I can see why people say that he looks like Chuck Norris. By the way dark blue is actually considered to be better night camo scheme than black because that's color of night sky.
The Outback/Crazylegs 2 pack was the one to get. Crazylegs was the most improved in black and outback was the best of the line. That Range Viper was another 90s hidden gem. Thanks for so much content this week it was all great. Also I love hearing from Susan. 80s nostalgia is pretty awesome regardless of gender, but boys totally got the better toys.
Great review! My son had the first 2 versions plus the 4th version of Outback. He also had the Night Force versions of Shockwave, Tunnel Rat and Spearhead.
HoodedCobraCommander788 I never made the connection to Chuck Norris. Outback reminded me of the Adventure Team G.I.Joes that came along just before I started getting out of them. Outback, Topside, Rock n Roll v2, and Shipwreck reminded me of them.
Great review as always! I KNEW nothing of Night Force until the day I "graduated" from 5th grade! My mom took me to a Chuck E Cheese, and then to Toys R Us across the street for making it out of grade school, I guess! There they were on an endcap! I really want to say this was the first set I got, of like 2 i think. And I chose this one because I already had an OUTBACK, and really liked him because he looked like my older brother. I didn't grow up with my brothers, so playing with OUTBACK was kind of the only way I could associate with him! Thanks for sharing your video with us! Really appreciate it! And thank you Susan for sharing your memory of your first toy with us too! I have a similar one! It was like my 5th or 6th birthday, I had just gotten home from school, and my mom threw a surprise party for me! The one toy I remember and had forever was a He Man figure named Tri Klops! Your story brought back a ton of good memories, so than you for sharing!
One of my favorites in my collection. I never got this version. But I also viewed him as a trainer for the joes. I paired him with Ambush v.2 for missions.
Great review as always Susan s first definitive memory was fascinating and Rainbow Brite was a brilliant toy, similar to Strawberry Shortcake in many ways. A very iconic toy none the less.
Cool review of nightforce Outback it funny how some us compare him to chuck Norris... nice to See Miss Hooded commander about her favourite toy and background story :)... every time you post just want to focus on every detail keep up the good work
It's a good job that Outback's shirt displaying his skill set did not catch on. Can you imagine Cobra Commander having Wannabe Dictator or Destro having I will sell you guns. Anyway HCC, you are so good at concealment but don't get any ideas about disappearing from our screens! All the best.
what a great figure the version one is one of my favorites and the drawing you sent when i joined patreon was top notch its in my collection room i love this figure its so hard to decide which one is better . just picked up a nf shockwave another great figure
who knew by standing behind a camera could conceal your location from enemies at night. this is am upgrade to a great figure. long live missing in action chuck norris action figure. yes, more rainbow brite. the slow creep of rainbow brite has started. nice work mrs. HCC788.
Very cool figure! I also agree that the different shade of green on the sleeves was rather wonky. Despite that, that Outback is a very solid figure - that is a beautiful shade of green that probably should have been part of more G.I. Joe uniforms. Also, I enjoyed the Rainbow Brite bit with Mrs. HCC. So I would like to thank her for her thoughts on Rainbow Brite, as well, and to treasure her always! Also, a hello to the HCC kitty!
I will pass your thanks on to her! Thank you for watching. That shade of green is nice. I'll have to see if it was used on any other figures. I can't remember. That cat is always making a racket. We're lucky to get two minutes of video without her interrupting to tell us a story in cat language.
These night force repaints were awesome. By far my favorite sub team in the history of the line. I always thought the two toned sleeves were intended to represent some sort of layered look.
I think one of the things I liked the best was that instead of just taking a bunch of random figures to repaint (though I assume that's still what they did), it ended up with a team that felt like they did have complimentary specialties suited to night missions. The fact that they tailored the file card text in that regard didn't hurt either. As an aside, Low Light version 3 has spot on perfect Night Force colors (especially when compared to the 1989 wave), which I always thought was cool since he was a character that should have been on any Joe night ops team.
I never had any of the Night Force figures but I did get lucky enough as a kid to pick up the Night-Ray and what a smart choice that was, I realized that about nine years later when I got back into collecting just because of its worth lol. I remember my original reason for choosing the Night-Ray was to help me complete a second Moray I had picked up at a yard sale believe it or not lol I was a weird kid lol, but once I got it together it stayed as a Joe vehicle next to my Flagg since I liked that they finally had a "big boat". I loved the black and grey color with the hot orange torpedoes and small guns the glow in the dark stickers were the icing on the cake for me. I remember wanting more Night-Force stuff after this but the closest Toys R Us is still an hour away from my place and when we got back over they were no where to be found. To answer the question if the two waves were available in 89 together? Yes they were the shelf space was huge for these and the way I remember it is because I still remember the smaller vehicles that were available at the time and the amount of the two packs on the pegs, I mean it went from the floor to the very top of the shelf and was about six to seven feet down the isle packed full of Night Force
Fun stuff as back then I didnt go to TRU and missed these as well as the earlier Brazil Special Mission repaints. I have a few of the Brazil repaints but none of the Night Force repaints.
