HCC788 - U.S.S. Flagg assembly - step-by-step how-to - G.I. Joe Aircraft Carrier HD

[@garling23]

Recently purchased a USS Flagg and immediately found your video for assembly. Thanks very much for making this, had my Flagg built in no time! stress free, first time owning one too

[@joamills]

I just dug mine out of my parents' basement. Haven't had it assembled in over 20 years. Thank you for this video. It's time for the Flagg to voyage the seas again!

[@jeremyfoster2749]

Love the reviews, brings back memories of my childhood and my G.I. Joe collection. I got the USS Flagg for Christmas in 1986 from my grandparents. It took took my father and I sometime to put it all together. My dad actually gave up his den so I had somewhere to display the Flagg and comfortably play with it. It was definitely one of my centerpieces of my collection. Xmas 1986 was a big year for my Joe collection. I also got the Terrordome, Night Raven, Tomahawk, Conquest X-30, Thunder Machine and quite a few of the 85-86 figures. It was one of my more rememberable Christmases. Xmas 87 I got the Defiant Space Shuttle and Moblie Command Center. Thank you for these wonderful reviews. It sure brought me back to a great time in life.

[@HCC788]

Thank you for watching! That means a lot to me!

[@steveangello6586]

Lucky childhood

[@arlenburgin2392]

Rotten

[@konkyolife]

Lucky!!!

[@TracyA123]

Say, Your parents looking to adopt? I'm available!😂👍

[@philhunt854]

Just found a USS Flagg at yard sale this morning with a huge box of Joe figures and vehicles......got everything for......get this....$5!!!!!!!

[@kurtusdoss5965]

Good place to find things great deal I want one for my mancave

[@alexbailey5081]

Lucy

[@steveangello6586]

Get the F out the door! That's amazing

[@skeletonshorror5184]

Dammmmm congrats dude, I’m jealous! Enjoy!

[@tat2steven810]

Score!!!💪

[@TracyA123]

I really appreciate this video. Assembling such a rare and high dollar toy is nerve-wracking! Being able to watch and pause while assembling the Flagg is a great resource! 👍

[@brent1975]

I finally got a USS Flagg. This video is a great resource in putting it together. I also now see what pieces are missing.

[@ActionRobotPunch]

Back again 😊 Setting up my Flagg and want to make sure I get it right. This video is so great. Gets right to it. This is truly a great service to the community. Thank you HCC.

[@stevenweller9413]

Just got one today, thanks for the video. Much easier than trying to read internet copies of the instructions on an iPad.

[@YoJoeJava]

You rock! Just bought the USS Flagg and with your help it is now complete! Thank you!!!

[@Anthony-ot8vl]

Just got mine. This video was a life saver. It also helps to show what you're missing 😲

[@Tedterranova]

I always come back to this video when building my Flagg. Thanks for making such a great resource.

[@jonathanmarois9009]

Wow! I had this as a kid and loved it!... watching your video though made me realise I had been missing 3 pieces and never knew!

[@wadeandes5681]

Thank you. This video just helped me put mine together after it being in a box for over 10 years and not wanting to open the original instruction manual

[@TeamRiptide17]

After picking up a USS Flagg a little while ago, I was able to start the cleaning and assembly today! This was an awesome vid and made the assembly process painless and enjoyable! Sadly during the build I realized I was missing a couple parts but it is 95% there. I'll get what I am missing eventually! Thanks so much for posting this! Huge help!! Yo Joe!

[@lamontwilson2608]

Thank you for posting,..... My Flagg fell over my stand and couldn't remember how/where everything went. You are a lifesaver!!!!!

[@quincymcgoo7423]

Thank you so much! First time assembling a Flagg and your video was HUGE. We bumped into each other at Joe Con few years ago. Thanks again , your channel is my go to background noise when working in joe room.

[@mikesmith2718]

I just got a complete Flagg but no blueprints so thank you so much for this video ! An asset to the community

[@shane3674]

I finally got a complete G.I. Joe Flagg! Thanks HCC for uploading this. It really helped me put it together!

