HCC788 - 1985 DUSTY - Desert Trooper - Vintage G.I. Joe toy review! S03E25
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Sources and Information:
Dusty on YoJoe.com:
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Dusty on 3dJoes.com:
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"havelock" on Dictionary.com:
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Henry Havelock:
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Image:
By Engraving, ca. 1865, after a portrait by
Frederick Goodall, ARA - Biographical Sketch of
Sir Henry Havelock, KCB by Rev. William Brock
(frontispiece), Public Domain,
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Official Ron White - I Got Thrown Out of a Bar:
• Official Ron White - I...
FAMAS:
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FAMAS:
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G.I. Joe animated series images:
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"A short guide on the Woodland BDU Jacket," forum post
on U.S. Militaria Forum, started by 32sbct, 2-26-2013,
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Desert Battle Dress Uniform:
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Images:
By The original uploader was Pretzelpaws at English
Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.,
Public Domain
Gulf War:
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Dusty on Halfbattle.com:
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Dusty (RAH) on G.I. Joe wiki:
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero # 58, Larry Hama, Rod Whigham,
Published by Marvel Comics
G.I. Joe: Special Missions #11, Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe,
Published by Marvel Comics
The Official Collectors Guide to Collecting and Completing Your
G.I. Joe Figures and Accessories, James Desimone, p. 20 (1993).
Music:
Summon the Rawk, Noise Attack,
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Dusty was easily one of my favorite joes.
Absolutely a great figure. The cartoon never did his desert camouflage justice. It wrongly gave his uniform green patches instead of brown patches.
His classified figure is great 👍🏻
This is one of the best Joes I've ever had as a child.
Dusty was always in the middle of the action!
Have 30 years gone already? :- (
Time stands still for no one.
I liked the review, as always. I did have a different interpretation of that passage in Dusty's file card, though. I read it as, "We have a fast-response mobile action team that has to be versatile in all combat scenarios and that means that we can't dedicate resources to entire specialty branches. So if we can only have one specialist in each field to help lead the others, then so be it."
I took it as LAMENTING the fact that they could only have one or two specialized operatives, rather than an entire branch or department. And I always like that. It emphasized the fact that G.I. Joe was not just the entire U.S. military, but rather a small strike force that had to adapt to different environments with a minimum of personnel.
my interpretation is exactly the same. i always found it so odd that it were the joes that had limited personnel in the field...one desert trooper, one snow trooper, one heavy machine gunner, etc etc etc...and cobra had numerous faceless soldiers to fit those specialties. i dun know if its ever stated anywhere in g.i. joe but as a kid...i always played with them under the assumption that they were under funded and maybe not an "official" unit for whatever reasons.
JayFamous13 like the A-Team
Dusty was commonly used as a driver of the AWE Striker on the sunbow Cartoon.
In France, the file card birthplace is Alice Springs, Australia and the last part says that Flint is like a big brother for Dusty since he saved is life.
Dusty was definitely a cool figure, always preferred figures that were more on the realistic side, and he was part of mine and my brothers' collection, but he was one of those "situational" joes, like Snow Job or Torpedo, and was never a part of the main joe team. I always assumed Hasbro gave him a French weapon as an allusion to the French Foreign Legion, which was well known to have operated in the desert of northern Africa. Coincidentally the 1991 version of Dusty also came with a French weapon; the MAT 49 submachine-gun,
Plus with the cloth drape on his helmet reminds me of the desert hats worn by the French Foreign Legion from historical photographs. I also like how Dusty was one of the first characters to were camo face paint in the vintage line.
HCC, YES!!! Thank you for finally covering Dusty! He is such a cool character, definitely before his time. I love him as a kid, and living in Arizona, my friends and I often played in the dirt. Dusty was the only one who we didn't have to pretend to blend in. Great review!!
He must have been popular in places like Arizona. He was popular here, too, but we had to play with him in sand boxes. Or pretend our bedroom was a desert.
You've stepped up your production this year and it really shows. Great job, and keep it up!
Thank you! It's taking more work to put these videos together, but they're also more fun.
I got this figure in my Easter basket which was unusual because I usually just got chocolate & jelly beans! One of my favorites for sure. That bit of cloth & the bipod gave him that extra bit of realism. Desert combat wasn't all that odd an idea, what with Libya and Gaddafi going on...
