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@vagtav3107 жыл бұрын
Ryan passed away from a heart attack at age of 32!RIP my friend, i hope you are watching as from your childhood 'uss flagg'...
@No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan6 жыл бұрын
So sorry about your mate. I lost my best friend 8 years ago next month to a heart related illness.
@134zulureign6 жыл бұрын
First I’d like to say condolences for your loss. The part that you did with the voices though was hilarious 🤣
@cybertronnation92475 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that your friend passed away
@yaboi58324 жыл бұрын
vagtav310 my condolences to your friend
@yaboi58324 жыл бұрын
No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan my condolences toy your friend
@TheWarflight5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I saved my money for the GI Joe HQ... when I got it, I played with it like it was in the comics... I would disassemble it, and make cardboard crates for it... and when my cousin and I would play (he just passed away from cancer two months ago) we would "drop it' into the area where it was to be set up... then build it, and fight Cobra. (in those days, we had a fang, and two HISS tanks for Cobra... one was one, one was his... and a bunch of Cobra figures... out Star Wars figures were the various "civilians" that needed rescuing) Our play as children involved world building, and story telling... He never got to be the writer he wanted to be... but our stories still go on.
@ShinKyuubi8 жыл бұрын
The ending conversation was so funny, I got a good laugh outta that "isn't this guy over here a commando AND a ninja?!? Let him do it! He can probably dodge the bullets too!"
@timothybarr68156 жыл бұрын
So many good memories playing with this thing, highly underrated .... thanks for the video
@DougPalumbo4 жыл бұрын
I had this playset in ‘83. Was thinking of it this morning and knew exactly where to go for a retro memory boost, RetroBlasting! I know this is an older video but they are still excellent and relevant. Yo Joe!
@art-n-filmsam384410 жыл бұрын
Get 2 HQ's, back them against each other and boom GINOURMOUS BASE!
@jasoncaldwell81995 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah! I had that as a kid and a Secret Wars Tower of Doom in the dead center!
@KJ-tz7vc8 жыл бұрын
What really worked about the Command Center for me was that it was a truly livable environment for the Joes. Not a lot of playsets were like that. It was easy to imagine them assembling, conversing and embarking on their adventures from there. And the jail cell was a nice touch. It was like having the stage set up for the cartoon right in your living room. Overall, it looked amazing.
@r.shanethompson79332 жыл бұрын
That lil exchange between Joes at the end was pure comedy gold! If they ever make a parody cartoon I know who should be head writer. I liked and subbed just for that. Hope there is more.
@TheJohno957 жыл бұрын
I never had this toy as a kid, but a friend did. And thought it was one of the most awesome playsets, ever. It seemed like a real headquarters, not just a few random parts of a movie or cartoon stuck together.
@DavidMoore-eu3jv3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this at a Garage Sale when I was a kid. I thought it looked pretty cool back then and that was the only time I seen one.
@sneezythesquid8 жыл бұрын
One of my best Christmas presents ever.
@lafleurmgmtgrp8 жыл бұрын
that skit was hilarious.........love it
@RaymondRich7 жыл бұрын
I loved this playset as a kid. Put it back against the edge of the bed, and only Storm Shadow has the skills to scale that sheer cliff to sneak in.
@thereisnosanctuary61843 жыл бұрын
My absolute favourite toy sets were the Styrofoam packaging from electronics. I seem to remember a giant cardboard box with windows and doors cut out once. Like a Star Wars skyscraper.
@No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Mike very interesting to watch. R.I.P. Ryan
@jimtilley11585 жыл бұрын
It was first used much earlier in Cobras first attack on the Pitt. The same issue General Flagg was killed
@surrealcereal6034 жыл бұрын
You’re right! That was issue #19. Amazing comic.
@jonathanduplantis14033 жыл бұрын
19. Scarface, Dr venom, Quinn and Flagg all died in that one
@silentrage89613 ай бұрын
What I get a kick out of, is that Clutch would have killed himself,and everyone in the VAMP, screaming into the motorpool garage. He would have hit the HQ/fortress' solid steel wall. It had no front access door. lmao!
@michaelshoemaker439911 жыл бұрын
Love the review! The part with Rock 'n Roll complaining about getting the main cannon duty was awesome.Who wouldn't feel like that was a suicide mission?
