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GI Joburg Episode 83: Toys of '83 and Burning Building Debates

Come join us in 1983 as we explore the year's selection of figures and vehicles. Find out what our favourites and least favourites are, and how Rob gets out of a burning building with more toys than Paul, Stephen, and Cujo combined.

Yo Joe!

GI Joburg Episode 82: Choose Your Own Adventure

Ever wanted to meet up with three pals, assemble your troops, brief them on a perilous mission and then let the adventure begin? Yeah. Us too. But [sigh]... adulting. Well, GI Joburg is gonna bring you four missions where one of us briefs, the other assembles the troops and equipment and together we weave the plot! Don't judge. It's how grown-ups play with their action figures.

 

Also, Mike Zeck comes under an artist spotlight with some inside info from Cujo;

 

We do a righteous Postbox: The Pit section where a handful of your mail is discussed;

 

And our definitive sculpt section deals with none other than the Battle Android Trooper!

 

Awesome.

GI Joburg Episode 81: Strydent!

Introducing STRYDENT! An impromtu Skype call between Paul and Steve and a GI Joe super fan from the States called Ewart morphed very quickly into a GI Joe conversation worth putting into the world. We talk about what we'd do if we were calling the shots in Hasbro; the debate around being a vintage collector, modern era collector, or both; and Doctor Doom! Yep. Doctor Doom.

GI Joburg Episode 80: Fixing BF2K

Battle Force: 2000. It's a broken concept. Whether it's the figure design; the characters and their representation; the vehicles; the gimmick... it's fair to say that these guys missed the mark somewhere along the line. So with the advantage of hindsight, GI Joburg undertake to fix BF2K. How can we make these toys desirable? How do we make sense of GI Joe's "Soldiers of the Future"? Is it even possible? Hit 'play'!

 

Also, expect much gushery over our new custom figures.

 

Much.

GI Joe Cartoon Commentary Episode 5: A Stake in the Serpent's Heart

Presenting the conclusion of our MASS Device commentary! Feel free to watch along, with us in your ear, or check out what our pal Michael Mercy does with the audio on YouTube here! Yo Joe!

GI Joe Cartoon Commentary Episode 4: Duel in the Devil's Cauldron

And here is part four! As always, dear friends you are encouraged to rewatch the first GI Joe animated miniseries with us, or you can watch the awesome YouTube presentation done by our Canadian pal, Mike Mercy here. 

 

GI Joe Cartoon Commentary Episode 3: The Worms of Death

Here it is! Available here and on YouTube, GI Joburg's collaboration with Mike Mercy enters it's third chapter. Get your DVD cued up because we're gonna add commentary to episode 3 of the MASS Device. Do yourself a favour and check out what Mike does with the commentary on YouTube here.

 

GI Joe Cartoon Commentary Episode 2: Slaves of the Cobra Master

These are so much fun, we did another one! Any reason to watch the old 'toon! So here is GI Joburg's commentary on episode 2 of The MASS Device. Watch along with us!

 

As if you needed an excuse...

GI Joe Cartoon Commentary Episode 1: The Cobra Strikes

So this Canadian fella called Mike made a USS Flagg base based on the base we built. He got a hold of us and a bromance was born. So we decided to do something new with our new friend: cartoon commentary! So pop in your DVD or find the ep on DailyMotion and watch the very first GI Joe cartoon episode with us in your ear!

GI Joburg Episode 79: Rogue One

Happy 2017 GI Joburg friends! We did it last year with The Force Awakens, so we guess it's a tradition now! But hey, don't we have Star Wars to thank for our beloved GI Joe toyline after all? Rogue One tops the agenda. We talk toys, the film, even a bit of conspiracy theory. Black-clad action figures feature in our definitive sculpt section. And of course, a little bit of the indomitable Carrie Fisher.

 

"General? To me she's royalty."