 Okay, we are live Hello to who's on the screen Lester Matt troublemaker Hello to Baderie Bob and Eric and low one bow to and hello to Joe fan and Mcglord diggler and MC DJ AC DC and Joe fan again. Hello everybody. I'm back We are live sorry about missing last week It's just I was really exhausted last week But even so I always regret Missing missing a live show. Hello pains toy samples. Nice to see you there. Hello Matt I Have I have lots to show and lots to do this evening. I have notes I have notes, so I will hopefully not forget anything Hello Cobra Island So, yes. Yeah, I Hello Terrence. Yeah, I try to start early when When I'm able to just in case there are any technical issues, you know Because sometimes I have had technical issues and I don't want to start late So, you know, I try to start early in case there's something I need to fix Hello James and Wilkinson studios and project our corp. Hello everyone. Thanks for being here It's nice to see everybody Looks like are the usual suspects. Hello draws and photo viper and white Vegeta nice to see you It's really nice to see you guys. I really missed you. Hello Andrew Andrew the guy's so nice. They named him twice. Hello. Thank you, Josiah Yes, I start starting starting a bit early just In case I have technical difficulties, I'll have time to figure it out and fix it So I don't have to start late. So it's kind of like a test run, you know, it's it's a Test run except for it's the real run Hello, Yojo. Hello, Oklahoma from the lone star state. Hello lone star state from the United States. Nice to see you Thank you very much for being here our neighbors to the south I have so much. I have so much. Hello, Johnny Yeah Yeah, yes, see Matt. Yeah, the usual suspects. Hello, Charlie. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here I have so much. Hold on. Let me let me let me go through a little bit a little bit Yes, Cobra Island is a usual suspect Let's see James anybody check out my Sir Pentor unboxing video I haven't but I would like to because I'd like to see it So I'm glad you were able to do that. I'll look for it. Apparently James has a Sir Pentor unboxing videos So that is something that a lot of us are interested in so make sure you check out that hello Who we got here data links and Johnny and John Ulrich and Chromius and it's Chris from comic tropes. Hello, Chris from comic tropes. Thank you very much for being here It's always nice to see you. I exchanged messages with our friend Kevin from peg warmers this evening. So Thank you for being here I have stuff Let me let me let me show some of the stuff that we've got to get through I've got first of all I've got Stuff from assembly required here that I picked up So I'll show that if you watched a toy kind of moods Show where I was a guest. I've shown this stuff before but I will show it to you guys in case you missed it so You see Yeah, okay, good good some folks have seen it some folks have seen it in addition in addition to The assembly required stuff, which I will show you I also have The new classified sergeant slaughter now a lot of folks have already Opened this and shown it to you and done videos, but I haven't yet I've been holding on to this thing for a while because I wanted to open it For a live show like this, but then I I canceled last week. So I've still been holding on to it So I've got this and I also have The action force version so I kind of put them side by side I was deeply curious about How these two compare so so what we will check that out Hello. Hey, it's Rob. It was area. It's nice to see Rob. Yes. I did start a little bit early Hello, Rob Vegas. We it's Rob and Rob So we got some Rob's we got some Mike's and we got at least one Chris We usually have more Chris's let's let the Chris's show up. Did I say hello to Hans? I don't know But if not, hello Hans It's always nice to see Hans here So oh Yeah Also, I have I have another blind box to open So let's see if we can get lucky and get a G. I. Joe action figure out of this blind box So far zero luck. I will however add that At my local store Where I get these there's a display and this display has Like little sample figures in the display. I say has I mean had because somebody has stolen all of the sample figures out of the display So that was amusing, but this I did not steal I paid for it I this is legal and legitimate and we will open it. There is a cat Who is resting right over there and have better not? Destroy my don't destroy my stuff for a change So yes, yes, we are We are doing things what are the oh two things two things first before we get started with all that Two important things Numero uno our friend Timmer from the YouTube show half the battle is doing his charity drive so I in the description of this live video is a link to his Charity video that has instructions on how to participate. I will be participating And this is a really nice thing That the community does every year. It's it's it's for charity. It's to help children I think it's a really great thing. So that is still going on We still got a couple more weeks of that so and I am donating a prize a prize For the drawing At the end of it. So do help with that if you can it's it's very easy. You don't have to send Timmer any money You just have to make a donation and then send proof of your donation to be entered in the drawing So so I will be doing that. I hope you will as well Also today is Tuesday That means there is a new half the battle video so Timmer Has his new video and I believe it was top seven Toys that he owns so it's it's Timmer's favorite toys and I was mentioned in that video because I helped him get one of those favorite toys so So yeah, it's a It's a it's new half the battle video day And Timmer's charity thing still ongoing Another thing since we have a sergeant slaughter theme here The YouTube channel sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse the The guy who runs that channel Zazel. He's got a go fund to me He's trying to get from Australia to the United States for Joe Fest next year So I have donated to that And if that's something you're interested in I encourage you to check that out as well Hey, it is peg warmers speak of the devil. It's peg warmers. How do you do there peg warmers? It's nice to see you always love your show and and everything you do and it's always really nice to to see you here And and peg warmers still waiting for his classified Sarge Well, I will give you a sneak preview of yonder classified Sarge Hello, there's a let's see Ryan sweet. Hello Ryan. By the way Hello all you legends in the chat also good evening. Yeah, good evening to you You also are legend. I guess we're all legends. This is a chat of legends Hello Nyquist nice to see Nyquist here. I think I missed Joshua. I didn't say hello to Joshua, but hello Joshua Yeah, Zazel is an awesome dude. So If you would like to perhaps meet Zazel in person at Joe Fest next year Check out that link. Oh, thank you comic tropes, which is the best overall overall classified figure. That's a That's a difficult question I really liked the stalker because I mean, that's my favorite character, but let's see this This spirit is Is