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- GI Joburg reviews the 1990 Cobra Hammerhead from Hasbro's GI Joe toyline.
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First off, let me say that when you speak, your enthusiasm and love for the GI Joe products clearly shines through. There are many collectors who show off their collection in giant lit-up glass cabinets. I truly enjoy seeing these videos of Joe & Cobra vehicles out in natural environments just like where we used to play with them! With the exception being that your environments are WAY more beautiful than mine ever were. Seriously, that ocean sunset view shining through the canopies is breathtaking. I see a ton of TH-camrs who get sent free stuff from big toy companies to do a quick lazy review of their products, Hasbro should be ringing your phone off the hook, my friend. One last thing, I enjoy when Joe fans mention the filecards. As a kid, these were always fun to me and along with the comics, were the script for my playtime w/ the Joes. I clipped them out and kept them in a plastic index card file alphabetically. A few years ago I actually met Larry Hama and got to ask him a few questions at a comic convention panel. It was a dream come true for me. I watched him drink coffee and draw a pic of Snake-Eyes. It's great to see that as adults Gi Joe can continue to entertain us. I couldn't help but to smile a bit when you were launching the missles off and making the sound effect, I always do that too! Thanks for sharing this and I look forward to seeing more videos like this. YO JOBURG!
Wow! I love this comment! Thank you for taking the time to respond so fully. You may envy our backdrop, but damn do I envy your Larry Hama meeting. That's something I would never forget. As I get older, GI Joe's importance continues to grow. It's such an important connection to the past for all of us. Even if "life stuff" gets in the way, we'll never lose that part of us that makes sound effects as we fire a missile; or drive our vehicle over the dunes. YO JOBURG buddy!!!
same for me, this thing was the most played with toy I had. I stayed at my grandparents every summer as a kid and this was played with in the pool almost everyday all day. Despite its' ridiculousness it was one of my all time favorite toys
I had that one! My grandma got it for me one Christmas. It was my Cobra forces' main mobile base of operations. As such the Decimator figure became one of the highest ranking Cobras in my armies.
Mad respect for reveiwing the Hammerhead on an actual salt water beach, toys are made to be played with in the proper enviroment, and not just sitting there on a collectors shelf.
Yessir! And they look so good in those conditions. This review practically shot itself.
Hope he gave it a freshwater rinse and drying afterwards. X_x. Kind of concerned about the metal axles.
Hell yeah.
Hindsight I am glad I had no video game consoles or Cable TV when I was a kid. All I got was toys and an imagination. I can't tell you how fun it was to play with toys. If You sat in front of a screen your whole childhood, you missed out.
Great channel! My cousin and I both got this for Christmas in 90'. The Hammerhead was completely badass, but almost too badass for my collection as a kid. I mostly focused on figures and smaller support vehicles. Then you break this beast out in a battle and it's like, "Shit! Cobra won again!" I agree it would have been cooler without the detachable subs, and should have just focused on different weapon turrets, or some type of main tank turrets.
From time to time I've been searching for photos and videos of this toy. I'm so glad I've found your channel. You helped me bring some lost memories, even those memories I would never think it's still there inside my head. lol
Yeah, Hammerhead was my favorite COBRA vehicle.
Thanks to you, I got one of these on eBay. :D
I had one as a kid and this review made me want another. :D
Enjoy! It’s a goody. But you knew that already!
I just finished your trio of Cobra water vehicle reviews and my favourite aspect of your reviews is that you're playing with them in plausible play scenarios! It's a rare thing to see and I love it!
Thanks Sensei. It's our stamp alright. There are more comprehensive and more polished reviewers out there for sure. But we're the guys who love taking our toys outdoors and pointing a camera at them!
Imagine if Hasbro used these videos for the next generation of toy making...
Look, I'm gonna put it out there that WHEN GI Joe becomes cool again and Hasbro are getting down to the brass tacks of the marketing strategy... the Joe content over on TH-cam gets brought up in the boardroom...
