HCC788 - 1984 RECONDO - Jungle Trooper - Vintage G.I. Joe toy review!
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Information and Sources:
Recondo on YoJoe.com:
www.yojoe.com/action/84/recond...
Recondo on 3DJoes.com:
www.3djoes.com/recondo.html
Bill Merklein GI JOE Interview Part 3:
• Bill Merklein GI JOE I...
Recondo (RAH):
gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Recondo_(RAH)
Beretta BM 59:
armigranbellapassione.forumcom...
GENUINE AUSSIE SLOUCH HATS:
gameymilitaria.tripod.com/slou...
Australian Jungle Fighter:
www.vintage3djoes.com/australi...
Recondo on Bloodforthebaron.com:
www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/...
Recondo School Vietnam:
www.25thinfantrycrips.com/reco...
Recondo:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recondo
Savanna:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna
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Recondo on Halfbattle.com:
www.halfbattle.com/recondo.html
Recondo on JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page:
www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe...
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero cartoon series
Jungle Trap
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nlg2x
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero by Marvel Comics
Music:
Chipper, Big Rock,
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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My dad was one of those old fashioned Baby Boomers who believed young boys should outgrow toys by a certain age. However, for GI Joe he always seemed to make an exception. Being a Vietnam veteran who got spit on by anti-war demonstrators when he returned home, I think my father appreciated a toy line that treated the military with respect. So this is why he made it a point to drive my brother and I to the store, when I was 11 years old, specifically to buy us each a GI Joe figure and small accessory. I picked out Recondo and the Mountain Howitzer and my brother picked out Rock 'N Roll and the Watch Tower. On the drive home, I remember my dad explaining to us the historical context of the Recondos. That was the last time my dad would buy us toys (after I turned 13, he actively discouraged us from owning or playing with toys), but Recondo will always hold a special place in my childhood memories because of this.
One of my first Joe's as a kid. He is the coolest and I pretended he was me!
“And here is another cross-country back pack...”
Thank you sir, you made my Friday.
This was one of my favorites when he came out. Great figure and great character.
Great review!
One of the VERY FEW of my original 80’s toys that I kept! Love my Recondo. From back when the vehicles were GREEN and no JOE would be caught dead wearing any neon colors..
Good old Recondo was my very first Joe toy. He was wounded for a while but i replaced his broken arm with a spare Repeater's and he was back in action.
I always liked the joes that were specialists for some certain environment. They got the desert guys, jungle guys, swamp guys, arctic guys, mountain guys, ocean and deep ocean guys...
I never collected any joe figs but a friend gave me Recondo figure and grew to like him, I did enjoy the cartoons as a kid. It's funny but everytime I used to go to the toy store, I would look at the box art of the Joe vehicles and notice Recondo appearing on most of them!
Havin' a sweet mustache is half the battle!
This was my all time favorite joe and still is up to now( next to footloose).one day my Aunt's friend came to our house with her kids and one of them stole my recondo while i was out of the house😏.when i came back they were long gone and by then '86 or '87 recondo figures were already discontinued and i coudnt find him again in any stores.wish i could still find one today.
Good stuff. Holds up great 5 years later.
That is a great figure that year was great for GI Joe lots of great figures
Recondo my favorite figure growing up!
Recondo is one of my favorite figures from 84 too.
Another great figure from when the line was rolling. I Kenner Star Wars was may first love and MOTU and G1 Transformers were amazing, but GI Joe from 1983-1986 is as good as it ever got.
3:04 -- Pathfinder, whose MOS was Jungle Assault Specialist, would have been his replacement on the Joe roster although that was in 1990, a good 6 years after Recondo debuted.
Ambush has a little over lap with Recondo as well.
This is an interesting figure. Really one of the first times they moved away from the basic military green look, but still maintaining the realistic look and feel that began to get lost later on in the line.
The filecard art reminds me of Jesse Ventura's character in Predator, even though Recondo was sculpted before Predator was released.
Recondo was the classic look of a Joe, I used him a lot in the guard tower outpost for some reason.
like Spirit, he stood out in a good way, the media never had time to use him at his real potential.
I never bought any other version of him, this one was the retro 60 s look I was looking for.
he somehow reminded me of the big Jim rhino hunt kit, probably because of his hat.
I liked your forest pics with him at the end, they represent the essence of the Joes.
like the advertisements, they were meant to be used outdoor, in the suburbs,
where, ideally, every child should be raised in, I had the fortune of living that, I m very grateful.
good show Commander!