a really excellent figure so And like look at all those accessories in the accessories all work together and are holstered And he's got the eagle and the eagle has multiple wings It for me, it's hard to beat that one. That is just an amazing An amazing figure the spirit figure, but the Baroness figure the one that came with the coil motorcycle also really really good that is a very high-quality figure So there's some competition there. Oh Yes, Rob Rob says us all sees are pretty cool. That is true. Yes. Um, actually All the all the Australian people that I know Have been have been really actually quite nice. Don't break my stuff. I'm sorry. The cat is actively trying to destroy my stuff Yes, yes, he's He's he's he's being extra destructive this evening, but please don't break anything for a change Hello sparkster. Hey nice to see you there sparkster so I Okay, just don't break anything All right, where was I okay? So Timmer Zasal and oh two More pieces of news Yes, that's Alastair's cameo. He took a break from From destroying things to you know, just be on the show for for a minute So, um, I I got to notice and I know several other people got to notice that Dr. Meinbender The classified Dr. Meinbender figure will be shipping soon. Oh, thank you killer the killer weasel Howdy commander from freezing Texas Not big on classifieds, but the Big Ben looks most impressive to me. Yes, and I like Big Ben I mean, I like the figure. I like the original figure. So it'd be really interesting to get that one In in a larger scale. It's also freezing here too. It's like really cold. Oh, thank you Ryan Sweeney for the super chat Here is the link to Zasal Get to To also thank you HTC for sharing. Okay. I got you. I understand what you mean The link for Zasal's Go fun to me. Also. Thank you. It's that's what you meant and thank you. Thank you for the super chat Thank you for being cool because I just like you and I like Zasal too, so I hope that I Hope he's able to Meet his goal because I have every intention of being at Joe Fest In Augusta, Georgia next year and I would love to meet him in person. That would be pretty awesome Hello, Exploriso. How do you do? Thank you very much for being here So Dr. Meinbender will ship soon. Also, there have been some rumors that The sky striker is going to be arriving in the United States soon and Therefore, I guess should ship out Shortly thereafter. So we we could get a sky striker in the not too distant future. That's That's what the rumor is. That's what the rumor is. So So those little pieces of news I am I am not your GI Joe news source. I'm terrible As a journalist I I I forget news items all the time other news items. Just get right by me There are some channels that are really really good at keeping up with the news. I Don't keep up with it really all that all that well but But but at least I tried to to give you that the most recent news that That I was able to find today. So that's that's the news That's Morse code. I also just ripped off what's on Joe mind That's that's the key to success That's the key to success on the internet. You find what somebody else is doing and Rip it off That's how you do it. Um if you if you if you're saying that you're ripping it off though it kind of It's a it's kind of a giveaway. It's kind of a dead giveaway there if you actually say, you know I'm ripping this off from somebody But you can be a little more a sly about it. You can be a little more secretive about it so Yes, I Sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse called me a disease that is accurate. Thank you very much, sir At ease to you as well Destro owns Mars of the the chocolate company Yeah, Mars made Snickers see that's what I'm saying It's it's a sign, you know, you can you can do more than one thing You can build weapons and make candy bars You know So, okay, that's that's the news That's the news We'll get through this faster than I thought we'll be fine. We'll be fine Yeah, Rob says I owe them a nickel That's see that's a good point. Hey, I'll just I'll I'll I'll put a nickel in an envelope and I'll send that off in the mail. Just check your mailbox in a few days You'll definitely find a nickel in there. Just keep keep watching it keep watching it Let me show you a few things that I picked up at assembly required so The weekend before last I was in Des Moines, Iowa for assembly required. That is a convention that they've been doing for quite a long time It was a lot of fun and I was able to see a lot of people that I know and that I care about and It's it was really nice. It was really nice Don't destroy anything don't don't do it So at assembly required I didn't get toys. I didn't really even have like The intention of getting toys But I did get I did get a few other things so I'll show you the things that I got is The dude that do do dudes really morse code. Um, yes, Josiah. I'm thank you for the super chat. Yes It absolutely is Joe Josiah in fact Play this back play this back slowly and decode This message That's a special one for you Josiah that one's special for you. Don't don't tell anybody else but you'll have to play that back really slow and And decode that you do that later do that later. It's we're live right now. Can't do it right now. We're live but later Play that back at low speed and and decode that and it's special special message message for you Yeah, okay, so so okay Here is here's something that somebody gave me Ritz Murphy gave me this CD of his so that that's really cool I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet because I actually haven't It was with stuff when I was driving home So I didn't listen to driving home and since then like I realized I don't have like a standalone CD player I Think the only CD player I have is in my car So anyway, but I'll listen to this in the car apparently since that's how we're doing CDs nowadays I have I got this for a mark two designs Um, let's see. Let me hold that up and see if you can scan that code scan the code scan it fast So this They had some customs there That were really amazing some custom Six inch classified scale Cobra ferrets There was a really sweet six inch scale custom shark Like the 1984 shark um, but unlike the 1984 shark that had like um Deep six was supposed to lay down in the prone position um This one was a two-seater a two-seater. It was really cool. Uh, so yeah, I I got the car so I could check these guys out Uh, and now you can check them out as well Um, I I did oh, let's I'll show this uh, James Kavanaugh noted author noted author James Kavanaugh author of uh, the book that I Of oh, I hey, I grabbed it the author of yeah, this this very James Kavanaugh here Uh author of this book and others um, he is Heading up the unofficial Gijo fan club. So I picked up some of their stuff just some of their their uh, their items And literature. I did sign up for the fan club Um, so they're gonna be sending some stuff out to fan club members and um And they've got this uh This is sample. It's a sample Um, but like a sort of like a sample newsletter Um, and This this to me is kind of special because um As a kid I didn't get in on like the mobile strike Team or