@@gijoburg Hasbro successfully killed GI Joe. The 25th Anniversary line started great. Then greed took over. In the 1980s, may be 10-15 new carded figs a year. Hasbro was pumping out ten figures quarterly it seemed. No new vehicle molds made (two part Skystriker does not count, they made it a one seat aircraft), just rehashing old stuff. I gave up in GI Joe during the Money Bags Destro fiasco. A ton of arctic Destro sitting on pegs, nothing new for months after that. That and the disrespect given, by Hasbro, to one of my most beloved characters from ARAH, Ripcord. Then they had the gall to rename him Specialist Altitude, an entirely different figure that was not even a HALO jumper. Great vids though. Now for more.
@@bobastu Main issue is that "Hasbro" was bought out by Kenner and switched names. Their actions to purposefully sabotage the line in the 90s up to the present is done out of sheer spite towards the line that dared to challenge their Star Wars cash cow.
@@dubuyajay9964 I really hope your tongue is set firmly in your cheek right now.
@@bobastu Wym?
Xmas of 92 my Mom told me I could pick 1 vehicle and a guy for each of its seats. This was the one I pointed at. Thanks for the vid and the memory.
You did good then! Lots of seats, and most of them were their own vehicle! Thanks mom. Which figures did you pick?
GI Joburg there is a VHS somewhere that would tell me what I picked but off hand I dont remember all of them. I know I got an ally viper and a few of the purple/maroon ninjas they had come out with at the time. I got Dr. Mindbender not long after and he started "experamenting" on captured soldiers with the help of some pliers and a bic lighter. A lot of good men died that summer.... damned good men.
You monster! 😂
My stepbrother got this and literally I adopted it as my own, LOL! Shot missile like a dream, and refueled my fascination w/ the water. Took it to my buddy's place, had tons of GIJOE's. Ever have the "toss the missle, I hit you, no you didn't, that's not fair, shields, you're cheating" arguement, LOL! Shut that down with Hammerhead!!!
Buddy! It was the ultimate 'big but not too big' vehicle! Like a base with deployable mini vehicles and enough space on top for a final duel between your hero and arch-villain. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did!
Yeah, I really dig this vehicle, it's pretty rad...🤘🏼💯✔
thats weird that one camera shot somehow looked like it was riding.
Best toy commercial I've seen since the 1980's!
Thanks dude! Total love-letter to this toy tho. She WAS my childhood. Maybe all commercials should have more of a personal touch?
Feels more like an actual military contractor trying to pitch an actual vehicle for production.
You know this is my second time watching this vid. First time was quite a long time ago. Never got around to liking the video so sorry for that. As a fellow Hammerhead owner I love this thing and for me it is one of the last great vehicles I got before I stopped getting GI Joes....well until Ebay came along that is.
This is the only gi joe toy I ever had. Still think about how badass it was.
Yep, for those of us lucky enough to have her, she was hard to beat!
Very cool you kept your childhood version. Great video. Thanks.
Great great great review!!! I watch you play with your toy on the beach, and I think about how rugged the Joe vehicles were made back then. These toys were made to play with at the beach, in the backyard, at the park, down the stairs, etc. The only toys I have come across in today's market that stack up to functionality and playability is Mattel/Fisher Price's IMAGINEXT.
GI Joe offered so many of us great playtime from about 10 until high school for some of us. Adult collecting is fun though! Great job, watched two videos...subscribed!!!!
Welcome to Joburg Boba! We’ll keep the Joe flag flying buddy.
what an exceptionally entertaining but heartfelt review. thanks for this fun trip down memory lane. You have a new subscriber here for sure sir.
Thanks for sharing.
DanimalsDioramas good to have you with us, sir.
Still got mine stored away. couple of missiles have lost their fins and I lost Decimator's harpoon gun, but overall it's in great shape...a bit dusty...but in good shape
Ya know what I find removes dust really quickly? Seawater!
One of my favorites
I loved the way you were so meticulous to not have any foot prints in the sand and I could barely make out the tracks of you rolling it backward into frame. The love and enthusiasm makes these videos awesome. Thank you!
Thanks Draliseth! We love putting out these types of productions. And we only review the toys we truly love. So if you love a thing, it deserves to be done justice! I feel like we did the beautiful old Hammerhead some justice. Thanks for the comment!
