Christmas 1984 woke up to find under the tree all put together in Battle Formation Joe Sky Hawk, Joe Dragonfly, Joe Sharc, Joe Ram, Joe Falcon, Joe Slugger, Joe APC, Cobra Rattler, Cobra Moccasin, Cobra Hiss Tank, Cobra Fang, & Zartan's Chameleon. Also there was every Joe and Cobra action figure available at the time. My mum had found every figure and vehicle she could all year long and put them on layaway for me. Most days we barely had a pot to piss in but my mum always made Christmas something special. I'll remember that Christmas Morning until the Day I die.
@WassupitsdaT6 ай бұрын
Thats wholesome
@edwardx49793 ай бұрын
Luvs to your mum, mate! Thanks for sharing 👍
@BHARGAV_GAJJAR Жыл бұрын
Back in the 90s my parents got me the motorcycle, the VAMP jeep, the dune buggy thing, the swing wing fighter jet Striker, also there was an exoskeleton figure.
@MOUNTAINEER19762 жыл бұрын
I got the Tomahawk for Christmas of 1986. Hands down the best toy I ever owned!!!
@danmorris8594 Жыл бұрын
Me too! Little sister snapped all the rotors off. Traumatizing. It didn't make it.
@ricricky4103 Жыл бұрын
I just bought it with everything but the pilot.
@theoneandonlysoslappy Жыл бұрын
Had the Ram, Striker, and the Killer Whale. I can still remember in detail the Christmas mornings when I received the latter two. 😊
@BeachHead79 Жыл бұрын
I had the Snowcat and the Tiger Force repaint of the Dragonfly. So many good vehicles!
@975gthjo82 ай бұрын
I loved playing with my W.H.A.L.E. Hovercraft and Moray Hydrofoil in the snow!
@a_world_made_of_cardboard2 жыл бұрын
Great list. I had several of those vehicles. The thing I loved about GI Joe was the fact that larger vehicles came with a driver and extra space for more figures. Smaller single figure vehicles, unless they were part of a character's style like Zartan and the Chameleon and Sgt. Slaughter and the Triple T Tank, did not come with a figure. In short, Hasbro had the great mindset to sell their vehicles with the idea that they would sell more figures. You just couldn't have fun with only the pilot, you wanted another figure in that Dragonfly. Oh for the days were toy companies really put thought into a toyline.
@JLPCaminero Жыл бұрын
I wish that would've worked for me lmao. I said I needed some more figures for a big vehicle, then my mother said "you already have dozens, use them!" On the other hand, smaller vehicles (thus not as expensive) with a pilot were big sellers. Every kid gotta take that extra figure no matter if you liked it or not.
@HighFalutinTootin Жыл бұрын
I love the original gi joe orings they were very customizable
@cygarza Жыл бұрын
Man, I had most of those as a kid. I miss those days and toys.
@JosephDickersonUX2 жыл бұрын
Yup, The WHALE is definitely number one. Finally got one for my collection at last year's JoeFest. It was 99% complete, and the part that was missing was easy to design and 3D print. Now to get me a Tomahawk...
@Stygian3602 жыл бұрын
I picked up a personal favorite of mine the Wolverine at Joe fest this year. It was missing the tow cable as most wolverines are but to your point I was able to get one that was 3D printed and it works just fine
@Rockhound19432 жыл бұрын
Also floated in our pool!
@Nowhandles Жыл бұрын
It actually FLOATED!!! oh, man...I had no idea!! And I had a pool to actually put it in..opportunity missed!! 😪😪😪😪😔😔😔
@Nowhandles Жыл бұрын
Jeez you're in my head!! The Tomahawk as well!! My little brother and I would just play forever with these! (Thinking back, the Tommy would get either shot down, and need rescue.. Or it would come into rescue a situation. Thanks for sparking these memories!)
@edwardx49793 ай бұрын
Although we were not really wealthy, our parents did surprise us sometimes when we got something pricey - which wasn't often. When my youngest brother got the Sky Striker, we brothers thought it was huge to play with... Then one day, our mum got us "all" the USS FLAGG and we all thought it was absolutely bonkers compared to the Striker! Miss you, mum...
@jayman105 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I had the Dragonfly helicopter, and the Snow cat (my fave!). Always wanted the Tomahawk, but I also had the G.I.JOE headquarters, as well as a lot of cool Cobra vehicles!
