of GI Joe fans that come together To do something special For that time of the year and the focus really should be on them, right? and I and for my part Would like to make This Cobra convergence Bigger than the others I say that every year. I say every year. I want it to be the biggest year ever, but For 2024 I don't want to just be bigger than last year. I want it to be Like orders of magnitude bigger and I Would like to do that while focusing on the many many GI Joe fan creators that will be a part of it so as Cobra convergence announcements are coming up and they will be coming We've got stuff coming. All right. We've got stuff coming up. It's being worked on right now It's been worked on for at least the last month. We tried to get an early start on it, but there's there's There's there's a lot that's That that has yet to be announced it's coming up Wait, who said hold on Joe fan 84 said how about a Mars theme? Well, it's funny. You should bring that up Because the theme for this year is going to be challenged for you for leadership Cobra commander has had many challengers for the top spot over the years Many would be you surfers So that's the theme for this year Again that can be interpreted very widely and not every creator follows the theme I don't want like I said, I don't want the theme to Constrain the creators. I want it for those who are inspired to do something related to the theme I just wanted to give them some ideas, but the theme is going to be Challenge for leadership and as you mentioned Mars one of the big challengers To Cobra commander has been Destro. So So to that end to that end At Joe Fest in in late June in Augusta, Georgia This year it'll be just before Cobra convergence kicks off So it'll be Joe Fest and almost right after that like a week after that Cobra convergence launch launches. Well For my channel, you know for me, it's Cobra convergence every the whole month so every review that I do in July will be related to Cobra convergence, but What I will be doing for the first time is The people who show up at Cobra can I'm sorry at Joe Fest will be able to vote and decide What I will review For Cobra convergence, you will get to make some choices about What's gonna happen on my channel in July and the choice? I mean it's My options that I'm gonna throw at you will specifically be Cobra commander versus Destro Who should be the leader of Cobra? All right, so For those of you who are going to Joe Fest Start start thinking about this in your mind start chewing on this start thinking about it Who would I really want? leading Cobra Should it be Cobra commander or should it be Destro? We are gonna have a booth. There will be a booth at At Joe Fest for Cobra convergence and that is where you will vote that'll be the only place You'll be able to vote for that so If you're there, you won't be able to miss us and we should be pretty easy to spot but Go to our table. You'll be able to vote there. We'll count them up. We'll add them up and And we'll see whichever one wins Will be the focus of at least at least one and probably more of My videos during Cobra convergence. So, yeah, how's that that? That's the challenge for leadership That's my take on the challenge for leadership The answer is clear Yeah, let rest, you know, at least, you know At least you'll be able to keep track of the money, you know, at least he's an accountant Cobra overload see co overlord that's another Overlord is an often forgotten Would be usurper of Cora the Overlord was tossed out there and he appeared in what like a Commercial or two and then was totally forgotten. Nobody ever talks about overlord Which I don't know maybe for the best. I don't know but the point is that's the only place you'll be able to vote you got to vote in person and Whoever wins Will at least for part of July kind of take over my my reviews But here's what I'm thinking this is what I'm actually thinking beyond that because We have a lot of creators in 2024 more than ever much more than ever So Given that there are so many involved there, I mean Whatever your preference is whatever type of content you like whatever type of creation that you like The probability that there is someone or probably more than one someone Involved in that event that you will enjoy that you will like so my request my request to you and this is Your mission if you should choose to accept it if you if it's not something that you Would want to do then then don't worry about that, but if you would Accept this mission my personal request would be to Look at the The the creators that are involved when the list goes up the list is not up yet, but when the list goes up when You look at that list Find somebody that you like or preferably more than one someone and share That person's page channel blog Podcast whatever they do just share it. That's my request That's my request is to just share These folks and and let other GI Joe fans know that they're out there That's my personal request to you because One of my goals That I'm hoping to accomplish before the beginning of July is that I would like every GI Joe fan Everywhere to know about Cobra Convergence And and know what it is right and know what it is and what to expect I know that not every GI Joe fan is going to be interested Not every GI Joe fan is gonna like it not everybody every GI Joe fan is going to get involved But I would like every single GI Joe fan to Know about it and to that end, you know, there's gonna be a lot of promotion on on my side There's gonna be in-person stuff such as Joe Fest there's gonna be a lot of online ads and stuff that