How Did The GI Joe Chuckles Rise Above Being A GI Joke?

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  • The Story about the GI Joe Named Chuckles got the last laugh...
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  • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
    @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Who was your favorite Joe or Cobra released in 1987? Besides Chuckles of course! 😅

    • @thegadflygang5381
      @thegadflygang5381 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Croc Master was a pretty cool character and story

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thegadflygang5381 yes he was! I don't remember his filecard backstory but I loved the way IDW reinvented him into a definitely creepier individual

  • @Skaramine
    @Skaramine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Chuckles was Sonny Crockett/Thomas Magnum. And he was FANTASTIC!

  • @IsiahTomas
    @IsiahTomas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mike Costa, I just want to say thanks for your part. Thank you so very much.

  • @Trencher1375
    @Trencher1375 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Him being undercover as He-Man was an ace joke. lol!

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha ha thanks! It's nice to know that my viewers share my humor 😅

  • @job4391
    @job4391 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tunnel Rat will never be forgotten.

  • @charleshunterii7157
    @charleshunterii7157 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish they would have made a chuckles in classified with the untucked shirt and long hair. That was such a cool looking way they drew them

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I myself am not a big fan of the chunky, hulky Chuckles....hard to imagine such a big dude being an undercover agent 😅

  • @thorandodin621
    @thorandodin621 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Best GI Joe comic ever

  • @thorandodin621
    @thorandodin621 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Chuckles and Scoop are so Halliburton

  • @NerdRahtio
    @NerdRahtio 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That Night Force version is still my favorite.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I loved it too! Made him look more military but still keeping his own sense of style with the dark floral underneath 😅

  • @Sturmvapor
    @Sturmvapor 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Awesome! BTW the first Cobra Commander figure (mail away) had a functioning holster for his pistol on his back.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks! Wasn't it more of a plug in to his back? Not really a holster?

    • @Sturmvapor
      @Sturmvapor 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@StoriesFromTheToyshelf It was a plug, but it is a holster... Chuckles is unique because his holster is an accessory of its own. Some other Joes could stow their respective weapons on backpacks and such... So similar. Bot Cobra Commander has a holster to holster his weapon... just molded into his back. Even the New Classified retro Commander has it, but now as a separate piece that plugs into his back :D

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Sturmvapor yup that's what I meant :) Chuckles was the first to have an actual working holster accessory separate from the figure 👍

  • @NerdRahtio
    @NerdRahtio 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As I said in the reasonable FB group, Jerwa helped bring the character into the spotlight first with several flashback appearances. That made fans clamor for him around the time IDW got the license.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then we have Jerwa to thank then! Like I said on a whole I quite enjoyed the Devils Due run. They knew how to craft an epic storyline :)

  • @michaelclayton9263
    @michaelclayton9263 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The first ten min of the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006) with Daniel Craig is literally a Chuckles movie demo reel. There is a funny video of one of the comic creators commenting as such. Check it out.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow that's so long ago I don't remember 😅 but yeah I do remember enjoying Casino Royale! Can you send me the link to the video or name of channel? Thanks!

  • @danielherrin
    @danielherrin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DUDE!!! EPIC!!!!

  • @owensayaman7047
    @owensayaman7047 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was my first 'Joe!

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's cool! Curious though, was it a gift? Or did you specifically pick him out yourself and if so what made you choose him. Hope you don't mind me asking...I just think it's an interesting "first" Joe:)

    • @owensayaman7047
      @owensayaman7047 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf remember as a kid we did stupid vows? (Well, I did)
      It was stuck in my mind, from ogling my friend's GI Joe carton, I somehow picked him out (the reason's lost on me), but I remember picking him out in SM Harrison Plaza back in the day when it costed only PhP 59! That's how old I am!