[@DavidMoore-eu3jv]

When I was a kid I used two air mattresses in the swimming pool and my imagination. GiJoe had an aircraft carrier and Cobra had one and they battled it out at sea. I miss my childhood. Best times. My imagination and me. Also did not have the official jets and stuff but others that I could fit my Gijoes into that were from other toy lines.

[@Dumezil357]

god damn that is the coolest friggin toy I have ever seen. We had the best childhood.

[@killardan1]

I just got my USS FLAGG TODAY!! Im super excited to have her in my collection too.

[@vintagegizmoscollection1282]

I'm finally able to do mine this weekend, Thanks for the video.. Its been in storage for 25 years.. cleaning and assembly 05-01-21 just in time for my kids to have fun looking at it.. lol

[@geraldoabes]

I Just bought it on eBay. Im from Brasil, and you helped a lot. I have all the manuals, but without this video, i would spend much more time. Thanks a lot

[@sundayad]

I just finished setting up my Flagg and this video was a huge help, thanks a lot!

[@mechamanblade8465]

Just purchased a U.S.S. Flagg. Its incomplete, but they are only a few minor things. This will greatly help in the assembly and figuring out what parts I'm missing.

[@jasonbenger]

I picked up one few weeks ago....perfect video to watch putting it together

[@rcjoe406]

My neighbor gave me one wouldn't of be able to put it together without this video thanks

[@chrisdutcher7230]

Thank you for this video. I just recently got my USS Flagg out of storage. I haven’t assembled it in 12 years

[@MetroidHatchling]

Just got my first Flagg but unfortunately there was no paperwork. Thanks so much for this video. It was vital for my assembly.

[@stewwilley9363]

Thanks for making this easy.Just make sure you have at least 2-4 hours and a nice long table to assemble it.

[@treeox]

Such a legend for making this HCC, many thanks again.

[@canalbikeguy]

Thanks for this step by step video!

[@BKAGOSTO]

I just bought my Flagg. Thank you so much for the video. It was very helpful.

[@mikeymartin80]

When I had this toy I didn't use instructions. I was always good at figuring stuff out and putting it together.

[@19d3lta9]

Thank you for the video! It brings back memories from a fun time in my life!!!

[@chiefg.i.joetoyreviewer1444]

thanks for the easy step by step. i never put my flagg together when i had mine. sadly just never had the room with having the box it came with. even the decals was never put on .i only paid $500.00 for mine .oh how i miss mine

[@jeremyleonbarlow]

In the process of re-assembling mine from Christmas of 1985 after bringing it out of a basement crawl space where has resided since 1988 or so after spending 3 hours cleaning the dirt and cobwebs off of it. I think I actually have most of the pieces including the bull horn, but it is in rough shape. Of course Admiral Keel Haul & Shipwreck are missing.

[@briansoucie1571]

Thanks! Great video. How do you store the flagg when unassembled? Bins? Boxes? Sizes?

[@ashleyolsen2954]

Thanks my kids an I just pulled this out of the box after being in storage for 30 years.

[@TheSkullReviews]

Great informational video for the lucky ones who have this amazing playset!!

[@stephenhassol6960]

This was awesome to watch I bet that now we as adults wouldn't even have a clue on how to put this together I know I probably couldn't 😂😂😂 but if i was a kid heck yeah I would have mmm maybe lol

[@cobraenemychile991]

thank you very much HCC , very useful video to join uss flagg

[@mrhay2u]

That was a well thought out highly detailed description of the construction of the playstation and I'm happy his mom let him use the dining room table to do the vid

[@sgtdh6892]

Thank you so much for this step by step instruction video. YOJOE.com should post this on their site to help collectors. Great job!!

[@MenfisRetroSpace]

Thanks for the posting! Helps me a lot! 😊

[@Seth_cloak]

Am I the only one that realises that this could have been made as a DIY project from a large sheet of plywood, a moving cardboard box, and a color printer.

