GI Joburg

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Today on GI Joburg, a landmark cartoon two-parter comes under discussion. THE SYNTHOID CONSPIRACY Watch the full version free on YouTube https://youtu.be/2z5dU2mm4Lo?si=0jZnl30zRBjqOP1f Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafricanhero@gmail.com We have an official Pa...

Paul and Steve fire off their early opinions about the latest announcement on the future of O-Ring GI Joe figures now being produced by Super 7! See the interview with Brian Flynn of Super 7 on Pixel Dan's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7fuMzLu3o Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Jobur...

In 304 we have an agenda so packed, we needed help! So we've called upon our US correspondent and pal, the enigmatic Cujo to talk about the recent GI Joe art explosion they call "Joevember". In addition to that, we're looking at the classic cartoon episode "Haul Down The Heaven"; the even more classic issue 34 "Shakedown"; and its modern era continuation, issue 280 "Untold Tales"! You can check ou...

HEYO! It's time for another round of GI Joe banter from South Africa's elite team of podcasters! Paul and Steve get stuck into what is currently rocking their Joe world including, but not limited to reviewing: Issue 10 "A Nice Little Town Like Ours"; and Homecoming from GI Joe: Renegades. You can watch the full toon and get into the Xmas spirit for free here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpWfE...

Paul and Steve are back to finish our grab-bag of listener questions. What are our opinions on the Night Boomer and Sky Raven? What were the best and worst toys from the Spy Troops/Valor Versus Venom era? Plus we're finally getting back to some classic cartoon reviews! The Greenhouse Effect from the Sunbow series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1QJ-guj7jk Join this channel to get access to perks:...

THE COBRA MOTHERSHIP Join Paul, Rob and Steve as they break down their opinions on the most gargantuan Cobra vehicle of all time. Will it fund? Will it be awesome? Will it crash and burn harder than it does in the opening credits?!  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealso...

We have reached our 300th podcast episode! We're going to mark this milestone with some excellent talking points suggested by listeners including our fantasy 1980s Joe movie casting; our favourite comic book for adaptation into a big budget movie... there are even some non-movie questions also! Plus we bring back an old fave of a segment: Death Battles! And if you wouldn’t mind throwing us another...

We're back to talk about the hot-button topic : REPRODUCTIONS. Whether they're label sheets, hard-to-find accessory pieces, or straight up bootleg versions of classic toys, repro's are here to stay. Find out what the GI Joburg lads have to say about them on this episode. And in our ever-onward re-read of the classic ARAH comics, we are covering issue#9 "The Diplomat" and issues 281-285 "Murder By...

It's "Twenty Questions" With Hector Ramirez! Featuring special guest MC'DJ'AC/DC and backup Renegades episode "Fire Fight"! "Twenty Questions" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvOnd2HCF7E "Fire Fight" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFU_WW2mcic Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Job...

Welcome to Denver, Colorado 2023 - join me at Denver Fan Expo while I chat with choice creatives around various topics including G.I. JOE and of course I brought some fresh synthwave tunes too - one last thing all voices on the record are considered high profile by Cobra Command...   Brian Cummings AKA Dr. Mindbender / Hotel Pools  https://hotelpoolsmusic.bandcamp.com/ Aaron Reynolds / Effin' Bird...

We are back to talk comic books as we read both from the beginning and the end of the ARAH series. Will we meet in the middle somewhere? Or will this concept lose steam before then?! Not when issues like this are up for review because we've got two stone-cold classics! Under consideration is issue 8 "Codename: Sea-Strike!" and issue 286 "Spotlight: Storm Shadow!" Plus Paul wants to talk about Toit...

BIG NEWS: The GI Joburg podcast is now a public livestream! Which means that from here on out, we will be recording the show fortnightly and everybody is invited to hang out either on YouTube or Facebook and join the chat! To kick things off on this inaugural stream, join Rob, Paul and Steve as they discuss their favourite toy reveals from San Diego Comic Convention 2023; the best content to come...