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@owensayaman7047 Maybe it was the flowers he he....you're not OLD because I bought my Joes from Nova Fontana in Goldcrest at PhP 59 too! so by your definition that would make me old too 😅 I prefer to refer to myself as a "seasoned" collector 🤣

    • @owensayaman7047
      @owensayaman7047 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf this is a bit of a flex, but when I reached around 12 yrs old, my GI Joe collection numbered about 10 figures (1st year high school, first time having real 💰, my other friends have like 15, & his cousin like, 8. Suffice it to say, we had a considerable army). Only problem is, we lacked Joe vehicles (so expensive!!!),, during our playtime. So I took it upon myself to build helicopters, planes, out of cardboard boxes (I still remember passing by the market to buy old carton boxes of cigarettes, the big, sturdy ones, brown.) I fashioned out a H-1 Huey, "'Nam, Tour of Duty" was big during that time. My friend's old man, a seaman, was impressed with my handiwork, he just told me after all these years.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @owensayaman7047 that sounds amazing! I could never really buy the vehicles too with my own money. The few that I got were gifts on my birthday or Christmas. So yeah even if I didn't make my own vehicles, improvisation was key as desks became Joe headquarters and outdoor play was key! Being a kid in the 80s was the best!

  • @thegadflygang5381
    @thegadflygang5381 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    See I never once thought Magnum but that makes sense. To me Chuckles was straight Miami Vice Crockett
    Lowlight was always my guy, by far the best backstory

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah as a kid I never watched Magnum PI so I never got that connection. Yes Lowlight is cool. That backstory was something else. Being lost in the woods for days is nightmare fuel for kids....but made Lowlight ultimately cooler!

    • @thegadflygang5381
      @thegadflygang5381 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf I had to look that up. I remember Lowlight from the cartoon & the accompanying story. His drunk old man left him stranded in the junkyard at night and told him he couldn't come home till he bagged a few dozen rats
      It was so dark for a little kid but I loved it. Always stuck with me that trauma makes you tougher and able to deal with things better

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thegadflygang5381 yup exactly! Lowlights backstory really made an impression on me of how he conquered his fear of the dark and made it a part of his identity moving forward!

  • @barriolimbas
    @barriolimbas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The joe with only the .45 accessory? A lot of kids I knew gave the figure a pass.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wouldn't blame them...to be fair he wasn't one of the most visually exciting figures....unless you liked flowers 😅

  • @thorandodin621
    @thorandodin621 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Based on Felix from 007

  • @johndelossantos7551
    @johndelossantos7551 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He and airborne are my fav. Enjoyed chucks so much that i bought 2 of him

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really? Airborne is my favorite! Hasbro finally got me to collect Classified when they finally released Airborne into the line!

  • @sinsear1071
    @sinsear1071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seriously Chuckles' look had you stumped , but Sneak Peak didn't? A Joe running onto the battlefield with a giant freakin perscope was perfectly fine? Yeah ok

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😅😅😅 yes Sneak Peaks choice of equipment was questionable. But at least he kinda looked like a soldier to my 11 year old self. Today he reminds me of one of Dark Helmet's ship crew from Spaceballs 🤣🤣🤣

  • @alejandrocalle5326
    @alejandrocalle5326 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good story bro. 🤙

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! I'm just retelling it though 😅

    • @alejandrocalle5326
      @alejandrocalle5326 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was thoroughly entertained.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alejandrocalle5326 thank you! Hope you come back for more then! 👍👍👍

  • @gussygoro2469
    @gussygoro2469 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Two words: Miami Vice

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sonny Crocket was the definition of COOL in the 80s 😅

  • @alittlewasted3869
    @alittlewasted3869 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fly High Michelle

  • @cljerjr31
    @cljerjr31 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    chuckles is magnum PI

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes he is! I wonder if they ever considered giving him a mustache at any point of his creation 😅😅😅

  • @coris3436
    @coris3436 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chuckles was terrible along with a lot of the 87 line with the exception of a few . This was the beginning of the end gi joe

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awww I think there was a lot to like in 87. For me the downfall started aroundn89-90. DIC took over the cartoon. AndnNinja force and all the other neon subteams took over the toyline.

  • @DocFaust
    @DocFaust 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s all about Spirit! Way too many white characters, as per usual.

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well it was the eighties...but to be fairnto GIJoe they were fairly inclusive for the time. It just made characters like Spirit, Quick Kick and my personal favorite Airborne more unique and special. And don't worry will be getting to them soon :)

  • @stevesleg
    @stevesleg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Still is a joke tbh 🤷‍♂️

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If he's a joke...he's a really good one 👍👍👍👍

    • @stevesleg
      @stevesleg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@StoriesFromTheToyshelf In the eye of the beholder maybe. maybe lol

    • @StoriesFromTheToyshelf
      @StoriesFromTheToyshelf  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevesleg alright fair enough 😅