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1985 Vintage GI Joe USS Flagg Playset - Retro Showcase #18
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2016
- On this special and cathartic retro review Dan takes a look back at one of the greatest and biggest toy/vehicle/playsets ever released: 1985's USS Flagg from GI Joe.
This aircraft carrier playset was not something everyone own because of its price and it's size but that's something Dan is just going to have to come to terms with.
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Nothing could ever compare to the pure confused joy of waking up Christmas morning to finding The Flagg in a pile of pieces on the living room floor with a note from "Santa" saying "The elves couldn't figure out how to build it" . . Years later we learned that our parents had built it in a friend's garage in an attempt to have it built and ready on Christmas morning only to have it crumble when they tried to move it to the house. My brother and I spent all day trying to rebuild it without instructions cause of course the parental units threw them away with the box 😂
I like this story. It has everything.
"The elves couldn't figure out how to build it."
Ha! The elves are apparently not military contractors!
This is tragic. It reads like a Hemingway story.
And yet I'll bet you still count yourself lucky
Heartbreaking. No box to open. No being the first person to touch it. No instructions to enjoy assembling and deconstructing it. No box to store it in for the future. May as well have bought it from a charity shop.
This wasn't a Review. This was Shakespearian Poetry!
Thanks!
Jacq Desi even seeing this now as an adult gives me shivers. Last saw one in the flesh when i was in Vegas. My wife couldn't believe how big it was.
I was about to say the same thing.
A buddy I deployed with parents passed away and they had ALL of his G I Joes in their attic. He knew I was a collector so he gave me a call. Sold me his entire Joe collection for $200; it came with 15 vehicles over 50 figures, G I Joe Headquarters, Terrordrome and most of all the Flagg. Most were 90% complete or more. I told him the worth but he didn't care, he just wanted them gone. The Flagg is now in my garage in its own glass case.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... you have a glass case big enough for THE FLAGG??!??!
Toy Galaxy built it myself! Lol
WOW.
Happy ending lol
You my friend are one lucky Mfer. I salute you my friend.
As a kid in Australia in mid 80's, my buddy who lived across the street had the GI Joe Flagg carrier. It was huge..I remember coming over early on Saturdays after cartoons to play Gi Joe..great memories.
We turnd mine into a make-shift "horseshoe" contest to see who could prevent a tossed skystriker from rolling off the deck. Then several Mos later I got my drumset and the carrier went into the closet, then storage when the house went into foreclosure as we moved into an apt. then we moved in w/ my uncle, then another apt, then it flooded (F.L.A.G.G was trampled on trying to save dad's records) then into a rent house before we lost everything again due to Hurricane Harvey. For a vessel that didn't float, mine took on a barrage of rough seas! Cheers!!
I know this is an older vid, but I had to comment about being one of the lucky few who had the Flagg as a kid. 8 yrs old as a matter of fact when my pa paw (greatest man who ever lived) got me this for Christmas. Even greater, he lived alone across the street from us in a rather large house, so my aircraft carrier had it's own bedroom! My dad built it in the floor of that room, and I'll never forget Christmas morning my dad and I were tossing ball and he deliberately made a bad throw into the bedroom so I would go get the ball. It was in that moment that I stumbled upon the greatest gift I had ever received. Best Christmas ever......
@ thank you. I've definitely been blessed.
This guy is a genius, or capable of delivering ingenious writing. Either way he wins today.
His tongue cuts with the quickness of a weed Wacker,
This was the golden fleece of my childhood! As the 2nd of three boys, this was the toy that made ever other toy not worth having. The Sears catalogue was a nightmare to me because I knew that this was something that my hands would never touch. However, 2 years ago I walked by a pawn shop in Delaware County in a suburb of Philadelphia and saw the “Golden Fleece” in a box on the street. I ran into the shop to inquire at it and the shop clerk was puzzled at my line of questioning about the behemoth outside its doors. Once the clerk stepped out the door of the store to see was my fuss was about, he told me that they tired to assemble it in the store and couldn’t (yeah it’s 7 feet long!) and the owner said to just leave it outside. Th next statement sound like this.... “if you want it...”, I never heard the rest, because I grab the box and darted to my car driving off and leaving the scene of the crime. I knew they had no clue what they just gave me and wasn’t about to let them know. In all, I got an almost perfect USS Flagg minus the speaker/mic system, no Admiral Keen, and missing just two of small clamps to hold the flight deck together. I now in the process of adding pieces to complete the set and buying some sky strikers to finish this grown mans childhood dream! How that for a story’s! (It’s true, it’s damn true!!!!)
