I love this figure. One thing I'll agree with you on, is the hand to hand combat specialist, and he comes with guns and grenades and stuff. But, I see no problem with the yellow. Scoop is yellow and a cool figure, as is Lightfoot and Airtight. Blowtorch has a lot of yellow. People complain for the sake of complaining. As for his missiles falling off, that's an easy fix. Just glue them on. They don't fire anyway, like a spring loaded one, and it looks much better with them all on anyway, and you wouldn't have to worry about losing them. The crotch is very brittle, that's a major flaw with this figure. I've had two of them where the crotch broke. You have to be careful. But, I definitely think Captain Grid-Iron is a top tier figure.
Your wife sure is a good sport (Thumbs up just for that!). I got Grid-Iron at Kay Bee Toys as a kid. I thought he was kind of cool in concept... but I didn't play with him that much after I got him. The missiles fell off his gun all the time. The elbow pads fell off the figure. I'm kind of suprised you didn't save him for Super Bowl Sunday. ha ha!
We knew the rank of all of the Joes; the pay grade was on the file cards. Cool reason though, kids probably liked this figure due to that reason. It is funny as he outranked most of the GI Joe team, lol!
@@bobastu I don't know the pay grades, and neither do most kids. So, the fact that Captain was part of his name is an excellent reason for buying him. Sgt. Slaughter too. Lt. Falcon as well.
My brother got this guy for his birthday in 1991. It was his favorite figure. My brother LOVES football. He used the football grenades more than the machine gun. I got Pathfinder on my birthday that year.
I could have sworn there was another version of this character with a spring-loaded rocket launcher, which my cousin had. It was probably this version with the rocket launcher from another figure.
I kinda agree- He’s not THAT bad of a figured Some other GI Joe/Football connections: Wild Bill: The Cowboys Tiger Force Duke: The Bengals Spirit: The Redskins Ace: The Jets Heavy Metal: The Steelers Lt. Falcon: The Falcons The Crimson Guard: The Cardinals Deep Six: The Seahawks Zanzibar: The Buccaneers Strato-Viper: The Ravens Iceberg: The Texans The Rapid-Fire Motorcycle: The Rams
Great job detailing the issues regarding Pat Tillman with respect and a minimal amount of politicizing. It's clear you wanted to honor the man and his service, while nothing the controversies surrounding him.
I solved the yellow pants issue by simply giving him Bazooka's olive pants. Not perfect, but looked good to me. Also, I gave that silenced pistol to my Mercer v1. It seemed more the right size for him. Thanks for the review!
I probably belong to the few who actually liked CAPT Grid-iron, if only for its helmet. I even built a four-man squad using this figure, stripped of football grenades, repainted in olive drab, and equipped with the 1990 SAW Viper's machinegun and backpack.
Fun review of an "ahem" interesting figure. The visor is included as football players had started wearing visors on their helmets late '80s. I agree the figure had a really good head sculpt. I've known ROTC officers and Naval Academy officers, from Ensign up to Four Star Admiral. In my opinion, the junior officers, O-1, O-2, and first tour O-3, are the hardest for enlisted to get along with if they graduated from the Naval Academy. There is a quote, Academy and West Point Officers are taught: " “Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching.” U.S. Army's Officer Guide, 1863." I have seen two O-3 officers having a discussion, which turned heated. The Academy grad knocked his Academy on the table twice; the ROTC grad immediately conceded. Ring knockers, they are both the same rank, put it on the same day, but the Academy grad reminded the ROTC grad who was "senior." Would GI Joe take out on of their own whom was incompetent...definitely. There is no room for incompetence in SOC! Love your vids!
" The most often criticized and maligned figure from the entire G.I.Joe line". Uhhhh what about Hawk version 1, Tripwire Versions 2 and 3, Claymore, Mainframe version 2, Zandar, Backstop, Crazylegs, Fast Draw, All of Battleforce 2000, Cobra comander version 3, Raptor, Zanzibar, Skidmark, Windmill, Cooperhead version 2, Crimson Guard version 2, Rapid fire, Lamprey version 2, Grunt version 3, Tracker, Roadpig version 2, Heli-viper, Dojo, T'Bang, Bazooka verison 3 Longarm, Muskrat verion 3, Dino hunters, Mega Marines, Create a cobra, Star brigae,Ice cream soldier, All those freaking aliens!!! (Deep breathe) Okay, to put this simply how in the world is captain Grid iron worse than any of the figures I just mentioned???!
Some darker greens and yellows (or even just replacing the yellow pants altogether with a camo pattern) would make him look better. The mold isn't a bad one.
This is a figure where I hate the concept, but find the execution amazing in every regard. It has great paint apps, great sculpting detail, a great face sculpt (that really conveys he's probably a bit younger than most of the other Joes), weapon storage, good attention to how he's actually going to be able to hold his accessories (with the handles on the football grenades and the angled fore-grip on the missile launcher, and a general abundance of accessories.
An incredible episode, right as football season is starting, taking a figure that could have been forgettable, giving it an honest review and tying it in with a touching reminder of our real world Joes and their sacrifices. This is what this channel is all about. It’s always a pleasure to see hoody coco!
