I think that the claws and compound bow were a great weapons upgrade for this character.

Before I saw the cartoon or read the comics, I got a handful of joes for Christmas. Storm shadow v2 was one of them. This was my fave figure as a kid and probably still is 👍

After watching all the American Ninja and karate kid movies i had to have this guy. All my school friends were in karate and i just got my first compound bow, so it was very relatable.

So Storm Shadow is probably the only guy who could go to battle against himself

In my Joeverse it will always be a Cobra operative. He is not neccessarily a bad guy, he only wants his clan to get at the top and Cobra serves better his purposes.

I see storm shadow as someone who walks the edge and torn between his duties and honor. he is someone who is and should be hard to classify and even when he was evil in the sunbow cartoon he was surprisingly polite if you can believe it. he is also what could be and what can be.

Storm Shadow is among my five favorite G.I. Joe characters and I actually like this 1988 version one more than original. I know that this 1988 version isn't for everyone but to me this one does so much right that I can't help but to like it.

Storm Shadow is one of my all-time fave GI Joe characters (the other being Snake Eyes). I had both version 1 and 2 when growing up. I really like that he was made a character complex enough that he has this duality to him and the mysteriousness that comes with being a ninja; all that certainly makes him interesting as a character and quite suitable for compelling storytelling.

Great review, storm shadow v2 is my favorite figure besides shockwave, I love his story arc from cobra to Gi joe, it makes great character development and story telling, it's a shame sunbow didn't get a chance to tell this story transition, good thing Larry hama did this in the comics, I try to collect every comic that has storm shadow written by larry hama, if you are going to have ninjas in Gi joe than storm shadow was the correct way, not over done and makes you care about the character and see where his adventures and journeys take him

The uniform in the DIC episodes was the V3 outfit from his ninja force figure.

Storm Shadow v2 with his claw, compound bow, and v1's backback and swords is a game changer

This was a big favorite of mine as a kid, and it still holds a place in my heart. As for his turn from Cobra to GI Joe, I feel it works. I was a huge comic nerd as a kid, and read through most of his arc, so I think it fits.

Love storm shadow, favourite cobra character

Absolutely one of my favorites!

Love Storm Shadow my absolute favorite ninja character. This was my favorite version of the character. Ninja Force version 3 a close second.

love the new thumb nail with the toy instead of the art. Hope its something that will happen more.

I love the exposed tattoo, but I still like the original version more.

I accept his transition and consider him a Joe. This is one of my favorite figures. It's not often that the 2nd version of an iconic figure looks great, this one does. Great video. Hope to see a new video from you soon.

This was my favourite figure! We only got the 1986 line onward in Australia, I always wanted that 1985 wave ...all the best characters!

Got him and snakeeyes at K-mart in1988. Thanks Mom.

This was the year that I REALLY got into GI Joe, as a 10yo. This figure was highly prized in my area at the time.

This was my favorite Joe ever

My favorite figure as a child and one of my favorites today. I like camouflage, accessories, everything. Storm 1984 is great but version 1988 is Awesome in my opinion.

Storm Shadow has long been one of my very favorite GI Joe characters. I love his story arc in the comics, and I even liked his rivalry with Spirit in the Sunbow cartoon. As a fan of Storm Shadow's quest for redemption from the comics, I see him fully as a Joe, and like to point out that it's only been in modern times that Hasbro has pushed him as Snake-Eyes' arch-enemy, which they'd never really been before. I actually like this vintage version just a bit better then version 1. The original admittedly had some better accessories -- though it's hard to argue with that awesome compound bow -- but I just like the more detailed sculpt and camo pattern so much more. But that's just me. Version 1 is STILL very cool in it's own right.

