1985 AIRTIGHT - Hostile Environment - Vintage G.I. Joe toy review!

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Sources and Information:
Airtight on YoJoe.com:
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Airtight on 3DJoes.com:
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Airtight on Joepedia:
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Airtight on JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page:
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Schnurr Family History:
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CBRN defense:
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[@ericsonofjames4573]

Airtight would hang out with snowjob back at the HQ until their specific talents were needed. “You two, guard the base until we get back.”

[@Springdds]

Along with Skidmark guarding Rip It as a prisoner

[@Dorelaxen]

This looks like a go job for Snowjob!

[@RedneckOgre]

For me Airtight was a pilot, paratrooper, or seal. Whatever I needed. His suit fit right in.

[@wookiepatrol5142]

Joey Wyatt Me too...he was always a paratrooper for me.

[@NanoBurger]

I was a Chemical Officer in the Army for 26 years. Airtight's bio is legit. I had the largest collection of plastic dinosaurs when I was a kid. The Chemical Corps is the Army place to find the people who were geeks as kids.

[@coeurdelion3113]

i think that one of the the things that makes gi joe the greatest toy line of all time is its broad range of characters/figures, featuring those who weren't "just" soldiers/sailors/marines, but had specialized skills beyond combat abilities that you could incorporate into your playtime in order to engage in a broad diversity of scenarios outside of just warfare. i think that Airtight is an example of a figure that was appealing for that reason, like others such as barbecue or dr mindbender.

[@petewallace9987]

I loved Airtight, he could fit right in, especially underwater. That was when I had an imagination though. Looking back, he was probably the reason his team was constantly getting ambushed.

[@carlossodi9587]

I used my Airtight as a scuba diver along with Wetsuit! He got a lot of underwater play time!

[@stevenweller9413]

Airtight in my collection works with Tripwire, Tunnelrat and Lightfoot, disarming unexploded ordnance and in his case making sure it isn't poisonous. I always found it funny though, the Joes had a CBR soldier in 1982. Flash's laser rifle is technically a radiological weapon.

[@ComicTropes]

Great episode. Loved that intro.

[@Alverant]

It's a great review, as usual. Since his secondary specialty is "ordinance" I would take that to mean he's qualified on arming vehicles (reloading ammo, mounting weapons, restocking missiles, etc) so between that and his toxic environment suit he makes a great support joe. He shows up after the battle is over for clean-up, seeing what munitions can be salvaged or needs to be destroyed as well as hazardous waste leaking from engines (remember, anti-freeze is toxic). It's not a glamorous role but a necessary one. I could see him with Crankcase or another mechanic and having to put together a vehicle like on the A-team to fight Cobra.

[@roguishpaladin]

I figured the ordinance specialty was so he knew how to deal with IEDs that might be rigged to ordinance. They never featured him close to either way, though, so who knows?

[@rtd1409]

Been a top fave since I first got him in 1985! I appreciated the special duties some figures had. Not every figure has to have the coolest weapons or uniform to lead the battle but they have to work with everyone else on the team in their designated roles.

[@user-si9fx4xb6v]

Same here, I did not own Barbecue as kid( I did get him a few years later) but I loved that Hasbro included a military Firefighter as part of the line. It is a unique specialty, and I love the look of the figure. Plus his axe and fire extinguisher backpack are really fun accessories. I am really glad that in the modern era, Barbecue finally got some weapons to fight alongside his G.I. Joe teammates( his 2009 TRU excusive figure had an H&K MP5 sub-machine gun, a Benelli shotgun, and a rocket launcher).

[@christianhafer9819]

Mine too. I think he's really cool.

[@Karnage316]

Airtight was actually one of the few Joes I owned. I wish I had a lot more of them to be honest but I think as a kid I got more swept up with Transformers. Joe wise I had Airtight, Spearhead and Lady Jaye, and for Cobra I had a random Cobra Trooper, and the Baroness, along with some Action Force Red Shadows to help reinforce my Cobra troops.

