Blazing Sand Part I

The Joe team are trying to unearth a Cobra cell operating in a remote underground desert base. But Dusty and Crankcase have been discovered...

[@ganimed1976]

Now I want to play with my JOE's too and I give a damn that I'm 42 years old ;)

[@jubeireyju7325]

Hey it's good for the soul to reconnect what makes us smile.

[@gemini6055]

COBRA!!!! ENJOY YOUR TOYS!

[@troyt6864]

Me too.

[@robertolson9517]

Let's all get together and play!!

[@marca7542]

I’m 41 and I still indulge in some pretend battles with mu Joes amd Cobras, go for it :)

[@TONYRENDE]

This is beautiful. What all of us kids imagined we were doing back then with all our toys. Better than Michael Bay lol

[@littlewookiee7780]

Watching with a big smile on my face 😁awesome job guys 👍

[@mikeofmanymikes2630]

I think it is safe to say that nobody will ever do it better than this.

[@llovethe80s]

Genius at it's best.... BRAVO!!!

[@gregsamarael1753]

This is the best live action series we all deserve.

[@DREADNOK_RYAN]

The the voice overs and the music score. This reminded me of a Sunbow episode of GI Joe you guys rocks as always.

[@Transfixed]

This is the best thing that ever happened in those lovely sand dunes! I love the AWE Striker and Tomahawk.

[@gijoburg]

I’ll say! Great bit of desolation to have some desert vehicles get a feature. Had to give everything a bath afterwards to unclog the sand from their wheels! But so worth it.

[@gazz_N7]

I thought Crankcase was a goner for a second. Slipstream sure made mince meat outta that Firebat, but where are the rest of those slippery snakes hiding?! Can't wait for episode 2, great camera work, excellent location, and wonderful voice work! Yo! JOE-BURG!!!!

[@gijoburg]

Aw. That makes me a happy boy! This was the product of a day on the dunes in August last year, I had only my trusty GoPro, the toys, a script, and some sunblock. I'm pretty stoked with the result!

[@gazz_N7]

@@gijoburg Came out great! I love the AWE Strike shot with Dusty firing out the back, and the Dreadnoks chasing, and the over the shoulder work on the Mirage, and the classic WW2 Battle of Britain work with the Conquest on the tail of the Firebat!..... Have they offered you the directors chair for the GI Joe movie yet? Just like we played as kids. It was wonderful, can't say it enough!

[@gijoburg]

Hah! Who knows where the rabbit hole leads? I just want to keep the plot progressing really. But if our labour of love efforts were to ever be noticed by the IP holders and they reached out to us (not to sue us, that is!), I'd love to give freely of what I feel makes GI Joe the greatest ever. One can dream, right?

[@gazz_N7]

@@gijoburg Certainly! Thank you for doing this!

[@jasontompkins8180]

This is so great. I’m a massive nerd and this gives me joy.

[@gijoburg]

Me too bro. Me. Too. Nerdmaste! Oh, wait, that's the other guy's thing!

[@quicksilva125]

I'm not a nerd, and this is still awesome!

[@tubernery]

My ever-present 10 year old self is living vicariously through your videos. Thank you for the flashback memories!😃

[@rtd1409]

Love it the guys and girl of Joburg keep us on the edge of our seat with top notch Joe entertainment most of us can only dream to see!

[@brandonkeisler86]

I love how durable those original Joe figures are. Definitely made to play with. Toys today are only made to sit on shelves and stare at.

[@gijoburg]

Precisely why I favour played with toys over mint. I like to put them through their paces. They're over 30 years old? So what! They were built to last!

[@pablovargas3585]

Yeah they are great well except the thumbs

[@brandonkeisler86]

Pablo Vargas lol

[@robertadamwilliams3369]

That was awesome and so good for the 80’s kid inside!!! It’s like watching a new Gi-Joe episode from back in the day. All smiles!!

[@MCDJACDC]

Catching up on the new series. As always gents, awesome work; thank you for the hard work and dedication! Cobra!!!

[@gijoburg]

Glad you found it! There’s more on the way!

[@marcusviniciusduarte6006]

I liked the vehicles and soldiers

[@jubeireyju7325]

I love this so much. Thank you for the show!

[@KevinMayle1974]

This is REAL entertainment! Love it!

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Kev, glad you loved it bro!

