1984 Vintage GI Joe Storm Shadow - Retro Showcase #24
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2017
- On this Retro Showcase Dan takes a closer look at 194 vintage GI Joe Storm Shadow, the ninja that that started it all in GI Joe.
With his cool white outfit and his awesome ninja accessories Storm Shadow was what many kids wanted to grow up to be.
Dan also touches on Storm Shadow v2 released in 1988 that came with maybe the greatest accessory of all time.
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Sho Kosugi. It was all Sho Kosugi for me.
And ver. 1 Storm Shadow was my favorite Joe figure.
I still have my original Storm Shadow figure from when I was a kid. And I have all the weapons too!
Nice!
I had to buy two from eBay To get all the weapons and I’m glad I did
It was the 88 Stormshadow that got me into the whole Ninja thing as I'd only started collecting GI JOE in 87. Both SSs are fantastic.
My very first G.I. Joe! Storm Shadow was the figure that sold me on G.I. Joe. Got every version of him!
This channel is the Storm Shadow of toy channels!
Best 3 Joes ever; Zartan, Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes. Though for me, my favourite was always the Bruce Lee-esque Quick Kick. I never managed to get the original Storm Shadow back in the day, and when I did finally see the camo version, I passed because he just wasn't the version I really wanted and I felt like he existed to mock me.
Speaking of Ninja's... watching the _far too adult for me_ 'Revenge of the Ninja' back in the day (a rental by one of my older siblings perhaps?) gave me an education not just about the world of the Ninja, but my first ever sight of... umm... other types of action scenes.
Outstanding comment especially the highly underrated Quick kick! Very kool figure although almost always being selected behind both Storm Shadow & Snake eyes in all fantasy drafts
i LOVED the camo Stormshadow. My all time favorite GI Joe figure.
I agree, easily one of my favourite G.I. Joe figures I ever owned. As a kid I thought he was so badass.
It came with that awesome backpack too. I never understood that weird red sword though. What was up with that?
I owned both v1 and v2 of Storm Shadow back in the day; it's one of my fave GI Joe characters alongside Snake Eyes.
Excellant overview on one of my top 5 figures of all time Storm Shadow.He's the ninja that got my inner Van Dam spin kicking my younger brothers face throughout our childhood.
old eighties ninja movies opened my heart and spirit
The good old American ninja movies made me craft throwing stars out of paper and dress in black
Storm Shadow was my first introduction to ninjas.
I loved how he was written in the Marvel comics. More grounded and intelligently written than typical comic book/movie ninjas.
Your Storm Shadow is bone white! 👌🏽hard to find in that condition. Mine is a little yellowed. Great video. Go Joe!!! Thanks for posting.
I keep that figure in a case in the DARK so that it doesn't get too much light exposure.
All you have to do is apply a light white pearl model paint and use a model paint brush that has a pointed cone shape. To brighten up your old toys.
I had some gi and transformers toys start yellowing and I ask a art teacher at my university and it work. Try your best to research the color application to closely examine what color they used originally to make any old toy new.
Great lil review, I love all the versions of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes in the ARAH line.
Sho Kosugi and his ninja movies really solidified my love for Japanese culture. The 5-part TV mini-series Shogun drove the hammer home.
Mine was ninja 3 domination.
V. 3 Snake Eyes and Camo Stormshadow were my constant jams when I was a kid. Always wanted the V. 1 Stormshadow and finally got one right around the time I lost interest in G.I. Joes.
I LOVED that Dan had Storm Shadow kicking an ewok!!! :)
The "American NInja" movie, starring relative unknown then and now Michael dudikoff. I didn't know if I wanted to be a commando or a Ninja between G.I. Joe, ninja toys, mags and movies, but chuck norris delta force movie seals do the deal, and a soldier was born. From then on out I was gravitating towards the wary series joes and playsets. Fast forward to 2003, I was cursing duke, grunt and the rest while on my 34th day without anything more than baby wipes to bathe with in the desert. Airborne!
Cool video, and that is one mint storm shadow!!
I keep him in a case in the dark.
Storm Shadow will always be my favourite design, both the '84 and '88 versions, of all the Joes.
I remember trying too buy him. He was hard too find. He sold out of stores fast!! The day came when i actually got him and let me tell you i held on too him tight as hell! I ran too the register and that's all she wrote! His accessories were the best: numchucks, samari sword, small sword, bow and arrow & stars...say no more. He became the most popular Cobra figure at the time, even more popular than Zartan & Cobra commander combined.
My entry into ninja obsession was the Franco Nero film ENTER THE NINJA. Stormshadow 1.0 was such a cool figure.
I caught Joe mania as a kid right when the articulating arm was introduced. You just weren't " cool " if you didn't have a Storm Shadow figure. This thing had cult status on playgrounds and backyards. Thanks for the flashback.
Storm Shadow, Firefly & Scrap Iron were my favorites!
i don,t know why but beach head reminded me of the evil ninja on ninja 3 the domination.