@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905 Жыл бұрын
This G.I. Joe vehicle is in the “ S” Class category, the Defiant Space Shuttle Complex. I never owned one but boy did I want it. It wasn’t as big a the carrier , which is a good thing considering how over the top in size that thing was. The shuttle was more space friendly and could still be played with as a ship or play set . Totally awesome toy.
@seanyoung9014 Жыл бұрын
One Christmas I had to choose between getting the carrier as my one and only gift or getting Transformers Omega Supreme and some NES games. I didn't get the carrier but I think I made the right choice based on how big it was lol.
@dangerfindertreasureseeker8905 Жыл бұрын
@@seanyoung9014 I think you made the right choice . Omega plus a bunch of games to one carrier . I would have choose Omega as well.
@jumpupapple960 Жыл бұрын
Dude I remember I got the conquest x30 when it came out in 1986, it was the best toy I had got for 12 years
@tomservo5347 Жыл бұрын
The technical details on the decals like 'Lube Point', 'Sensor Access', and removable panels for maintenance always sparked my imagination as a kid. Such a well thought out toy line.
@roguishpaladin Жыл бұрын
5:59 An important note about the APC, especially in light of your highlighting this feature for the WHALE, is that the APC *also* floats (hence why it's referred to as amphibious). In fact, I think it predates all other floating GI Joe toys. Unlike the other water toys (except the WHALE), though, this made sense in both land and water play.
@andrij664 ай бұрын
You're so right! It did float! Of my toys going outside the wire it was my least favourite, but it always made the list, was durable, & one of my first vehicles.
@JayBynum-u7d3 ай бұрын
Gotta say had water moccasin with the jet fan boat can't remember it's name but was the boldest looking
@AnalogToys3 ай бұрын
Thats a Cobra vehicle. Eventually I'll do a video listing their Top 10!
@riderofthe4thseal2 жыл бұрын
I had the Snow Cat, the Triple T Tank, and the Conquest X-30. Great memories. I think a huge thing I liked about the GI Joe vehicles was that you had to put them together. This way, if you wanted to, you could take them apart and simulate wreckage.
@xancypillosi94972 жыл бұрын
I had a AFA graded snow cat. Sold like a fool
@SkageXL5 Жыл бұрын
I love the Havoc, it was my first proper Action Force toy (I think it was pre changeover when I got mine) after having a couple of figures. It became their base as well as vehicle. I got the Dragonfly eventually, super cheap in a trashed box from Woolworths, and that was my full loadout!
@tydiriumhanger13202 жыл бұрын
Tony you are right on point here! Great vid! Great List! Love your love for the line!!
@ezgezg86182 жыл бұрын
Thx for these memories.. Never forget my dad handing me the Tomahawk Christmas morning, fully built, ready to play.. 🍻🇨🇦
@animationcycles71092 жыл бұрын
I was a Joe fiend, as a child. Other than the Flagg, and x-29, and the shuttle. I pretty much had everything else. I've always been kinda engineer minded ( and an aviation guy) so some things made sense, and others didn't. ( Like the tomahawk, having the fan blade, as tail rotor, ???? When it already had dual rotor system)Although the "NOTAR" on the Dragonfly, made sense, at least in the right steps. I really enjoyed the mini sets, that didn't come with figures. The bivouac, hawk(?) Missile system, I forgot what their lineup collection was called though. Regardless, many fun years!
@Luortizsolorzano Жыл бұрын
That list deserves a second part. Also includes the silver mirage
@mixmix14872 жыл бұрын
Great video Tony! I agree with this list. I was fortunate enough to have owned them all as a kid except for the whale. My best friend owned it so we would swap vehicles for a week. It went perfect with the platform. Man, good times. So glad we had these toys and not phones.
@37Kilo22 жыл бұрын
The only vehicle from this list that I had, was the Snowcat. I absolutely loved it (still do). My older brother had a few others from this list, but certainly didn't allow me to play with them. The best Joe toy I ever had was the General. Massive vehicle, tons of missiles and guns. Big ol cannon, and a helicopter. Such an awesome toy.
@stephenthomas14922 жыл бұрын
I feel lucky that I was gifted most of these vehicles as a kid. I sure wish in my later teenage years that I would have not been so certain that I would never want them again! I remember giving them away for sale in a yard sale. That said, I've kept all my daughter's toys for her when she wants to revisit her childhood, so it's not a total loss!
