Phantom X 19 Review

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Phantom X 19 Review

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GI Joburg reviews the 1988 Phantom X-19 from Hasbro's GI Joe toyline.
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@chrismayer3919 5 жыл бұрын

That last segment brought a tear to my eye! South Africa is lucky to have you dudes!

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

Roadblock didn’t forget!

@trevynlane8094 5 жыл бұрын

The X-19 was my first Joe toy.

@racerxgundam 6 жыл бұрын

this settled one and for all who the best joe was....roadblock. even when ur dissed for secret santa...not only does roadblock comes thru...he gets u the best gift!!!!

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

Roadblock is the man. He's all heart.

@xmenfiguremadness 5 жыл бұрын

Cool review and a nice trip to my childhood! I really loved this aircraft

@jojget 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I had this toy when i was young.

@daddiodizzle8990 6 жыл бұрын

The ending was unexpected, awesome and five years later, still hilarious. Just like Joes. Timeless! YoJoe!

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

Aw! Thanks for commenting! So nice that reviews from the vault like this one are still getting some love! And that Ring Raider had to find its way in somehow...

@Thor13332 9 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite vehicles in my collection.

@magaz 6 жыл бұрын

The X-19 was my first "Large Joe vehicle" I remember going into Toy Master with my mum as a kid t pick p a few random Joes and the X-19 was standing by the door... The box was heavily damaged and it was drastically reduced in price... So I picked that up :) Ghost Rider was my first experience of an O Ring in a Joe snapping... Still breaks my heart to this day lol

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

I hope your heartbreak was short lived! Snapped o-rings are never a deal breaker. Tho before anyone taught me how to use a screw driver I used to throw the figures away once their o-rings went!!! I was an idjit. But I'm glad you had this awesome jet growing up! I salivated over its catalogue image but only got it as an adult.

@magaz 6 жыл бұрын

Sadly I wasn't technical minded enough back then to work out how to repair him. So for some reason I placed him ontop of the tumble drier in between the work surface and the top of the drier where he remained for a good few years. I'm not sure where he went after that, but he's certainly not with the rest of my Joes... :(

@magaz 6 жыл бұрын

Also... That Jet that Roabdblock gives to Ghostrider at the end... I had that... And some others, I can't for the life of me recall what they were though...

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

Ring Raiders! By Matchbox. I was such a jet fan, I loved that toyline a lot.

@magaz 6 жыл бұрын

well... That googlefu session brought back a massive nostalgia trip! I seem to recall being really jealous of a friend who had that "battle blaster" that made the standard 90's sound effects with his... I'm fairly sure I'll still have some of these at my lockup with all the other rando toys... Next time I'm over there I know what I'm looking for!

@Chasing80sToys 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and info. Can't wait to see the X-19 I bought last week. Burg😉👍

@grantwelsh7594 6 жыл бұрын

I swapped Ghostrider’s head for Croc Master’s. It looked killer.

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

Like a Killer... CROC? Nice move, did he still fly jets or was he like a leather wearing demon like Marvel's Ghostrider but without the flames?!

@DanimalsDioramas 7 жыл бұрын

another smashing review! this was a vehicle I received this vehicle on my birthday (which coincidentally is today) many many moons ago. Solid toy. Thanks for sharing.

@gijoburg 7 жыл бұрын

DanimalsDioramas Scorpio's rule. And freaky timing, checking this out, on your birthday. Feeling nostalgic?

@DanimalsDioramas 7 жыл бұрын

GI Joburg Guilty as charged!

@Desslar 7 жыл бұрын

Great review. Love the heartwarming skit at the end.

@gijoburg 7 жыл бұрын

Desslar ...and only a little random! Glad you liked it!

@jeffreykistner5872 8 жыл бұрын

Great job on your reviews, well done!

@ProjectDARKCorp 8 жыл бұрын

Cool review. This was my first GI Joe Jet that I've owned when I was younger. Complete with box. Sadly, I have to sell her. Gives me fond memories of my Phantom Stealth X-19 and the fun I I had her. The details of the cockpit was the best feature this toy have. I miss this jet. Fortunately, The following yeas, I manage to get the Sky-striker and The Cobra Rattler that year too. Makes me want to review some of my other vintage GI Joe toys because of this. Keep up the the great reviews!

@gijoburg 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! I must say I'm a little envious that this was your first jet. But then I remind myself that my first jet was the gorgeous Sky Raven. Suffice it to say, (most) of the jets of the line were always the premier items. So. Damn. Good.

@aolcom-nl9qb 8 жыл бұрын

A proto type for current drones.

@sadjupiter502 10 жыл бұрын

This is a great review. You guys really should guest host on WOJM, or StarJoes sometime. I bet a lot more people would love to listen to your podcast and watch your reviews if they knew about them.