Awesome. It's funny how many Flaggs still have the box because it's the only place to keep the darn thing when it's not assembled.
How to steal something without stealing something. lol
I got one for xmas when i was 5 one of the few toys i still remember that thing was so huge it was so awesome i seem to recall they had a space shuttle too?
I’m not gonna lie... getting this on Christmas morning was the greatest thrill of my life. My parents didn’t have a lot of money either, so this was a BIG DEAL. It was great to know that for one shining moment, I reached the pinnacle of childhood. It’s 30 years later and I don’t even remember what happened to the damn thing (garage sale???), and yet it still fills me with a warm feeling when I think about it. Thank you, Toy Galaxy, for letting me relive that for another brief moment.
Oh, and as Dan mentioned, the box itself was a marvel. My buddy and I were into slingshots at the time so we propped the box up in the backyard and filled it full of holes. Keep in mind there was a giant picture of an aircraft carrier on the front so we actually felt like we were firing on a ship. This playset actually let me experience TWO types of imaginary naval warfare! 😂
"The kitchen table is fine, Dan." Wow, there was real emotion in that sentence.
I used to marvel at this thing on display when my mother would take me to Sears to shop for school clothes in the late 80’s. I knew I’d never have it, but it was awesome to see!
"They Kitchen table is fine, Dan". The whole script is hilarious, but that line cracked me up 😂
The fact this beast was only $100 new was impressive in itself.
$100 was a lot of money back then. A millennium falcon cost about $40 in the early 80s.
Wow dude this video brings me back. Thanks so much, really cool. I was lucky to receive a USS Flagg for Xmas, 1988 Ireland. Years later I would find out my Dad had gone to pay electric bill before Xmas, saw this massive toy in a store, bought it instead. What a Legend!! I was building a G.I Joe collection a the time, long story short. It was the best. But like most things it sadly died from baby brother tornado. As soon as he could walk, he slowly destroyed. The 1st to go was my Tomahawk double propeller, next was the Hammerhead and so on. But I do get to hang this over him, "all the cash I could've got for those toys Bro!". Really cool channel man.
Wow, a Flagg instead of the electric bill? That's a hero!
The Flagg in this video was my childhood USS Flagg. I had it set up in a very small bedroom for years. I purchased it new in the box at a flea market, immediately went home and opened it and set it up. Played with it for years.
My cousin had this, the terror drome and pretty much every other vehicle. The frequency that I went to his house jumped up a lot after that Christmas.
The problem I had as an owner was friends would try to see how strong it was and walk from stern to bow or want me to take it to their place where we'd spend more time building it than trying to land on it. The one that rolled off the deck lost. Cheers!!
My little brother got this when he was 6 ,32 years later still jealous
I had a friend that had this in 1986 and I was jealous AF. I remember seeing it in kb toys for $99 and didn't even bother asking my parents to get it for me. $100 to a little kid in 1985 was like a million dollars
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Wow, the greatest play set ever for any toy line. Truly a dream comes true for every kids.
Everything that this man said is ACCURATE! Being an only child, my mother actually bought this for me in '86. Stickers included, it took me damn near 3 hours to complete the assembly of this titan of action figure accessories. To that point the largest thing I owned of G.I.Joe/Cobra's rendition of the SR71 Blackbird. . .and this dwarfed that! My heartbreaking moment came 1990 my USS Flagg was destroyed while moving to our new home. I still pine for it till this very day
Ebay...be it pieces or bulk just plan on buying atleast 3 to get 99% complete. Centuries later I bought one 80% complete plus the few boxes of parts I had that survived being trampled on in an attempt to save 30% (roughly 300lps) of dads 1000+ record collection when our storage flooded...I was able to resell the F.L.A.G.G. to a collector 2x what I paid on ebay. My 5yo said "I don't want it because I don't want to share with bubba". We bought Guitar Hero World Tour and the Xbox360 and I lost the rest of the ship. Including Admiral Keel Haul and his 45cal. sidarm. Just beware there are 3 different Admirals...1 included, 1 mail send off and 1 that was a stand-alone figure that's uniform is a bit different and has the wrong sidearm. Be informed if you want All Original.