[@tetsuoswrath]

When I saw the finger bullets hitting the sand I laughed so hard. This is so cool, I hope you keep making these. X{D

[@gijoburg]

We gots to! I need to play with my toys and if setting a camera up justifies that; then I’m gonna keep doing it as long as I draw breath!

[@ascensionindustries9631]

Way better than the recent GI Joe movies.

[@philliplittle5958]

But that would be cool to see. Cobra under the heel of the Empire!!

[@mrdonigan]

Seriously, every time you do an explosion effect with your hands, it transports me back to my childhood. Love these!

[@gijoburg]

Expect plenty more of those! We are totally low tech and proud of it!

[@mrdonigan]

Good! CGI would ruin it for me. Love the videos!

[@gijoburg]

Yeah man. Long live practical effects. Works for Nolan; works for us. 😝

[@BobHansenJokes]

You guys held nothing back. It is beautiful. New subscriber.

[@gijoburg]

Welcome to Joburg Bob! We love playing with our toys!

[@darrencobb5036]

Great work as always. Was waiting for Flint to use the "alone at last" line on Lady Jaye once the chopper left..

[@JPVee511]

Way to rock that V-neck sweater, Crankcase! Oh, and great cinematography as usual, film crew.

[@gijoburg]

Yep. That ain’t body armour. Very preppy choice, Crank! And thank you. Toys and good scenery and you can’t go too far wrong.

[@mattleuty5285]

Epic and again awesome voice acting. Being British I appreciate the accents of the Drednoks in particular!! I love the fact that you have all this amazing scenery at your disposal. Excited for more and a sterling job all round. Yo Joe indeed!!!

[@gijoburg]

Whoooo! Goody, there'll be a few more Dreadnoks in due course. Hope our dialect is up to snuff!

[@dubuyajay9964]

Isn't the Dreadnoks mainly a mixed band of Aussies, Brits, South Africans, and Americans? Mostly motorcycle gangsters?

[@gijoburg]

Absolutely right! Dreadnoks bring the international flavour!

[@westerncivilization]

The production technique is so damn effective. Big fan of your work.

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Jason, means a lot to hear that. We do get a fair number of comments asking for Stop-Motion... but that would be very difficult and perhaps not yield as satisfying a result. Certainly not the kind of dynamic motion playing with the things can give you anyway!

[@westerncivilization]

@@gijoburg The hands are invisible.Directors direct your attention - the photography and framing do a good job of actually making the characters characters. Stop motion would not be as effective. It is all very fluid as it is. Happy to see what's to come.

[@banditone00]

Great job guys! We loved it. My son was really concerned about you not wearing shoes in the desert, though. I told him you would probably be alright. Can’t wait for ep2!

[@bigtone7913]

Very well done.Its better than stop motion.

[@gijoburg]

Thanks bruv. I’m glad that it has its appeal! Maybe we can pave the way for other fan-films!

[@jonathanlozier4329]

Well done!...that makes me think twice about selling my massive mint collection, I have all those great figures and more, minus the cobra jet....I would meticulously always put my toys away as a kid after a long day having GI Joe adventures!..that was fun to watch look forward to more!

[@magnumrex]

This is so good. It's so entertaining. Love the sound effects. Spin those rotors!

[@gijoburg]

Thank you so much! And as for the rotors; if only the Tomahawk had a mechanism to spin them like the Dragonfly! I just didn't have enough hands!

[@magnumrex]

You did a great job for filming this solo. The music, cuts and sound effects are seamless. Keep up the great work!

[@hooptydoo417]

I absolutely love these videos. My cousins and I used to make short movies using our Joes. Those were never as good as these though. My favorite part is when you’re making the engine noises and have to stop to take a breath then go back to making the noises again. Love it. Excited for part two.

[@plasticbattles]

Haha aaaaamazing, guys! Can’t wait for more of these. So much fun, so entertaining. Like being a kid again playing with Joes in the back yard.

[@robmichael4934]

Hey steve, Rob and Paul. I miss hanging out with you guys. I love it. Everything is great with it, the sound effects, the video angle. They were perfect. Maybe you guys should make the next Joe movies. That is way better then some of the movies that hasbro has sponsored, live action and animation. Keep up the great work. I hope to see a lot more like this. It really got me into the movie.

[@Seanaldtrump]

This is amazing! Brings back so many memories keep this going!

