Thanks for having me on the show. I know there was a bunch of other merchandise the featured Repeater, but it was fun showing off the stuff I've collected so far.
@Chris.Mc834 жыл бұрын
The gun he comes with kinda reminded me of the smart-gun from "ALIENS" when I had the figure.
@JoeMotionVideos824 жыл бұрын
That was my first thought too.
@katenunyabizness92214 жыл бұрын
It was the closest we had at the time. Heck even using the term "steadi-cam" is implying Aliens Smart Gun given they use the steadi-cam mount in the movie. It wasn't until Iron Grenadier v8 that we got a looks like a real Smart Gun weapon only it didn't have a mount. But damn you look at it, and it screams I am the smart gun you craved!
@Amh107804 ай бұрын
I forgot where I read it but it was inspired by the smart gun and Dodger from battle force 2000 was inspired by the colonial marines uniform
@chickenalaking13194 жыл бұрын
Muskrat and Repeater were two of my late 80's favorite Joe's.
@mattdawg836864 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw Repeater on the rack I snatched him up!
@jeffphillips18323 жыл бұрын
He'll yeah me too. I saw Aliens way too young, but fell in love with the steadi-cam\smart machine gun concept. Repeater was my only chance to get a taste of that glory.lol
@timf74134 жыл бұрын
1988 actually had a number of realistic designs (Hit and Run, Muskrat, Reapeater, Shockwave, Storm Shadow v2, Ghostrider and arguably Spearhead) In general, I don't think that particular era of GI Joe gets enough credit today as it was sandwiched between the two eras of GI Joe's presence in other media.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
1988 also gave us Destro v2, which while maybe not as realistic is one of the prettiest figures they ever released. It's weird that the same year that gave us all those figures also gave us stuff like Hardball and the bright purples and yellows that came to dominate the line later.
@timf74134 жыл бұрын
Even though I tend to hate the sports themed Joes, I honestly kind of like Hardball. The baseball theme is goofy, but at least it makes a certain amount of sense for his specialty and the figure has some great details (I love the sculpted on ammo storage) and great accessories.
@mamunestor4 жыл бұрын
Love Repeater. He was my space Marine stand in. Repeater and Hit and Run kept me going with GI Joe. I didn’t care about the crazy colors or whacky ideas for characters.
@christianhafer9819 Жыл бұрын
Hoodie hates the futuristic, space stuff, and yet he owns them. Go figure.
@geraldperez27684 жыл бұрын
I had the first Repeater as a kid and I got the Desert Fox for Christmas '88! Wow! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
@gijoburg4 жыл бұрын
Excellent figure and excellent review. I distinctly remember passing on this figure as a child in favour of more colourful figures. Different strokes, ey? Very nicely done Hoodie!
@JoeMotionVideos824 жыл бұрын
The desert themed Joe's were really popular with my friends and I. Living in Az, we had plenty of dirt to go on desert missions in.
@sparkster17014 жыл бұрын
The ALIENS Colonial Marines guide book does show how the smart gun can be fired from a prone position. It basically involved the user laying on their back and firing it from their belly. Perhaps that is how Repeater could fire his gun from the prone position.
@alfonsogarcia86014 жыл бұрын
Thanks to this video I bought myself a repeater action figure.
@samfrito4 жыл бұрын
Great job HCC, you covered one of my favorites. Kind of wish he made a few more appearances in the comics to flesh him out a little more and give him the kind of status like Rock N Roll or Chuckles.
@ProfessorGalileu4 жыл бұрын
Great review again. And I, like you, have an special place for figures like Repeater.
@bourquek4 жыл бұрын
I thought Doc wore Khakis. Not a desert specific uniform.
@magnuslauglo53564 жыл бұрын
Repeater's weapon actually reminds me a little of the Mk19 40mm automatic grenade launcher. The barrel is a little too narrow to actually be a 40mm, weapon but consider the shorter length of the barrel.
@white-dragon44244 жыл бұрын
The gun itself might not be workable, but the concept is definitely practical, because the Smartguns in Aliens were adapted from real life WWII MG-42 machineguns., and as the film shows they were fully functional. Repeater's gun's ammo storage is also probably based on the Smartgun, because as far as I can tell from watching the movie the ammo storage was built into the system rather than being a dangling belt.
@victorf17364 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite character and toy back in the 80s - thank you for reviewing this figure.
@MrBull-zc6xt4 жыл бұрын
Good to get back to the 80s. Those 90s figures look like a spilled skittles bag.
@DCPatrol4 ай бұрын
Repeater was my favourite Joe. I remember my friend was able to get the send away toy with his info and I was jealous. He said, to pick my favourite joe and make that one "me". Repeater was my choice!