whatever they called like little fan club thing that they had Back in the early 80s. I missed out on all of that not because I wasn't around But because I didn't send off for anything my parents did not like us to send off For for mail away stuff. Uh, thank you. Josiah. How great was the custom? Uh, dread Dreadnock flag at joe fest. Yeah, that was amazing Going back a little bit farther to joe fest. Um, there was A flag and it was a custom like steam punk Dreadnock theme Flag and it was like all post apocalyptic looking. Um, it was that was incredible That was incredible. There's a lot of work went into that. That was amazing. Um, so Uh, Han says is james looking for arts. I work cheap biscuits and goodwill. Um, and Han's you you do good work You do good work. I've seen it. Um, I don't know if he is but you know what? It's it's worth checking. Um, I uh, let's see the fan club is on the social medias and and At gi joe fan club.com So that's probably the most likely way to reach james And it would be it would be worth checking You know, it would be it would be worth asking Um, so I got I got some fan club stuff Uh, put I'm putting the james cavanoff stuff together so I don't lose it. Um, I also got Um I'll show that last I got Uh, this is after action report This is a book um, this is By josh, uh, ebbin and roger taft and josh was there josh was at the show This is volume two. I already have volume one. It's right up there. Um, as you guys may be aware, um, I Value print resources for gi joe for research purposes. It is fantastic. Um, Not everything is on the internet and even if it is on the internet It's not necessarily all in one place and easy to access So print resources are incredibly valuable. Uh, this is volume two And after action report covers the comic book And this Covers let me make sure yeah The devils do era 2001 to 2008 and this is especially important for me because I totally missed out on that era So I am not very familiar with that era of the comic book series Um, so this is very helpful And it came with some stuff. It came with some extra stuff. You don't really don't mess that up. I'm serious I'm serious. Don't mess that up Volume three. I understand. Uh, the Kickstarter is live and I believe that's already funded I believe it got it got funded already and um volume three. I believe is going to cover The idw era. Thank you matt rubin I got a notice that classified mindbender was shipping soon anyone else. Yes. Yes matt. Um, I I also got that notice. I also got that notice Hey, why don't you why don't you just stay there like a parrot? um, but I also got like the after action report, um dog tag and He's really not gonna let me do this. He's he's really getting irritated with him But but other other material that came with it. So and it was nice to see josh again I got to hang out with him a little bit. Um, I also hung out with him at joe fest so this Was really awesome. It was great to to get it Right Right Okay, fine. He he's getting really mad He's really mad now um, okay Um, what am I uh two announcements for a channel if you like the announcement for me It will let me know what they are um, but in the meantime, let me move on to show you the last thing that I have from Uh assembly required. Um, this is something that I did purchase and this is a really nice um, I'll leave it in plastic a really nice print of a steel brigade um By by ron rudat and it is if I can It is signed to me Along with along with his card Um, so yeah ron rudat was there. Um, it was it's always nice to see ron Um, he ron rudat is just a really nice guy Um, very easy if you have a very easy to talk to if you have a chance to um To go to a show uh or a convention or anything where he Has a table. I do recommend Uh going meeting him, you know talk to him about His his time on gi joe and the other things that he does He was also part of a panel and so was josh And dan clien smith and uh and skinny all did a panel like the first panel of the show um So, uh, yeah, I I did get to see ron. I got to talk with him a bit and I got a print from him. So um That's that kind of thing is important to me and that's that's really what i'm trying to spend my money on is um Is people that I care about and people that I want to support Uh, let's see. Uh cobra allen says thanksgiving. I'm reviewing the weather dominator from the range of cobra Cora miniseries that that's number one. That is cool. Um, I don't have that. So, you know, I always like to see You know reviews of things that I don't already have so that's that's number one. That's number one Um, let's see and number two 19 subs away from my goal of 200 subs by new year's gay day Okay, so 19 subs away. So if you'd like to help, um, cobra island, um, he His youtube channel is called cobra island as you can imagine. So you can check that out Oh, josiah sends a super chat. Thank you t public for best, uh, non cosplay convention clothes Yeah, uh, that's oh By the way that remind thank you josiah that reminds me of something I also got this at assembly required. Um, it's this uh, this exclusive t shirt that they had It's uh, mcconnell's rock and roll surf bar um Malibu, california So what's funny is that I'll wear this and people will think I got it in malibu california. No no Rock and roll Is from malibu, you know mcconnell. So I really like that. I just I like the design and I think it's it's really clever So I had to get it. I I really love it. Um, one more thing about assembly required One more thing about assembly required before I forget They did announce of course they will do it again next year Um, the theme for next year Will be the dread knocks And I know a lot of you guys out there are dread knock fans Dread knock fans. So, um, if you have not been to assembly required in Des Moines, iowa, they usually do it in early november Um, and it's uh, it's it's a really fun show. I I will try I will always try to be there. I will always try to be there. So Um, if if you'd like to meet me, I would love to meet you. So Um, so check out assembly required next year Uh, and I believe that's all I had from assembly required this year Um, nine 18 subs away. There you go. See see now cobra island's mentioning of subs makes me think of subway sandwiches And now I kind of want a subway sandwich I wouldn't I wouldn't mind 18 subway sandwiches I could eat that i'm a little hungry I'm a little hungry. I could eat 18 subway sandwiches Uh islanders, they told you collectors. How do you do 17 away? There you go See we're ticking them right off ticking them right off um uh So, okay, I think that's it I think that's it. I'm just really trying to not miss stuff. Um I think sparks are talking about transformers talking about those those transforming robots That's okay. That's okay This is a a robot welcoming zone. It's okay For robots to come in we do serve though their kind in here um Going to share any of those sandwiches with allister a good question sparkster. I think you would probably steal them Even if I didn't share them. Uh, hello, michael. Uh, how do you do? Um, uh, BMT or colca that's a Uh, I'll probably go with the BMT. Well, you know what if I'm getting 18 sandwiches