USS Flagg Modifications 2023

[@theaterdreamer]

God that is beautiful. I’m a 53 year old man feeling 13 all over again! Bravo!

[@mikemcdougall8969]

I’m 55 years old and feeling exactly the same!!!!

[@NodDisciple1]

My Dream: Get a boat hull or surfboard maker to make a Hull for the Flagg and put an RC Boat kit in it. RC Flagg!

[@jacpoe77]

I was a child in the 80s. My little brother and I bought gijoe dolls and vehicles. We loved them. I'm 47 years old and I still like gijoe. A pleasure to see this video.

[@cristianarzabe9156]

ASTONISHING! Congratulations for having such a beautiful toy collection. You made me remember my childhood.

[@woodman29]

This is an amazing build! I for one have been inspired by your custom FLAGG base and made my own because of you! You have impacted the whole FLAGG/JOE community and I for one appreciate ALL your enthusiasm and love for the JOES! Thank you…YO JOE…burg

[@MopBucket1014]

Agree 100%. I find it strange to see a Flagg without the lower deck

[@HeelvsBabyface]

Man, I LOVED this video!!

[@jesse33cdn]

.....G.I. JOE Had THE BEST Toys!....YO JOE!...⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️...

[@gijoburg]

YO JOE!!!

[@maximusprime3459]

Oh wow. Its on wheels! Very well done!!

[@universaltoycollector]

Absolutely incredible.....wow. The time and effort gone into this has paid off. Fantastic and seeing videos like this has started my Flagg itch up again.

[@fernbatfink4851]

I tbink you did a great job for some who has little skills A++

[@bpalpha]

Someone has to fix the deck elevator situation! Love all these mods. Some have even built an entire USS Flagg out of wood products themselves.

[@mountainpeakcloud8442]

This is so awesome! Just really great work. Creating all that space under the Flagg also doubles the play value IMO. I am envious of people who have the pace for something that big, but more power to everyone who does, cause it really is a great center piece of a collection.

[@JohnSchafer-rs2nh]

I wished I had one in 1986😮

[@gijoburg]

…oh the memories we’d have! Yeah, it’s just not the same getting it as an adult. 😢

[@curseoffenrir]

That looks amazing!

[@walterwright8454]

Beautifully done!

[@markwhiteraven]

These modifications add so much more play value to a set which is already action packed. Oh, the dio-stories I could make in this🤩.

[@alphabarret7122]

very nice. i always love modifying vehicles.

[@Enewtabie]

The Flagg looks fantastic. The paint job on that X-30 is great 😎😎😎 Really wish I had the space

[@joelsteverson]

Great work!

[@MarioXavierActorProducer]

Amazing!

[@handsome_head_injury6011]

Looks great!

[@impossiblepie]

Nice work on the flagg! I agree love the paint on the conquest.

[@hanschow5457]

Wonderful creativity and a beautiful custom. Thank you for sharing this with us GI Joburg!

[@Crispiwan]

I just love you guys. ❤ You’re so my kind of people. Keep up the awesomeness!

[@JoeyNYSDnomad]

Very cool

[@mattlittleboy]

Truly inspiring, I’ll never own one, but I enjoy living vicariously through those who do

[@davidandrews5215]

now that was a good idea of using MDF you gave it a crispness awesome wood working skills and the paint job that you did on the conquest you hit it out of the ballpark

[@marcbrunson6986]

Your original design was really cool and worked. This is definitely a new tech to try. It looks amazing.

[@gijoburg]

Thanks Marc. It’s the best feeling seeing how others have improved it over the years!

[@marcbrunson6986]

@@gijoburg Even though I wish I had been lucky to have it as a kid, I'm probably better off just seeing what others do with theirs ha ha. I never had enough room and still don't for a 7 footlong playset ha ha.

[@turdfergusonn4590]

I just got a Flagg yesterday and have been watching videos with custom Flagg bulds. I’m pretty excited to get to the hardware store tomorrow to start my own, the first step yesterday was cleaning the parts and getting my retro brite tank ready to whiten the structure! Next, I need to extend the “water” part of my diorama to put the hull on!

[@gijoburg]

What an exciting time! Congratulations! Ah man, what an awesome milestone to pass. I assume it’s your first Flagg?

[@turdfergusonn4590]

@@gijoburg sure is. I've never had the space before. But I have a room with space for a proper display now, so you're right- it's a pretty exciting time!

