Ambush is one of my top 10 all time favorite vintage joe's. I actually like his rifle and his helmet. He looks somewhat realistic and I frequently display him with recondo.

Bring me back memories of having him as a kid. I remember there is a way to hook the netted fabric to the tent. If you notice those small pegs on the legs of the tent? You suppose to have to skew it to those. But it will obviously damage the fabric. when you remove/drape it to the tent a couple of times. For me, it's the cause why I lost mine. But it works. I don't recommend it, but it works. Great review man.

Ambush is so well in concealment his team mates not even realize that he was a member of the mission.

He appeared in Marvel comic G.I. Joe Issue # 111.

The bottom prongs were made to roll up the net fabric as a bedroll and secure it to the bottom

i never had this guy (or knew he existed) but he is top tier all the way. Aside from his military aesthetic which is spot on...my dear god..that GLORIOUS MUTTON CHOP MUSTACHE! If it could be definitely proven that his camo poncho/tent thing was made from lady jay's stockings...best figure in the line up by far! storm shadow v2/snake eyes version 2..u have been bested kind sirs!

Where is the action figure? I see your hands and a file card. Damn he's good!

Awesome! Thank you, you helped me piece my together.

I just LOVED ambush! He was my favorite figure; simply don't include him in any diorama and tell everyone he's hiding from them; let 'em try to find him! *snicker*

The rifle's what's called a bullpup configuration, where the clip is placed behind the handle and trigger, like that of the SA-80 assault rifle. As well as the advantages noted in the wiki they also tend to feel more comfortable to use. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullpup

Ambush's rifle is NOT based on the EM-2 it is however based on a prototype of the British army's current rifle the SA80.

Never promoted? Hiding from superiors? So he's basically the Beetle Bailey of the Joe team.

Great review! This action figure has a strange bit of nostalgia for me...I saw this in the store a little too late for my time of G.I. JOE. My time was Up in 1989. I did notice he had an E-3 grade and I kind of wanted to get him based on that novelty, but by that point I was too old for collecting G.I. JOE. I did purchase him as an adult and I see now what I had missed out on. I really didn't mind that his grade was PFC. It makes him kind of unique in the G.I. JOE lore to be one of 2 pay grade E-3. I kind of like that his knees bend slightly more then 45 degrees. Thanks for the review HCC788.

This character is one I'm waiting for Hasbro to release in regular a toy line or thru the G.I. Joe Club! Ambush is a fun character! When this figure is eventually made in modern era form; he will be a welcomed addition to most Joe collectors including myself! -This would be an easy figure to make by the club too using preexisting parts: a newly sculpted head & helmet, use the P.O.C Shock trooper torso, upper arms and legs, use P.O.C/30th Anniversary Steel Brigade's lower arms, use G.I.Joe Renegades Cobra trooper's feet and newly sculpted web gear, backpack and weapon!

Wow! 8 years ago you made this vid?! 😮

I missed out on this one.I think the last gijoe I bought was that snake eyes with the bright orange grappling hook launcher b.s. backpack. good figure though.

I remember there being an episode with him and a Cobra Viper that he used to know that was particularly good. I'd forgotten about his accessories, I never really used them. I do have some of those tent poles and I honestly thought they'd been mixed into my Joes box from a Micro Machine Star Wars Endor playset I still have lol.

I'd love to see Ambush in a Mossy Oak camo pattern! that would be legit!

cool review

Great review HCC. I like your living diorama at the end too. I hope you start a trend here. our hobby relies on imagination and dioramas certainly bring action figures into still life territory, which is part of my love for GI JOE. Ambush does harken back to the JOES that absolutely rocked. Even his choice of weapon (sans-serif the weird pistol) are very suited for our early era JOES. In his illustration does it look like he was meant to have a knit cap, similar to Low Light? I like the helmet, but just giving my opinion.

They brought ghillie suits back in the modern joe line. A new character called Cross Hair (a sniper) came with one.

kids were always losing this one

How could you not call it a “Lemmy” beard!?!?!?

Can you make a video review of the repaint 2000 Sidetrack figure?

He was so good at hiding that not found to receive promotions...

