I definitely loved these figures whenever I was a kid. I would be playing with Cobra and Joe's and then I would have the manimals just come periodically to ruin the whole battle. Good stuff.
@ARCWuLF4 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but "Iguanus" is also the name of a Transformers Pretender action figure, also by Hasbro. He had a purple reptilian shell over a robot endoskeleton. It sort of reminds me of the Shockwave name crossover...
@violagreene46434 жыл бұрын
In and of themselves, they don't seem too bad. They just don't belong in G.I. Joe. They look like they would be good foes for the outer space version of He-Man (remember that?).
@blissex4 жыл бұрын
Great video, I was glad to donate these toys and help with any research, and I guess you used somewhat my idea to create a mini hcc788, don't forget to say I shall call him mini me, lol.
@sparkster17014 жыл бұрын
The name Iguanus was first used with the Transformers, as a 1988 Decepticon Pretender was named that.
@CommanderRadix4 жыл бұрын
I love the amount of research put into this video. As someone who only really got into G.I. Joe about 4 years ago, I'm glad I can constantly learn something new and fascinating about the G.I. Joe franchise. I run a Transformers-and-Transformers-adjacent based lore series here on KZbin and I've been looking for ways to incorporate more G.I. Joe stuff into my content since I think a lot of people are sleeping on what the franchise has to offer. Videos like these are both tremendously entertaining as well as educational for people in my position. Thank you very much!
@alfonsogarcia86014 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you make Family episode. It really warms my heart.
@cronocomics4 жыл бұрын
"Wherever there is trouble, G.I. Joe is there" and that includes deep space.
@mistermustachio3364 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, I was extremely worried when I saw the title card. That intro with Mini-HCC sold it. Hope you're all safe and (relatively) sane.
@viper26934 жыл бұрын
I think it's a really good thing what you're doing with mini HCC.
@mandamaytubby55404 жыл бұрын
Agree
@Chris.Mc834 жыл бұрын
When self quarantine and cheap bourbon goes horribly wrong! Definitely one of the more funky reviews I've seen, keep them coming HCC!
@brianrvd4 жыл бұрын
Good job Audrey and AK, and as always, HCC.
@robonintendo4 жыл бұрын
KMFDM woooo!!!!!
@lonesquiff65514 жыл бұрын
Truly dark times if HCC788 has succumbed to reviewing a non-arah era figure! Mini HCC was so cute! Good to see she has a mask ready for going outside. Great video, and good to see you guys are keeping things fun!
@chadkimmel89574 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite intro to date! Who ever would’ve thought a little Hooded Cobra Commander would be so cute!😂
@cowpuddles48514 жыл бұрын
This is another example of the review being worth more than the figures. Thanks Hoodie for taking one for the team and reviewing these clowns!
@JMitsuruDavis4 жыл бұрын
Happy Easter and Glad to Have HCC788 back! Thanks
@MCDJACDC4 жыл бұрын
Love it! Awesome to see mini HCC788 in action!!! Rock on!!!
@aaronstepien23634 жыл бұрын
This quarantine is making all of us do weird things. Last week I grew a mustache because I wanted to look like Vincent Price.
@onthelevel134 жыл бұрын
Everyone, stay at home and keep safe. Also, keep watching HCC 788 reviews!
@ginodescalzi64764 жыл бұрын
Manimal was my favorite live-action series when a was a kid.
@agnethaladuff85594 жыл бұрын
Super cool review of the Manimals, you put a lot of effort in your reviews and make the most out of your videos. Thumbs up HCC788.
@mrdonigan4 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with my new Manimal profile picture! Thank your daughter for me!
@decodemanmichaelbeyleaf35614 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I predicted that you would do manimals for April fool's day but got it a week and a half later that I thought but still in April that's good enough for me.
@nihilistgelo4 жыл бұрын
I just spit beer through my nose. When you were reading Warwolf's file card and you got to the "he coughed up the back half of a Cobra helicop... ok"... the funniest moment in a review since you threw the Cobra la guard across the table "and he looked like that"...ha!
