 There we go, there we go Merry Christmas movie house Merry Christmas Bedford Falls Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter Hey, how's everybody who do we got in here? We got a lot of people in here. Hello to jump in general riptide O'Leary Brady and Chad and Ryan and Matt And David and Brady again, Brady you get hello twice. Hello Peter Aang and Star Grave Hello, GI Claymore and Matthew. Hello fire crotch and sparkster. Hey, nice to see you sparkster Beach 76. Hello and Jenna. Hey, it's nice to see you in here Jenna Hello, Jeffrey Ball and riptide O'Leary and Daniel and draws and Mike and MC DJ AC DC and Josiah and Zathras and Matthew I think I may have said Matthew already, but hello again. Hello Hello Khalid. Well, I really need these these my eyes are crap now. I can't see anything. Hello Blake and Brycie and Figure six pack and and yeah, everybody. I think I got everybody Nice to see you all Welcome and merry holidays and happy Christmas and whatnot Yeah, so uh, this is the last live stream before Christmas There will be some more videos before Christmas, but this is the last live stream So this is my chance to say happy holidays to everyone. So hello and happy holidays. Hello, Travis David Frost, how do you do? Hello, skydrow walker and firefly and jason I'll cyclonus. I think I missed you. Hello cyclonus All right, cool gang's all here. Excellent. Very nice. Very nice So, uh, we I have I have a few things a small things planned for this live stream But it mostly I'm just going to be talking to you guys. I don't have a lot to fill up like a whole hour worth So mostly I'm just going to be kind of responding to the live chat Over 40 it means not good eyes anymore. Yes, I'm discovering that. Yes, Michael. I've noticed so So yeah, I end up using these a lot Hello iconic blood 666 and Mike hunt. I think I said hi to you but hello again Um, I see you Mike hunt um I also see the the little word play you did with With your name there Um, and uh, hello jason and joziah Uh and ninja scroll, how do you do? Um, hello bobs dungeon All right, so, um It's been it's been an eventful week. Um, we did, um Um, the, uh, unboxing and assembly of the retro all striker, which I actually have here So I was gonna Take a little gander at it I also have the The vintage all striker With crankcase and And I I got the box here. So, um, yeah, we can take a look at that Yeah, it's um It's it's not a show for children. So I I can I can play along with Mike's joke. Not not a problem. Um, hello alien dude Yes, you made it. You made it. Uh, thank you. I'm glad you liked the stalker video. Um, I am I'm I'm glad that I looked at stalker again. I needed, uh, I needed to redo that one Um, but it's I'm still in the Uh, process of working out some of the kinks in videos and trying to improve the quality Uh, and although I I'm glad that I did the stalker video and I think it's Much better than the the original stalker review Um, there are there were some issues with like the camera being out of focus and things like that that really annoy me And I'm working on that Um, and I think I've kind of got that ironed out Um, so in future videos, it really shouldn't be quite so bad. I think it should be a lot better Uh, now the last review of the year will be coming up Next sunday that one's already done. Um, and I'm working on the first review of 2020. So that's um Uh, uh, so that that's in the works, but I'm trying to pay closer attention to Uh, the the camera work the focus the lighting and the audio to make sure that everything Looks and sounds good. I'm I'm working on it I'm working on it. I'm working on it. Hello. Hey, Robbie Rosario. Nice to see you um As you see uh, crink haze grunt and stealer of three joseph stayed behind in the alternate reality in one of the sunbow episodes Yeah, that was world world's without end part two when they stayed behind Do I like the baroness? I do. I think it's a good figure and an interesting character um Q&A video this year. Um, I haven't done one yet. Um, and it's gonna just depend on whether or not I have the time to do one um I'm trying to round out, uh The videos for the year and if I have time I will do it But it's it's gonna be kind of tight because I'm getting short on time and with the holidays coming up The time is going to be even more tight. So I'm not a hundred percent sure I will try to do that. But I I can't guarantee that at this time. I will do my best Do you think uh hasro cancelled the retro collection in anticipation of super seven reaction figures? That are the same size and have almost identical packaging. Um, it's possible. I don't know for certain, but um Um But the super seven figures and the retro line they kind of serve different um a different clientele So, uh, I think if they wanted to they certainly could have kept them both going I think that they appeal to do two different. Um Uh To two different basically to two different audiences two different, um, markets Um, but uh, but it is true though that Um, they are I mean, they're not the same obviously the the figures themselves are not the same But they do even though they they do serve Different audiences different markets. They're they're they're still a little bit similar. Aren't they? I mean, they're the same scale more or less similar packaging Um So, uh, I think that's a good question. I'm not sure I know the answer though. It's an interesting question And matthew brings up the uh arctic rescue vehicle the the dog sled Which is um, like a uh, a reference to the The animated series episode where snake eyes was rescued after being radioactive and all that. Um I haven't ordered it. It's a little bit expensive. Um I think it's interesting. I I'm I wish I could order it I'm very curious about how they did it how they did the dogs. Um, whether It's gonna really fit in and look good with other Joe figures and sets, you know, how how There there's so much about the execution of that that I'm curious about but It's just not in the budget right now. Oh, hey gazz. I don't I think I missed you gazz. Hello. How do you do? Hello, tony jackson. Nice to see you as well Or tony jackson says I think uh retro action is for people to put an action figure on