HCC788 - 1987 MOBILE COMMAND CENTER and STEAM-ROLLER Vintage G.I. Joe toy review!

[@durrutti]

I loved this play set as a child. Prolly my all time favorite. I never used it as a vehicle, ever.

[@michaelkopp2520]

Reliving my youth watching your videos. Thanks much, always interesting and some good laughs!

[@Seelebob]

"If you capture more than two of them, that means you just have to shoot them." LAWL!! Best part of the review.

[@agnethaladuff8559]

That Mobile Command Center is huge and awesome and Steamroller is a perfect fit for it.

[@alfonsogarcia8601]

I agree.👍

[@bradyvelvet9432]

They turned a tackle box design into a toy! Love it! ❤😂

[@inyangudo-ema1638]

MCC when I was a kid. I have packed away someplace. It was more of a place that for me than anything else. In my room my parents gave me a makeshift desk and it was displayed there most of the time. Had a hard time getting homework done.

[@airxtream2139]

Love this base/vehicle I'm only missing a few parts for mine to be complete.

[@clhound]

I always used this as a base until I had the "war to end all wars" where both sides pulled out all stops. What a glorious time!

[@3234MRDV]

The melt damage is actually from the Mobat tank treads. The plastic used to make these toys melted rather easy when stored in a shed or attic.

[@WWJD85]

All Right. A review from HCC brightens up my day.

[@rtd1409]

I had thought the DOG was a parody of CAT logos from Caterpillar caps that were popular at the time and jibe with his use of those heavy machines noted on the file-card. Fun review I have Steam-Roller and would love to try for the full MCC one day. Was a dream toy all those years ago.

[@rtd1409]

Well HCC you did it again and I hope you get a commission for all the toys that get sold after you review them! Coupled with the Joburg and Cyber-Tigers reviews of the Vehicle I picked up a fixer-upper that will be a future stress relief project when its here. I am already figuring out the desk space it will occupy and may take the place of my largest AT-AT Walker on the shelf! I love the 1987 vibe and its one of the vehicles I long lusted for in the old catalogs and now its on its way to me.

[@JakeR0d31]

I know Cooter in Dukes Of Hazzard had a cap with the word DOG on it.

[@derekbroestler7687]

It always looked cool in the commercials and the catalogs... Back when we were kids though, we were of, let's say, more modest means... Not poor, we didn't go without, never went hungry, and actually had a lot of toys, didn't even dare to dream of asking for it though... $50 was even more back than than it is today. Still like seeing it all opened up though. Great video as always!

[@affoster79]

In the 1987 G.I. Joe movie there is a scene during the attack on G.I. Joe headquarters where Cobra La and the Dreadnoks break into a building to steal the BET that looks like the shell of the Mobile Command Center without the wheels.

[@MasterGenshu]

i really miss all my childhood toys...was punished once and had everything taken away and bagged and they got "lost" or tossed....

[@christianhafer9819]

I think he's a cool figure. Interesting character in the cartoon or comics or not, he's an excellent looking figure with a ton of detail. I hope to be getting the Mobile Command Center for 90 dollars in the mall tomorrow at a comic store.

[@nacionalista1779]

50$ in 1987 is about 110$ today gi joes were not cheep but the quality was there, unlike today’s toys

[@Taffer-bx7uc]

Not to mention the play value with this too

[@alfonsogarcia8601]

The mcc goes around $500 now

[@hexagram3timesthree723]

1987 was an incredibly underrated year for the toy line, that's for sure!

[@screamerlover5781]

Blame it on the movie turning almost everybody away from G.I. Joe

[@christianhafer9819]

I think '87 is one of the best years. Excellent figures and vehicles.

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

I had this, I liked to combine with the mark 2 vamp, desert fox and the tomahawk. bombarded by the raven, harassed by remote controlled claws, they depleted all the missiles, then, snakes, bats, desert scorpions and vipers would finish the battle. good show!!!

[@BjornDiffus]

Got this for christmas exactly 30 years ago !!

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

I actually got this for Christmas back in '87. I used it as a toy box for my Joe's for awhile too given how big it was.

[@TorontoJon]

I bought the G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center in the early 1990's from a local Salvation Army Thrift Store for a grand total of 50 cents. :)

[@richardking1438]

TorontoJon you lucky dog

[@christianhafer9819]

It couldn't have been complete.