@weaponlogic 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much man, also coming soon our next set of reviews are looking to be pretty baddass :D. Thank you again for the kind words and for supporting GI Joburg.

@gijoburg 10 жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention WOJM: we were interviewed by the guys in July last year, What's on JOE Mind? episode 63. Check the episode out on their web site! And thanks again for the support.

@dinomonzon8853 5 жыл бұрын

The X-19 seems also influenced by the F-19A Ghostrider Stealth Fighter that was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

I did not know that! Thanks! I need to track down a copy now...

@dinomonzon8853 5 жыл бұрын

The F-19A Ghostrider is seen in Chapter 17 of the novel, "The Frisbees of Dreamland". It figures prominently throughout the novel, during a pre emptive strike into Eastern Europe, & later taking out Soviet forces in West Germany.

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely my kind of jam. Always enjoyed a bit of Clancy.

@dinomonzon8853 5 жыл бұрын

GI Joburg Glad to know! I always figured G. I. Joe - as both as a comic series and as a cartoon- should've been more like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six or Op Center novels.

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

Man I loved reading Rainbow Six.

@velveetaslingshot 5 жыл бұрын

I was completely out of GI Joe by this point and fully into my SEGA. Kind of feel bad now that we all dropped the plastic toys so quickly when video games blew up.

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

All good dude, it just means you have gems like this one to discover! I never had this plane growing up either. But I'm making up for that now!

@Lihoratka 7 жыл бұрын

An air vehicle designed for counter-satelite combat, how awesome is that?

@alanpwhelan 5 жыл бұрын

Have you guys done a review of the Skystriker yet? Love the podcasts, keep them coming 👍🏻 #yojoe

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

We always wanted to do the reviews our contemporaries hadn't done; and since FORMBX257 did the Striker early in the game, we opted not to! But it didn't stop us making it the vehicle feature of Part V of the Atlantis Factor! It's an amazing jet; I just am not sure we can add much to the discussion that isn't already up on the 'Tube!

@gijoburg 5 жыл бұрын

And #yojoe !

@andrewphillips8341 4 жыл бұрын

very nice

@gazz_N7 6 жыл бұрын

Almost like him sitting in the rear seat, like in a GunStar, looks a bit awkward in that front seat..but he is a really cool figure, wish Ace had looked as cool. Yo JOE.. BURG!

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

For years that is exactly what I used to do. But I now justify it that his HUD is super sophisticated and all over the cockpit glass. And being right in the nosecone like that offers unparalleled visibility. Like you see next to nothing of the plane at all! Like totally unassisted supersonic flight.

@gazz_N7 6 жыл бұрын

I can see that too. I just love the Gunstar. Never had this one though, last fighter I had was the Conquest, man that was a cool design.. not to say this one isn't, though with the laser guns out on the sides, those open panels kinda makes it look a little like Firefox. Damn, now I wish I had gotten one..

@3Storms Жыл бұрын

It's the best vehicle Hasbro made that they ruined with bad color choices. It should have been solid black without the bright yellow parts.

@gijoburg Жыл бұрын

Ah, but where do you suppose the 1988 flavour come from then? A little dose of eye-searing green for funzies 🤪

@SAAOcelot 10 жыл бұрын

My X-19 pilot was different from the one you present here.

@weaponlogic 9 жыл бұрын

Hey there which pilot did you have or what was different about him. Ive read somewhere that some countries got ace instead of ghostrider.

@SAAOcelot 9 жыл бұрын

The pilot that came with my X19 was Ace with the pressurized white flight suit and bubble style helmet, but on the box it said that was Ghostrider.

@stephenjubber 9 жыл бұрын

+SAAOcelot European release?

@SAAOcelot 9 жыл бұрын

Last time I checked, Portugal is in Europe?

@impossiblepie 2 жыл бұрын

Great review, awesome jet, I don't this thing would ever launch off an air craft carrier in real life, it doesn't seem to be designed for that. Oh and it uses that terrible night raven design how the landing gears attach to the jet.

@gijoburg 2 жыл бұрын

These gears are worse, if you can believe that. I believe as the stories go, they said it could not be done, overly complex. Maybe it should have been left at that!

@MCDJACDC 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, so after watching Chasing 80s Toys and this review on the Ghost Phantom, what is the best position for the landing gear to be in? 🤔

@gijoburg 2 жыл бұрын

I keep mine in flight mode. And I have it hanging with fishline. But before that I used to rest it on cigarettes boxes lol. -P

@MCDJACDC 2 жыл бұрын

@@gijoburg does leaving it with the gear down stress the plastics?

@gijoburg 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCDJACDC not necessarily. I’d say opening and closing it multiple times would. My issue with leaving the gear deployed is that it stretches the rubber bands that snap the doors shut and keeps them in the stretched position. Surely over time that will slacken the bands and make them less effective? I suppose they’re easy enough to replace tho.