@DoktorKlaus66610 жыл бұрын
Nice review. I always liked the way that the HQ had play features geared towards using the line's various vehicles. That was something I loved about the old Starcom toys as well.
@mytzlplk5 жыл бұрын
Another excellent collector review. The end skit was a great bonus. Maybe Rock n Roll being a surfer would just "Zen" his way through the assignment...Also, it reminds me of the 'Apocalypse Now' character, Lance the Surfer, manning the forward .50 cals. Inspiration?
@ryferguson97334 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I just laughed my butt off with the talking points. I worked in financial services and we would "decompress" by using quotes from movies. It just brought back so many funny one liners we did. I love your channel.
@robdrabkowski27084 жыл бұрын
That bit at the end was some funny stuff! I wouldn't mind seeing more of that kind of thing!
@DataCab1e10 жыл бұрын
The central cannon on the cartoon depiction made even less sense, as the thing didn't appear to be steerable AT ALL. But I did have this one as a kid, obtained second-hand. And it wasn't until recently that I discovered the motor pool section had "footprints" for not just the VAMP, but all of the then-available small weapon emplacements (FLAK, MMS, etc.) Genius design!
@jhogrute10 жыл бұрын
the intro made me sad :-(
@72meng7 жыл бұрын
Another great video! I had this as a kid, and loved it! I was waiting for you to call out my favorite goof in this set, though, the view screen sticker whose image was lifted right from the comic book, including the sound effect word! Also, I totally agree with you on the great amount and variety of play sets in the 1980's.
@YodaPagoda10 жыл бұрын
I ended up with this three years after it was released, but it sure came in handy...you see, the previous GI Joe base I had used was a combination of the Death Star and some styrofoam boxes I had cleverly decorated. Once I had this base, I repurposed the Death Star elevators to take the Joes down to their underground base. Imagination is key!
@MrRe-pg7fj7 жыл бұрын
Yoda Pagoda qqqqqq
@jdbrown5511 жыл бұрын
Gi Joe is my all time favorite 80's toy line, so this has a special place in my heart. You really did a fantastic job on this. The playset can be a little annoying to put together sometimes, but when it is finished, awesomeness!
@gukgluyguig6110 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to have the original headquarters and the mobile headquarters, as well as many of the other G.I.Joe toys. They were the most fun.
@TheWarflight5 жыл бұрын
As kids, we (my cousin and me) understood right off that the GI Joe HQ was less a playset, and more a "Collector Case"... like the APC, but the APC was a collector case for figures, while the GI Joe HQ was for figures and vehicles. My cousin found a"generic" tank once... at a place called "Gemco"... it was a tank, but, it was like a "transformer" where it would transform into a figure carrying case that held several figures. Man, I'd love to find one of those again.
@soterioncoil21638 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, just beautiful. Would have loved it.
@kassandraodessa26333 жыл бұрын
That skit was hilarilarious! I had a chance to get this when I was a kid my neghibor was selling it for $10.00 with vehicles/ figures etc But my dad wouldn't get it for me one of the biggest regrets of my life
@johnroche75413 жыл бұрын
The European version of this toy was far superior as it was in green and black camouflage and also had some better features. It was part of Action Force which G.I. Joe was called in Europe. Check out "Analog Toys" for details on You Tube.
@techos322 жыл бұрын
I sold mine too for super cheap. Regret I did that. :(
@armoredknight871810 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite and most used toys..my neighbor had one as well so we made them co-join each other on opposite ends, and voila a real base that could thwart the COBRA suprise rear attack problem :) I loved the Patriotic - America Strong feel of this toy line and this set, today it would probably be considered too agressive intolerant of other counties toy sets or something...ugh I digress
@Dcat75thunder4 жыл бұрын
I got this for Christmas one year. It was awesome. As much as I loved Star Wars, the Joes were just more fun.
@Metlhd3138 жыл бұрын
How about a review of the Mobile Command Center? I loved that one.
@brett84817 жыл бұрын
I concur with the final sentiment. Sums it up beautifully. I really wish I got this, it was of a couple of items that we didn't get as I got older and was expected to stop collecting as I became a teenager, so the Christmas and birthday hals were getting light and lighter on Joes.
@Boosmoney Жыл бұрын
this toy was the greatest christmas memory i have.
