GI Joburg

Hours into days, days into weeks- catch up with Cujo as he chats up some of the deepest names in pop culture from Designer Con to SoCal Joe Show.  All roads lead to GI JOE but you may have to face Destro first.     Track List: Forhill & Unfound Johnny Rehab 84 Blanco Billions Skitchy Aestral Yunkuza

We chat to longtime friend and supporter of the channel, Ronald Hof on the topic of restoring these gorgeous toys of our youth to their former glory. Ron is a master of the restorations game, and it's certainly a topic we've been itching to discuss with him for some time. After all, he's the guy responsible for getting GI Joburg its very own Defiant Launch Complex. We also discuss the man's favour...

It's Rob versus Paul in the ultimate GI Joburg Quiz! With special appearance by Steve's mom! Enjoy the thrills, spills, and raw entertainment of nerds challenging themselves on Joburg trivia for fabulous prizes and the title of Ultimate GI Joburg Champion 2019! WOOOOOO!!!

Avengers: Endgame is up for discussion. Spoilers for the film, naturally... and a healthy dose of spoilers for the Game of Thrones finale too! If you love the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is the show for you!    'nuff said!

Hot on the heels of Recondo's fight for survival on YouTube in "Blood In The Water", we recorded this pod to reflect on behind-the-scenes shenanigans. Steve and Rob's childhood friend, Alastair joins the fray (he's the reason we have a concluding chapter to begin with!). In the second half, the gang discuss new toys they got in, with an unexpected debate on who is the best Slaughter's Renegade! An...

What?! No Avengers episode?! Thanos may have wanted to save the universe by snapping half of us out of existence... but there is another way! Join us as we offer sincere appreciation of GI Joe's Eco Warrior toys. And a bathtub squeezy toy named Finback...

We're back! Spread around all corners of the globe, GI Joburg is here with the scoop on their most notorious awkward weapons! We also climb into a discussion of the definitive Road Pig and upcoming conventions.    And if you're looking to pick up some exclusive GI Joburg shirts and paraphernalia, we have a Teespring and Redbubble account! Check us out here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/gijoburg?...

So GI Joburg finally made good on their threats to put the Flagg to sea. Check out our Blazing Sand series and then give this ep a whirl for the inside scoop!   Part I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ls6yh4g4C0   Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVezz30s7_E   Part III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34a7W5guEec  

So the less celebrated decade of the vintage Real America Hero toyline gets some love in this episode as we look at 12 (or so...) card artworks, comparing them side by side and voting for an overall favourite pick. We took to Twitter and Facebook to gather listener favourites, put ALL of them into a box and drew them. We even recorded it and popped it onto YouTube here! Cowabunga dudes!  

Cujo presents a series of engrossing interviews recorded at the recent Long Beach Comic Convention. The topic? GI Joe, of course!  Featuring the tracks of: NEVAEH / we're through HAVET / warmth NIGHT NOTE / Somewhere in orbit FLEECE / whatcanido KILLSTARR / In Motion Gravitation /Space Chill HALOED / The Imaginal OneAmbient4 / Utopia

What an incredible year! 2018! Awesome guests on the show; the expansion of the YouTube channel; the SUCCESSFUL GoFundMe campaign; JOECON (!!!); new friends; new toys; and finally a Jinx to Steve's Falcon. It's a bumper episode of enthusiastic boys and their beloved hobby. Hope you enjoy listening to the fun as much as we enjoyed recording it.   Track Featured in Cujo's Filecard insert: Chronopoli...

It Christmas time again! Rob, Paul and Steve chat about the issue that plagues all collectors around this time of year - making space for new toys! Steve calls it "downsizing"... Paul prefers to just call it "collecting goals". Whatever you call it, it's time we had "the talk"! We also weigh in on the Snake Eyes film, and cap things off with some festive fun!   HO HO HO Everybody, Merry Christmas!

It was the podcast that almost never happened... three times (at least). Maybe we should have taken the hint... But we defied fate and the powers that be to bring you a discussion of the greatest controversy classic GI Joe: ARAH ever produced: Cobra La (lalalalalalalalalala!).   We talk the three-pack, weird historical coincidences, and our VERY varied reception of this animation milestone. Plus a...