I'll get both, you know, they don't have to be all one kind You know be all the what I like to tell you what I like to do I like to get a a turkey a a turkey club add bacon I don't know what it is about turkey and bacon and why it goes so well together But it's like turkey and bacon were meant for each other It's like it's like a uh It's like if a turkey and a pig had like Babies Let's let's discontinue that conversation. Uh killer easter says what about legos. I allow way at legos too Um, except as your lego fans will obtusely point out the plural of lego is lego Uh, that's I'm using isn't it? Um, so yeah lego like I've got Well, actually I actually I don't have lego in here. I what I have is um Is is knockoff I got knockoff legos Um, but yeah, I'll allow it. I'll allow it Um, so that's that's it for assembly required. Um, I am ready To talk sergeant slaughter ready to talk sergeant. So I could see turkey bacon and ranch. I think that would work I think that would work. I'm ready I'm ready to talk about sergeant slaughter um Uh, uh sparkster built the awes striker out of lego ricks. That's cool. That's cool Um trouble maker rick says my channel is about lego get out I'm kidding. You can stay. No, you can stay. It's a lego is fine lego is fine Uh plural of lego is leg. I Um, so let's uh, um, yeah, you could bring your leg. I in here Um, yeah Bring all the leg. I build a giant lego with your leg. I Let's talk About sergeant slaughter Let's uh, let's talk about sergeant slaughter. Uh, so I have two here. This is the classified one that I just got Okay, I didn't just get it. I got it like two weeks ago I was going to open this Last week on the live show, but of course I didn't do the live show last week So we're opening it this week. So we're gonna open this. I have not opened it yet. I haven't seen it I also have the action force sergeant slaughter that I got Last year when did I get this? I forget but I got it some time ago. So, um, I want to compare, uh, these two and just see Not necessarily which one's better, but what are the differences? It's it's impossible to say which one's better because you'll have preferences, you know, either way But I would like to see what the differences are and how they are similar. So let's take a look at those Um, I have already reviewed. I'm sorry. I have already reviewed the action force one So I'm just going to take it out of the box here real quick. Uh, hello branded night. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here Hello, jose and thane woods and anybody else who snuck in here um Some of the knockoff lego sex don't look good. Yeah. Yes, I agree now. I um, I won't deny I've had I've gotten a lot of amusement out of those Um, they they're the quality is questionable But but I still have had a lot of fun putting them the them together For the show. Hey, what's on joe mine? Where are the uh, the hell are the sea and cats? He was just right here He was just right here who's sitting on my shoulder a second. He might be back later, you know, stay tuned Stay tuned. He might be back later. Hello bubble rack, uh, memories. How do you do? Um, how's the charity drive going? That's a good question. I uh, don't have an update from timmer on how the charity drives going but at the beginning of the show I did say that the link for timmers charity video and with the instructions is in the description of this live video So please do check that out. Uh white vejito call sign longbow last day to pre-order and I did pre-order Thank you. See this is what I'm saying like I'm I'm not good at reporting the news. Thank you white vejita call sign longbow, um a An o-ring action figure kickstarter Is uh, is in pre-order you can pre-order today is the last day for it Um, I wish I had grabbed that link, but it's it's easy enough. You can just google, uh call sign longbow You will find it. I promise I swear and uh Make sure you check that one out too. Uh, that is one that I was able to get in on I wasn't sure that I would be able to get on it, but I did I did so, uh, so you can pre-order that As well. So, uh, I'm uh, as I was saying since I have already reviewed the action force Um sergeant slaughter, I'm going to just go ahead and take it out I'm not gonna do a like a whole thing on it Uh, since we've already looked at it Um, the action force one has you know, it has the uh, the sunglasses and multiple hands see This is why I got I got to not mess with stuff. So this one comes with multiple hands And it has this knife with the eagle head and it has this giant like dirty harry revolver And uh, and the the sunglasses the the sunglasses are quite delicate as I pointed out Uh, and I believe the classified sergeant slaughter also has removable sunglasses So I'm going to try to carefully put these on his face Ah and the hat fell off Okay, something something like Something like that. Okay Ah, no, no, no, no, no, no Okay Uh, okay, it's as again as I pointed out in My review it can be a challenge to keep the sunglasses on but the there is your sergeant slaughter And they're not straight That's as close as I can get it. There is your sergeant slaughter From action force So there's that I am really really going to try to not lose those sunglasses because I am sure Someday when we're all looking back at this and trying to complete these figures It's the sunglasses that will be the frequently missing piece Uh, and they are so tiny If they fell on the floor, they would instantly evaporate So he's got this quick draw holster for the revolver. I'm going to put that in So he'll at least to have the accessories that he normally, you know carries on him Uh, and he includes a figure stand, but I am not going to get the figure stand out right now I've already reviewed this so I'm not I'm not going to rehash all that but you know, I want to have him here Um, he'll he'll stand there even though you can't see him Now you can see him Sort of Stand there serge Okay, and then And I apologize when I'm doing this. I have a hard time reading the the live chat. So I apologize. I will Probably miss some of your comments. Hey, it's jls comics. Nice to see you jls comics. Thank you very much for being here Ah See I can't do it. Um And dave c nice to see you. Thank you also for being here and shawn becket Um, let's see, which way does the hat go? I guess the hat goes either way and then Maybe I should break out the figure stand I I just want him to I just want him to stand there. That's all I want I just want him to stand there because I got to take out. I got to take out the other one Okay. Well, no, it's just gonna fall. I'm gonna put him right here. All right. Stay there. Stay there Okay, anyway, um the bullet came with pursuit of cover a low light was absorbed into the fibers of my carpet Yes, that is um, I believe the watson joe mine guys called that accessory pre-lost um, is just imagine a bullet in uh The scale for the four inch figures. They actually made that an accessory. That's amazing Okay, so this oh, but okay first of all the packaging. This is our windowless packaging art by adam riches I am glad that they got um An artist that joe fans are familiar with he did a lot of the artwork on packaging for gi joe um for gi joe Over the last I don't know a couple decades So there's that uh good artwork and it's basically artwork of different styles and different kind of different eras and genres of sergeant slaughter So um Nice artwork there we've got We've got these symbols um Let's see that's The the that that's five uh stars in a swimming pool That means a fist bump. That's a fist bump Uh, this one means he's getting a good wi-fi signal and what is this one? This one means he hates rectangles. So let's open it Um, I this is the actually the first of the Um, hello or in packs. