 We're live. We did it. We're here The microphone light is on look look Microphone light is on therefore you should be able to hear me. Hello everybody I will probably keep this a short live Livestream tonight I'm I'm quite exhausted from the holiday and look here come on come see everybody look who's here Okay, I don't necessarily want the back end in my face, but but but look look look look. It's you look It's you look look. It's you I didn't care. He doesn't care. He doesn't care. He's a cat. Why would he care? Hello. Hey, hello sergeant swatter swatter house. Good evening from the United States Hello Matt and the 80s guy and low one boat to and Josiah. Hello, Mary Ann Nice to see you Mary Ann. I hope you're doing well this evening. Hello, Rae and Lester and Cyclonus Nice to see you there Cyclonus. I still have your your Your Cobra commander up there. Hey sparkster nice to see you sparkster as well. Hello Christian bricks greetings Denmark from the United States. Thank you all for being here. Yes. I I'm probably gonna keep it short this evening. I Am all holidayed out. I I've I'm hollowed out from the holiday. I It's it's been a very Active couple of days. Hello. Hey. Hello pains toy samples. Hello JK siege nice to see you What that means though is we probably will not have time To open gung-ho. I'm sorry. That's there's probably not Not enough time to get to that today I want to get I have a few a few notes that I want to make sure that I cover a few things for you guys, but um mainly I wanted to say hello because of If I skipped this evening, I would miss the conversation. So I wanted to at least get here and see everyone and say hello and hope everybody had a fantastic holiday If you didn't have a fantastic holiday, I hope you at least got through it Hello, Johnny and photo viper nice to see the photo viper and terrace Terrence. Thank you everyone for being here Like I said a short one a short one I believe what's on your mind is not Live tonight, I think I remember that I've been I've been a little scattered. I'm sorry. I'm not hip to everything, but a few things did crossed my screen That I want to make sure to To touch on first of all, of course It's Tuesday. That means there's a new episode of half the battle Timmer did a review of classified crimson guard Crimson guard is his favorite figure. So, you know, it's expected that he should like the classified crimson guard He pointed out something that is The same problem I have that that big that big hinge joint At the ribs and like across the chest the brutal chest cut It really does interfere with the look of the figure and I know they've done some Where's I don't have a handy. I know they've done some that have like the ball and socket rather than the big hinge But I Mean it still has the same problem So I don't know that there's a good way to do it. There's a right way to do it to make it look better but I Mean I've you probably need some kind of articulation there, you know of some form but Either way they do it it's still like cuts right across any design you have on the chest now You could put a vest over it. You could do put like a a tactical vest a flak jacket over it But then like You still eliminate that that articulation right it makes it you can't like move as much with the big Rubbery plastic thing over the the torso. So, you know, it it's a I don't know the right way to do it All I'm saying is that is a it's a it's a brutal chest cut It's a it's a cutal breast chuch So, yeah, hello, I think I said hello to Johnny already, but hello again. Hello Victor. Hello rat face hello white Vegeta and Josiah and Josiah mentioned yes, there were special editions of of what's on Joe mine including knowing is half the battle podcast. I Was able to see that but I haven't been able to Check out anything else. I haven't I haven't been able to do much Other than holiday I've holidayed And worked I always work. There's no excuse for not working. You work anyway, but in addition to To holidaying I Haven't had a whole lot to do with a whole lot so But I do want to point out of a few things that were in the news First of all Duke number one Duke issue number one from Skybound is supposed to be released tomorrow So we can finally check that out. I feel a lot better about About the Skybound g.i.jo Slash Transformers universe I feel better about it So we'll see we're gonna check it out But with the information that's come out, you know leading up to the release of this issue and and Cobra commander and I feel better about it. It does seem like they took the time and the care to To to do it right and I hope they did I hope they did hello Aaron hello TJC nice to see you Duke number two Well, we certainly hope that Duke number one isn't a Duke number two I Thank you for the super chat Josiah and yes, I absolutely plug the damn show. I like the show so I will I'm happy to plug the damn show and Besides that there was There there was a leak that there was another g.i.jo slash Transformers mashup Was in the works this one being an Optimus Prime slash MoBat tank slash Hawk now the character combinations of Optimus Prime and Hawk that makes sense, but I guess they're gonna have Optimus Prime transform into The MoBat Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the the crossover toys anyway, so it's not something that is aimed at me It's not something that I would be getting but I I'm intrigued at seeing how they're going to turn a Tank into Optimus Prime. Just see there has That see this is what I'm thinking green Optimus Prime So they can't do a green