I for one DON'T have a problem with these sleeves... Looking at this from today's eyes, the shirt has kind of a retro 70's vintage look with different colored sleeves. And for nostalgia purposes(which is what vintage GI Joe is), that's pretty cool. I never had this figure, but I did literally see all of Night Force figures on the shelves with the single card earlier versions sold at the same Toy's R Us. I had already purchased the 1st version of Outback, so as cool as it was, I didn't see the point at the time in getting the Night Force figures. AND, unfortunately, V.3 & V.4 of Outback are a little TOO Rainbow Bright.
I didn't have a Toys R Us in my small town so I missed out on these. They came out at the end of my Joe collecting days so not sure if I would have picked them up or not.
I don't remember kid-me being aware that some figurines were available thru different channels. Some exclusive to certain stores. Some exclusive to mail orders or with those GIJoe points. Retroactively I don't think all those details were very clearly understood. I really wanted a Cobra Commander darn it!
Yeah, I wasn't very aware of it, either. There were several toys that were exclusive to Sears, but we never shopped at Sears often enough for me to be aware of them.
Nice job man. As a newby to your channel, im in serious catch up mode. We are about the same age from what I have gathered in your overall content thus far. Im in the minority here, but my favorite all time Joe is GRUNT. I always loved the simplicity of the figure as it pertained to the military theme of Gi Joe that was initially intended. I army built this figure back in the day. Well, maybe more of a unit build, I had 15 total Grunts. Question: what's your favorite all time Joe?
Hey, Yo_duh! Welcome! I'm glad you found the channel. I'm a big fan of Grunt as well. My favorite Joe is Stalker. I loved the figure (v 1.5) and the character as he was presented in the comic book.
a couple things: 1 - its a hard call for me personally which version of outback i like more..part of me thinks the dark colors are awesome..but at the same time...the first version is very iconic IMO. i think both are top tiers and i would honestly call it a tie. 2.) i did not realize the homage to chuck norris as a kid. looking at your review of the figure..its so obvious but my kid mind could not comprehend cross pollination among media/genre. its so painfully obvious now that this figure is meant to represent an idealized DELTA FORCE unit! 3.) i cannot be the only guy on the webs that would love a rainbow bright channel hosted by Suzanne. i never had the toy..i barely remember the property as is...but the nostalgia crack rock that lil segment was (even tho it was another's nostalgia!). Mr.hoodedcobracommander as well done and articulated this vid was...i do believe the misses stole the show on this one ;-) i am glad to hear ur better! and keep up the quality work! :-D
Thank you! I do feel a lot better. I don't know if Susan would want to do her own channel, but I would be happy to helper her out of she decided to. I didn't catch the Chuck Norris likeness as a kid, either. G.I. Joe is modeled after Delta Force!
Great review, HoodedCobraCommander! I like both of the first 2 Outback versions equally. Have you seen the European Tiger Force version of Outback? It's a repaint of version 1 w/ the same accessories. The shirt is orange and hair and beard are white with camouflage pants. It's a hideous repaint!
The sleeves didn't bother me until you mentioned them, but yeah, they're a let down. I think he looks great overall though. It was cool hearing Mrs HCC's story.
You know, that card art kind of gives the impression Night Force Outback is wearing a vest on top of a darker green T-shirt, hence the darker sleeves. But that wouldn't make much tactical sense, would it?
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Apparently the green sleeves was a choice they made on the figure, and they later tried to make the card art match it.
Isn’t he a wilderness survival instructor? That makes his white t-shirt a little less unusual, it’s not uncommon for DI’s to work in their undershirt at boot camp/basic training, etc.
Maybe I'm being real picky, but I can't get past those two-tone sleeves. I mean, It's still a great figure and I'd love to him in my collection, but if I had to choose, I'd still take V1. It bothers me that much how close they came.
The sleeves are a different color because that's the only green paint. All his other green parts are molded in green plastic. They cheaped out and didn't match the paint to the plastic.
I don't like any of the repaints. They're just reissues. Same exact figures withe the same exact accessories. The only subteam worth a damn is the Iron Grendieres. They're all unique characters not lazy reissues like Tiger Force, and Night Force, and Python Patrol. Yuck!
