 Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here, and it's time for the donation unboxing for March 2020 and Wow, I got a lot more stuff than I expected to get. I didn't really think I would get very much in the PO box because of the whole pandemic thing I in fact, I kind of discouraged people from Sending anything if it would put them in any kind of danger or put them at any risk at all But people still send stuff. It's really amazing. Thank you all For sending things. I want to remind everyone that you do not have to send me anything I am happy just having you here watching the videos But this is extremely generous And and I really do appreciate it So I want to remind everyone that if you choose to send something to the channel I will put the PO box on the screen right now. So you'll know where to send it I want to remind everyone that Given the Pandemic that's still going on right now. You should take precautions. Do not put yourself at risk Just to send something to me Just be safe. I want everyone out there to be safe That's far more important than you know you too or anything else. So That's the main thing I want to say I want to caution everyone Against doing anything that would put you at risk But having said that if I get anything in the month of May Anything that I get at the PO box I will open up on camera and show everyone what we got and we've got a lot to go through here So I am going to pause the video. I'm going to cut these boxes open and let's see what we've got Okay, I guess I'm going to start with the smallest package and this is from Anthony Corralas Anthony. Thank you for sending this to me. I've already cut everything open So I can just pull things out and see what we got and Anthony sent Something that is nicely bubblewrapped Interior there's a letter. There's a letter. I probably should have got my glasses. Let's see No, no, it's printed in a very large font. I can read it without my glasses. It says Dear HCC 788 glad to see you are back and doing well. Thank you. This time I made The font bigger. Thank you very much To heck with this COVID-19 enclosed as a custom that I just finished I know I'm going to get a lot of heat because it was a MentiDestro version 1 figure, but I thought it would Do well with the other two customs that I sent you. Yes. He sent me some customs before Hopefully I can continue to do all the other characters. Everyone at my job got a kick out of seeing your unboxing Of the last ones I sent you a thank you Thank you, Anthony and let's see now. I'm curious As some of you know, I don't really do customs at least not very much And so I don't have a lot of customizing skills So I'm really interested in seeing What people do for customs, you know, when they uh, it's something that they are more enthusiastic about They've got more skills doing it. Uh, and Anthony has sent some really cool stuff. I know what it is I know what it is. Um, it's a very clever Custom and that goes along with The others that he sent me because he sent me some customs of Some action force red shadows Villains, I think he sent me the um, the barren iron blood Well, how about A repainted destro as The red jackal That is So cool and try to get a good tight shot of that. So it's got the Skull and cross bones in the uh, on his chest with the red chest Hey, I don't think there's any problem. I don't have a problem with this. This is I think a good use of a destro Um, and just and it got destro's backpack and his gun as well, but Hey, you know, I love the action force figures. I especially love those uh earlier ones where Um, you know, they were kind of integrating gi joe into action force using some of the same molds But using them in different ways than gi joe did And that is one of them. So thank you very much, anthony. This is a trip I love it. I think it's fantastic and I will put this with the others Okay, I'm just going to set this guy over here and he can watch me open the others. So there we go Next I'm going to go with this one right here and this is from brandon night brandon is a long time friend of the channel He sent a lot of stuff in. Um, I have no idea what this could be So let's find out. Let's see what brandon sent this time And I guess I didn't cut that tape well enough There we go Always nicely packaged. Thank you brandon Some bubble wrap I'll never have a shortage of bubble wrap because I keep all of that stuff and I do use it sometimes so All right, there's brandon's letter and I believe I can't read this without my glasses. Let's see It says dear hcc 788. How are you and your family doing? What a strange way to start the year 2020 That's an understatement. Talk about a year of change since you can't go out I thought it would be cool to take you back in time and discover something old and new So enjoy these items. Uh, though, we can't hang out. It doesn't mean We can't find ways to Communicate or share things. These are dark times. So we must keep our spirits up and keep on fighting for life and health I agree Also, let's find ways to help each other so we can show we are not alone Write a letter or use video chat. I hope that these hard times makes our community stronger than ever before Keep making good videos like you always do but take a break if you need one Remember knowing is half the battle. Uh, yo, joe. Thank you brandon aka night viper I and by the way, I should mention that these letters that you guys send me I keep all of these these never get thrown away. I have a place where all of them Are they're filed away so that I can keep them forever and they'll never get lost So now let's see what brandon sent. We've got some Um, ziploc bags I can use storage too. That's that's helpful. Okay ziploc bags Um, oh, and this is intriguing Uh, it looks like, uh It's dark lawn There's dark lawn Um Well, he was like destro's cousin or something like that, right? Um, he drove the evader Um, he has kind of like a Like a Darth Vader mask and like this gun. I thought looked like a Like a paintball gun. I think it's because of this thing that's under the Under the the stock there to me. It kind of looks like one of those co2 cartridges That uh that are on like, um paintball guns and this is This file card is different Um I