In the comic he dropped the sniper rifles in the water as an offering to the river god. It was a nice touch.
Recondo is my favorite figure. Here in Brazil he have another name : "Patrulheiro das Selvas" and her their colors change, to a brighter green.
Fun review of an all time fave. Recondo was one of my first Joes ever bought and the real world look and feel to him always made him one of the most Sr. members of my Joe team! Yes this is what Joe was all about to me from those early days! The Military realistic figures were always the top in the toyline for me. THANKS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER AWESOME REVIEW!
Thank you for watching!!
I love the Cross Country backpack!!!!
Great review of a great figure. I remember getting this one at Kmart when I was a kid. The scuplt of the figure and his accessories just drew me to this figure. Recondo was one of my favorites. I wished they would have done more figures like this during the later years of Gi Joe rather than all that neon.
Great review. I have to admit, I did not get Recondo in 1984; BUT, he was the second figure I got in 1985. My transition to GI Joe and ONLY GI Joe was a rocky one, but it happened in 1985. Sure, I had a respectable collection in 1984, but in 1985 when I got Flint was when all the other toy lines stopped dead in their tracks. Recondo was my second figure of '85 because I thought I missed the boat somehow with GI Joe. Let me explain...1982- I hated the straight arm figures with the brittle fingers and thumbs- Few survived. 1983- I liked some of the new figures like Destro and swivel arm Rock N Roll, but I was still into Star Wars toys and that took some precedent. 1984- TOY EXPLOSION- (at least to me anyway)... In one year I had newly released Transformers, Go-Bots, Secret Wars, Super Powers Collection, Voltron, A-team, Advances Dungeons & Dragons, Indiana Jones, Dune, and Knight Rider toys, and still managed to get 10 action figures and 5 vehicles from the 1984 GI Joe line. For me, it was a statement in 1985 to push the other toy lines to the side to make way for GI Joe, traded and picked up the some of the first 3 series along the way, and Recondo was at the start of that trend.
Just an FYI, recondo (accoding to the US Army Recondo manual) was a portmantreau of Reconnaisance, Commando and Doughboy from WW1.
Super cool review! Not laser, not neon, not psy-fi. Recondo is one of my favorite figures ... uffff just to remember it one comes to ecstasy. Last year I bought it with all its accessories. As a child I did not have it, but several friends did, so I was able to play with him a lot. We live in a housing complex with lots of grass, plants, trees, in short ... a lot of green! Sometimes we were like 8 children playing all with G.I. Joe in the gardens. Recondo, Bazooka, Rock n'Roll, the Jeep, Tank, Motorcycle ... ALL GREEN !!!!! (as it should be!). Very good review, thank you very much for it. Simple in music and acting (not like other sooo funny) worthy of the character. More and more professionalism is being noticed. Congratulations!
One of my favourites of all time, not just 1984. Totally agree with you on real world military characters over neon, lasers and aliens. Great review!
Dear HCC788,
I just wanted to say it's great to have you back. You're excitement and enthusiasm toward GIJoe are contagious.
I've missed your reviews of figures and vehicles. My favourite part is always the file cards (especially the ones written by Larry Hama).
Looking forward to seeing more reviews on your channel.
Keep up the awesome work.
S
One of the best codename for a Joe.👍😎
Recondo was always one of the stars of one sci-fi scenario and that was Joes vs Predator. Still a favorite memory and one I wish I could go back and do again with figures that came out later in the line.
Recondo ain't got time to bleed! Ya know... because he's very busy in his second career as governor of Minnesota.
There is no way the 2010 version wasn't supposed to be based on Ventura.
Recondo or Outback would lead Stalker, Gung Ho, Road Block, Flint, Footloose, Beach Head, Leatherneck and Falcon would be the rest of the team sometimes TunnelRat because he was my brothers favorite the predator was that lizard guy from Dolph Lundgren He-man movie. I didn't have Spirit as a kid. If I had them at the time would love to have added Hit n Run, Repeater, Muskrat, Spearhead, Version 2 Rock n Roll, Recoil, Pathfinder, Ambush, Maybe Heavy Duty, Big Brawler and modern Recando and Spirit.
Nice work ...the only thing this guy was missing was a machete ...still one of the cooler figures from that year
A machete would have been a great accessory. His 2nd version was a helicopter pilot (weird), but if they had given him a third version in the vintage line, a machete would be an essential upgrade. And a removable hat.