[@occamsrazor4370]

Bravo, I didn’t want it to end. You guys do the greatest at this stuff. Wonderful job

[@sixshot1975]

That was the best sound and special effects ive seen and heard

[@gijoburg]

All practical! No CGI! Would you believe it?! 😝

[@lomakau]

I've give it an Emmy for Best FX, and editing.

[@davidsoriente6845]

The best shot was of the Firebat with the Cobra Air Corp symbol, great work Joburg !!!

[@mightyeroc7284]

Loving this! This is #1 in my KZbin favorites!!

[@marus7693]

Best locations of the GIJoe adventures!!!!

[@thedarkknight4956]

I appreciate this video, it makes me very happy.

[@gijoburg]

The Dark Knight happy? That’s no small feat!

[@jdsrcs8061]

YO JOE!!!!! Great job man!!! You pick an amazing location to film!!!

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Juan! Yeah man, the key to good looking shots is a killer location alright! And my home town loves to show off.

[@jdsrcs8061]

@@gijoburg where do you live? When I was a kid, me and a couple of friends would make stop motion shorts with our transformers and Joe's using a huge camcorder!!!! Months of filming and get about 3mins of film.

[@gijoburg]

Hehe, precisely why I’m dead set against ever trying stop motion! And it’s a super technical discipline in locking off your set and lighting. I’m gonna stick with just playing with toys in front of camera! And GI Joburg is based in Joburg and Cape Town, South Africa.

[@jdsrcs8061]

@@gijoburg AWESOME. You are correct, about the filming. It took forever,

[@bluedragon807]

The makers of the GI Joe cartoon back in the 80s should've thought of this.. this is actually kind of better. They would've cleaned up selling the toys

[@gijoburg]

Ha! Like full length episodic commercials! They featured kids playing with the toys in the old skool commercials, if they ran with that idea they could have put out a much more cost effective show than traditional animation... it would be ahead of its time! I wonder what the reception of it would be like? Too ahead of its time maybe? Maybe...

[@Mundane05]

Another great one. Also Steve bare-footing it in the sand just makes me wanna put my feet on ice.

[@shermaneagles5903]

Wow that was a lot fun to watch had a big smile on my face the hole time. Loved the camera angles too

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Sherman! You totally have a Codename for a name dude!

[@allthingstoys8163]

I luv this content that you guys upload! G. I. Joe lives☺! Keep the videos coming! G. I. Joe at its finest!

[@gijoburg]

You can count on us. we're going to keep em coming.

[@safayjs5448]

I am so addicted to this channel... Go...gi...joe...🤩🤩🤩

[@gijoburg]

Love the Funskool India jingle! Great commercials 🇮🇳

[@koshar44]

Best 1 yet.

[@gijoburg]

Woooo! Thanks bud! One guy; one GoPro and a whole bunch of toys. Guess that’s all it takes?

[@willieleefrancis8091]

You all make great G.I. Joe videos with the vintage figures and vehicles!!! #yogoe

[@biggeasy77toyreviews75]

Great show guys!!! Love it!!! Yo Joe!!!

[@gijoburg]

Yoooooooo JOE!

[@Renegade-py6pc]

I wish there was a LOVE button for this. LIKE isn't enough. I can't wait to watch the others! Nice job GI Joburg!

[@gijoburg]

Fortunately the channel owner does get a love button! Comment loved!!!

[@MARINJOE87]

Guau esto es increible hermano, gracias por revivir mi infancia una vez más! Yo Joeee!!!

[@gijoburg]

Eres tan bienvenido mi hombre. Revivo mi infancia cuando hago estos. ¡Sigue jugando!

[@foxglove9]

This was great! Lady Jaye's voice work was perfect!

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Stephanie! I’ll be sure to pass that on to the lady responsible for it! I’m very grateful to be connected to some excellent voice talent!

[@rodolfomartinez1763]

This is excellent! Loved it! It feels so good and brings back so many childhood memories playing with the figures outside! And just so much better and more fun than most of what hollywood is been producing for decades! Congrats to the whole team for this magnificent warm hearted work!

[@chrisbrewer9942]

Well as with Atlantis Factor, I’m already jacked for episode 2. The location was perfect. You guys have access to so many amazing places!

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Chris. Yep, a big part of it is definitely finding cool locations to play with our toys. Had to dodge dune buggies and sandboarders on this one.

[@TheHoosierdaddy63]

Better than the DIC series! Love it! Great job!

[@gijoburg]

Wait til we start using the toys from the 90's bud! Got to get TOUGH!!!

