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[@johncriscione4298]

I got this for Christmas as a kid. Think I was 7. We didn't have a lot of money growing up, so I still remember the shock of seeing this, already built, near the tree. I also got that big stealth plane the same xmas. Probably the best Xmas as a kid

[@johncriscione4298]

Brings back some good memories. Great review

[@toysorbust]

❤ me too! I was 6 and thought this was the best thing I'd ever seen!

[@HANUMAN7454]

Rad Dad you had.

[@dipsetforever4611]

Growing up in the late 80s early 90s was the best time of my life. Transformers, G.I.joe, real ghostbusters, He-man, ninja turtles, thunder cats, C.O.P.S.

[@radarlovedr]

Dipset Forever fighting crime in a future time. Cops were great figures

[@seven0929]

Not to mention all the japonese live action stuff, such as Jaspion, Changeman, Flashman, Cybercops, Jiraya, Jiban and others

[@avkk2314]

Swat cats, centurions, scooby doo,Dexter laboratory,etc

[@asidp4s]

Voltron, mask, wheel warriors, sky commanders, visionaries, Dinoriders, dinosaucers and especially bionic six!

[@jaysonadams4962]

FACTs..

[@DtLS]

I remember finding one of these with my grandmother at a yard sale for $16 back in the early nineties, best day ever.

[@grimkupid8478]

I vividly remember standing in line at the mall, where I grew up, to see Santa at Christmas, it was finally my turn to sit on his lap and tell him what I wanted and this was THE TOY I wanted. Christmas day comes around, run down stairs and see this waiting for me on the couch. What I remember most about this was that Santa was the only person I told, I didn't tell anyone else. This video brings back a lot of joyful memories I had with this Mobile Command Center. Thanks for sharing it.

[@MichaelMercy]

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed. Merry Christmas!

[@objectivegiant804]

One of my vivid memories from this decade was attending a cousin’s surprise birthday party. His big present was the Terror Drome that year. All of us lost it from the excitement. Seeing these things in person when you’re under 10 years old... the scale... it’s hard to put into words how it feels when you were accustom to playing with the smaller figures and vehicles. 😍

[@christopherlacher3544]

It took me 6 months to find all the parts to one of these. Dont have the space for a FLAGG so I opted for the MCC. Its a great piece. Never had one as a kid. Wish I had, would have had hours of fun with it. But I do now😄

[@m.davinci9285]

I HAD THIS WHEN I WAS A KID LOL my mom surprised me for Christmas

[@leonmohan1708]

I never saw G.I Joe in the UK. I moved to the US for one year in '82, and I was amazed when I saw these toys. Firstly, to see a "Toys R us" megastore for the 1st time was amazing. Toys store's in the UK, at that time, were small, independent stores, not huge store's with endless rows of toys! I then saw the GI Joe figures and machines. I couldnt believe the figures could be actually played with properly!, as in they could be posed. Up till then, the only figures I had were the Star Wars ones that only the shoulders and hips moved. So you couldnt realistically play. I was in kid heaven, living in a real nice Hollywood apartment (Poncharelo from CHiPs was our neighbour!) it had a swimming pool on the roof, and had the best toys ever. I love the sound effects you do mate, really pop's and brings it all to life.

[@gengamen]

I saw one before.just need to transform to robot electric light ups detachable new sections paint change water ineraction

[@onthelevel13]

Man. What a set. I ALWAYS wanted this play set when I was a kid.

[@whosaidthat84]

I remember always looking at the catalog and wishing for toys I knew i would never have 😞😞

[@therealaaroncollins6486]

I would definitely have to say is that the Mobile Command Center is a glorified motor home for the Joes. Great video.

[@86thepodcast11]

I got this for Christmas when I was kid. I asked for the space shuttle, but my mom and grandparents bought the wrong one. I ended up LOVING it! I played with that thing for countless hours. The operator that came with it ended up being one of my favorite figures. Great times

[@MichaelMercy]

You got the better toy that year. Thr MCC was way more fun and durable.

[@thatchanguy]

Marketing Manager: Hey, can you guys come up with a cool playset that is one part tank and one part base? Product Designer: I really wanna go fishing inste... Wait a minute. Tactical tacklebox! Marketing Manager: Job well done, Bob!

