 Okay, according to this we should be live. So who do we got here? We got some people Hello Chad and Wilkinson and Big Gay Dave and Hans and JLS Comics and Hans says love your channel me too JLS comics great YouTube channel jump in general and Doug And I saw peg warmers earlier. Hello peg warmers. So hello everyone nice to see you all Welcome back to Tuesday night And we got stuff we got stuff to talk about I give everybody a minute to come in everybody filter in find your seats You know get get a refreshment and And we've got lots to say hello Ryan. How do you do and Raphael welcome? Hello cyclonus and Matt hello Doug Um Doug had a good time at Joe Fest last year, but oh It's close to a friend's wedding. So you can't make it this year. I'm sorry about that But I'm glad you had fun last last year. Hello podcast from the pit. Hello beach 76 See Francisco. Hello and welcome. I Just want to try to catch everyone when I can when they come in and say hello and Let's see We will Hello mark Ryan hello mcdj acdc We have a lot to talk about we have I I have I have a topic I have a topic We are on yes peg warmers Hoodie is on the well. I'm not wearing a hoodie if I were wearing a hoodie then the hoodie would be on But yes, I have things I'm surrounded by things that I'm going to show you Hello, and I I got to stop pretending that I can read without these and just admit that I that I require these to read small print Tarantia. Hello Hello Chad and let's I Already said hello, but hello again Hello, hello one Bo. I have a topic. Hey guys. How you doing? Chad asked where and when is Joe Fest this year Joe Fest is in June this year and it is always in Augusta, Georgia It's in the same place Joe con Joe con used to be a traveling convention. They would have it in a different city each year Joe Fest is always in the same place But I have some stuff I Have some stuff from both Joe con and Joe Fest and there's one particular item I found it from Joe con that I wanted to to show you guys guys. Hello fire crotch And I think I said hello figure six pack, but if not, hello, how do you do? Yeah, so What again a few people are filtering in I'll give you guys just a minute Hello Russian word that I can't pronounce welcome nice to have you here Hello Kevin Battle goggles, that's that's what it is. Yeah Is it I don't do the faceplate anymore. It's it's just the the peepers But yes Once we let everybody find a seat and get comfortable I think the first Order of business Will be the vote there there's a poll going on on patreon right now. Hello small town machine shop welcome And it's the first poll that we've done in a really long time. Hello Bader Ray Bob. Welcome We haven't done a poll in forever, of course for a long time. I wasn't doing videos at all So now that we're doing videos, it's time to do a poll. Hello sparkster. Welcome glad you're here Spectacle Cobra Commander. Yes, that's that's it Exactly right. Yes. Hello riptide. Oh Larry. Thank you for joining So yes, there is There's a poll going on on patreon right now. I have I have the figures here to To show you and and perhaps influence your vote I Will tell you that last time I checked on patreon the poll was tied between two figures It's a tie right now. I always said that if If a poll ends in a tie, I will break the tie, but I'd rather not break the tie I'd rather you guys decide you guys decide, you know, what you want to see so Hopefully that'll all work out and there will be a clear winner But I'll show you the the figures that are up for a vote. Hello, Sean Beckett and in Doug Dello. Hello. Welcome Yeah, so yeah the gang's all here it's really cool to see A lot of regulars in here. It's really fun seeing you guys every week. It's also fun seeing new people I enjoy I enjoy making new friends. Hello, Robert Monty. How do you do? Who do you brigade forward? speaking of which the Like the the gold head steel brigade The gold head brigade pins I was given those out at one point. I still have a few left I still have a few left and I was contemplating what to do with them I I have a few left. I don't have a lot left But you know, those were just for like supporters and people who had Had supported on Patreon But I they had supported in an overwhelming way that I really wanted to give something back So, you know, that's kind of something that I did as a token of my appreciation Hello, Raphael You can still express your opinion though that that is free It's it's free to express your your idea of what the correct choice would be. Hello the killer weasor Hello, Texas from the United States. Welcome So, yeah, we got a few people in here hey Matt Rubin we got a few people in here, so I More vacation themed Joe's yeah, that is that is a neglected Area of GI Joe is the the off-duty Joe's So, yes, I will um We'll take a look at those here in just a minute I did get started just a little before seven so some folks might not have been expecting to jump on before seven so I'll give you a couple more minutes free fudgy bars Bazooka is bribing with fudgy bars Robert Long asks if I have a ghost writer figure, I do have a ghost writer figure. I have a couple of them one does have the Scarf and one does not hello JP Hello, Oscar Hello, Conroe, Texas from the United States. Thank you for joining lovely to have you here Hello half rods builds from vertigris. Okay from vertigris, Oklahoma. Hello vertigris from another part of Oklahoma. Welcome. Glad you made it Hello, Michael Mitchell Joe con 2022 technically. It's not Joe con it is Joe Fest, but We're gonna talk this evening about both Joe con and Joe Fest because I have Memories to share I have thoughts to share hello Lester And hello impossible pie. How do you do? Sparkster says has repulse has new classified figures bat and alley viper. Yes. Yes, I did see that And I'd like to get both I may have to wait on both, but they both look pretty cool. Hello Rick Taylor and photo viper Hello and welcome So, yeah, cool. Cool. Let's um, I guess let's let's go ahead and start by Reminding everyone that there is a vote going on and There are three figures up to vote if you would like to Influence what is to be reviewed on the channel? Hello Chad Kimmel? Sorry if I did not say hello before but hello and hello Chris How do you do? Oh Chad was Chad was napping, huh? Napping on the job. Well, that's okay. That's it's fine. It's not actually a job But welcome glad and I hope you got it had a nice slumber pleasant dreams Hello Peter Vita, thank you. I'm glad to be back So let's let's let's start by reminding everyone Oh Chris is from Lawton. Everybody's from Oklahoma Right now how what are the chances of that happening? That's a co-winky dink. Hello, Oklahoma from Oklahoma. How do you do? Killer Craig you saw me at JC 2016 beg you review sergeant savage. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I did review sergeant savage I remember you I remember that That was that was quite an experience and that was that was not a bad Jocan as well But I yeah, I want to talk about the Jocan experiences And the Joe fast experiences which are similar not exactly the same but similar So but first but first let's look at the options. Hello Jason from Fort Bragg. How do you do? Thank you Yeah, the unboxing was really awesome. Hello, Mr. X Yeah, let's see how many Joe's arrangers special forces airborne would be good to catalog it. Yeah, that's true And sometimes they they're not really specific on Like which training or special forces groups particular characters Have been in it would be nice if it were if some of the file cards were a little more specific about some things But on some that you you can infer that, you know certain characters were Rangers or you know members of Special forces and things like that you can at least confer that I think it would be hard to create a definitive list because some file cards are not Specific enough. Oh, thank you RDO for the super chat Hey, what's a non-obvious figure and vehicle you'd put in the bottom tier Oh, that's a good. That's a let me think for a second Let's see a non-obvious that I would put put in the bottom tier. I'm just going through the years I Think I Don't remember exactly how I rated the Cobra claw, but the Cobra claw is Is it that's a tough one? It's it has some nice qualities But it at least all of them that I've had have fallen apart really easily So I'm not a huge fan of the Cobra claw Is it bottom tier though it still has some merit. Let's let's move forward. What else What else there are some obvious ones that ought to be in the bottom tier? That's a really good question. I'm pondering I'm pondering The The dreadnought swamp fire is has got some problems, but then again, it also has some merits This is the problem. See this is the problem that I have coming up with like What tier something should fall in is that like I think so of some trash Some vehicles that were just terrible, but I also find some merit with them I think the vehicle that I found the most terrible Was the Cobra rat That one I found very few redeeming qualities for it It is like half a vehicle and when I took it out of the box to assemble it. I honestly Thought that parts were missing. I could not believe that was the entire vehicle It was so cheap And But that is not a non obvious doubt. That's an obvious one But see that's the problem because With a lot of vehicles, it's it's tough to categorize because Even bad ones usually have some merit the Cobra jet pack is One that I have a hard time finding a lot of merit with it's big It's it's clunky to put on an action figures back and it looks like a brick It is both the shape and the color of a brick Yeah, the rat thank you thank you peg warmers that one is that one's rough that one's rough The the coastal defender that's that's another that yeah the coastal defender has Has some issues. There are some that you wonder like it's like Why was it exactly was it released as a toy? Hello comic tropes? Yes, you are a great guy, but But now that you're late, you have to buy everyone a beer first rounds on you But thanks. Thanks for being here. I hope I haven't missed anybody coming in I said hello to Hans Chao I think I said hello to Jason and Yeah, I think I think we're good. I think we're good. Okay, so let's very briefly go over the Figures that are in the patreon poll If you would like to vote there will be a link in the description of this video to to vote an option one from 1993 there is bazooka version 3 Now the first two versions of bazooka basically use the same mold and it's the bazooka that we're all familiar familiar with Thank you the killer weasel always wondered why they went from overing figures to weird design like Valor. That's a good question That's a good question. I Assume they were trying to freshen up the brand and trying to appeal to maybe some new Customers some new Kids rather than just be a nostalgic brand, but and maybe that didn't work so well I'm not so sure But we have the believe it or not. This is supposed to be bazooka Yes, he does look like he's he's gone fishing It's Yeah, there's much to be said about this bazooka figure This is very much a departure from the first two. So that's option one option two is Barricade, this is a figure. I really haven't talked very much about and I think it might be kind of a forgotten figure from from 1992 barricade There was a 1993 release figure and the free the the second version of barricade was in red plastic Had red parts instead of blue parts But this is an intriguing figure not just the figure itself But the fact that it looks like Another action figure from a totally different toy line that was released a few years before so Yeah, there's some there's barricade that is option two and Finally We have snow serpent version 2 from 1991 This this figure is this is a fairly popular figure There are actually a lot of people that like this figure and I've heard from them It is a snow figure that has yellow on it. So You know the jokes kind of right themselves Somebody at Hasbro made this choice. They were like this is a snow figure Let's make him yellow and that that got approved and and here we have him So that is option three and he right now. He is standing on his