will have to this is apparent. I believe this is a foreign Release of dark lawn This is not the typical us file card And uh, now i'm curious um He doesn't describe in the letter, um the background of these toys So I guess I will get to do a little bit of research And find out so there's dark lawn And this is I don't know what this is. Let's see This is this is uh, I think this is um Not g. I. Joe. I think this is the core If I am not mistaken So I think this is a Leonard action figure. I don't think this is uh g. I. Joe, but um Brandon has sent quite a few um Leonard The core figures as well If I'm mistaken about that, you know, I apologize, but I believe that's what this is Um again, I will find out but uh, that's really cool. It's like there's some Things on here that we didn't get on g. I. Joe like these like little removable pieces on the On the figure and a removable Uh holster there on the leg Uh, but that's cool And then there's one other thing in here Another guy that does not appear to be A g. I. Joe, but uh, maybe I'm wrong about that too Um, what is this? Oh, it's a bronze bomber Oh, it's a bronze bomber Now that is okay. I got it I get you now the bronze bombers, uh came out a bit later In fact, it was there a year on this 1989, okay And they were kind of like g. I. Joe compatible compatible not compatible compatible And uh, these are these are now a lot of them are considered to be you know Kind of rare and and collectors go after these This those arms look like me go figure arms That is really cool Um, Wayne golden alexander Um Computer science programming His motto never stop learning his goal to sail the world That is awesome. That is so cool. Thank you, Brandon I'm gonna say these donation unboxings are always a thrill for me because it's I I'm always surprised by what I get It's always something unexpected and wild and really interesting. So, uh, this is another one from brandon It, uh, is book size. So I assume it's a comic book or something like that. So Let's find out I'm gonna slide it out here. It does look like a comic book. I'm gonna set that aside We've got another letter from brandon. It says, um Dear htc 78 even though we live in dark times. We must must not get depressed But be strong and spirits up. Thanks for being here and bringing us together Even though we all have not met face to face We all have become friends and with these friendships. We will conquer these dark times I hope so Uh, this package is an item that can take you away from reality for a short time Sorry, no cure for the virus in this package If you're gonna if you had a cure for the virus in this package, you shouldn't be sending it to me Yeah This might, uh, not be the year we meet maybe next year will be better. I hope I sure hope next year is better Yeah Well, until we finally meet this will have to do take care. Be safe. Stay healthy Plus wash your hands. I wash my hands just before we started here and I'll wash my hands after I'm done too Um, my love to you and your family. Hope the next coat convergers will be fun Remember gi joe is gi joe and knowing it's half the battle. Thank you, Brandon Again, I keep all of those all of those letters and it is a comic book. It's the dark horse gi joe Yes, you know, this is something I have not read Um, but this is like the uh, the gi joe series. It's not real american hero, but the gi joe series by Dark horse comes and I I I truthfully I don't know a lot about it Um, and so I'm kind of glad that you sent this because it gives me an opportunity to To learn more about it um See I could read the letter, uh Without my glasses, but I don't know that I can read the uh indicia Uh 1996 um, so this Uh, is interesting that looks like is that sergeant savage? um It's uh writer is mike w bar uh Penciler tatsuya Ishida Okay, well this this is cool This actually does give me a chance to look into something that uh is related to gi joe But I don't know very much about so, uh, thank you for this brand it and thanks for thinking of me I hope you're doing well. Um, you know, I I would uh return your own advice and to keep your spirits up and um Hopefully we'll all make it through this very soon. I'm going over to this side next and this is from james tomson Thank you james for sending something And right at the top we have a letter And I will pause the video because I do believe I need my glasses to read this one. Hold on one second Okay, professor grandpa will now take a moment to read this letter from James it says hcc 78 another gift for you. I know You don't really collect modern figures. Hope you still enjoy them I've enjoyed I enjoy everything that you guys send me it's uh, it's extremely generous and I I absolutely do appreciate it Please display them next to each other. Okay, interesting I always pictured them as student and teacher master apprentice, etc On a side note if you do a review of them Maybe many hcc can assist many hcc. Yes my little buddy Okay, thanks James ferrick James thompson in in print in quotes ferrick here. Uh, so again keeping that Always keep the letters and let's see what we got. We got a packing material. Well packed well packed And uh, yeah, okay, cool. Okay Yes, these are modern, but they're pretty cool. I I think you will get a kick out of these what we have Is the 25th anniversary snake eyes And we have helix Um from the this is the rise of cobra. Yeah from the rise of cobra line And uh, this is a character. Where's my I think I gotta zoom in. Hold on a second Where's my clicker? There it is. Uh, here we go. Let me zoom in a second They are both carded But I have been known to take Modern figures off of the card before Um, this is a really cool snake eyes figure with the wolf excellence Um, this is Um, this helix fit character Covert operations. Um, I believe had origins outside of Uh, the regular real american hero media And so I will have to look at that a little bit to understand more of the background of this character um But, uh, it's really nice to have a new I guess relatively new now. Um, female character in the line Women characters were always underrepresented But it's nice to to get a new one. So Really awesome. Thank you very much for this, uh, james It's very much appreciated and hey, I