Captain Grid-Iron... The Horror, The Horror!!! It was at this point that I knew the end was inevitable...Give them credit for hanging on longer than expected.
Yes! A review from HCC 788. Loved Capt. Grid Iron. It was one of the 90's GI Joe Figures I own as a kid. I always paired him with Salvo. He was awesome to play as in the G.I. Joe NES Game.
I had this figure as a kid. Didn’t like his football grenades, machine gun missile launcher or pistol accessories so I sad them aside with my other accessory collection and gave him a black rifle. I also painted his pants olive green because the yellow didn’t look right. Also the yellow pants with the green made me think of the Green Bay packers and after changing his gun and painting his pants green he was more fun for me as a kid
I actually got into G.I. Joe because of you and I am very fond of old buckethead because he's an Illinois native (not the first thought, the first would be Cover Girl I think)
this guy came out when i was 10, around the time i tried (briefly) to 'fit in' more at school by trying to get interested in sports. i liked the figure, but never managed to get into sports, other than american gladiators and pro wrestling. edit: the range viper was one of my favorite figures from that era. but that helmet just looks ridiculous in the cartoon.
Loved this figure as he would play against my Joe Football team with the Fridge and Red Dog dressed for the part! I got him in Riverside, CA came with s ring for the GI Joe "Shuttle Crew" and was a very long ride home on the RTD 496 bus route!
O-3's can get in to the war colleges, and do with some regularity, they just need to have been selected for O-4 first, but haven't had the official promotion. Bureaucracy is (never) fun
Love the channel, I enjoy every curtique of the Joe toy line. However I feel he is being a little to critical of this particular figure. Tho completely ridiculous, considering the intent of this character, I always thought that the missle gun was pretty cool and I enjoyed it very much playing with it as a young lad. Keep in mind that imagination is the primary factor in the use if these objects and my imagination was boundless. With that being said, I found that the missle gun was one of the most well thought out design simply because of the hand grip on the weapon. For some reason it always worked for me. I don't know why. But for some reason that figure and accessories always brought me a lot of joy. Also for the record, my favorite GI Joe figure is the Alley Viper so there's that. Lol. Love the channel and your content, great job buddy, keep up the great work. HCC always takes me back to a time in my life before everything got sad and strange. Hats off to you sir. God bless!
I see it as exposing the lack of character in our leadership at the time. Same with Jessica Lynch. A true story that did not need lies to prop up political egos.
This is crazy. I was also born in Evergreen Park, IL. Specifically, The little company of Mary hospital. But I hate football and can't stand watching it
I dislike the Fridge as well. However, the Fridge was a mail-in and Capt. Grid-Iron was a standard release. That makes me dislike this one more because it "used up" a slot in the release schedule, the Fridge is more easily ignorable.
Without the assessories, the sculpt really doesn't indicate anything football. Not a bad looking figure. And that one-off comment with Scoop made me think. Is Capt. Grid-Iron the squad leader/defender of the Joe's yellow brigade? Support Joes like Airtight, Scoop, Blowtorch, Lightfoot and others that have very niche rolls that are not frontline fighting. Grid-Iron is a front line guy, and he'd be the gun for the gun-less Joes. But as an officer he'd be held back more, and be in that reserve position with the units that wouldn't be in the thick of it.
Captain Grid-Iron is a total Cheese Head. This character is not a bad one in concept. An all American football lover goes to West Point and becomes a captain who loves commanding an infantry company. His code name fits his personality. The football accessories are dumb way to on the nose. At least he is not in a jersey. Give him a helmet similar to Hawk's, a vest in dark green similar to Roadblock or Muskrat, better painted legs, and a proper rifle. Do all that and this figure would have been great. N Nix that thing about the Joes "losing" him. That is BS that only works for drafted Vietnam solders with the idiot 2nd Lt characters. Over all Grid Iron's personality would work well with the Joes. Alpha personality, teamwork oriented, values enlisted.
Thank you for your review! IMHO, one of the silliest Joes ever. It didn't help that his filecard made him sound like a bit of a loser. I think I used him mostly as a vehicle crewman. Now, if they had replaced the yellow with tan and toned down the accessories, he could have been a pretty solid Joe. As he is, I rate him near the bottom.
Cpt.grid-iron was a big part of my childhood, the only vintage toy that survived from my vintage collection and glad to have also the fss8. He made a cameo in Marvel's issue 130. But you forgot to mention his Rank how could have been between Duke and him and more importantly other then the episode pigskin commandos and season 02 of Dic Metal Head reunion were is revealed that Grid-iron (quaterback of his team) and Metal head (the mascot of the team) attendant the same high school. Finally in the cartoon His speech was peppered with football terminolog and wasn't hated by his teammates like in his file card at one point he would risk his life on line to save Pathfinder (his close friend as seen numerous Dic episodes) in D-day Alcatraz. His number 2 of my Joes figures. For more info: gijoe.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Grid-Iron
Technically he appeared in issue #130. In the background. Block colored so that he sort of blends into said background.He's visible between Airtight and the Eco-Warriors version of Barbecue.