What, the episode title wasn't enough? We chat to the one and only Rap Viper in this episode about his new album, Rhyme Your Business. Of course the usual toy nostalgia trip ensues as we get down to what makes the premier GI Joe lyricist tick.    Like the tunes? Head over to https://propsdept.bandcamp.com/  and check out Wordburglar's albums!  In this podcast we feature: Input Blitz feat. Mega Ran...

Happy Halloween everyone! The GI Joburg team join forces to author a spooky tale of three Cobra agents' attempt to escape a grizzly fate in the buried freighter on Cobra Island. We have no idea what comes next! Enjoy the madness...

So our buddy and customizer extraordinaire Jim Godfrey had a chance meet up with Bob Brechin of Palitoy fame. Bob was there in the heydays of Action Man, and was the man chiefly responsible for the initial 1/18 scale Action Force figures. Naturally a full-blown, Full-Force discussion of those awesome oddities from the Island Nation follows as we get into some of Jim's most beloved British action f...

We've got long-time listener and pal Dave Cabal on this episode! The topic? Dave's of the opinion that it's Flint calling the shots on the GI Joe team, NOT DUKE! WHAAAAAT?!? But hear the man out, he may have some arguements that surprise us all.   We discuss fanatasy film castings for everyone's favourite black beret-wearing baddass and climb into a nostalgia topic that asks: if we could go back i...

Two years ago we added a recurring segment to the show entitled "Definitive Sculpt". In it, we hoped to determine for ourselves which versions of which character are our "go-to's". We got the ball rolling with Storm Shadow and since then we've had our fair share of amicable agreements and devastating disagreements. It's now time to take on GI Joe's most enduring icon, the (mostly) black-clad, (alm...

Cujo presents some choice interviews from the 10th Long Beach Comic Con, held on September 8th and 9th, 2018. Insight on topics ranging from Golobulus to Hama... Get in the trenches with our on-the-scene corresponent and get some fresh angles on GI Joe!   Soundscape credits:   https://soundcloud.com/cryfelt   https://soundcloud.com/oneambient4

On our JoeCon Journey we encountered many Joe Friends for the first time, one of whom was Magnus, an extraordinary Lego builder who builds pretty much exclusively GI Joe! It's the most epic merging of these great toys we've ever seen! But why take my word for it? See for yourself!     https://www.flickr.com/photos/78224984@N00/albums   or check out our bonus video of seeing his creations in person...

Steve got a Mauler at JoeCon. And would you believe ONLY NOW, a full two months after the event, is it in his hands?! In honour of Joe tanks, the boys are pitting their favourites against Steve's Mauler in a battle that YOU decide the outcome of! Polls will be held on the GI Joburg Twitter page and Facebook group for the next five days, so listen to the podcast and get voting!    Also in this epis...

It's been a month since our epic USA adventure and we've had ample time to reflect on the time that was. So we're unpacking some of our experiences and of course all of the awesome toys we've acquired. What toys may have surprised us... and what toys may have disappointed us... And it wouldn't be an episode of GI Joburg without some debate! So we pit the Raider against the HAVOC and the Battle Wag...

We asked for suggestions on Facebook and Twitter as to what collectors thought were the best figure card artwork from the first four FSS series'. Now we pit the best of the best in a battle to the top of the pile! Massive thanks to Chris McLeod of The Full Force Podcast for not only guesting on the show, but putting together this gorgeous video presentation for all our benefit! If you get the chan...

Cujo presents his ambush-style JoeCon 2018 interviews. Who did he corner? What secrets did he elicit? Have a listen and (almost) all will be revealed...   Music Featured:   https://sou ndcloud.com/holyrain https://soundcloud.com/stilzyyc

After an incredible weekend at JoeCon 2018 and a day of sightseeing in Washington, the guys unwind and reflect on the time that was. No frills, just four guys talking about the experience. Oh, and also historical: it's the first podcast the members of GI Joburg have ever reorded from the same location. WHAAAAAT?!