Yes! I loved my Hammerhead, it was the largest Cobra vehicle I had. I always used it as an deep water vehicle to protect my Cobra undersea base. I've recently been on the search for the few parts I need to restore mine. It always bothered me that there wasn't a third missile launcher for the spoiler. It felt incomplete and I've always wondered if mine was just missing one out of the box. I think I'll get an extra just to put there. I didn't have a Cobra Commander figure until much, much later so Decimator often filled in a leadership role since he had that cool officer looking torso! He was always one of my favorites. Sadly I've realized he is missing so I'm bummed about that.
I remember Walmart had an entire top shelf row (plus overstock in their clothes dept!) of Hammerheads and being in awe. I love how you guys show the vehicles in an appropriate environment. So awesome!
It was my largest Cobra vehicle too! Thing about the spoiler attachment point for the missile launcher - it’s not a snug fit, certainly not as snug as the subs. I could be remembering wrong, but it’s possible that the missile launcher can go onto the post on top of the black command pod if you remove the radar... and I think the radar unit can go on the spoiler. No idea where the designers were going with all that. My radar unit broke early in the game!
Sorry about your Decimator. He is a fine figure alright.
Thanks for the comment!
@@gijoburg I remember mixing parts around too lol. I've noticed a break point on my torpedo subs at the junction where the top fin meets the others near the engine. Have you had that problem? The few I've seen for sale online are similarly broken. I'm not really sure why that would be a stress point *shrug*
I imagine that top fin was a natural point for kids to grab when picking up the sub or working it free of the main craft? One of mine was cracked, but nothing a bit of superglue can’t solve!
This is why GIJOBURG needs to do toy reviews...🍻👊
The heavy submersible conversion of the BUGG
90s edition!
I was always a BUGG man myself, although never owned either. Love your stories and photography.
Thank you. I love sharing them! Glad they find an appreciative audience.
Such an inspiring video… toys at the beach… memories… bright green and shades of gray. Yummm lovely 90s
The story narratives parralel something you'd see on Netflix. You guys should talk to them .. LOVE THESE REVIEWS😻
The best hammerhead review ever, I have a hammerhead, but this review is mind blowing!
Thanks bud! Not only is it a personal fave of mine that I've had since I was little; it's seen it's fair share of aquatic battles. I had to take her back to the beach to do right by her! It was a fun evening. Me. My Hammerhead. An unforgettable sunset. Romance...
Because of this video I got a couple... now watching this video again, as a proud owner! Seeing this toy in water... in sand.. THIS is a toy!!! Next Step: RC conversion
I love to put the Hydro Viper on the sled since the clip allows it to wear its feet flippers and tank. Why, if you do it right, you can tuck its pet ray between his torso and sled for a snug fit to join the ride. Also, formbat found a way to attrach his harpoon gun to his air tank, so he can carry a full combat load on the sled by using his good hand to hold his knife and his flipper hand to drive with the joystick.
Good call. And their conditioning makes them better suited to being exposed than regular Eels. Nice.
@@gijoburg Ty Sir.
This was my favorite toy ever. I remember to this day the moment I got it. I went with my mom to a store here in Rio de Janeiro.
Best christmas ever!
Just as a curiosity, the Brazillian version had all those darker blueish green parts with the same bright green plastic the torpedos got.
Great video, man.
Leandro Henriques nostalgia rules! Thanks for sharing your tale. I'm glad this vehicle was as important to you as it was to me! Curious tho, how is the Brazilian release different?
Well, it was exactly the same, except for the darker green parts (like the twin laser cannons) that were all in the same light green as the torpedos.
br.vazlon.com/static/pics/2014/01/19/tanquedos-comandos-em-ao-20140119182522.jpg
The Brazilian GI Joe line was full of small differences... a company called Estrela made the toys here. If you want to know more, there are quite a few website talking about those differences. Search for Comandos em Ação (Gi Joe's name here)
Leandro Henriques very cool! I need to do some research! Better brush up my Portuguese!