This thing is the holy grail of playsets, of toys. one day i will have this in my joe collection.
I love my flagg. After all the complaining my step father did about my toys ...he surprised me with this awesome toy that ill never give up. He passed away a month ago. Ive re named keel haul Admiral Beckett in his memory.
You should buy a mail away version or the "sold separately" Admiral Keel Haul so u can have both. Cheers!
I had this!!! I was a very sick child and could not play outside very much had asthma really really bad and was very lucky my grandparents ( who raised me )could afford to buy me all the Star Wars Gi joe and transformers toys
What I would not give to have them all again
I loved this toys I remember my grandpa hiding this in plain sight they put put it under sheets and stood it up and used it to put there stuff on till I came across it one day when I was playing in their room and I would go check it every day till Christmas.
I had many battles between cobra terror dome and the flag I had a room all to my self for my toys. And would spend hours playing in there by myself.
Thank you for the walk down memory lane and making me think of my grand parents and all they did for me
U can really take a stroll if you look up the mint unboxing performer on a pool table. It was graded but he had to open it anyway. Cheers!!
This is the greatest review of any piece of plastic that ever existed.
Broke my heart all over again.
My parents found one of these at a yard sale in 1988, it was in a giant cardboard box and my dad had no idea how huge it was until my brother and i put it together. Shortly after that we found an old bedframe, took a sheet of 1/2" plywood and set it up on that out on the patio. My GI Joe base went underneath it and it was all awesome.
That IS awesome!
My local Comicbook shop has one in an unopened box now as well, I hesitate to ask how much they want for it because I know I could never justify the expense.
I was the only kid I’ve ever known to have one. A million thank you’s Mom and Dad.
Wish I still had it.
I’ve still got mine. I haven’t built it in about 30 years, but all the parts are there. Now that I have a huge upstairs, it’s going to be put together in a few weeks.
Wow, the poetry of this review.
That thing is absolutely amazing.
My 5 year old has started watching old GI Joe recently so I had to show him the USS Flagg. This video is amazing! Well done!
My son declared he didn't want to share with his lil brother and so we sold it and bought Guitar Hero World Tour and the Xbox 360 for it.
years later, I still want this just to own it…this and the General are the hallmarks of an overindulgent 80s/early 90s childhood
Boston Railfan I'm From Brockton I want it too.
I would fix it up to be almost like an interactive Coffee Table/playset/collection platform
There are several variants of Admiral Keel Haul. If your wanting 100% accuracy, do your research! Only 1 style/type came wing the F.L.A.G.G. note the side arm as well. They change too.
I first saw this magnificent playset/work of mechanical art in the Bronx. A kid had it under his bed when not playing with it.
I now am 42 years old and I own 2. One is only missing the microphone and the other is missing a few things. That one is going to be a cobra aircraft carrier. I always hated the fact it had no windows and you couldn't fit much on the deck but that wasn't a deal breaker at all. The first one I got when I was 24 and I got the other last year.
If you have the opportunity to own one, you have to. It's truly a work of art. I can't wait to move and get mine set up and start working on the cobra version. YO JOE!
It's astoundingly simple once you actually put one together you're like: "I just built a table." But when you park a Skystriker on it and turn on the imagination it's an amazing playset.
I dunno if you still own atleast one F.L.A.G.G still...I'd trace the deck and the tower (best I could on its side profile) and offer planes to be traced onto cardboard. These things should have been the equivalent of the DeathStar "3d sphere". It should have been like the old gliders, everyone should have be able to have a F.L.A.G.G for a fraction of the cost. 10.00 for a mega-phone 5.00 for the Admiral, 15.00 for accessories (tail hook, fuel truck, crane, arresting wires atleast 3x). Call it 39.99 and be under everyone's bed because it could go on the bed to be flown off of. Truly a loss for those that missed out. You would have though a bedding set (2 stacked pillows become the tower) and a printed deck comforter would have been Just as impressive! Cheers!!