@joystickjedi11 жыл бұрын
I got the HQ for Christmas in 83... it came in what was a HUGE box, and I remember being so stoked that I had a place to park the VAMP and the MOBAT... never had a Dragonfly tho, so COBRA took over the helipad for the FANG. It was rad.
@Sano197011 жыл бұрын
Really fun to watch! Another well
@benjaminedenfield33684 жыл бұрын
I loved that thing. I got it right before I stopped with Joe's and alas sold of my collection.
@comandercool228 жыл бұрын
I just picked up one of these for $15 bucks. It's not in perfect shape. It's missing a lot of parts and a lot of tabs are broken on it, but the communication station is intact with original stickers. I probably won't do a restoration on it but it's still a great piece in my collection. I wasn't too big into GI Joe growing up, I had the 12 inch figures. I love the simple overall design of the Command Headquarters. It reminds me of the original Metal Gear for the NES. Now my Solid Snake figure has a base to sneak through even if he is the wrong scale. I recently discovered this channel and binge watched most of your videos. I'm a 90's kid but I really love discovering what other kids had the generation before mine and really enjoy these retrospectives. Keep up the great work!
@blitzwarp8087 жыл бұрын
as a child of the 2010s i can agree it was better in your day
@TheWarriorsFromHell9 жыл бұрын
when i was a wee little one i had this base and the 90's battle corps one, so the 90's one was the forward base in occupied land while this served as the central base for officers, intelligence, r'n'd etc.
@JohnnyButtons Жыл бұрын
Loved GI Joe in the early ‘80s!
@brycevo4 жыл бұрын
This is a great fort. This is a really great playset and display
@johnroche75413 жыл бұрын
The European version of this toy was superior as it was in green and black camouflage and had some better features. It was part of Action Force which was what G.i. Joe was called in Europe. Check out "Analog Toys" for details on You Tube. The grey colour made it look like something from Star Wars. Our European version is better than the U.S. version.
@patluvsvettes10 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, thanks for putting these on KZfaq. I had this playset as a kid, and spent MANY hours having G.I.Joe vs. Cobra battles every night. Great video, but just one correction. The G.I.Joe Headquarters first appearance in the Marvel comic book was actually in issue #19 and not issue #24.
@titangaming69239 жыл бұрын
Always wanted this playset as a kid ive passed most of my toys down to my son he loves them
@rolent239 жыл бұрын
Ma Bell!! Nice I bet ya unless your from the 70s/80s that flew right over your head
@rickconsort26717 жыл бұрын
Real Wraith77 Or a Beastie Boys fan
@edrice26216 жыл бұрын
I got it.
@StoneCold758 жыл бұрын
As with many 80s kids, we would all bring our GI Joes and vehicles to the designated house of play that day, and separate into teams....My friend Jeremy had the HQ here, and one thing I remember is those plastic slats would break, and we would need to super glue the walls up permanently or tape them...which in a way, made for more playtime.
@stevenweller94134 жыл бұрын
HQ made its first appearance in episode 19 of the comic books. They built it in the PIT and raised it into the Chaplain Assistants Aide School motorpool at Fort Wadsworth.
@shannonedge93867 жыл бұрын
The follies with the characters crack me up great video guys!!!!
@bombs88868 жыл бұрын
I had this play set. What a great video and thank you for stirring up some fun memories. I liked the design of the base. I liked that it didn't come with tons of bells and whistles. Back then toys forced children to use their imagination and come up with their own adventures using the toy as a backdrop. Today children's entertainment is fully presented for them leaving nothing to the imagination. It fails to foster growth and creative development. I believe this will have long term consequences in our society. What a shame.
@spikedpuppet36675 жыл бұрын
I had this as a kid and loved it.
@commandonigward5736 жыл бұрын
I like the little scene where it shows him trying to build it it reminds me of the time where I threw away Lego instructions it took me three solid hours to build the set
@davidtagilala50409 жыл бұрын
bought this thanks to you and formbx real sad about ryan tho life is so short great photo of him great tribute cheers from new zealand
@happytobeproud10 жыл бұрын
Oh man the memories. This was also my 1983 christmas gift which unfortunately lasted one month before my little 4 year old brother at the time decided to rip out the jail cell doors.
@jakfuki3 жыл бұрын
This was my birthday priest in 1983. I’m thinking of dragging it out on storage when I grab the USS Flagg.