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I like the delta force Chuck Norris figure
I imagine back in the day, some might have even used the Outback figure as Chuck Norris.
Great story, Mrs. HCC!
Props to Mrs. HCC788!
Thank you!
Susan, thanks for sharing that. A horrible dream ended Bright-ly. Great review! There can't be enough Night Force figures.
Thank you! Night Force is pretty great. And so is Susan.
I can see why people say that he looks like Chuck Norris. By the way dark blue is actually considered to be better night camo scheme than black because that's color of night sky.
Fantastic review. I wish the Transformer Outback was just as cool. Also good to see Susan help remind us all of the 80s and the great toys!!!
Thank you!
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What about Tiger Force Outback?
My favorite G.I. Joe of all time!! Thank you again for reviewing Outback!!
Thank you for watching!
Aaah! Susan, my mom would get rid of all our stuff too! I feel your pain sister, thanks for sharing.
The Outback/Crazylegs 2 pack was the one to get. Crazylegs was the most improved in black and outback was the best of the line. That Range Viper was another 90s hidden gem. Thanks for so much content this week it was all great.
Also I love hearing from Susan. 80s nostalgia is pretty awesome regardless of gender, but boys totally got the better toys.
Thank you! That NF Crazylegs is exceptional. Such a great upgrade from the original.
Great review! My son had the first 2 versions plus the 4th version of Outback. He also had the Night Force versions of Shockwave, Tunnel Rat and Spearhead.
Night Force Shockwave is an exceptional figure.
HoodedCobraCommander788 I never made the connection to Chuck Norris. Outback reminded me of the Adventure Team G.I.Joes that came along just before I started getting out of them. Outback, Topside, Rock n Roll v2, and Shipwreck reminded me of them.
Great review as always! I KNEW nothing of Night Force until the day I "graduated" from 5th grade! My mom took me to a Chuck E Cheese, and then to Toys R Us across the street for making it out of grade school, I guess! There they were on an endcap! I really want to say this was the first set I got, of like 2 i think. And I chose this one because I already had an OUTBACK, and really liked him because he looked like my older brother. I didn't grow up with my brothers, so playing with OUTBACK was kind of the only way I could associate with him! Thanks for sharing your video with us! Really appreciate it! And thank you Susan for sharing your memory of your first toy with us too! I have a similar one! It was like my 5th or 6th birthday, I had just gotten home from school, and my mom threw a surprise party for me! The one toy I remember and had forever was a He Man figure named Tri Klops! Your story brought back a ton of good memories, so than you for sharing!
Thank you! That's an awesome story!
One of my favorites in my collection. I never got this version. But I also viewed him as a trainer for the joes. I paired him with Ambush v.2 for missions.
Version 1 works well as a trainer. And I could see him paired with Ambush. They would make a good team.
I’d love to see Outback in the next movie.
Great review as always
Susan s first definitive memory was fascinating and Rainbow Brite was a brilliant toy, similar to Strawberry Shortcake in many ways. A very iconic toy none the less.
wow wow my favourite GI JOE series of all time!
It is an excellent series.
Cool review of nightforce Outback it funny how some us compare him to chuck Norris... nice to See Miss Hooded commander about her favourite toy and background story :)... every time you post just want to focus on every detail keep up the good work
Agreed. I enjoyed her bit as well.
Thank you! I appreciate it! I thought this would be a good time for her to bring back Rainbow Brite and really talk about it.
Great review. My first and only Outback figure I ever had. Used him more in day missions than night missions.
Thank you! I would have used him any time, if I had him.
It's a good job that Outback's shirt displaying his skill set did not catch on. Can you imagine Cobra Commander having Wannabe Dictator or Destro having I will sell you guns. Anyway HCC, you are so good at concealment but don't get any ideas about disappearing from our screens! All the best.
Haha thank you!
Hello sir HCC788. :)
I'm watching your video 3am in the morning on my part of the earth. The eyes in the intro gave me a small jump scare. :)
what a great figure the version one is one of my favorites and the drawing you sent when i joined patreon was top notch its in my collection room i love this figure its so hard to decide which one is better . just picked up a nf shockwave another great figure
who knew by standing behind a camera could conceal your location from enemies at night. this is am upgrade to a great figure. long live missing in action chuck norris action figure. yes, more rainbow brite. the slow creep of rainbow brite has started. nice work mrs. HCC788.
Thank you! Yes, standing behind the camera is the key. Try it!
That's a sweet story, Mrs.HCC. :)
Robot Chicken has forever tainted Rainbow Brite😂
Very cool figure!
