 Hello to everybody who did Copic Commander 788 here and this is another comparison video comparing a modern GI Joe action figure to the vintage equivalent and this time we're going to look at the Baroness. This is version 1 of the Baroness from 1984. This is version 12 of the Baroness, originally released in 2009 and then re-released in 2014 as part of a 50th anniversary set. The 2009 release came with this submachine gun and her figure stand. The 50th anniversary set came with lots of other little gadgets. Despite the fact that modern action figures are in a larger scale than the vintage, these figures appear to be very close to the same size. Taking a look at the 1984 version 1 of the Baroness, we see that she has all black. Most of the action figure is just black plastic. We have black sculpted hair on her head. We have painted glasses and painted lipstick. We have a red painted cobra sigil on her chest. Other than that, there is no paint anywhere else on this action figure. It's just basic black. The vintage figure had two accessories. It had her laser rifle, which was I think a little oversized for her. And also she had a backpack with a sculpted cobra on it and this backpack I always thought was kind of useless. I mean, it looks cool but the Baroness does not really need a backpack. She did come with a backpack though, so that's the accessories on the vintage figure. Looking at the modern figure, we can see that she's still mostly black. She had two accessories. She had this submachine gun, which I think is probably more appropriate for the Baroness. And she came with a figure stand, which had her name on it, codenamed the Baroness and a cobra symbol there on the top. And that was nice. That's a nice thing that modern figures did. Vintage figures did not come with figure stands. But as you can see, she's still mostly black. She does have a red sculpted cobra on her chest. And she has a few silver details, a little paint on her belt. And I think that's just enough detail to make it look a little bit better. I think that if you did too much paint on the figure, I think it might detract from that really nice sleek black design, which I really liked about the original. Her sculpted on hair really restricts her head movement a lot. But other than that, she has lots of good points of articulation, far more articulation than the vintage figure had. And of course, that's a plus with modern figures. Looking at the file cards, the file cards are almost identical. They did change the artwork on the modern file card. The text, however, is almost exactly the same. Really, only one small part of it was rephrased. Other than that, the text is identical. On my last comparison video, some comments were made about the proportions of the snow serpent. Well, if you thought the snow serpent looked stretched out, this figure looks like it's been in the taffy puller. Her limbs are very long and thin. Her torso is very thin and her head is tiny. Now, the vintage figure also does not have perfectly human proportions. Really, neither of these action figures are proportioned realistically. The proportions of the vintage figures are kind of chunky, but that's because they're toys. I mean, they're made for small hands to be able to get around and manipulate. Now, the modern figures are also misproportioned, but I think it's because they're not toys. I mean, these are really designed to have a lot of posibility and for collectors to pose them and freeze them into one pose that they like and leave them there on a display shelf. As usual with the modern figures, this looks great. This bareness looks very nice. Lots of great detail, very sleek design. A lot of time and effort went into this. But I mean, this is a toy. This is the action figure that we took on great adventures. And I'm not sure this is a toy. So this is the ultimate dilemma between modern and vintage GI Joe action figures. Looks great, plays great, tastes great, less filling. As always, I want to know what you think about these action figures, so leave a comment on this video. And don't forget to check back with this channel for full vintage GI Joe tour reviews. I'll see you next time.