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‘COBRA H.I.S.S.’ By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. I’m sticking with G.I.Joe tanks again today but this time I’m going to get into the Cobra Hiss. This was a beautiful design. The Hiss looks really bad-ass and non like the Mobat it holds multiple figures. One in the cockpit, one in the signature double cannon, and 2 standing on the rear. The Hiss was introduced in 1983 and has been a staple in the Cobra Lineup. The mold has been used many times over the years in different colors and in modern 25th style. This is just…

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G.I.Joe M.O.B.A.T. Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the outpost. I’m going to roll back the clock to 1982 today. Steeler and the 1982 G.I.Joe Mobat are both awesome. Steeler has a very unique helmet attachment and the motorized Mobat was pure gold back in 1982 and still holds up today 38 years later. A relatively simple design brought a lot of happiness and joy to millions who were fortunate enough to have one of these as a kid. The Mobat was used extensively in the cartoon and the comics. If you needed a punch to battle Cobra, Steeler and…

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G.I.Joe ‘ARISE SERPENTOR ARISE’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. Last week I had a little time to sit down and watch the G.I.Joe cartoon mini series “Arise Serpentor Arise”. This is such a great 5 part series. There were so many awesome characters introduced this year I couldn’t stop watching and thinking about how cool all of these characters still are today. 1985 is “The” heyday for many people. As many of you know I started out with 12 inch and was part of the straight arm revolution, but 1986 and this series is what really made…

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G.I.JOE HALF THE BATTLE -‘My Top 5 Zartan Moments’!

On this week’s all new episode of G.I.Joe Half The Battle, May is over but we have one more special look at everyone’s favorite Dreadnok, ‘Zartan’! This week its my top 5 favorite Zartan moments. Check out this week’s video below then MAKE THE JUMP to the forum and join in the conversation. And as always be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all my latest videos!

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G.I.Joe ‘The MASS DEVICE’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. Today’s discussion is building the G.I.Joe M.A.S.S. Device. This was one of the best ideas Hasbro came up with. It wasn’t cheap getting all the parts for this but the end result was awesome. The parts were released in the DVD packs and not only did we get the DVDs but some great awesome figures and the end result the M.A.S.S. Device. There DVD packs had empty containers so there were also a few figures released with colored containers with the various elements in it. Over all…

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G.I.Joe Battle Force 2000 Discussion by Mitchell Smith!

Today I’m going to get into the 2017 G.I.Joe Battle Force 2000 figures. I did not buy any of these but I wanted them really bad. Back in the day the Battle Force 2000 figures were all awesome. As a whole the modern set looked pretty cool. For the price though I thought that every figure should have had a removable helmet and an awesome original head sculpt. From what I can see they kind of chintzed out on this set and I thought they could have been a lot better. I…

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G.I.Joe ‘Blast Off’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Last week I did an article on G.I. Joe Flamethrowers and I forgot one. Blast Off. Well I have a very good explanation why I left him off. I forgot or maybe I never thought he was a flamethrower. With a name like Blast Off I always thought he was Countdown’s Partner. 3-2-1 Blast Off. I always thought he was an Astronaut. He looks like that is what he should have been. He does have a really cool look to him and I love the Helmet. I think the spring loaded projectile is…

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G.I.Joe ‘AWE STRIKER’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Rolling right along, the end of the month of May is quickly closing in on us. Today I’m going to get into the 1985 G.I.Joe Awe Striker. This is such a great vehicle and has been used for countless repaints. I had the original as a kid and I had many great hours of play with it. I ended up trading mine to my best friend for a 1982 Vamp. I don’t regret it because both were just awesome. I guess I had some nostalgia for the first Christmas that I…

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G.I.JOE HALF THE BATTLE ‘MAIN CHARACTER MAY PT. 4′ FEATURING ZARTAN!

On this week’s all new episode of G.I.Joe Half The Battle, it is time once again for ‘MAIN CHARACTER MAY! This week is part Four of our look at Zartan. Check out this week’s video below then MAKE THE JUMP to the forum and join in the conversation. And as always be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all my latest videos!

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G.I.Joe ‘COBRA BUGG.’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Today we are talking about the 1988 G.I.Joe Cobra BUGG. This is an odd looking vehicle to me. This one was definitely not modeled after a real military vehicle. There is also a very strange color scheme going on there. With that said this is one awesome Cobra vehicle, once you start seeing the play value. So I’m discussing this as a 12 year old going on 13 in 1988. The first noticeable things are the front 2 cockpits that are quite bubbly. One side is the controls to the…

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‘G.I.Joe Flamethrowers’ Discussion by Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m going to talk about 3 G.I. Joe flamethrower troopers. Blowtorch, Charbroil, and Ice Cream Soldier. Blowtorch is the original flamethrower. He played a big part in the cartoon and I’m not sure about the comics, but if anyone has anything on is roll in the comics feel free to share. This is a very cool character and figure. Blowtorch has the bright orange and yellow suit with the classic style Flamethrower. He also has the cool face mask and for 1984, when G.I. Joe was expanding their palette, Blowtorch was…

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G.I.Joe ‘Mini Playsets’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith

Welcome to the Outpost. I’m going to touch on a couple small G.I.Joe playsets that were awesome back in the 80’s. I had very few of these but I was able to get some as a collector and wished I would have had more of these as a kid. The 1984 watchtower was pretty simple but it packed a lot of play value. For a small play set this had a ladder, door to enter, sandbags, a spot light, a machine gun, and a flag. This one held 3-4 Joes comfortably, enough…

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G.I.Joe ‘Dollar General’ Figures Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. Another day another dollar. It looks like some people are getting back to work this week, and hopefully things will be back to normal soon. Today I’m going to talk about the G.I.Joe Dollar General 2012 and 2013 figures. The figures were not released with tons of weapons and gear but they were great figures. The best part about them was they were cheap. Like $6.00 cheap in my area. And these were also great for grabbing to do customizing and army build. These were a good seller…

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G.I.Joe ‘SCRAP IRON’ Discussion By Mitchell Smith!

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m diving into one of the greatest Cobra characters, Scrap Iron. What a great design he was. So great that most of the upgrades were just the original design with different color schemes. The original figure is classic Cobra blue with red highlight. He also has one of the coolest missile launchers for any G.I.Joe or Cobra. He was a staple in the cartoon, even though I don’t remember any episodes that revolved around him, he was always ready to fight for his team. I didn’t have this one as…

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G.I.JOE HALF THE BATTLE ‘MAIN CHARACTER MAY PT. 3′ FEATURING ZARTAN!

On this week’s all new episode of G.I.Joe Half The Battle, it is time once again for ‘MAIN CHARACTER MAY! This week is part three of our look at Zartan. Check out this week’s video below then MAKE THE JUMP to the forum and join in the conversation. And as always be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all my latest videos!

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