wicked cool snowboard This this is this is a cool snowboard. I can't deny that it's got like Snake head on it and it's like big and purple. It's got like rockets on it's a rocket snowboard Yeah, that's something but anyway, that is option three. Thank you Ryan Sweeney Who do you spectacles? What's been your thanks? That's funny. What's been your favorite review and what was your least favorite? Like my least favorite, let's I'll start with the least favorite my least favorites is probably not obvious It's not necessarily a toy that I disliked a lot My least favorite reviews tend to be like reviews that were really hard to Shoot and edit for some reason some videos just do not want to come together Like I can't get the words out when I'm trying to speak or you know, the toy keeps falling over or I can't get something in focus or I accidentally skip a part of my notes that I need to put in and then I have to go back and reshoot that part and my recollection is The light the mobile command center review was really difficult That was a huge pain. I liked how it came out. I thought that review came out pretty well but it was a hard review to to shoot and to create and The rolling thunder in a lot of ways was the same that one was tough just all these little things that that You know kind of behind the scenes that really made it Annoying to complete but again, I was happy with the final product. It just It's it was traumatizing. I will always associate it with many many tries to get things right and Just things not not wanting to go my way when I was trying to shoot that thing. What was my favorite? review I Think You know, I really like working with people and my favorite reviews tend to be Reviews where I was able to work with someone I got to work with the comic tropes on The review of clean sweep that was a lot of fun I got to work with the form BX 257 multiple times he He did a little cameo in the review of the Of the slugger and that was that was fun. I really appreciated that fun school Ronnie But I I think I think The review I had the most fun on And again, it's not it's not a toy that I loved but I enjoyed doing I Enjoyed doing the video that was probably the The septic tank with Timmer that was just like We had fun planning it. We had fun doing it. It was fun putting it together. I like that. I like that very much So anyway, yeah, let's see Yeah, the hovercraft the The killer whale is like one of the first videos where I decided to do just something for fun In in the review, so I did this whole thing where I where I married the the killer whale and it was just Yeah, that was fun that was fun It was I was happy with how it turned out I still giggle at the thing when I watch it, but but that one was one that was hard to Finish because at that time I was working in Oklahoma City and commuting from Tulsa so like I recorded That last bit of That video after I had gotten off from work driven from Oklahoma City to Tulsa had a little bit of daylight Got that done and I was just really tired and really hoping that it wouldn't show on the video that I was really tired But I I still enjoyed how it came out. I thought it was fun Thank you, Ryan. Thank you Meet up and play GI Joe. I'll buy lunch. Hey, you're you're on I'll bring my toys you bring yours. That's how we used to do it. That is how we used to do it You know, we had oh, thank you riptide O'Leary a favorite toy. You bought at Jo Kahn slash Joe Fest. I I think I have a good answer for that because I got my terror drone at Jo Kahn. I Got my terror drone at Joe Kahn. It needed some work. It needed some parts, but But yeah, I think that that may still be my favorite and I came home with a terror drone. That was exciting Well, we ever see your brother play with GI Joe's with you. That's a good question, you know I don't actually see him that often and we're you know, we're both in the same town But we just have you know things going on. I have I don't really see him except for holidays But there are birthdays coming up. His birthday is coming up. So I could talk to him I could see if we can get him on board to do something Yeah, so So we we looked at at our three options and by the way, I think I mentioned it earlier in the video, but Right now at least the last time I checked the pole. It is currently tied It is currently tied any anyone could sway the votes, you know one way or the other but those are the three options let's see bazooka and Barricade and snow serpent So there's that I am I'm really excited um the I'll tell you how the the patreon poles go or how how the figures and the toys get selected I would like to put more vehicles up for For votes, but what I find is when I try to pick out three vehicles it's hard for me to find three vehicles that have not been reviewed yet and That are kind of more or less on the same level so they would have like an equal chance I don't want it to be a blowout. I want it to be you know I wanted to be a choice if I were to stack the deck. I could put like one popular item With two unpopular items and then of course the popular item would win But I'd like I'd like for people to really have a chance to for any of them to win no matter what you vote for That option could win So I'd like them to be kind of close to the same level and I have a hard time finding like three vehicles That would work for that and then Like 80s figures, we have done a lot of the 80s figures And it's kind of the same problem. There are some 80s figures that are wildly popular and I got to find like three that are close to the same level of popularity That's not easy Plus there are some 80s figures that I'm saving for a special occasion So I don't want to put those up for a poll because those are off limits So there there are specific plans for certain figures to review. So So what that usually means is it ends up being something from the 90s If it's something from the 90s like our poll here, I can select things that are of Pretty close to the same popularity at least as far as I can tell and So like they all have a chance like though the one figure that's trailing in