@jeffphillips18323 жыл бұрын
Props to Vazquez & Drake. RIP
@CharlesK-hu1sf15 күн бұрын
When I saw Repeater at a local Kay Bee Toys back in the day, I just HAD to buy him since his accessory reminded me of the hardware used in the movie Aliens....I guess that's what Hasbro was shooting for at the time.
@digipure2 жыл бұрын
For me Repeater was like a turning point. Before owning this figure I was more interested on slightly futuristic and ninja characters, but Repeater made me more interested on realistic characters. I even created my own "unit" joining the more realistic joes I owned XD
@MultiverseAsheville4 жыл бұрын
The Steadi-Cam rig does help slightly with the suspension of disbelief firing a .50 cal handheld. Then again, two years later the same line would be going, “Hey, think this guy will want a tripod for this missile launcher the size of a Volkswagen?” “Naah, he can just shoulder it.” 🤣🤣🤣
@christianhafer9819 Жыл бұрын
Definitely a Top tier figure!! Fantastic figure! I don't mind the digital camouflage at all. It looks cool. He poses great with the gun. Really, top of the line.
@glennrobbins23724 жыл бұрын
My son had both versions of him and there were a couple of extra backpacks of his in the huge box of Joes I bought at a yard sale.
@dixonsimpkins9054 жыл бұрын
Great review!! I love Repeater! Had him as a kid and he was easily one of my favorites. I agree that GI Joe was at its best when the futuristic sci fi stuff was presented as a realistic military unit. For instance, the HAL, JUMP, Skyhawk, SLAM & LAW, were molded in the same army green as the other contemporary vehicles. Even the Battleforce 2000 figures weren't too bad as most had somewhat realistic looking camo patterns.
@lo1bo24 жыл бұрын
Man, that classic Dusty figure you showed looks AWESOME!
@amazonviking4 жыл бұрын
I found a series of very good accessories which included ammunition belts which fit very well on most GI Joe machine guns, they were from knock off figures but the stuff looked quite good. It was very cheap too. I used one of them for my Repeater.
@Loanwolf3874 жыл бұрын
This was my first Joe ever!
@tilarium24 жыл бұрын
Repeater played a very important role in my play in the late 90s. Despite being in high school, I still enjoyed and played with my GI Joe. I conceived a scenario where COBRA has been mostly wiped out. Most of it's top leaders were imprisoned or dead but Cobra Commander wasn't. A fake CC was, but not the real one. He was working to rebuild his connections and get COBRA back up. He teamed up with newer 90s leaders.. Cesspool, Headman, M. Bison (yeah I know... I brought the Street Fighters into the fold). Poor Repeater was one leading a team of raw GI Joe recruits in a training exercise when they were ambushed, the recruits all died and Repeater was captured. In a ceremony to fully revive COBRA, Repeater was tortured and sacrificed, his burned, scared and beaten corpse returned to the PITT signaling to the Joes that COBRA was back. Yes... I cut him. Yes... I burned him. I regret it now, but someone had to die and by that point I had lost his machine gun and rig so....
@timbentley7784 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reviewing repeater he's the Joe I cosplay but I did with the knife Force version of it and thanks again
@DasNordlicht914 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing he's got the one glove on his left hand because it's for him to have a better grip to hold the side grip on his cool Steadicam Machine Gun.
@arturomirandafranco83804 жыл бұрын
Machine gun is red hot because the fire.. The glove is necessary
@cowpuddles48514 жыл бұрын
“Close to 20 years in the Army” and only an E6? Sounds like a slacker to me. Also, good luck getting a staff sergeant to carry a heavy machine gun.
@iamnostalgic95674 жыл бұрын
One of the few I owned long after the line ended.
@TroySmith254 жыл бұрын
I always liked Repeater. Solid figure.
@ikeb93674 жыл бұрын
Loved this figure as a kid.
@zartan77794 жыл бұрын
Such a great figure
@torpedo83844 жыл бұрын
Loved the potential of his grizzled old vet character!
@Payne-ted_Plastic4 жыл бұрын
This is a great fig!! Still missing from my collection now, but was 1 of faves back them. 1 of the few from '88 that still felt like gi joe!! YO⭐JOE!!!
@skabcat2424 жыл бұрын
I found this figure at a yard sale for $1. Now I know what that loop on his belt is for.
@drctaylor664 жыл бұрын
Nice review!!! The modern era version of this figure was a figure released by the GIJoe club as part of figure subscription service wave 3. It is an awesome figure!!! It was voted as the best FSS figure in a series of polls on Hisstank.com.
@Ship-security4 жыл бұрын
I had the version one repeater and I would always play with him and version 2 of Storm Shadow. These two figures plus shipwreck were definitely my favorites I also in fourth place was partial to lowlight. Yo Joe!