I remember this figure/character. I always thought he was absurd so never bothered with him. He was a peg warmer for sure. Perhaps if I had been more interested in sports I might have grabbed one but the whole idea seemed goofy. That file card, yikes! Thanks for another great vid!
honestly it looks like a good figure. The only real weaknesses are the main weapon and the yellow. The colors don't bother me as much as it might others though. I hate the 90's absurd color usage but this one is rather tame IMO.
I actually like this figure, he's just goofy enough to be cool. I place the arm pads on the knees. My machine gun has a smaller fore grip, a variant? I am surprised Susan didn't blind side you for slapping her on the tush. I'm glad you showed a pic of Larry Fitzgerald, he is my favorite Cardinal player. They actually won their first preseason game.
Though I would use it on a other weapon that was maybe in one of those blister packs filled with cheap knockoff pistols weapons Etc I don't know if it's PVC if it isn't made damage it
@@christianhafer9819 I agree that Captain Gridiron and 1990 are good. However, I have to respectfully disagree with you about 1990 being the last worthwhile year. 1991 had some good original figures like Big Ben Red Star, and Desert Scorpion. 1992 was also an excellent year. It gave me a chance to get iconic 1980s characters that I didn't already have since I was too young or not yet tuned into G.I.JOE when they were first released. In my opinion, it's really in 1993 and 1994 that the line started to go off the rails.
@John Soehnlen And I respectfully disagree with you. While 1991 definitely has a couple good ones. The ones you mentioned, and I'd also add Incinerators and Interrogator to that list as all time greats, '90 overall was the last great year. 91 had a few goodies, and anything after that was trash. I don't need Grunt or some other original character looking weird and nothing like the original. Too colorful and weird gimmicks after 1990.
@@christianhafer9819 I agree that both Interrogator and Incinerator are excellent figures. The battle copters weren't great but I liked 3 of the 4 battle copter figures from 1991 and 1992. I agree that many of the launchers were unnecessary. When they worked right, they could be fun. Incinerator's projectile launcher easily comes to mind for one that didn't live up to expectations. You're right on the fact that there were lots of bad molds (Grunt) but there were some good new ones as well (Ace v2) In your opinion what was the best year of G.I. Joe? I lean towards 1986.
@John Soehnlen I don't need 90's Ace. Lol. I like the Incinerators catapult. When it works good, it's pretty awesome. And it's different. Not the same missile launcher that looks ridiculous in the figures hands. Best year? Oooh. That's tough. 1985, '86, '88, '89, and 90, maybe. A toss up. '84 has a lot of good ones. Too close to call. Each year has a handful of my favorites in them. '85 has Alpine, Barbecue, Snow Serpent, the Crimson Guard, Dusty, Eels, Snake Eyes V2, Frostbite, Lampreys, Tollbooth, Lady Jaye, Flint, Footloose. I mean, wow! 1986 has Iceberg, one of my very, very faves. BATS, Beachhead, Vipers, Low-Light, AVAC, and Strato-Viper is another all time great pilot army builder. But, more in '85, I think. I can go through every year, but, you get my point. Every year I mentioned has maybe at least 10 all timers. But, '85, might have the most.
Good content but you need to fix those playlists. You have a "saved playlists" section with playlists made by another channel, which is unconventional and gives the impression you couldn't be bothered making them yourself (I don't know the story behind that, but that's how it appears to a newcomer). They only cover the basics and are all in reverse chronological order. A more comprehensive set of playlists, featuring content that isn't in your current selection such as vlogs would be a real improvement and a choice of "new to old" and "old to new" for your reviews would fix the chronology issue. I like to binge watch using playlists and seeing them back to front isn't optimal, especially with content such as yours that often references prior material. Yes I can click them manually in the correct order but that's inconvenient and defeats the object of having a playlist in the first place. TH-cam provides some good tools for making and maintaining playlists, so it wouldn't be hugely difficult or time consuming and would be a great quality of life improvement for your audience. Anyway playlists aside I've been enjoying the content, I'm not a collector but I used to have lots of Action Force toys as a kid, I never even new about GI Joe. So learning about all this has been interesting and entertaining.
Great review. Not a fan of Capt.GridIron. His uniform without accessories, looks as if he should be working with Airtight or Cleansweep. Wear that yellow and give him a gas mask instant bio troop.
This figure seems to get a bad rap. Look up military pugil stick training, he looks the part and it makes sense with the hand to hand combat training specialty. The football grenades are a bit much, but I can see a training purpose for them. Michael Jordan was said to use a slightly larger ball for practice, which was more difficult to make into the basket. The same could be true for training in precision grenade throwing.
Strip away the helmet and his accessories other than the backpack and the pistol and he isn't too bad of a figure. The yellow isn't as offensive to me as on worse GIJoe guys although I'd much prefer a muddier shade. The body above the torso is quite good. He would make for a low tier figure in my records.
I know I'm in the minority, but I always loved this figure. Even as a kid, I knew I shouldn't like him as much as I did, but he was always one of my favorites. I have no explanation as to why I like him as much as I do, I just do. Maybe it's the football grenades? lol.
Don't be afraid to admit it. He's an awesome figure, and there's no valid reason anyone should dislike him. Airtight is all yellow too, and he came in 1985. He's a cool figure. As is Scoop, Blowtorch and any other yellowy figure up until 1990.