3:55 one of the Joe's greatest secrets is that William Perry stands among the ranks of legendary martial artists. oh, you didn't notice him there at first? that just goes to show how skilled a ninja he is.
I remember saving my little allowance and begging my mom to help me to get that Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. Still got them...beat the hell up, but I got em.
I'd like to see a Cobra troopers video. I loved all Vipers. They had a lot of swag and the colors were cool. Crimson Guard? The BATs? Iron Grenedier? Eels? Night Vipers were probably my favorite overall...
SUCH a cool fig, I remember getting him and Firefly the same day. OH yes, happy adventures and dead ewoks that day. I do believe that Stormshadow and the tv show "The Master" were my two main intros into the secret world of the Ninja.
I would have to wait until I was out on my own before I acquired a Firefly. My friend had him, but he never showed up in my collection.
my ninja! lol snake eyes and storm shadow are my 2 favorites of the gi joe world.
LOL at the Fridge behind all the ninjas!
I loved my Ninja Action Storm Shadow...
Had both versions of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. They were my favourite two characters
V2 was possibly my favorite GI Joe of all time growing up...
Storm shadow was always my favorite. I remember my cousin got him for me for my birthday and he ended up getting snake eyes v2.
that bit about the toyline shadowing the comics with stormshadow sucking hind teet again was brilliant sir.....mind blown
loved both versions of this figure.
I found one in an o!d couch.I loved this figure.I need to replace his weopons.
I had the camo Storm Shadow when I was a kid, one of my favorite toys.
As a child of the 80s it was Storm Shadow that had me in AWE! I believe it was him that made me a big time PURE Ninja fan, but other references like Ninja Magazine, and the multiple Ninja movies helped as well. You need to do a video about the Ninja craze that started in the 80s!
Such a weird craze. Ninjas were EVERYWHERE (even though we couldn't see most of them).
Only a Ninja can see a Ninja. ;)
Yeah, it was a great figure, one of favorites to have but since I could never get Spirit and do that long awaited rematch I was left incomplete...😢
Everything Ninja, I like it.
Great videos man.
3:30 yes, both versions of Storm Shadow I like
Firefly was my favorite but Storm Shadow was a close second...
Big firefly fan here.
Yes had him a few times in the 80s have his vintage head some where in my closet.
I didn't know the Fridge was a ninja!
A little known fact. I'm glad Dan picked up on it.
also Sgt. Slaughter
I had all the martial arts GI Joes growing up. Just thought they were all badass. I had two of the v2 Storm Shadow and I remember trying to trade him for another figure but the kid's mom made us trade back.
awesome vid my friend!!! really love your vids buddy!!
Thank you!
The original Storm Shadow got me started, and now I teach Tae Kwon-Do and Jiu Jitsu for a living!! My uniform's white and black too!! Just sayin'.
Living the dream!
The Fridge and Gruffi in the background!?! Good Lord that's hilarious!
Ninja training also focuses on chakra.
Thumbs up if anyone got that reference!
The coolest ninja of all time!
Neat video Dan. I literally just got my Cobra AVAC figure in the mail, and that now completes my '82-'87 Cobra set (incoming video soon). I think my favourite ninja figgy as a kid was the black and white ninjas from the Rambo set. Still have the black one on my shelf but lost the white one decades ago.
Ninjas were everywhere back then. Even Chuck Norris had the Karate Kommandos.
"Is Santa Claus a ninja?" too funny
Great review AAA +++++
I have all the original storm shadows and all the future releases including the sigma 6 ones gotta love ninjas
Lee van Kleef aka " The Master " must have been the first Ninja on tv ive seen ,after that ...welll there were a lot of weird looking ninjas out there but you don't mess with stormshadow ( he could dismantle a tank with his hands and feet :D )
I started out as a Star Wars action figure collector, but GI Joe figures are in my opinion the much better figures. From the articulation and the accessories, Storm Shadow v.1 and v.2 are samples of the best of the small figures. Between the 2 figures, you have katanas, nunchucks, bow, claws, and everything can be stored in the backpacks. Probably some of my all time favorites.
He’s the greatest Gi joe obviously In the cartoon he was the one that wheeled Excalibur
I prefer the version one Storm Shadow, had many memories with Storm Shadow growing up as a kid.
I had forgotten about Jinx.
Just getting into Joes.
The first ninja I can remember is good ol' Ninjor, from MOTUs. Ninja with conceiled identity that CAN BE unmasked? Totally awesome. Those demon feet were pretty lame, though.
Man I loved that classsic comic where Snake Eyes confronts Storm Shadow and rescues Scarlette with no words in it anybody remember what issue that was?
I think it was part of the annual issues. Scarlet infiltrates as a cleaning lady if I remember. It was a cool issue👍
As a kid I passed on V2 Storm Shadow because I thought he was covered in strips of Duct Tape! Even now that's still all I see!
I've always thought it was a weird "camo".