[@christianbrix5211]

'DON'T GOOGLE AIRTIGHT!!!' is still the thing that made me laugh the loudest from any of your videos, and there's been a few! :)

[@sirgrunt99]

He was one of my first G.I.Joe

[@christianhafer9819]

He's a lot better than you're giving him credit for. He's an excellent figure with a variety of ways to play with him. Vehicle driver, diver, pilot, etc. Pretty close to top tier, if not solidly in the lower half of the top tier. I think he's really cool. And the fore grip fits in his hand just fine.

[@uhhuhhuh100]

Great review! Airtight was my first G.I. Joe figure. I like this figure. I think it would've been nice to have seen this figure with a removable helmet. I also think Airtight would've also been a great addition to the Eco-Warriors team.

[@AroundTheSouth327]

I always thought the sniffer would pull the polluted air into the backpack and filter it blowing the new clean air back out.

[@cowpuddles4851]

Jason Bandy That’s exactly how I used it to- like a giant hepa filter!

[@AroundTheSouth327]

Yep! Lol Comes in handy after roadblocks chili night

[@calanon534]

@@AroundTheSouth327 Loooooow blow. ....more like after Gung-Ho's Gumbo. See Countdown for Zartan.

[@bobastu]

I like the vid! Great job, man! I loved Airtight! Because I had the Bivouac, Airtight would deploy but stay at the Bivouac, monitoring comms, waiting for anything to happen. Serving in the Navy, especially on submarines, I now have a much greater appreciation for him. I now know his backpack more than likely had a vacuum pump and used mass spectrometry to identify the gases being sucked in. Different gases have different weights, hence the rifle intake system. His helmet would have to have some type of visual display as well. It would have been cool to see him using a Drager in the comics, fumbling with the glass tubes. My primary specialty was navigation and radio electronics, while my secondary specialty was atmosphere control. Nobody took their masks off until I said the air was clean enough to do so. Oh, I love the UHF audience scene. At least before Kramer took over the show!

[@ThunderSummersPro]

I remember having airtight as a kid my dad gave him to me along with several other gi joes in pieces.

[@josiahalcorne7568]

Wow, the Sooner mindset was so different. We didn't have a problem finding a role for Airtight. Airtight was clearly a diver. Airtight s specialty was salvage missions.

[@autoneurotic]

I got into GI Joe when I was 4 years old, in 1987. I just missed the boat on the earlier figures, but I'd go to my cousins' house from time to time and I'd play with their toys when I visited, in the late 80s up to about 1991 or so. I remember a lot of the golden era Joes there, including Airtight. What I can remember is that the figure did not make a distinct impression on me. I just remember him being yellow and kind of boring. I'd play with Spirit, BBQ, Flint, any of the others. Airtight was just there. If his uniform had had some more detail, and a removable helmet, I might have been more drawn to that figure.

[@cronocomics]

Airtight is one of the most amazing and innovative characters/figures from the era, unfortunately not having a Cobra figure/vehicle equivalent to oppose made the figure to fade into oblivion. Great review!

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

I loved Airtight I have a few of him

[@lo1bo2]

Looked up airtight slang. Learn something new everyday!

[@lordsubziro2824]

Kudos to you 4 a review well done. A prankster you say. Well, that explains why he was collecting scorpions and placing them in a first aid can in his first appearance in Marvel G.I.Joe comics. He was setting up a good old fashion first-sting prank! Good one. Of course Destro and Dr. Brainwave... I mean Dr. Mindbender, weren't laughing when Airtight threw it at their windshield! It should have been bullet-proof!!! Always listen to an arms dealer!! Always liked that issue. Well, as always, keep up the great work you do for this channel!!!

[@jasonkerest394]

The sniffer went to a special place where a lot of backpacks and handheld devices go; in a pile that was utilized only when needed. Airtight was the resident scientist on the G.I. Joe team. He had the ear of Duke and Hawk in the realm of scientific theory as well as CBR. Airtight was also the co-pilot of the Vindicator and the secondary hovercraft.

