HCC788 - 1987 ZANZIBAR - Dreadnok Pirate - Vintage G.I. Joe toy review!

[@christianhafer9819]

Phenomenal, top tier figure. Easily. With all the paint apps and extra effort that went into him. It's a glorious toy. The Air Skiff isn't my favorite, but Zanzibar is special.

[@see5782000]

Excellent review!!! Dreadnoks needed a pirate. Great back story...Zanzibar needs to be nastier.

[@shermaneagles5903]

I love this figure I actually got him for Christmas as a kid in 87

[@cobraviper11]

Great video, as always ;) I remember using Zanzibar as this relentless guy that kept fighting even though he was shot, stabbed or some other crazy thing. Now I want to repair my old Zanzibar. I'm going to check if I have all the pieces and buy online some O Rings.

[@devincurtiss1634]

Came for the Dreadnoks. Stayed for the grape soda.

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

This video is over 2 years old BUT.....I'm simply making it known that I would totally audition for *"G.I. Joe....The Musical"* should...ya know you wanted to expand on that Zanzibar jingle!

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

I used to have Zanzibar as a kid and always thought he was a cool well sculpted figure

[@mikexmikex]

Perhaps the Cobra symbols on Dreadnok vehicles is a dig at Cobra. "We've taken so much of your money, we bought these vehicles with it".

[@JMitsuruDavis]

Loved it. Always thought he was irredeemable till I noticed the paint apps as an adult. The gold and silver paint apps between the buckles and wrists sold me.

[@shawnperson5841]

Thanks for letting us know when actual toy review was happening.

[@TheBuntra8061]

Thumbs up, but I want an entire musical review!😛

[@samanthaadams619]

Ditto!

[@rtd1409]

YES! A fave of mine since the day I bought my first one. A figure I wore out with use I loved it so much at the time playing with the skiff in the pool etc but he is still in the collection with some replacement parts that brought him back again! One thing why you are seeing the stress marks and this is brittle plastic as there is a little discussed "1987 Brittle Plastic" that one Hasbro plant was using and vehicles of that year with it are prone to yellowed or browned plastic as well as easily chipped or broken parts. This carried over to some fingers of the time.

[@Sturmdude]

He really looks like a guy straight out of Pirates of Darkwater.

[@georgelopez3640]

One of my childhood toys excellent review thanks hcc!!

[@workhardlivefree3818]

Would have been great to have a pirate river boat, kind of an old PT boat, instead of the air skiff... Would have been perfect for the pirate/ smuggler theme

[@roguishpaladin]

Cobra kinda already had that with the Water Moccasin, so between that and the 'cheap add-on for special figures' rule, I can see where they were coming from.

[@mrdonigan]

GREEEEAAAAT reference to the Pirate Movie! Now I need to find that to watch it again!

[@zartan7779]

As a kid I always thought skiff was a hovercraft

[@tydiriumhanger1320]

Great review and look forward to more of your full reviews like this!!!

[@mattleuty5285]

I always thought that this figure sounded like a Moroccan night spot. I would love to have seen each Drednok come with a motorcycle. They would have looked great riding into town a la Sons of Anarchy!!

[@CVLucero]

You can get the Maisto 1/18 Harleys for them. I've gotten a couple and they look pretty bad ass.

[@mattleuty5285]

Chris Lucero that sounds great. I'll check them out mate.

[@mrdonigan]

Yep! That's what I was going to say!

[@danpal08]

Thumbs up! Although you forgot to say Zanzibar is a "Top-tier figure". I know you don't want to, but it's true. ;-)

[@cobraviper11]

It is. Awesome detail on the sculpt and paint job.

[@christianhafer9819]

Totally top tier if there ever was one. It's an awesome looking figure and deserving of a top tier status.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I put the marlon spike threw the mallet loop and let it dangle. I didn't want to bend the loop. The joy sticks are also very fragile, so be careful with them as well. Btw, I loved the parody of "The Major General" song.

[@williamhill638]

One of my favorites

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

When I was a kid I was at a Christmas party for this place that I went to and I got this action figure in this vehicle in a Christmas raffle there. When I got home opened up the toy to put the toy together both halves of the vehicle were the same so I couldn't play with the toy and years later I've been trying to figure out what it was called and I found this review. Probably one of my biggest childhood disappointments about Christmas was getting that toy and only been able to play with the action figure which really wasn't one of my favorite GI Joes.