I'm I'm taking care of they're gonna be paid promotion that I'm gonna try to put out there But it's gonna take more than that in order to In order to reach literally everyone so Every time you share one of these guys you are Spreading appreciation for GI Joe, which is a brand that it's I mean, it's it's a brand that's it's back Right, we've had GI Joe now for a few years after not having it for a little while so it's back, but it's a brand that Although it's doing well it doesn't have a lot of representation in pop culture I Kind of I wasn't clear on something that I said the last time I was on what's on Joe mind that being GI Joe doesn't have like the the media support that it really needs in order to Get back into the you know popular consciousness and kind of take off Into the next generation But I did want to clarify they have tried that doesn't mean that they haven't tried right because they've had a Video game they've had phone games like mobile games They had that movie the snake eyes movie They've had like comic books They've tried This the Skybound series Both the Larry Hama series and the reboot the the Transformers crossover those are probably the the best chances of Having a successful Media tie-in to kind of get people woken up to it and get more eyeballs on it, right? So a lot of those attempts to Push GI Joe back out there into the media have not really been successful. I mean they have tried right That yes peg warmers There is a new beat-em-up coming. I I will check it out when that's out. It looks interesting, but So I I didn't want to take credit away from The marketers and the brand team at Hasbro they they have tried and they sometimes worked with Not the best tools that they've done the best that they can But without that like big theatrical movie feature or a TV show or a successful video game What GI Joe has and what GI Joe has had for the last several years is us Right. It's it's it's us and There there is new stuff happening with GI Joe. There's new stuff. There's stuff out there We are all aware of it, right? We are all aware of it because we are fans but if more people became aware of it there may be more people who latch on to it and Only we can do that We like we're not getting any Coordination from Hasbro and as you know, I just gave Hasbro's brand team some credit and which they deserve But I've got no communication with them. There's no coordination with them They are doing they're doing whatever the corporation allows them to do, right? They're just doing what they what they are allowed to do But so what we don't need that we didn't have that before We can still We can still talk about what we like talk about what we're passionate about talk about what we care about and that Doesn't cost anything, right? That doesn't cost you any money. It costs you maybe a little bit of time But it costs you zero dollars and You know The what you gain from it is that more people are aware of what we care about and Potentially more people come to care about it themselves. I mean, that's a great upside What's the downside? The downside is nothing happens, right? The downside is you get it out there. Nobody cares, right? And nobody takes an interest. That's the downside, but it doesn't cost you anything That doesn't mean that you're not interested anymore. It doesn't mean that we're not interested that we don't care So it it has basically no downside and only a potential upside To grow the community to bring more people in There was something that somebody mentioned a few weeks back in that they They came into Gijo collecting Through the pandemic like a lot of people they were you know stuck at home and they were looking for a hobby So they haven't been around for you know all of the years. I don't care about that. I Really, I really don't care about that. Who cares how long you've been here or how you've got here. You're here and That's what matters. You're here and there's a you know, we're all in this together you know, we we're charging forward together and Bringing some awareness To something that we care about so that that's my that's my request to you. That's that is my Personal requests, which can be ignored. You can absolutely ignore my request. I'm not offended not everybody Wants to get involved in that way and you don't have to nobody has to do anything. It's all voluntary, right? It's all long if I got mad at you because you didn't volunteer to do something that I wanted to do why that's then It's not really voluntary. Is it no if you're not interested in getting involved in that way. I Mean that that also doesn't really hurt anything you should do as you please but for those of you who Are interested in getting involved my my big ask for 2024 is to use your voice and your your reach to spread the word and Let's let's make this the biggest year that We at least that we've had right it'd be hard to top the the 80s, right? That when GI Joe was at its pinnacle That would be hard to top but since then you know since then we've had some up years. We've had some down years We've had some years with nothing Let's make 2024 the year that We take over and we show the world what GI Joe means What it can be and kind of show everyone that potential That's what I'm going to do And that's what I hope that you will consider doing as well. So thank you and Happy new year, I guess I didn't have a way to finish that sentence, but happy new year All right, we have what? 20 ish minutes. So let's open this, huh? See yeah, they might GI Joe has been in my life in some way or shape and form for the past 30 years and that's true of a