I fully embrace Storm Shadow as a reformed Cobra, however I VERY MUCH see him as a freelance operator in the GiJoe comic. I'm very firm on this. In the comic, we see Storm Shadow on two missions during the classic issues with Joes. One of them is in the Middle East during the Benzheen War, and the other is in the jungle with Ninja Force. The first mission is part of a team which is the proto-Ninja-Force. They are clearly being dropped into a war zone during an active war as unofficial, off-the-books agitators and assassins and I think that Storm Shadow is clearly part of this mission with the knowledge of Hawk. I do not believe that he is a GiJoe member during this mission, but rather that Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, and Jinx have chosen to bring him and Hawk has allowed it to happen. Hawk has been shown to not like ninjas, and especially not like Storm Shadow. It's important to note that Tommy is healing from a deadly stabbing wound during this mission, and it is slowing him down, so I suspect that Scarlett might actually want him along as much (if not more) than the others. During the second mission he is on, it is a very obvious personal mission for the ninjas of Ninja Force. There is some vendetta settling going on. Most of Ninja Force has strong ties to Storm Shadow's clan in one way or another, in fact their filecards are the best part about them. One final note on the classic series: he does appear in the PIT on the cover of 155. I do not consider this to be proof of anything considering his membership or non-membership, I believe this is an artist fluke on a symbolic cover. I do not accept Storm Shadow as a member of GiJoe in the classic comics because I do not believe he is portrayed as one. The guy sleeps in a water tower, for crying out loud. He's homeless. In the NEW IDW continuation of A Real American Hero by Larry Hama, I do believe that this situation has changed. In issue number 235 we see Stalker and Zap on a jungle mission with Storm Shadow. Tommy is wearing a GREAT uniform, it's like a mixture of his version 1 outfit and a green military outfit similar to a 1982 Joe figure. He's in predominant green with a white head wrap and white arm bands. It's important to note that Zap is on this mission, and also Stalker. I firmly believe that this is Storm Shadow's actual first mission as a member of GiJoe in the Real American Hero continuity. Later, in issue 249, Storm Shadow, Stalker, and Zartan (yes, you read that right) all go on an actual GiJoe mission with several other ninjas. Stalker is the team leader UNTIL they are in the field in Japan, at which time Hawk has sanctioned Storm Shadow to lead this emergency strike team. The mission is deemed to be so important, that Hawk actually commands to Space Shuttle Defiant, leaving from the PIT and landing on an airstrip in Japan, he has phoned up the government in Japan and demanded Japanese armed forces cooperation with transportation. A Japanese helicopter is waiting on the tarmac when Hawk, Stalker, and the ninjas come out of the Defiant and he gives Tommy and Stalker the mission. Hawk then stays with the shuttle and demands that "this highly classified piece of American equipment" be placed on the next possible overseas transportation back to America without any delay. It's incredibly badass and really cements that Storm Shadow is now trusted, valued, and even Hawk thinks so.

Normally I don't like it when they try to turn a bad guy into a cool anti-hero but what can I say....Larry Hama is just too good a writer and the depth he gave with his retcon of Storm Shadow's history is just top flight. I fully accept Storm Shadow as a member of the Joe Team and I loved playing that out with the 2 different versions of the figure when I was a kid

That's a nice review about Storm shadow version 2. We had him long time ago, and I didn't know that he was formally a bad guy! Not buying the first action figure for him and reading the card was a reason. This brings back memories.

My favorite GI Joe ninja is Firefly especially after he got tired of getting wooped so he went back to training and came back in the green and grey and was beating both Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow at the same time.

Man there wer so many to buy and they wer so original it was insane I remember being so excited looking thru the section of joes in toys r us, kb toys etc... man u could buy joes at cvs, woolworths,bradleys,caldore, kmart... it was so great walking to the car with 2,3 new joes!!!!!!

I think Storm Shadow is a Joe-bra. v2 was my first Storm Shadow, so that gave me a little confusion as far as his loyalty. PLEASE DONATE TO A CHILDREN'S CHARITY! I PUT UP A COMPLETE VINTAGE TIGER FORCE TIGER FLY.

I just scored a mint complete of him. Love him.

Awesome episode. Love Storm Shadow version 1 and 2. Love Snake-Eyes version 1, 2 and 3. The silent GIjoe issue is iconic. Thanks for posting!

I always put version 1 Stormy's backpack on version 2 because it looked so much more streamlined instead of that red bulky square. If the version 2 held all of his accessories, that may have been different.

Holy shit v1 stormys backpack was meant to open? I WAS NOT AWARE.

I personally think Storm Shadow is deep down a Gi Joe because how he was portrayed in the comics and he didn't join Cobra again when Cobra Commander used a brain scrambler to bring him back as his body guard again

I loved this figure from the first time I saw it and am taking a V50 with me on a road trip inspired by this very review!

I think I remember being able to wedge the bow between the backpack and his body, peg going between the string and the bow.

I know I've mentioned in previous posts about the box of over 100 Joes and vehicles I picked up at a yard sale for my son but this version of Storm Shadow was given to me by a coworker when I worked as a night computer operator. In addition to performing my tasks there I gained a reputation for being able to pull practical jokes on my coworkers who worked during the day. If my boss needed me to set something up it became a job for the 'Night Ninja'. I was given this figure as a kind of gag but also a nod to my abilities to be the silent practical joker in the company. Storm Shadow remained on my desk for many years.

That weird digital camo just ruins a good figure for me..ill always remember walking into toy r us in 84 and seeing storm shadow for the 1st time, thatll always be my storm shadow

Hope to see this figure in the 6in line !!!