their desk at work Oh, um, hello. Thank you chad for the super chat. It says hey, where's uh, the christmas sky striker It was a little precarious up there, but I got these lights to work. I got these lights to work Um, and merry christmas. Uh, merry christmas to you too. Thank you very much um Oh and woodman. Hello woodman. Nice to see you Uh, and I think I said hello to to draws. If not, hello. Hello to burgess meredith and samantha henry Uh, cobra falala. Perfect. Yes, it's we're in that we're in that uh, that christmas spirit Um, yeah 75 bucks for the dog sled set. I am very curious about it But um, it's it's just something not something I can do right now um But uh, yeah, so there's um We will I I am gonna Just on camera as we're talking Sorry, I dropped this um I'm going to uh, take a look at this we put this together this week. Um in an assembly video But since then I haven't really had a chance to to really look very closely at it. So, uh, i'm gonna uh Go over that here in a minute Uh, but first let's let's make sure we've said hello to everyone Uh, hello reverse perception Uh, and anyone else who came in hello white vegeida. Nice to see you um, oh and um Rodimus, uh 2733 sends a super chat merry christmas and welcome back. Thank you Thank you. Merry christmas to you and welcome and thank you for being here Um Yeah, the as you see the real reason retro is done. Uh, is the o-ring line would be complete Uh, with it, uh, that's not good business. Yeah um I am curious about whether or not the o-ring style joes will Expand and if they'll do more of those there's kind of hinting at it But uh, but I also know that hasbro does not have a lot of the old vintage figure molds so Uh, I don't know. Hello rusty Hello to you um And uh, shan becket. Hello to you. Uh, evg mz. Hello um Please complain about toy manufacturers will do Uh, and how we can make toys better and cheaper I I can make toys in my living room Better and cheaper Um, there's only one of them though. I can make one. It's really nice Can't quite mass produce them though um, and uh Randall eastwood sends a super chat. Merry christmas. Merry christmas to you as well. Thank you so much Hello rubies rambles um Clean up just clean up your old pterodrome. Um, oh cool. That's uh, thank you. I'm glad you found us My pterodrome needs some cleaning up as well. Uh, since I Moved um, the my pterodrome has been partially disassembled because you know bits fell off and I've just never Gone back and put it back together And you know, and it needs a good cleaning as well But there's so many other things that I've got going on But I would really like to see that thing looking a little better than it does now um What are your opinions on transformers and gi joe crossovers? It's not really my thing Oh riptide oliri sends a super chat. Merry christmas. Why I've got a rolling thunder for christmas Got you a rolling thunder. Can't wait. That's awesome The rolling thunder is a vehicle that I just recently put up on a top shelf because that's the only space I have for it Um, but it was kind of nice seeing it again. I am a fan of the rolling thunder that guy is a monster It is huge And why forget to just send the link for uh sneakers uh and timber Sneaker, I think you uh snake eyes and timber at game stop for 34. I think you meant uh, uh snake eyes Although although I could use some sneakers too. So if it is sneakers, you know, that's that's still not a problem Hello, james clark um Get the techno vipers on it. Yeah, um, and hey, we seem to not be having any technical difficulties so far tonight. So knock on wood um Yes, I hope crampus knows that I was good. I I've been I've tried to be very good this year Um, okay. I've tried to I've tried to not be too bad this year. Let's let's not overdo things Good bad somewhere in the middle. I don't know Uh, let's see. I always loved the um Of transformers and gi joe would never like their crossovers. Yeah, the the crossovers. I mean some are better than others, but um But I mean they don't really In my opinion It's not I know that's a lot of people really like you know mixing their uh chocolate with their peanut butter, but gi joe and transformers have to me it is totally different um I don't know what you say. It's it's different. Um They're obviously they're on different scales. That's kind of literal, uh, but like the The battles the stories the um, oh, thank you for uh, the super chat mike latin So, uh, so good. He sent. Yes. That's that's awesome. Thank you. So good. He sent you money Um, thank you mike. Uh, thank you very much um But uh like the transformers is like on more of a cosmic scale um, and that's I think that's difficult to do with gi joe even with gi joe having like futuristic weapons and lasers and stuff like that um Like a gi joe person versus a transformer is not an even match so you have to find ways to kind of um to kind of like Fit them together so that somehow they need each other Uh, and that's been done in a variety of ways Some better than others so I just don't think it's needed. I like transformers. Obviously. I like gi joe more, but I like transformers But I think transformers can be its own thing. Hello non-stop pop. Nice to see you um Never really got the whole uh transformers gi joe crossover. Yeah, um, I'm kind of there. Um, I don't need it I can see why hasbro would want to do it though. I I really do get that um, I think doing a gi joe transformer crossovers now Uh, like if they did one today, I think it would be mostly transformers with a little bit of gi joe Um, I because transformers has had more success in recent years. They've had Movies that have been profitable. Uh, they are more in the public conscience So the focus would be on transformers. Uh, white vigetta sends a super chat. Thank you action force sergeant slaughter In hand is awesome. And yes snake eyes not sneakers. I got you. Um, my um action force sergeant slaughter Should be here tomorrow And I am going to get that thing in front of a camera as soon as possible Uh, and intergalactic classics sends a super chat. Thank you very much intergalactic, uh, classics. I'm much appreciated um But yeah, uh, just uh staying briefly on the topic of uh gi joe and transformers