@jamesclark20524 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the episode Iceberg Goes South. Those were manimals in that episode.
@stargrave18664 жыл бұрын
Brilliant intro I just laughed my, um, tail off. Thanks Hoodie I needed that 😆
@Jake_E574 жыл бұрын
Adding a kid this far into the series? Ballsy move, but it paid off! Also, that went far more pleasantly than I would have ever expected.
@occamsrazor43704 жыл бұрын
KMFDM shirt, HCC rocks man.
@mandamaytubby55404 жыл бұрын
AK did really well. So proud of him.
@bennylush4 жыл бұрын
Great to see the intro skits back
@TheBoglin Жыл бұрын
I remember finding out about these as unproduced Joe toys and then maybe a year or so later is when I heard they were getting released through Kay Bee Toys, so I was super excited. They fit within the wacky Lunartix Empire Star Brigade world pretty well despite having really poorly written File Cards. I liked Slythor and Warwolf more then Iguanus, so I picked them up first back when the line debuted. I'd have preferred something similair to Warwolf's original color scheme as his red pupil-less eyes and green alien skin looked cooler to me then the pale skin with almost cartoonish eyes. Zig Zag, Spasma & Vortex all had really interesting transformation gimmicks so it kinda sucks they didn't put in Zig Zag or Vortex in Series 1 in exchange for Iguanus or Warwolf (since those two have very similair gimmicks). Well done review as usual sir!
@victorf17364 жыл бұрын
Great review. Thanks for saving me money so I don't need to buy these to check them out. Great job on removing the bubble without wrecking the card!
@WWJD854 жыл бұрын
I think Mini Hcc788 is awesome and should appear more offen. I hope Mini788 appearances in your videos doesn't run afoul of COPPA and gets your videos labeled kid friendly.
@MiKeMiDNiTe-774 жыл бұрын
Awesome I love the Manimals I find it a real shame that Vortex wasn't released. 💚🐺🐍🐊
@ducsauce4 жыл бұрын
The best thing I can say about the Manimals......hey nice shirt!
@markalan15924 жыл бұрын
So glad you're back! Love your review vids! Gives me hope and takes my mind off the current crisis. Thank you!
@BKAGOSTO4 жыл бұрын
I love these figures. To bad I cannot afford them. Great review buddy.
@autoneurotic4 жыл бұрын
Huge kudos for the KMFDM shirt.
@reddeadbandjam4 жыл бұрын
I am honestly suprised Cobra Commander wasn't in this line..."I was once a man!"
@soterioncoil21634 жыл бұрын
I noticed that Slythor's filecard stated it hunted 'villains' but that his serpent head was 'evil'. Does that make it a good guy until it changes..?
@robvegas93544 жыл бұрын
Man, I have that same KMFDM t shirt too - stronger than ever before - lols
@RogueTwo4 жыл бұрын
I've always been very fond of the Manimals and kind of bummed that we never got the other three. But I like GI Joe's science fiction elements and the contrast of a more or less realistic military force like the Joes battling robots and monsters. And despite the somewhat limited articulation, they're still a lot better then the Mega Marines monsters IMHO. Though I admit, that's not saying much. But I always got plenty of use out of them.
@dubuyajay99643 жыл бұрын
15:37. Think I found the ideal pilot for the Buzz Boar.
@dvdbytes43484 жыл бұрын
Got to be honest that moustache and beard combo looks stylish. The Manimals less so.
@unclejames63654 жыл бұрын
I saw these all on the pegs at KBToys when I was in my 20s and just walked away. Still not entirely sure if I regret that or not.
@chubbyteddymonsterproducti13204 жыл бұрын
Dude you are the best! I love your videos! So fun!
@redvitaminblue4 жыл бұрын
Interesting, this was a much more forgiving review than the one you did for the Cobra-la figures, despite these Manimals being even more bizarre and divorced from vintage GIJoe. Man, that '87 movie must have really messed you up as a kid!