the poll right now It was leading it was leading when the poll first started and now Other figures have caught up. So I think that that's a good poll. That means the the options are pretty evenly matched And so that's how it kind of turns out to be 90s figures often because it It just makes it usually makes for a better poll, which I hope is more fun I mean, that's the whole idea is to be fun, right? So I hope I Hope that it leads to a more fun Poll we hope hello Peter. I don't think I said hello to you when you came in Vartan hello, how do you do and Anybody else who came in hello Cobra Island? I don't think I saw you come in What's the most overrated 80s figure? now that is It's subjective but Like Well, let's see No, I can't that's that one's not overrated. See this is hard. It's it's hard to choose Who is Okay, no, I think I know one. I think I know one. I think I Think roadblock version two in my opinion is a little bit overrated I think that's a popular figure for a lot of kids that was their roadblock Some of the details on that figure are a little Soft hello Rob airs airy Yeah, we have to start over Rob just got here So everybody just repeat everything you typed before Just go back to the beginning and start the same conversation over, you know, so so so Rob can catch up Any figure that can't hold or store their accessories? Yeah, that that is That that is a problem that I have with a lot of figures and it roadblock version two does not fit that mold So I guess I guess it wouldn't that that's what doesn't meet that criteria But like a lot I like a lot of 86 figures I like a lot a lot of 85 figures Yeah, oh, thank you comic tropes who would win a fight between updraft and vapor That's a that's a good question because the fans Uptraft and vapor that's funny Uptraft okay I'm gonna say I'm gonna say updraft Because I don't know because he's wearing an helmet that's that's a total that's a total cop out But I am eager to find out who would Who's the audience thinks would win hello Kevin Maley? How do you do? I think the most overrated is chuckles. Yeah, that's That's that's not a bad answer. That's not a bad answer. Hello Occam's razor. Hello star grave Does a fight between updraft and vapor leave skid mark behind that's funny Hello Michael Mitchell and the Dark Knight 803 able. How do you do? He's voting bazooka he has a chance. He has a really good chance And Cobra Island just got home from work And I am the relaxments. Well, just take it take a load off. Take it easy We have just gone through the figures that are up for the patreon votes And now I would like to talk a little bit about Joe con and Joe Fest and I have I have some stuff. I have some stuff the first thing I have is This Tomar's action figure digest and you can see yep, it has some 12 inch Joes on it and this this is a special magazine because it has a Story in here about About Joe con in 1994 which took place on the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier and Yeah, this just talks all about About that 1994 Joe con This is often considered the first official Joe con and I've noticed that Later Joe cons count up from this but My understanding is there were previous Joe cons. They were like De Simone conventions But yeah, this one and yeah, there's a there's a photo of it. I think there are some more photos in here It talks about the the agenda the art of the itinerary And just the the the toys that were released there the the convention exclusives and such This is Yeah, it was the first of all it was the 30th anniversary 30th salute But it was also The moment when GI Joe fans learned that the GI Joe real American hero toy line was going to be discontinued in favor of a new GI Joe Sergeant Savage and I think I Can say safely that it was not received well It was shocking. It was surprising to a lot of GI Joe fans that The three and three quarter inch GI Joe line was going away and there was gonna be a new toy line in a Different scale. Hello armor Magnus. Hello the sweet science. How do you do? The sweet science says Do you have a PO box or an address for gift boxes to your channel? Yes, I do I will let me Let me see if I can type it in here Well, I gotta remember this Man, this is this is how bad it is. I don't remember the zip code. Where's Hang on one second Talk amongst yourselves just for a minute. I'll be right back with you. Hello big gay Dave I don't know if I said hello to you, but hello and welcome glad you're here Yeah, okay, that's it There that's it which oh I broke up didn't I anyway, yeah I have that and I recently put out a an unboxing video of stuff that I got at the in the PO box And the address is there so you can check that out if you would like so yeah this This 1994 convention the last year of the what we consider the vintage toy line Was in I think it's considered to be the first official GI Joe convention, but But there were previous conventions possibly unofficial The Desimone conventions which there's it's hard to find information about those I would love to learn more about those But yeah, so That was the end of Three and three-quarter inch GI Joe at that time and instead we were treated to Sargent Savage So Yeah, Sargent Savage that was going to be the new GI Joe it it's a It didn't last it didn't last and then that was followed immediately by GI Joe extreme Which was produced by Kenner, which was a division of Hasbro by that time So yes That's this is sort of a little piece of history about the first Depending on how you count these things the first Joe con and then obviously I didn't go to that one because I didn't know about it even if I had wanted to go but plus in four I would have been 19 years old and Probably, you know, I that wouldn't that's just not a trip that I would have taken at 19. Hello Conspiratorial gamer, how do you do? What was the first? What was my first year for GI Joe? My first year was 1982 at the very beginning of the vintage toy line So I have I have some pieces from Other GI Joe conventions that I also didn't attend but I was I was interested in Like the history of the fandom like the history