@Cavillier197010 жыл бұрын
Love the ending and in the credits its nice to see a pro at work. LOL
@Cavillier197010 жыл бұрын
I calls'em as I sees'em. LOL Happy Holidays guys.
@chrisgay47865 жыл бұрын
So what you did as a kid is, you park it in front of a chair or sofa. Use that as your mountain. Then park your 105mm howitzer, and the SAM. Maybe that rocket track too you got with cover girl.
@anionhero7 жыл бұрын
I loved this when I was a kid. And about the open back, I just pretended it wasn't open back there. I mean it had to be open for the kids to play with the figures inside of it, but you know.
@billymusick7 жыл бұрын
Haha, I would kill to be at your place when you guys are recording your voiceovers
@80sfreak423 жыл бұрын
Yes...this man is the truth...he nailed it...80s...by far best playset base headquarters etcetc...love it..
@ChildePC10 жыл бұрын
I actually built my own cardboard version that had two stories and had a open slot for a the snow cat missile launcher. and original car and storage bay for motor cycle and prison with 2 cells. the computer room handled 8 joes. It was pretty kick ass. ALSO IT WAS TWO STORIES AND I OVER CAME THE CANON ISSUE BY BUILDING THAT COMPUTER ROOM UNDER THE SECOND FLOOR. YO JOE
@jdbrown5511 жыл бұрын
Did you notice the where you put the Vamp at. It has other slots where the HAL, FLAK, MMS, and other vehicles can go there as well. Nice video.
@barrygordon51489 жыл бұрын
That was cool...Go Rock'n'Roll.
@y2loco11 жыл бұрын
Another great, in-depth review, and a great tribute to a fellow subscriber. Well done!
@autobotalex55888 жыл бұрын
LOL ! this was funny! I love your skits in your videos.
@EDFCentral4 жыл бұрын
Rock n Roll was the first GIJoe I ever received. Bunghole neighbors ripped his legs off. RIP Rock n Roll
@user-dx6wu4jm1s Жыл бұрын
got that for Christmas when it came out, i really wish i hadnt sold my collection years ago i had tons of stuff!!
@christianbrown24717 жыл бұрын
Awesome review I have to get 4 of these so COBRA can't pull a sneak attack on the rear!! Send Rock n Roll to guard the rear....he is such a BABY!! LMBAO
@TheWarflight5 жыл бұрын
In the bay you put the VAMP... it has "foot pads' for every vehicles that came out in '82-'83 except the MOBAT. There are pads for the FLAC... the HAL... the Polar Battle Bear"... even the JUMP pad... you will notice the wheel pads in the front are too wide for the VAMP... that's to accommodate the Twin Battle Gun (Whirlwind). There's even a pad for it's trailer hitch. This was totally a display case for figures and vehicles.
@80sfreak422 жыл бұрын
Rip Ryan..I came full circle...I just bought this for 80 bucks with og box....
@retropirate18 жыл бұрын
That skectch in the end was great!
@jboypacman11 жыл бұрын
Picked up one of these a month or so ago from some friends of mine who found it with a few other things in at a local yard sale. Missing one of the inner walls and the slide on wall guns but beyond that its great.
@machiwoomiapoo7 жыл бұрын
I just bought my second one of these, so now I can put them back to back so Cobra cannot attack from behind. :) Excellent video. Take care and have a wonderful weekend. Sam.
@trekjedi7 жыл бұрын
The ending of this is the best.
@crushingalldeceivers11 жыл бұрын
Great videos, love them, you guys capture the 80's perfectly. The ending has better dialogue than the GI Joe cartoon! Subscribed!
@Sturmdude11 жыл бұрын
Set up some boxes/tables, or a platform, in the motor pools so Joes can shoot AT rockets and heavy machine guns from them, or set up a regular howitzer in them. Make sure Trip Wire has placed AT mines on the base perimeter, especially the flanks and far rear, with obstacles and machine gun nests just in case. Have AA rockets towards the rear. Get characters you don't like to man the front cannon. The biggest concern I would have with this base, would be incoming artillery, motors, and grenades.
@davidlisowski52459 ай бұрын
Useful hack: the landing pad fits perfectly on the stockade so that no prisoners can climb over the walls!