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here. Um, this is the first of the Uh, windowless packages that I've opened. I have not opened one of these before. Oh, I see so all right Uh, it's got he's in a tray He's in a tray. There's the figure and There is a box a separate box You know one thing I do like about this, you know what this doesn't have It doesn't have the generic poster artwork that we have seen in so many other Uh, classified like just generic poster artwork. This actually has a purpose. It has a purpose Uh, it shows off what the figure inside should look like Um, so we have a figure. Let me see if I can Let me try. Let me attempt To get some of this in frame at least And now I really can't see the live chat. Sorry about that guys. Um Yeah, classified symbols are are weird Um, so oh, there's tape. There's tape. Where's my sharp thing? Here's my sharp thing I gotta cut the tape There we go Okay, so let me take the I don't know. I probably well, let me just open it. Okay. Let's start start by just opening it. So we've got We've got accessories. Oh, this is cool We have cardboard And on the cardboard we have the swagger stick and the whistle That's that's very vintage like, you know what I didn't do I didn't get the vintage figure. I should have done that. I'll kill a weasel. What does that say new tattoo? Yes, well kind of new I've had it for a little while But yeah, it's new ish new ish Um Let's see and then let's see. Oh wait Almost discarded this but this is an accessory, isn't it? Hold on. I gotta I gotta cut this open because I think I know what this is I think I know what it is Let's try to cut it without cutting me Yes, it's the sunglasses So These are kind of infamous on the action force figure. So I'm curious how they did the sunglasses on classified sarge This what is this? Looks like a weapon. Let's see Let me use a shorter blade So that I might have some chance of not slashing myself Uh, thank you all for your patience I will try to get back to reading the live chat here when I Am able Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah We have a weapon it looks like Looks like somewhere in there there should be a magazine for it. This looks like You know, it looks like the cobra officer's rifle. Where is my cobra officer? Hang on one sec Okay, so is it the same? Yeah, okay, so this is This is the The cobra officer's assault rifle. So they're There are the two if I can get the stop the glare There are the two Side by side, so it's they're repurposing the cobra officer assault rifle Oh, thank you. Robert monti. Hey, cc rumors has lab sky strikers shipping. Yes. I heard that rumor as well I heard that rumor as well. I haven't got the notice yet, but what I read was that It's being shipped to the united states After which it should be shipped to us I assume All right, this is in tissue paper, uh, and it looks like It looks like there's no way to access it without ripping the tissue paper, which I guess is okay I'm ripping it Yeah Ment in box and meant in sealed bag collectors. Look away Look away. I am ripping the tissue paper Put that in there Okay. Yeah, the only other thing in the box is the The the legal disclaimers and such Okay, let's uh, let's There we go. Ah the hands The many many hands of sergeant slaughter. Okay. All right. Yes Ah, yes, and it also in here is Is the mini carted sergeant slaughter um I'm using because the sergeant slaughter didn't come on a card until version four, but but even so even so Uh, it's got the magazine for the assault rifle which Should go in which way this way. Yeah. Okay. So magazine for The assault rifle and then the like the little laser sight thing That tabs in right there All right, so there is the assemble assault rifle and it does look to my eye the same as the cobra officer's rifle Um, I guess I guess that's all right There's enough other stuff that comes with this sergeant slaughter that I don't mind that so much, but if he didn't have a lot of other accessories I it might bother me To get a repurposed Um assault rifle for him Uh, so all right, so let me carefully Good grief. This tape is like amazingly strong. Let's see. There we go. Uh, let's Take out The whistle There is the whistle And The swagger stick There we go All right, so the swagger stick has like this little Sort of like a tassel at the end. I'm not sure what that's supposed to be Also, my lighting here isn't that great So it's hard to tell Uh, but anyway, there's this swagger stick The swagger stick And Yeah, that's Yeah, and then we got the the extra hands That's pretty grotesque Looks like looks like somebody severed a bunch of hands That's nasty, but but you know, it's it's fine. I am not the biggest fan of Extra hands on action figures. I know people like them and I know why But I I like a hand that'll hold the weapons and I don't necessarily need to You know different hand poses. That's just my personal preference Um, and again, I'm sorry. I I like seriously cannot read the the live the live chat If a super chat pops up, I can kind of see that and I can I I can't read unless I move my screen, but I I can at least see it So I apologize hang loose with me while we uh, let me let me take The Sarge himself out of his Uh cardboard coffin This is somewhat reminiscent of the 60s gi joe That came in those cardboard coffin boxes So, yeah, this is my first windowless box for a classified figure and I think this I mean it This is one that illustrates the The the potential strength of the windowless boxes because it gives you some real estate For some great art, which is if the art is good Then the box is good however If the art is not so good or not to your personal liking Then you've got more real estate for Art that you don't really like so that it's a bit of a catch 20s 22 22 if you if you get well, it's not a catch 22 it's a A two-edged sword. I'm trying to find the correct metaphor But it's a two-edged sword. It can be good In that you have more real estate for good artwork Or it can be bad in that you are forced to look at more bad artwork Or I shouldn't say bad artwork that is not to your personal preference. So there is there's sarge himself There is let's see There is one sarge next to the other And I'm going to turn these around so I can see them a little bit better Just for a second, then I'll turn them back to you. And yes, the one the first things that I noticed is They fixed one of my issues with the with the action force sergeant slaughter and that is that The classified sergeant slaughter is taller So Uh, this is like a more true