of the GI Joe fan community So I when I found a few things I'd pick them up So I got this Which is a tote bag? it's Actually pretty solid canvas bag and this is from it says GI Joe to And this is from the 1995 convention so the next year and again, they're counting up from 94 being the first And I keep camera equipment in here now actually use this it is functional very solid very well made The early GI Joe conventions were focused a lot on the 12-inch figures because fans of GI Joe's in the 60s and 70s were Were adults by then and they were of the age where they would collect and go to conventions so It was primarily focused on the 12-inch collector But as the years wore on and as our generation got older That's eventually started to shift and take over Oh Sorry, sorry the sweet science that is Oklahoma It's broken arrow. Okay. Sorry about that. I forgot what state I was in I I often lose my basic orientation to you know to time and place Yeah, yeah, comic tropes there they're there in this day and age we need precautions we need precautions But hello Jeffrey ball nice to see you Welcome, we were just talking about Joe con the early days of Joe con And yeah those early days of Joe con it was more about the 12-inch figures It was more about GI Joe from the 60s and 70s and a lot of the convention exclusives were targeted at that that did change over time though as my generation got a bit older and You know fans of the three and three-quarter inch GI Joe from the 80s and 90s Got old enough to start collecting and going to conventions but you can see and This other canvas tote bag. This is a much less impressive one, but this one is from the where's it say the 1997 convention and It's this I think it says yeah, it's actually says fourth annual. So, you know for fourth annual that means it's counting up from 1994 but you can see this is again a really targeted at The three and three-quarter inch collector with that logo We've got I mean this logo here is There we go That is For the three and three-quarter inch collector. This is you know, 15 15 years, you know from 1982 So this is just a little souvenir ephemera if you will of The 1997 GI Joe convention and this one was was this one in I Thought this one was in it doesn't say where it was Well, you got it yet you guys you got it you got a per you got a print the location of the convention on this stuff Magic productions apparently was the group doing the convention at the time And then And then eventually I caught up eventually I caught up I Got back into GI Joe Sometime in 2014 I have form BX 257 to credit for that. Hello Burgess Meredith. Thank you for joining. Hello, Yo, Joe Thank you for joining And yeah, we're just talking about the Joe con GI Joe conventions in One of form BX 257's videos He at the end of his video. He just off-handedly said, you know have fun at Joe con in Dallas, Texas I wish I could go. I hope everybody has a good time and That's the first I had ever heard of Joe con. I don't know why hello John Ulrich. Hello Jonathan Ulrich What thank you very much for joining Yes, we that is true. We're a bunch of old guys that still likes toys The Hello the real Aaron Collins had a hello and good evening So, yeah 2014 Kevin just off-handed mentioned a GI Joe convention and it's the first I ever heard of it and I My thought was hey Dallas is not very far from here. I can go and So I did it was it was Spontaneous it's like I heard about it and then I planned the trip and I went like a few days later and that was this one Where this souvenir pen is from that's 50 years of GI Joe that would be 50 years from 1964 And that was in Dallas, Texas I Went I knew nobody I Think I can say that The first person who actually recognized me I was making videos at that time But I had been making videos for like a few weeks. I was brand new Yeah, jump a general. I also hope Kevin is doing well. I haven't heard a thing from him So hopefully he's fine Curtis from Detroit. Hello Curtis. Hello Detroit from the United States United States Hello Android 78 Oh, thank you Rob. Thank you Rob Vegas cheers from Melbourne And shout out to all of the legends here in the GI Joe community. Thank you. And that's what we're talking about That's what we're talking about one legend being will you may know will because will is a cosplayer And he appeared in a couple of my videos as Duke he does a nice Duke cosplay and You know, nobody knew who I was except will he actually recognized me said hello So that was really nice and will is just a really nice guy William Jay a really cool guy happy to meet him and I'd always see him and catch up with him At Joe con every year that I went after that 2014 year. I did not miss I didn't miss any Joe cons until they discontinued Joe con Hello Vancouver, California from the United States. Welcome Vancouver, Canada. That's probably what you mean not California Hello Vancouver from the United States Hello United States from the United States So, yeah, this was this was the beginning of my Joe con experience I didn't know anything about convention exclusives. Hello Jason LaTroll. Nice to see you. Thanks for coming in. I Must be it's tough to be a 12-inch collector these days Yeah, probably so probably so I have some thoughts on that. I'll get back to that. I'll swing back to it I'll swing back to it. Yeah, Rob. William is a good dude. He's just a genuinely nice person He's always he's always been great when I've met him, but he has played Duke in a couple of my Videos and it's we always have fun doing that and it's a great time But yeah, so I would keep going back. I never had an interest in the convention exclusives It was all modern stuff and I was not a modern collector. So It just wasn't something I was into It made, you know going to the convention cheaper because I did not pay for the the exclusives At Joe cons, do you have to trade action figures for food and hotels? It's basically an an all action figure Economy, you know, they basically they use action figures as currency The last Joe con well, okay before I get to the last Joe con a few things various things that I