I guess its mainly due to him not having a figure in the vintage line. It wasn't until the modern era he got a figure. It still would have been nice to at least mention him though.
I'll be honest... I dug the helmet ! Removable is ALWAYS a plus, it was distinctive and had a visor... what's not to like ? BUT those grenade accessories were cringe worthy though. What I thought would have been epic is if Hasbro had just decided to go with an entire special mission GiJoe football team. An entire team of brawny bucket-heads to call upon to bolster the ranks on certain hard-fighting melee missions or just to pummel the Cobra football team that time when Cobra Commander wanted to infiltrate and terrorize the Super Bowl ! That happened ... didn't it ...?
Funny, how except of Hawk other officers seems rather pathetic - Major Attitude, this guy and... ok, Airforce guys were officers but that was a must I think. Flint was a warrant officer and I think the highest ranking bettern known character. Oh, there was also Falcon who was also Lieutant... which is higher than Flint's warrant officer?
HCC788, another fine review! Yep, I remember that silly episode of the DIC cartoon back in the day. Then this year I bought the complete DVD set and watched all the eps again. Captain Grid-Iron annoyed me on the show.
The pants are horrible. However, you give the guy a specialty of hand-to-hand combatant and then arm him with a gun so big that it might actually qualify more as a rifle and a missile launching machine gun. smh. He is armed more like an anti-armor combatant (Like Scrap-Iron) than he is a hand-to-hand combatant (like Quick Kick). If Larry Hama did write this file card, I believe he must have rolled his eyes when they asked him to do something with this guy. That must be why he sounds so pathetic on the file card.
Awesome review! You were kinder to the figure than I first thought you would be and you really changed my mind about the figure. Without the yellow colors and with different accesories, this would be a much better figure. I have followed you for a while and you have always done amazing videos, great stuff. I miss them when you take a break. This video with the tribute to Pat Tillman was on a whole different level of awesome. Thank you so much for highlighting a real life Captain Grid-iron. This really was one of your absolute "Top Tier" videos. Thank you so much!
Capt. Grid-Iron had a blink and you'll miss him appearance in one of the GI Joe comics (someone just commented it's issue #130, I'll take their word for it). I was familiar with him and several figures from 1990 when I was already out of GI Joe. My cousin Jeremy had Capt. Grid-Iron, as well as Subzero, Rampart, Skydive, Altitude, and Static Line from the 1990 line. I didn't know what to make of the figure and of the action figures that Jeremy owned from '90, Grid-Iron is the only one I never had much interest in getting.
One of my childhood friends little brothers loved the rocketeer. But no rocketeer toys were made. So my friend convinced his brother that capt gridiron was supposed to be the rocketeer. 😂
Remembering Pat Tillman was a nice touch. Thank you.
Awesome
I love this figure. One thing I'll agree with you on, is the hand to hand combat specialist, and he comes with guns and grenades and stuff. But, I see no problem with the yellow. Scoop is yellow and a cool figure, as is Lightfoot and Airtight. Blowtorch has a lot of yellow. People complain for the sake of complaining. As for his missiles falling off, that's an easy fix. Just glue them on. They don't fire anyway, like a spring loaded one, and it looks much better with them all on anyway, and you wouldn't have to worry about losing them. The crotch is very brittle, that's a major flaw with this figure. I've had two of them where the crotch broke. You have to be careful. But, I definitely think Captain Grid-Iron is a top tier figure.
Your wife sure is a good sport (Thumbs up just for that!). I got Grid-Iron at Kay Bee Toys as a kid. I thought he was kind of cool in concept... but I didn't play with him that much after I got him. The missiles fell off his gun all the time. The elbow pads fell off the figure. I'm kind of suprised you didn't save him for Super Bowl Sunday. ha ha!
It was cool when I made Captain Grid Iron throw his football grenades to my Cobra Vipers. And they caught the pass. Ka Boom!
I bought this figure back in the day only because he had "Captain" in the name and he was one of the few Joes that we knew the rank of.
We knew the rank of all of the Joes; the pay grade was on the file cards. Cool reason though, kids probably liked this figure due to that reason. It is funny as he outranked most of the GI Joe team, lol!
@@bobastu I don't know the pay grades, and neither do most kids. So, the fact that Captain was part of his name is an excellent reason for buying him. Sgt. Slaughter too. Lt. Falcon as well.
Great video, and it was awesome of you to incorporate a tribute to Pat Tillman into it! #yojoe
My brother got this guy for his birthday in 1991. It was his favorite figure. My brother LOVES football. He used the football grenades more than the machine gun. I got Pathfinder on my birthday that year.
Two excellent choices.
I could have sworn there was another version of this character with a spring-loaded rocket launcher, which my cousin had. It was probably this version with the rocket launcher from another figure.
Lol I can't believe you didn't save this for super bowl Sunday
I kinda agree- He’s not THAT bad of a figured
Some other GI Joe/Football connections:
Wild Bill: The Cowboys
Tiger Force Duke: The Bengals
Spirit: The Redskins
Ace: The Jets
Heavy Metal: The Steelers
Lt. Falcon: The Falcons
The Crimson Guard: The Cardinals
Deep Six: The Seahawks
Zanzibar: The Buccaneers
Strato-Viper: The Ravens
Iceberg: The Texans
The Rapid-Fire Motorcycle: The Rams
You're reading too much into that stuff.