[@captainsteroid2454]

Okay! That is one sweet ship! Nice! :D

[@ronaldhof3654]

Ah, mystery solved, you were visiting a friend! Such a tasteful upgrade, thanks for sharing 😎

[@holonet1]

You definitely inspired a new way for everyone to re-appreciate the Flagg. Since I don't have one, I'll have to completely build one from scratch! Lol It's ok though, I'm going to need a longer & wider deck. I have several types of aircraft & they all won't fit. I'm thinking, perhaps 1.5 m by 3.5 m or so.

[@Phantomwaxx]

Yo Joe! Love the fan contributions. Keep up the great work!

[@raylynch7412]

Salute!!! U got me geeking over here!!

[@dean4125]

awesome mods. one time i saw some guy have the entire Gijoe headquarters under the FLAGG. and I saw another person with LED lights throughtout the bottom area. with Crews quarters also under the bottom area. some pretty cool stuff out there.

[@gijoburg]

So many cool takes on the concept. It’s always exciting to celebrate the unique differences.

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

Wow! a TV that's actually mounted at eye level! Now that's impressive. Sweet upgrades on the Flagg.

[@gijoburg]

Yep. Allan’s place is pretty well set -up. Maybe I’ll do a collection tour vid some day. His stuff demands to be seen!

[@mis1476]

Looks amazing!

[@blankpage555]

Flagship Burg tune 👍

[@barryevans9486]

The Flagg is very small for an aircraft carrier, but it’s a play set, so I’m not mad at that. You guys do some absurdly impressive stuff for your joes that I frankly don’t have the resources for. The chief thing I’m noticing here that I want to point out is 1. I feel like a seagoing vessel would merit some weathering, at least on the parts that wouldn’t influence the overall collectibility of it. 2. Have you considered some kind of paneling that could wild out if you needed access? What I mean by wild out is move out of the way. Seems like you could do some kind of maybe latching or magnetic panels to give the Flagg a proper hull for exterior shots. Also I don’t know if the Flagg came with them but I’ve found some 3D printed arrestor hooks for Skystrikers if you want added realism… :) Well done, fellows.

[@gijoburg]

Thank you! For exterior shots I like to switch out hulls to one made from foam board. It floats extremely well.

[@barryevans9486]

@@gijoburg I did some poking around after my comment and found out they made a tail hook for the skystriker, but the ones I saw used the screw sockets and fit more naturally. Also, come to think of it I think I’ve seen where you put your Flagg on water.

[@wcresponder]

You know there is another wife out there shaking her head and sighing as she slides another cake into her Barbie easy bake oven.

[@gijoburg]

@@wcresponder 😂

[@tanderson2025]

An enterprising CADD designer could make this a printable plastic kit-bash accessory and make some $.

[@wrp4955]

Remarkable!!!

[@thorguff]

That is a good-looking X-30. Since you said you prefer it over a chrome one, Retroblasting will probably take it personally and cry about it with a Facebook screen cap.

[@gijoburg]

No need to take a swipe at a content creator here Thor. That’s not my intention with my comment at all. C’mon man, that’s not what we do here. And I know the RB crew well enough to know there will be no such screen cap or crying!

[@TheDarthvalen]

Very nice 👍

[@Apolloman01]

Cool 👍

[@EddieA907]

Awesome!

[@gijoeactionfigures7211]

still remember your first video on the USS FLAGG "Tower OF POWER" ;) Awesome Power Cobraaaaaaaaaaaa

[@gijoburg]

Woah! Blast from the past buddy!

[@gazz_N7]

Just when you think a good thing couldn't get any better!...burg. 😗👍

[@Spider_Monkey_Films]

NICE!!!🤜🤛

[@kilroywashere513]

Wow, awesome😳🤯👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻💯.

[@Chasing80sToys]

What a fantastic mod to make an impressive toy even more impressive. Spectacular is indeed the right word for it. Burg

[@shanecassity3485]

DUUUUUDE OHHHH MY goodness so Awesomenes

[@TheSwishPOP]

OMG this is beyond epic!!!!! Wow!

[@BobHansenJokes]

Tremendous work by Alan! Yeah it seems odd to see a non-modified FLAGG lately. I did a modification myself: the Three-Missiled Devilfish. Most Devilfish have 4 missiles but I modified mine to have 3 for a slicker, sleaker Devilfish experience.

[@gijoburg]

😂😂 Devilish indeed. I suppose Triton only had three prongs on his fork after all.

[@tech489]

Amazing

[@tonystraub9214]

F'n incredible!