Optimus Prime. Hello, anything Joe's nice to see you. Thank you very much for being here. Nice to see you there The so they're not gonna do a green Optimus Prime. So I mean Is it gonna be one of those deals where? Optimus Prime is just under the tank and the tank stands up and it's Optimus Prime. I don't know I don't know But it's a it's a choice It's a choice But like I said, I don't really go for the GI Joe Transformers crossovers I'll look at it out of curiosity. I'll just see how they do it, but it's not something that I'll be buying It's that not not in my wheelhouse, but that was out there also There was a leak of some super seven O-ring figure listings in targets system and I have actually have a graphic for it so we can look at it and and talk about it so these these were the Super seven O-ring figures the GI Joe O-ring figures that Obviously, they're not available yet, but these are the ones that were Leaked out and I have here like it's in white text. I really thought that would show up better But I put in white text credit question mark question mark I don't know I would I was trying to find out who the original source was for this information and I kept I found several sources that used the same graphic all of which said they got it from somewhere else or they didn't know who to credit so so whoever did this thank you for the information but Since since Since it's we don't know where it came from it's kind of hard to validate right it's hard to confirm this if we didn't know if we don't know where it came from because Anybody could make this graphic I'm you know knock on wood that this is genuine. I I don't want to put any misinformation out there That's why I'm putting an asterisk By the can I do an asterisk? Let me do an asterisk Let's see. Hold on here. Oh, create a band. Let's see Can I just do an asterisk banner? add and then There we go. See in the bottom of your screen there asterisk I don't know where exactly this information came from and I don't know how valid it is but This is what we have so far. It looks like there. It's G. I. Joe snake eyes comic o-ring action figure interesting, okay and a Duke cartoon o-ring action figure there have now been like a Few attempts to do an animated series Inspired Duke figure Right, so this is another one. I'm not sure. I don't know. Maybe they can do something more with it, but Didn't we did didn't we just get an o-ring Duke? that's Inspired by the animated series but speaking of which inspired by the animated series Raymar who is the giant? giant fighting guy from the mass device mini series and Covergirl blonde as she appeared in the early episodes of the animated series So Super 7 does like to Reach a little farther out reach a little deeper into the lore to get Inspiration for their figures. I guess it makes sense that they'll do a snake eyes and a Duke Though like that's like printing money, right? That's like printing money. Of course, you're gonna do a snake eyes and a Duke I would like to see How they do them differently That's what I'd really like to see and that's what would Get me interested in the Super 7 o-ring figures is how are they gonna do them differently from what we've seen before So we've got GI Joe snake eyes comic o-ring in what way is it? the snake eyes from the comic book we've had some Some iterations of snake eyes from the animated series So what specifically makes it snake eyes from the comic book? but Raymar and Covergirl, you know those Those are Relatively new. I mean, I I don't know if they're gonna do Raymar as a Regular-sized figure. He was like a giant. He was a giant in the show But I mean Covergirl I mean, that's another character that is has been revisited a few times but not too many times so What are they gonna do? I mean, obviously Covergirl will be blonde. That's what they'll do But I mean other than that What is Super 7 7 planning to do to refresh the brand now? It's possible that this this leak this isn't information May not turn out to be accurate. So I don't know I don't know but if it does What I'm really gonna be looking for is what what are they doing what how are they refreshing it? How are they bringing the series up to date and to make someone today? Interested in it. So we shall see but anyway, I wanted to show you that because well, I found it but if anybody knows who who originally Got that graphic. I think everybody would like to know Anyway, hello. Hello, Tony Jackson and anybody else who snuck in So, yeah, yeah, that's that's the Super 7 stuff It It makes you wonder also how far along they are in the in the production process Because we only found out about the Super 7 o-ring GI Joe license recently But I assume that they had the license before then they were only allowed to announce it recently Um, so how long have they been working? I'm just very curious. I'm very curious but anyway Hey Michael and and thank you Merry Christmas to you and you also look great. You're looking pretty good Thank you very much for being here So let's let's let's check these off the list. We talked about Duke number one I'll tell you I'm more interested more excited about the skybound Duke comic book than I am about the Super 7 o-ring figures, but Super 7 could win me over it depends on what they have it depends on what they do So I'm I'm interested. I'm not saying I'm I'm not interested. I'm interested. I'm intrigued. I'm paying attention. You have my attention Um But but the the comic book series that I'm actually optimistic about right now We talked about the Optimus Prime Moab ad hoc. I Talked about