History and Origin of GI Joe's BIG BOA And The Story of Sylvester Stallone's ROCKY BALBOA in GI Joe!

[@mrrictus]

The design and name of Big Boa could have fit into the 80's MOTU figure lineup lol. I owned that data sheet comic that included Rocky and was psyched that there would hopefully be a figure released. When Big Boa was released I assumed that he was Rocky after being captured by cobra and put under the care of Dr. Mindbender. This was before I knew of his history bio.

[@rosiegratz8377]

Design it bro! Get $$$

[@thelaughingrouge]

This guy was my second favorite Cobra figure that I had as a kid. Right behind my Zartan.

[@nevermindyouropinion4235]

This is a great video for the character. No personal thoughts jus facts....I like it 👏👏👏

[@ebxj1418]

Yes! Thanks for this origin about Big Boa.

[@twstf8905]

Haha _"After Breakfast he Starts on the HARX Stuff!"_ 💪 The Flash Cards were SO over-the-top! 😂

[@rosiegratz8377]

Man still wish I had my B Boa figure.😭

[@Illsteelotube]

Had this toy! Remember the removable boxing gloves 🙃great times

[@kagemaru259]

Rambo would've made a lot more sense in GI Joe than Rocky.

[@Bleekcastle]

I agree. "Big boa" is so corny lol

[@kagemaru259]

@@Bleekcastle Maybe if he didn't have that lame boxing gimmick and looked more like someone who would train Cobra Vipers and less like Lord Humongous....

[@jimmybacas8003]

Rambo is a Rated R franchise. They were lucky Coleco would pay for the license back in 85-86, noe of the big toy companies would.

[@kagemaru259]

@@Bleekcastle At least he wasn't Crystal Ball or Raptor.....

[@InTheBleakMidwinter666]

True but lets face it id be all over that rocky figure too hell id even buy rocks sidekick paulie hell even rockys master....masterMicky Lol

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Um, you read that wrong, though the punctuation and all caps lettering in the comic is misleading... It's not : "Hey jack lord, you wanna Dance?" (A jack lord is not some obscure or filtered insult.) It's : "Hey, 'Jack Lord', you wanna dance? (Jack Lord having been the original star of Hawaii Five-O, this is of course a joke about Chuckles' propensity for wearing Hawaiian shirts.)

[@jakeproven256]

I first heard of rocky in G.I.Joe when I read the profile in order of battle issue 2. When I saw Rocky on that profile page I was shocked. I immediately had to learn more and I did and this is an interesting story.

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Big Boa is one of the best ever. A cool friend put to me the concept of a Python Patrol version and then made that version for me...super cool. I think Stallone would of made a ton more money and it would of obviously now looking back put his likeness into GI JOE..who now remembers the Coleco stuff? Who now remembers GI Joe?!

[@bryansardegna4195]

Thank you Jesse! Awesome video on both Big Boa and Rocky! You are so thorough. Would like to see video's on Short Fuse and Space Shot/Star Brigade. You Rock!

[@anthonyshepard1407]

Very happy i check your video out on Big Boa def can't wait for the Classified Series Big Boa figure.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I like to see a gi joe rocky action figure that would be cool. 😀👍

[@buraddorun3043]

I had the figure when I was a kid and it was probably my most played with GI Joe! Well, him or Cobra Commander.

[@jamesstoops821]

The 87 cobra commander or the 83 one in 87 my choice I'd say I bought alot were probably techno viper and croc master.

[@buraddorun3043]

@@jamesstoops821 I had both, but preferred the 83.

[@JayBuccola]

His gloves were awesome.

[@joesha28]

This guy deserves respect.

[@davidstegbauer7299]

10/10 would rabbit hole again.

[@KevinMayle1974]

I just discovered your channel, and I marathoned (and thumbed up) all 87 videos videos in this Playlist throughout the weekend. I hope you'll cover my favorite Joe, Grand Slam in the near future.

[@JLSComics]

Thanks Kevin! I am glad you are enjoying them and, yes, you’ll definitely be seeing Grand Slam in the near future 😎

[@KevinMayle1974]

@@JLSComics Excellent!

[@jcthegreat8302]

Can you do Lieutenant Clay More he is the only black guy I’ve seen working for cobra

[@treasuresfortrigger915]

Fascinating history, always been a Big Boa fan - I often forget he’s supposed to be a trainer as opposed to fighting the Joes. Great vid! 🥊

[@robertlong6027]

They should have got a Mr T action figure from GI Joe

[@BayRidah26]

👍 cool breakdown on his history

[@jakeproven256]

4:23 The figures of White Dragon, Colonel Trautman, TD. Jackson, and chief look bizarrely similar to Storm Shadow, Falcon, Rock n Roll, and Spirit.

[@dinomonzon7493]

You got it. Had G. I. Joe faced the Force of Freedom, here’s the likely roster: General Joe Colton or General Hawk/Colonel Trautman Lt. Falcon or Duke/Capt. John Rambo* Crank Case**/Turbo Lady J/K. A. T. *** Jinx/White Dragon Capt. Grid-Iron/T. D. (“Touchdown”) Jackson Spirit Iron-Knife/Chief *In the First Blood movie, Rambo is a Captain; the cartoon figure gives him the rank of Master Sergeant, making him , if needed, Duke’s cartoon counterpart. **Turbo is called a ‘mechanical genius’ in the Rambo cartoons (inspired by B. A. Baracus of The A-Team?); In Marvel’s G. I. Joe Special Missions #3, Crank Case is seen modifying a van for a mission with Stalker, Leatherneck, and Slipstream. *** Lady J uses disguises in the cartoons, though her filecard says she doesn’t go for such.