Every figure from 1984 was cool (except for the cobra stinger driver) but aside from that everything was awsome!
@@jakeproven256 I think the Cobra Stinger Driver is also an excellent figure.
My Recondo went AWOL back in '85. I purchased another one in the early 2000s. I love this figure, from the 70s stache to the color scheme. Top tier all the way. Recondo was under represented in the cartoons
" Recondo was under represented in the cartoons" Uhhhh why???? Like seriously why???He had some good appearances in the comics and cartoon. Is this just another case of hating on the G.I.Joe cartoon because it's the Freaking G.I.Joe cartoon? Because that really needs to stop I see way to much I've had it!
Recondo kicked ass! Without a doubt, the best years for the G.I. Joe action figure line were from 1982 to 1985, maybe '86.
I'd include '86. '87 had some gems as well, but the warning signs were obvious.
Every year had something good to offer.
With your intro, you are the Richard Attenborough of G.I.Joe
Well...HCC does spare no expense to bring us these reviews.
Richard Attenborough... the guy from Jurassic Park? Or his brother David? :)
Great review! I never owned this figure growing up, but I plan to add it to my collection. I think it would've been cool to give this figure a machete that was able to be holstered in the knife sheath on his leg or on the backpack. Nonetheless, it's one of my top picks of the 1984 series, which was a good year for G.I. Joe.
For 20 years I've used the gamer tag Recondo42 in Battlefield games and elsewhere. It was just the other day it dawned on me I never owned the figure. Go... figure.
Ahhhh HCC, I agree with you. What?! I agree with you?! Oh yes. Don't let my defense of the neons and the crazy ideas of the 90s give you the wrong impression. I just intended to convey that some of those ideas weren't nearly as bad as a lot of people make them out to be. To me too, G.I. Joe is ultimately about just that. G.I. Joes, specifically jungle fighting footsoldiers. All the other stuff is just a massive bonus! As always I love your work.
Awesome review of Recondo. I never had him but wanted him.
Yeah man, nothing like some getting outdoors in the Joe Universe!
Recondo is one bad ass Joe!!! I put him in my Bad Ass Unit with Sgt. Slaughter, Outback, Roadblock, and Beach Head.
This review was amazing and Recondo is one of my favorite figures I'm a jungle kind of guy so outback stalker Recondo those were always a jungle strike team to me
Recondos up there with Ripcord both great 84 characters.
Recondo was always a favorite, and with the stash he made a great Thomas Magnum stand in for those cool cross over backyard adventures
I had Recondo as a kid. I will admit I like the more garish colors and SciF and fantasy more but I also like the drab military colors too. To me the fantasy and unrealistic is what I liked as a kid. On that note the military stuff is cool too. I can like all aspects of G.I.Joe. I don't care if it's realistic just entertaining.
Enjoyable figure.
Im with you man. The issue 39 is in top of the best storylines in my opinion with the oktober guard. I had no patience for the sci fi stuff. I loved the down and dirty grunt stuff.
one of my favorite
This was a great review! You got to another favorite of mine. I recently added him to my collection. He is definitely one of the better figures.
Awesome that you were able to pick one up! I'm glad you liked the review!
The BM-59 is itself an evolutionary development of the M1 Garand.
Although we had 2 versions of Recondo's backpack, my son didn't have the figure. I did buy him a 12" Australian O.D.F G.I.Joe that he called Recondo.
His rifle was patterned after the E2 version of M14; note sights, bipod, mag, and pistol grip. While never type accepted, it was fairly common.
I absolutely love your channel as I am a very big G.I.Joe fan
Loved the review but I kept thinking about Jungle from action figure therapy all during this review. Also HCC you are right I loved the military side of GI Joe I think it may have been because of when I was born compared to some of the others who came into GI Joe later. I also loved the comics not just the cartoon which helped.
Ah, Action Figure Therapy! They gave Recondo new life!
One other thing I liked in the review is when you have Footloose, Stalker, Ripcord, and Falcon That was my jungle team/Predator team. I wish we would have saw more of these types of groups. Have you done a review of Falcon?
Yeah, I reviewed Falcon.
Really liked the figures from the first handful of years! This was a great one! Thanks for sharing your review with us! Very much appreciated bud!
Yep, my favorites are the more realistic figures and vehicles too.