@LucLightWolf1214 жыл бұрын
Great job with this video. Repeater is one of my favorite Joes. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
@Drayton426774 жыл бұрын
Repeater was definitely a favorite of mine
@bc19534 жыл бұрын
You forgot Prditor as Jessi the Body Ventura's character "Blain" also carried a side mounted mini M134. Which is so rediculouse in a jungle setting
@pledgestone4 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@334actionfigurecommunitypa64 жыл бұрын
A great figure and awesome review HCC
@nyquist754 жыл бұрын
another great review. you keep getting better at this!
@godofzombi2 жыл бұрын
Walking tall machine gun man
@Straight0uttaCrofton3 ай бұрын
well I was sixteen by this time so i didn't have this guy but i sure wish they'd made him several years earlier / =
@blissex4 жыл бұрын
Grear review great review im glad i have this figure in my collection
@cobraisland25944 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video thanx Hoodie Coco
@MiKeMiDNiTe-774 жыл бұрын
Ddnt have Repeater when I was a kid, I do now though and now as in then I thought he was a great character/Figure
@arturomirandafranco83804 жыл бұрын
James cameron invented the concept of steady cam gun since terminator.. Check themovie in the reese dreams part
@andrewjackson20114 жыл бұрын
Wow never had that dude but had his weapons lol
@violagreene46434 жыл бұрын
I've been hoping you'd do this figure.
@jedi69outcast4 жыл бұрын
The Army is now testing steady cam type accessory
@Alverant4 жыл бұрын
His face reminds me of the sidekick character from the Starship Troopers movie.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
His face reminds me of John Cena, which is weird.
@rustyshackleford95884 жыл бұрын
Caps kinda outta regs, but hell its gi joe everything is outta regs
@violagreene46434 жыл бұрын
Are there any ammo belts available with other figures, vehicles, or playsets that will fit that slot?
@WWJD854 жыл бұрын
Never clicked on a video so fast.
@roguishpaladin4 жыл бұрын
Now show us Repeater's gun with Dodger holding it. Oh, wait you better not. Don't want Aliens to ding you on copyright infringement. ;-)
@bgddyphil4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to say what tier you put him in!
@evanstanek58384 жыл бұрын
I've wondered if he was named after the Fugazi album...
@arturomirandafranco83804 жыл бұрын
Sub zeros ammo belt fits in machinegun... Try it
@thefantasticdrill7884 жыл бұрын
I just wish he didn’t have digital Camo. I just wish he didn’t have digital Camo.
@lo1bo24 жыл бұрын
I agree. I agree.
@chickenalaking13194 жыл бұрын
His Night Force colors aren't bad.
@nike80nl11 ай бұрын
Looks like the guns in aliens movie. 11:05
@AgentSmartnumber864 жыл бұрын
If his gun is a electro magnetic machine gun then it would be a similar concept to a rail gun correct?
@TheGreatDayne19834 жыл бұрын
Do Rampart!
@Sgt-lott104 жыл бұрын
My friend has this. Sadly the figure couldn’t be fixed easy and is very floppy with the fix I did do ( the screw was stripped when I was handed it or it’s a star bit )
@jakeproven2564 жыл бұрын
Funny how the filecard claims he's been in the army for a long time but Repeater in the comics is shown in the training if repater really had all that time in the military as the filecard states I don't think he would need all that training from issue 82 of the comics.
@robonintendo4 жыл бұрын
That was more of a selection phase than actual training. Doesn't matter how much time you have in, you can't skip over selection if you want to go Spec Ops or join the Joe team.
@jakeproven2564 жыл бұрын
@@robonintendo Thanks.
@chrismayer39194 жыл бұрын
HCC788, when's your next unboxing video?
@zartan77794 жыл бұрын
Top tier?
@white-dragon44244 жыл бұрын
I very much doubt future troops will look like that. As time goes on they'll more than likely be wearing full body armour, much like the marines in Aliens, only with much more integrated technology. They'll also have visors with built in HUDs like Iron Man, as well as having air conditioning units to allow them to survive in extreme climates, and powered exo-frames to give them more strength in the field. pixhost.to/show/303/142096776_e1740cd7cec2503da513c152f5b72cf9.jpg
@NickBartolo4 жыл бұрын
Inspired by Aliens?
@k-dawgbroadcasting54444 жыл бұрын
Does this guy look like Ron Perlman to anyone else?
@soterioncoil21634 жыл бұрын
Repeater is a great figure and in Night Force too. The reason the missiles on the Desert Fox were that color was so they wouldn't be confused with real missiles. You wouldn't want a child to get shot whilst trying to rob a bank with those.
@toon_cosplay_guy79304 жыл бұрын
Vasquez and Drake called from aliens they want there smart guns back, I do think the lower black drun in the ammo
@curtisschultz69764 жыл бұрын
Never heard of or seen him back in the day.
@andrewjackson20114 жыл бұрын
Sad sad planet this is.
@interwebpsychiosis4 жыл бұрын
How does Repeater look futuristic... What. Theres plenty of other shit that looks futuristic. These guys trying to be funny is unbearable.