crossovers um I think if they did it now it would be uh, it would be Transformers with gi joe kind of playing second fiddle there. And I I think that's just economics transformers In recent years has been More profitable. And so that's what they would focus on um So and and that's not I just don't think gi joe needs to ride transformers coattails gi joe has its own Story to tell and that's what they tried to do with snake eyes. They they were not successful Unfortunately, I really was hoping they would be successful and I was cautiously optimistic Um before the movie was released um so that's That was an unfortunate incident, but um Uh, yeah, I I I don't I don't really want gi joe to play second fiddle to transformers And I think that's what you would get if you had a gi joe and transformers crossover now Um, thank you john booth. I'm glad to be back. Thank you very much Um, and I'm trying to keep up with the the live chat. Sorry if I'm uh, if I'm not keeping up well enough But I'm trying to uh, you guys are you guys just have a lot to say. Yeah um I'm very eager to get my hands on um the action force sergeant slaughter since it was mentioned Um intergalactic classic says do I have the silver havoc? I do have the silver havoc It's not complete. It's like 95 complete. It's just missing a few bits and bobs here and there But I do have the the uh, the main vehicle and some of the pieces that go with it. So yeah, I got that one um It like many other things. It's it's uh stored away right now I just have a lot less space than I used to have In fact, the space that I have is not very well utilized right now because I've had a lot of stuff out because I've been doing videos. I've been doing reviews and You can't really see too much behind me right now, but the place is a mess I've really got to clean this place up Uh, yes speed read. Yes, I'll do my best. Um Yeah, the sky havoc. Um, it flies It flies. It's it's a flying havoc Uh, if you if you pick it up and you know Pretend that it's flying it's flying It it has a flying car with it. Uh, yeah sky havoc. Um Yeah, perfect vehicle for gi joe's parachute sky patrol And honestly, like I think all of the sky patrol vehicles were Based on what hasbro had available at the time So Yeah, what what did they do? They had the night raven. They did this. Um, uh the sky hawk And the havoc and the shark Is that it? Am I missing any? I think that's all of them Um It does not fly. Yeah. Yeah. Well, if you throw it far enough It it will fly for a little while until the gravity takes over Gravity will eventually take over and and bring it back to earth But if you chuck it it'll it'll fly for a little ways depends on how strong your arm is Hey kujo. Nice to see you. Thank you for joining Um Uh, not sure the reinvention tactic is working for gi joe. Um, it uh, I I really don't like to be negative, but I I I'm not seeing the The new gi joe media Well, I mean we haven't had a lot of it, but I mean and we're mainly talking about the movie. Honestly, um I mean I mean there were parts of of the snake eyes movie that I did very much like But Regardless of whether or not I personally liked it or disliked it I think the question as far as whether or not it will be a catalyst for More gi joe is did the general audience like it, you know did it uh And that I mean you can measure that to some degree in how it did at the box office And unfortunately it didn't do very well. So Yeah, that's um I'm I'm hoping that hasbro will reset and try again. Hey, dandy carter sends a tube chat a six inch original 12 Uh for uh six inch original 12 for 40th anniversary. Um, so like uh, you just say in uh, like classified series six The six inch scale of the like the original 12 or 13 joes I would I would like that. I don't Some of them I think would be popular. I mean we got breaker who's right over there offscreen Um, and I think that uh, I mean we got snake eyes. We got scarlet already Um And I think you would sell a fairly good number of of like stalker and grunt figures Grunt would be a good army builder So I think a lot of people would pick up that where I think you would run into trouble Uh doing like a set or like a wave of Uh six inch figures of the 1982 characters would be that I I think you would struggle selling like um short fuse um that that's It's nothing against short fuse is just that that character didn't like carry forward with like future versions Future releases that really resonated with gi joe fans going forward. Um, what's another example? Uh, maybe zap, but I mean I would like zap. I would love a zap action figure How many zap action figures would you sell? I'm not so sure, uh, but um I I I I love the the 82 lineup So I would be very happy to get a six inch scale 1982 lineup to actually be able to Stand the six inch 82 characters Next to the original 82 figures, you know, take a look at them side by side. That would be really cool. That would be really cool um The og 13 could use some cool redesigns kind of like uh breaker. Yeah, I agree with that Uh, if they did something like that, I think that would be a great opportunity to um To update some of their designs and ronby rosario says stalker was on the what's on your mind leaked list Uh, yes, that is correct. So we should be getting a stalker figure. Um in next year I'm not sure exactly when next year. Uh, but see this is why you should watch and listen to what's on your mind, uh, because Occasionally, uh, they have some insider informations. Occasionally they have, uh, sources that give, uh, You know, it gives the scoop, you know, give Uh, some previews of things to come and, uh, the Um, the selection that they Uh, that they leaked to us So far has turned out to be correct so, uh We get a stalker action figure, uh, a Classified series of course i'm gonna get it and of course i'm going to put that figure next to Uh, my vintage stalker now somebody did send me a custom Uh, classified stalker that looked really good And I still have that so what I would what I think I would do is maybe Uh, stand the custom figure next to The official release and put those side by side See if the custom may have done better than the official release. Hello, Hans, chow And I wanted