lot of us Oh, I I had a gap in that right I had a gap in those years like like a lot of people did but um If if you're new here, I want you to be aware that I You still belong here There's there's nobody that is going to To snob out on you because you haven't been here for a long time and you're not familiar with a lot of the stuff Right. I don't care. I just I'm just glad you're here So thanks for being here. So See you later Marianne I will talk to you later I'll I saw you earlier today, but I will see you again soon. Thank you very much for being here Before I do this, I'm sorry other things Geez other things I hope this doesn't become like gung-ho who never gets open but She's more stuff important stuff. Sorry coming up very soon. So Winterfest in Shepardsville, Kentucky. I really wish I got a graphic for that But GI Joe Winterfest in Kentucky I wish I got a link for it. Geez on January 27th good lord um show prep Show prep. Uh, yes January 27th. I will be there. That is going to be my first GI Joe show of 2024 it will be in Kentucky. There's something I've been mulling around Um For a while because you know, I saw the notice I saw the event and I really wanted to go and there are a couple people that I know That will be there and I really wanted to see them. So I'm like should I should I well, I am okay I am I am going. Uh, so if you have a chance to go to Winterfest, uh, January 27th In Shepardsville, Kentucky. Please come please say hi. I will see you there. I will be there. Um, and that's by the way, um Something that I need to point out. I'm gonna be doing a lot of traveling next year. Not all of it is for GI Joe some of its personal stuff in fact, um, the my first actual review For 2024, I think is not gonna go up until the 21st of January and that is specifically because Uh, my girlfriend Marianne who you just saw here. I can prove I have a real girlfriend Her name is Marianne. Um, she is going to be starting Starting school. She's going back to school for graphic design. Uh, she Her first semester starts in the middle of January. So we have like this tiny window of time This tiny little window of time To spend a little time together before she has to start classes. So, uh, we're gonna Take a few days to ourselves To ourselves and we're gonna spend some time together before she has to start classes But that would normally be the time that I would be working on The first review of the year. So for that reason, uh, the first review of the year is gonna have to be pushed out an extra week um Also, uh, there will be a patreon poll Coming up in january. Now, uh, the the folks who support the channel on patreon First of all, if if you watch the channel at all, then you're supporting the channel. And so thank you Please don't never feel like you have to Be a patron or whatever to be appreciated Um, I I appreciate you, you know, if you're just if you're here Even if you're just casually here, even if you never comment on anything the fact that you're here and watching It still means something The folks that support the channel on patreon on a number of occasions have really helped me out when I didn't have a whole lot Going for me as far as, you know, making a living and they they really they really saved me. They really really saved me. So um I feel like I need to give something back to them and one of the things that I like to do is, um Uh, the polls I I put up a poll on patreon let them decide on a review Um, but I never feel like I do enough of them. I feel I always feel like I should do more Right. Always feel like I should do more. I've never feel like I do enough. Um Well this year I've kind of mapped out the schedule for the year This year I've got some planned. Okay, so if you support the channel and patreon, thank you And I will really try to get you some more Uh, you know specific exclusive stuff. So I'm working on it. I'm working on it But uh, those are the major things that are coming up spending some time with maryanne. Um next week um patreon poll is going up and then I believe The first review of the year will probably hit on January 21st Which is a week after it normally would so that's a basic roadmap For what's coming up. Uh, so anyway, thanks guys for being patient because i'm gonna go ahead and open this Uh, hello, did I say hello to andrew? Hello andrew andrew the guy's so nice. They named him twice. Let's take a look at, uh at, uh A copperhead which again, I've already opened Um, and I still have the the accessories on so the the accessories box is here And of course, this is the windowless packaging Um, the windowless packaging It's it's it's kind of a mixed bag. They are going back to the window packaging, but it's kind of a mixed bag like I like this one because it features Uh ron rudat artwork Large right it's large. It takes up the entire face of the box This has some toy photography And it has like just the a portrait Which is Repeated on the side now This is this is about the same amount of artwork that we got on the windowless boxes. It's not like they it's less artwork, right? um Wait somebody said uh plans to check out fort nox in kentucky. I'm meeting up with a guy What was his name something? Gold member gold finger something like that. He said something about fort nox. I don't know. We'll we'll we'll see how it goes um, but uh The toy photography is nice and there are always like little easter eggs in the background and stuff Which is cool and all but Doing it this way means that we don't get the like the larger scale uh character artwork that I was kind of hoping that we would get with the windowless