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Thanks for the Airtight review I got into the joes in 87 so I missed out on Airtight but had the bubble gum cards and always thought he was very Cool, Awesome figure/character

[@christopherdecastro1633]

I LOVE Airtight! Because of him and Gung-Ho, I enlisted in the US Marine Corps after I graduated high school and took NBC as my MOS! Now it’s called CBRN or something. YO Joe!!!

[@porkflaps4717]

Airtight needs no update. Timeless figure

[@1jasup]

Just discovered your videos. Creative vintage action figure presentations. Love classic Joes. And the cards were always fun to look at.

[@church7328]

"Tower, this is Banana Pants requesting a flyby" "Negative, Banana Pants. The pattern is full." He was a great pilot. Thanks for the video, Sir. Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas.

[@flobanez]

I absolutely love Airtight because he was one of first Joes I owned as a kid and I was very fortunate to acquire a mint complete figure just recently.

[@black0sheep]

Airtight was one of my favorites. I'm a big fan of other guys, Barbecue, Airtight, Mainframe, Resolute Dial-Tone.

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

Airtight was like a Navy Seal and he was vital for fighting under water ;) poor airtight comparing him to ECO warriors

[@bondaren]

one of my favorite figures as I have my first memory with him at about 3 years old it blew my mind I was 3 so I Was confused by the sniffer because I thought it was a gun that was broken-What I really remember is that backpack which makes for a great jet pack when you’re three years old

[@Chris.Mc83]

One of the first Gi joes my dad bought me, did have him very long as the o-ring inside him broke! Lol

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

I never even used him as a clean up figure lol I used him as an under water seal Airtight lol

[@CrossBonesKoopa]

I had Airtight as a kid and he is my favorite along with Barbecue

[@torritaite2880]

Although Airtight could fit in very well with the Eco Warriors?I'm glad they never put him in the series. He did get a figure based on the 2011 Renegades series and I have it somewhere.

[@bddellow]

Started watching your figure reviews around Thanksgiving, finished today! Now on to the vehicle and playset reviews! Love the channel keep up the great work.

[@TheNightBadger]

Airtight is the only childhood Joe toy I can no longer find. I kind of used him to put out fires and stuff, and treated the 'weapon' he used as something like a fire extinguisher.

[@roguishpaladin]

...Y'know Barbecue is looking at you mournfully and mouthing, "But that's my only job," right?

[@KevinMurray242]

@@roguishpaladin with Blowtorch and Charboil laughing in the background

[@TheNightBadger]

@@roguishpaladin He would have been... if I'd owned him! From the '85 Joes I didn't have Barbecue, Alpine or Dusty. Along with Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow and Zarana, they would be the figures I most wanted but never got (at least as a kid).

[@codyneuburg1825]

I understand your feeling towards target and those hoarders that get every new GI Joe action Cobra pursuit bums me out but I love watching your show brings me back to days long ago

[@cowpuddles4851]

Airtight was a great character and very underutilized in media. He was not my favorite Joe, but easily in my top five.

[@jamespero6803]

The dont google airtight scene made my morning

[@demgutts]

Airtight was the 3rd joe the i got as a gift back in the day, 1st two being a crimson guard and barbecue. The guard became my fav due to the fact that he was the only one with a gun. Use to imagine that they both had laser rifles but that downwards nozzle said otherwise

[@roguishpaladin]

It was a probably a surprise to you when you found out that some Joes came with removable helmets, huh?

[@billyburns305]

Air tight was my very first gi Joe

[@jackburton3212]

Put some flippers on his feet and a harpoon gun in his hand and he'd make a good scuba diver. I didn't mind the figure's design, however, I'm a fan of guns and his lack of weapons was a deal breaker for me.

[@ivanloutzenhiser8202]

*Hello HCC 788 my dad and I were watching your video and my father couldn't help but laughing through the beginning. This is due to the fact that Airtight is my favorite G.I. Joe for years. In fact my username usually is airtightisabest. I have almost ever single airtight figure including tiger force airtight. I also found your video very entertaining and informative. Keep up the work. (Plus I agree very strongly with your opinion on airtight in the Eco warriors)

[@Cavillier1970]

too late I looked up Airtight! I cant unsee it! LOL

[@mstrandt]

Airtight's sniffer, for me, was either a flamethrower or it could spray acids or gases; mustard, anthrax, stuff like that.