to say, uh, again, thank you to Hans, uh chow for the artwork For the stalker video very much appreciated really nicely done In fact, you should see that artwork Right on your screen like right right there Like, uh, let's see if I can frame this. Yeah Right right between my fingers Right right there. Uh, hey, it's peg warmers. Merry Christmas peg warmers another show that you should listen to Um, and I believe peg warmers has an episode coming up tomorrow Um, and if I remember the thumbnail correctly, it's the ranking and bass rudolf figures Uh, so that could be fun. It's the time of the year for it Um, yeah, the 25th anniversary run had the mobat and stealer. Yeah, um Uh, that is That is something that Um, that I think is maybe worth speculating about and that is um, like what what vehicles might we Expect in the classified series I think they could do something as large as the vamp Doing something the size of the his tank, even though the his tank is not that much larger than the vamp. It's enough larger that It would be considerably more expensive. So um I would I would love to see a classified his tank. I think that would be difficult though that probably would be a deluxe item um, but uh But I mean so far we've gotten motorcycles and I think that you know, that's kind of the speed that we're gonna be, um Clicking like is half the battle. Oh speaking of half the battle Nice segue there nice segue. Oh rj says a fang a fang would be good I think a fang would be very nice and thanks erdio 21 for the super chat. Thank you very much and happy holidays, sir Speaking of half the battle today is tuesday Tuesday is the day we get a new episode of half the battle from timmer And this week his episode covered the last episode of the original 1983 gi joe animated series um The 83 animated series the subtitle for that series is just a real american hero It's often referred to as the mass device Which makes a bit more sense to me because calling the mini series a real american hero When the toy line is gi joe a real american hero Makes a little confusing as to like what what specifically you're talking about But if you refer to it as the mass device then everybody's like, ah, okay. Now. I know what you're talking about um But uh, yeah, uh, so that was timmer's episode and um, let's see chew and bubblegum Joe joe joe movies always had uh, wait, I lost it. I lost it Uh, the worst most uninspired uninspired Unimaginable and unemployed writers. I don't think that uh, well, okay depends on what you're referring to if you talk about the live action movies I know that the Uh, 2000 Jeez, what year was it 2009? Um, the rise of cobra movie that did occur during a writer strike And I think the movie is a bit worse off for that reason um if you talked about the 87 animated uh, movie, uh, that counts as a gi joe movie, uh, and that was That that was not the fault of the writers. Uh, that was very much a a corporate directive And the writers just kind of had to work around the decisions that were made by the marketing team. So You know, that that's not the writer's fault um And rob says I think the vamp is as big as we get. Yeah, that's that's kind of what I'm thinking um outside of like a has lab um project Uh, a his tank in the classified scale is pretty big and Pretty expensive that that would be outside The price range of a lot of collectors Um, I think a lot of people would like it, but they may not like it at the price it would have to be sold at um Rob says would it be all over a has lab whale for o-rings though? I would I would probably go into debt for a has lab whale for o-rings that Yeah, that's something now. We're talking now. We're talking Uh, anthony uh short box. Good evening to you Hey, it's watch on joe mind Well, we're the hell are the singing cats by the way, I plugged the damn show Yeah, welcome um Vamp and skyhawk and such would be about the limit and I can I I mean the skyhawk is in that is in that range I mean you could do that um For the six inch scale at a reasonable price point Uh getting much larger than that and you're talking like a lot of money per unit and That's that's a lot to ask of people. Um Uh, what about oh the straight to dvd movies? Oh, I have those I haven't watched those in forever Erdio since super chat, please be more first full in your disdain for the spring loaded weapons We know you can't stand them. Don't hold back um Yeah, I the the spring loaded weapons I've had to accept the fact that like a lot of people did like the spring loaded weapons So, you know, I'm trying to make some some lemonade out of lemons. Okay. I'm trying to make some lemonade Um, and I have enjoyed shooting at dr. Mindbenders. So there is that you know There there is I can so I'm getting something positive out of it. I I get the um, uh, the very satisfying spring and click sound When that when that plastic missile hits that plastic figure and knocks it over that's very satisfying um Where I think that we we it gets a little bit ridiculous. Okay, not a little bit a lot ridiculous is when you attach A big missile launcher to the side of a helmet I'm talking about mace here um My suspension of disbelief is stretched just a little bit Just a little bit. I mean, there is somebody there is somebody who designed that who drew a picture of it And it was like, hey, this looks good. I think we should do that um, and then there was a guy in uh In the marketing department that looked at that picture and said, yeah Let's put that out for the children as a toy They'll love it missile launcher on on the side of a guy's head Why not? I mean, you can have those hats with the beer cans On them. You seen the beer can hats with the straws I mean To me, I I guess the The missile launcher helmet is just an extension of the beer can hat It's more or less the same thing, right? um non-stop pop says there are a lot of smaller vehicles in the line that Would be workable for the classified series. So I'm hopeful. Yeah, me too. Um, and this this is actually I think a good uh thing to think about so In the original vintage series um Planned on it resting on the shoulder. Well, that that would make a little more sense. Um In in the vintage series the series was primarily