Awsome!! I even wrote u a comment saying wat happen to recondo. Thanks for the awesome videos hcc788!! Ur videos keep me inspired to collect vintage joes! N I love the more military joe reviews like u do so awesome work!!🖒🖒
Great review thank you !
One of the best Joe figures ever. My only complaint is they never reissued him in either olive drab green, or in woodland brown-and-green (think of Firefly 2001 reissue). He is presumed to be among the figures for whom Hasbro lost the molds to.
One of the very best of the best! great review! Thanks Hoodie!
Thank you!
it was always a toss up for me as to who I liked better: Gung-Ho or Recondo! Recondo wins today. I wish I would have had Rip-Cord! these are among the best figures.
I had this guy. When my Duke figure blew his crotch out during an unfortunate skydiving accident I switched their heads out. Poor old Recondo was on permanent desk duty after that.
Since you mention it, Duke would look good with this uniform. That's a fair trade.
He'll always be Jungle from Action Figure Therapy to me..
Great Review of an outstanding figure.
Thank you!
Great figure and a great Joe, but no one is sending an E4 to jungle school (not that it exists anymore). That’s at least a staff sergeant slot.
I would have loved to have that figurine.
This was my first gi joe I got and it had loose joints straight from the factory. Still having a hard time dealing with it. :) great video
Awesome video love it 👍👍
Such a great review!
Thank you!
I like your Cross country backpack better than the original issue;-p
The rifle he has is based off the M1 carbine with folding stock. These were issued to paratroopers during ww2
Great video
Great review about a great, realistic character. You had a good idea shooting this video in a wood.
The truth: this is a wooded area in my neighborhood. I had to choose my camera angle so I didn't have houses in the background (I think you can still see one), and wait for motorcycles to pass so the engine sound didn't get picked up on camera.
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!!!
Redondo and Grand slam hometowns are next to each other.
So, how many Joes did there end up being in all that matched your qualifications for realism in play? I went the other way in my play, embracing the more sci-fi aspects of the toys.
I can't believe ambush and pathfinder wherent on your list for jungle fighters
Had I still been collecting Joe at the time I would have definitely added Ambush and Pathfinder to my jungle fighters!
Thanks Commander. Military side is my definitive Gi joe as well. Can't stand the horrific colors on the other side of the series.
I'm happy to get away from neon colors for a little while.
Somebodies at the door. Lol 😂😂😂
Also, the hate for the G.I. Joe of the '90's almost feels just like how violin players always seem to take a huge dump all over the viola!
Finally!
Hell yeah, who don’t!?
I always regretted getting recondo. My neighbors had him so i figured why have an xtra recondo around. Ugh.
You should do a video featuring the sweet mustaches of GIJoe.
Either my 1st or 2nd joe
That's awesome bro :D yea I first read number 38 not long ago :D got it from my local comic shop and after I had to go back and buy the Recondo figure he had :D that cross country backpack tho :D lol :D awesome video man :D
@HoodedCobraCommander788, since you're doing the review for Recondo, now would be the perfect time to ask if you've ever seen Action Figure Therapy and if you have what are your thoughts on it?
I thought it was pretty funny for the most part.
I used the Swedish K during my military conscription in Sweden.
I wondered why you referenced the Swedish K, then I remembered that's what the Tucaros carried.
M14e2x rifle: www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/m14e1_cio6kddy.jpg Althought, it does closley resembel the Beretta BM59 which I think is a clone of the M1
So, why do you have the fantasy figures and such, if you hate them so much?
I'm a fan of the real world military G.I.JOE also, not the science fiction elements!
Besides getting BBQ ... I’m adding Recondo and Stalker to my collection.. I’ll know in a few hrs if a Sky Hawk.. I elected to focus on the original Vs Sky Patrol ( even though that looks great) I figured if your gonna start out get the original one 1st .. why is it also known as Ghost Hawk? Anyways back to Auditing .. thx
The jokes are bad!!. GI Joe has always had elements of Si-fi in the stories (cartoons and comics) Hell, that's why it was so good in the first place!!. So you're wrong for that. I'm starting to wonder about this channel!
HIs thumbs always broke. (right one)
Looks more like a Cross Country piggy back
Ops. I want review of recondo classified
As did I
I have review of recondo classified.
Recondo vs crock master
Why do I feel like Recondo fought against communists in the jungles of Vietnam and Guatemala?