Patreon Special Missions: Top 5 G.I. Joe Mail-Away Offers

Get your flag points and $1 for shipping, it's the Top 5 mail-away exclusive offers from GI Joe: A Real American Hero!
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[@robthetimekeeper2423]

Kids today will never know the agony of 4-6 weeks for shipping and handling.

[@TheCakesCup26]

Cough cough EBay cough cough

[@MichaelJShaffer]

"Mikey Mercy" & Canada with a "K"🤣🤣🤣🤣 so good!

[@MichaelMercy]

Haha, I learned how to spell it correctly by 1986 though! :D

[@brianharris5446]

Great list! My favorite Joe Mail-Away was the personalized one. I remember getting that bad boy and reading the file card I created over and over again.

[@odinallfather9478]

I remember getting the Manta

[@wewentblues]

I think mailing away for Joe items might have kickstarted my addiction for eBay purchases. Steel Brigade, Slaughter, hooded cobra commander and the original lineup of Joes with the updated swivel arms were all I could remember getting. I regret not getting that LJN Sarge, such an awesome figure. I never had the fridge, but I remember calling that hotline from my grandmothers house in Montreal that summer....multiple times!!!! I don’t even remember what was said on the phone, I just remember football tackling sounds.

[@markvuncannon]

Yep! I am really starting to enjoy this Saturday morning tradition🤩 I lmao over the MANTA missile effects🤣🤣🤣

[@mauricehooks320]

Aiken S.C. Fridge use to work for my aunt before he tried out for the Bears. Good times.

[@KJ-tz7vc]

The Super Trooper commercial makes me sad we never got a 1980's live action G.I. Joe movie or TV show.

[@mrjones5025]

Oh man, I remember waiting for both the MANTA and hooded Cobra Commander. Next to Snake-Eyes (of course!) HCC was my favorite figure. It seemed so long to wait for these to come in the mail, eventually you forgot about ordering them, then one day like magic, poof! A box appears! So much fun!

[@lo1bo2]

11:25 I like how Jinx is doing a one handed pushup! You know those ninjas can't resist showing off. And Lady J looks done.

[@MichaelMercy]

That's actually Tunnel Rat. :D

[@stephens4175]

No matter how rough of a day i'm having , when I tune in to one of your videos , they always make me feel better with a nostalgic feeling inside, such quality work, and your love and respect for these vintage 80s items, shows through in each one. Love it.

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Stephen, glad to hear that. 🙏

[@uncleloof]

I still have my figures. Their cardboard info cards AND flag points! True story.

[@BobHansenJokes]

Loved this, so glad you included Super Trooper! I remember his vest broke apart and helmet wouldn't stay on, so my dad super-glued it together for me. I'd make him use his shield like a sled down imaginary snow.

[@kingmoomoo4207]

I just binge watched all your gi joe videos....thanks bro👍👍

[@billpagan3070]

Michael, Outstanding job like always!!!👍 Love the creativity and passion you put into these. You do an amazing job brother. Glad to see Starduster got an honorable mention as that one is my favorite. Had him years ago and want to add him again one day in the future.

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Bill!

[@woodman29]

You’ve given me another reason to look forward to Saturday mornings buddy. Fantastic video!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks! 🙏

[@timrichards8418]

I was born in '82 and we didn't have a lot of money growing up. As a result a lot of my early toys were either 2nd hand or older lines that were reduced. I was always excited to see mail away offers on the packaging but my parents had to explain that they had already expired. Thanks for making this video. :)

[@timrichards8418]

P.s. would you ever consider making a video about Action Force, and the merger with GIJoe? (Here in the UK we even got GIJoe stuff rebranded as Action Force for a while, I believe - similar to how our Turtles were "Heroes" not "Ninjas".)

[@MichaelMercy]

I'd love to take a look at Action Force after I wrap up GI Joe.

[@gerainthorton8980]

Back in the day these felt like they took forever to arrive. I wouldn't be surprised if for me they came overseas. I got to the point of giving up that one lot would arrive but can remember meeting my mother around town one day and she had a package for me. Can't recall if it was the Cobra Commander or the parachute.

[@christopherlacher3544]

Always love the GIJOE reviews!!!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Christopher, Yo Joe! :D

[@lowlifeangler]

I had the mail order Duke, both Cobra Commander, and Manta...got the Boba Fett mail order to late after they glued the missle

[@mjolnirmilitia569]

I'm supposed to be hunting Michael! 😂 I couldn't help myself but watch.

[@171QA]

Very cool list.

[@markalan1592]

Great job as always Michael! I just used the commander saying "What's so funny?" sound clip on my podcast last week! Along with some others. I tell you the Commander has little patience. I guess when you are bent on world domination, you have little time for respecting others. Yo Joe!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Mark!