a a vehicle line Emphasis on the vehicles and the figures were kind of there to complement the vehicles Oh, uh, james tomson since in the super chat would like to see a general hawk and crimson guard trooper in six inch classified me too Uh, they were my first joes. I ever owned that would be great and uh A an army builder crimson guard. I think I think that would sell a billion of them Chad kimmel sends a super chat. Uh, could you make a compilation video of every shot taken at dr Mindbitter? I've actually been thinking about that if I can find all of the clips Uh, I may do that. I I gotta I gotta remember Which videos I did but If I can put that all together I I would I would like to I would try to Uh, so the vintage series was Primary a primary that I can't talk primarily a vehicle series um But as time goes by you're doing Um figures in a different scale now Um, and they're more expensive. They're larger And so kind of as by necessity It has to be a figure focused series. You can't do the vehicle focused Series like you did before it's just not feasible to do that but This is where I think that Back in the uh in the 80s and 90s The development of the characters Uh becomes really important Because even though vehicles are fun to play with and became part of our play battles and all that Ultimately you form connections to characters And the you know the writing for those characters, you know in the animated series the the voice acting for those characters Um, you know the the file cards all these things that contributed to the characters Um, that's what ultimately you remember and you bring forward and And you have real connections with so We're able to get a figure focused series now Because people grew to Care about those characters back then So yeah, that's uh, I think that I think it works. I think it works Uh, let's see. You should be able to find all the videos with mindbender getting shot Uh by checking htc788.com. Yeah, uh and figures from certain years. Uh, yes, uh, that is true Um, I do need to update the website though. I'm a little bit behind on that But I think all of the reviews Uh that I've done I think up to the end of last year should all be there So, um, so yeah, you should be able to figure it out. I think uh, or I should be able to figure it out Um, c64 took forever to load your do it. Hey, are you actually watching this on a Commodore 64? How is that even possible? Yes, a Commodore 64 would take forever to load YouTube Wow, I am impressed I am impressed All right, what do I miss you guys type faster than I can read Poor poor mindbender poor poor mindbender and like the truth is is like I don't I think I've mentioned this before but I don't have any special dislike for that figure. I mean, it's weird, but Um, the the reason it became a target is because it just happened to be there When I needed a target for a missile So I just grabbed it because it was on the table So once I did that then I thought like next time I'll just use the same one So that then it just became a thing It was a pure coincidence that it just happened to be the figure standing there To to put in front of the camera while I shot the thing and now it's the whole thing Uh toy connections, uh says, uh nice Um, so uh, thank you without your flag assembly video would have never been able to figure out how to Oh, thank you. I'm glad you like the Um, uh the flag assembly and I also hope for a future cobra convergence. Uh, Sean Beckett sends a super chat. Thank you, Sean Put these funds towards future classified short fuse specifically I will earmark that super chat To go toward a classified short fuse and hasbro if you're watching and let's be honest They're not watching but hasbro if you're watching Uh, we we now need a classified short fuse So get on that You just get on that. There's a clamor. There's there's a ground swell There's now a grassroots movement for a classified Uh short fuse. Let's uh, let's get on the stick now and let's let's get that one done Uh, michael says can't type any faster. I have one arm in a sling. You have one arm on the sling Well, you know what if you if you pay these loan sharks on time, you know, you wouldn't you wouldn't have to do with that Yeah Yeah, um Let's see mind bender is um A running gag as much as duke being an eric and yeah duke. Um I I have to thank will who who has played duke in two videos. Um, that that was a lot of fun. Um, I just It's it's it's just um A different characterization for duke and we had a lot of fun doing that so Yeah, thank you to will uh, what's on joe mine says page 42. I don't I don't even have a book What I do have Is this Which is the notes for the first video review of 2022 So here is a sneak preview if you can read that quickly of what is The first review of next year It's it is going to be a large thing like like the first video of each year. It's usually a large thing um And it's taking a little extra time to work on It will go up. I I should have done this at the beginning. Um, okay a couple quick announcements It will go up on the second sunday of January that's usually what I do first review usually go goes up the second week of the year That gives me a little extra time to work on it Um, it is going to be something large. Um, also Um, I don't like to uh, do too much self promotion Obviously, I do some self promotion, but I try to keep that to a minimum, but if I may do A tiny bit of self promotion um on patreon um I at at one point I had more than a hundred patrons on patreon Then I stopped making stuff and I shut down the patreon. So You know that kind of diminished as it should Uh, but I'm back and I'm slowly starting to get more patrons. I have added a new goal Uh for patreon if I can get back to a hundred patrons I will start doing regular reviews of the animated series the animated series I really haven't touched very much. It's been more of a reference in the media section in reviews But I think it would be fun to do Uh actual reviews of the episodes Now timmer has a lot of that covered timmer has already done a lot of the animated series episodes So, I mean you have a source for that. Uh and timmers. I love timmer's videos I'll have to see if I can bring