[@mikesmith2718]

I don’t mind airtight it was on of the first joes I got when I started collecting again great review I hope you and your family have a great holiday YoJoe!

[@bartdman95]

I was looking for G.I.JOE figures in U.S. Surplus shops in my part of the world. I found a Scoop figure. I thought Scoop was an unmasked Airtight. hehehe

[@WWJD85]

Awesome review Hcc788.

[@calanon534]

I absolutely LOVE him in the Cartoons. It's a shame he didn't get more scenes. EDIT: Also, his surname translates to "Wire" in Russian.

[@MrRick4191]

airtight was my very first g i joe

[@Rexerman89]

"Say wat you want, at least he's not the G.I. Joe firefighter carrying a fire ax lol!"

[@jasonmaiden5026]

With different colors I think he would make a better Cobra character.

[@vald666]

Give him flippers he's a diver.

[@delvis7842]

I used Airtight as a scuba trooper! He actually filled in as my Deep Six a lot until I got v2 of that figure! I like that the modern interpretation is of someone combating the zombie virus! I also see him more as the Goodspeed character from the Rock! Any and all tubes on figures were nearly instantly lost or thrown away! I just really disliked them as a kid! Not sure why.

[@mattleuty5285]

Delvis 78 just wanted to say hello Delvis!

[@delvis7842]

Um, hi?

[@mattleuty5285]

Delvis 78 sorry it's me from the live stream chats, I was only being friendly.

[@delvis7842]

That's cool dude! Have an awesome day!

[@Deadduck2pt0]

I always thought his sniffer blew out toxins and gasses. Until FormBX257 explained it just read the toxins in the room. He was just part of the crew with everyone else. However, I'm more surprised you didn't focus more on his secondary specialty or Ordnance. If Cobra wasn't upwind after chili night, Airtight was the guy handing you all the bombs. Oh yes, all the bombs. Also, he had the best cammo when the dandelions broke out in full force in the yard. No one was safe.

[@fromthehildt]

It's about time. I'm sorry he's not your favorite GI Joe, my friend but he's always been mine. I went through several of them even changing the arms out when the thumbs broke. His weapon was used as both a detector and neutralizer of hazardous material but if you were paying attention Airtight was not only smart but tough as hell. In his first appearance in the comics (issue #44 as you mentioned) he took charge and his teammates would have been lost without him. In the cartoon he took Dusty out with a single punch in the episode called "The Fun House" and the desert trooper was no slouch. Dusty kicked Shipwreck's but in the Traitor two part episode if you saw it. What I always liked about him is that he used his head before he resorted to violence defeating a Crimson Guardsman in the Germ with reason. However, it was always clear to me that when push came to shove he could dish it out as well as take it as good as if not better than most Joes. Airtight was in almost every one of my GI Joe missions as both a support and front line soldier. I never had any problems deciding where he'd fit in as he worked well with most of his fellow Joes. Thanks for the review and Happy Holidays.

[@calanon534]

The Germ is in my top five favorite episodes PRECISELY because of that scene.

[@turtle-tank8231]

I had AirTight as a kid he is a awesome figure him and Toxo Viber version 2

[@affoster79]

Never cared much for Airtight until I got my hands on the 30th anniversary Airtight. Wow! Such an awesome figure. The helmet is removable he includes both his basic gear of his 1985 version plus a new pack and a shotgun. You should also check out the episode of G.I. Joe Renegades The Anaconda Strain.

[@eric6134]

Hello from Montréal, Canada. I use Airtigth with the Skystriker with Ace. Because is suit like a pilot. Thank

[@benwalsh1]

My first joe here in england!!

[@FirstLast-fc7dt]

My first gi joe🙏

[@FoxofMaysville]

I got a lot out of Airtight. There was a lot of support missions, & clean up missions. But some times he would go out with a group on a spy mission to check out to see if Cobra had made a new weapon system.

[@Dirt_McGurt]

The compressor backpack and his weapon had two functions: It sucks AND blows.