[@ShaneBrayla-ed9qz]

Mine was almost always in base mode. I had so much fun with it. An absolute blast. ❤

[@jasonkerest394]

I must comment on the price point for the Mobile Command Center and comment on the vehicles with action figures offered in 1987: The MCC was listed as $44.99, the Defiant Space Shuttle Complex was around $100, the Persuader was $16.99 (I remember because i was persuaded to buy a Cobra Wolf instead), and the Crossfire R/C was more on exclusive Radio Shack offering which I understand was about $25. There was not much offered by way of medium priced vehicles for G.I. Joe side. I can just hear my Mom saying "You can either get the Persuader or the Persuader." COBRA in as may weird vehicles and figures offered in 1987 had some variety. Zanzibar and the Air Skiff- $11, Cobra Wolf- $16.99, Sea Ray- $16, Cobra Maggot- $21.99, Cobra Mamba- $24.99. The Battle Force 2000 vehicles didn't come with figures were launched at the end of the year. Where were the mid-price point G.I. Joe vehicles? I think part of re-examining the downturn in sales for G.I. Joe in 1987 should look at these vehicle/driver offerings. I can say with the exception of the Sea Ray, I owned all of the Cobra vehicles and none of the G.I. Joe vehicles from 1987.

[@necron99.aka-sammyboy92]

Jason Kerest I was 11 in 87’ , and stopped collecting for the most part, and barely played anymore. My friends n I would wrestle with them in the WWF ring, with stuff around it to bash. Anyways, I had all those u listed, except for the Persauder. And the giant sets were far above what I could get, unless I elated to save for a year- which is impossible for most at that age. Even if we had the money...or even if I had it, Mom wouldn’t allow $100 toy to be bought. The wolf was sleek n bad ass and cool looking, but not practical for everyday play.

[@johnsoehnlen4781]

Thanks for the prices in 1987. I remember what things cost between 1992 to 1994 but I was too young to vividly remember any prices from the 80s.

[@stevendunkley8890]

The best vintage playset (in my humble opinion) was the Action Force HQ which was basically the pit from GI Joe. It was awesome HCC! a remodelling of the Death star playset from Kenner (Star wars had just come out and was still popular) This playset had some awe inspiring utilitarian looking real-life military looking features and compartments. a holding cell, a motor pool, a heli-pad, arctic room ,zip line, x-ray scan room, a quartermaster's office and so much more. My Dad reluctantly bought it for me for Xmas one year as he wasn't happy that it was made out of cardboard, however he was pleasantly surprised when it transpired that it was fairly robust despite the material it was made from and lasted over 10 years with pretty much consistant play use. You would have loved it! dunno what happened to it in the end, it probably got chucked when I moved out (although my parents did keep a lot of my Joes stuff and still have them in their attic) I would've donated it to you and your channel to review if I still had it, but keep an eye out for it on the after market. Much love to you and your family and keep up the good work. you are one of my fave channels and I have never been disappointed by your content

[@jasonlothamer9259]

I had this as a child and loved it. I played with it as a mobile desert command center for the Joes. I would pretend that they would drive this out into the desert into areas they had little to no support in and would have them set this up as there base/barracks/refuel/re supply base. I used the long hose as the fuel hose, and the two shorter hoses as water and oil hoses to service and repair the vehicles that accompanied it on missions.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

The heli pad could possibly fit the Locust. It's a pretty cool toy, a lot to it to feed the imagination. I visited a real life MCC, that being Mesa Community College. OH SNAP! Opie Taylor joined G.I. Joe!

[@ReboottoysEllis]

JoeMotion Videos⛷🏋🏿‍♂️

[@timf7413]

As a kid, my cousins and I always imagined this was permanently in vehicle mode and that the fold out base mode was just a way of representing what was going on inside. I love the amount of features this thing has, and your review made me take another look at just how much extra effort was put into Steamroller, but I have to say I wish they could have used some of that new tooling and deco in service of a more interesting character. I never really got why GI Joe needed a stereotypical trucker on the team.

[@gwem1979]

I always imagined it that way too. I didn’t like the idea of being open to the elements so in my child brain it didn’t

[@alectuddles5845]

My friend received this monster for Christmas one year. We also used it only as a base. Originally, Steam-Roller was used to represent Ah-nuld's character from "Commando". It wasn't long before he was disassembled to make new characters.