something of else to it just some other perspective But I think it would be fun. Um, I'm doing the comic book and I'm getting back to the comic book But uh, yeah, I think it would be fun to Uh review the animated series. So if like if I can get uh the Uh patron patreon back to where it was Uh, then we will look at that for those who don't know right now This what I'm doing here. This youtube channel is my income So, uh, yeah, uh, I'm Greatly appreciative of everyone who is on patreon. Uh, you do not have to be on patreon for me to appreciate you I'm just glad that you're here. I'm glad that you're watching and I'm glad you're a part of this Uh community and discussion If you are inclined to help There is something that we will do uh, if we can get that back up to Where it once was before I took a year-long hiatus. So Um, thank you peg warmers. Uh, I enjoy doing the uh the comic book reviews I want I want to I'm getting we're getting to An era in the comic book series that I really like Oh, uh, real the real erin collinson is a super chat If you get a chance to do reviews on cobras african americans slash black agents like lieutenant claymore or tombstone. Yeah, um Um, yes, um, I can do that That is something that I would like to do the um, particularly tombstone is Modern and I don't think I have it But I think I can get it. Um, and That kind of fits with something that somebody else mentioned last week In that they would like for me to look at more modern like, uh, 25th anniversary style Uh, uh, you know modern era four inch figures So I've been thinking about that too and I haven't quite figured out how to work that in But that is something that I could do as part of Kind of part of that. I think that would um, I think that would fit pretty well Uh, and if I'm not this big mistaken, uh, lieutenant claymore was part of the animated series So if I can do the animated series, then I can talk about that character. So, um Yeah, so anyway that end of self promotion end of self promotion um Hello, uh, oren pax zero 430. Thank you for your support and thank you for jumping on Uh, hello brush stroke. I don't think I saw you there. Hello and welcome um Flint is all over the revenge of cover too much really but didn't didn't duke yet captured again You know g i joe has to have a backup leader because you know every other Wednesday Duke is getting captured Duke spends as much time in cobra jail as he does his own headquarters Uh, in the comics the original robot trooper looked like a cobra trooper with a techno viper head Uh, yeah, kind of is like that Um, it's it's that's in the issue that uh, that I just uh reviewed It's the it's number 28 and it's like the remote controlled Uh robot army that zartan somehow built In secrecy without the knowledge of cobra commander Um, zartan does high technology, right? He does the the holographic technology So maybe he has the capability to make a robot army, I guess um But uh, yeah, it's it you could look at those as precursors of the cobra bats I saw a photo viper. Hello photo viper. Nice to see you A stalker. Yeah, I uh, yeah, I Hey, you know, I I'm partial to stalker. So Uh, and stalker was kind of a backup leader in the comic book series He he was a mission leader a lot of times And he's the guy that you want in charge, right? He I mean he knows what to do He you need a guy even with a bunch of skilled and experienced guys You really want the one guy that always knows what to do and that stalker Duke is a scroll that's That's uh, that's one of the more impressive takes that I've seen in a while. Duke is a scroll that would be Yeah, that that sounds about right. That sounds about right Uh, oh, uh, erin collins has both, uh, tombstone and lieutenant claymore. Cool. Um Uh, any thoughts on the diamond select snake eyes and destro pvc figures? I don't have them and, um, they're not in my budget. So um It's one of those things that I think would be cool to have But it's not essential, especially right now where my space is limited and I need to acquire a few more Vintage pieces in order to review them If I had like my old place and I had tons of space and I could like put up, you know, pvc sculptures and stuff I I would probably dig it a lot more or or if I had an office to put them in I I'd probably dig them a lot more But for me, they're just they're they look really cool, but they're not essential. Um But I say that I've said that about a lot of things, but then I end up getting them and end up really liking them. So, you know, if I In the future sometime, you know got my hands on one I might end up liking it so much that it suddenly is essential. I don't know, uh, but for right now I'll just have to pass on them and um, maybe in the future pick one up and just see what they're all about Um Duke is getting captured or suffering from head trauma. That's another thing that he had a hard time with he is, you know comas The guy gets up out of bed and if he yawns and stretches a little bit too hard. Bam. He's in a coma That guy this I'm not sure that he he needs to like do some kind of fitness test to see if he's you know still fit to serve Because if you're knocking out that fast if you if you're hitting a coma that easily Then uh, you I mean you you have a medical liability there That's uh, that's pretty scary Um Uh, anyway, so what else what else you guys saying? What else was I gonna do? Oh, yeah, I was gonna briefly and I not not to interrupt not to interrupt um Tony says in the cartoon it's uh Hawk duke flint than beach head. Yeah for the chain of command in gi joe which has nothing to do with their actual rank But that is that was the pecking order in the animated series and that um And beach had had just been introduced so he was like a new character And all of a sudden he is like fourth in command um Cobra is a hydra construct Kyle that's that's somewhat true because I my understanding is that when they came up with the idea of cobra You know in the marvel Uh creative meeting The idea was to have a Uh a hydra like Um organization Uh with with a different name, you know, and you know, it's it's different. It's not exactly like hydra But it does borrow a lot from hydra um, and I mean Marvel was just needing