The rank/grade thing really bugs me on this figure. E-3 is the Army grade for a Private First Class (PFC). Unless a soldier is failing to meet basic Army standards, it's almost unheard of that you wouldn't reach at least E-4 (Specialist or Corporal) within your first 2 years in the military. Someone who is good enough of a soldier to qualify for a special forces unit, like GI Joe, would have likely passed the grade of E-3 within his first year in service. Since GI Joe is an elite special forces unit that spans all branches of military service, then it is logical to assume that they wouldn't be recruiting soldiers, sailors, airmen, or Marines who have only been in the military a couple of years. I actually tried out for Delta Force when I was in the Army, (I failed to meet the qualifications, but I wanted to at least try) and Delta Force won't even consider you until you are at least a grade of E-5 (Sergeant) and have a minimum of 3-4 years left on your contract. So, my only guess for Ambush is that he was reduced in rank, after he joined GI Joe, as a disciplinary action. Probably dereliction of duty because nobody can ever find him when they need him.

90s? Cool. Nice fresh change of pace! BTW, any chance you might do Battleforce 2000? Not my favorites, as a little too silly, but they were fairly prominent in the comics and were the first major sub-team.

There are quite a few of good Joe figs like Ambush in the nineties actually, but their were unfortunately over shadowed by the outlandish themes and neon monstrosities of the decade.

😂"It's almost as though they made these by cutting up Lady Jaye's stockings."

I know you're not a fan of the later "science fiction"angle but robo joe was also an E-3

3:24 this style weapon is called a bullpup.

Who did Cobra Comander ?

Is it a tent; or a blind?

hey! that was my suggestion from waaay back! i was hoping you would review him cause he is one of my all time favorites. even though like you i was not collecting in 1990 but when i started he was one of the first that i wanted to obtain very cool look! great review and funny as always HCC788! btw i like to think he was demoted in rank after joining gijoe for whatever reason?

The brown on the lower arms looks like could be like a brown long-johns

I think this one and the green version was one of the few good last ones.

this is one I thought you would never do..but this one is alright compared to some from the 90's that were not thought out right or just a little out there ...I didn't collect any of the 90's joes the bright colors and crazy looking figures were not very interesting.. but some of the vehicles are now rare and sought after...anyways nice work ..I saw this a couple of days ago but I forgot to leave a comment!!

cool figure one of few from the 90's even worth getting.

i have a later version of him. i think its from the collectors edition 2-pack i bought at kaybee toys in the late 90's or early 2000's.

3:15 to be more precise its based off the Enfield SA80: XL60 series. tho you are not wrong about it being an enfield Its a shame that his nationality is American, guy kinda look like Cpt. Price from the MW series and he's British

Ambush was in the comics

Those aren't grenades on his chest and leg. You can see them better in the pics you showed for the DIC cartoon.

I always thought of him as a South African ivory Hunter

In my Joe-verse, this guy was always a Scottish, older exchange soldier, like Big Ben. But HCC--your assumption on out of tme--mutton chops ain't that anachronistic?! I mean--bikers, Metalllica, very California and Brooklyn....Lemme! Mutton Chops have ALWAYS been in!

The filecard makes him sound like the Joe equivalent of Zandar

If you took a shot for every time "review" or "requested" was said before the one minute mark... you'd be dead.

Something tells me this is a requested review.

by cutting up lady jaye's stalkings..... Ha!

The Toys R Us Dino Hunter's GI Joe set yeah I had the rock and roll and ambush with a r e Painted Desert Fox and a T-Rex rock and roll had weird looking guns an ambush came with tunnel rats assault rifle with a scope machine gun look like a weird sniper rifle

They call that beard the Stately Gentleman.

Not a bad figure, especially considering the timing of the figure's entry. My personal favourites of the series is 82-88 . Never been much of a fan of the 90's figures. Oh, nit picky sure, shouldn't this guy have his face camouflaged? Thanks for the share man.

Maybe he's in all of the comics and cartoons. Perhaps you just can't see him.

I like how you were out of GI Joe by 1990, and in this very video complaining about neon colors and space Joe's, and now you're buying them and reviewing them. Lol. "Reviewing ever GI Joe figure from 1982-1994." You say that in a lot of your more recent videos. Ambush is a phenomenal figure. Maybe the best in the whole vintage line, when you take into account is color scheme and tremendous accessories.

I had this guy. Partnered him up w/Dusty. Never liked the rifle so I gave him an extra Famas and he and Dusty became best friends.

Ambush should at least be E-7... They screwed him bigtime...

Ambush might break the rules a little too often; resulting in a field grade article 15 or comprable punishment. His pay grade could reflect a significant loss in rank.

I agree. Ambush is decent.

It's not a pistol! It's a grenade launcher.

It's a bit odd that he's such a low rank, especially as he has a rather "mature" looking head sculpt.

Ambush is probably the only decent G.I Joe figure from 1990.