[@floridapunkarchivist]

Based on your video I got this for 1988 xmas....5 and a half...I still vividly remember opening the box. I did live in Venezuela and my dad traveled back and forth from America so it's possible it could have been 89 or 90...I moved to the US in 1992...this is one of the items I left behind that I constantly still think about....it still looks incredible today.

[@Michael_Johnson_5446]

Fantastic; the big annual review is always a highlight of the year. I remember seeing the MCC in one of the mini-catalogues one Christmas and I couldn't believe the size of it. I was only able to get the re-release from about 2002, but I'm happy with it.

[@alfonsogarcia8601]

Too bad the box is different from the Vintage.

[@holonet1]

I was able to get the Spy Troops version, loose, complete - I think, for a decent price! It's my biggest Joe vehicle & I'm using it for my Joe's main base. Really happy, Hasbro re-released it in 2002. A loose 87 one would feel more brittle, I think. All my pre-owned 80's Joe vehicles feel very fragile. While I have other big vehicles that can serve as a mobile base, such as the Rolling Thunder & the ROCC, the MCC is the best choice. I did not get the Pit from from ROC 09, I don't like the design nor the play features very much.

[@agnethaladuff8559]

This is a great review of the G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center and Steamroller.

[@Pegwarmers]

The Skyhawk skids fit perfectly on the helipad if you turn it 90 degrees from how you showed it in the video. Great review! I loved this toy as a kid.

[@chadrickmitchell8566]

You are an Incredible reviewer. Keep up the terrific work.

[@jongaulthero]

Man, I'm just loving this channel more and more. I straddled 2 GI Joe time frames. Started with the 70's action team. Had a "footlocker" Joe, too. Loved the rebirth in the 80's, though, by that time I had moved into other interests as well. Hama's comic book is excellent. Think I'll have to be a patron to this page! Keep up the great work, HCC!!!

[@Jstatham1979]

This might be my favorite Christmas gift. What a great vehicle.

[@badongbadong5571]

At 17:19 of the video. I was screaming " Noooooooooooo!" Then a second later I stopped, coz all was OK after that. I thought the front of the vehicle was going to snap. Awesome video as always sir HCC788!

[@hgattwelve]

Hey Hoodie! I've been watching your channel for the last year. Figured I'd post and set a toe in the Joe community with this first review of the year. Three points: 1. Great and detailed review as always. Thanks for the effort, care and enthusiasm. 2. You mention that air craft don't fit well on the helipad. Does this include the Locust? I know it's a 1990 vehicle, but maybe the Locust was designed to fit the 1987 MCC as well as the General? 3. I can't blame you for getting me back into Joe collecting, but I can thank you for giving a moribund collection a new life and direction. After watching your Ambush review and your Outback review, I decided to focus on Joes and Enemy agents with facial hair. So far it's been a fun niche to build. Like I wrote above, with the new year I thought I try being more social with my hobbies. Best of luck in 2019.

[@delvis7842]

One of my favorite toys ever! Thanks for sharing

[@WrestlingWithDerek]

One of my all-time favorite toys as a kid! Thanks for sharing

[@RhinoRobM]

Steam-Roller, the action figure for those who always wondered what Conan O'Brien would look like as a Dreadnok

[@tracer497]

Now I think of him as the 87 GI Joe movie of Slaughter's Renegades unseen member. The diner / bar fight truck driver.

[@CJDrischler]

im loving your channel, and you sir are taking me back to my youth. thank you, there were soooo many things i always said about the mcc and i think you covered most of them. still i always wanted one as a child, just never happened

[@michaelcardamone1209]

If I could have 1 toy from my childhood it would be this ... loved it

[@rmac8878]

LOL this Joe was born in my hometown, what an obsure oddity... pretty cool.

[@TheRealNightmare9]

DOG on the cap was a play on the branding, I think. Since Mack trucks often sported a bulldog as a hood ornament.

[@paultaylor107]

I had this!! I was amazing!! So many happy memories playing with it thank you for making me smile this morning

[@calanon534]

"If you capture more than two, you're just gonna have to shoot them!" ~ Hoodie CoCo on the subject of the Geneva Suggestions, 2019.

[@bobastu]

Cool toy, never purchased. In the comics, the second PIT location, third version of the PIT, was revealed in 1987, the same year as this toy. The second PIT location was in the Nevada (?Arizona/Utah?) desert. This toy could have been Hasbro's attempt to convey there is a desert command center. Less than 20 issues later, the toy appears in the comics. Treads and the cockpit probably were a late edition to the toy. It would be easy to tell. Look at the bottom of the crawler and then measure the height the wheels lift the toy. Then measure the legs and see if there is a section added to the legs which matches the height the wheels lift the toy. Easy peasy! Great review!!!!