The Texans weren't around when Iceberg was made, by the way.
Thanks for another quality review HCC, you are the best G.I Joe reviewers on You Tube, awesome Pat Tillman Tribute
Great job detailing the issues regarding Pat Tillman with respect and a minimal amount of politicizing. It's clear you wanted to honor the man and his service, while nothing the controversies surrounding him.
Great review, I had this figure when growing up, also I remember all the football puns from the dic series
I solved the yellow pants issue by simply giving him Bazooka's olive pants. Not perfect, but looked good to me. Also, I gave that silenced pistol to my Mercer v1. It seemed more the right size for him. Thanks for the review!
I probably belong to the few who actually liked CAPT Grid-iron, if only for its helmet. I even built a four-man squad using this figure, stripped of football grenades, repainted in olive drab, and equipped with the 1990 SAW Viper's machinegun and backpack.
Fun review of an "ahem" interesting figure. The visor is included as football players had started wearing visors on their helmets late '80s. I agree the figure had a really good head sculpt.
I've known ROTC officers and Naval Academy officers, from Ensign up to Four Star Admiral. In my opinion, the junior officers, O-1, O-2, and first tour O-3, are the hardest for enlisted to get along with if they graduated from the Naval Academy. There is a quote, Academy and West Point Officers are taught: " “Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching.” U.S. Army's Officer Guide, 1863."
I have seen two O-3 officers having a discussion, which turned heated. The Academy grad knocked his Academy on the table twice; the ROTC grad immediately conceded. Ring knockers, they are both the same rank, put it on the same day, but the Academy grad reminded the ROTC grad who was "senior."
Would GI Joe take out on of their own whom was incompetent...definitely. There is no room for incompetence in SOC! Love your vids!
I dislike football, but i though Capt Grid-Iron was great. Should pair him with Hard Ball and The Fridge.
" The most often criticized and maligned figure from the entire G.I.Joe line". Uhhhh what about Hawk version 1, Tripwire Versions 2 and 3, Claymore, Mainframe version 2, Zandar, Backstop, Crazylegs, Fast Draw, All of Battleforce 2000, Cobra comander version 3, Raptor, Zanzibar, Skidmark, Windmill, Cooperhead version 2, Crimson Guard version 2, Rapid fire, Lamprey version 2, Grunt version 3, Tracker, Roadpig version 2, Heli-viper, Dojo, T'Bang, Bazooka verison 3 Longarm, Muskrat verion 3, Dino hunters, Mega Marines, Create a cobra, Star brigae,Ice cream soldier, All those freaking aliens!!! (Deep breathe) Okay, to put this simply how in the world is captain Grid iron worse than any of the figures I just mentioned???!
You cleary did your research!
Quite the extensive (and fun) list.
seymour clarity thank u very much.
He's way better than all those figures. Who ever wrote that book doesn't know his a from a from a hole in the ground.
Some darker greens and yellows (or even just replacing the yellow pants altogether with a camo pattern) would make him look better. The mold isn't a bad one.
This is a figure where I hate the concept, but find the execution amazing in every regard.
It has great paint apps, great sculpting detail, a great face sculpt (that really conveys he's probably a bit younger than most of the other Joes), weapon storage, good attention to how he's actually going to be able to hold his accessories (with the handles on the football grenades and the angled fore-grip on the missile launcher, and a general abundance of accessories.
Spectacular figure, no doubt.
Football and military covert ops do not go together, very silly idea.
Wow I always had the blocking pads over his knees.... Guess Ive had it wrong for 30 something years ?
An incredible episode, right as football season is starting, taking a figure that could have been forgettable, giving it an honest review and tying it in with a touching reminder of our real world Joes and their sacrifices. This is what this channel is all about. It’s always a pleasure to see hoody coco!
Captain Grid-Iron... The Horror, The Horror!!! It was at this point that I knew the end was inevitable...Give them credit for hanging on longer than expected.
1990 was the last good year. Grid-Iron was cool.
Yes! A review from HCC 788. Loved Capt. Grid Iron. It was one of the 90's GI Joe Figures I own as a kid. I always paired him with Salvo. He was awesome to play as in the G.I. Joe NES Game.
This guy gets it.
I had this figure as a kid. Didn’t like his football grenades, machine gun missile launcher or pistol accessories so I sad them aside with my other accessory collection and gave him a black rifle. I also painted his pants olive green because the yellow didn’t look right. Also the yellow pants with the green made me think of the Green Bay packers and after changing his gun and painting his pants green he was more fun for me as a kid
HA! I love the flower pot! You are a funny dude lol I really enjoy all of your videos!
Eh.
Thrasher had a lacrosse stick. So he is kinda sports themed
Thank You HCC788 for listing Spazz Cardigan - Yacht Stomp in the credits. I been wondering what the name of that awesome song was.