[@ShadowDocks]

Very cool my man, if a ever get a flagg I'll definitely modify it similar to this but for right now I have my own plans to make a carrier fleet so to speak basically what I'll do is take a table add some drawers on the underside for a makeshift interior then add a carrier deck and Tower or maybe add Shelf instead of drawers as to have a functional elevator but I'll have one based on the kitty hawk-class carrier then for more based on the Nimitz-class carrier two from the Pacific fleet and two from the Atlantic fleet then one based on the ulyanovsk-class carrier witch was a project for a Russian nuclear-powered supercarrier during the cold war but was never finished before the collapse of the Soviet Union then one more based on the Essex-class specifically the USS Lake Champlain as to not have to worry about the angled deck like most other modified Essex-class carriers then one more that I don't know what I'm going to make it but probably either another Essex-class or ulyanovsk-class or maybe an old British aircraft carrier or even a modern helicopter carrier like the Australian Canberra-class or something, but when I'm done I'll have like eight of them maybe more.

[@gijoburg]

You know a lot about carriers Logan! Awesome. You owe it to yourself to set your plans in motion. I hope you can!

[@ShadowDocks]

@@gijoburg thank you very much.

[@retro-wreck]

Great to see a fellow Safrican investing ❤😂

[@gijoburg]

Hah! I’ll be buried with my Flagg thanks. Hell, I’ll be buried IN my Flagg!

[@markmartinez2933]

At the 4 minute 57 second time stamp, Hammer from the Corps makes an appearance. Always great to see another Flagg custom.

[@gijoburg]

The Corps! Airforce are pretty envious of the X-30… Mind you, that silver Sky Knight jet from Lanard is pretty rad, now that I think of it…

[@markmartinez2933]

@@gijoburg I have always wanted to see how the flash hawk jets would look on the deck of the Flagg.

[@gijoburg]

@@markmartinez2933 they’d certainly be able to land without clipping the tower with their wings!!

[@ActionMenWorldPeacekeepers]

Yeah GI joe is the f###### goat of course GOOOOOOOO Joe nice set man I wish I had room for it my wife would kill me lol 😆

[@EvrydayErik]

You inspired me! 😎👍

[@timh193]

All the fun I'm missing out on with my FLAGG packed away due to no room in the house to set it up and dis(play) with it.

[@gijoburg]

I’m in the same boat! No space to set mine up. Boo.

[@yfz350twin]

Looks like he's got a lot less room underneath the Flagg but it does look good though.

[@josephd27]

Awesome

[@KirksCORNER1983]

MY GOODNESS SO BEAUTIFUL

[@datamag2018]

Jaw dropping!

[@doords]

Build a Shield Helicarrier next

[@josemariaminguetchirivella2404]

A dream make It reality.

[@Gothiczartan]

Are all the Flagg parts original or you must 3D printed the parts out to look like the original playset?

[@gijoburg]

@@Gothiczartan the Flagg used in this video has no repro parts on it. It’s missing the fan tail railing (of course 😝) and a few deck clips, but everything there is original.

[@wilfredofigueroa2452]

🔥❤️💯😉👍Yo Joe!

[@nicanortiongzhon8785]

BOys never grow old, just fade away. They stay 8 years old forever.

[@robertserrano8992]

💯

[@manni17b]

She looks so nice that I'm now sad I'll never get to drop a 3 wire on her ❤

[@CarlBeatty]

Why can’t this be rereleased? Hasbro or even another company make this again!

[@BjornCoopman]

G.I.Joe is the G.O.A.T! #YoJoe

[@Jayce1701]

You have also inspired me to recollect my old Joes, along with the Flagg! Any thoughts to making a 3D printed base kit so the rest of us can cheat?! ;) Lol, at this point in my life I have the money, but no time! Great work, and keep inspiring us! Yo Joe!

[@gijoburg]

How big a printer you got?! I figure wood products are still going to be the way to go for some time buddy. Timber is still cheap(ish)…

[@benjaminkitaura498]

The ultimate uss flag build.

[@altarush]

Now make Cobra vessels.

[@DarthDrakken]

Is there any place to get the dimensions of the flaggs deck. Or an outline?

[@gijoburg]

Sure! Dr. Chris Dortch has a book on Amazon I believe! But if you’d like the rudimentary doodlings I have from the first one I made, flick me an email at [e-mail]

[@douglaswhiddon869]

I had GI Joe stuff when I was a kid, but it was never my #1 (Star Wars, He-man, and Lego were my top 3) And I only once even got a glimpse of the Flagg. (A kid in my scout troop had one and we went to his house for something and I saw his, but we were busy and he wasn't a close friend I could visit again.) Anyway, the Flagg was super cool, but not really on my Christmas lists. I saw the first video about building a lower deck, which was cool, but I haven't seen anyone really make it really cool. The outer walls just go down straight and other than doors I don't really see much detail. I'm big into 3d printing and I think it would be cool to make one that has the walls sloping and lots of little details. I'd love to do something like that, but I'm not looking to spend 3-10k on this toy just to make the lower level.