I love this version of Storm Shadow, but yeah, that backpack is terrible. Storm Shadow was lethal but honorable, and that really limited his position inside Cobra; it was just a matter of time before he was killed off or switched sides... And they did both, in that order, in the comic book.

i dig the ECW music in the back ground LOL

Awesome figure this one. got him back in 88 and you could just tell it was something special. Also got the ninja force(v3) one too. wish i had V1. Great video as always!!! many thanks :)

Mixed feelings about this one. I found him towards the end of my time as a collector, but I had wanted the original version for so long, that when I found the update I just felt disappointed. I didn't want the new version, I wanted the old one. So even though I had him in my hands, I never bought him. Looking at him now, he looks like a good figure, and even though I still recall why I didn't want him I'm kind of surprised I didn't pick him up. I think I was already getting nostalgic for what had passed into history... I consider Storm Shadow to be Cobra, but I accept him being a 'floating' operative rather than Cobra-loyal. I'll never see him as GI Joe - just as someone that would help Snake Eyes / Scarlett, etc, if needs be.

I still have my childhood version 2. I think I still have all of his gear.

I wish version 2 came with the version 1 weapon accessories

This and the original was my favorite

SS v2 is and always was my fav Joe

It would've been better if Storm Shadow came with a sweet guitar to wail on!!! That way he would have the perfect weapon to bring to caves that are chock full of hippos.

Love the video. Love all the versions of the toy as well as the TV show and comic book lessions. I totally agree, some ninja is good, but too much is not so good. Some of my favorite individual issues in comics are still 21, 26 and 27. I read and heard about some of the later stories, but they did not interest me just like there was a period of time when GI Joe had these tacky colors. It is too bad they could not capture the magic in the cartoon, but GI Joe Resolute was pretty good with the Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow fight.

Storm shadow went undercover to find Zartan is my opinion he was always good

Except for the red sword & backpack, I love everything about this figure. An excellent update to a classic character. As for allegiances, joining Cobra was a means to an end. His relationship should be with Snake-Eyes, not with the Joes.

I think storm shadow should be his own separate charcter beside cobra and gi joe. It would have make him both an ally and a enemy to cobra and gi joe.

Didn’t have this one. Never used to like version 2 but it has grown on me!

Continuity is key if you believe that the true cannon is the cartoon then he should be a cobra agent. But if you beleive in the comic as the true cannon then he is techniquely an agent of revenge who just so happens to be apart of Cobra to extract that revenge on Zartan.

Storm Shadow will always be a Cobra to me

That was my favorite toy for a while as a kid.

I think it’s really cool that you took the time to support a good cause, considering your job issues right now. Thanks for setting an outstanding example! Ninjas don’t belong in GI Joe. Sorry, but you can’t bring throwing stars to a grenade fight. Way too much time was wasted in the comics with this crap. Still, this version is a nice figure and I admit I owned him.

I always think of Storm Shadow as a Cobra character. Not having followed G.I. Joe in my youth, I didn't even know he had defected until revisiting the franchise as an adult. I don't know what the creative team intended when the character was created, whether his transition was planned from the beginning or not, but since he began as a Cobra, that's who I like to group him with. It's also dramatically important, I think, to have a degree of duality between the two factions, which is fulfilled by Storm Shadow being a bad guy, serving as a counterpart to Snake Eyes. Furthermore, team-oriented fiction, in general, tends to run a bit shorter on interesting bad guy characters than good guy characters. Thus, when I imagine things, I like to keep as many bad guys bad guys as possible. Storm Shadow works extremely well as a bad guy, so that's what he is, to me.

My fav storm shadow... he came with those long claws huh?? Totally forgot... i loved the color and the different hood.. man g.i. Joe was top 2 or 3 best toys ever.. star wars.gi joe. Transformers. And he-man or tmnt. I liked mask and thundercats too but they never made a big variety

He ended up on Cobra again, brainwashed. So I feel that makes him a cobra character

That isn't a rope ladder on the Red Backpack. Those are tethered sticks that would spring together as a staff --- Notice how the rope connects to every other pipe. Not strung completely down both sides/

I've been watching your videos for awhile now and just realized I hadn't subscribed to you yet. Just rectified that miscarriage of justice.

It's hard to talking about transition of Storm Shadow because many things not come to Poland during 1984 . Some things was lost in time ....

1st I am totally pro ninja. 2nd I prefer good guy Storm shadow 3rd we didn't really play gi joe we just played so v1 was a good guy anyway 4th I liked v2 better it's probably top 5 of all time v1 still makes top 10 5th Storm Shadow was really top 3 favorite characters of all time, with Falcon and Shipwreck wonderful job Thanks for posting

I loved this one I just wish he had two claws but I still loved playing with this one

I find the idea of a villain with honor and a few good points much more interesting than a hero with a bit of a dark past. So, for me, Storm Shadow should stay a Cobra.

have a nice day , from Canada

Great review ,I love the bow , the first compound bow i ever saw but I lost the sword and forgot about the claws .