I actually got into G.I. Joe because of you and I am very fond of old buckethead because he's an Illinois native (not the first thought, the first would be Cover Girl I think)
I love your reviews... this is one of my favorite GIJoe characters as a kid. And one of your best bits 🤣
this guy came out when i was 10, around the time i tried (briefly) to 'fit in' more at school by trying to get interested in sports. i liked the figure, but never managed to get into sports, other than american gladiators and pro wrestling.
edit: the range viper was one of my favorite figures from that era. but that helmet just looks ridiculous in the cartoon.
Loved this figure as he would play against my Joe Football team with the Fridge and Red Dog dressed for the part! I got him in Riverside, CA came with s ring for the GI Joe "Shuttle Crew" and was a very long ride home on the RTD 496 bus route!
The Pigskin Commandos episode was also remember for Grid-Iron & Metal-Head as college rivals
O-3's can get in to the war colleges, and do with some regularity, they just need to have been selected for O-4 first, but haven't had the official promotion. Bureaucracy is (never) fun
Love the channel, I enjoy every curtique of the Joe toy line. However I feel he is being a little to critical of this particular figure. Tho completely ridiculous, considering the intent of this character, I always thought that the missle gun was pretty cool and I enjoyed it very much playing with it as a young lad. Keep in mind that imagination is the primary factor in the use if these objects and my imagination was boundless. With that being said, I found that the missle gun was one of the most well thought out design simply because of the hand grip on the weapon. For some reason it always worked for me. I don't know why. But for some reason that figure and accessories always brought me a lot of joy. Also for the record, my favorite GI Joe figure is the Alley Viper so there's that. Lol. Love the channel and your content, great job buddy, keep up the great work. HCC always takes me back to a time in my life before everything got sad and strange. Hats off to you sir. God bless!
Wow, this is a great review of G.I. Joe Capt. Grid Iron. Thumbs up and then some.
the tillman case exposes the folly of war, so interesting
I see it as exposing the lack of character in our leadership at the time. Same with Jessica Lynch. A true story that did not need lies to prop up political egos.
Steel Will from Silverhawks wore a mask like a football helmet in the cartoon.
I do like the boots and boot covers
19:52 Also, John Wayne was never in the military, despite all the war movies he made.
I was out of the G.I. Joe fandom by the time Captain Grid-Iron came around.
Still he seems okay. I would have used him in with my desert unit.
I would totally use Yo Joe Jock Itch Treatment. Sounds like a 2-point conversion to me!
Those custom designed football grenades just for him must have cost GI Joe or the government alot of money to make
No love for the lacrosse wielding Thunder Machine driving Thrasher?
The MG is based on the M1919 A4 and the pistol looks like a colt long slide 45
Great review thanks for the video Hoodie CoCo
This is crazy. I was also born in Evergreen Park, IL. Specifically, The little company of Mary hospital. But I hate football and can't stand watching it
Great episode!
Interesting file card!
Road Pig's pads more resemble the pads worn by a hockey goalie.
Very nice tribute to Tillman.
Played NFL.. loved the figure
What's everyone's opinion of the fridge if they hate this so.much?
I dislike the Fridge as well. However, the Fridge was a mail-in and Capt. Grid-Iron was a standard release. That makes me dislike this one more because it "used up" a slot in the release schedule, the Fridge is more easily ignorable.
Wow. That Tillman story at the end came out of left field. Got me a little emotional.
Without the assessories, the sculpt really doesn't indicate anything football. Not a bad looking figure. And that one-off comment with Scoop made me think. Is Capt. Grid-Iron the squad leader/defender of the Joe's yellow brigade? Support Joes like Airtight, Scoop, Blowtorch, Lightfoot and others that have very niche rolls that are not frontline fighting. Grid-Iron is a front line guy, and he'd be the gun for the gun-less Joes. But as an officer he'd be held back more, and be in that reserve position with the units that wouldn't be in the thick of it.
Captain Grid-Iron is a total Cheese Head.
This character is not a bad one in concept. An all American football lover goes to West Point and becomes a captain who loves commanding an infantry company. His code name fits his personality. The football accessories are dumb way to on the nose. At least he is not in a jersey. Give him a helmet similar to Hawk's, a vest in dark green similar to Roadblock or Muskrat, better painted legs, and a proper rifle. Do all that and this figure would have been great. N
Nix that thing about the Joes "losing" him. That is BS that only works for drafted Vietnam solders with the idiot 2nd Lt characters. Over all Grid Iron's personality would work well with the Joes. Alpha personality, teamwork oriented, values enlisted.
Thank you for your review!
IMHO, one of the silliest Joes ever. It didn't help that his filecard made him sound like a bit of a loser. I think I used him mostly as a vehicle crewman. Now, if they had replaced the yellow with tan and toned down the accessories, he could have been a pretty solid Joe. As he is, I rate him near the bottom.
I'd rate him pretty high. Lower top tier.
Cpt.grid-iron was a big part of my childhood, the only vintage toy that survived from my vintage collection and glad to have also the fss8. He made a cameo in Marvel's issue 130. But you forgot to mention his Rank how could have been between Duke and him and more importantly other then the episode pigskin commandos and season 02 of Dic Metal Head reunion were is revealed that Grid-iron (quaterback of his team) and Metal head (the mascot of the team) attendant the same high school. Finally in the cartoon His speech was peppered with football terminolog and wasn't hated by his teammates like in his file card at one point he would risk his life on line to save Pathfinder (his close friend as seen numerous Dic episodes) in D-day Alcatraz. His number 2 of my Joes figures.