I had one, not because my parents were well off but because my mom was a dedicated Garage sale shopper. It took up most of my room that wasn’t already my bed. And we actually used it as part of a Fourth of July parade float once.
I remember my 9 year old self seeing it at the Toy Store and pulling that huge box off the bottom shelf to show my dad, who alas worked for Delta Airlines and helped me put the box back on said shelf lol.
My dad was a pipefitter with Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 43 out of Chattanooga (I was 10 when this came out). And even I knew this was not going to happen. I was happy having Castle Greyskull and later Snake Mountain in regards to playsets. As well as the MASK Boulder Hill playset. As for my Transformers = strategically placed couch pillows made for an awesome Autobot base (volcano).
Castle Greyskull is quite a score, bro. And MASK aint bad. I like your Transformers one too, very nuanced and dramatic with all the shadows and secret entrances of a big structure, and rear access for your hands so you can march the guys out.
Yeah I can picture that playset doing a *bounce* down off the shelf and right back up ;) lol
That was beautifully poetic!
Thanks for watching!
Haha, justifiably poetic, dude. Well done.
Thanks!
+Toy Galaxy This could be updated if a entire line of battle ships folded out and then connected. Also, seeing how a new sense of patriotism is coming down the pike (whether for good reasons or not I'll let you decide) G.I. Joe is going to make a comeback and the Flagg might be in our future...A man can dream okay.
I had so many Joe vehicles, my two biggest were the Defiant shuttle complex and the General, both easily dwarfed by this thing, but to me they were still the grandest vehicles I ever had. A friend of mine had the Terror Drome and I couldn't believe the sheer size of that too :D
My neighbor had this. They also had a pool table, lucky bastards. Seem to remember the carrier sitting on the pool table and basically taking up most of the space. That was the one toy we wanted but knew we would never have. I have a feeling it would have gotten a lot of love Christmas morning, but would have quickly been relegated to the backyard where it would have deteriorated away in the elements.
Brother! This video was awesome! You're an excellent writer! Just brilliant! I was 8 in '85 and my dad said this was "dumb" and "no" to my request for ownership. It bothered me for YEARS!
Hindsight being 20/20...the F.L.A.G.G. was the equivalent of a coin op pool table and yes you needed to space it so cues can go all the way around it if you were planning on takeoffs and landings. I remember laying on the deck to see if I wanted to get a smaller bed to have more floor space. The house we had was perfect too. My room had recently installed blue shagg lol
Dude, Christmas in 85' when you were 10 was some real life changing shit. Gi JOE, Transformers and BMX bikes were all that mattered.
There is no words to describe this "toy". I have the AT AT and Big Millennium Falcon, but this "toy"....just unbelievable.
Yes there are. Biggest f&*#ing play set.
Aníbal Concha WOAH WHAT!??!? You have the big ass Millenium Falcon?!?! Man I remember seeing that every time at toys r us in the early 2000's 😱😱😱 it was so massive and expensive
Only "Toy" I never got that i asked for was the All Terrain Armored Transport. Mom said I'd scare her dog with it...she was probably right. Cheers!!
This was awesome! I actually had one of these..I remember my dad bringing it up the stairs Christmas morning and I about passed out. It occupied half my bedroom for years before I sold it at a yard sale.... I link myself every time
There's one "mostly complete" on ebay right now for $8000 if you want to relive your youth. Or just have a reason to kick yourself again. 😉
If i somehow would be able to get a GI Joe USS Flagg i would honestly use it as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier for 3'5 Marvel figures
Absolutely. Cap looks great standing on the deck.
I have one and that’s a great idea!
I just had a co-worker at work bring in his USS FLAGG in tubs with box he received in 1985,...I now have to get it togehter. Its in my Joe Room!!!
I was a 1970's kid so this ship came later, but I'd have loved this. My parents wouldn't have been able to afford this (plus we had no room) but I could see thousands of hour of fun here.
There's a mint unboxing on yt it takes place on a pool tbl...how many hundreds of thousands of hours have been spent playing pool?!! LOL Cheers!!