@cowpuddles48512 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. I was shamed by my cousins when I was 13 that I still had toys so I sold them all at a yard sale. What a waste!
@amethystglare2 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing with my He Man collection.
@hovmad8702 Жыл бұрын
I know exactly how that feels..I had a ton of figures and vehicles....I ended up giving them away to salvation army in my teen years..if only I knew..smh.
@jaredharris1970 Жыл бұрын
I feel u if I knew the internet was coming I would have saved all my stuff I would have made a fortune by now my stuff was lightly played with nothing was broken I kept the blueprints and file cards eventually I ran out of space had to give them away
@lawrencebrewer8769 Жыл бұрын
Same. And the original Transformers.
@SodoMojo22 Жыл бұрын
Lot of nostalgia watching this - I was a GI Joe collector as a kid...fond memories. Thanks for this vid.
@captainobvious92332 жыл бұрын
Some of my favorites: 1. Cobra Moray Hydrofoil. It floated and when waterlogged it would sink to the bottom. I spent countless hours playing with it in the pool. 2. The Cobra Night Raven was another pool favorite simply because it also sank, but very slowly. I liked to have it crash land and have the pilots escape before it went under. 3. The Dreadnought Thunder Machine - I put that through so much abuse crashing into stuff, jumping it, pushing it off the front steps, etc. 4. The Rolling Thunder - Just because of it's size. It was like having a mobile command center. I Was only 5 when G.I Joe came out, and didn't know/get into it until several years later, so while I had tons of G..I Joe Vehicles and Figures, I only a handful of the early ones.
@AnalogToys2 жыл бұрын
Did you not listen to part where said there are no Cobra vehicles on this list?
@captainobvious9233 Жыл бұрын
@@AnalogToys Yeah, but was just listing my favorite vehicles :(
@imj36882 жыл бұрын
This video nearly brought a tear to my eye not only for the nostalgia of it, but it's practically my top 10 list as well. Also loved that so many of your choices were the smaller to mid-sized vehicles as opposed to an array of giant oversized ones. Can't wait to see your Cobra list, although I'd speculate that the Ferret and Moccasin are shoe-ins.... :)
@Deluxedracula7 ай бұрын
I had the GI Joe Hover Whale as a kid for like…1 day, maybe a few weeks. I don’t know what happened to it, where it went, if my mom threw it away or what but it haunts my dreams to this day. I loved that toy and its disappearance is one the biggest mysteries of my life.
@gregglistrom2483 Жыл бұрын
Ahhh, the memories. Put a big smile on my face. I had 1,3,4, and 7.
@scottboyer84502 жыл бұрын
Your top 2 picks are also my top 2 but I would rate the Sky Striker higher because I'm just an military aviation nut. I'm going to jump the gun and rate my two favorite Cobra vehicles as the Night Raven and the Water Moccasin. The Moccasin was small and had fewer features and parts than the Whale or the Cobra Moray but I just always loved how it looks. The Night Raven, well anything based on a cross between Fire Fox and an SR-71 is going to be cool!
@ericshade96322 жыл бұрын
the Moccasin was awesome. Small yes, but easily manipulated as a kid. That was the problem I had with GI Joe. For every Cobra vehicle, Joe had a larger version. The balance of power always seemed off to me. and yet the Cobra vehicles were (a) cheaper and (b) easier to play with (more durable because there were less greebles and features to break/lose)
@roguishpaladin Жыл бұрын
@@ericshade9632 Ah, but what about the Night Raven? I'd even say the Rattler was at least competitive with the Skystriker (size-wise, though the swept wing feature is just amazing), but the Night Raven was clearly superior to the Conquest.
@G7M9W2 жыл бұрын
Very solid choices. Personally, I'd put the VAMP Mk. II at #10 instead of the HAVOC, but I do get the love some have for the it. Really looking forward to the Cobra list!
@TheToyOdyssey2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic list Tony. Surprised the iconic Skyhawk didn't make your list. My honorable mention would be the S.H.A.R.C. and Devilfish.
@Chrisuperfly12 жыл бұрын
I have to admit watching these vids is difficult because one of my biggest regrets is not keeping all of my GI Joes from when I was a kid. I had a lot of these vehicles, mad at myself for not keeping them. Some of my favorites not shown here were the Dreadnok Thunder Machine, Bridge Layer, Sgt. Slaughters Warthog, and my ultimate favorite Defiant, but that would be more of a playset than a vehicle. When I saw Defiant going for upwards of $12K online I was almost sick to my stomach.