@MCDJACDC 2 жыл бұрын

@@gijoburg that makes sense now ... wonder what size the bands are and how extensive the surgery is on replacements?

@ShivonYoTu 2 жыл бұрын

Great review guys! I found one on sale and immediately came to your channel for a review before opening my wallet! Is it compatible with modern figures? Thank you.

@gijoburg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It always depends on the figure but since it doesn’t use back plugs but rather seatbelts your standard size modern will fit the back seat just fine. The front seat looks cramped for an o ring, expect it to look particularly snug for a modern but since the figure is reclined it won’t present a challenge for getting 90° out of articulation points. Congrats on the acquisition, she is a BEAUT.

@ShivonYoTu 2 жыл бұрын

@@gijoburg Thanks mate! Appreciate you taking time to respond to my query! This cool jet didn't make it to India, else i'd have got it during my golden days, but its never too late! Thanks to you guys, my GI Joe toys are no longer in the attic but on my bed shelves :) Keep up the good work! Yo Joe!

@Mundane05 6 жыл бұрын

I still have the skeleton of mine. I always considered myself a tidy kid, I've no idea how I managed to wreck it like I did.

@mcbennet8024 2 жыл бұрын

It's a long shot but I thought I'd ask on here..does the Joburg team or anyone in the community know about how the landing gear on this thing jams up? It seems like a somewhat common problem. I recently acquired one with damaged landing gear..I replaced the rattling front landing gear thinking that would do the trick, but no dice. I've read that taking it apart and re-aligning the sliding mechanism might work, but that was actually the first thing I attempted and I couldn't figure it out, it seems. Any advice?

@gijoburg 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the nature of the jam? Doors catching the front gear?

@mcbennet8024 2 жыл бұрын

@@gijoburg It seems that way, yeah. I feel like those prongs that jut out from either side of the front gear flaps get wedged into the landing gear when in the "up" position. There's some kind of tension in the front of the plane when using the mechanism, so it feels like those prongs are caught in the wheel? I have to manually pry the wheel free to get the landing gear to work properly.

@aolcom-nl9qb 7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, Hasbro could improve on it and return it like they re designed the Sky Striker, which I own the orginal and new one.

@gijoburg 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know if I'd be on board with that, the 30th Anniversary Skystriker and the Retaliation Tomahawk broke my heart a little bit. Tweaks are unavoidable, but when they are for the worse? Ho hum... no skool like old-skool!

@generalchang2217 7 жыл бұрын

We'll for starts let's put the missile and bombs inside an internal bomb bay on a rotating cylinder,so the guns should be toward the cockpit. Hasbro should consider this for a come back,however if nor directly then,sub contract out for a limited editions for remakes.

@gijoburg 7 жыл бұрын

Think it's iconic enough to get that kind of treatment ahead of the WHALE and Night Raven? Hmmmm, now that I think about it, I can't honestly say which I'd want to see done the most. I guess I should be happy I have the Old Skool ones...

@generalchang2217 7 жыл бұрын

Sure I love those vehicles you've mentioned, but I think the real problem for Hasbro in beginning back things like the Night Raven with improvements is, it may be a limited market for them where cost to do it exceeds the profit made by reissuing them,but I'll buy them if done correctly, for example I took some of the Corbra vehicles and Joes, then how they could be designed to operate functional in the real world.

@generalchang2217 7 жыл бұрын

One of the problems is quality of plastics used in the vehicles and open cockpits where there should be hatches and engines put in the wrong places when they want to show that articulation.

@gijoburg 7 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. And I believe 30th Anniversary Skystrikers eventually sold on clearance. Such a pity. Hasbro did try. I salute the die-hards who campaign so hard to re-release the greatest toys ever made. So I guess we won't be seeing the WHALE and Raven again any time soon...

@generalchang2217 7 жыл бұрын

If they had an loyal adult customers,then they would do it but I was disappointed with the new movie Raven,which to me took away from the eloquence of the I believe 86 original version.

@Knuck_Knucks Жыл бұрын

Nice scarf.

@gijoburg Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think it’s the real deal?

@Biorythym 6 жыл бұрын

hmm the comic refers to it as the F-19

@gijoburg 6 жыл бұрын

Does it? Sneaky! So Mr Hama slipped up a bit did he?!

@legovampire5564 4 жыл бұрын

What would you get phantom x-19 or condor

@NodDisciple1 3 жыл бұрын

How well does this aircraft fit on the Flagg?

@gijoburg 3 жыл бұрын

About as well as anything its size could be expected to, I suppose. Very little room to do anything more than truncated take-offs and landings. BUT the lack of a wingspan makes it have as much footprint as a Skystriker should have if it could be gear down/wings swept.

@gijoburg 3 жыл бұрын

I think you can catch a glimpse of it on our Flagg in the Ghost Striker review.