[@shaylucas5670]

Hey Michael. I did the same thing.... I passed along a lot of my toys to a younger cousin so he could enjoy the toys as I did... Keep up the Great work my friend!!!

[@shanonkallhoff2431]

Great video. I remember getting the MCC for Christmas as a kid in 87' and I have a complete one now. I also have two chairs in my MCC.

[@LatinSith]

If all the 1987 Joes and vehicles were in the movie, The Mobile Command Center would've busted through Cobra-La's doors!

[@holysmokes6566]

I always wanted this! Great channel Sir! Very nostalgic

[@thebluelibra5686]

Two of my favorite Christmas gifts as a kid: the MCC and (one year later) the Terrordrome.

[@christopherwebb3517]

This is what the Joes use to swipe parts from the Mandalorian's ship.

[@danmorris8594]

Got mine in 2007 in box for $3 at a church fair. Buddy got rolling thunder at same time. Always wanted when I was a kid.

[@sammietam4201]

Used to be my dream to own this. Can't afford this when I was a kid.. end up making my own with cardboard boxes.

[@anthonyeldridge4358]

HA! I KNEW I wasn't the only kid that did that!

[@MichaelMercy]

So did I! :D

[@steffensgary]

Omg, I thought I was the only one. I made mine with shoeboxes, plastic erector set parts and packing tape for the color.

[@morningstar7401]

I used to do the same lol we where poor

[@17-70sonidoymusica]

I made my own and is still storage!

[@stofopdenaald132]

Have 2 of these, one with the box. One of the coolest 80's playsets imo :)

[@sagewisdom1]

I treated myself to this vehicle a few years ago. I've always wanted it and enjoyed playing with the one my best friend had when we were kids. He also had the Flagg which I am going to set up with my son in short time. It is a thing of beauty. This tank would appeal to any boy alive on earth. It really is an amazing playset. The design is inspired and unlike anything else I've ever seen on the toy shelves. Great video. YO JOE!

[@Jmillz181]

Yes! My favorite joe playset. I have one in an opened box also. Love the box.

[@korydoe7201]

Hey Michael I got the command center for Christmas 1987. I still have it, it's the largest joe item I have, great playset/ vehicle!

[@woodman29]

Everyone’s kicking butt and steamroller is taking names!! Lol

[@KatosKollection]

You have no idea how upset I am that you said this before I did 🤘😁🤘

[@StandingUpForBetter]

Simply AMAZING! Thanks for sharing!

[@kenlagunzad]

Great thorough review. Awesome as usual.

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

They basically took the tackle box concept and made a toy out of it! Works for me!

[@benboyle7166]

Love the sound effects Michael 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@brittharms978]

So awesome, love how clean and spotless all your vehicles are . Just like new out of the box !!! Great video, love the channel

[@nathanridgway7009]

Was always curious about this, because it came out a year after I stopped collecting. Looks like a great set! Thanks for the video!!

[@woodman29]

Top notch video Michael. Thank you

[@ibrun5151]

I had this one! Man the Joe's were the best toys!

[@Ches13h]

The sound effects you put in for the canopy opening was GREAT!!

[@billpagan3070]

Michael, another awesome review good brother! Wow, this one really had a lot going on for a kid to play with. Very cool 👍😁

[@Avalon_Pax]

Great tour. Sound effects were a nice touch.

[@abovebeyondandforever6571]

Man, you have all the classics!

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

The sound effects on this video are genius and fantastic! Subbed! Very cool!

[@agnethaladuff8559]

That is so awesome, you chose some very good drivers to assist Steam Roller, everything was great from beginning to end of the review. Thumbs up awesome Michael Mercy.

[@GhostWolf141]

Had this as a kid. Absolutely awesome.

[@eddiebernays6809]

Sweaty with tears in my eyes laughing during the whole driving cab description. Pretty obvious what's going on in there right off the bat. Skiing anyone? 😂😂😂

[@dkres82]

You know I really love the sound effects you put in.

[@shane3674]

Loved the sound effects! That was a nice touch 😆

[@codyneuburg1825]

Very nice , thanks for the great review

[@marcryan1974]

Awesome 👏 great job as usual MM!