[@shanonkallhoff2431]

You know how to showcase the nostalgic fun of yesteryear in such a positive way Michael. Top-notch material as usual! Yo-Joe!

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Shanon! :D

[@allenkwest]

Great list. I love and still have Steel Brigade and everything that come with him.

[@JMK15]

Awesome content. Enjoyed it so much.

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks!

[@TommyandTheGuineaPigCollective]

Nice .. havent seen these in a long time.

[@YT0091]

I would have replaced Super Trooper and MANTA with Star Duster and Steel Brigade but still a good list. Slaughter is without a doubt #1.

[@kassandraodessa2633]

Do you know any info about the custom mail away cobra? Basicly the opposite of gijoe steel brigade

[@AC-gb7do]

Michael, or anyone..are the figures super expensive to collect? I’d really like the original 12” figures as well, as my mom picked up the Mercury capsule for the Joe astronaut at a garbage sale but I never knew what it was until much later.

[@slkric1724]

Starduster & Lifeline were the only two mail away's that I had as a kid.

[@greymagic1]

The Iron Sheik and Nicoli Volkov! Right on, brother! (An 80s kid in Canada watching Maple Leaf Wrestling!)

[@MichaelMercy]

Don'tcha dare miss it! :D

[@XMattingly]

I love that you moistened your envelope with Kobra Khan. It’s all those little “blink and you miss it” comical moments that make your videos awesome. 👍😂👍

[@MichaelMercy]

Good eye! :D

[@matthewscherrer7839]

I got the hooded Cobra Commander with the gun a couple months ago.

[@havocmaverick]

I got the lifeline from the cereal box offer, and I loved it.

[@EDFCentral]

It baffles me just how many kids had parents who would do a mail away for their child let alone buy them enough figures to have the points needed. When I was a kid I next to never got anything outside of my birthday or Christmas. Even then it might only be one figure and if it was a vehicle with a figure that was your only figure. There wasnt any additional. I remember drooling over other kids toys as I rarely got any throughout a year. Also dont dare ask for anything, it will just be a moment of major let down and embarrassment.

[@shavanzar]

Cool video Remember most of those, but kept failing to remember to cut out the flag points. Keep making cool videos there Michael.

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks!

[@aprilcarlton1167]

This is really cool

[@sharkymark]

Jinx, showing the boys up with one handed knuckle push-ups.

[@MichaelMercy]

Ninja power!

[@carlosdejesus2207]

honestly if I ever get the chance to collect I'm starting with the cobras

[@markm4033]

Start man! Its a great hobby. There are still some vehicles I need for my collection.

[@philmartinez1872]

Thank you Brother great video

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Phil!

[@3797ID]

Sgt Slaughter & Cobra Commander (silver/blue) *my favs by far* #MailIns

[@3797ID]

U kno what that’s a lie, the futuristic Commander wasn’t a mail in; I guess I just really like him *Even though I didn’t like him at the time* 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@eltenda]

Great top 5

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks!

[@markkamphausen43]

Great Video

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks Mark!

[@douggoldengolden72]

Guilty here sent away for sgt slaughter and fridge

[@williamzoom]

I have always wondered why Captain Freedom from The Running Man & Super Trooper had such an uncanny resemblance!

[@aprilcarlton1167]

And immediately I like the manta

[@brianbarnett100]

anyone else notice in the slaughter add 8 inches of slaughter for the ljn? that made me laugh

[@gazz_N7]

Yup, Sarg was always gonna top this list. Thanks Mikey from Kanada! NERDMASTE'!! 😁

[@MichaelMercy]

Nerdmasté! 🙏

[@danielgray2909]

Fresh

[@greenlanternhg5141]

That’s right Low-Light! Nothing stops a Joe! 😠...not even hernias 🤔 And I can just imagine the Iron Grenadiers on watch at the Terror Drone “what’s that shiny thing on the horizon?...is that the Super Trooper?!? 😟...man I hope he didn’t had too much coffee...last time he dislocated my shoulder 😩” Ah but yes...no one beats the Sarge 😋 just imagine, if they had a Mr T & Hulk Hogan figures on G.I. Joe I would’ve been able to recreate that A-Team episode 😂 Great video Mr Mercy 👍🏽✌🏽

[@MichaelMercy]

Haha, thanks!

[@blue0lantron]

a surfboard with a machine gun on it nice

[@danielherrin]

Major Bludd Both Cobra Comanders Budo with teal uniform Duke

[@BayushiGemma]

The Super Trooper lack a celebrity personality endorsement which is probably why I never cared for him...oh and his horrible face sculpt too. lol Oh that first feeling as a kid getting that Hooded Cobra Commander in the mail. :)

[@MarceloRibeiro-pb7ot]

👏👏👏👏😃👍🇧🇷

[@retrogalaxyunlimited1999]

Great Video

[@MichaelMercy]

Thanks!