[@sxhbk]

But does it float?

[@timf7413]

All joking aside, if you were willing to let it sink up to the decking, it probably would. The flat deck pieces are strong and hollow enough to naturally float.

[@PSS521]

yes, if you use flex tape

[@jonardalfonso5714]

Can you provide the exact size of the tower of the deck?

[@yfz350twin]

How hard is it to disassemble one of these? I'm looking at buying one but it's assembled.

[@jamesmurray8558]

Do you use glue on that?I did built a dollhouse for my daughter. Rainbow Bright I think?

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

Awesome! only the LUCKY kids got this experience!

[@treeox]

Legendary my friend, thank you very much, a great run through and helpful for both putting it together (with excellent warnings on areas to be careful with) and checking what parts I still need. Yo Joe! Also, I'd love it if you could say "inconceivable!" during your videos, lol- your accent is very much like Vizzini from The Princess Bride! Thank you again, will look at more of your videos

[@killardan1]

This is a great resource indeed.

[@Over_Lando]

This was amazing !! I just finished now !! THANK YOU !!!!!!

[@VHSValdesHasSpoken]

This massive toy went for $110.00 and was 7ft long. Now if this massive beast was for G.I. Joe's in the 3.75 inch scale. What would a present day version of it in the 1/12 scale version for 6 inch G.I Joe's be like and what would it be worth?

[@blacksheepserigraphie9209]

I have the 99 deck stickers placed the same way and yes it’s backwards to the way it’s shown in the instructions and cartoons but in a more realistic view point it’s not backwards because the planes approach from the back of the carrier in the air to land and they look for the 99 during their approach so if the stickers were placed as the cartoons it would read 66 to the pilots trying to land.

[@evanscott4491]

Sonuvagun, Brian. I'm in for a journey. I'm trying to buy the USS Flagg piece by piece. So far, I have the forward '99' deck plate and a half doorway. That's it. I guess about 100 more parts to go.

[@jonathanarndts3491]

It went together alltoo smooth im thinking. He oiled his slots

[@chrismayer3919]

HCC, you REALLY need new decals for that playset beauty!

[@JuguetesDeCulto]

Tremendo!!!! Hoy no existe algo tan grande como juguete

[@smoothkirito]

As good as this playset is, since I never owned one, I could only imagine what one was like. I always wanted it, but I had a bigger passion for Transformers, so my Joe collection always took a back seat. Looking back, I think I would have enjoyed the Joe toys more if the Sunbow series hadn't been so over the top cheesy at times. Looking back on it older, I can honestly say that while Transformers had the superior animated series, GI Joe was the superior toy line. That said, I always loved naval stuff, and I hinted on many occasions that I wanted Flagg, but it never happened. Considering that I did get a lot of other playsets, like the Headquarters from GI Joe, and the Technodrome from TMNT, I am pretty certain that the main reason I did not get USS Flagg was due to the amount of space it occupied. Looking at it now in this video, I can see that with the exception of the elevator, it was a pretty awesome playset. I often dreamed of building my own custom below deck spaces and having a table display of my own. The elevator, however, is a big fail, as it not only conceptually goes nowhere, but the framework inside makes it unusable even if you did build custom below decks. Making the elevator usable would require completely remaking its frame pieces. In fact, if I am ever so lucky to own a Flagg, I think it would be wise to remove the inner piece of the elevator framework entirely and instead mount a piston underneath it for support built into the new custom hull beneath, with the side pieces of the elevator remaining as a running track. The fact that one of the primary frame pieces is 1/3 of the way across the elevator would just have to be a concession.

[@sebastiankhoo4429]

wow where you buy?

[@codyneuburg1825]

Great stuff now I know and knowing

[@Starscream2588]

Thankfully now for 3d printers, Also mold casting now these day. now can recreate the parts. What I think too.If I ever got a Complete flagg. What I would do for sure. For all the radar parts. I would Use plastic weld. keep them in place as well as the engine covers, That Way won't loose them ever.