picked up at The Joe cons that I went to Joe declassified usually had a booth with a lot of like really rare and like pre-production items And they also would have these These deep the declassified reports I Have two of them here. I don't know why I didn't get more I must have forgotten or something, but I have a couple of them here and And you know, it would Cover some pre-production concept work. This one covers Sigma 6 including some You know some production artwork there and this one I think covers Well cover several things, but a lot of it covers. Hold on Yeah, there's it's gi there's gi Joe extreme, but it also has some of the the Concept artwork there. So this is one of the great things that Jody classified did and Yeah, and their booth was amazing They did not allow any photography at the booth, but I would always visit because I would always see amazing things That's where you could find a lot of they would often have like the two ups the paint masters. They'd have one time they had like a whole Cabinet full of Head sculpts like the original head sculpt at the size that they were sculpted that was Amazing that was amazing. That's also where I first saw the The mince in card unreleased Breaker and I think it was breaker and short fuse they were Figures that were going to be released with the version 1.5 1983 bodies, but with unique heads You know how all those 1982 figures a lot of them included Included Had like they had the same head several of them had Reused the same head and even had the same hair color. So you had some twins And you had some triplets you had some you had like a maybe a couple of quads of GI Joe characters in 1982 that they all looked alike But there was a proposal for Re-releasing those 1982 characters with unique heads, but with the same bodies now that is something I would have bought I Would have loved that but you know the Hasbro decided that that was not that wasn't gonna work So they didn't end up releasing it, but it got at least to the stage that they had Created some samples some sealed on-card samples and those eventually made it to the fan community and Jody classified had some of those at their booth and that was really really cool Thank You Gray Fox So yes, that was that was awesome. That was awesome and then Another thing I got was this Book of GI Joe artwork by by 3d Joe's by Carson and I believe Carson was at the 2014 convention in Dallas and I believe he had a booth there I think I saw the booth, but I didn't know what it was That first convention was like sensory overload. There was so much going on that. I just honestly didn't I was so new to To GI Joe fandom that I I didn't have any idea what half of it was hello Brad and happy Tuesday The unique had something they could do in the new O-Ring line that would be great that that would be great but yeah, so Shouldn't have put it away. I'm not done with it yet. So Carson did these books that have tons of really beautifully reprinted GI Joe artwork and you know, it's done by years done chronologically But I only have one copy. I told the story last time how like I went to a panel and I Was I went then I went back to the 3d Joe's booth to buy The rest of the set and they were gone. They were sold out missed out on it missed out on it Another thing I picked up at Jo Khan was this This is rank and file. This is by James Kavanaugh noted our author and this is like all modern 25th anniversary and up Modern GI Joe's Just a really nicely made Directory a reference book There are also additional editions of these which again I failed to get because I was not fast enough and they were all gone ow in 2017 in 2017 Joe the classified was doing this In honor of Gary head who had passed away Hasbro released a figure sight line and This was a custom figure that was a three and three-quarter inch o-ring design of sight line with file card Jody classified on the back They these are of limited This was a limited run. It was an exclusive there. They were free. They were giving these out for free Because they they wanted to get them as many hands as possible I was there with my two kids and they they like They made sure that each of us had one They made sure my kids had one. They made sure I had one and Yeah, it this is this is pretty special This is an interesting piece of GI Joe fan history And an interesting piece of GI Joe convention history Really cool thing And as as some of you may know Joe con was discontinued It was run by an organization called fund publications That people had mixed feelings about not everyone is a fan of fun publications but Hasbro did not renew the license for Joe con or bot con who Oh, Kevin got all the rank and files lucky lucky So Joe con for GI Joe and bot con for transformers was discontinued The plan was for Hasbro to do has con which was not going to be annual, but it would be periodic A sight line is a figure you'd like to get it's it's pretty cool I think next time I see you I'll try to remember to bring this so you can at least check it out and see what it looks like in person It's really cool. It's it really is So Joe con and bot con discontinued so they think Hasbro wanted to do their own all-encompassing convention That lasted I think for a couple years and then Nothing, so really Joe con and bot con were replaced with with nothing I mean there isn't an official Joe con or bot con anymore but Ed Schumacher a fan Started doing an unofficial GI Joe convention in Augusta, Georgia And you know I connected with Ed at Joe con and he picked He invited me to go to Joe Fest the following year I don't want to get too ahead of myself because That last Joe con in what was it 2018? That was a monumental year. I met Kevin from peg warmers. I met I met GI Joe Berg like all of GI Joe Berg Like the whole gang like the guys from a South Africa came to the United States And we were able to meet up and hang out and that was trippy. That was trippy I I met people that I had only previously seen on the TV screen. That was really cool It was it was really everybody's last chance to have that official Joe con experience and a lot of