[@gijoburg]

It was always an imperative that I wouldn’t spend more than US$100 on the upgrades. If I was to do it, I would do it inexpensively. I wasn’t too hung up on the form; just the function. Wanted to get vehicles under my Flagg and to be able to move the Flagg about. Check! Check! Check! 😄

[@gijoburg]

HOWEVER if you are looking at inspiring detail work, the internet is brimming with things people have done to their lower decks in the wake of our rudimentary efforts!

[@SlowJamminJames]

Yours is just as good

[@gijoburg]

Thank you! It does the trick, for sure. But credit where credit’s due, our crude design has been perfect by those that came after!

[@dispassionateobserver]

Epic

[@MLTPLMGZ2006]

I wanted to make mine float so bad, but I didn't have the means back then.

[@gijoburg]

Are you going to do it now?

[@MLTPLMGZ2006]

@gijoburg That thing is long gone. All of my GI Joe stuff is long gone with the exception of 4 action figures.

[@TerryTurner]

😎👍

[@mixmix1487]

She’s beautiful, just beautiful.😢

[@shootermcgavin1208]

Are there plans out there with instructions on how to build the original wood base?

[@gijoburg]

No formal plans, we’re not that technically-minded! But we can send you some material that might be of assistance if you’d like? Email us: [e-mail]

[@devildog1989]

I just wanted to know how big a real scale 1:18 flagg would be so I did the math for everyone. Length: 1093/18=60.05 FEET Width (flight deck): 252/18=14 FEET Width (at the water): 130/18=7 FEET Is anyone up for a Guiness book of world records build?

[@gijoburg]

Thanks for crunching the numbers! I’d say give it a Google - I’ve seen a few R/C enthusiasts with carriers that they launch their planes from approaching the 1/18 scale; then there was some guy who built one in his basement and I think it was intended for GI JOE. Must have a basement the size of a convention centre to pull that off I reckon! But at least it’s out of the weather 😂

[@wilfred8326]

Okay if I win the PowerBall and get a mansion....

[@shanecassity3485]

Can I like this twice 😆 🤣

[@gijoburg]

☺️

[@mathijsuittenbroek7764]

I showed this video to my wife, and said: 'Honey, we are going to redecorate the living room!'

[@gijoburg]

I know right?! Wish this was my house 😂

[@shanecassity3485]

I cant get over that it was $100 wen it first came out. That was a lot back then, its worth upwards of 7k$$ all day in box

[@gijoburg]

Crazy to think what you could get for $100 back then. Crazy to think Hasbro could bring such an audacious toy to market. Yo Joe!!!

[@gussygoro2469]

Guess who's back.

[@jonathanhmm3470]

One I never got

[@Dim4323]

Would be on the river?

[@astaroth_sasazaki_yt]

2 Things: 1. THE MODS ARE AWESOME!! I just wish that when I do this, I don't go broke XD 2. I am a Joeburger XD

[@andrewphillips8341]

I would love to see a someone do this . . . who is a cat owner.

[@gijoburg]

😂 mine were old ladies by the time I did the upgrade originally. Far too concerned with napping in the sun to attack my Flagg!

[@jff141]

I would love to get a Flagg my thing is I would make it longer and wider at least 2 to 3 feet longer and a foot to a foot 1/2 wider

[@resolute123]

I wonder how many Flaggs were actually sold?

[@gijoburg]

The Tristan Rudat documentary said the number was 100 000 total.

[@holonet1]

​@gijoburg I heard that not that many had been sold, because it was too big & expensive. Apparently that's not the case.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Any kid who got this was probably spoiled rotten!

[@blacksheepserigraphie9209]

Nope. I had it and I wasn’t spoiled at all I had to beg my parents for it. But having my birthday so close to Christmas it was my only birthday and Christmas present. The following 2-3 Christmas’ I got a lot less gifts I wonder why 🤔 lol

[@vev4104]

HasLab - Hasbro Pulse need to make this USS Flagg; Instead of the Classifed BS.

[@gijoburg]

I was once predicting that it was going that way. Why not? We’d be fronting the cash up for Hasbro anyway! But since O-Rings have stalled, I reckon the chances of another 1:18 HasLab have evaporated.