HCC788 - 1992 BIG BEAR - Oktober Guard - Vintage G.I. Joe toy review!
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Big Bear on YoJoe.com:
www.yojoe.com/action/92/bigbea...
Big Bear on 3DJoes.com:
www.3djoes.com/big-bear.html
Big Bear on G.I. Joe Wiki:
gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bear
Oktober Guard on Wikipadia:
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Russian Bear:
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AKS-74U:
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G.I. Joe DiC episodes:
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Big Bear on Half Battle.com:
www.halfbattle.com/bigbear.html
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IMHO, this has to be considered one of the more realistic designs to come out of the 90's.
It is quite good for a 90s figure.
I might even put it in my 90's top 10. (though at the bottom of that list) The design really reminds me of an updated version of the 1982/83 standard Green 13 uniform.
@@timf7413 I've been catching up on a lot of 90s Joe figure reviews. A little late to the party, but was curious as to which figures compile your Top 10 list.
It's nice to see you give spotlight to figure from Oktober Guard. These guys get often lost in shuffle middle of G.I. Joe, Cobra and Destro.
I have an awesome black big bear with his original backpack and rifle. He looks great thank you for the video.
The gun is based on the Russian "Bizon" submachine gun. It was a 9mm gun based off the Kalashnikov AK rifles and used a helical feed cylindrical magazine, which was ommitted from the mold for this accessory. IIRC it could be had chambered in 9x17 Makarov, 9x18 (aka .380 ACP), or 9x19 Luger.
Bear hands.
I always wanted October Guards figurines, but by the 90s it was too late for me.
Great review.
Incredible...as a kid i had big bear and a badger...so cool to see it here just like i had mine...
I think Red Star was our introduction to the Oktober Guard in the toy line! Great review. I really like this figure.
One of the better figures of neon nineteen ninety two. I even dug his double barrel rocket launcher which he used on missions as his main weapon. Wasn't a fan of every Joe and Cobra included with a spring action launcher during the nineties but this was an exception.
Big Bear appeared on the box art of the 1992 headquarters
Loved this figure, still have him , his gun was great!
Haha, I was distracted and not looking at the screen at the point when you said "he has bare hands". For a moment I thought you meant he had "bear" hands. What a figure that would have been!
This was one of the last figures I ever bought, I really think him and Red Star were some of the best figures released in the nineties. It bothered me that they didn't release more of the Oktober Guard characters that featured in the comic though.
Customizers, get on the 'bear hands' for this figure. Make it happen!
"Big Bear! hes iron tough, Big Bear! got a chest like a rug, Big Bear! he dont take no guff, hes Big Bear". Red Star has the absolute best spring loaded missile launcher to me.
The yellow grenade isn't entirely unrealistic, the us army used solid yellow grenades( I believe prior to ww2) to indicate they were live explosives not training. Then they realized that's not good to have bright yellow things on your uniform in combat as they say " here I am shoot me!" So they went to a thin yellow stripe, then got rid of the yellow altogether.
Looks like a cool figure. The timing of his release is interesting, one year after the fall of the Soviet Union. I guess it took so long to produce the figure that they were just overtaken by world events?
I assume something like that. A 1992 figure would have been developed in 1991, so world events moved faster than toy production.
This is an awesome joe! He could have been released in 82 or 83 with such classic real world military appearance. The face sculpt is fantastic.
I like to see a modern Oktober Guard figures in the future.
They already made them, they're pretty awesome too, just too expensive.
LeakyDecos ok, thanks 👍
They made RED STAR for the 25th anniv. He was a 2 pack with Duke.
@@leakydecos7906 Are you talking about the convention exclusives or the mass retail release in the comic book three packs?
Yo, Joe! Really digging your vids. Brings back some great memories. I liked what you said about the series. I always saw the cartoon as the toy advertising but thoroughly enjoyed the comic for a long time. Some really great stories and art came out of that. It was a cool title.
5:23 it could also be based on a pp19 bizon they had a round cylinder magazine and it was way more compact than the ak74u
The intro was spectacular!!!! Always great writing and production!!! I look forward to your videos every Sunday after visiting my son and wife for the weekend! Helps me get over my sadness of having to leave them for the week.Thank you B! Best! Kris B.
Would you consider him a top tier if it was mentioned in his file card that Big Bear has chronic hay fever? (explaining his blood shot red eyes) ?😂
Maybe. Soviet Russian doesn't have Clear Eyes (TM)
The background music for this review should be the Soviet March from Red Alert 3.
Oh, and thanks for the shout out!
Thanks for the comics!!
Thank you for contributing to these videos.
Red Starr is my favorite GI Joe figure
AKS-74U, my weapon of choice for Airsofting... good times.
I like him, and also the many factions concept like Destro s army.
while it s cool to have fights with Cobra, it gets lame story wise to have only 2 factions.
it would have been best to release more enemies and less joes.
the idea of him using a joe vehicle is rather stupid, like if we d give a hummer to russians troops...
Hasbro missed on a good opportunity to cash in with selling russian vehicles.
that 6 wheels off road and 8 wheeled might have made a nice buy.
imagine if they d released a hind, yeahhh!
those would have sold a lot more than the neon bright colored joes they tried to shove on us for years.
good show Commander!
Man, the old toys are much more fun than the new line. They were much more playable, the newer molds are too small and too fragile.