Super 7. We talked about Timmer Let's see What else oh well before before we move on I Like anybody who just dropped in I would like to remind everybody that I will I'm gonna do a short a short Livestream tonight probably just half an hour and the only reason is because I'm tired I've I worked all day today and and Partied all day yesterday It's it's been it's been a quite an exhausting Quite an exhausting Couple of days, so I'm just gonna I'm just gonna keep it shorter Which means which means that I probably probably won't get to grunt this time. We'll try to get to grunt, you know Next time next live stream is a we're in a new year It's a new year a fresh year and maybe we'll finally be able to open the classified retro gung-ho Diana Davis says we must talk about new Duke number one. I'm I'm looking forward to Reading Duke number one. I I have I'm more interested an Optimistic about the comic books than I have been for a while Of course, I like Larry's series. I really like Larry's series But with issue number 301 it really feels more invigorated And I don't know like what the difference is It's still Larry writing it right and it's still Larry writing it but just that it feels snappier It just feels snappier. It feels like he's he's got his heart in it. So And the skybound series I am I'm interested I'm actually optimistic about it so we're gonna give it a shot we're gonna We're gonna give it a roll Even though as I mentioned before I'm not I'm not Generally a fan of the GI Joe Transformers crossovers. I think most of those crossovers are not great But the the the skybound team does seem to Put some thought into it. So, you know, I'm optimistic. I really I really am I Really am optimistic Did you notice that he has like a little little white tip on his tail? He's got Like I don't mind him like walking in the frame. I just don't I'm not I don't necessarily really love having a cat butt in my face So, yeah, I love you too, but I don't want I don't want a cat butt in my face Okay All right. Oh look, okay. Yeah, he lays down and almost spills my drink. Thanks, buddy Thanks, buddy. Yeah, you just make yourself comfortable. Make yourself comfortable. There you go, buddy. Oh, by the way by the by so I was trying to think of what to do for the thumbnail for tonight's live stream and It hit me boxing day boxing day. That's it so Obviously for boxing day I I need a picture of big boa. So I went and grabbed my big boa figure And snapped a snapped a picture of it, you know with this with his his with his dukes up Hmm. He's got his dukes up and then like as I was putting him away the figure like Disintegrated in my hand the o-ring fell apart the o-ring fell apart in my hand as I was putting it back and it's in in this little plastic bag. So, um, you know, that's You know, he's I think this means he lost I Think I think this means like if you're in a boxing match if you're if you're in a boxing match And you end up looking like this. I Think you I think you lost. I think that's an automatic Disqualification if you follow it if an o-ring busts if you know if an o-ring breaks, that's a TKO That's a technicality, but it's a TKO But yeah, that's so there there's an o-ring that I need to replace that's a that's a thing that happened so Oh, the other thing that's on my list that I wanted to talk about something that's very interesting is that there seems to be from a Put it in T. Rex's mouth. There seems to be From an eBay auction some new discoveries Some new newly discovered pre-production figures in an auction that included some of the new face sculpt new head sculpt 82 characters the ones that We're going to have new heads in 1983 as a running change, but that got canceled We know that some Samples were produced carded samples. Well, this eBay auction included some loose samples and What appeared to be some 1982? Cobra officers and Cobra trooper of a Cobra officer and Cobra trooper that had the Mickey Mouse Cobra Emblem on their chest like the Mickey Mouse Cobra commander that has never been found before It's never we've never seen that before and it's never been a confirmed that they those have ever existed before I was skeptical at first. Well, I mean It's it's extraordinary. So the the only correct First response is to be skeptical It's it's very Curious, it's very Thank you for the super chat Joe fan. Mr. S wants to know if you got any GI Joe stuff for Christmas Gotta he got a Hess truck and ice cream soldier. Hey, that's cool. Uh an ice cream soldier. That's that's very nice Did I get any GI Joe's? I did I don't have it with me. I'd show it to you my daughter my oldest daughter got me a really nice Storm shadow slash snake eyes Shoulder bag like a carry-on bag a travel bag Which is good because I got to do a lot of travel. It is really cool. I wish I had it I'll I'll show it to you next time. I'll show it to you next time But I did get some cool stuff. First of all, hello, mr. S. Thank you very much for watching. I will try to I'll try to not swear But I got one of the important things I got is I got a lamp Marianne got me a lamp for my home this place the lighting in here Well, it sucks the lighting sucks That's why I always shoot in here and never in any of the other rooms the lighting sucks. Well it sucks less now because I Got some much needed lighting For my place. So thank you for that. I got some shoes. I got You know, I got stocking stuffers But that was the joke thing that I got and And that came from from Tori and thank you again Yes Because you know, this is how I roll right this is what I do