My absolute favourite vehicle of all. It ruled my childhood whether I was on beach vacation, playing in rock pools; or just admiring all its myriad hatches while in my room at home. My childhood BUGG has defied the odds and survived all that and its significance only grows the older I get. Thank you for adding it to your extensive review catalogue my friend.
The older plastic is actually made from petroleum based polymers so you can easily restore the plastic and make it more durable by rubbing oil all over it especially around the movement pieces like the hinges. This is a great way to make your toys last longer. Also different plastic polymers react differently to different types of oils so do some research and try different types of oil by putting some on a soft cloth (like an old t-shirt) and gently rubbing it into the plastic. Toypolloi has some good videos about restoring old plastic and using oil based polymers to keep it from breaking down. I hope this helps someone out with their collection. It also works on the figures however it may take some paint off if you are not careful. I actually used this technique on an old trouble bubble that I got on the internet and it works well.
As a kid, I used to use the BUGG as a deployment vehicle for the Hydro-Vipers because they were pictured on the box art. But looking at it now as an adult, I think it would fit better as a deployment vehicle for a team of last week’s figure - the Eel v2 and v3. The shared neon yellow aesthetic would probably work well together.
This intro is epic and the music was just right! I love the poolside action for a "Does It Float?" demo. I have become more fond of the BUGG based on appearances during GI Joburg playmotion videos. Thanks for this excellent review!
So, the Bugg... it wasn't my favorite Cobra vehicle, but I liked the heck out of it! I remember buying it at Toys R Us and being happy to have it along with Secto Viper which, to me, is 1 of the best Cobra vehicle drivers in the line (and I liked quite a few of them). I always imagined Secto Viper being meant for a space line because he resembles an astronaut in obvious ways, but I liked him. The Bugg grew on me more and more, especially as I got older. What did it for me is its many play features with the concealed jet-skis, the rideable pontoons, the removable front sub and rear turret. The colors only accentuated its swampy surroundings so they never bothered me and the Water Moc n Copperhead were a favorite vehicle/pilot combo since they were released. Either way you look at it, the Bugg is a super cool, toyetic vehicle, even if its driver doesn't quite match its colors.
I absolutely love the BUGG! My all time favorite vehicle, it has so many play features. I was never strictly into the realistic military aspect of GI Joe, so weird Sci-fi designs like this really appealed to me, especially when under water stuff and things with domes and helmets. The fact is has a detachable sub just made this all the more great. I had hours of fun with this as a kid, and I’m so glad I have a complete one in good condition as an adult.
I remember seeing the BUGG first via a GI Joburg video on it. Looks like a fun toy and doesn’t look too unrealistic. I feel like the 2nd and 3rd version of the Eels would be good figures for a BUGG crew. With the yellow on them matching with the yellow on the Secto-Viper. The Secto-Viper sounds like if a strict school hall monitor became a lifeguard (and terrorist). Sounds like a fun idea for a Robot Chicken sketch, especially with how Comic Tropes did a skit for them in this video. I feel like DIC would have used them as weird comic relief characters.
Awesome, top tier vehicle!! Sounded like you liked it more than not. One of the best vehicles with a ton of play features. The handles of the jet skis are NOT too thick to put in the figures hands. I did it with two Astro-Viper's like on the box with no problems. Same thing with the laying down portions. You should make your BUGG pristine before you review it. Broken chin gun and torn stickers aren't good to review. I have two Secto-Viper's, both complete. The gun fits in his hand well. No need to be careful about his thumbs there either. You're overly cautious, Hoodie. Lol. Adore this vehicle. It's superb. Interesting story about how I got a mostly complete BUGG. I went to my first ever toy show, and a vendor had it and sold it to me for like a 100 dollars. Just needed a couple guns and the jet skis, I think. The stickers too. Had all the missiles and torpedoes and everything. I got like 3 or 4 compliments from other toy show enthusiasts about my awesome purchase. I also got a Piranha, my third Crimson Guard and second Tele-Viper. Oh, and the Mountain Howitzer. Probably spent like 400 dollars. It was a good day. Oh, also a Rocky and Apollo Pops in box.
This is a very strange vehicle for even Cobra, the vehicle looks more at home in a Judge Dredd comic like it's a Mega City transport truck of some kind.