[@jasonkerest394]

I did like Zanzibar . In mt waning years for GI joe , I pretended the mallet was Mjolnir

[@ShannonFargo]

All I can see is a ST:TNG episode where this is a captain's chair on a Romulan warbird.

[@henryescat1104]

Love this Video! Although.. another version of this one would be cool..more DREADNOCK'S VIDEOS PLEASE!

[@KevinMayle1974]

Loved this toy, love this video!

[@stevenimeson902]

One of my favs

[@warriorofthewastelandrv9480]

19:15 These remind me of the Road Warrior. When The Lord Humungus would keep tridents on the sides of his vehicle to throw and impale his enemies.

[@alanabrams4143]

Loving the nod to Gilbert and Sullivan!

[@nyquist75]

cute ponytail on this one

[@samanthaadams619]

B-bu-but! I liked your singing!

[@lazarus30001]

That opening song was wild, can't say you don't give it your all in reviewing G.I. Joe! :-)

[@goose_2]

best song ever

[@timtitus5002]

I always used the skiff as a tricycle fan boat that had to move to tread water. Fixed Pirate and weird design.

[@RansomeStoddard]

I always wondered why Zanzibar had a long pony tail when he rode a vehicle with a giant sucking turbine directly behind him. How he didn't get his head sucked in still boggled my mind.

[@WWJD85]

awesome review HCC.

[@Payne-ted_Plastic]

You know...he may be a bit goofy looking (& named after a small island off the coast of tanzania)....but i kinda have a soft spot for this figure...call me crazy!!

[@marceldebruijn5888]

puts on a Phantom of the Opera mask "Sing for me, SING FOR ME!"

[@AroundTheSouth327]

I once heard someone say the vehicle looks like a "vampire wheelchair"

[@gazz_N7]

You think they had other plans for this figure? Perhaps another sibling of Zartans, or even a revamped Zartan before they decide to go with the pirate theme, and ah thanks, I now have that melody stuck in my head...sometimes I don't know about you Hoodie. lol Great review Hoodie Co Co!

[@roguishpaladin]

Zartanzibar?

[@bobastu]

Fun review! I am sure Hasbro did not expect Zartan to be such a well liked figure. He had triangles on his face, white eyes, a weird (but totally awesome) gimmick, and a swamp vehicle (eeww). The early success of the GI Joe line was hinged on three factors: revolutionary articulation, cartoon miniseries (then a daily series), and the GI Joe comic book. Zartan was well developed all around. The GI Joe line suffered at the loss of Sunbow. The fact that the movie deviated so far from the comic, there would be no turning back, for either Hasbro, or Marvel (Larry Hama). Zanzibar was an attempt to intentionally insert a "great" character into kids' minds. Zanzibar is Captain Phasma, lol. Nobody knew a character with almost no screen time, and introduced in a cartoon (in zany colors), would become legendary. Zartan is like Boba Fett. Nobody can force kids, or adults, to connect with a cool character. Zanzibar, and Captain Phasma, failed to wow!

[@STRAKAZulu]

Interesting analogy. It checks out.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I can see the eye patch sight preservation. They teach that to drivers going through a tunnel. Dark and sudden light.

[@biokido575]

Should we just assume that henry morgan and Edward Teach had a family and that Zanzibar is their descendant?

[@RabbitEngineering]

Slow clap for the song, man. 😂

[@greatgibby]

I liked the song. 😊

[@George-de6hd]

Classified line needs to start putting out some dreadkock figs line has been around 3 years and all we have gotten this far is zartan and zarana……..I think with a update (get rid of the purple and do something with his hair) he could be a really cool classified figure

[@George-de6hd]

They must of thought he was going to be a really big character or something 😂 he was one of the last gi joes I ever got

[@dirtbag1713]

Sing again please. That was great.

[@violagreene4643]

Aside from the Gilbert and Sullivan reference, for some reason your lyrics reminded me of Jack Horkheimer. Some people hustle pool,. Some people hustle cars, But have you ever heard about. The man who hustles stars? Jack Horkheimer. Star Hustler.

[@CobbicusPrime]

The Cobra necklace kind of looks like it has handlebars on the side.

[@dalesanteford7432]

My brothers had Zanzibar and the air skiff I use the figure with my cobras dreadnoks we're Mercenaries everybody like the dreadnoks

[@TheLordcyrus]

Came for the review/nostalgia stayed for the show! When can I find that on Apple Music? 🍻

[@magnuslauglo5356]

I had never heard of deluxe figures before - is this a term for figures that have particularly high quality or more expensive colors? It had never occurred to me that small vehicle drivers tend to be nicer action figures.