[@NCordaro321]

The Pit was also used in the first live action movie as the Joe's base of operations.

[@tunnelrat316]

Hey HCC, just watching this again and would just like to point out on the sticker which on yours is on the cab windows. In the Action Force version it shows you to put it on the area above the window link on the box art. I fine it interesting how there is different sticker placement.

[@chrisburton4581]

One of my greatest Christmas present ever loved this !

[@ralang999]

where are the Jawas? :D

[@elkhills1]

Utini!

[@woolysamoan]

Its the only thing missing.

[@kristophersmotherman6114]

In the Tatooine Autonomous Zone?

[@BenKurth]

Great review! As a kid I never had the MCC. Always kinda thought it looked like a tackle-box... and I had already repurposed multiple fishing tackle-boxes as figures storage carrying cases.

[@hofquarters]

Great vehicle! The Locust works for me on the helipad.

[@JMitsuruDavis]

That bumper lasted all of 15 seconds in 1988. great vid as always!

[@giannistoysdios7152]

I had been longing for this review from you, Hoodie! It was my favorite piece as a child and still got it in a pretty decent state. I wish I still had the box though. Thank you very much for this video!!!

[@cowpuddles4851]

There is no way this thing is driving anywhere. What road could it fit on? Under what bridge could it fit? Maybe a bunch of Tomahawks could carry it with tow lines, but it would use too much fuel and drive too slow to be a vehicle. But this review was way better than the actual toy. You really brought back some great memories, Commander!

[@necron99.aka-sammyboy92]

Jason Martin the desert or arctic?

[@uhhuhhuh100]

Great review! I like this vehicle/play set! It has no hitch, a lousy elevator, and the helipad is too small, but I think the fold-out feature made it very interesting. The Steamroller figure could've been a top-tier figure if the knife would've been sculpted on or had a sheath for it molded on the figure. They should've made that silver revolver removable also. I think Hasbro missed a great opportunity with this figure and made it as a middle-tier figure. I guess doing so was against their tight budget.

[@matthayes3679]

Great video

[@workhardlivefree3818]

Loved this playset as a kid... I used to pretend that the two fuel hoses as you called them, were pneumatic impact wrenches and the wind up one as a fuel hose... I agree they should have put doors on the upper levels and I hated how the front bumper was so low to the ground... other than that... Great toy... Great review!

[@ReboottoysEllis]

Thank you for doing this video as a totally blind Joe collector now I Mabel to figure out how best thing goes together

[@geekydaddy5183]

Awesome review (as always). I did notice one other cost cutting feature. On the mechanical wall of level 1, on the side opposite the fuel pumps, you can see the mold of the twin engines from the Cobra Trouble Bubble. They appear to be split open length wise to form parallel tubes about the height of an action figure. I had the MCC as a kid and used it exclusively as a base and NEVER used it as a vehicle.

[@mikexmikex]

This, and the Terror Drome, were my 2 favorite playsets.

[@alfonsogarcia8601]

Thanks to this video I completed my MCC,and please don't forget to review the Mauler.

[@timtitus5002]

Used some of those fuel hoses as air drills, with lights on the side walls when open.

[@adamverwolf9499]

Excellent first review of the year. HCC DOES THE MCC

[@ProfessorHurt]

I always used the helicopter that came for the General as a transport between the two vehicles. It fit nicely the way you had it crossways.

[@rmac8878]

thats hilarious about Steam Roller, I'm from Duluth MN, never knew I had something personal in common with a JOE...

[@mikesmith2718]

Excellent review of an underrated playset I fell in love with this vehicle when gijoburg did the review of the 2003 set and had to get one but in 2018 I was able to get another and complete it to make a custom iron grenadier mcc which I’m currently working on

[@MCDJACDC]

Mine must have been a left over at Walmart. My family and I just moved back from Germany in the summer of 1989. I remember getting this for my Birthday that year. In fact, I think it was $45 or $50 there so my folks had to put it on layaway and I waited and waited lol but it was so worth it! 😁

[@Chris.Mc83]

Always reminded me of a rolling toolbox.

[@Chris.Mc83]

Yeah I can see that.