@theesweetscience2084 Жыл бұрын
A) So glad you are still keeping the history of the toys/titles we are so lucky to have grown up with in our era!!! Have loved your channel for years!! B) when you listed the Havoc as a controversial addition into the 10 ten shouldn't be controversial at All! I believe that lists are shaped by the titles we come up with... This list is the top 10 Joe vehicles. That doesn't, to me, mean that this list is the "most essential vehicles in Joe history". This is YOUR top 10, nostalgia should very much be a part of the additions your form into the top 10☺️ those vehicles helped shape your childhood, and, in turn, your adulthood!!!!! You're a good person and do such a professional job with your channel!!!! The heart you out into the videos is very clear!!!!! Respect to you.
@PepeSylvia2 жыл бұрын
Man, this brings me back. I had six of the top ten list. The Whale and Helicopter were so much fun....
@hardenstine Жыл бұрын
Hey remember they used to change it up? like different colors. it would be the same exact toy and then be like no it's got tiger stripes or made completely out of silver or blue or something like that. I also like the spaceship wish that made the list.
@seanyoung9014 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember that. I definitely had the tiger stripe edition of whatever that was.
@bgreen8853 Жыл бұрын
I was poor when I was a kid but when my best friend left with his family to go to another country he gave me the tomahawk and the a10 tank buster cheers Aaron where ever you are top man!
@jordel20102 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty good list. I think the Warthog A.I.F.V. and the Mobile Command Center deserved at least a honorary mention here. The MCC is primarily a playset, BUT, contrary to the USS Flagg, it is truly mobile as its name states and qualifies as vehicle too. As somebody stated in a previous comment, I would have made a swap and put the VAMP instead of the HAVOC.
@Mstngdaddy74 Жыл бұрын
I feel the G.I Joe warthog is not only deserving of being on this list but possibly even contend for the top spot. I still have this vehicle from when I was a kid, complete. It's a tracked amphibious armored troup career, like the killer whale. It features a double ballistic misle launcher, machine 2 machine gun turrets, a place for the driver "Sargent slaughter " which the vehicle comes with his figure that has a lot of detail to. Has enough room for 6 Joe's inside the Troup carrier compartment and 9 Joe's in total. One of my favorite Joe vehicle's, and we'll deserving of a spot on the list. 👍🏾
@woltersworld Жыл бұрын
The Mauler... i didnt even remeber those antennaes and smoke bombs. We lost those easily in the first day. probably lost in christmas wrapping paper
@geoffdickey3761 Жыл бұрын
The microphone on the driver helmet was missing.
@ferrisculhay5179 Жыл бұрын
Whale was the first and best GIJoe toy i ever got. Took that thing in the pool, watched it sink like a rock. Luvved it anyway.
@MichaelJShaffer2 жыл бұрын
Great Top 10 list, Tony.
@SkyFireDrone20222 жыл бұрын
Absolutely my favorite vehicles as well! The all-green APC is very rare, eh? I still have four of them! I went crazy in the 90’s and mail-ordered over $500 worth of Joe stuff, including four APC’s and FOUR Whales! So glad I did🤓
@adrianobernardiprado5033 Жыл бұрын
Awesome list Almost cried remembering my childhood with these perfect toys 😊
@rubberneckinc.8937 Жыл бұрын
This is right in my wheelhouse! My brother & I were always playing with our Joe's & had many figures, vehicles, & the base! Good times, Good times. I got the RAM as first vehicle. The jeep w/Clutch & HISS tank were two of my favorites. My brother had Snow-Job & Frost-Bite with there accompanying vehicles. Snow Job had the snowmobile, Frost Bite with the Snow Cat (#4 in video). My brother loved the snow troops for some reason. We had the APC w/camo top. Also had all the figures in the APC in the video. We were very well behaved one year (1985?) & only asked for G.I.Joe stuff & Santa came thru big time. Of the list we had 1,2,4,5,6, & 9. Nailed it though. The Hovercraft is absolutely #1. The Killer W.H.A.L.E. was/is the most fun on to play with.
@jasonking31822 жыл бұрын
You can use the Dragonfly and the bed that came with Doc to move casualties MASH style. There are a ton of secret play features like this in the first 5 years of the line.