I remember seeing this toy in Mile High comics in Denver, Colorado and was amazed by the size.
Hands down, the greatest playset ever!
I still remember one time when I went with my folks to a toy store where they had it fully assembled on a huge table for the viewing pleasure of many children (me included) who stood around and most likely were drooling over the idea of having it.
Great video, I had one when I was little and it's probably the reason I did 20 years on board aircraft carriers turning wrenches on real Sky Strikers! Yo Joe!
Thanks for also serving fellow Sailor! 🇺🇸
I know I'm late to the party but I actually had this in 1985 when I was 10. it was so big I couldn't even fit it into my bedroom. I put it together on Christmas Day and it just kind of became part of the living room after that.
Your commentary is legendary!
I never owned a Joe but I always wanted the vehicles. This was no exception. But the size and price always kept me from circling it in the Christmas catalogs.
I saw one of these at GIJoeCon 2017 and was so tempted to buy it. 100% complete in box... $900... oh i would end up sleeping on the couch for a while, but it might have been worth it. lol
It's a crazy, crazy thing that every Joe fan should have an opportunity to own at some point.
Lowlight23 Eventually you will be on the couch for one reason of another.....might as well get what you want!
eggplant 72 I like your way of thinking my friend. And with that I'm off to buy something totally ridiculous.
You should've justified it as an investment. It might even be one, too, just because of the rarity.
You could of slept on it
Never have I ever wanted to own a playset more until now! You good Sir should be paid large bags of money for advertising TOYS!!!
If you look for it, there's a mint graded F.L.A.G.G. on yt being opened yes I said Graded in Mint condition as in New on a pool table. He opened it any way. Cheers!!
Never saw your channel before, but mention of the USS Flagg was mentioned on Facebook post so I hunted down a video about it. This was the most amazing toy review in my 47 years of existence. Nay, not a toy review but a love story. Congratulations.
If u wanna see a treat there is or atleast was a yt unboxing of a mint graded F.L.A.G.G. on a pool table. Yes Graded, yes Mint, yes as in sealed wrap and new in box. Cheers!!
Currently still have it and complete. It was awesome set
I stared at this thing for hours on the top shelf at the local ToysRUS when I was a kid.
I never saw it at the store only the brochure that came with the Nigjt Raven that featured both the F.L.A.G.G and the Difiant Shuttle Complex. Cheers!!
Always wanted it. Never got it. Had the Defiant Shuttle Launch Complex instead. I was happy.
The Difiant was a "Rolling" disaster, ofcourse the F.L.A.G.G. didn't move unless you slid it from the tower (pushing it sideways to get behind the tower) to access the comms and "man the helm" from being pushed up against a wall when dormant overnight. I didn't like the quirky flip-up/ open doors on either ship. They always unhinged on the shuttle and the "space station" reminded me of Vaders Star Destroyer (not to be confused with the cardboard 3d puzzle of a death star). Too wonky, bulky and just lacking compared to the F.L.A.G.G.s tower or even flight deck interaction (blast shields, fuel truck, Admiral's launch boat or even the working crane w/ removable engine hood). Atleast the F.L.A.G.G. had a place to put batteries the Difiant was just a waste of plastic, time to assemble and money for the investment vs the F.L.A.G.G. no comparison. Cheers!!
This is an incredible review and your breakdown of everything verbally is awesome to listen to!
Thanks. It all came from the heart.
That was awesome! Brought back feelings from my childhood. My personal unattainable toy was the At-At, even thinking to ask for the Flag was too ambitious. I can still remember the name of the kid who supposedly had one, even though I never saw it.
Yep. I knew the kid that had the AT-AT. Hated that guy. He didn't even care that he had it.
My brother had this. My mom still talks about how it took up the whole dining room!
Great review! I got this for Christmas the year it came out and I was 10 years old. It was built and stayed in the family room for about a year before it was taken apart and packed away. Oh the battles I had though.
You had one? Uh oh... keep that quiet around here.
Yellowing of plastic can be reversed by applying Salon Care 40 or a mix of hydrogen peroxide and Oxy and then leaving the item in sunlight.
I've tried it on smaller stuff. Works pretty well.