[@jakeproven256]

@@dinomonzon7493 great roster.

[@dinomonzon7493]

Your Welcome! 😀

[@terronisaac2098]

Yessss!!! I had this action figure!!!

[@kratoscraken5614]

This is a figure I really enjoyed. I love boxing 🥊🥊 regardless so he added alot of flavor to the G.I.JOE/COBRA pantheon and he's the only vintage figure I'm still looking for. A G.I.JOE figure based of The Rocky Legacy, how badass is that 💪👌💪

[@The-last-1]

Long story short: they were gonna make a rocky figure and have this dude be his nemesis, they never made the rocky figure but they did make this guy

[@patrickstralko]

Definitely going to check this out later! Just watched your Grunt video the other day. Not getting notifications for your channel??? 😢

[@d3ath8ybac0n4]

Not gonna lie, one of my favorite figures. Edit: as a kid 😜

[@dinomonzon7493]

Had the Big Boa figure, but I usually pit him against Sgt. Slaughter. Too bad the deal with Rocky didn’t push through. His filecard was well written, but justifying using him in a mission could’ve been difficult as Larry can hardly always use the excuse he’s using his Reserve time when he’s in the comic.

[@kinglord7707]

Rocky turned Heel and join Cobra that would be a great five part miniseries of the original Hasbro 80s series

[@thirdeyewide562]

I had this figure as a kid!!!

[@kelteel]

Me to. In fact, i still have it 😎

[@thirdeyewide562]

@@kelteel wish I hadn't lost it!!! I still have lots of my other old GI JOES though.

[@thelaughingrouge]

I did too, I really wish I still had my old toys.

[@a45456565]

Thank you😺

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I remember Hasbro wanting to add Rocky Balboa as a GI Joe figure, toy to act as a 🥊 boxing, PT trainer 🏋🏻‍♂️. Sly Stallone had a plan for John J Rambo too. I think he had conflicts. PS: Rocky's first name is Robert. ✅

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

The helmet includes a mindwarping computer, so some of Cobras agents aren't voluntary.

[@doomedhuh]

since Big Boa just got announced as a classified figure i hope maybe they'll go back and do a Rocky? is it too late?

[@lokiwartooth1138]

I had quite a few Rambo toys even had a like tower like in Rambo first blood 2

[@joeblaster8770]

I wonder how Larry is going to kill him?

[@darklordpeezy4813]

I had that toy back in the day 😂😂😂

[@dubuyajay9964]

I wish Hasbro got Rambo instead.

[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

Yo Adrian!

[@xazylsclubhouse]

I suspect the waist piece from the Tracker figure was intended for the Rocky figure 😎

[@chichiboypumpi]

I remember my classmates bringing GI Joe figures to school, and I ask who the f is big boa as I've never seen him in the show.

[@ScumOfTheEarthRollerDerby]

When you say Valor Vs. my brain translates it to Valaverse

[@busara45thevillain22]

I had to pretend that his gloves and helmet were bullet proof so he could get in close enough to heavily armed opposition to knock them out without thought or feelings.

[@andrewgrant2990]

In my head cannon, they had to retract "Rocky's" GI Joe enrollment as he was a super top secret agent. Also I remember several people talking about the Karate Kid joining the Joes as well, but that never happened either.

[@TheTecunUman]

The inspiration for Balrog!

[@WilliamGone]

Tyson

[@Corehaven22]

Lol he gets to box people wearing a giant metal helmet.

[@CouchCit]

Wow I had no idea

[@bryansardegna4195]

Back in the day I was disappointed when they retracted Rocky. Always hoped they would've also added Rambo.

[@zovex]

Super interesting video but man, the audio editing is weird and makes this hard to listen to.

[@mterry4428]

So is it true they made a Roddy Piper action figure?

[@golfery5119]

I'm sure it was true but only some kind of exclusive.

[@aaronforsythe8556]

Rocky 3 is clubber Lang...

[@anthawks9374]

It's BALROG from street fighter

[@__-wm9lu]

Always thought he should be added to trekken or street fighter.

[@michaelmetler6315]

COBRA!!!! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@timothydurkan]

Ice Pirates!

[@George-de6hd]

Big boa was on the tail end of my joe days ,when they stared putting out wack ass goofy looking character and using ugly ass paint schemes

[@irwin3381]

Who is big Boa ,,, no one it’s a toy .

[@tedb1918]

We need sum LGBTQ or BLM Joes!

[@CagedSUPERMAN]

No we don’t

[@blueknight10]

There are already black Joe's

[@tedb1918]

@@blueknight10 There are no officers all lower enlisted ranks so racist! We need BLM Joes leading the Woke Brigades

[@hexkwondo]

It already happened. Read Aubrey Sitterson’s run with G.I. Joe.

[@jasonkendrick2256]

No we don't.

[@johnvader4584]

Five minutes and 31 seconds still no big boa!

[@johnvader4584]

I’m at four minutes and 54 seconds I still haven’t heard about big boa dude what are you doing?

[@nevermindyouropinion4235]

I would usually agree . But talk about every little detail . But at least hes not wastin time w his own opinion and keeps it w the facts

[@Backwoods78]

Imo. you talk to fast.

[@disciplethepoet]

This must be sarcasm, because I watched this in 1.75 speed

[@psychobeefsticker]

What does that have to do with his opinion? Weird

[@jackieanderson9408]

lame

[@johnvader4584]

You should use an artificial, intelligent generated voice