It's the big FOUR-ZERO for GI Joburg. And it's a double celebration as we offer our review of episode two of The Revenge Of Cobra on its 30th birthday. Whew! Yo Joe! And that was a Sunbow "Yo Joe", by the way. The Yo Joeiest Yo Joe you're ever likely to find.
Today 30 years ago GI Joe: The Revenge Of Cobra aired for the first time. You may of course know it by it's street name: 'The Weather Dominator'. The five-part miniseries followed almost exactly a year to the day on the heels of the first GI Joe miniseries, The Adventures Of GI Joe. Or 'Mass Device'. It would appear Sunbow and Marvel had managed trap lightening in a bottle. With new characters, new weapons and equipment and superb production, she's as worthy a topic to podcast as any. So to mark...
GI Joburg shares some very candid opinions on the 50th Anniversary releases. What you can do without; what you can't live without. It's all here, plus a splash of 90's nostalgia for taste. 'The odds are a million to one... and that's the way we like it!'
Everybody has elements of GI Joe they dislike. Everybody. For Rob, it’s the Dreadnoks. For Paul, Battleforce: 2000 gets his ire; for Steve, mention of the D.E.F makes him vomit in his mouth a little. The challenge for episode 37? Try and say something nice about these personal peeves. Try. Try real hard. Also, Paul gets acquainted with his 50th anniversary Night Viper and airs his nitpicks. And remember: real heroes don’t do drugs.
GI Joburg goes primal with a rundown of their top picks for figures with included animals. A brief discussion on dolphin rape ensues. Yes, because that's a thing. Also, a few fantasy casting ideas are mooted for the ultimate GI Joe film cast. Got a few suggestions of your own? We'd love to hear them. Find the thread for this episode and comment on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/GiJoburg Also, a clip from Robot Chicken that might just be required viewing for this episode can be found here:...
Steve catches Paul off-guard with a heated discussion of the GI Joe toys produced from 1987-1989. The highs. The lows. The oddities. Which is your favorite year? The one with the Coastal Defender; the one with the Battle Barge; or the one with the Battlefield Robots? It's all here, all fresh, all GI Joburg!
GI Joburg has some dirty laundry. We've been harboring some very unpopular opinions on our GI Joe hobby and the time has come to confess. For long-time listeners, some will not come as a surprise. But there will be a few guaranteed to catch you unaware and shock your mind! Also: what do you suppose the smirk on original Duke's headsculpt is depicting? Joy? Cockiness? Flatulence? Answers this way lie!
In a mission statement somewhere, it was said GI Joburg regularly discusses GI Joe-related Top Five lists... But we can't remember when last we did one of those. So Rob, Paul and Steve each have one in mind. But they're keeping it hush! Also, with JoeCon 2014 wrapping up just prior to the episode, the guys discuss what caught their eye from the coverage so far. Marauderinc's Kickstarter, Acid Rain, Cobra Condors, funny helmets - you'll find it all in Episode 33!
Ever had a burning idea for a GI Joe subteam? Yes? No? Well allow GI Joburg the chance to win you over with their top picks for fantasy subteams. There's talk of the Transportable Tactical Battle Platform and what the hell it's function is; and a lot of love for Blood For The Baron and what they bring to the world. And Matthew Mcconaughey. Yes. You heard right. Matthew Mcconaughey.
With a slew of exciting new GI Joe 50th Anniversary items on the horizon, GI Joburg picks out some of it's favorites. They blast into the past with a look back at the doomed Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future toys, and have their GI Joe figures battle to the death. Confused? Click play and all will be revealed!
Jeeps. GI Joe has a fair number of them. Some of them sporting spring-loaded missile-firing action, or colour-change features, or packaged with a dinosaur... but they are all enduring and fun toys. From series one of A Real American Hero to Retaliation and beyond, the simple joy of loading up a vehicle with figures and crushing some rough terrain is something all fans share. But it begs the question: Which GI Joe combat jeep is the finest of the lot? The debate rages...
Seasons greetings from the GI Joburg fellas!
Flying Hairdryers; split-apart aircraft; colour-changing jeeps; tanks that turn into helicopters; bouncing ballistic battle balls... GI Joe: A Real American Hero was a toyline with a healthy dose of off-the-wall toy concepts. But some of the craziest ideas to be found actually have some basis in reality. Paul, Rob and Steve showcase three concepts that straddle the gap between science fiction and science fact.
The great Sideshow debate rages. The Dolly Lama AKA Paul and Sideshow Bob AKA Rob are tasked with convincing Steve that Sideshow Collectibles' GI Joe Series is worth adding to his collection. In other news: Are Duke and Buzzer the same person? Tune in. Find answers...
It's time to revisit our famous battles topic to see if the Joes can come back from their 3-2 defeat... In this episode Paul, Rob and Steve debate GI Joe and Cobra's best hopes for domination in the aquatic and arctic arenas. It is also with great pride that they announce GI Joburg's entry into the world YouTube video reviews. Do you own an Avalanche snow tank or Shark 9000? Should you? These battles always succeed in getting us fired up about these toys. There's a sneaking suspicion you will be...