bad guys. They just needed some bad guys So they they just pulled something out of an orifice Uh and then ran with that and then they developed it and cobra became more developed and more Kind of more coherent Over the years kind of grew into its own character But you know, especially starting out. I mean, I think the idea Did kind of originate with uh With hydra. I think it was kind of a modified hydra for the gi joe line Um Uh cobra island just got back home from work. Welcome back home Take it easy kick your shoes off Grab yourself a beverage of choice. Maybe some popcorn. Whatever you please just relax. Welcome home. Welcome home He may have worse luck than jean. You you've got to be talking about duke duke's luck is is Is uh Is a bit of a problem Uh, anyway, yeah, so I I do like this. Um This retro series all striker um it It the the quality is pretty good like the feel of the plastic Is comparable to the vintage. I got the butts facing you Um The the feel of the plastic is comparable to the vintage which I appreciate a lot They very easily could have gone cheap with the plastic and uh made this, you know, really flimsy and you know, who cares They're probably not going to play with it. Anyway, who cares if it gets broken But no, they they did pretty well. It's it's decent. It's maybe not identical But it's comparable at least to the vintage at least to the plastic quality Um and the details are virtually the same So again, that's nice um and they did differentiate the colors enough And like They have the the mushroom clips showing which i'm not a fan of but The vintage vehicle did too. So you know I wonder where my other antenna went though. I have no idea I was I felt lucky to find this one and it's all bent up, you know, that's That could be better try to straighten it, but I'm missing I'm missing an awestriker antenna. I think I took it off To put this in the uh mobile command center I think I took the antennas off for that And then didn't put them back on. I think that's what happened um If they took more of a an mcu approach to the joe movies, uh, I I agree with that matt. Um, I think that's what they were trying to do um to a degree but You have to start like your your first movie starting out has to be a banger, right? It has to be Hey, it's joe motion videos 82. Hey Sorry, I missed you. Thank you for being here. Nice to see you byron. Thank you for joining um Like the mcu started with iron man and That was on its own a really good movie. That's a movie that got people talking um, and even if you know, it hadn't become part of a larger universe people just liked the movie and that's what they That's what they needed to do with uh The snake eyes movie and I think that's what they wanted to that's what they tried to do But for the reasons that we have discussed previously Didn't quite work out that way um So Yeah, I have no idea what they're gonna do next. I think I've I've given a lot of thought about this and I keep going back and forth um About what I think they should do and I think the the idea that that Resonates most with me Is doing a live action tv series on on a streaming service like a net and netflix series um, I think oh, hey, hello comic tropes Could snake eyes beat captain america? That's a really tough question Captain america is the super soldier In a dance off well now we know we know All right, there are two things we know. We know that snake eyes can dance You know, let's not forget, you know the the animated series Uh, and we know that uh that uh captain america cannot dance Uh, because he never got to dance with peggy Peggy was gonna show him how and and she did not And he meets up with peggy again. She's an old lady In bed about to die and selfishly Does not get out of that bed and teach him how to dance So I think I think snake eyes has the edge in a dance off Yes, uh, I see rob agrees with me. There you go Um, hello, jake. Nice to see you Um, all right, um, where was what the heck was I talking about? What was this? Um, oh, yeah, mike sent me something. All right, mike white. I will take a look at that later Thanks for sending that to me. Um Captain america is cool. Yes, I agree with that too. Um, but yeah, like A lot of uh people production companies Creative property owners have tried to replicate The marvel cinematic universe outside of marvel and there's in theory at least there's no reason why you couldn't do it right. I mean If you do it right you Sorry, I thought that was thunder, but it's just a guy running down the stairs anyway Um, if you do it right it in theory it could be done. It could be done for gi joe. It could be done for anything But it's it's harder than It seems at first glance because You know right off the bat you need to have Some hit movies that stand alone and uh, and that that are enjoyed that are successful and that draw in talent Uh, and then making one successful movie Is really hard and like the more I Learn and understand about the movie industry Frankly, I like it's a miracle that any good movies are made like there are so many factors um, so many um So many people pulling in so many directions with with so many stakeholders in movies that Sometimes I marvel that any movie gets made that's even watchable But it happens it happens Uh, and there are good movies out there There are a lot more bad movies and good movies and some bad movies are are are fun. I I like some bad movies, but um Pulling off a good movie is hard enough Um, but if you're gonna build a universe on it, you've got to make A few good movies and then work on you know pulling them together. That's that is hard That is hard in theory. It can be done and I love to see it done in gi joe Uh, or for gi joe, but um, and that's It's it's just not easy. Um and I hope that the um The lack of success with the snake eyes movie does not discourage them from trying again because I really would like to see something done with it I really would um I would like to see a new era now if I never see a new era of gi joe if I never see gi joe catch on with the public again You know, I still have mine. I still have my 80s joes and nothing can take that away So I there's no like ruining my childhood or some crap like that