Great video. Interestingly, the Cobra BUGG is a boss in the G.I. Joe NES game in Level 5-1. You miraculously chase it on foot and fight it in the middle of the Sahara Desert--nowhere near the water!
Bugg and Hammerhead are super fun, highly playable vehicles and an awesome one-two punch for amphibious assaults! Very underrated vehicles, highly complementary also! Add Moccasin, Hydrofoil, and Sea Ray and Cobra kicks ass in the water!! All the Joe's really had in response is the Flagg, which isn't very armed (or playable as a moving vehicle!), the neat little Devilfish, and the Killer Whale, which is totally awesome, but outgunned for sure!
Always love your collaborations, and I, for one, am glad to see out shores protected so securely from Joes, lazy Vipers, and American Cheese! Nice work!
I love this vehicle and want get one eventually. It actually makes sense despite being funky. Nazi Germany actually made tracked mini subs. This would be great to hide in the off shore to confront landing forces or with its high troop carry capacity to use as an amphibious attacker. My main gripe are the lower guns. Underwater guns are practically useless. On a beach they are very low and going to get buried in sand . I’d rather it have arms with claws or cutting tools for dealing with cables whatever. The detachable sun could either deal with removing enemy mines or harbor nets or even recovery or spying in under sea cables. My main issue getting it would be I’d want at least four secto vipers to man it.
The Bugg is every bit the successor to the Hydrofoil as a huge vehicle but is almost opposite in design, being rounded and asymmetric while the hydrofoil is sleek and speedy
My thoughts are the Bug is amphibious. The pontoons are supposed to let it float so it can deploy its minisub and jetskis. The Sectoviper is just weird bottom tier. Eels would have gone much better, and the Bug would have been much cooler looking it it used their color scheme. If you have to go with the new color scheme and driver... I think the concept art works better. An underwater walker screams Cobra... but it might have made for a boring toy if the legs don't move or a complex toy design if the legs moved and support the vehicle's weight.
Chris is an idiot ha ha. Love the beginning. I have always had a soft spot for the BUGG. I think it is a good coastal defense Cobra vehicle. I would like to get it and load it up with EELs and Hydro-Vipers. You should have put the rimshot sound effect for the joke ha ha. Cool that it floats a short time even.
"Only an idiot would use a videogame controller to control a submarine." Topical and bitting, and very, very well deserved.
It's awesome to see you two working together again. Looks like Chris enjoys playing characters.
I enjoy collaborating with HCC788.
Reminds me of when ComicTropes played Eco Warriors Clean Sweep in an HCC review. Good times! 😆👍💥💥
My absolute favourite vehicle of all. It ruled my childhood whether I was on beach vacation, playing in rock pools; or just admiring all its myriad hatches while in my room at home. My childhood BUGG has defied the odds and survived all that and its significance only grows the older I get. Thank you for adding it to your extensive review catalogue my friend.
Another awesome review Commander! The BUGG had alot going on. Down hill stretch on CC7. Has been an amazing month so far COBRAAAAAA!!!
The older plastic is actually made from petroleum based polymers so you can easily restore the plastic and make it more durable by rubbing oil all over it especially around the movement pieces like the hinges. This is a great way to make your toys last longer. Also different plastic polymers react differently to different types of oils so do some research and try different types of oil by putting some on a soft cloth (like an old t-shirt) and gently rubbing it into the plastic. Toypolloi has some good videos about restoring old plastic and using oil based polymers to keep it from breaking down. I hope this helps someone out with their collection. It also works on the figures however it may take some paint off if you are not careful. I actually used this technique on an old trouble bubble that I got on the internet and it works well.
Thanks for the tip!
I never knew I needed a Secto-Viper Classified Figure until now.
this was a funky, but fun vehicle to bring to the battle field.
As a kid, I used to use the BUGG as a deployment vehicle for the Hydro-Vipers because they were pictured on the box art. But looking at it now as an adult, I think it would fit better as a deployment vehicle for a team of last week’s figure - the Eel v2 and v3. The shared neon yellow aesthetic would probably work well together.
I like that idea about the Eels.