six-inch figure But this is a figure that's going to be more in scale with the rest of the classified series Uh, because sergeant slaughter as a character should be Taller than the average figure. This is about the size of the average figure But it's you know putting him in a line up with your classified figures The the action force figure looks he's not short. He's not shorter than those figures But he looks like I mean he ought to be taller and he isn't So that is something that, um, kind of stood out to me Um, and that's something that they have fixed on the classified sergeant slaughter now Um, for some people that's not going to matter So, uh, it just really depends on if that is a priority of yours or not Another thing that I noticed It's kind of obvious is that The val val verse action force Um sergeant slaughter is a bit more true to life in his uh in in his bald head and his hairline This Is made to look more like Um Like the the animated series character. So he and and like the early action figures. So he has a full head of brown hair um, and honestly Honestly, this hairline was pretty generous for sergeant slaughter even in 1986 Um, but but we're going for the the fictional gi joe version of Sergeant slaughter. So this guy is supposed to look more like your, um, your animated series sergeant slaughter What I mean, um, hello, uh, zim man. How do you do? Hello joker nice to see you. Thank you for being here I'm sorry if anybody snuck in and I wasn't able to To say hi. It's it's really difficult for me to read the the live chat Um, uh, so anyway, there's that there's that, um For me the size was kind of important But for for other collectors, it may not be so much next thing I notice is the action force hat is Is a hard plastic And this is this was a little bone of contention that I had with early classified figures because I think these hard plastic hats do not Do not fit and stay on the figure as well as a soft plastic hat would would and the The, uh, classified sergeant slaughter hat is a softer plastic Let's see how that rests on the head. See. Yeah, see with this You can you can press it on the head and it will stay That is that That's not gonna fall off this one um Yeah, this one this one does, um, again, it really depends on how important that is to you. It may not be important at all Um, but the early classified figures that had the hard plastic hats, you know, I really kind of Was hoping that they would change that and they did So I have I do appreciate that update. Um, Joe Josiah since sup chat, uh, what's on Joe mine live friday nights Thank you, Josiah for the super chat and thank you for reminding us to watch what's on Joe mine live on friday nights I have um I've had a hard time keeping up with everybody else's show But I'm gonna I'm gonna Fix that I'm gonna work that I was able to catch some of um Of comic tropes's uh live show last night And I'm really really gonna try to uh catch catch watch on Joe mine on friday So I apologize to everyone for having such a hard time keeping up with everybody's show Um, it's just that's just my life. So now let's look at the sunglasses Um, let's see. How are these supposed to go on? Um, they are just sunglasses There is no peg Uh, there is no slots or anything to peg them on Um, it they are they are in a slightly more flexible plastic than this one um And they are actually gripping on the face pretty well Um The thing with the the sunglasses of who where is he? Pimp daddy. I'm sorry profit director destra wherever he was. Oh, yeah, here he is He also included like little sunglasses and They're so tiny. I don't know that there's any way to do them really well But this one is at least you know at least staying on his face reasonably well Yeah, yeah hasn't fallen off hasn't fallen off um And I mean this is the action force version and um Ah there goes the hat And it's it's the same deal Uh, the there's not really a good way to peg on glasses in a way that isn't obvious And doesn't either put a dent in the head or You know do something weird with the glasses. So uh, that's a challenge, but this is not bad This is not bad. It's it's holding off pretty well. Oh, what's this? Um the killer weasel. Thank you the killer weasel. Hey, he just plugged the damn show. I did plug the damn show I need to I need to plug the damn show more often I need to show up for the damn show I I feel really bad people show up for my show and then like um, I have stuff going on And I haven't been able to show up for other people's show, but I'm gonna do better I am gonna do better at that. I'm determined Um, so let's let's let's take this off for a second Let's take this off for a second. Oh, wow. I took the hat off and it did not knock the glasses off. That is nice Um, he has a whistle like the vintage figure, but I think if I put the whistle on it will knock those glasses off Um, so the whistle goes on Like the vintage figure goes on around his neck There we go Let's put this back on Um, you just have you know, you have to put them on the figure Like putting Glasses on a human you have to put them over his ears and over his nose And you know, it's plastic. So it doesn't it doesn't give very much. So you just kind of have to hope That it stays And then the The hat has the sergeant chevrons on the Front so you can tell the front and back on the on the action force one. Uh, it looks like it goes either way Yeah, it doesn't look like there is a front of the back or a back it. It looks like it goes either way. Uh, let me Carefully put it back on There we go Um But yeah, the smokey the bear hat Uh, looks all right Looks all right. Um, it looks even better if I put it on straight. There we go All right, so we're we're starting to look like sergeant slaughter now Oh, hold on. I can see that but I can't read it. Oh, thank you. Josiah for the soup chat mad libs next week Thank you for reminding me of mad libs. I forgot again. I'm the worst. I'm the worst host You should unsubscribe now and and don't resubscribe until I get to the mad libs Uh, yeah, let's do mad libs next week Let's do it Okay, so immediately Um, I have to point out His the the hands that are on the figure are two fist hands So two closed fists and those joints are tight. That's fine. They're supposed to be they're supposed to be tight Um, but uh with the closed fists, of course, he can fight cobra bats But he cannot hold any of his stuff. So I am going to take out The right fist hand And I will put in The right, uh, hand that is shaped to hold weapons, so Let's see Uh, let me show it before I do that. Let me show you the uh, let me show you the hand options You've got Right and left the claw so this is like Like grabbing and squeezing boobies. It's like Bad sarge. Don't do that. That's that's not appropriate. So so the the claw hands Um, we've got right and left my finger points my finger points And then we have right and left Hands for for holding accessories So I'm going to put in the right hand to For holding accessories Uh, so I can put some accessories in his hand. Um, what? side thing The the claw hands I have seen some photos with the mini action figure in The claw hand. So Um, so you could