Actually that makes a lot of sense. I mean, the guy is getting shot at, stabbed and throwing star-ed all the time. It seems he would have to fix his outfit with something from time to time.
I see the 1989 version of Snake Eyes (and *other* excellent figures from the 1982-1994 Hasbro 3 3/4 toyline - Quick Kick, Budo, and the female ninja Jinx) [Hasbro had to go *five years in a row*, after releasing her, without releasing any female figures].
Dang it!! I traded my camo storm shadow for the Phaeton Command E frame from Exo squad.
Yeah but you can get a camo Storm Shadow from ebay pretty cheap.
i had the old 84 stormshadow and the one with the goofy grey camo one, lol tried filing down the new uniform one to look like the old one lol didnt work lol
He could blend into some drywall covered in bits of duct tape.
Who is the big guy between Skeletor and Godzilla?
My first exposure to the traditional ninja was The Master starring Lee Van Cleef.
Storm Shadow was one of only about 8 figures I had. I got him for Christmas. First day I got him I lost his katana, in the middle of the dining room, on a wood floor, and never found it again. It was one of the most disappointing things of that year as I remember.
Is that gruffi gummi? Holy crap, now that Disney owns Star Wars, will the ewoks be retconned to be gummis?? In another new special edition, they can CGI in the ewoks drinking gummi berry juice just before the battle on Endor. XD
I like that theory.
My god, that is the whitest mintiest 84 Storm Shadow figure I've seen in many years of collecting, consider me incredibly jealous.
I keep him locked in a case in the dark.
Ninjas natural habitat, makes sense.
Dan, please do 1984 zartan and swamp skier!
Sho Kosugi's Revenge of the Ninja = Proustian moment
Where did you get the Gummi Bears action figures?!
Finally the truth of ninja Santa revealed!
Anyone can use a weapon but a ninja is a weapon
The INVENTION of THE ''KUNG FU GRIP''....Started Here!!!
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When I was a wee man it was Bruce Lee and Sho Kosugi that inspired 3 years of Karate! Got to Blue belt before switching over to Kung fu.
Oh yeah? Did you stick with it? Do you still study?
Toy Galaxy actually got a blue sash in traditional kung fu then went to JKD, kickboxing and a bit of jiu-jitsu before settling into Olympic style boxing. Now, just train a few people and try to keep in shape.
A friend of mine is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and I have always admired his dedication to it and the progression he made over the years. it's something I wish I had gotten into at an early enough age. Something I feel like I could still be doing where the sports I played (baseball, basketball) require facilities and other players.
Never too late
Why was the fridge in there with the ninjas?
Snake eyes poc desert is the best, but I prefer the commando version.
Here in Argentina we had 3 versions of the same figure, white, black and red
The black was african american (I guess) with golden knives and golden nunchucks
All 3 were made in the 25th Anniversary line as well right?
How was Ninja Force not even mentioned?
Answering your question from the end. It was my beloved Tortugas Ninja.
I would love if gi Joe went 6 inch like star wars!!!!
Seconded.
the Empire should have invested in a few Stormshadows for ridding Endor of its native rebel-loving scummy bears
Storm Shadow lead the red Ninjas for cobra. So no, he was not the only martial artist on cobra.
What price could these figures sell at in the collectors market considering they are opened from the package and some may lack a few weapons etc..?
Pratik Katre, A loose complete storm shadow from 1984 will go for anywhere from $50-$70 right now. That all depends on how white the figure is and also the amount of paint rubs on it. If he is missing any accessories the price goes down from there.
Drew Kremer I have quite a few of these figures in near prime condition... Is there any collector's website where I can put them up for sale?
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www.gijoeclub.com/forums/
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www.mastercollector.com/neat/gijoe/club/benefits_page.html
Enter the Ninja movie that is what did it for me Dan
That movie opens with a white clad ninja fighting a black clad ninja.
WHY AM I NOT INTO GI JOE?!
Is there anyway to get G.I. JOEs for a cheap price? Good condition, vintage.
Whomever gave this a thumbs down shall feel the wrath of COBRA!!!!!!!
Is it's sacrilegious to say that I liked Snake Eyes v1 but Storm Shadow camo ( i.e. - "Tetris") versions better?
Storm Shadow was always my favorite Joe, but Ninja Turtles convinced me to dedicate my life to learning nun-chucks, bo-staff, sai, sword, shuriken, etc.... ahhh that lasted for a few teenage years but sadly ended the first time I touched a boob.
Those sweet skillz are still with me though decades later.
No he was actually destro's body guard
Please do the dreadnoks, please.....
Making Storm Shadow a good guy was so weak! He did his best work as a heel. I actually just got the Storm Shadow POP figure and it's pretty cool. Another great video!
Joining GIJoe felt like a jumping the shark kind of moment. They might as well have introduced a precocious kid just to spice things up.
Fellow Wrestling fan spotted
is that skull wearing a laser tag helmet?
It is, yes.
Naruto opened my eyes.
Did you say, "numchucks"?