I’ve always thought the claw was copied from the guy Bruce Lee fights at the end of Enter the Dragon in the mirrors. He had them on.

Great review!!! While SS V2 is my favorite, he is still a ninja which is an assassin. The samurai saw ninjas as mercenaries and therefore honor-less. With that in mind, SS could not be trusted because of merc hereditary. So, I still see him as Cobra....with a conscious.

Im from Canada too . Yo joe!

So, Storm Shadow is like the Catwoman of the G.I. Joe universe?

Storm Shadow is the "PUNCH-COUNTER-PPUNCH" of GIJOE....;)

Red backpack with Jinx? Works. Red backpack with Storm Shadow? Er... Nice weather, isn't it?

This versión 2 was how I met storm-shadow. And I thought he was supossed to be an inuit.

I loved this figure! I owned it once and I always wondered what the reason was for the red sword and backpack. I think it should've been in gray or black.I think I still like version 1 just a little bit better.

Storm-shadow is ment to be thought as an independent and neutral character. He joins Cobra in Order to Carry out a personal-natured operation. That's all. And he can cooperate and rainforce GI-JOE, but he is not an oficcial member.

2007 a 25th anniversary figure comes out. EIGHT YEARS LATER, a 50th anniversary figure comes out. Theyfuckinwutmate?

Yes storm shadow and snake eyes are my favorite characters

version 2 Shadow should get version one's backpack gear

Yeah....modern era suffered from economical shenanigans. However....this day in 2019...id be ecstatic for reused parts.

Interesting review, especially referring to the tattoo.

Will you be doing a review of the comic three pack that had the trio in their 'nam get ups? Lonzo Wilkinson, Tommy Arashikage, and Codename: CLASSIFIED.

I loved Storm Shadows character arc Although the Gi-Joe Resolute cartoon was good I didn't care for their retconing it also didn't care for the relationship with Duke and Scarlet as if there was a love triangle between them and Snake Eyes Scarlet goes for the strong silent kill you in your sleep type

I like Ninjas.

The reason you may be inclined to think the modern era figures are "stretched" or disproportionate, is because the OG Joe's are so squat and incredibly disproportionate, with stumpy legs and torsos with big heads, and that's just what you're more used to. In fact, for the MOST part, the modern era figures are MUCH more proportionate than their original counterparts. This coming from someone who still has and enjoys my Classic Joes as much as the newer modern era Joes. Also, on a side note, the plural for "Ninja" is ALSO "Ninja", NOT "Ninjas", as the file cards would have you believe. (Like "deer" and "deer", as one quick example.) "...And knowing is half the battle...."

my first snake eyes had straight arms

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First, really like your show since I discovered it by accident a week ago! I am a huge fan of the toyline and supplemented it with the marvel comic series and sunbow show. But I do have one concern regarding this review, not the toy, but the story of Storm Shadow's involvement in Serpentor's creation. That is that Storm Shadow was revived from not from death, but from the Sleeping Phoenix technique that Snake Eyes used in an earlier issue when he was subjected to the brainwave scanner. That said, I too like this version reflecting his change in the comic.

I got this as a kid, and must have ripped it open and never read the file card. I had no idea until I was older that Storm Shadow had switched to G.I. Joe. I never read the comics but did watch the cartoons up until they got really corny. Any time a figure had a new version (like Python Patrol Copperhead) we just made them a brother or cousin of the original character.

I believe I got this one in Canada and the backpack was black

i had a comic of the origin of snake eyes when i was a kid, he lost his voice and runied his face in vietnam due to an accident thats why he cant talk.

Storm Shadow’s gray blocks was urban camo. I think it stated that on the card. Maybe not the file card, but I remember it being stated somewhere. Order of battle?

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right on awesome, I got 3 or 4 of him to do and Re-card!

I've never seen the "Shadow Ninjas" version of Storm Shadow. Why didn't you show it in the video? My awareness jumps from "Ninja Force" to pretty much the live action movie. There was a random one off multipack that I got not long before the movie. I can't remember if it had a version of Storm Shadow or not, or what he looked like. I can't seem to find this "Shadow Ninjas" Storm Shadow. Could someone post a reply with a pic or a link to somewhere that shows that version?

in 84, a cobra dio looked pretty good with troops, officers, scrap iron, the baroness, destro and...storm shadow. I did nt like the marvel story enough to switch stormy. I liked him better as a cc bodyguard. I never bought the figure either, it lacked the cobra logo. it was about that time that I started to be more selective in purchases. I bought what matched the 82 concept, left the circus stuff for kids.

The artwork in gijoe's 80s toys was magnificent masterpieces. Nothing to do with the shitty pictures in the 90s

Awww no mention of Storm Shadow in GI JOE Renegades