@truckrobo1474 жыл бұрын
I'm absolutely disturbed by the celery
@Bice4044 жыл бұрын
Excellent review! I am just missing a size comparisson with normal gijoe figures.
@nyquist754 жыл бұрын
the snake one is the true cobra commander
@charlesdavis48874 жыл бұрын
There was a Manimal comic book series as well.
@GrandmasDay322 жыл бұрын
Love the KMFDM shirt
@alexmoreno21764 жыл бұрын
Hi From El Paso Texas 👍👌
@beach76944 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Portland Oregon!
@derekwilliams16604 жыл бұрын
Yeah,HCC, review the 1983 Television show "Manimal" . Ha ha ha . LLol!
@skullninjaraptor4 жыл бұрын
Someone I listen to also listens to KMFDM! Sweet sister salvation! seen them 6 times in concert :)
@tntsk8684 жыл бұрын
I need these! Awesome review
@korydoe48134 жыл бұрын
Great review and happy Easter Very glad to see a review on these weirdos, I have them but didn't know much about them
@violagreene46434 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute! You've regenerated in the past and now you are carrying around celery. You've even ridden in a TARDIS. You are a Timelord!
@Taffer-bx7uc4 жыл бұрын
Miniature version of me telling me to review weird GI Joe figures....I dunno about you, but that statement makes perfect sense to me.
@peterang784 жыл бұрын
So this is what happened if Street Shark crossover with G.I. Joe.
@danielferstendig2 жыл бұрын
The maninals go well with the funskool gijoe superhero (shortfuse head on a torpedo body Zander waist)
@joejupiter41384 жыл бұрын
Just putting this out there - any living thing that consumes and digests food for energy is an animal, regardless of its planet of origin. That includes humans and vaguely humanoid aliens.
@trtledave30794 жыл бұрын
I sometimes find myself talking into a celery microphone these days too
@robonintendo4 жыл бұрын
In the late 90's a similar concept called Animorphs came about, and when licensed out as toys they were branded under.... Transformers. Huh.
@Cavillier19704 жыл бұрын
I actually own 8 of the Animorphs figures, but I got into these only cause in 1997 I discovered the book series by K.A. Applegate. My figures are still mint on card/ in box, I want to still complete the collection someday, and own every book in the series. Was a solid series, but the end was a bit dark I thought. The whole thing was HOT with books, giveaways from Scholastic, toys, board games, merchandise, even a tv series on Nickelodeon.
@SkageXL54 жыл бұрын
They sold so badly, the later waves were resculpted so they could be regular Transformers, the Beast Wars Mutants!
@lo1bo24 жыл бұрын
I was loving Beast Wars at the time, somehow learned about this new "Transformers" show called Animorphs, watched the first episode, and quickly realized it wasn't for me.
@Cavillier19704 жыл бұрын
@@lo1bo2 yeah the novels were the way to get into the series.
@robonintendo4 жыл бұрын
Strangely enough the first episode of Animorphs featured the Beast Wars videogame.
@bondaren4 жыл бұрын
Do you coordinate your t shirts with the year of the toy you review? That kmfdm album came out same year as manimals and I think you had a skinny puppy jacket or t shirt from an 80’s review before, very cleverly coordinated;)
@affoster794 жыл бұрын
I remember picking up all three of these figures at KB Toys in the early 2000s. Iguanus was my favorite mainly for the reptilian, Egyptian, Chariots of the Gods appearence. I was a huge fan of all that during the late 90s early 2000s. I didn't use the mutating feature either, Iguanus was similar to Predator and he wore a skull chest piece like one of the Preds in the Alien vs Predator Dark Horse Comics. In my Joeverse. Warwolf was my second favorite he reminded me of a Space Jockey from Alien so that was what he was a interstellar humanoid pilot. I also had no use for the mutating feature on him either he did not need it. As for Slythor I never knew he came with glasses...