will see if mini hcc feels like Reviewing these with me. All right, I'm gonna open this one first and this one will be last Um, this one is from eric amen. Um, uh, ebro hodag Uh, I think I know what this is now. This is not from eric. Uh, this is from uh, joe delbedo And joe delbedo is actually a Marvel artist that worked on gi joe. He was actually the anchor for the order of battle series if you remember that series that kind of reprinted, uh, the file card information with some new artwork by herb trempi and it was Inked by joe delbedo and this I don't want to give tins a dress away, but it has some artwork on the envelope It has a spider man Spider man saying don't bend So now I've got to keep this I got to keep this packaging because there's artwork right there on the packaging Which is amazing. So I want to say that for last I'm really curious about what that could be. I have no idea But I think I know what this one is from eric Thank you, eric for sending this Uh, I open it up. Uh, I remove the packing material I remove more packing material. Ah, yes This is Uh, because stalker is my favorite character, uh, this is the Hall of Fame stalker Hall of Fame stalker that, uh, was modeled after I hope I don't get it wrong But the I think it's version four stalker the talking battle commander stalker that had the big yellow backpack Well, this uniform is based off of that And it's still in the box This is a 12 inch figure. It's got a file card on the back It's got I guess it's got some sound effects. So let's see if the battery still works Battery does not still work. That's all right. I can replace batteries So I have not, uh, dived very deeply into these Hall of Fame figures. I have a couple of them. Um, but, uh, this is Um, it's an interesting interpretation Of gijo in the 90s. They took some figures from the 90s and basically Scaled them up gave them cloth uniforms and made them 12 inch figures Um, and that's what they've done with stalker here. So um, I may just, um I may just, uh, open it. I'm really curious about the figure itself and the accessories I know it's sealed and I know it's, uh, you know, you don't typically like to open Um vintage sealed items, but I'm just super curious about this guy. Uh, so thank you, Eric a really interesting item and I look forward to Opening this guy up and maybe taking a closer look at it. Okay, let's see what this is about now The reason I think that Eric has something to do with this is because he sent me a message On the facebook, uh, to make sure that I received this. So I don't know exactly what he has to do with it, but um, if Eric, if you have something to do with this Thank you for that And let's see Inside The outer wrapping We have, oh it's tape. Hold on. I gotta cut that Gotta cut it carefully. I do not want to Damage anything it is protecting But let's get that tape cut Hold on It's cut away from me. So I don't want to cut myself Okay And that should do it There we go So I'm gonna slide this out of the way. I'm definitely not getting rid of this packaging Because like I said it has some artwork on it And do I need to cut more tape? It looks like I do so I'm gonna cut a little bit more tape Um, I try to cut any tape and open any boxes Before I start recording because I figure you guys don't want to sit and Watch me cut tape, right? That's that's not what we're all here for but Sometimes we got to do it on camera. Uh, so I think I have it just the wrong way Look at that Look at this. Okay. No, I gotta it's hold on. I gotta I don't want to take this off. It's on this um Priority mailbox as a backing board. I don't want to take it off right now This is a wizard world philadelphia comic con exclusive and this is Yes, this is It looks like a photostat copy of the I need to show you it rather than just look at it myself Uh of the uh order of battle issue number one cover and this would have been The cover that Um, mr. Delbedo inked He was the anchor on these uh On these issues And it looks like it's signed. It says two hcc 788. Wow. This is a trip. It looks like it's Uh, it's a limited edition three of 20 Oh, wow. Um, I will get a frame for this. Yeah, uh, it's signed here Is penciled by herb trippy and Inked by delbedo and Yeah, it's got Oh, it's got a lot of great characters in here. Um, this is So cool. Um I don't even know what to say. Um, I Uh have been very fortunate to get some Some prints uh from Joe artists and just some really good artists that I respected admire and uh some original artwork and this is So unique. Uh, it's a little Little piece of GI Joe comic book history Um And and it's signed by the guy who helped Make it. Um, this is awesome. Well, thank you Joe and thank you Eric and thank you everyone Who sent something this month? Um, it's really overwhelming. This Is always an amazing trip for me every time we Do this because I'm just surprised every time About what you guys send me. So My deepest thanks I want to remind everybody once again. I will remind everybody every time you do not have to send anything to me Um, I'm happy just having you here just going on this gi Joe collecting journey with me That's all I need Um, uh, you have all been so generous Throughout the life of this channel Then I can't ask any more of you. So thank you for that I will um Remind you that if you do choose to send something I will open it on a video like this and I will show everybody What you sent to me. I will thank you publicly for it. Um, I will put the PO box on the screen one more time for anyone who wants to send something Uh, you may um, and and Thank you. That's all I can say is thank you. I know that my output on the channel has been, um Less than usual Uh, that's for personal reasons and real life reasons. That's just how it's got to be for right now But, um I still want to keep this channel going I still love interacting with you. Um, I still love sharing gi joe and talking about gi joe um, so I'm gonna keep it going but, um Hopefully I can get back up to The level of production that I was at before this right now. It's it's kind of difficult to do that, but Thank you everyone. Stay safe. I will see you soon with another gi joe toy review Um, and until then of course remember only gi joe is gi joe