boxes. Um, so for that reason I I Not sad that they're going back to the Window boxes. So check out check out Copperhead here and since I got that this that's the reason for the uh the thumbnail that I have On this uh live stream. It's that's a drawing that I did for my review of um For my review of python patrol copperhead and uh one thing that I would like to point out is that uh um The vintage python patrol copperhead uh was wearing this little yellow number that uh Looked like ladies underwear. All right. That's just how I interpret it They have gone a different direction. They have not done that for the classified version. So, uh, You know, maybe maybe they took a look at it and they're like, you know, what let's let's not have him wearing yellow panties Now he he is wearing black panties. So I mean it's At least they changed the color, you know Um, I'm not saying it looks bad But what I am saying is like I'm actually just looking for an excuse to uh Put copperheads, but really close to the camera so I'm like, uh, how many people are gonna keep watching with With the python patrol copperheads, but uh that close to the camera taking up your whole screen He taken up the whole screen with his whole ass Um, so, oh, sorry, mr. S. Don't say that word. Don't say that word. Um, yeah black is slimming. Yeah, that's true um Consequently, I mean you've got he's got some yellow on the legs But I mean, I think the reason they went with the yellow on the vintage figure is that it kind of balances out the the yellow on the helmet Otherwise that the yellow just looks a little more out of place Um, because if he has yellow here, then he you know, you've got kind of balance But as it is he's got yellow here. He's got yellow here and then like nothing else matter Why I mean he's got he's got the lattice pattern, but what I mean like a solid yellow uh A solid yellow block I also wanted to point out point this out um He's got his his uh his pistol here Which by the way is not Like on the vintage figure he had the the pistol on the chest He still has the pistol on chest, but that's it's just for show That does not come out. That is not removable Um, but he has two others while this is actually a revolver He has a revolver and then he has an automatic pistol that goes on his hip um so He's got two other firearms other than the one that uh That was on the vintage figure uh where Uh, which would be that one. Uh, he also has this machete thing this like scimitar machete which you know, that's kind of you know For cutting through the swamp or whatever. That's fine. Um, but I did want to point this out. So he has this kind of backpack holster Um on the back and I assume I assume the standard issue does as well and you can see the the uh This clasp here The strap that goes over It it works It pegs in and it can open and it can fit the pistol. However This is this is what I've run into Um, and this is why I don't have the pistol in the holster And that is with the pistol in No matter how I try I cannot get This to stay on like it'll stay on for a minute and then it'll flip back up I say it'll flip back up Any second now it'll flip back up Look, it was flipping back up when I played with it earlier, right? um, okay see This this is how dastardly copper copperhead is right He's such a villain that he wants to turn me into a liar Here on live youtube Uh, I played around with this quite a bit and I couldn't get it to stay like this now that it's now that I'm live It it works fine. Of course it does. Of course it does. It would only ever not work when I am on my own and uh So there you go. Well, I guess now I'll put everything back. So pistol there uh, and that one also Yeah tabs in right there That one I didn't have any problem with that one that worked absolutely fine. Um, and then the machete thing Uh, hold on. He's got these bands around his arms just like the vintage figure, but they They they slip down. There we go Gotta have to push him back up. So that was my first Uh, gi joe uh, I'm sorry my last gi joe purchase of 2023 now I ask you I ask you which Will be my first gi joe purchase of 2024. Well the the first The first um gi joe Purchase of 2024 has already been made. I've already purchased something So I guess it depends on which one gets here first because I got like I had to get four figures Uh, and accessories for an upcoming review. So I went ahead and bit the bullet and I got those but I also Have, uh, 3d joe's uh, gi joe Omnibus the art of gi joe that is on the way. It seems like everyone else It seems like everyone else has already got theirs But mine is still held up by the united states postal service. So So now it's a race Which will get here first will it be the book? When I will show you I will open that book and I will show it to you The the pictures that I've seen of other people's copies are absolutely amazing. I will show you that book um, see uh, low one bow two got his book And mine is still I got the tracking on it. It's just it's just hanging out there, you know so The people at usps are sleepy, you know, they got to take a nap You know, they need to take a few days off and they'll get around to it, right? So mine's on the way and I look forward to it. The thing is um If the first acquisition of 2024 is anything other than the book I may not be able to show it to you because It would spoil an upcoming review, right? I can't I don't want to spoil something that's coming up. Look, we've talked about this, right? I put I even did polls I asked people, you know, do you want a preview? Of what's coming up? Do you want to know? What is coming