people showed up a lot of people showed up A Sparkster says the closest for transformers is called Pete's robot convention It's in Kentucky in June and that's similar similar to Joe Fest, which is in Augusta also in June Yeah peg warmers Hasbro learned that they are in the toy making business not the convention running business They really dumped a ton of extra work on their staff to put that one. Yeah, that's the I think that's the problem. I think it's a mistake people are not Hasbro fans People are fans of creators and creations and creators do work for companies and Hasbro is the company that GI Joe creators worked for but Hasbro is the company that like That that's not that's not what we are coming together to to share and enjoy We are coming together to share and enjoy the creation and honor those who created it and that's not Hasbro has a lot of properties That appeal to a lot of different people So you if you're a fan of one of those properties or even a couple hello, Tim Bentley nice to see you Thank you for joining. Hello toy connections. I don't think I said hello to you, but hello. How do you do? Am I a part of the original declassified group? I am not I wish that I could have been but I was not I was just a fan. I was a big fan of them The SoCal Joe show yes that the SoCal Joe show is a pretty significant local GI Joe show and I do want to talk about some of the regional shows as well. I do want to talk about that So yeah The whole has con thing I mean there was some cool stuff at has con but but Hasbro has a lot of properties and the You know if you go to a has con even if you're a fan of more than one of those properties it's still gonna be it's still gonna have a lot of stuff that you don't have any interest in at all and At the time there wasn't anything being newly produced for GI Joe So if you go to has con and you're a GI Joe fan mostly what you're gonna see is Transformers Star Wars You know my little pony whatever else they're putting out at that time and then has a GI Joe had a Had a little little table and that's that's not that's not a replacement for Joe con so So then there was Joe fest and I was able to go so far. I've only gone to one Joe fest and This is my Joe fest card This is this is an idea that I came up with that turned out to be a lot of fun Hey look look there's Kujo signature right there. I just put this I got a table For my first time having a table. I set up a TV Connected to a laptop so that it would just play my videos on a loop. So you know people could see who I was and I had some artwork for sale and I had a few other things, but Yeah, but I put this up at my table and I just said hey hey sign my card and and People did sign the card and this is I love this see to me. This is what This is what I'm going to a convention is really about this is why I never really cared about like convention exclusives I know a lot of people like go to conventions for the convention exclusives, but I Always went there to see people to see people that I care about and this Is what is fun to me about going to conventions and that is why oh? JP signed the card off your signatures on here somewhere. I Thank you by the way if you signed the card. Thank you very much you helped make this a Really fun experience and Joe Fest is is not exactly the same as Joe Conn it Joe Fest It's impossible to see be the exactly the same as Joe Conn and they don't have any official Hasbro backing at all It's also in the same location every year whereas Joe Conn would move around and if you're Wanting to you know do it like a family vacation for Joe Conn it helps to like go to vacation locations But Joe Fest doesn't do that what it does though is it it is kind of a rallying point for The friends that you had from Joe Con To see them again. Hello man of action. How do you how do you do? Man of action says I hung out with Larry at that one that one. Hey, and you I've met you as well Yeah, Larry was there in Augusta in 2019 when I had that Larry and like Kirk bazillion was there it was the Rudettes were there Ron Rudette and his family they were there and It was that was a lot of fun Like toward the end of the shows me and some people are just hanging out at the bar and Larry Hama Just comes strolling by you know says hello to us. That was really cool So, yeah, I I do miss that I do miss that and I would like to go this year I have started a go fund me a link for it is in the description of this video If you would like to contribute Guess who never really wanted to do a go fund me for anything this guy, but here we are this is This is just the reality. I don't like to do things this way But the reality is if I am going to go this is the only way to go I Did adjust the amount the target amount because I had forgotten when I added the amount up that I There were a couple expenses that I had figured out that I didn't necessarily need so but I had forgotten to change the amount that The target amount on the go fund me So that has been updated and I have some additional people to thank I have received some contributors, but I Hate doing things this way and I don't really want to talk about it very much because this just not the kind of thing that I Typically do but if I want to go I have to talk about it So I've talked about it and if you're interested and do it doing it. I will be grateful But nobody should feel obligated Please don't feel obligated and if we can make it if we can make it then hopefully I'll see you there and If we can make it I will I'll figure out something to do to kick off Cobra convergence because Cobra convergence will be in July and And by the time we get to Joe Fest, we should have we should have the lineup ready We should have we should be about ready to go So, yeah, I'll figure out something special to do But I mean the fact is I miss you guys and we have to take precautions, right? We would we have to take appropriate pandemic precautions, but Taking those precautions I would really like to See everyone. I would really like to get together. I really miss this Rob Irozeri says I miss Joe Khan me too Joe Khan