I will I will complain I will look at a problem and complain about it but not actually Not actually Fix the problem, but I you know, I got lots of other things to do but that problem someday is just gonna get on my last nerve well Marianne stepped up and Fixed it. It's it's not a leg lamp, but but I would I would probably display a leg lamp in my in my window there But thank you again. Thank you again for oh, I guess I can Take the asterisk off. What was I? Oh, I was talking about so the The the Mickey Mouse trooper and officer Since it's something that hasn't turned up before I think it's completely fair to Look at it examine it and at least question whether or not it's real Not because of the value, you know, not because anybody might waste money on an auction But because you don't want to Unintentionally spread misinformation if there's something that's been slipped in there that isn't real Since then I think I've seen enough evidence to conclude that That they do seem to be real Which means that at least there were at least some pre-production Cobra troopers and Cobra officers that had the Mickey Mouse logo What that means this is something that we've always wondered about and that is why did the early Cobra Commanders have the Mickey Mouse logo? Well, the the production samples were probably using that before they finalized the logo and The factory would have had that the factory would have had that That tool the the mask the paint mask for the the Mickey Mouse logo So while that was fixed it was I guess corrected before The trooper the officer released It wasn't before Cobra commander was released and the Cobra commander figure You remember they were needing to push those out fast because they got a lot more orders Then they were expecting for Cobra commander. So That may have been the reason why some of those Mickey Mouse logos got got shipped out whereas By the time the trooper and the officer were released that was That that was changed, but it's very interesting. It's very interesting. I would like to Learn more of about the history of it. I'd like to learn why it ended up in this eBay auction It would be really nice to have a chain of custody. So we'd figure out where these things came from It's it's it's an oddity. It's a curiosity, but it's interesting. It is it is very interesting. Hello, JLS comics I just saw you come in here Nice to see JLS comics and anybody else that's snuck in here without me saying hi. Hello everyone So How are we doing? We got a few more minutes But just a few more. I really do need to wind down I'm quite tired. It's it's been it's been a Hectic time and really it's gonna be that way for the rest of the week because you know, I had to They forced me to take yesterday off work right they forced me to take yesterday off of work Which means I got to make up for it at some point. So so it's gonna be It's gonna be a week. So heads up The next let's see the next Let's see the next Tuesday is the second, right? Yeah, the next next Tuesday is January 2nd. Oh, hello What's on Joe man? You just missed it. I plugged the damn show earlier. You missed me plugging the damn show I did I did and thank you for the super chat Um What was the thing? Oh, somebody's saying sorry to I've missed something Well, I'm Morrigan Wong said people are giving condolences and I missed the reason why but my condolences as well I apologize for for not keeping up with the chat but Anyway As far as I know there will be a live stream and hopefully a regular normal live stream next Tuesday And I believe yeah the the following week there won't be like this the second Tuesday of january. They definitely will not be Because I will be out of town Mary Ann and I have One last out opportunity to do something before she starts school So we're taking that opportunity. We're gonna spend some time together So I will not be available for the second Tuesday in january Um, and then after that it's going to be madness. I'm still I'm still thinking about going to winterfest in kentucky Um, but I should have grabbed the link I should have put the link in in the description I I was thinking about it But I still haven't pulled the trigger on that because there's so much going on But I'd really like to go if I if I am able to go I definitely will Will let you know, um Yeah, 2024. Yes, it's Yes, Sean is believe it or not 2024 is happening. We're in the future. We're in the future. Where are the flying cars? um So, yeah, there's it's gonna be a very very busy january on top of that I've got to Work and I have video ideas that I want to do and I've got to do some um Just some tasks that are required for Uh for cobra convergence eight cobra convergence eight, which will happen in july There's a lot to do a lot to do before then and I've just got to get some of it done. So Um, it's gonna be a really hectic month, but uh, I'll try to keep coming to you. Um With tuesday livestreams with the exception of of one in january. Um, I'll I'll I'll keep uh I'll I'll keep you guys posted on all of the happenings and whatnot and maybe You know, maybe we'll actually be able to Open this gung-ho someday someday will will we ever get to open the Retro gung-ho maybe next time maybe next time, but anyway, so I'm gonna I'm gonna go ahead and wrap it up I know it's a short one, but um, I I need to I need to fall over and You know, maybe pass out on the floor a little while. I'll be fine. I'll be fine Uh, but I will um, I will catch you all next week Uh and until then uh, remember only only tuesday Is tuesday Bye everybody. See you next time