@franciscodanconia432410 күн бұрын
I actually never owned a G.I. Joe because one of my best friends had pretty much every Joe thing there was, including the Flagg. We used to put the hovercraft and the Cobra hydrofoil in their pool and play with them there.
@hgc70002 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I immediately took to the AWE Striker and Crankcase, my dad has sported a similar style mustache before I was born, and his hair color is the same. I had to get that set!
@tubernery2 ай бұрын
I had my joes in the woods with the Outpost Defender. Of course, Snake-Eyes or Storm Shadow was perched atop a branch to watch over the Joes and vehicles below.
@Alphahydro Жыл бұрын
I had a smile on my face throughout the entire video. Takes me back.
@mickeykelly5612 Жыл бұрын
I remember my cousins having nearly all of the G.I Joe toys that came out as two of them grew up in the 80s. I played with some of their figures and sets. Something about toys released in the 80s and 90s.
@ChuckWCoulter11 ай бұрын
The Skystriker, the Whale, the Dragonfly... so nice. I have a Haslab of the first, and ordered the second. How I enjoyed that Whale.
@Mike-vq4rv3 ай бұрын
This brought back so many good memories. I had most of these and mostly agree with the ranking
@kgwilso2 жыл бұрын
This is a great list. I had the Killer Whale as a kid. I always felt like it was several toys in one. Also, Cutter was the coolest and always a standout character.
@BCWasbrough Жыл бұрын
I loved the little joke of his civilian name: Skip A. Stone.
@uphilliceskater2 жыл бұрын
The partly frosted, partly clear canopy on the Snowcat that simulates an iced-up window was so visually clever for the time!
@thagrifster594 Жыл бұрын
I am not ashamed to say that I had all of them and what a great childhood! Thanks
@Woody-nc1ru Жыл бұрын
I still have all of those except for the Havoc. From way back from the 80"s. Highly used but still gottem!!
@skyden24195 Жыл бұрын
Another great video! Of the vehicles on this list, I (at one time) had the "Dragonfly," "Sky Striker," "APC," and the "Rapid Fire." Just to mention, as it was briefly mentioned in the video, I remember taking my G.I. Joe "V.A.M.P." to show-n-tell in the 2nd grade. Also, my uncle (who is just under 2 years my senior) had the "(Killer) W.H.A.L.E." which, when visiting, I'd use as a carrier/launch platform for the Joe's "Devilfish" attack boat. Last thing, my uncle also had the "H.A.V.O.C." and I still retain a VHS home video of a family visit in which it can be heard my uncle singing part of the "HAVOC" commercial jingle, i.e., "Nothing's too tough for HAVOC! Nothing's too rough for HAVOC!" lol
@nickdunlop072 жыл бұрын
Another great video Tony. Thanks for taking me down memory lane. Had great times playing with a few of these vehicles.
@dasparado2 жыл бұрын
My favorite vehicles were the Hovercraft, Skystriker, and the Cobra plane that looked like an A-10. Great toys.
@ConfusionDistortion Жыл бұрын
Havoc, Vamp, Whale, Rolling Thunder, APC, Ram cycle, Sharc, Mean Dog, Warthog, and Devilfish kinda all hover in my top 10 per what I though was cool or had as a kid, and what I still like today. Also worth mentioning is the Mobile Battle Bunker, Skystorm, and Conquest. I mean there are plenty of others too that are top tier. It's a toy line that pretty much put out nothing but hits till 1991 where it became very hit or miss.
@Rosarymeds Жыл бұрын
I never understood why the Sky Striker expanded its wings with its land gear down. When on the ground, I always wanted the wings retracted. And when it was in the air in a fierce dogfight, I wanted the wings expanded out, but it didn't make sense to have the landing gear down in flight. So much research went into these toys. I'm puzzled how they didn't see how 6 year olds would be confused by the wing/landing gear combinations.
@poolee7710 ай бұрын
When F-14s take off the wings are out, and for low speed. The retract for high speed and storage. Maybe they didn’t have the budget to have two separate retraction features so they interlinked them in the way that made the most sense. Which it does
@shinerdrinker9249 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, my father told me he could get me the US Flagg for Christmas one year. But then he also said I must choose between the Flagg or my bed. I'm telling you, as a kid, it was an incredible choice. Dad was impressed when I picked the bed. He got me the WHALE instead. I also prefer the Conquest X-30 over the Skystriker for the airplane. Slip-Stream was a cooler pilot, but the "working" parachute is difficult to get over
@66_ed_Hawkenson2 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree with the WHALE... still have mine from 1984 but it's been thru the ringer lol... One of my most memorable christmas presents as a kid...