:D
Deve ser péssimo para os parafusos dos bonécos, pois os dos meus enferrujavam fácil e eu tinha que troca-los.
Awesome outside Joe toy review! I have one in unassembled condition. Maybe I'll get around assembling it once I retire and have time 😆
Ryver Choy how close is retirement?! Nah bud, do it this weekend. Such fun. You can be 8 years-old again just like me!
This birings back all the memories i had with it , thank you so much for uploading this. I was one of the very lucky few.
Glad you were in the Hammerhead club. I think if you missed it as a child, you'll never truly "get it". This was an insanely fun toy when viewed thru the eyes of our kid selves. Too hell with the practicalities, a wheeled sub that splits off into six subs was friggin awesome.
Great stuff. The Bugg and Hammerhead are some of the great later vehicles.
Ironically they were some of GI Joburg's earliest vehicles! Hence the love...
Great fun and Yes for me part of the love for these toys was the adventures and where each one was located or found in the era of local toy shops and riding the bus all over town to find that one thing I needed. Cheers to another great vid!
The family pick was cool the guy on right looks like you! I thought it was you until I saw the little boy.
Yep! Guy on the right would be my big bro!
4:34 - Sheesh, no wonder forming unions are punishable by death....
Yep. No white parachute is going to save you at 100 meters below!
one of the coolest vehicle designs ever.
Love to see this in gi joe classified
It would be the size of a kid’s go-cart! Awesome.
If could have two Cobra vehicles it would definitely be the Raven and The Hammerhead! So freaking aaaaweeeesoooomeeee!!!
Good picks dude. Diggin' it.
GI Joburg Thanks. They have so many play and display options, plus they look Bad ass.
Specially the Raven!
Perfection.
I remember when I was young I took my figures and put them on some little battery powered hovercraft and went to use it on a lake and wound up losing a few figures.
Tris is one of the most bold reviews ever, i am very impresed you took the whole thing out to the beach, goodluck man.
As much as I like the video, I don't think I could put my G.I. Joe vehicle in the water , especially as old as it would be. I would be treating that vehicle so precious. But that's just me.
@@TarkentonLarry-iu3qp it’s probably made easier by being my childhood Hammerhead. This particular toy has had a very long history of being played with on beach days.
awesome piece
Hammerheads a great vehicle while the Decimator is one of the best Cobras/Drivers ever...🌊
Agreed. And the 80’s purists will never know! Such a cool toy and fig.
I was looking at this and my own and looking at the one over on Yojoe and I did notice that the one in Europe is a variant to the US release. and I don't think its sun damage but the clear glass parts on the one in Europe seem to all have a orange tint but if you look at the US release its a Neon-green. like I said I don't think that is time + sunfading I think that's how they where made
Quite possibly. But I have noticed a “starring” that seems to have occurred on the canopies of the featured Hammerhead. Makes them slightly less transparent than mint specimens. Photographed under a setting sun that could make them appear more orange than green.
A bit of a missed opportunity, if the green were molded in shades of red, it would have matched the eels.
What's interesting is that you open the canopy of the subs quite easily and all the way up. My experience is that these can be quite brittle and should not be opened beyond the point where it has friction with the hull.
Have you encountered a few cracked tabs? I did break an arm off the command sub caused by rough childhood play. But I superglued it at the time and after treating it with the care a known break deserves, it's remained securely glued! The side subs do feel like they were designed to go vertical tho. And the canopies on the main vehicle of mine have no trouble flipping all the way back! In fact, when I submerged the Hammerhead in the recent Barracuda vid I had to stick them down as trapped air bubbles would pop them open as she dived beneath the water!
Looking at the Hammerhead as a practical vehicle, Cobra probably considered the parasite vehicles disposable short range attack vehicles. Vehicles of that size would not have long range, but would be able to attack from shallow water at nearby Joe WHALEs and SHARCs and overwhelm them by shear numbers. The buggy section itself would provide fire support and SAM coverage from behind the easily replaced parasite craft.