Toy Galaxy I would've kept it yellow because it's like the Flagg has been serving its country for years and seen many sun scorching days and combat
The USS Flagg is still the gift that all other gifts I've ever received are measured against, and they all come up lacking.
I simply love the fact that someone slipped a Boba Fett figure in.
One of the best descriptions of a toy ever. I had it when I was 10. It was amazing and took up a third of my bedroom It was like another bed in the room. It was amazing and awesome and all the things you mentioned.
Add sleeping bag onto it and it was my bed for 1 night to see if I wanted to swap my Full for a Daybed about the same width of the flight deck. I got my drums that following summer so I put up the F.L.A.G.G and kept my bed. Cheers!!
I had a USS Flagg as a kid. I painted some particle board blue with waves and placed that on top of a un-used pool table.
Best idea Ever! My room had blue shagg carpet lol. Cheers!!
My favorite episode to date. Nice job guys!
this is amazing, to see you so emotional and vibrant! what a toy this was. never had one but my neighbor did so I was able to spend hours playing with it. absolutely the most amazing toy ever!
Sometimes the scripts write themselves.
It was an experience, once you've had it, then you know. Cheers!!
I couldn't sleep the other night And started to think about this awesome monstrosity for some odd reason. While Only ever once witnessing it with my own eyes in the late 80s, it left such an impression on me that for 30 years I find myself thinking about this toy from time to time. Thanks for the video
There's a mint graded one opened on a pool table if you really wanna see what there is to see. Cheers!!
Poetic brilliance lol. Seeing as how my introduction to toys was glorious 3.75 joes (still my favorite franchise/toy line to this day...even though it's a Grimm time to be a joe collector) I was born a year after this came out so I never had one 🙁 True story, I befriended a coworker many years back through our love of toys/joes and since he was older than me AND actually had one, I'll never forget that he told me he would actually sleep on the thing like a bed when he was little lol.
I still have mine! No big story. Just was a good kid and cleaned up my room for a week. Dusted, vacuumed, games put away, clothes thrown into laundry room, and bed tucked. I guess I was spoiled. But, not a brat. Lol
It is Epic. It is Huge. Purchase a large table for it.
This video makes me so lucky to have had one growing up.
Same here. The only thing the video doesn't do justice is showing the sheer size of it. The ship literally takes up a quarter of your bedroom. You have to literally get up and walk around it to play with it.
I remember when this came out-I was a huge GI Joe fan when I was a kid in the 80s. It sold for the at the time exorbitant price of $110.00. My parents told me flat out to not even ask for it for Christmas. Even at such a young age I knew not to push the issue.
I don't know if it was a conversation that actually happened or not with my brother and out parents. I think we just knew that was never going to happen so we never bothered asking.
I remember when this came out. Was so heartbreaking not being able to buy it. Still can't afford one, but the memories remain.
It's the equivalent of owning/buying a pool table. It depends on space, space around it, extra accessories and available time to play. Cheers!!
This is a truly amazing video. The score, the craftsmanship of the script, et al. I don't even collect G.I. Joe figures, but I could watch this video all day. Nicely done.
Thanks. I tried to speak from the heart and add a little flourish.
It shows lol
I received this on Xmas of 86, slept on it the same night. My mom paid on this almost all year on layaway. Too bad I had to leave it behind when my parents separated in 90. Good times tho, miss it immensly. Thank you for the nostalgia !!!
I remember seeing it at Wal-Mart. It was awe inspiring. My younger brother and I would beg and plead for our parents to get that for us. We knew we'd share it but back then $100 was a lot and my parents would always use the excuse that we would fight over it, but it was really that they just couldn't afford it. So in the end between the two of us we amassed a rather sizable collection with The General, The Crusader Shuttle, The Night Raven and other various vehicles in our collection which I still have, (mine are stored away for now), my brother sold his (DAMMIT!!!) but the FLAGG along with the Terrordrome, will likely be the ones that got away....unless I find a way to get them down the road. :)
It's getting cheaper all the time. Still a possibility.
This is the single greatest toy review in the history of toy reviews. Thank you for sharing your catharsis. If I could, I would make the Flagg a coffee table so I could eat breakfast on deck every morning.