I'd really just like to see a new generation of fans um A crocodile dundee should have joined gi joe. That would be That that would be great In fact, I think basically I know everything there is to know about australia because I watched the crocodile dundee movies Um But I I think it's that you're gonna tell an extended story like gi joe would be um I think like a tv series a live action tv series would Be the best way to do it. I don't think an animated series would draw in Enough of a general audience because I don't think like enough people Watch animated series Not not like they used to I know that some have done well and I know there are counter examples to that but um, but live action I think is what uh, you could find most Adults watching and and maybe even sitting down with you know with the family and watching Um, and it would give you the opportunity to tell a longer and more intricate story um And you know, you'd have of course a limited budget. Yeah I think gi joe going forward is going to have a limited budget as far as media But you could spread the budget out over a season of a series You could build sets that you could use more than once and you kind of And you you use, you know good storytelling and good acting uh to fill in Uh, what you lack in budget Uh, let's see, uh fast and furious slash ocean 11 is a way to go with gi joe movie introduced a bunch of characters Give them all something specific to do. Um, I think with an ensemble movie, um, that I think that works um, and gi joe like the team movie would have to be an ensemble movie um With uh rise of cobra what they try to do is they they try to focus on a few characters duke, uh ripcord scarlet and a little bit of snake eyes um And kind of make them the focus of the movie and and that's I understand that I that's reasonable um And if you're not going to have any lead up to it if you're going to dive into an ensemble movie like that um, I understand why they did that um, but it's That pushes all of the other characters and they they had a lot of characters in that movie. They there was a it was a big team in that movie, uh But it pushes everybody else kind of out to the periphery so that you don't really I mean they're just Barely more than extras um MacGyver joe special agents That's you know what that's what we need. We need a gi joe mcgruber crossover. Let's get hasbro Let's get the gi joe mcgruber crossover happening. Let's get that going. Oh, hey, it's eight o'clock Hey, it's been an hour, but I'm gonna keep it going just a little bit more um comic trope says to make uh live action gi joe hit they should all be running around with neon rocket launchers That are the size of their bodies. That's what people want and make sure That one of them has the rocket launcher attached to his helmet um Rise of cobra, uh could have worked, but they made the whole organization too big for the first movie I agree with that. You need a small team and have it grow over the series Uh oceans 11 ocean 12. Yes that I I completely agree with that Uh, I think peg warmers is on the right track with that and that is something like The the comic book had the benefit of starting out with a smaller team and that really gave you a chance to Uh, just focus on a limited number of characters Uh and develop those characters and then some like some carry forward some characters don't um, they just don't um It's not that they don't work, but they just There's nothing to do with them. So characters like Short fuse. I'm I'm picking on short fuse tonight. Sorry short fuse But characters like short fuse they don't resonate quite as well with The fans so that character kind of gets pushed aside, but then you have new characters that come in Uh new characters to introduce and yeah, you build it that way. You you start out you start small And they did they did start small in the sense that they focused on a limited number of characters But they were surrounded by this huge army of other characters that we did not get to know at all Because there's no time there's you it just isn't the the space To get to know all of these peripheral characters. I mean they had Cover girl in there cover girl could be a really interesting character. We'll never know Because she was basically a secretary and was on the screen for maybe like I don't know if you put it all together like a minute. I don't know Uh, but uh, yeah, I that's what I would like to see Um, if Hasbro ever calls me then then, you know, that's that we'll discuss it. We'll discuss it um John says what's my favorite vintage gi Joe figure it is stalker and I usually go with stalker version 1.5 Because I like the swivel arms. I I like the straight arm stalker too, but the swivel arms on stalker version 1.5 that's um That's my favorite. It just I have a lot of nostalgic connection to it. Um, it's not the best figure that's ever made. In fact As I mentioned, it's like Almost entirely reused parts. It's there's very little that is original about the figure Uh, but it just had such a huge impact on me at the time it was released Um that it's it's still my favorite um Uh Yeah, uh, so I think I'm gonna wrap it up. I did go a little bit long and I am kind of tired So I'm going to I'm gonna finish this a little bit of eggnog and I might just I might just go to bed I'm tired, but tomorrow I do more shooting for the first review of next year um, and I think my action force sergeant slaughter should be arriving. So I'll look at that um, and uh, yeah, we'll we'll um We're almost done with the year I'm about done with all of the videos for the year I am done with all of the reviews for the year. They're all done. They're all shot edited. They are already uh, but like all the little videos like the short quick shots and the Classified stuff. I'm working on those. So, you know, I'm about done I'm about done for the year and I can take a little bit of a break And then we can ramp it back up and uh, and really get it going for next year Thank you peg warmers. Happy holidays to you and happy holidays to everyone I thank you very much for showing up. I will say good night And I will say see you next week and we will do this all again soon. Thanks everyone and good night. Bye