This intro is epic and the music was just right! I love the poolside action for a "Does It Float?" demo. I have become more fond of the BUGG based on appearances during GI Joburg playmotion videos. Thanks for this excellent review!
It feels like the phrase "It sort of floats" pretty much sums up Cobra design 😂
Great to see this hot on the heels of GI Joburg's play motion masterpiece showcasing the BUGG
Blowtorchs yellow backpack looks good on secto viper as air tanks.
To me he kind of looks like a space guy driving a space tank instead of a water guy.
That's some next level cosplay in the intro...
Amphibious vehicles are inherently interesting, and the BUGG is pure awesome. What a fantastic vehicle - Secto is ace too.
The Secto-Viper's weapon reminds me of the Blade Blasters from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
So, the Bugg... it wasn't my favorite Cobra vehicle, but I liked the heck out of it! I remember buying it at Toys R Us and being happy to have it along with Secto Viper which, to me, is 1 of the best Cobra vehicle drivers in the line (and I liked quite a few of them). I always imagined Secto Viper being meant for a space line because he resembles an astronaut in obvious ways, but I liked him. The Bugg grew on me more and more, especially as I got older. What did it for me is its many play features with the concealed jet-skis, the rideable pontoons, the removable front sub and rear turret. The colors only accentuated its swampy surroundings so they never bothered me and the Water Moc n Copperhead were a favorite vehicle/pilot combo since they were released. Either way you look at it, the Bugg is a super cool, toyetic vehicle, even if its driver doesn't quite match its colors.
I absolutely love the BUGG! My all time favorite vehicle, it has so many play features. I was never strictly into the realistic military aspect of GI Joe, so weird Sci-fi designs like this really appealed to me, especially when under water stuff and things with domes and helmets. The fact is has a detachable sub just made this all the more great. I had hours of fun with this as a kid, and I’m so glad I have a complete one in good condition as an adult.
I would have loved that toy as a kid. Would have been my favorite toy i bet
I remember seeing the BUGG first via a GI Joburg video on it. Looks like a fun toy and doesn’t look too unrealistic.
I feel like the 2nd and 3rd version of the Eels would be good figures for a BUGG crew. With the yellow on them matching with the yellow on the Secto-Viper.
The Secto-Viper sounds like if a strict school hall monitor became a lifeguard (and terrorist). Sounds like a fun idea for a Robot Chicken sketch, especially with how Comic Tropes did a skit for them in this video. I feel like DIC would have used them as weird comic relief characters.
Way to level up, gentlemen.
Absolutely fantastic.
Enjoyed this !!
Always wanted one of these growing up .
Awesome, top tier vehicle!! Sounded like you liked it more than not. One of the best vehicles with a ton of play features. The handles of the jet skis are NOT too thick to put in the figures hands. I did it with two Astro-Viper's like on the box with no problems. Same thing with the laying down portions. You should make your BUGG pristine before you review it. Broken chin gun and torn stickers aren't good to review. I have two Secto-Viper's, both complete. The gun fits in his hand well. No need to be careful about his thumbs there either. You're overly cautious, Hoodie. Lol. Adore this vehicle. It's superb. Interesting story about how I got a mostly complete BUGG. I went to my first ever toy show, and a vendor had it and sold it to me for like a 100 dollars. Just needed a couple guns and the jet skis, I think. The stickers too. Had all the missiles and torpedoes and everything. I got like 3 or 4 compliments from other toy show enthusiasts about my awesome purchase. I also got a Piranha, my third Crimson Guard and second Tele-Viper. Oh, and the Mountain Howitzer. Probably spent like 400 dollars. It was a good day. Oh, also a Rocky and Apollo Pops in box.
Chris has gotten a lot of use out of that yellow jumpsuit.
This is a very strange vehicle for even Cobra, the vehicle looks more at home in a Judge Dredd comic like it's a Mega City transport truck of some kind.
I kind of like the weirdness. I never owned the BUGG, but it looks like it has a lot of playability, almost a playset in a sense.
You cracked me up with the alcohol fueled Torpedo.
Great video. Interestingly, the Cobra BUGG is a boss in the G.I. Joe NES game in Level 5-1. You miraculously chase it on foot and fight it in the middle of the Sahara Desert--nowhere near the water!