The expended parasite craft would be ditched instead of redocking, being considered ordinance by high command, and the (surviving) Eels would ride back to base in the buggy. Redocking parasite craft is always harder then undocking parasite craft, and requires a lot more training and more risk (it is why there are no real life helicarriers and mother subs in real life)
I guess the mentality is: take the objective... or don’t bother coming back.
@@gijoburg indeed, and historically an effective one. That said, the parasite craft may be expendable, but the crew can bail and swim to a rendezvous point or board the buggy for the trip back to base... unless they are operated by BATs.
Watching this video is what partially got me back into 'Joe collecting. I recently bought one of these and love it..I think it's one of the strongest vehicles in the latter part of the ARAH run but it pains me to hear Steve speak so critically of the the mini vehicles on this beast! While I agree with what he's saying, I think all the interchangeability makes up for the mediocrity of some of the components of the Hammerhead. You can go stealthy and have it crawl on the ocean floor, or have a team of Techno Vipers trick out the torpedo subs for sea -to-land launches. The imagination can run wild when you have all the parts in place!
i envy you haha the biggest vehicle i owned was that dreadnok mad max car!
Good toy that. But the Hammerhead owns the beaches!
One of my favorite vehicles next to the bugg. The neon color is the only thing that bugged me. I'm shocked you put it in the beach. One of those waves could have taken a piece.
Living dangerously with vintage toys. That's going on my headstone.
woooooow great review bro!!!! I love those scenarios you choose for your videos!!!! Send you greetings from Germany
Thanks Juergen! This was a blast to shoot, the water was a little cold; and folks (and their dogs!) kept coming up to me to take a closer look at what I was doing, but shooting this really took me back to a time when I was a small child playing at the beach with my Joes. Priceless memories. Big love from South Africa!
-Steve
GI Joburg Thanks Steve!!! Yeah it's the same thing for me! I used to play close to a lake and a Swamp and it was a great scenario for my joes and cobra troops
by the way. ... greetings from Mannheim Germany ;)
I would have to choose the BUGG! Since I had that!
I think I’m in agreement. The Hammerhead was helluva fun, but there’s an intricacy and oddness to the BUGG that I’m very fond of. Plus I got the BUGG after the Hammerhead and so you’re always gonna gravitate more to the new toy as a kid!
@@gijoburg the BUGG was a tough and rugged toy as well, it survived me, my little brother, and then my nephew. My sister as wonderful as she is threw it out as well as some very good gijoe vehicles when my nephew outgrew them
I actually had this thing! loved it!
Belos action figures! Parabéns!
Gi Joburg you seize to amaze me.
Great video my man absolutely love the hammerhead besides the classics like the whale shark and Moray the hammerhead is my absolute favorite gi joe water vehicle EVER. it will be incredibly fun to recreate the Hammerhead even better but before that I plan on just getting a couple Hollow shells to stitched together and complete one from the parts also gonna take one of the spare Hollow hammerheads and turn it into some kind of United States Marine Corps vehicle for Neon Beach Landings.
“Neon Beach Landings” is totally my favourite new phrase. Damn!
Dude that jacket is SWEET
Derek Foulk I'd wear one!
I think this is the rarest toy of the 90's ...pretty cool
For real? Maybe I should be taking better care of her then!
>has expensive hard to acquire vintage toy with potentially peeling stickers
> submerged in Sand and sea water
I had one too, I miss it so badly, my mum gave it away!
😭
Great review, never knew this existed until recently. Lol
Get the gi joe retaliator
You know it always fascinated me as a child. Then in 2018 I saw one in person for the first time and then thought against getting one. You’re a fan I presume? Wanna sing its praises for me, maybe change my mind?
Nice video !
I wanted that so bad...but was 13 going 14when it came out, and I was phasing out toys for expensive athletic gear...damn!!!
I had this toy
Love your reviews and podcast guys!
Thanks for the support! Great to hear that people dig our discussions. We know we can be a bit of an acquired taste!
Cobraaaa
That's not what I used that decompression chamber for and I did not know that's what it was called I thought that box was used to store prisoners or ammunition
glad u guys r back bru!!!
Good to be back Dave. Thump the Wallabies for us!