up on this channel or do you want to be surprised and overwhelmingly? the viewer said I want to be surprised, okay Uh, so so for that reason I try not to spoil what's coming up But what that means is that the figures the gi jo figures that I bought for upcoming Reviews, I can't show them to you Because that would spoil the upcoming reviews As soon as I can show them to you though, I will um, so Uh, so there there's our copperhead. There is some I also wanted to comment on something else. Look, I I've already complimented, uh, the hasbro gi jo team once on this live stream Well, I'm about to do it again, uh, although it's the credit probably doesn't specifically go to them um Uh, a couple years ago we were having some real problems with the distribution Of gi jo classified series figures like it was and it was getting ridiculous Uh, you couldn't find anything anywhere The things you could find were like all the same things over and over Um, the new stuff the new stuff took forever to actually Get to the the pegs to get to the shelves um At least where I am that has not been The case over the last I don't know six months eight months or so um Every time I go into a retailer I find gi jo stuff. I find classified stuff um If there's a distribution problem That's not here Uh, sometimes they get they still get too much of certain figures like the the retro series Um, I I like the retro series and I I like gung ho and I like lady j But there are only so many gung hoes and lady jays that anybody needs So if you fill up your pegs with gung hoes and lady jays you know even if everybody Who wants one gets one Uh Nobody's gonna nobody's army building gung hoes and lady jays Now you fill up your pegs with crimson guard Then you're in business You know, that's something that's an army builder. That's something that people Really, you know want to get multiples of but um, and I don't know if that's necessarily hasbro's fault or if it's Uh, whomever is ordering the product for the big box retailers So that's still an issue But what hasn't been an issue is getting stuff To the stores in a timely manner most not all but most of the gi jo classified stuff that I've gotten this year I've gotten that retail. I've just gone out to a store and bought it um, I know that Some stuff is showing up at ollie's and at ross not here uh, we have both ollie's and ross here and um The stuff that they're getting is like the the leftover movie junk Um, and that that stuff, you know, those are peg warmers. Those are, you know Those were over produced And that's something that like the the snake eyes movie it's in the past. It's it's done. It's over with when we've moved on But sometimes the figures still linger, right? But honestly like I haven't found like the good stuff at uh ollie's or ross. I haven't found Um, like I don't know. I mentioned the crimson guard Of course, they wouldn't get the retro crimson guard, but the standard issue crimson guard zartan I don't know Who else come out spirit? Um storm shadow whatever else has come out this year. They're not getting that stuff. They're not getting that stuff That stuff is is it's moving um I have seen those uh hit the the You know target and walmart and then they're they go they sell they go They get picked up they get purchased by people. Um, so That's fantastic. That's that's it really is a good sign. First of all that stuff is getting there At least where and I can't I can't account for anywhere anyone else Um, yes, do have a shipwreck. Absolutely. Thank you so much um Now you might you might find an occasional tiger force, uh, or marauders barbecue. That's that could happen Those are niche items to niche items. Um, but um But you know like when they announce stuff and when they, you know, uh When they, you know, uh Ship it to the retailers at least where I am it's been getting there It's been getting to the retailers And And I've been picking it up, you know, I've been purchasing it. So um the distribution problems not perfect Not perfect, but way better Way better than it was a couple years ago. My goodness. Is it better? Um, but anyway um We've already done an hour. I need to stop now I need to stop now. Um Thank you everyone for being here After you watch this, please Check the link in the description of this live stream and go check out timmer's video Um, you will see what I sent to him um If you're anywhere in the area of kentucky, uh, come and see me at uh at winter fest Did not grab a link because for some reason I didn't think of it, but uh winter fest in kentucky January 27th. I will be there and then From this evening For the rest of the year, uh, please find Uh, the gijo fan creator that you enjoy and share the hell out of them Share everything share what you enjoy Uh, give them a boost. It doesn't cost you anything You know, you're not buying ads for them. You're not You're not like sending them Money to buy their own ads. You just share Just share what you enjoy that is my request and with that I'm going to say good night. Uh, I will thank you every once everyone. Uh, I will see you Oh shoot I won't see you next tuesday because i'm gonna be I won't be here I forgot about that. Um, so no live stream next tuesday because I Will be out of town like I said, I've got a small window of time to spend some time with maryanne before she starts school So i'm going to be spending that time with maryanne, but I should be back For the tuesday after that. So thanks again everyone and I will see you in two weeks Bye and happy new year. Happy new year and good night. 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