[@TheHoosierdaddy63]

GI Joburg 😂😂😂😳

[@MrNiceKnife]

Could seriously watch this for hours. Great job! Great script!

[@dal5x5]

Great work, had flashbacks to playing as a child. Loved the behind the seat interior Tomahawk shot.

[@myronglenn1816]

Made my day; yous just took me back to my childhood...Wow when toys were life like. CONGRATULATIONS!

[@nicolasmarinus]

Fantastic episode! You're getting better and better at this. Engaging and funny (loved how you threw those missiles at the Firebat).

[@DarkFaze6477]

Lol, even tho u can see his hands and himself, it's still pretty good. It's like a ventriloquist who moves his mouth along with the puppet, but it's still entertaining. Well done👍

[@gijoburg]

Thanks my man! Seemed like the best way to do it and I’m gonna stick to it!

[@DarkFaze6477]

@@gijoburg you know what they say, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it, keep up the good work

[@Laser_Trooper]

So much fun! I love what you guys are doing. Keep up the great work.

[@Sklabah]

So good! I really love this format. Simple, but effective, and really, REALLY fun! Your hard work is worth it for sure. Can't wait to see Part 2!

[@francobacco1239]

I have watched this video like 4 times its so fun to watch. I think its even better with mouthed sound effects and seeing human hands handle the toys. Voice acting was superb too and the accents were right on. I hope theres more coming, Id rather watch this than any of the last two GI Joe movies.

[@ryanacel5078]

This is awesome man,bringing back some memories

[@dean4125]

of all the videos u made the blazing sand series was my favorite u should do more like it.

[@adolfogom]

This is great!! Childhood back in 3..2..1...

[@poloshirtsamurai]

Your cinematography is excellent!

[@GabrielCamilo84]

Man, this is much better than the movies!!! Congrats!

[@MadSUPANOVA]

Cinematic angles awesome. HASBRO NEEDS TO HIRE YOU HEAD OF MARKETING. AND THEY NEED TO REISSUE 1982 TO 1989 VINTAGE just stamp them second editions. Like the desert scenery

[@thebluelibra5686]

These mini-series adventures are as fun as the original cartoon series, and 1000 times better than the crap the movie studios have produced. I'd love to see what you guys could do with a huge budget, more voice actors and plenty of time to write and produce a whole catalog of these adventures. I think Larry Hama would be proud of these...and I'd love to see a collaboration between him and real fans like GI Joburg, to finally produce the GIJoe movies the fans really want to see.

[@gijoburg]

I'd say the pipe dream is to keep up a steady trickle of these series, build up our indie following to the point that one day, when GI Joe is hip with the kids again, and Hasbro rediscover that sacred toyline that built their mansions in the 1980s, someone in that boardroom name drops some of the content here on KZbin - what can we learn from FORMBX257; HOODED COBRA COMMANDER 788; GI JOBURG? One can only hope, right? And thank you for the compliment. Very heartwarming that this stuff has found an appreciative audience. YO JOE!

[@thebluelibra5686]

Good content made with real heart is a rare thing, and that's what's lacking in most of the reboots. As a kid, I had MOTU, TMNT, the Batman Animated Series, but GIJoe was always at the top of the list, and the most sacred to me...and as a teen and an adult, I cringed at the lack of quality in the original and reboot series and movies. I don't know that the 1980s magic can be reproduced in today's world, but Larry Hama's comics have always been the blueprint...with heart put into creating a movie or series, like the Netflix Daredevil and Punisher series, or what AMC studios has done with TWD, I think that could be the rebirth of GIJoe. The heart is with the fans and content creators like you guys and others, so someone in those boardrooms better damn well start dropping some names! Keep up the great work! I'm looking forward to the rest of this series, and the next, and the next... YOJOE!

[@a-station-]

I cant wait for the whole episode. And new episodes with snake eyes, scarlett. 😎

[@corbralang1351]

Very entertaining and always cool to see vintage toys!

[@StoneyHoliday]

Better than the cartoon. This was fantastic. Please bring Snake Eyes into the picture when they find the base.

[@nix420stuntd7]

Great job guys. It made me smile that you guys were REALLY playing. No dirty jokes or inuendos. GOD BLESS and thank you!

[@gijoburg]

Got to legitimize our playing somehow, right?! We grow older... but we never grow up. Thanks for the comment!

[@RoundHeadK--jx7uu]

F’n awesome 👏 👏👏👍

[@gijoburg]

F'k Yeah! Thanks!