I remember buying Dusty just for the gun. He didn't fit in because he was not green. He usually stayed behind cleaning up the base. Then I bought the Tiger Force Dusty and put his head on an extra Footloose figure and from then on he went on missions.
Whoa man, I've just reahed the end of the review and the foreshadow thought really struck me hard.
I mean thinking about the "so be it" and the wars that were to follow around the world gave me goosebumps and foggy eyes.
That word is so overused, but I have to say that some of your philosophical review endings are really deep.
Great job!
I was hoping it would have that impact. It sort of hit me when I was thinking about Dusty, and that line from the file card that stuck with me for 30 years.
Dusty also had a great VA in the show. He sounded a little cocky, but well founded. Guy was a total soldier. I remember the Mainframe/Rashid comic, it was cool that Dusty got some hero moments but never ragged on Mainframe despite Rashid hero worshipping the "real soldier"....until he learned Mainframe was a vet who re enlisted after his electronics/computer training.
Mainframe is not my favorite figure, but I love the character mainly because of that issue. The "old soldier" archetype appeals to me.
"Is like trying to find a virgin in Charlie Sheen's house." AHAHA I CANT BREATH!!
Well, it's true!
@@HCC788 Damn dude I started laughing so hard I started to choke at that comment.
It's easier to buy an old vacuum cleaner from the 80's to find one of dusty's bipods inside as to find one separately on ebay.
So true!
I was never lucky enough to get Dusty in 1985.
As an adult, he was one of the ones I just had to own. To examine, behold and find closure with. Haha. I lucked out and got a C9 Mint one off the 'bay for a good price, no bipod. I swear, sometimes I just find myself staring at the figure in my hands, getting flooded with dopamine from how greatly articulated that desert garb was, and from how funny his somewhat oversized head is. He's got a repro bipod now with a tan figure stand and looks amazing!
Lastly, HCC, your final point on him is what I like most. His uniform was 4-6 years ahead of its time!!
Very cool review of G.I. Joe Dusty.
loved the figure! one of my favorites! wish I kept it, and the 90's "beret" version. would have swapped heads and given him the face paint camo, and the coyote accessory!
One of my favorite characters ever. Minus the tiger force outfit. This style of figure is what I love about G.I. Joe. I had so many good memories of him in the desert fox with clutch version two, and believe it or not mainframe
Dusty's Badge looks somewhat like the badge of the US Army's 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion.
Similar! That's the closest I've seen so far.
Dusty was one of my favorites!
I remember getting him and going down to the beach to get some sand to make a desert for him.
great review he is one of my favorite characters and figures
Love 💚 Dusty one of My favorites
honestly..one of your more insightful reviews.
When you are done with all the reviews you should do a ranking of all the figures from last to first. That would be something to watch.
That style of rifle is a bullpup. It moves the barrel back in the stock, gives you the ability to have a full carbine length barrel while reducing the overall length of the rifle. The steyre AUG and iwi tavor are other popular examples
Looking back at the vintage G.I. Joe line, it always impressed me whenever Hasbro would give the action figures internationally produced firearms like the FAMAS Dusty came with or the FN FAL Ripcord was came with. A few of the 1992/1993 even came with the Steyer AUG.
Awesome and funny review of Dusty, great figure.
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Great figure, great review and on point description of what Dusty represents.................These pretzels!!!.......are making me THIRSTY!!!!!!!!
Thanks! She was wondering if anyone would pick up on that line.
HoodedCobraCommander788 Seinfeld reference + great GI Joe figure = EPICNESS!!!
He is cool. I enjoy him immensely. Good review.
He can move his leg about 90 degrees, and he can move his knee about 90 degrees. Never get tired of hearing that. Love the consistency of these reviews. YOU ROCK HCC788!!!
Thank you! I am, if nothing else, a creature of habit.
Amazing presenter and presentation!
I like the review...and i like dusty...100% wel present....🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👍👍👍
My favorite joe. My dad stepped on him one night by accident and it was years before i got another one.
Was it an accident? Or was it.... MURDER?
Dusty's palm tree patch looks like the insignia for the German Afrika Korps, but that can't be right.