[@normanguzman417]

The only way Zanzibar air skiff would fly if it had a Jetpack, which in this case the engine shown on the back has large pipes like the real Jetpacks. The only issue is that jetpacks can only sustain flight for up to 10 minutes at best. That's probably the reason why cobra use trouble bubbles for short battles or missions.

[@warriorofthewastelandrv9480]

ZanzibAAAARR!

[@edwardpaty7420]

The Air kip is not an aircraft. It is an airboat, like the Water Moccasin, or airboats used in the bayou from Texas and Louisiana to Florida Everglades. It uses an aircraft engine and propeller to propel it through swamps.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

question ? Where do the extra discontinued figs go ?? Are they all distributed till they sell ? or do they just quit putting them out , if so , where they go ????

[@CVLucero]

This is another one of those figures that I love in spite of how freaking silly it is. Or maybe because of how silly it is.

[@christianhafer9819]

It's a beautiful figure. All those paint apps are amazing. Top tier all the way.

[@lazarus30001]

Pirates vs. Ninjas I remember, I think it was a play on the popularity of both groups at the time, so they were set against each other. I agree that ninjas would win;-)

[@robertlong6027]

I think that vehicle works like a surfboard

[@Brando-Lee3725]

you got a thumbs up for Dreadknocks , a subscribe for not singing again !!! damnit ! i had already subscribed !!! well ..... Dont sing again ! . Unless you do it in Cobra Commanders voice to make SURE you piss EVERYBODY off lol

[@jackgoff4668]

This is stupid creative!

[@matthewsirois3705]

I think that's supposed to be a harpoon. So he can be a pirate and a whaler. (Which a lot of people would consider more evil than a pirate(

[@uhhuhhuh100]

I owned this figure and the air skiff. This was a decent figure. I do think Hasbro should've sold him with the Dreadknok cycle instead.

[@squirrelkilla7371]

You sure Morgan wasn't for Cpt. Morgan?

[@orcatwar9810]

i think larry hama never read the star wars comic Apocalypse Endor (i know that was made in the late 90s early 00s)

[@xavierprotocols]

Since he is a Dreadnok you should have played the Cold Slither song ;)

[@hillbillyharper4008]

That's Thors hammer. And please please please keep singing lol. A flint lock would have been cool

[@roguishpaladin]

...but a Flint lock would be Lady Jaye's accessory. (I'm sorry, I'll see myself out, and ye gods you're right why wasn't that an accessory?)

[@hillbillyharper4008]

@@roguishpaladin that's funny right there i don't care who you are lol

[@xavierprotocols]

Or blunderbuss

[@aliendoomsyndrome]

It was on the good ship Venus ...

[@my9goesbang]

i was in 5th grade when i had these guys

[@zartan7779]

No I think you should sing more ,it's amusing

[@TroySmith25]

I gave you a thumbs up, but I still want to hear you sing.

[@lonesquiff6551]

Well now I'm conflicted. I want to like the video but I want more HCC788 singing 🤔

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

21:33 that's funny

[@RogueTwo]

The Dreadnoks were always an eccentric bunch. Punk rock bikers, post-apocalyptic marauders, a poacher. So why not a pirate? Though I always assumed that "pirate" was basically a fancy way of saying "thief," and Zanzibar was nothing with all that bling if not fancy. When they rereleased the figure as a Joecon exclusive, his filecard suggested that even his eyepatch was just for show. Since he was supposed to be particularly sneaky, I was pretty accepting of that. The Air Skiff was harder to justify. It was an odd vehicle, and while I'm not as fussy about realism as some when it comes to GI Joe, like you, I wasn't sure what to make of it. If it was an air vehicle, as it was show to be in most media, how did it work? And if it was another swamp skimmer like the Chameleon, why not show it that way? And, yeah, why does Zanzibar, of all Dreadnok characters, get packed with a vehicle as a deluxe figure? Something usually reserved for leader characters.

[@yellowgut]

Thought I had Zanzibar but without the vehicle. Is that possible?

[@devinbauer3414]

The extra effort was becuz he was to replace zartan kindove like the death of optimisus prime the toy companys idea dont always stick we all loved Zartan to much lol

[@Asiandynamo]

He looks like Maj. Blood without the helmet.

[@roguishpaladin]

Wrong eye for the eyepatch. Otherwise, you might've been onto something.

[@Asiandynamo]

roguishpaladin looks like. I didn't say he looks exactly like Major Bludd, you didn't correct me for the incorrect spelling either.