was like Like having a family. Oh, thank you. Beta Ray Bob Joe Fest 2022 First GI Joe convention hope to see you there I hope to see you there as well if if I make it please come up and say hello Yes toy connections Joe or a Cobra convergence is back. I'm working on it We are in the early planning stages right now So, yeah, that is going to happen in July. That is the proper month where it should happen I know we did it in August last time, but that was There was a lot going on it should happen in July. That's the correct month It will happen in July and if I can make it to Joe Fest I'm gonna do something to launch it to get it going But but anyway, yeah, the the the fact is I just I just miss people and There was one thing about Joe Khan that wasn't my favorite it it took me a little while to To meet people When the channel was going pretty well People was start to wreck to recognize me and they'd come up and say hello and I met people that way But before that it was a little bit difficult to meet people. Oh, thank you Chad If you go to Joe Fest, will you have a booth? That's my goal My goal is to have a table and to have my stuff there as long as I still have tables available If they don't then I wouldn't be able to but I'll figure something else out I'll figure out something else out if I'm not able to get a table, but that is my goal. That is my goal But Yeah It was a little bit difficult to meet people and make friends Oh, thank you James Thompson. Timmer is asking for suggestions for main character may in honor of hoodies return Stalker that's a good idea Yes, let's let's spam Timmer by the way Timmer it is Tuesday That means there is a new episode of half the battle up make sure you check out half the battle on YouTube There's what's on Joe mind Where hell are the scene cats? I'll tell you where the scene cats are the singing cats are in Augusta, Georgia Hey, there's Joe Burke here. Hello We'd love to do another backyard battles for Cobra Convergence. Let's keep people playing with their toys See, this is this is why this is fun This is why I I Miss it and this is why we have to do it again. This is why we have to do it again Hello guys, I don't think I said hello to you guys. I feel if I didn't I'm sorry. Hello. Welcome But yeah, and I see that it's almost eight o'clock. I would really like to stay on And just keep going but first of all my as usual my voice is starting to go out Plus I actually have some work to do. I got a lot of work done today. I actually got like an entire video done today Done edited uploaded It was a busy day, but I still have some additional work to do So I'm not gonna stay late. I do have to jump back on that but I'll just end with this If you are able to oh, thank you Brad Click this by accident then type this out by accident as well. What are the chances? What a kawanky dink? That's amazing. I you know what hooray for randomness That's that's some kind of like Quantum flux there. That's that's but that's just the universe working things out if you make it to Joe Fest and If that's your first convention or if you just don't know anyone come and find me and we will hang out You know, we will spend we'll just we'll talk about gi Joe doesn't matter how many other people are there We will hang out You will well we'll hang out together if I'm hanging out with a group of people Join the group. I want to see you and I want to talk to you Because I want Everyone to have a good experience one of my favorite things. There are a lot of favorite things but one of my favorite things about the last Joe con was Was meeting a gi Joe Berg, but also watching the guys from gi Joe Berg Have fun just vicariously watching them, you know, meet, you know Larry Hama and meet all these fans because they had a lot of fans there and like Be surrounded by all of the stuff that they love and like get all these like figures and and vehicles and It was fun watching them have fun And I wanted I would like everyone to have a fun enjoyable and safe and Safe convention experience. So let's do our best to do that. We're gonna we're gonna try we're gonna do our best And that's what I'll leave you with that if you go to Joe con And you don't want to be alone if you want to be alone, obviously you can be but if you don't want to be alone and if you want to meet people and if you want to be a part of The fan community and you don't know anyone else to talk with Just come and talk to me Find me I look like this in person. I also look like this That's this is the face that you look look for unfortunately. I don't have another one But yeah, just come and talk to me and we'll we'll hang out We'll talk about gi Joe if if we're in a group then you I'll make you part of the group And we're gonna have fun. We are going to have a good time But yeah, I think I will wrap it up if there's anybody who snuck in that I didn't have a chance to say hello to I'm sorry about that But we will do this again next week. I will wrap it up for the evening and I will say good night Thank you for everyone for showing up You usually by Tuesday evening, I'm kind of tired because I've been working a lot But this always kind of refreshes me and if my voice Wouldn't go out and if I didn't have more work to do I'd I'd just do this You know, I just do this until I dropped because topic talking to you guys is is this is About the best part of my week so If you reach out at the convention, maybe they'd give you a room and board in exchange for a panel I don't know maybe To I Kind of wish I had had the idea earlier. I don't know how much availability they have But they might have done that if I had reached out earlier, but I didn't have the idea earlier So But we're we're gonna do the best we can we're gonna do the best we can but I will say good night to everybody Thank you to everyone who showed up. I I love this. I actually feel You know, I feel more energetic now. This is how I get energy is from by doing this But I'm gonna I have to use that energy to take care of some work. So thanks everyone Good night, and we will see you next week Good night everybody. Bye. Bye