do it that way So sergeant slaughter slaughter can hold a sergeant slaughter action figure Uh, let's see. Let's uh Let's pop this out. Let's see how how difficult and or easy it is I I don't like changing hands because I feel nervous. I feel like I'm gonna break the post off And I don't want to break the action figure that I just received So we've I'm taking off the fist On the right side and I'm putting on the Uh, the accessory holding hand. There we go. That wasn't too bad, but it still makes me nervous I know this is I know some collectors really love that. I am not one of them Uh, but if that is important to you you have Hand options, uh the action force sergeant slaughter as I showed you earlier also has hand options. Oh now i'm curious Now i'm curious if the hands are interchangeable. I don't think so There's this wager stick. There's this wager stick Uh and let's see what else The only other thing to put in his hand other than the Micro action figure is the assault rifle. Does it slip in easily? Yeah, it is. Actually that went in pretty pretty well. Let's see Um Except the the trigger finger on the accessory holding hand Uh, doesn't easily go in the trigger guard So yeah That's a big meh Um, I I'm sure they wanted to include some extra accessory with sergeant slaughter It is kind of a premium figure um And i'm sure it was a a cost cutting measure to Include an accessory that already came with another figure And I understand I understand, um sergeant slaughter though does not really have any connection to this Weapon in the vintage era that he just doesn't come with anything like this at all So, you know this it's fine It was it was a fine accessory on on the The cobra officer and it's fine here. It's just not Really specific to sergeant slaughter um, so there is that and The minifigure and we we also have I haven't forgotten we've got the minifigure to open This appears to be in a much smaller scale than the minifigures that Are the micro figures that we've gotten before so There is a plastic um Kind of a plastic top piece or front piece that wraps around The card in the back so you can kind of pull that apart and then slide the card out and there is the The really teeny tiny gi joe action figure card And Then there's the the plastic Piece behind the figure and here is the figure itself. Yeah, this is much smaller This is much smaller than the other micro figures that we've gotten Um, and those micro figures were pretty tiny Um I should have him fight retaliation era roadblock. I yeah, I can I can arrange that Um, so Yeah, so that is incredibly tiny and you could you could like Use use the the claw hand to uh To to put the figure in and you that would take some balancing So this is so tiny that um, I'm gonna put it immediately back Because it's making me nervous having it out um I thought the the glasses would be the frequently missing piece But that this little micro figure Is really tiny so with They're doing two things here with classified sergeant slaughter They are both bringing sergeant slaughter into The six inch classified era obviously But they are also doing Like a tribute to Sergeant slaughter and his contribution to gi joe and that's the reason for The micro figure what what do I do with the I I've misplaced the little backing on it. Um Does anybody see where I put that? That's fine. I'll find it later. I'll find it later. Anyway, I'm putting that back. So uh, like They're doing two things here. Um, now I this is kind of like breaking the fourth wall. This is like Pulling the curtain back and it's like yes. This is an actual action figure for an action figure Um, and that's fine. But uh, like this for me personally, this is not vital Uh, this is it's about it's a bonus. It's just a bonus thing Um, and and you know having bonus things is fine but The the main reason this exists is to make me really nervous that i'm going to drop it and lose it Where did I what did I do with it? I had the little card back here. I'll I'll find it. I'll I'll find it before the cat does Um, the one other thing I wanted to do the one other thing I wanted to do I'm gonna put the swagger stick in that that just works better Put the swagger there there we go. There we go. There's sarge. There's sarge with this swagger stick The one other thing I wanted to see is if Uh, these hands were interchangeable and they don't look like it They don't look like it, but uh, you know what the heck it doesn't hurt to try, right? So let's Actually, let's use a left hand Let's use the action force accessory gripping left hand And let's pop the fist hand out And see if this will fit. I don't think it will Uh, which is fine But I it's I'm really it comes with plenty of hands, right? You don't need any extra. Yeah, it does not fit So that that's expected that's expected Um, I just wanted to try it out for myself. So I have done so I have done so And now my curiosity is sated. Uh, so there is A classified sergeant slaughter next to Action force sergeant slaughter. Um, I'm pretty pleased. Well, I'm pleased with both um But if I mean if I had to pick one I would go with the classified figure Um, if for no other if for no other reason then the fact that it's taller and uh Sergeant slaughter should be taller Next to other classified figures. Uh, I I actually think that's kind of important That will not matter to some collectors. So if it doesn't matter to you then, you know Then it doesn't then it doesn't matter. Uh, but to me Or for me at least, um, I wanted a taller sergeant slaughter and this is a taller sergeant slaughter as for articulation. It's comparable um the classified figure does not have Like the invisible pins on the the elbows and stuff That's another thing that is important to some collectors, but it's not Uh, not as important to me um The uh classified figure has the rib cage hinge Which I'm not a fan of but uh, the Action force figure has the The chest cut Um articulation, uh, which I'm also not a fan of so That's a wash Um, but there you go. So, uh, you can make up your own mind, but I really wanted to Um, I really wanted to take a look at this guy. I was really excited to get him I I like sergeant slaughter. I'm not a wrestling fan. I think I've mentioned this before I really don't care too much about professional wrestling But I'm still a sergeant slaughter fan because I like him as a person I like him as A gi joe character and I think over the years. He has been an excellent ambassador For gi joe. This is a guy who really enjoyed Being connected with gi joe and still seems to really enjoy that So I'm I'm happy to have him back with gi joe now. Um, and that That is it. That is it. That's now. I know that it's eight eight o'clock right now By my clock by my time and I would normally stop but I'm not going to stop yet. I'm going to first uh Carefully put My action force sergeant slaughter back In his in his box, but his hat will have to go on um Uh, no the knife the knife where'd it go? There it is Oh, oh, oh, I found it I found it. I dropped it. Okay. I dropped it. Okay, so let's let's put let's put this back Let's reassemble our tiny carded Action figure. Okay reassembled It's safe. I'm putting