For more info: gijoe.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Grid-Iron
Technically he appeared in issue #130. In the background. Block colored so that he sort of blends into said background.He's visible between Airtight and the Eco-Warriors version of Barbecue.
I agree, definitely not the best but sure isn't the worst.
I remember this figure/character. I always thought he was absurd so never bothered with him. He was a peg warmer for sure. Perhaps if I had been more interested in sports I might have grabbed one but the whole idea seemed goofy. That file card, yikes! Thanks for another great vid!
Not interested in sports? Nerd! Cool figure.
PATRIOTS?!? Dude. 😉
honestly it looks like a good figure. The only real weaknesses are the main weapon and the yellow. The colors don't bother me as much as it might others though. I hate the 90's absurd color usage but this one is rather tame IMO.
Compared to 1991 and on. 1990 was the last superb year.
Captain Grid iron was also available in 1991 according to the 1991 catalog.
I actually like this figure, he's just goofy enough to be cool. I place the arm pads on the knees. My machine gun has a smaller fore grip, a variant?
I am surprised Susan didn't blind side you for slapping her on the tush. I'm glad you showed a pic of Larry Fitzgerald, he is my favorite Cardinal player. They actually won their first preseason game.
I also am a huge fan of this figure. I think he's awesome.
Though I would use it on a other weapon that was maybe in one of those blister packs filled with cheap knockoff pistols weapons Etc I don't know if it's PVC if it isn't made damage it
Great review!
I think Capt Gridirons a great guy hes awesome. I think that most 90 figures were good. I don't see the problem with this guy.
Me neither. 1990 was an excellent year. The last one of anything worthwhile.
@@christianhafer9819 I agree that Captain Gridiron and 1990 are good.
However, I have to respectfully disagree with you about 1990 being the last worthwhile year. 1991 had some good original figures like Big Ben Red Star, and Desert Scorpion.
1992 was also an excellent year. It gave me a chance to get iconic 1980s characters that I didn't already have since I was too young or not yet tuned into G.I.JOE when they were first released. In my opinion, it's really in 1993 and 1994 that the line started to go off the rails.
@John Soehnlen And I respectfully disagree with you. While 1991 definitely has a couple good ones. The ones you mentioned, and I'd also add Incinerators and Interrogator to that list as all time greats, '90 overall was the last great year. 91 had a few goodies, and anything after that was trash. I don't need Grunt or some other original character looking weird and nothing like the original. Too colorful and weird gimmicks after 1990.
@@christianhafer9819 I agree that both Interrogator and Incinerator are excellent figures. The battle copters weren't great but I liked 3 of the 4 battle copter figures from 1991 and 1992. I agree that many of the launchers were unnecessary. When they worked right, they could be fun. Incinerator's projectile launcher easily comes to mind for one that didn't live up to expectations. You're right on the fact that there were lots of bad molds (Grunt) but there were some good new ones as well (Ace v2)
In your opinion what was the best year of G.I. Joe? I lean towards 1986.
@John Soehnlen I don't need 90's Ace. Lol. I like the Incinerators catapult. When it works good, it's pretty awesome. And it's different. Not the same missile launcher that looks ridiculous in the figures hands. Best year? Oooh. That's tough. 1985, '86, '88, '89, and 90, maybe. A toss up. '84 has a lot of good ones. Too close to call. Each year has a handful of my favorites in them. '85 has Alpine, Barbecue, Snow Serpent, the Crimson Guard, Dusty, Eels, Snake Eyes V2, Frostbite, Lampreys, Tollbooth, Lady Jaye, Flint, Footloose. I mean, wow! 1986 has Iceberg, one of my very, very faves. BATS, Beachhead, Vipers, Low-Light, AVAC, and Strato-Viper is another all time great pilot army builder. But, more in '85, I think. I can go through every year, but, you get my point. Every year I mentioned has maybe at least 10 all timers. But, '85, might have the most.
Good content but you need to fix those playlists. You have a "saved playlists" section with playlists made by another channel, which is unconventional and gives the impression you couldn't be bothered making them yourself (I don't know the story behind that, but that's how it appears to a newcomer). They only cover the basics and are all in reverse chronological order. A more comprehensive set of playlists, featuring content that isn't in your current selection such as vlogs would be a real improvement and a choice of "new to old" and "old to new" for your reviews would fix the chronology issue. I like to binge watch using playlists and seeing them back to front isn't optimal, especially with content such as yours that often references prior material. Yes I can click them manually in the correct order but that's inconvenient and defeats the object of having a playlist in the first place. TH-cam provides some good tools for making and maintaining playlists, so it wouldn't be hugely difficult or time consuming and would be a great quality of life improvement for your audience.
Anyway playlists aside I've been enjoying the content, I'm not a collector but I used to have lots of Action Force toys as a kid, I never even new about GI Joe. So learning about all this has been interesting and entertaining.
Great review.
Not a fan of Capt.GridIron.
His uniform without accessories, looks as if he should be working with Airtight or Cleansweep.
Wear that yellow and give him a gas mask instant bio troop.