I'm not sure how long it will be in my personal collection as I stated in the video. But I figure if nothing else I'm going to get a good outline of the deck pieces so I can buy a couple of piece of plywood and paint them to look like the deck and then, yeah, just make a table or countertop or shelf.
A semi-replica wooden coffee table or desk is a great idea.
@@SecretGalaxyTV if you still have your F.L.A.G.G. probably the best thing you could do is reprint every sticker and trace the deck and the detached tower (on it's side) so others could buil something "similar" our of cardboard. Personally, if I still had mine to stencil as a "mockup" I'd trace the skystriker and redraw the F.L.A.G.G. to proper scale. The skyquest was a good size but I hated the bright yellow safety exhaust and ordinance. The Skystriker was just too long or the deck was too short. Cheers!!
This is the citizen Kane of toy reviews!
I. Remember walking down to my friends basement as a kid and seeing the Flagg. I was dumbstruck and he was as blasé about it as you could possibly imagine. I guess he had been living with it taking up 1/3 of the basement for so long that he didn’t care any more. I can’t even imagine.
Several years ago back in the 90’s I foud a flagg in a flea market for 20$ it was only missing the big deck and front deck surface plus small piece I spend like 160$ to get the missing pieces and started collecting gi joe (I was already collecting Star Wars toys)
My Flagg was in my star wars room for 3 years until 2005 when ROTS was released and a journalist came to my house to see and talk about my star wars collection. Now this beautiful piece lays in crates and once in a while a friend call me to do toy pictures with it.
Still missing 13 pieces to complete it but they cost a lot $$$
But tryly the Flagg is really impressive just hope to have room for it one day to display it
Thx for the video
a few years back, a local collectible store has this beauty for just shy of $1600 in quote "lightly used" "adult collector" "stickers applied" all over the tag, the box was in excellent condition. still wonder to the day how good the ship was
Odds are it was repop stickers if they weren't blistered or sun faded (lighting though windows did not do her any favors over the years) and probably had the incorrect Keel Haul (there was a send away, a stand alone and an included all very different from one another) and if it didn't have the box...I wouldn't have given her a 2nd thought. That's a motorcycle, a pool table, an above ground pool, a down pmnt on a car or a good start on a D.C.S. flight simulator rig. Why play with static toys when you can taxi around a True 1:1 scale carrier deck in a F14 or 18 etc. Cheers!! Ps 700 is a bargain. (Buy 2 to compete 1)
THIS IS THE BEST TOY REVIEW I HAVE EVER HEARD 😂😂😂😂
OMG i wanted this so bad when i was kid. Nobody i knew had this. But now i an adult how frequents toycons and I will have one.
The resentment is strong with this one.
Custom plexiglass or glass cover for the flight deck and the Flagg would make an awesome coffee table!
I saw one of these this weekend in a consignment store, it had distinct sigs saying "not for sale...yet" and my wife didn't understand why i was screaming with joy to see it in the wild
A unicorn for certain!! Double/tripple/quadruple rainbow at that! They still exist somewhere. Cheers!!
My parents wouldn't get this for me. I had the jet fighter but they drew a line for the aircraft carrier. I remember this kid John Myers had it and he always brought it to school. I would always give him the evil eye. Good times.
Just got one yesterday and I have no clue where I'm going to put it. But I gotta say it is by far the most impressive and largest toy I own!
What could possibly be larger? Your car? I think it is THE largest toy.
This made me laugh and cry a little. I am now going to go dig out the pictures of the 'Flagg' I had as a kid. Thank you.
I actually knew one guy who owned the the aircraft carrier when when we were kids my God it was ridiculous huge would have loved to have had it but you know is what it is
This thing is a bit beyond my time but I can't help but marvel at this thing! I can't imagine if I was born at a different time and saw this what my younger self would be like
Great Review. G.I. Joe had 3 iconic playsets, and this is one. The other 2 are the Terror Drome and the Joe Defiant. I think every kid in the 80's dreamed of having at least one of those. Hope to see more Joe stuff featured on your channel.
Absolutely. 3 of the biggest and best all from one line. We'll hit more GIJoe as we go. I'm a big fan (clearly). That said... it would help if Hasbro would do something with it. Repaints and SDCC exclusive crossover sets aren't cutting it for me.