[@MrCIAD]

Absolutely brilliant! Well done, Gentlemen!

[@scuba8413]

Your videos are so good! Takes me back to being kid...but one is never too old Joe's! Yo Joe!

[@erichunter846]

You are the BEST!

[@clumseygenius1224]

Fantastic dude, loved it and looking forward to watching the second part in a few minutes. Location was on point! You do your sound effects the exact same way I did mine lol. Love it bro!!

[@slickbomb]

Brother, that was amazing! I almost didn't watch it when I saw your hand but gave it a chance and I have Goosebumps The concept the story awesome! Exactly the type of writing and dialogue from the TV show. Keep up the amazing work!

[@gijoburg]

Thanks for sticking with it Slick! I hope you dig our further adventures. This is such an important outlet for our need to still PLAY with our toys.

[@breon31774]

Flint Letting Lady J Drive...!!!

[@gijoburg]

Flint is the man. But LJ is a demon on two wheels! (Or three...)

[@bsimon9427]

LOVE this stuff. please never stop

[@gijoburg]

You got it chief.

[@josephnicolino8529]

Great video, it is the perfect combination of the comic book, cartoon and the action figures. Graduation Day is my favorite. Could you have Sarge in more videos?

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Joseph! So glad you like this stuff. And I reckon we do need to get the Sarge back. Maybe each new year of Joes need to pass through his island training base? I'd love to see what Sarge makes of Psyche-Out and Chuckles!

[@dmathiass]

Love it. I wish you guys had made the air combat scene with the RoC Sand Serpent.

[@gijoburg]

Sick! Cool looking toy, don't have it, but maybe one day. All I can say is that the crimson of the Firebat is a nice contrast to the sand colour. And Firebats are soooo pretty.

[@dmathiass]

@@gijoburg Oh, like a said, I love it!! A Sand Serpent appearing just after Lady Jaye saying "It's 1986, not 2006" would be impactful. Well, it could even have a time portal where Cobra is pouring out technology from the future (or they think so; maybe another dimension where Cobra has won).

[@gijoburg]

Loving this. Totally gonna run with your time travel idea and get some modern era toys to make appearances. It'll take too long to get round to them otherwise!

[@dmathiass]

@@gijoburg glad I could help. Keep on with great videos!!

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@gijoburg Will any future versions of present characters or other future characters show up as well? Maybe even a throwaway line about the Battle Force 2000 project still in development in 86? Still, no matter what happens, the sands of time's hourglass seems to be getting tampered with...

[@derf1600]

Great job!

[@marca7542]

Damn this is so awesome! Thanks guys and girl (the voice)!

[@mr.s8251]

Glad you used the older ones and not the newer figures. Just cant get into them

[@gijoburg]

For me it's all down to the vehicles, and you can't beat the classics. And I want the figures intended for em. So my decision was pretty much made for me. That and we tend to play the nostalgia note pretty hard on this channel!

[@martinwhipkey9343]

So much fun - love the way you did the bomb hits lol! Brings back the old days...keep up the good work!

[@impossiblepie]

The dog fights in the air are the best!!

[@gijoburg]

Love me some air to air combat. I’m glad you dig it too!

[@ValkyrieMagnus]

I love your videos!

[@enigma6482]

Dude! This is freaking awesome.

[@77subiedo]

Love it, great job!

[@log.musica]

Fantastic!

[@kaylemathewcomendador7614]

Looking as good as I thought. Can't wait for the next part. Hope you bought some umbrellas on the way there. Keep it up.

[@peek10]

I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but we need creator commentary for this series and GRADUATION DAY. The behind the scenes info and stories are great.

[@gijoburg]

Very easily done Glenn, expect a Graduation Day Commentary soon! What fun, I was actually at that location today thinking “man, I enjoyed that bit of mayhem”. I can’t wait to revisit it with ol’ Rob.

[@chfour83]

This is everyone's vision of how we play with our Joe's 🤙🤙🔥🔥👊👊👊 keep up the vids my dude 👊😎

[@MattsCreativeProjects]

Love it!! Great adventure...nice location too 😀

[@nikeboy82nd]

It’s like watching reruns of myself playing with GI Joes coming up with my own scenarios. These guys are awesome, I hope they get to make move soon, they do need some special effects though cuz the sound effects has ne busting a gut here. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gijoburg]

Aw, what, no love for mouth sounds?! That’s how we used to do it!