[@Nerdsplayingcards]

The best xmas ever i got this 1987 , man the best memories of growing up, i remember the box dwarved me thinking i can physically climb in the box, then 6 months later on my bday getting 8bit Nintendo, i miss the 80s

[@ErokLobotomist]

This video was the most enjoyable suggestion KZbin has given me in a long time. What a trip down memory lane. I now love your channel. Cheers from BC!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks, so nice to hear. 🙏

[@nyquist75]

Love the sound effects!

[@netsfera]

I loved It! I love your videos! The sound effects, the action figures... Everything is PERFECT! I feel in home!

[@danielgray2909]

LOVE THE SUBTLE SOUND EFFECTS

[@budbundy1978]

I got this for Christmas way back in the day....it was insane

[@brianbuchmeier]

I love that the 2003 rerelease only had slight color variations because that’s how I got mine. The box isn’t as cool as the original, but I don’t go out of my way to collect boxes anyway.

[@acrovader]

I got the Defiant for Christmas '87. It was either this or the Defiant, parents weren't going to buy me both. Frankly I'm glad I went with the Defiant. However, I had the opportunity to buy this back in 1997 for $10- yes, $10, but it was missing some parts. Bad idea to have turned that offer down. That said, G.I. Joe toys back in the 1980's *ruled*.

[@jcol317]

I had a fond Christmas memory of this and found this video. My younger brother got this for Christmas. I was 14, thought i wasnt into GI Joe anymore but I was helping him put it together and thought it was really cool. I got an Ozzy Osbourne The Ultimate Sin cassette and was listening to it while hard at work.

[@joypadretro2797]

Damn i love these videos!

[@RedneckOgre]

This and the Terror Drome were my largest G.I. Joe vehicle/playsets. This was cool because I finally had something big to officially use as Joe HQ. personally I favor the Terror Drome because it had the Firebat.

[@thejoe4life]

I use to have that when I was litte.. loved it..

[@thirdeyewide562]

Got this for Christmas ' 87!!!

[@rikflare7970]

Found one of these in decent shape in my wife’s shed at her grandmas last Christmas, going thru replacing the pieces but always wanted one as a kid ✌️

[@pauldaciuk3320]

Love the sound effects

[@pauljohnson3442]

I never knew this thing existed!! And hear I'm thinking that the US Flagg is the benchmark playset of the GI Joe universe. I stand corrected. Thank you, sir! I'm a casual Joe observer and channels like yours helps to expand my knowledge. Plus your room is the bomb!

[@eltenda]

Great video

[@DRnab1983]

I remember getting this one Christmas .... so good

[@TheBrendon67]

Your videos are great!

[@shawnhorn5082]

Even at 41, I still remember....for Christmas/Birthday of 1990 I had received the Mobile Command Center, A piece I always wanted out the '87 Fold-out Catalog (as well as many others), so happy, when I was putting together the dread was slowly taking over...it was missing parts, and had double of other pieces...for instance the black rails (the 8) that are on the sides, only had 5 or 6...the top roof panels, had two of the "heli-pad" type, the other side was missing, the treads were all missing including the 4 little wheels, the detachable lights and guns were all missing, including the sticker-sheet...it was taken back to "Lionel Play World" in hopes of finding another one, no such luck, it was the last and final one that I spotted at retail (knowing it was one of the last remaining '87 items out there), so instead I got a few of the 1990 vehicles instead (Sky Raven & Crusader)( the Sky Raven had to be taken back as well for wrong/double parts...)....and thanks to re-release of the Mobile Command Center in 2003 for the "Spy Troops" line, I acquired once more, and this time with all the parts, I could care less for the figure molds of the "Spy Troops" line, no matter, re-populated it with the classic lines from 83 - 94, including a Cobra take over...and now it sits back in it's box....covered in dust

[@biglou9776]

I got this for my 11th birthday after picking out from the Sears catalog

[@redvitaminblue]

Wow. Steam Roller never misses ab day at the gym! **** Lol, a slide?? GI Joe Mobile Command Center: a fully armed and operational amusement park! **** This is a supremely fun play-set/vehicle that I only ever remember seeing in commercials and in the Sears Wishbook as a kid. Though my adult brain can't help but wonder just how 'mobile' this command center would actually be in the Joe universe. What could top speed be, 2 mph? And there's not much ground clearance under that belly. So as long as it wasn't involved with a time-sensitive mission, or needed to traverse terrain with more than a 1% grade, the MCC could probably fulfill its intended use. And hey, with that slide, Joes could take R&R without even needing to leave!