There is a psychological connection between our childhoods and the size of toys, what now we realize is somewhat small was then huge, to our small bodies the large toys of the ideas dwarved us and broke the rules of "toys" and became objects, sculptures and artefects. the USS FLAG defies those rules and cares not that we have grown bigger, its ability to still dwarf adults and confront all standards of size is powerfully GI-JOE, it runs on pure American Plastic Excess and like a Rodan or Michelangelo sculpture, it signposts a period, the Flag holds the 80s firmly in place like a giant plastic paperweight.
great video
I've made the argument that the 6" scale is so popular with adults because it's roughly proportional to the size that our little brains perceived GIJoe and Star Wars figures to be when we were kids.
This colossal 7-foot "U.S.S. Flagg" aircraft carrier playset by Hasbro was a must-have for 80's kids everywhere who were G.I. Joe fans. Not to mention a financial drain on their parents, considering how expensive the gosh darn thing probably was. If your parents got this for you, you were the happiest kid on the block!
I had the space shuttle launching pad/booster/shuttle one back in the day, was my onlt Xmas present that year and was awesome as well.
Someone I knew had this in their basement at that time and the Flagg in person is just huge..the space shuttle set is not tiny either.
I cannot imagine how big a Flagg looks to a kid. It must be absolutely mind-blowing because I'm overwhelmed by it as a full grown adult.
As I recall...it was 3wks bf Xmas...I had gotten the Night Raven several months prior but it had a "toy guide/ brochure"...Both the F.L.A.G.G. and the Difiant were pictured...I was the jet collector, already owning the skystriker (1st introduction to the 3rd generation (1st being 12", 2nd being the motorcycle and jeep, Green uniforms and brown or blonde hair Duke an Roadblock I believe)... so I wanted the carrier for my Skystriker... I showed the brochure to my cousin and he firmly tried to shoot me down. "Dream on". Nuff said. Dad was heading out of town as he was an electrician and his job had him taking safety courses in another city so mom and I were to be without him for yet another Xmas. Being that I was also the kid that got the 3spd MR50 Elsinore on my 6th year xmas turned 7 the following may, I can say I Always got what I asked "Santa" for when I told mom first... we took my guitar and amp out of the attic (I knew that summer I was going to rake lawns with friends to buy my first drumset) mom and I walked to the pawn shop and got 150.00cash. Dad drove us to Toys R Us and after a lifetime of waiting for em bring it out...they declared it was the last one and an employee was wanting to put it on layaway and they couldn't find it. Long story shot...put it in the truck, dad and I unloaded it and he went to work 6am the following morning. Mom said we didn't have enough wrapping paper and I already knew what it was (sort of as it was in the brown shipping box) it was going under the tree as-is. Dad was gone, What tree I asked...she forgot he was going out of town and that was all I was getting till he got paid and came home. We've always celebrated Xmas late since. Christmas Eve 7pm we pit our plates away...she said if I wanted it set up bf the next morning to start building it. She took one look at the Larger than life War Ship artwork and said WOW! That's how big the planes are? I told her my planes can land on it and then she declared she was going to bed when I asked if she'd help with the stickers LOL, if u haven't seen the sticker-sheet Look it up! Everyone keeps looking for the "fan-tail" grab rail...I'm sure it's bc they mistake it as plastic fodder. Read instructions 2x build 1x and try not to build in an area that won't be permanent. After building mine twice, a few months later...mom told her friend to get one for her son. He helped with his stickers atleast lol.
I really, really wanted this as a kid!
It would have been like owning a gorgeous antique grand-pianio. Delicate to assemble and break down, magnificent to look at, a pain to move and really unless your a prodigy, not much you could do with it. Cheers!!
I have one myself. I got it in April 2014. It is the centerpiece of my collection display room.
You have the space to display it? Nice!
Wish I had a way of showing you a picture.
You needed more brothers actually. The neighbors had 5 and had this behemoth in their basement. Unfortunately, by the time they moved in next door in 1989 most of them were too old to want to play with it anymore, but at least I can say that I have seen it in all it's majesty.