Hunker down into your Zodiac and prepare to evade Morays and Mambas as Rob and Steve discuss a gamut of comics both fairly recent and very, very old. Up for discussion is issue 5 "Tanks For The Memories" from Marvel Comics, and issues 287, 288 and 289 from IDW. Cobra Convergence info and contributors' list: https://www.hcc788.com Cobra A.S.P.I.D custom by BennyBroca: https://www.hisstank.com/forum...

Paul, Rob and Steve discuss GI Joburg's latest playmotion episode: BUGG HUNT. We also break down our opinions on the latest Transformers X GI Joe reveal: Soundwave/Thunder Machine. And we review classic cartoon episode "Cobra's Creatures" and Renegades episode "Busted". BUGG Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QOO6Az3L8&t=19s Cobra's Creatures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvXml1WsZGg Buste...

What do you know, we have the first and last appearance of the Russian equivalent of the GI Joe team: THE OKTOBER GUARD up for review in our 293rd outing! Issues 6 and 7 of the Marvel run and issue 290 of the IDW run to be specific! YO JOESKI! Plus the usual topical shizz like the Dragonfly HasLab and JoeFest 2023! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhy...

HasLab Classified Dragonfly? Gotta be, right?! Plus Arashikage madness from the Renegades cartoon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCcd54dH1BQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z7MadcRL7k Oh, and Steve got a Terrordrome. Whoop. Whoop. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at ar...

Issue #4 of the comic book. Discussed at length. 'nuff said! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafricanhero@gmail.com We have an official Patreon page! Go to https://www.patreon.com/GIJOBURG?fan_landing=true Want some of the most unique GI Joe apparel out there? Ch...

What a pickle! After the triumphant declaration that "O-Ring GI Joe is back!" in October 2021, we've gone almost 12 months without a new O-Ring release announcement. IS THE INITIATIVE DEAD? Plus we are discussing issues 291-295 of the ARAH comic series, along with: Jungle Trap from the ARAH cartoon series https://youtu.be/O-sWDE0jiGg and The Package from GI Joe: Renegades https://youtu.be/O-sWDE0j...

This is an INCREDIBLY difficult task. Whew. Don't believe us? Okay, you try it. Take every series of the classic ARAH run of figures. Pick one from each. ONLY ONE. Who's it gonna be? And out of the final 13, who reigns supreme as the King of the Hill?! We're going to attempt it in 289. Return of the Gamesmaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZNFTpf2L0o Join this channel to get access to perks:...

GI Joburg sits down to chat to the latest name in GI Joe Playmotion filmmaking: MIKE THE HUNTER! Plus we launch an attack on episode 4 of Renegades "Dreadnoks Rising" and "Cobra Stops The World" from the classic Sunbow series. Mike The Hunter 203 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikethehunter203 GI Joe Classified - The Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rERXPHZWSJQ Kamakura - A GI Joe Class...

Rob, Paul and Steve throw some focus on the excellent latest O-ring figure initiative on Kickstarter, Legends Of The Hidden Force! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1754423583/legends-of-the-hidden-force/posts/3774010 We also discuss the 5 part IDW comic mini-series "All In", collecting issues 296-300, and review two episodes of the GI Joe cartoon from two eras! "Satellite Down" (A Real America...

Rob, Paul and Steve chat about "The Descent Part 2" from Renegades, "Red Rocket's Glare" from Sunbow, issue 3 "The Trojan Gambit" from Marvel and LASERS! LASERS!!! You can watch the toons for free on YouTube! Descent Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMYzb7Kcfh8 Red Rocket's Glare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj-bcS4WC2s Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafr...

The boys reminisce about their favourite 1990's Playmates toy memories and why they either did... or DID NOT collect them. Plus Glenn Peek and his sons released a playmotion on our channel this weekend and we get into it! Coils of Cobra Part IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=API1ACIXnMQ&t=25s Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafricanhero@gmail.com We have an offic...

We team up with fellow playmotion creator Troy Smith to talk about our most recent collaboration: Red Glare. Plus the lads offer their opinions on issues #2 and #299 of the ARAH comic book run. Red Glare can be seen here: https://youtu.be/rvU9TgFW01Y Steve's definitive HasLab Skystriker chat on Chaplain's Assistants Motor Pod can be heard here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fail-safe-and-r...