The fog of Retaliation is lifting and truly spectacular toys are making a return. GI Joburg chimes in with their top three GI Do's and GI Don'ts for the future of their beloved toyline. Paul defends his statue buying and the first hints of GI Joburg's exciting new adventure are dropped. Fly your freak flag high, Joes!
We have bitched about GI Joe's cinematic exploits as much as we dare. For a change, we are offering our two cents on what the ideal GI Joe film should have and even pitch an idea for a screenplay. Listen up to hear what would make at least three members of the fan community very happy Joes.
It's pretty good. All of it actually. Oh dear, the credit card is hemorrhaging. Best get Doc to stop it from bleeding out because these toys are so good. So. So. Good. The GI Joburg team review their in-hand specimens and rediscover the love. The bad figure curse is finally broken.
Grab some popcorn, put up your feet, dust off your copy of GI Joe: The Movie and listen to the GI Joburg audio commentary! Hey, it's an excuse to watch the iconic 1987 animated feature again, this time with fanboy debate raging inside your head. Of course if you don't have a copy of the film, 1) what are you doing? We thought you were Joe fans? and 2) Youtube to the rescue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoBAFhu-hDs Cobra-LALALALALAAA!...
The GI Joburg team have selected 9 of the best toys produced in the heyday of 1984-6 and have decided to discredit them... can it be done? If you don't have these toys and we fail to dissuade you, what are you waiting for? Hit 'BUY'!
The title says it all folks. The Eaglehawk has landed. Join the team as they unbox, assemble and share first impressions and comparisons of the venerable helicopter's remake. Should you race off and get one? Should you give it a skip? Only one thing is certain: to do either without listening to this episode is folly!
In this episode the GI Joburg team roll out their top five fantasy picks of characters needing GI Joe action figure treatment. Paul hates on Megan Fox; Steve wants to peel April O'Neil's banana; and Rob has no idea who Jem is... ...not that Jem is in this episode. Why would we do a thing like that? Get your Snake out of its box and give it a whirl!
So it came and went. The event GI Joe fandom counted the days til. Twice. GI Joe: Retaliation. After firing off some quick responses in Episode 20, the GI Joburg fellas return with more considered opinions on how they felt about the film. No gaping plot holes are left unpoked. Paul takes a swipe at the current slew of movie toys, Steve takes a swipe at rap music, and Rob is incomprehensible, often. But hey, this marks history as GI Joburg's first episode recorded inside a plane!
Another exciting GI Joe-filled episode, but this time with a twist. Join Stephen, Paul and Rob with special guest Michelle aka Paul's girlfriend as they get to an early morning screening of GI Joe 3D: Retaliation. WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD. Some fun facts: 1. Shortest ever episode of GI Joburg 2. First time all meeting together in one place to watch movie. 3. First GI Joburg episode recorded from one source. 4. First appearance of Robo Rob Enjoy!
Who has the superior vehicles? GI Joe or Cobra? In this episode the team select a handful of Joe vehicles and their Cobra equivalents for a head to head battle of technology, strategy and sheer toy enjoyment. The guys also discuss forthcoming releases including the long awaited reissue of the venerable Tomahawk, the all-new EAGLEHAWK. Yes fans, it's coming and it is beautiful. Steve has finally returned from the Far East and thankfully the audio quality is a marked improvement on the rather ardu...
Another seemingly lost episode has been recovered! Steve makes some Mint In Sealed Box finds and begs the question: to open, or not to open? What are the rules, the do's, the dont's? Vintage sealed items are like catnip to collectors. But once you take them home, are they to be pretty wallpaper? Or do you crack those suckers open and wage war like it's nineteen eighty-four? Lot's of question marks in that blurb... tune in. Find answers.
With the absence of new GI Joe product hitting us all rather hard, the GIJoburg boys return to an earlier time when G.I. Joe toys had disappeared indefinitely. What does the self-respecting fan of the ultimate 3'3/4 inch fighting man do with no new Joes? Throw in the towel? Save some bob? Or do our attentions turn elsewhere? Rob, Paul and Steve do a retrospective on toy collecting post 1994 and draw some comparisons with this current drought. Also in this episode, two new segments dealing with t...
Can you isolate your favorite GI Joe year? Put differently, if only one series of GI Joe saw light of day, which should it be and why? Best vehicles? Most iconic characters? Personal affinity? The team wade in with their picks and also share their views on Kre-O GI Joe toys. And watch out everyone... the Fridge is coming through...
Duke drinks tiger blood! Cobra Commander sprays X-30's with liquidized pythons! Blizzard becomes a dune-skiing banana! GI Joburg claws its way back from oblivion with a discussion on the 1988-1990 redeco subgroups. Steve returns to South Africa, Paul takes a break from irradiated rodents, and Rob quits womanizing and pissups to bring you the long-awaited Episode 14. Thanks for hanging in there!
For most of us, GI Joe began with the most posable, well-equipped, 3 3/4 inch modern action figures. With swivel-arm battle-grip and snap-on, stay-on accessories, A Real American Hero set the gold standard for action figures for almost three decades with more or less the same basic construction. We all have our favourites and in this episode Paul, Rob and Steve roll off their top fives and also examine how well they have translated into the modern-era. Much talk of purple helmets, crotch shaving...