Will you ever get the piranha? It's not the prettiest ship in the world, but like the Moray, she's built for speed. Or the old Cobra fan/swamp boat for that matter?
Love the Moccasin, and I’m sure I can find the love for the Piranha if one passes my eye. I think the real question is: do we keep doing regular old reviews? They’re easier to mash out but I would say the satisfaction isn’t as great.
@@gijoburg I just want to see them. Whether in an episode or a review?
Your rewievs are the best
You China China are very kind. Thanks!
Was Larry Hama still writing the file cards by the 90s?
It's difficult to say, really. By his own account Hasbro fired and rehired him a number of times. And his signature style was often closely copied. The technical detail of the card and the exposé of the vehicle's glaring fault make me taste Hama-flavour when it comes to Decimator...
@@gijoburg I think Hama every card wrote through 1991 (Except Crystal Ball's card, supposedly written by Stephen King). After that he may have had editorial input, if that.
Heh, I should ask him sometime... tho the man intimidates the heck out of me. Not because he’s a scary dude, just because I idolize him so damn much!
I wish I kept mine. ☹
Dang. I’m sorry to hear that. She’s a special toy alright.
07:47 Does the Bio-Viper (Mega Marines/Monsters Line) fit in the decompression chamber? It's pretty big. Doesn't exactly fit the vehicle securing rings (except maybe around the heel or wrist) and doesn't have foot holes for pegs.
I can’t imagine it would, but I can’t check either! I reckon the leg stance is a little wide for that chamber if I was to guess.
That thing is he man figure size so its not gonna fit in the hammer head it's also got some limited poseability which counts against it fitting in the hammerhead.
@@gijoburg It's a shame. I want him to join my shore/sea patrol, but well...he's too big and lacks the foot hole for the vehicles. :(
I reckon he needs another vehicle altogether. Maybe something a little less enclosed. To show off his amphibious adaptation!
I love it ❤
"A poor, deprived, South African kid...on the last week of his European holiday"??!!!
Granted. A little bit of irony there! More of a reference to how toys as magnificent as the Hammerhead never made it to our neck of the woods.
Keep up the good work!
Hamerhead or Bug?
Both
Agreed! 😝
Both is good.
Any problem with rust from salt water?
Yes! Your screws will rust quite a bit quicker from salt water. And worse, the salt will dry on the T-bar and freeze the figures legs, requiring you to deconstruct the figure and wash or even sand the buildup away! So be sure to wash with fresh water after ocean play. Vehicles however have all-plastic construction and handle salt just fine! Though I always give em a freshwater rinse afterwards anyway. Hope that helps!
GI Joburg Thanks for the tips!
Hey dude what’s that Chanel that still play gi joe
Hi Nancy, I’m not sure I understand the question but I still play with my Joes! So if that’s what you’re looking for, you may have stumbled onto the right place! Check out our playlists: “Playmotion Adventures” and “Special Forces”.
I'd pick the bugg
My man likes BUGGs! Good to know. We should do a poll!
But decimater way better looking pilot than secto .
I just bought a complete Hammerhead for only 60 dollars. It's missing a few decals, however. Were there any in the drivers area or sub cockpits? Thanks.
Nope. Just sculpted detail.
And congrats! $60 is a bloody good price!
@@gijoburg Thanks. Peculiar they didn't put stickers or much, if any sculpted detail in the drivers seats huh? And, I lowballed him. He didn't quite know what he had. Lol.
@@gijoburg Hey, buddy. I have a question. Is the Decimator an army builder type figure, like the Vipers, or Crimson Guards, or is he supposed to be one person like Wild Weasel, or Copperhead? Thanks.
@@christianhafer9819 I’m glad you asked! I think the language on the filecard make him out to be an individual. Give it a read and see what you think.
It's sea water.
It absolutely is.
Cobra build a fat Voltron with thin legs and small arms
Ha! More combiner Transformer ideas?!
@@gijoburg The correct question is : Why they didn't exactly that in the first place ?
- A question Joe and Transformers fans have been asking since time immemorial...
@@gijoburg even before the Cube indeed.