I also agree that the different shade of green on the sleeves was rather wonky. Despite that, that Outback is a very solid figure - that is a beautiful shade of green that probably should have been part of more G.I. Joe uniforms.
Also, I enjoyed the Rainbow Brite bit with Mrs. HCC. So I would like to thank her for her thoughts on Rainbow Brite, as well, and to treasure her always!
Also, a hello to the HCC kitty!
I will pass your thanks on to her! Thank you for watching. That shade of green is nice. I'll have to see if it was used on any other figures. I can't remember.
That cat is always making a racket. We're lucky to get two minutes of video without her interrupting to tell us a story in cat language.
Another great video
Nice work man thumbs up
Thank you!
Yep, the very 1st time I saw the figure and his appearance in the Marvel comic, I was definitely thinking Chuck Norris especially Chuck's Invasion USA
That dreaded flash light! Lol
BTW, I'm a big Rainbow Brite Fan. Murky and Lurky and Starlight rock!
I couldnt take the sleeve color. So i swapped arms with Big Brawler, perfect color match and same arm sculpt.
These night force repaints were awesome. By far my favorite sub team in the history of the line. I always thought the two toned sleeves were intended to represent some sort of layered look.
Night Force may be my favorite sub-team, too. The card art tries to make the shirt look layered.
I think one of the things I liked the best was that instead of just taking a bunch of random figures to repaint (though I assume that's still what they did), it ended up with a team that felt like they did have complimentary specialties suited to night missions. The fact that they tailored the file card text in that regard didn't hurt either.
As an aside, Low Light version 3 has spot on perfect Night Force colors (especially when compared to the 1989 wave), which I always thought was cool since he was a character that should have been on any Joe night ops team.
Nice artwork of Outback, looks like Chuck Norris on steroids. 👍😂
Ha! Thanks!
It would be Outback on steroids.
I never had any of the Night Force figures but I did get lucky enough as a kid to pick up the Night-Ray and what a smart choice that was, I realized that about nine years later when I got back into collecting just because of its worth lol. I remember my original reason for choosing the Night-Ray was to help me complete a second Moray I had picked up at a yard sale believe it or not lol I was a weird kid lol, but once I got it together it stayed as a Joe vehicle next to my Flagg since I liked that they finally had a "big boat". I loved the black and grey color with the hot orange torpedoes and small guns the glow in the dark stickers were the icing on the cake for me. I remember wanting more Night-Force stuff after this but the closest Toys R Us is still an hour away from my place and when we got back over they were no where to be found. To answer the question if the two waves were available in 89 together? Yes they were the shelf space was huge for these and the way I remember it is because I still remember the smaller vehicles that were available at the time and the amount of the two packs on the pegs, I mean it went from the floor to the very top of the shelf and was about six to seven feet down the isle packed full of Night Force
Thanks for the info!
Love this figure
Great video
Thank you!
How can they go from the greatness of the first two figures, to the hideous last two figures of Outback?
It was the 90s, man. It was the 90s.
Fun stuff as back then I didnt go to TRU and missed these as well as the earlier Brazil Special Mission repaints. I have a few of the Brazil repaints but none of the Night Force repaints.
Oh, that's right. I should have mentioned Special Mission Brazil.
I for one DON'T have a problem with these sleeves... Looking at this from today's eyes, the shirt has kind of a retro 70's vintage look with different colored sleeves. And for nostalgia purposes(which is what vintage GI Joe is), that's pretty cool. I never had this figure, but I did literally see all of Night Force figures on the shelves with the single card earlier versions sold at the same Toy's R Us. I had already purchased the 1st version of Outback, so as cool as it was, I didn't see the point at the time in getting the Night Force figures. AND, unfortunately, V.3 & V.4 of Outback are a little TOO Rainbow Bright.
The 90s went rainbow. Rainbow Brite won the color war.
Glad your all better
Thank you! I'm doing a lot better!
I love this figure, but the ultimate Outback is the NF Outback upper body on the original figured legs.
There are customizers who have made that swap, and it's a great idea. You get the best of both.
Swap in the Euro Tiger Force head, too. And use the Night Force accessories
I've seen white or gray t-shirts with sleeves that are different colors. Often that kind of marbled looking gray you see on school gym shirts.
I dont think they might've done the sleeves wrong, maybe the "SURVIVAL" shirt is a over-shirt and the green sleeves are for a sweatshirt (i guess)
I didn't have a Toys R Us in my small town so I missed out on these. They came out at the end of my Joe collecting days so not sure if I would have picked them up or not.
I don't remember kid-me being aware that some figurines were available thru different channels. Some exclusive to certain stores. Some exclusive to mail orders or with those GIJoe points. Retroactively I don't think all those details were very clearly understood. I really wanted a Cobra Commander darn it!