@dustybragg40114 жыл бұрын
Man I love that skit LOL.
@dceasedbrickfan743 жыл бұрын
I had this when I was a kid. Thanks Santa 🎅
@TurtleTrackin3 жыл бұрын
The first appearance of the HQ was not in Marvel GI Joe 24. It was actually introduced as a "decoy" HQ in issue 19. In that issue, it is assembled in tbe Pit, then raised up under the roof of rhe motor pool to make Cobra to conceal the actual HQ, which was the Pit. The HQ was subsequently destroyed, causing some damage to the Pit that took several issues to repair. Issue 19 was also notable for the deaths of General Flag,, Dr. Venom, Kwinn, and Scar Face.
@silentrage89613 ай бұрын
What I get a kick out of, is that Clutch would have killed himself,and everyone in the VAMP, screaming into the motorpool garage. He would have hit the HQ/fortress' solid steel wall. It had no front access door. lmao!
@loganholmberg2295 Жыл бұрын
my little brother got the latter release 92 version of this with a motorized missle canon I think? it was a great playset for our joes. didn't have the vehicle bays which was a shame.
@MarkDemeo11 жыл бұрын
this was a great vid,in my opinion i would put this at the top of my list of playsets,i would love to add it to my collection one day.
@jimtilley11585 жыл бұрын
How I played with it. I put the Tactical Battle Platform behind it and let the platform s ramp fold down onto of the Armory in back The platforms command center became the Aircraft control tower.
@leeprice28493 жыл бұрын
Definitely an underrated playset.
@Tr0nzoid10 жыл бұрын
Ha. I saw one of these once, owned by the first kid I knew with GI Joe toys. With the way I played, I would have pretended this playset was part of a larger headquarters that definitely had back walls and more, kind of like playing with the STAR WARS Death Star and Star Destroyer sets.
@douglasbrownell27042 жыл бұрын
I like that playset I think it would work beautifully with the combaticons if they were skilled to fit the GI Joe headquarters there's a helicopter pad for vortex, and a bay for swindle plus a spot for brawl.
@chase_lyle4 жыл бұрын
That skit though, 😂
@thegreathaven11 жыл бұрын
woah! :) awesome playset, and review! :)
@FreedomCompatriots6 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see that massive laser cannon mounted to the FLAGG!
@smallmanbigmouth26994 жыл бұрын
Helipad??? Hella-AWESOME!!!
@chrisatkins16655 жыл бұрын
In many ways, I liked this better than the Death Star playset. I always wished that Kenner had made a Yavin or Hoth playset similar to this one.
@minersethbenjamin11 жыл бұрын
Had it, loved it, despite its weird shortcomings. (percentage of square footage spent on brig vs. comm. center? The terror drome had these priorities in ORDER.) It was obviously designed to be set up only against a sheer cliff wall. In a place where it will never rain, ever.
@betterthanu31487 жыл бұрын
When I was younger (though not being too much older now) I always wanted the vehicles to fit in the playsets. Don"t know why though.
@PozerAdultRacingTeam Жыл бұрын
Hilarious skit at the end.
@wheeljack08 жыл бұрын
I only have the U.K. version of this. The Z-Force base. The most expensive set to buy of Action Force in the 80's.
@davidstooksbury88354 жыл бұрын
Sorry but you got the first appearance of the command center wrong. In was in the January 1984 issue of GI Joe comic "Joe Triumphs". The one you mentioned is the second use and it was in the June 1984 issue of the GI Joe comic "The Commander escapes" That's also the issue that the Skyhawk was also first featured in. Keep up the good work. YO JOE!
@1701Tex11 жыл бұрын
Yet again, ANOTHER thing that slipped by the Southcoast of Mississippi ENTIRELY! Ah well. That's why I count on RetroBlasting to keep me in the retro-loop. Tex (tip of the Ovaltine mug to the memory of a fellow fan)
@thereisnosanctuary61843 жыл бұрын
I had it. Still do. Inbox. And the VAMP and MOBAT.
@pampin711 жыл бұрын
i have destro,cobra,snake eyes,a juggernaut,a guy in orange all perfectly set up
@dalek44633 жыл бұрын
X Generation playsets: Multiple unique and interesting creations all of them made to be played and displayed Z Generation playsets: *EvErYtHiNg Is A hOuSe*