it in here to keep it safe. All right, so let's put this guy back real quick There and the glasses which Uh fell off, but I found them Okay Okay, so as as for you know, which one is preferable. It's really going to depend on your priorities Um, it's it's always a trade-off when you make choices for you know what to include on an action figure and you know What it's going to look like By making one choice you inevitably have to forego another choice um So it just really depends on which of those Choices uh fit your personal preferences I think I think the classified one fits my personal preferences, but that is not going to be the same for everybody Um It really depends on what you're wanting to do with it Um All right, so I am going to open the minifigure But I am wanting to not lose my pieces for this action force Sarge here Back in the box very This is very collector friendly. That's not bad of the Okay, there's something to point out the um classified figure is also mostly collector friendly But you do have to rip open the tissue Uh tissue paper to get the accessories That's not that big a deal to me because I don't collect things You know, I I open my stuff anyway But if if you are wanting to open it taken out but then put it back in And have it, you know more or less As it was, you know when you received it Then that is something that you will you will have to To break open to tear open In order to get the stuff out so something to keep in mind So there is that um, okay, so it's uh You know, I'm gonna I'm gonna give uh just a little bit additional praise to this thing Um That I I'm impressed with how well the glasses are staying on and the hat That that that's really nice to me now It probably doesn't necessarily matter too much because I'm not playing with this figure, right? I'm not running with this figure outside Um So it's if he's out of the package. He's probably gonna be on a shelf anyway um So he's not gonna be jostling around very much, but It it is nice that you know, I can move him around and and Yeah, like moves the head around even And those glasses are staying on I'm impressed. It doesn't seem like they would That they don't seem very much different from the other figure, but these are staying on really well So credit where it is due credit where it is due that's that is nice. So I'm gonna set him aside And we are going to Begin our final activity For the evening. Um, hello mike. Uh, hello mega tech body and hello craig and oh, thank you the killer weasor Um, it's your sky sky striker going to joe or cobra I'm gonna keep it. It's a good question because you do have multiple options For those of you who uh ordered the sky striker I'm gonna keep mine as a joe sky striker because I want to do as close as possible To a one to one comparison with the vintage one So I want to stack it next to the vintage one and I want it to be as close to that as I can get Um, so for my purposes since I'm gonna do a compare and contrast Um, I will I will keep it joe, but You have options. You have options Okay, let's open the micro figure. Let us cut the tape. Let us cause all mint inbox Um collectors to weep as we cut the seal For the super secret Incredibly valuable blind Box with a blind bag inside it I'm gonna be funny if there's just like another blind box inside the blind bag It's just blind all the way down Okay, so let's open this so far. We've got ninja turtles Uh, we've gotten he-man We have not drawn a gijo Micro figure yet. So let's let's test our luck tonight And see how we're doing Let's see. I'm afraid to look I'm afraid it doesn't feel like a gijo to me But it's hard to tell until I take it out It is Oh, it's a I can't say it. It's a star scream It's a transformer. So there you go. So you transformers fans you robot fans You robots in disguise fans you should be really thrilled now. It's it robots are taken over the show um Uh, but it but it is it is the voice of cobra commander though. It's it's the voice of cobra commander um So it's it's sort of Still completely not related to gijo. So we still We've done what four or five of these and we still Have not drawn A gijo Now the gijo figures are in about in this size um They are comparable but because comic tropes was nice enough to to send Some many or a micro figures some gijo figures that he was able to find So I do have them and I showed them on the show. So they're about this size. This is Much larger than that micro Sergeant slaughter in fact, let me Pop it back out here. So for for scale purposes um Let's see Yeah, see the The micro sergeant slaughter is um I don't know about two-thirds the size of the the micro scar Starscream So that I think is interesting that that's fascinating. So what that means is what that means ironically is that while the action force Uh sergeant slaughter is too short for the classified series to to set it next to the classified series The micro sergeant slaughter For classified is too short To stack them with the micro blind box gijo figures. How's that for irony? I I'm gonna slam this star scream on the table And I'm gonna say I think irony is a good A good time to wrap up the show. Hello, uh, Juan toys and bricks. Nice to see you. Thank you for being there Are being here nice to see you if you if you snuck in earlier and I didn't say hello. I'm sorry, but Uh, but uh, thank you for being here Uh tactical ak47 should be replaced with uh an m16. I agree. I agree with that I I think like I do like a lot of the choices they made with this but that one that that one is a little perplexing um If they were gonna give him a You know a reissue weapon That might not have been the the top choice Um, yeah, that's an odd choice. Yes. I I agree. I agree But nonetheless, there are some good points. It's like everything else. There are good points. There are bad points And you know, it really depends on your personal preference, you know And your priorities whether you care about One point or the other, uh, but but there you have it There you have it Uh, I I it is time to wrap up. Uh, it is time to wrap up before my voice gives out This is why I have a hard time doing longer shows because my voice doesn't hold up Uh, but um, hello nester. Nice to see you and thank you for being here. Um Uh, I I did not order the uh tiger force out back But I have seen some folks who have it and it does look really good Uh dare level day of nice to see you Uh, but uh, but thank you for being here. Oh, uh, kevin mealy All you guys, I didn't say hello to you probably because the screen was down here and I didn't see you But hello to hello and goodbye to everyone that I missed Thank you guys for watching. We'll do this again next week I will do my absolute best to remember mad libs for next week. I will I will really try I want to do it. Uh, so be here for that. Uh, so thank you everyone Uh, I will see you next week and until then Uh, remember that only gi joe Is gi joe and only sergeant slaughter is sergeant slaughter, but sergeant slaughter clown comes in in many different forms. So, you know, um A sergeant slaughter by any other name Is is probably sergeant slammer or something like that. Anyway, good night everyone