[@KevinMurray242]

Called it!.... Now to wait patiently to get off work to watch

[@KevinMurray242]

Love the new title sequence. Never had the MCC, and since I already had the HQ, never felt the need for it. I love how, in a different life, Steamroller could easily have been a Dreadnok.

[@gemini6055]

GREAT VIDEO! I always wanted one but I didn't have enough room. Talk about retro, Service Merchandise and the $45 price point. Wow! #YoJoe

[@jackloera4600]

Great video. Makes me nostalgic for my childhood. Thanks

[@philiphanks1975]

could the "front Bumper" be a mine clearing device?

[@alfonsogarcia8601]

It could be.

[@woofan25]

Great video!

[@TFRANCHISETHERILLA]

Still have this with the box and it’s legit. This was always my BET (Broadcast Energy Transmitter) from the movie.

[@Slashman3]

I have some pieces from my childhood collection that have similar "battle damage." Pretty sure my vintage stuff got this while being stored in hot attics. Basically if the pieces were packed up against each other when it got really hot one would give and the other would act as the waffle press.

[@gazz_N7]

Breaker breaker, this is the Rubber Duck and we got ourselves a convoy! What a terrible looking figure, no wonder you forgot about him. Looks more like a Dreadnok than a Joe lol. But the MCC, what a wonderful playset! I think they should have spread out those seats in the driver's cabin, take advantage of those side windows. And having a AWE striker replacement motor in the motor pool, they should have shown the AWE Striker rather than the Triple-T, no offense Sarg. Great review Hoodie! See ya! Yo! HOODIE CO CO!

[@lazlomattachine8334]

super cool- thanks for sharing!

[@ghostbusterguy20011]

great video never really had any desire to own this playset but I do like the new map room and computer terminals the bunks are a nice touch too but just wish they were straighter they have always seemed off to me

[@cobraisland2594]

Awesome review Hoodie CoCo

[@ralang999]

BTW I do appreciate the unintentional "battle damage" on the side too!

[@sitoudien9816]

These vintage playlets are so cooler than the modern one we got. I got the PIT from live action 2009 movie. I got it for a pittance and I haven't even opened it. The PIT looks like a trailer than a mobile command centre. This was Hasbro's last chance at reviving the brand in a big way. It's 2019, sigh.

[@ProjectStrum]

The water mocasin back grill is a direct mold copy from a 1/35 german tiger 1 tank .

[@greatrey]

It seems like in '87 that Hasbro went really big with the MCC & Defiant for GI Joe and Scorponok & Fort Max for the Transformers.

[@Transfixed]

Ahh this is one that i always wanted but was too expensive i guess. Looking for a glimpse of it's back/left side to figure out the elevator is how i discovered G.I. Joburg, but i really enjoyed your comprehensive review, as always. Almost as good as getting one of my own. If Steam-Roller gives up trucking i think he could almost pass for a Dreadnok.

[@wrosado71]

i might have missed it in the video and not sure if it was specified in the blueprintsor mentioned in the comments, but maybe the hoses are Air, Fuel, and water? anyway, great channel! Always love discovering new Joe content creators!

[@chrisbrewer9942]

Now thats the way to start off the new year! That was great, enjoyed the review, liked the new layout and changes that were made. Already looking forward to next weeks review.

[@kvoltti]

Great review. I can’t wait till you review the General.

[@marceldebruijn5888]

Love this thing! I always wanted it as a base for my transformers

[@alexanderjbateman7340]

I remember seeing this in the catalogue when I was a kid: It was the first big G.I.Joe toy I did not want as it just looked cheap and stupid to me. It pretty much marks when I lost interest in the toy line. I cannot say your review has changed my mind.

[@soterioncoil2163]

Steam-Roller makes me think of a buff Norton from The Honeymooners! We get a great new intro jam this year as well!

[@SoloFalcon1138]

I still have mine.

[@brianfuller5868]

Happy New Year! The MCC was awesome.

[@tacoma171]

Always great reviews. Very extensive and detailed. Well done!

[@EffendiChung]

I think the bumper is a kind of mine sweeping apparatus of some kind. Maybe to protect the wheels behind it.

[@christopherwesley2274]

Love the new graphics and the mcc

[@400heavy]

Another outstanding review! Thank you!

[@knighthawk4328]

Nice collections and review bro!! I am a modest GIJOE collector too. U kind of remind me actor Steve Buscemi.