I see that Patriots jersey. Go Dolphins!!!! Why wasn't a Big Lob figure ever made?
I had Captain Hardtackle.
jai lai??
This is funny and sad at the same time, they created a character that the fans don't like, and according to the file card the Joe's don't like ether.
Speak for yourself. I think he's awesome.
This figure seems to get a bad rap. Look up military pugil stick training, he looks the part and it makes sense with the hand to hand combat training specialty. The football grenades are a bit much, but I can see a training purpose for them. Michael Jordan was said to use a slightly larger ball for practice, which was more difficult to make into the basket. The same could be true for training in precision grenade throwing.
Captain Grid iron made a background cameo in G.I.Joe #130.
Strip away the helmet and his accessories other than the backpack and the pistol and he isn't too bad of a figure. The yellow isn't as offensive to me as on worse GIJoe guys although I'd much prefer a muddier shade. The body above the torso is quite good. He would make for a low tier figure in my records.
I know I'm in the minority, but I always loved this figure. Even as a kid, I knew I shouldn't like him as much as I did, but he was always one of my favorites. I have no explanation as to why I like him as much as I do, I just do. Maybe it's the football grenades? lol.
Don't be afraid to admit it. He's an awesome figure, and there's no valid reason anyone should dislike him. Airtight is all yellow too, and he came in 1985. He's a cool figure. As is Scoop, Blowtorch and any other yellowy figure up until 1990.
YO JOE JOCK!
Hoodie CoCo: *Slaps his wife's ass*
Mrs. 788: "Really? In public?"
What happened to big lob?
And also "Fisherman Bazooka"?
there's competitive fishing, so technically it can be a sport...
I guess its mainly due to him not having a figure in the vintage line. It wasn't until the modern era he got a figure. It still would have been nice to at least mention him though.
4:32 US Army Lt. Robert Kalsu rolled over in his grave!
I'll be honest... I dug the helmet ! Removable is ALWAYS a plus, it was distinctive and had a visor... what's not to like ? BUT those grenade accessories were cringe worthy though.
What I thought would have been epic is if Hasbro had just decided to go with an entire special mission GiJoe football team. An entire team of brawny bucket-heads to call upon to bolster the ranks on certain hard-fighting melee missions or just to pummel the Cobra football team that time when Cobra Commander wanted to infiltrate and terrorize the Super Bowl ! That happened ... didn't it ...?
Funny, how except of Hawk other officers seems rather pathetic - Major Attitude, this guy and... ok, Airforce guys were officers but that was a must I think. Flint was a warrant officer and I think the highest ranking bettern known character. Oh, there was also Falcon who was also Lieutant... which is higher than Flint's warrant officer?
HCC788, another fine review! Yep, I remember that silly episode of the DIC cartoon back in the day. Then this year I bought the complete DVD set and watched all the eps again. Captain Grid-Iron annoyed me on the show.
Love your reviews, but that Pat's jersey..... worse that Cpt. Grid Iron.
Frag Viper was 1989 not 1991 bud.
I wonder if you put a little bit of rubber cement it would then hold the missiles
The pants are horrible. However, you give the guy a specialty of hand-to-hand combatant and then arm him with a gun so big that it might actually qualify more as a rifle and a missile launching machine gun. smh. He is armed more like an anti-armor combatant (Like Scrap-Iron) than he is a hand-to-hand combatant (like Quick Kick). If Larry Hama did write this file card, I believe he must have rolled his eyes when they asked him to do something with this guy. That must be why he sounds so pathetic on the file card.
My son had him, although he was customized and had olive drab legs. Because of his helmet, my son made him part of a tank crew for the Lynx.
What the hell were they thinking when they made this figure!
I like football and GI Joe, just not together.
Awesome review! You were kinder to the figure than I first thought you would be and you really changed my mind about the figure. Without the yellow colors and with different accesories, this would be a much better figure. I have followed you for a while and you have always done amazing videos, great stuff. I miss them when you take a break. This video with the tribute to Pat Tillman was on a whole different level of awesome. Thank you so much for highlighting a real life Captain Grid-iron. This really was one of your absolute "Top Tier" videos. Thank you so much!
Capt. Grid-Iron had a blink and you'll miss him appearance in one of the GI Joe comics (someone just commented it's issue #130, I'll take their word for it). I was familiar with him and several figures from 1990 when I was already out of GI Joe. My cousin Jeremy had Capt. Grid-Iron, as well as Subzero, Rampart, Skydive, Altitude, and Static Line from the 1990 line. I didn't know what to make of the figure and of the action figures that Jeremy owned from '90, Grid-Iron is the only one I never had much interest in getting.
Not all but most of the DIC era sucked.
I wonder how well the missiles stay on? Didn't really touch on that...
I didn't much like the intro episode of Captain Grid-Iron, it should have adhered more to realism.
Haha :)
I never read "losing" him as fragging, but more in the literal sense, like they just wanted to ditch him. Interesting take.
One of my childhood friends little brothers loved the rocketeer. But no rocketeer toys were made. So my friend convinced his brother that capt gridiron was supposed to be the rocketeer. 😂
Bridget Nelson on steroids? So...... Bridget Nelson then lol 😆