Yeah, I wasn't very aware of it, either. There were several toys that were exclusive to Sears, but we never shopped at Sears often enough for me to be aware of them.
Nice job man. As a newby to your channel, im in serious catch up mode. We are about the same age from what I have gathered in your overall content thus far. Im in the minority here, but my favorite all time Joe is GRUNT. I always loved the simplicity of the figure as it pertained to the military theme of Gi Joe that was initially intended. I army built this figure back in the day. Well, maybe more of a unit build, I had 15 total Grunts. Question: what's your favorite all time Joe?
Hey, Yo_duh! Welcome! I'm glad you found the channel. I'm a big fan of Grunt as well. My favorite Joe is Stalker. I loved the figure (v 1.5) and the character as he was presented in the comic book.
never had v2, but Nightforce Outback rocks! don't think that even he can stand up to that precious memory of Rainbow Brite though
Susan's segment was pretty great, I have to admit. I have to watch out or she'll take over.
Outback's rifle always reminded me of the Galil rifle the Israeli army uses (with the buttstock removed).
Nice new intro commander
Thank you!
a couple things:
1 - its a hard call for me personally which version of outback i like more..part of me thinks the dark colors are awesome..but at the same time...the first version is very iconic IMO. i think both are top tiers and i would honestly call it a tie.
2.) i did not realize the homage to chuck norris as a kid. looking at your review of the figure..its so obvious but my kid mind could not comprehend cross pollination among media/genre. its so painfully obvious now that this figure is meant to represent an idealized DELTA FORCE unit!
3.) i cannot be the only guy on the webs that would love a rainbow bright channel hosted by Suzanne. i never had the toy..i barely remember the property as is...but the nostalgia crack rock that lil segment was (even tho it was another's nostalgia!). Mr.hoodedcobracommander as well done and articulated this vid was...i do believe the misses stole the show on this one ;-)
i am glad to hear ur better! and keep up the quality work! :-D
Thank you! I do feel a lot better.
I don't know if Susan would want to do her own channel, but I would be happy to helper her out of she decided to.
I didn't catch the Chuck Norris likeness as a kid, either. G.I. Joe is modeled after Delta Force!
Great review, HoodedCobraCommander! I like both of the first 2 Outback versions equally. Have you seen the European Tiger Force version of Outback? It's a repaint of version 1 w/ the same accessories. The shirt is orange and hair and beard are white with camouflage pants. It's a hideous repaint!
I have seen it. A lot of collectors like it. It is not for me.
I always thought outback looked like chuck Norris
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This is Outback Best version !!! Will you do a Review of the whole Team ???
Great video! What with the green sleeves though lol. Will there be more reviews from Mrs HCC788 or rather HRB788?lol til next time Hoodie!
Thank you! She's welcome to do as much as she wants.
The sleeves didn't bother me until you mentioned them, but yeah, they're a let down. I think he looks great overall though. It was cool hearing Mrs HCC's story.
Thank you! I think she had fun doing it.
Well, glad you like me
You know, that card art kind of gives the impression Night Force Outback is wearing a vest on top of a darker green T-shirt, hence the darker sleeves. But that wouldn't make much tactical sense, would it?
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Apparently the green sleeves was a choice they made on the figure, and they later tried to make the card art match it.
Night vision hurts my eyes
The cat is hungry.
She thinks she's out of food if she can see the bottom of her bowl.
My cat is the same, except she got to the point every time she is ready to eat she has to have fresh food in her bowl.
You should change the intro or outro music for this video to Greensleeves
Isn’t he a wilderness survival instructor? That makes his white t-shirt a little less unusual, it’s not uncommon for DI’s to work in their undershirt at boot camp/basic training, etc.
I think that's what they were going for with Version 1.
Maybe I'm being real picky, but I can't get past those two-tone sleeves. I mean, It's still a great figure and I'd love to him in my collection, but if I had to choose, I'd still take V1. It bothers me that much how close they came.
Yeah, it's just a little off, and there's no reason for it to be.
The sleeves are a different color because that's the only green paint. All his other green parts are molded in green plastic. They cheaped out and didn't match the paint to the plastic.
Pugs not drugs!
I got Susan that shirt after she saw her favorite comedian wear it. And we do have a pug. An old lazy pug.
I recognised it from Russell Howard's show.
I don't like any of the repaints. They're just reissues. Same exact figures withe the same exact accessories. The only subteam worth a damn is the Iron Grendieres. They're all unique characters not lazy reissues like Tiger Force, and Night Force, and Python Patrol. Yuck!