Bugg and Hammerhead are super fun, highly playable vehicles and an awesome one-two punch for amphibious assaults! Very underrated vehicles, highly complementary also! Add Moccasin, Hydrofoil, and Sea Ray and Cobra kicks ass in the water!! All the Joe's really had in response is the Flagg, which isn't very armed (or playable as a moving vehicle!), the neat little Devilfish, and the Killer Whale, which is totally awesome, but outgunned for sure!
If Chris ever comes out of super hero retirement, I hope that's his new costume.
Always love your collaborations, and I, for one, am glad to see out shores protected so securely from Joes, lazy Vipers, and American Cheese! Nice work!
I love this vehicle and want get one eventually.
It actually makes sense despite being funky. Nazi Germany actually made tracked mini subs. This would be great to hide in the off shore to confront landing forces or with its high troop carry capacity to use as an amphibious attacker. My main gripe are the lower guns. Underwater guns are practically useless. On a beach they are very low and going to get buried in sand . I’d rather it have arms with claws or cutting tools for dealing with cables whatever. The detachable sun could either deal with removing enemy mines or harbor nets or even recovery or spying in under sea cables.
My main issue getting it would be I’d want at least four secto vipers to man it.
The Bugg is every bit the successor to the Hydrofoil as a huge vehicle but is almost opposite in design, being rounded and asymmetric while the hydrofoil is sleek and speedy
I swear I remember the BUGG in a DiC episode with Baroness driving one of them. Now I have to go find it.
This could be a Cobra sitcom for the 2020s😂
My favorit weird Cobra vehicle. It displays pretty nice with some Eels v2 & v3 figures.
"GI Joe has their own alcohol-fueled Torpedo" 😝😝
A part of the Bug was in the DIC Animated G.i. Joe series.
Cool video! Awesome team work! YO... OOPS COBRA!
All this time. I never opened that front canopy.
Terrific review of one of the most interesting Cobra vehicles IMO.
I looooved this toy as a teenager
Remember first seeing this when the commercial was featured in the movie Look Who's Talking Too if I remember right
Close! But I think that was the Hammerhead.
I only have the submersible part of the BUGG but it's missing the fins
I love thr BUGG
The only variant colour would have to be the one from the BRONZE BOMBERS 1997 release, which was in dark orange.
Bug = Insect in Spanish is Insecto and probably that is where Secto comes into play.
My thoughts are the Bug is amphibious. The pontoons are supposed to let it float so it can deploy its minisub and jetskis. The Sectoviper is just weird bottom tier. Eels would have gone much better, and the Bug would have been much cooler looking it it used their color scheme.
If you have to go with the new color scheme and driver... I think the concept art works better. An underwater walker screams Cobra... but it might have made for a boring toy if the legs don't move or a complex toy design if the legs moved and support the vehicle's weight.
Wait a minute. That secto viper isnt clean sweep? He switch sides?
I just got this beautiful vehicle about a couple weeks ago. What an awesome review
Chris is an idiot ha ha. Love the beginning. I have always had a soft spot for the BUGG. I think it is a good coastal defense Cobra vehicle. I would like to get it and load it up with EELs and Hydro-Vipers. You should have put the rimshot sound effect for the joke ha ha. Cool that it floats a short time even.
Gotta be careful putting that mini sub. Myna broke on the bottom.
That toy survived longer than a carbon fiber submarine.
8:02 Yikes I see what you did there.
Someone is having a lot of fun
Nice review Sir. From the Pinoy G.I. Joe Collections Admin group.♥️👍
didn't know you were friends of a scorpion/zodiac killer hybrid. xD
What’s that book you’re reading? Would love to get a copy.
This was an awesome review. 🙂
Do you play with your toys at public pools?
The machine gun wouldn't work underwater. Mythbusters di d a whole thing about why bullets don't work underwater.
What is the book you are using @5:00?
I used to have this. Ran into cash problems and sold it. Regret it.
It'll tow asps before submersions
Great review of a vehicle I wish I owned because the bugg looks awesome and here's hoping for a classified version of it
WOW!
Que buen cosplay 😅
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buggggggggggg needed more gs fify
That's the saddest sandwich i have ever seen.
7:58 Too soon? Nah