I checked that, but ruled it out for obvious reasons. But I didn't find an American or allied patch that more closely matched it.
That's what I thought too.
Dusty & '84 FireFly are tha DOPEST ....
great review. you mentioned all the important parts of dusty. nice mention of the episode the traitor. he also paired nicely with footloose in another cartoon episode. I think it was lasers in the night. dusty was another figure that kept the Joe's grounded in reality. once again a big BZ* on this review. *bravo zulu.
sorry the episode was hearts and cannons.
Dusty and Footloose great team.
Thank you!
Awesome video of one of my all time favorites. Also, he fits in great with the Desert Fox vehicle, Mauler Tank, Tomahawk,etc. 1985 was an amazing year for G.I.Joe !!! Looking forward to your videos from JoeCon.
Although he was the token driver for the AWE Striker. I don't know where Crankcase was but In the Sunbow series Dusty Vehicle of Choice was the AWE Striker.
@@adamverwolf9499 Crankcase or a similar looking character appears in a background shot during one of the episodes in the "Arise Serpentor Arise" miniseries. For what ever reason, the producers on the Sunbow cartoon decided not to use him. It is a little strange when every other specialized vehicle that G.I. Joe used had the driver character appear at including appearances from both Frostbite and Heavy Metal.
Dusty was always my favorite behind duke and grunt.
Awesome review, thanks!
Growing up with GI Joe the 1st time hearing of Dusty, I always wonder his last name was different in the cartoon & on the figure until I noticed they did a Xamot/Tomax with his name and plus finding out he was named after one of the creators which I thought was cool
I love the skit with General Hawk and the sergeant. :)
I think the palm tree insignia is the 551st PIB (Parachute Infantry Battalion)
The Palmtree was the Symbol of the "Deutscher Afrikakorps (but with a svastika in the trunk)".
Cool! Henry Havelock is from my hometown.
It’s all about that camo.
I really want Dusty so bad
The patch Dusty has is very similar to South Carolina reserves patch
The Iran-Iraq War was going on at the time. This figure was probably a response to media coverage of a desert war in the former Persian Gulf.
The only wars I know are ones that are fought in the sand...👌🏼💯✔ That's why I like all my soldiers in desert camo...👍🏼
The palm tree insignia is the Keith Richards fan club symbol
Great way to wrap up that video about fighting wars today.
Thanks! I hope it came across they way I intended it. I really did have to think hard about what to say about Dusty.
HoodedCobraCommander788 came across perfectly!!! He was one of the most unique soldiers on the squad in my opinion. Once again, great video. Always waiting with anticipation for the next one.
Really love this review! Dusty V1 I had in 1985 but vanished along the way and not till the Ebay era was I able tog et the full guy back (With Bipod) as I think very early on I had lost that part!
The bipod is so easy to lose, I'm surprised any of them are still around!
Hands down my favorite joe, dreadnoks were not even close second.
I didn't have this first version of Dusty. I did have the second version with the coyote.
I'm counting on you doing a Ice Cream Soldier review. General Hawk's orders.
I'll get right on that! Of course, since I plan to review everything from the vintage line, I would review Ice Cream Soldier anyway.
Wow! Lol. The skit was funny man.
I like *two* versions of Dusty - *this* one (whose hair's black) and the (early) 1991 version (whose hair's now auburn, and wears a yellow beret and sleeveless shirt).
These pretzels are making me thirsty!
Congratulations! You're the first one to get it. She was wondering if anyone would pick up that line.
It's a classic.
From Seinfeld. Lol
When you run into one of yer favorite Newgrounds artists on a random GI Joe Review *o*
Hi!
I'm pretty sure someone stole my Dusty back in the day. I only had him for a few days. i was never the same after that.
thewillingwell Funny because I had a Dusty in my collection as a kid that I found at the school playground. I remember it very well because he was in surprisingly pristine condition for a school yard find.
great review had everything you could ask for. I love how your wife gave you the epiphany in the most passive, I don't care, way possible. I'm sure most of our wives and girlfriends feel that way when we talk about joes lol.