[@jmsberetta]

great in structural video

[@chrisnwi1209]

nice video would have liked this when I set my Flagg up lol.

[@ReboottoysEllis]

awesome thank you very much don't know what's up with that very very loud music at the end. But I'll be able to hear her again in a couple days. Thanks brother

[@stratoviper4674]

Great video

[@alejandrogil5940]

Great Video Bro, have my flagg store for two years after purchase, i got it out from storage yesterday, thanks for the video men, it would help me a lot, let u know if made it right.

[@HCC788]

I hope it was helpful!

[@TheRealCanadianGeek]

I retrobrighted the superstructure with 29% peroxide and oxyclean, became light gray again. Looks like new

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

i thought i was living large with the HQ but man i would have loved to have had this one / =

[@cobracafe]

Thank you for this video!

[@mcg6866]

I think you need RetroBlasting to work on that for you.

[@mattdawg83686]

A fascinating video! I never thought about how it would be assembled. With it being so big, I never even thought to ask to get it because of the price. How much did this monstrosity cost back in '85?

[@realflytye]

Matt Edwards around $99

[@antiquariancrafts2454]

Great video. Do you know if the Flagg was ever sold in Britain? I don't think I even knew it existed when I was a kid.

[@HCC788]

+Stay Dread I don't think it was.

[@TwesomE]

How much did that piece of a beast cost back in the day in today's money?!

[@TheWandOfOrcus]

Wow Gilbert Godfrey is a Joe Collector!

[@xeroabyssdclxvi2570]

Is it just me, or did no kid ever have this until they had a job and were in their early 30s ? And also, I kept expecting to hear him humming 'It's Not Easy Being Green".

[@timf7413]

Just my opinion, but I always felt like the plastic thickness should have been reversed between the support struts and the decking. The decking is so robust, but the the struts are the weight bearing members. It should have been reversed IMHO.

[@alexbailey5081]

I find it funny that Hasbro calls the carrier the flag when they base the flag on a real ship that my dad served on the uss America cv-66 and all the skystriker is is an f-14 tomcat

[@mokin-rui717]

Whew, glad I never owned that. I would've been sorely disappointed.

[@supermangj7684]

Why would you be disappointed???

[@brittharms978]

HCC RULES!! BAD A$$$$$$$$$

[@Poejj]

Now do a video on how to dismantle one.

[@HCC788]

Not a bad idea, really.

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

I never had it, I m no so sorry once I have seen your video, the hull would have shocked me if I did.

[@ReboottoysEllis]

don't wish to get a flag. Save your money like I didn't buy one. If you don't have the room make room I certainly don't have any room. My friend help me start the undercarriage of the flag. But I just kept listening to the video and even know why am totally blind. I just put the deck together myself. All of it listening to the video thanks again man.

[@ChristianKell]

You can play Ping pong now!

[@arlenburgin2392]

Must get one before I die..

[@timf7413]

Seems like they built this thing the wrong way around. The decking is made of incredibly durable plastic and doesn't really need to be, while the load bearing struts were rather flimsy and should have been stronger.

[@disciplethepoet]

You could unyellow those pieces with retrobrite. Perhaps you knows this already. If not search retrobrite Nintendo restoration

[@snooks5607]

20:15 woah, deja-vu

[@77BABYJACK]

gilbert godfrey?

[@stevetyler7480]

did a degree in engineering come with it ?

[@TheRealLumi]

This build made me want to commit super slide

[@jakstrieder]

you sir need to read from scripts you repeated your self three times when talking abut lining up the pegs on front of the set and the mid deck plat.

[@stephenbecker-atlanta7639]

were to buy uss flag? cant you finf a better SHIRT wear? UGH! YUG!

[@jofersonpamintuan2909]

gi joe is boring

[@trishatoo]

THANK YOU for the video!!!!