@DT-diztortion4 жыл бұрын
Totally forgot about these guys!
@paulmacdonald51354 жыл бұрын
Slytherin is a bad snake creature
@aaronstepien23634 жыл бұрын
Also, I suspect the "Manimal" TV show was ripped-off from a comic book that came out a few years earlier called Animal Man, by Michael Gilbert I believe.
@Wilkinson_Studios4 жыл бұрын
nice KMFDM shirt!
@excillon4 жыл бұрын
Wow warwolf could easily be repainted into thanos
@STRAKAZulu4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing these on the pegs at the local KB Toys, just before they went out of business. Coincidence? Methinks not.
@mitternachtdereiter39364 жыл бұрын
A few years after these, we got POTF2 yeah!? 90s were not the best for toys. I am pretty sure Larry Hama didn't write those file cards, cool video though!
@Shockwave-ob2tx4 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't your mini-me be HCC394? Since he's like half size...
@jeffburns32404 жыл бұрын
KMFDM! Nice!
@chesermatt4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a video of Predacon.
@zartan77794 жыл бұрын
I bought a set when they came out . Not really gijoe though
@ericsonofjames45734 жыл бұрын
One of these custom figure guys online should take Slythor and rework him as “mutated cobra commander”
@mercedogre4 жыл бұрын
they look like they would fit better with TMNT toys
@glennrobbins23724 жыл бұрын
Warwolf thar wolf, thar castle. Actually the Warwolf figure looks more like a Dollartree version of Marvel's Thanos. Just when you thought the line couldn't get any stranger. Great review though.
@Isolder744 жыл бұрын
I still don't understand why they can't have turning heads while still making the transformation work. Come on these were made by Hasbro the creators of Transformers.
@michaelmetler63154 жыл бұрын
Is that a storm shadow tat? If so please show it or review it thanks. COBRA 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
@zathras614 жыл бұрын
Cheap bourbon got me through high school and college
@gonzalosirera71034 жыл бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@luisfelipegonzalezmoncada76924 жыл бұрын
Hello HCC788, from Mexico , i hope you and your relatives are ok, i have been a follower of your channel for more than 3 years and i am very pleased with your videos and reviews they are awesome¡¡¡, but im sorry, i must tell you that this review is not Ok because is not from the original line from 1982-1994 , i know this figures were supposted to sale in 95 but due they were released in 2001 i cannot agreed with this video , i hope you understand mi complain , and i wish you well, and i always remember, only Gi joe is Gi Joe but in Mexico was Comandos Heroicos Gi Joe¡¡¡
@ishtnayseguin79564 жыл бұрын
I guess they have meaner bounty hunters on the other side of the milky way ;) @7:03
@rtd14094 жыл бұрын
Poochie has landed!
@jasonkerest25174 жыл бұрын
I saw these in KB toy store at the time and thought "What?! GI Joe is really going there?!" They were one off's so... whatever.
@nyquist754 жыл бұрын
you really wanted that gun to fit
@Cyril29a4 жыл бұрын
What is the 788 about?
@Nin_the_Shinobi3 жыл бұрын
KMFDM!
@nzz60634 жыл бұрын
nice KMFDM!
@eshaw21154 жыл бұрын
Well, like Admiral Piett stated in Empire Strikes Back, " Bounty hunters, we don't need that scum".
@dabigork4 жыл бұрын
I find myself talking to mini a version of myself as well I call him Da Little Grot
@jonathanulrich49054 жыл бұрын
These look like crappy power ranger villains . Great review thou. The intro is killer
@flaviosilva32393 жыл бұрын
Omg..it sucks,nice video
@stargrave18664 жыл бұрын
It's the missing link between G.I. Joe and Beast Wars.
@maxbrandt64 жыл бұрын
Goofy, really and truly goofy. Hasbro completely lost the script if these mutant clowns were part of G.I Joe.
@thephotoviper4 жыл бұрын
The figures are crap, but the card art is fantastic... 😊