Thank you! Sometimes art mimics reality. And sometimes an outsider can see something that you're missing, when it's right in front of your face.
nice work. ..I like this guy had him and I thought he was cool
Thank you! I think it's a pretty great figure.
would'nt mind seeing a Dusty, in Cobra Trooper garb figure
That sarge totally cracked me up :DDD
I'm glad you liked it!
It looks like an german afrika corps,in Tunisia ww2.Rommel the desert fox!
"...then so be it."
i dont read that as dismissive............i read it as resolve.
reads more ''spare no expense'' or ''whatever it takes."
Is dusty logo on his right shoulder the palm tree..is more look like the logo of the german troops used at 29 Afrika Kops logo...
This was my first GI Joe figure.
Wait, so Duke has been in a coma twice in his lifetime? He'd have to have some serious brain damage after that.
Is shoulder insigna may have be inspirated by the africakorp german army of ww2, if you remove the svatika.
Dusty is a cute figure, but it does not impress me too much. Of course I respect greatly whoever he loves! I really liked the insights in the video.
Thanks for the humor! Ms. HoodedCobraCommander788 is the best! LOL
I only like the figures firearm accessory to be honest, the famas is a well known firearm but isn't common in coming with action figures
The essence of Dusty is sand.
here is some info for the patch en.allexperts.com/q/Military-History-669/2011/2/Help-Patch.htm
I like the funny critical reviews of the stupid ugly figures more than the cool realistic figures.
Please, review Destro elite T.A.R.G.A.T. please!!
Uhhhh...what's the point of a "code name" if your uniform has your name right on the front pocket?
Review Recondo!!!
It was reviewed months ago!
I have done a quick shot of Recondo. I plan to do a full review in the future, but not sure when I will get to it. There is so much to do!
so be it.
Are you from ok
This is coming to you way too late since you made this 4 years ago. Dusty's patch represents no real unit existence. As you mentioned Dusty was a theoretical soldier, for a future we didnt know we will have then. The Patch represents what the designers thought a "desert unit" might use as a patch, when the official desert warfare school was created, it used a patch which is square and has a scorpion as a symbol. Like I said the patch was theoretical. One solutions I saw for the bipod was deciding in what position I wanted it and just super glue it in place.
It's cool Guy but FAMAS is not too good AR for desert wars ... Grail or FN Fal or even M4 Seal recon Rifle is better choice ... Am still wonder why as kid i was tell this guy as girl on tiger force ... Seriously i don't like fact that Hasbro not made too much girls soldiers also wish to see other countries teams of super soldiers in future off course with G.I Joe realism from 82 /90 ...
Do you mean, like, Action Force for the UK, and the Crimson Guard for the Soviets? It would make sense that other countries would have their own special missions force like G.I. Joe. I would be nice to see them interact.
Korea . Japan ( But please to mny Ninjas is disgrace dear Hasbro ) , German , UK , China .Poland , France , whole wprld should have counterparts of G. I Joe also I got nothing to Cobra or Iron Grenadiers when they have Cyborgs , or small genetic modifications , drones but wihout lasers rifles who looks like from Star Wars ... Also i like when characters are not clean white or full black Bad ass ...
And hell I got nothing to see more girls , or full female army buliders . ( I wish to see some bases complex play grounds to see too , hospitals are welcomes , refuge camps ... Well as potential dad I wish teach my kid somthing about world ... I think maybe Hasbro should make somethng like Warhammer 40 000 or link with video games too ... ( Old " Jagged Alliance II & Some RTS genre comes in my head like Earth 2140 or Supreme Comander , C. RPG Fallout also is cloce my mind & of corse FPS F.E.A.R . 1 & maybe Deus Ex but he is too SF ...
I love tadur salad
Man! Tiger Force Dusty sucks!
lol
I hope you're laughing with me and not laughing at me. But if you are laughing at me, that's OK, too.
HoodedCobraCommander788 no explaining dusty was good i am laughing with you
Thank you :)
HoodedCobraCommander788 welcome my friend
Great figure...but not a great character. He doesn't have many characteristics of a top elite soldier--no special schools, no special characteristics, doesn't even have expertise on his given gun. He's a grunt--but not even as well-trained as Grunt. Why is he on GI Joe?
dusty will always be rudat to me.... :)
But "Rudat salad" just doesn't work.
+HoodedCobraCommander788 :)