[@anthonysuski9248]

😀 💀 😎 👍 🐍

[@randaleastwood6836]

I always thought it was a total missed opportunity that the dreadnoks did not get biker style motorcycles.

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

I thought all Dreadnok 's are Pirates

[@mattleuty5285]

Invader6 DarklordCobra66 they were supposed to be a kind of biker/Mad Max style gang that lived in the swamplands.

[@cobraviper11]

They are.....from a certain point of view.

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

@@mattleuty5285 new movie and www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/gi-joe/263397/gi-joe-3-news and a new miniseries www.previewsworld.com/Article/219097-All-New-GI-Joe-Miniseries-Coming-in-2019-From-IDW Biker Pirate all the same thing, lol they both plunder

[@TerryTurner]

This is what happens when you cross a My Little Pony with a GI Joe. 😂😂😂

[@blissex]

Hey hcc788, great review but don't quite your day job, I don't think you would make it as a singer

[@Chris.Mc83]

One of those figures I bought, but and had no idea why.

[@christianhafer9819]

Because it's awesome. A duh.

[@soterioncoil2163]

I had this guy but also had difficulty liking him! This was when Hasbro made me feel stupid for buying GI Joe. In the future I always remembered him when playing on the Zanzibar multiplayer map in Halo!

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

23:03 see how come GI Joe never made any smaller military transports similar to the Rambo movie ones,

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

8:24 he has more weapons a spear and a hammer and hand gun

[@cobraisland2594]

Keep your day job Brian lol stop singing thou

[@matthewneufer1758]

Xaniebar

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

19:00 ok you found his other weapons ;)

[@dangheathen]

my

[@kaylemathewcomendador7614]

He looks crazy enough to be a Dreadnok, but like you said a bit too much finesse in his details. Great review overall.

[@paulparker1360]

It seems to me, be cause you already have a prejudice against the more fanciful figures and vehicles, why even go through the trouble of reviewing them. If you're not going to take into account that what allows the vehicles to fly is the child's imagination

[@roguishpaladin]

But that's not GI Joe. GI Joe isn't a fantasy or science fiction line, or at least wasn't. Jeeps had wheels, helicopters had rotors, and jets had wings and engines. Toys can be freeform whatever-you-wants, sure, but their initial designs still align with specific intents within the line. I can pretend that a Barbie can transform and use it along with Tranformers toys, but if Hasbro shipped a Barbie in a Transformers box, it'd be wrong. The skiff fits more alongside Marvel toys than GI Joe toys, insomuch as it doesn't even really try to make sense technologically. I say this as someone who likes Avalanche and the Dominator, as a side note, so I'm not just against future tech - just feasiblish tech.

[@christianhafer9819]

@@roguishpaladin Another nerd. If it's cool, that's all that matters. Realistic, or militaristic or not. Zanzibar is an excellent, top tier figure. End of story.

[@christianhafer9819]

Agreed. Hooded has no imagination wt all. Everything has to be completely realistic for it to be good. Lame.

[@orcatwar9810]

do ye want to be a pirate?

[@mgvillanmp478]

Hahahahhahahahahahahhahahaaaa.madagascar

[@theygone6962]

So we have to thumbs down to get more songs then? I just can't thumbs down your show.

[@christianhafer9819]

I can when he gives an unglowing review to what is clearly a top tier figure.

[@theygone6962]

@@christianhafer9819 we have thought that have to be our own…

[@christianhafer9819]

@@theygone6962 I don't quite get what you are saying.

[@zartan7779]

Your missing the knob on the fan .

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

the sketch was fun! zanzibar was a looser, and the dreadnoks were too much. hasbro should have made bazooka troopers or mortars. zartan should have been alone. they really were bikers without bikes... although I liked them, they really turned out to be comic reliefs. hasbro should ve brought the october guards or iron grenadiers sooner instead. good show!!!

[@maxbrandt6]

Zanzibar, a very silly, obnoxious character Hasbro spent way too much time on, he really shouldn't exist at all if he was just playing second fiddle to the rest of the Dreadnoks. Hasbro's priorities perplex me at times, they should have put all that effort into better Joe or Cobra characters with real world ties. As for the rest of the Dreadnoks, they could have been quickly dealt with by sending in just three Joes: Low Light, Beach Head and Shockwave and a handful of standard soldiers (as backup) and that would have been that!

[@christianhafer9819]

They're toys! Not meant to be realistic all the time. Lighten up! Zanzibar is a tremendous, top tier figure.