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

It is a tactical slide!

[@jbcollectibles1402]

I want one!!!!! Beautiful piece!!!! Lucky you!!!!

[@boowundah1666]

Love this

[@ShrtRndKid]

Loved this thing as a kid. I always used the beds as a medical bay rather than a napping area lol

[@sonyman25]

Nice Sound effects!!

[@greatdanexlks]

Niiiceee sound effects. Subscribed!!!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks, much appreciated. 🙏

[@gonkdroid5851]

I think the single stick seats on the sides are meant for operating the turret guns on the sides of the cockpit while the middle seat is meant for moving the vehicle itself with tank controls hence two sticks

[@francoisregis2155]

Great video its always fun to have a box I love the art work.

[@francoisregis2155]

Btw is there a book where you have all the boxes and cards of all gi joe from 82 to 89? Gi joe and masters of the universe had such wonderful art work

[@demetricklouis5710]

Love the nostalgia.

[@stevenwhiteman8253]

Dont know how many people notice shipwreck is playing pac man arcade game in the haul of the flag ship in this video but it made me smile; thanks👍

[@nfldend501]

That is awesome seriously

[@alexribeiro2778]

Bought one last year... it's an awesome beast...

[@TwesomE]

From the sets i loved but never had the chance to play!

[@SnarkyRC]

My neighbor had that back in the 90s. It was badass.

[@NotBoringFilms]

its like the jawa’s sandcrawler for Joes. excellent.

[@gibsonzak75]

I had this when I was a kid I loved it

[@ProfessorHurt]

I remember having this as a kid. Really miss having it, but i so know it wouldn't jell well with the "modern" Joes I have.

[@ntme9]

I had the GENERAL which was a very big vehicle along with a Rolling Thunder, it was amazing times.. :)

[@KatosKollection]

Another toy I missed out on as a kid but it is AMAZING 🤘😁🤘

[@Warsie-Fan]

The coolest 'dollhouse' for boys! I'm not downplaying it I love it! I could've picked this up a couple of years ago off of a major collector who had everything, but it was either this or the Terrordrome. Terrordrome won.

[@gazz_N7]

What a playset! Reminds me of the Jaws sandcrawler. They added in some really neat play features. To bad you didn't have the 25th anniversary desert version of the AWE Striker to display with it, think the coloring would fit nicely. Wish I could aquire one of these, but sadly I don't have the space. WOW, what a playset! NERDMASTE'! 😊

[@litewatch]

Super Awesome thats an all day playset!!!!

[@TomMSTie1138]

I had this as a kid at it was massive!

[@Always_on_Cue]

I had this and loved it, I would watch the hell out of my g.i.joe movie vhs tape

[@greenlanternhg5141]

That was so cool! I love the Mobile Command 😃 I always dreamed of having it but never did 🤷🏽‍♂️ hopefully I’ll get one some day 😁

[@justreallybored6014]

I still have this.

[@KidsyKorner]

Oh my good memories!

[@MikeJea]

I remember this being under the Christmas tree when i woke up. Oh man. I dont think i ate or when to the bathroom until that night

[@bombdiggityarcade7089]

I used to love the slide. I have mine in a box somewhere. I need to bring that, the Defiant and Flagg out.

[@slitor]

OOOH! My cousins HAD THAT! I played with it for hours!

[@slitor]

With star wars figures though, I thought it was a Java Sand Crawler.

[@douglasedwards4698]

I jused to have this - also found the roof strange and the drivng room - definitely had a half cocked design - but i loved it too -

[@jeddulanas9262]

That box is epic! I kinda regret throwing away my Dyno Riders boxes a few years ago when we found rats in my mom's garage....it was probably for the best

[@ancientalien2527]

So....I'm ready to come over and play...!!

[@jbp122]

I had this when I was a kid.