[@hillbillyharper4008]

Merry Christmas

[@Mlopez_602]

My Airtight figure just hung out with BBQ back at Headquarters when it was game time for the rest of the Joe's.

[@elkhills1]

Great job, thanks for another fun review! I always paired up Airtight with Blowtorch and BBQ. Somehow they seemed like a sub unit team to me. Funny that if i had to summerize my real life career in terms of GI Joe specialties it woukd be these 3. I fight and train people to fight industrial fires and Haz Mat releases.

[@charlesmichael5044]

I got him for Easter in 1985 I was 7 I was so disappointed when I got him 😥 lol

[@CatAtomic99]

Airtight waits all those years for his moment... they do Eco Warriors... and leave him out. woh-woh...

[@dannyd464]

I use him as a flamethrower unit.

[@georgeweare3259]

It's a German FG 42 type A on the card with a magazine coming out of the foregrip

[@guitardudeguy3139]

I liked Airtight, I always used him as support for the main squad. He got KIA'd alot in my scenarios... I don't really know why. Just lucky I guess. I was never into the Toxo theme. I always just used him as a regular trooper. Or a sidekick to Breaker. It was a beginning to the neon colors, which I never liked. Give me camo any day. Seasons Greetings!

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

i never had airtight as a kid but I would have pretended the weapon was a flame thrower or some kind of foam like they use to decontaminate areas that are toxic

[@mattleuty5285]

I think Phil made a good choice. Love the Christmas tree HCC and am looking forward to the Q&A.

[@cobraisland2594]

Another great video

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

I did Google airtight and oh boy were you right I really wish I hadn't

[@timf7413]

I also always thought of Airtight as a potential version of Clean sweep (or probably vice versa)

[@MarvelandDC379]

I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, HCC.

[@ludicrousslim]

I don't know whether he's a Patron or not, but since he's relevant enough to get a shout out in this video I think Phil deserves a code name as well. May I suggest "Tight Phil"? EDIT: a random thought- would one of Airtight's non-combat duties be scrubbing down Joes in a decontamination shower?

[@church7328]

What about "Landphil"? Haha, get it?? "Land-phil"?? Thanks folks. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

[@adamverwolf9499]

He was used as Clean up after the battle. Or as during the battle was happening if it's a nasty Chemical attack.

[@Rexerman89]

"Flint was my fav.!"

[@leegray99]

2 years later I googled Airtight and was very disappointed .sounds like you did an airtight prank :)

[@jamesschulziii9098]

I'll say this, from 1985 he's better than Quick kick and bazooka hands down.

[@carln1463]

The US Army uses CBRN currently. MOS 74D.

[@cowpuddles4851]

Carl N Yeah, those poor guys never had anything mos-related to do so they ended up being gophers in my unit. Too bad because it looked like a cool job initially!

[@williamzoom]

He wore yellow because there were no bullets, it was all lasers in the 80s :)

[@ZBR_ProXP]

lol Uncle Nutsy's Clubhouse!

[@nyquist75]

tree needs more gi joe

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

I Googled airtight and I googled it again and again and again and again.😂

[@wallaroo1295]

I think I always treated him as either a airborne trooper or a scuba diver.

[@1jasup]

I like scuba suit Cobra Commander

[@sethlogee]

Crazy GIJoe predicted Flint Michigan with Eco warriors Flint🤯🤣

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

We used Air Tight as either a pilot or a flame thrower troop, to back up Blowtorch. The fan club looked strangely like Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse

[@roguishpaladin]

Looked like? I'm 95% sure it was. *cues UHF music*

[@supersho93]

@@roguishpaladin 100% sure, HCC mentioned 'UHF' in the credits.

[@GoldBawls]

Child me made airtight the gi joe ghost buster..

[@danielferstendig]

Airtight is a rescue joe

[@zachivan7557]

Merry early christmas HCC btw i like airtight so im in that club

[@Pensive_Melancholy_]

@HoodedCobraCommander788 why was he not part of the Ecko Warriers?

[@kdisley]

3:45 Well, jet fuel _is_ a dangerous chemical...