@rahdigga60312 жыл бұрын
I'm currently contemplating selling my Joe collection and this video just made me think against it. Thanks Tony. I agree with everything on this list except the APC. I just like the Rolling Thunder more.
@xancypillosi94972 жыл бұрын
Ever interested, let me know brotha - have a blessed holidays and new years to you and your loved ones
@drewjbx228 Жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for sharing, brings back childhood memories, I had the first motorized tank with the controls at the top turret, the killer whale, rattler, whirlwind, jeep, wish I would have kept all of it, along with all the star war toys!
@flawaii-pines68583 ай бұрын
I cheered when I saw #1. Great line up! Very well done.
@user-AdamSmith Жыл бұрын
Skystriker was my favorite Joe side toy. But Ace was lost in action in the snows of Mt. Backyard. The Sharc got the most play time in the tub. The later Phantom X-19 and Conquest X-30 were a lot of fun too. Killer Whale was great, but I would put Rolling Thunder right with it. Cobra side, Night Raven and Rattler by far. Yeah, was mostly about the planes at that age.
@Sweet68Camaro Жыл бұрын
I had the original A.P.C loaded with Joes. The back bumper would pull it to become a carry handle. Also IT FLOATS. The Tomahawk was the last vehicle I received as a Christmas gift.
@splintershield Жыл бұрын
Oh man, this video really took me down memory lane! Loved playing with my own or my friend's GI Joes when we visited! I had the Killer Whale and it was one of my favorite toys.
@abcdefgh4404 Жыл бұрын
I had a Cobra speedboat…I tried to find it on internet but no success. It was a red and grey speedboat, full of equipments and guns. I loved it.
@paulleyharris7851 Жыл бұрын
My 10 list of GI Joe list: 1.) A-10 Warthog w/ Ace 2.) Wolverine w/ Cover Girl 3.) Ghost Striker w/ Ace 4.)Tomahawk w/Ace 5.) Devilfish 6.) Mauler w/ Heavy Metal 7.) Hammer 8.) Desert Fox w/ Skidmark 9.)Mean Dog w/ Wildcard 10.)Silver Mirage
@dwoncrawford58232 жыл бұрын
Man I was having a bad day until I saw this video. It brought back a lot of good memories!! Thanks a lot and continue the awesome videos!!
@beaker1262 жыл бұрын
Awesome list, and totally agree, the Whale is the best! Sadly, never had one as a kid. Hasbro did a great job with those, the really found a balance between play features and kid-resistant.
@PhantomDruid2 жыл бұрын
Same. Never had it but ALWAYS wanted it. I had the Cobra hydrofoil, which was great, but I wish I had the WHALE as sort of a Joe counterpart.
@welling119 күн бұрын
I had a Dragonfly that was yellow with tiger stripes. One of my favorites!
@MoparMcNeer Жыл бұрын
100% agree with this entire list. I had many of these on the list too. Wish I would have kept them. Joe's are so cool
@terrenceodonnell63472 жыл бұрын
Loved this list .. Had pretty much all of them as a kid, number 1 was my favorite as well...
@tacticalmattfoley Жыл бұрын
The WHALE was my favorite. One that was left off your list that I loved was the SHARC....it was very versatile and durable. One other thing about the WHALE: it was heavily and prominently featured in the GI Joe comic books of that era.
@kelteel2 жыл бұрын
I only have 7 of these :( Missing the Mauler, USS FLAG and the hovercraft. GI Joe was a great part of my childhood. I still love it. I am very happy with my small collection.
@JuniperMe5 ай бұрын
I loved the Parasite, that was a fun vehicle. My brother and I were lucky enough one year to get an Armor-Bot each from the space line, they were huge and fun.
@bjpalm19942 жыл бұрын
Great list! I had several of these. Never had the HAVOC or Snow Cat but always wanted them. I can still remember that Snow Cat commercial to this day. Snowww CAT!!!, lol.
@hardcorepoetic7 ай бұрын
Fantastic list. I owned all of the top three. Fond memories.
@scockery2 жыл бұрын
Mine, playsets excluded. 10. Snowcat 9. Devilfish 8. Wolverine 7. VAMP 6. WHALE 5. Warthog 4. Tomahawk 3. Armadillo 2. Slaughter's Marauders Equalizer (I never owned a Mauler) 1. AWE-Striker Honorable mentions: The APC. Yeah, if we had the Palitoy version. Or even if the US release had a tow hook, it would make my list. Silver Mirage Motorcycle, yes, it's fiddly and just a fragile mess with age. But at the time I loved it.
@braddl94422 жыл бұрын
To me as a kid the Havoc was just some kind of industrial vehicle that the Joes has Militarized which is why its systems were not actually practical for combat, but they needed to put some weapons on it to deploy it. Its like a tactical Toyota truck In my headcannon. Most of its features were meant for some industrial purpose but they swapped out the industrial cranes and stuff for guns.
@jbstoytrunk2 жыл бұрын
Can’t argue with this list at all!! Awesome breakdown and video brother 🤙🏼
@Polysixchick Жыл бұрын
I had the Snow Cat but it was a Tiger Force one and renamed the Tiger Cat with a Tiger Force Frostbite, I got it from Asda in the early 90s along with the Tiger Shark. I also had the Mean Dog, Warthog, Badger and the Cobra Hammerhead which I loved!
@scirishrugger Жыл бұрын
Between my brother and I, we had all of these. He had the GI Joe base as well. We had most all of the original stuff and I still have my Dragonfly, Mauler MBT, Mobat MBT (wasn't that the original tank's name?), slugger (self propelled howitzer), and I think I have the Warthog armored vehicle as well. I know my brother has his completely restored cobra rattler. We had so much of that stuff!
@Riznal Жыл бұрын
I was lucky that we managed to get all the GI Joe toys here in Malaysia. I had the Dragonfly and I still have vivid memories of how each of these vehicles box art were. I was also lucky that I worked at Toys R Us for a while when I was 16 and was constantly looking as GI Joe toys at work. Thanks for the video!
@Chasing80sToys2 жыл бұрын
That's a great list with some of the greatest GIJOE vehicles in the world. Enjoyed seeing your top 10. 👍👍👍 YoJoe
@TheNightBadger2 жыл бұрын
Had a few... lots of great play... dreamed of others... the great play that could've been... good times! In my opinion, the post 2000 'RHINO' belongs on any GI Joe top ten vehicle list (I'm aware this is a vintage list so it wouldn't be here). It's one of the toys from recent years I found genuinely impressive, and it works as a tank, troop carrier _and_ helicopter! Limitless play value! On a related note, the recent (ish) re-release of the Tomahawk tops the original in one little way: It allows Roadblock's gun (the big one that comes with a more recent issue of him) to clip inside, and it looks amazing!
@sithcarebear12 жыл бұрын
Great List Tony! The top three especially were favorites of mine. I always thought the Tomahawk was one of the coolest vehicles from any toy line ever. Cheers!🍻
@2023thekid Жыл бұрын
Hello Tony, I really enjoy your videos. I have recently been buying shells and parts of vintage GI vehicles like the whale, skystriker and dragonfly to fix up for my son's to get for Christmas this year. It's been a lot of fun. I'm not going full restoration just good enough to play with, it will be Christmas 1983 all over again for us this year.
@Tech-Nichols2 жыл бұрын
I think the Conquest X-30 deserves a top 10 slot. Great list!
@danielrowan4716 Жыл бұрын
You’re doing the Lord’s work, Tony. Love this list.
@ClayinSWVA Жыл бұрын
As a former owner of several of these, I had a great childhood.
@staley101 Жыл бұрын
Loving the Action Force variants, as a British kid growing up in the 80's it's all we had. I was a big fan of Z-Force & SAS Force.
@johnnymason24605 ай бұрын
To me, the G.I.Joe General was the absolute best vehicle of the entire line. I am always a fan of a mobile base. The Defiant Complex and the Mobile Command Center were pretty good as well.
@joshua37322 жыл бұрын
I love that you added the HAVOC. It may not be realistic, but It is fun!
@Taraka12 жыл бұрын
Watching that ad for the snowcat I imagine with many of the movies I watched and if I live somewhere where it snowed in the winter I'd probably have an avalanche chase every time I played with the Snowcat.