I had the the Wet Suit and Destro from this line.
I had almost the entire 1992 line. Minus Roadblock.
@@iamnostalgic9567 The 1992 carded figure line is excellent. I wish they had never recalled Roadblock.
@@johnsoehnlen4781 I wish so too.
Big Bear has never appeared in any of the Marvel issues. He does appear in the the World War III storyline of G.I. Joe series published by Devil’s Due.
Although is kind of a shame these Oktober Guard figures weren't available in the 1980's, I guess there was good reason for Hasbro not getting too political with toys.
That shirt.... wow LOL
Why haven't you done a review of Salvo yet?
for the 90s im surprised they gave us a figure which wasn’t in bright obnoxious colors or have half a snake body but the eyes do look awful they shouldve been black or brown but it was laziness by hasbro in the 90s
i prefer the second version mail away from the international team set but this one is still good. i wish they made more oktober guard figures. where did you get that shirt? its awesome i gotta get one for the holidays! great review as always
It was the JoeCustoms ugly Christmas sweater for this year. Found it on their Facebook group.
Although not vintage, I think he was in the comicbook of the 25th Anniv 2 pack with Duke and Red Star.
Love that sweater!
And Big Bear is city in San Bernardino County, CA known for its ski conditions and resorts.
Hello friend, I'm from Brazil and I like your videos!
Love it!
Thank you!
You did not fire at mindbender.😯🤣
ive seen the original 4 pack october gaurd at stores years ago
His gun looks a bit like a PP-19 Bizon, minus the underside tube magazine.
Indeed it does, I recall a message board conversation once about the different firearms seen in the vintage G.I. Joe line and most everyone agreed that this weapon is suppose to be a PP-19 Bizon.
How many figures of October guard are?
I had no idea what the big deal about Russians was when I was a kid! To me it was just face value, for more possible action figures I could use weird accents with! Never got them though, unfortunately! Thank you for all the great reviews! You're doing a fantastic job!
In the 80s we were preoccupied with the Russians.
Hey I'm not 100% on this, but a German studying ex-girlfriend of mine told me Schrage is pronounced Shra-gay. She cheated on me, but she knew her German.
top tier...especially for a late 90's joe. i never had this guy but man i wish i did. yes, i understand ur complaint about the red eyes but honestly in this figure its a bonus!
he was just that much of a badass, he didnt believe in communism..he wanted SUPER COMMUNISM! :-D
Is there any german G.I. Joe characters
Good question. I don't know if there are any Joes in the American continuity that are of German nationality, but there are some Joes of German descent (probably, based on their names).
Its ironic that you did this video on the 10th and I just bought it without seeing your video first
was there anymore oktober guards figs?
Yes, Red Star was released in 1991, and in 1998 Toys R US released a three pack of Colonel Brekhov, Lt. Gorky and Daina (released with the code name Volga). In 2005 a comic book three pack (with a reprint of Marvel comics issue # 6) was released with Colonel Brekhov, Daina, and Schrage. The next comic pack (with Marvel comics issue #7) had Horror Show and Strommavik released alongside Stalker. 2006 saw a comic book three pack(with reprint of Marvel comics issue# 101) released with Dragonsky (v2), Lt. Gorky (v2), and Sgt. Misha Zubenkov. The Oktober Guard characters have also been rleased as convention exclusives( using vintage style molds) and in the newer sculpt style.
Was short fuze german?
Great review, thank you. I had outgrown Joes by this point but it would have been nice to have more October Guard guys. I know he's not vintage but 2006 Lt. Gorky was a pretty good October Guard figure. But the best October Guard figures were the Horror Show guys.
Also it was great that the Snakeyes hoody made a cameo appearance. Did you get the hoody in Florida?
Nah, I ordered it after I saw Paul from G.I. Joburg wearing one. I just had to have it. Even though it was the middle of summer.
Thanks
I agree, the 2005 comic pack Horror Show is a great action figure.
Ok but what are the guys with the german names
I do like early 1991's Oktober Guard figure Red Star, but I'm not a fan of Big Bear (1991 was the last year that had *a lot of* good figures).
I liked Red Star Better, He had a cool gat along with a huge rpg-7
Great character International Heroes V2 deco much better though
I had the Toys R Us 3pack exclusives from 1997 or 1998. Overall the figures were mid tier. I know you don't review stuff after 1994, just didn't know if you knew about it.
Colonel Sharp figure? @hcc788
He has “bear hands”. I see what you did there.
They cold make more October Guards in that time . :(
They could have.
Oryginally modern version come in 2007 or something ... Spotted on photos in net ...
I think the October Guards could be better enemy for Iron grenadiers as the fact Gen. Voltar killed some of these soldiers on conflict in fictional country ...
A++++++++++++ for the intro mate :-D
Thank you!
How come my big bear is in a grey uniform with a silver grenade
I believe you have a 1998 Lt. Gorky.
HoodedCobraCommander788 wow I feel like an idiot srry commander
HoodedCobraCommander788 I got him from a friend I always thought and played like he was a Russian tank commander
I get how the eyes tainted an otherwise great figure for you; but the thing that really bothered me was that big-@$$ rocket launcher being one handed with a midway-rear grip. Big weapons like that need to be held with two hands; or rested on the shoulder, needing a forward grip unless it's long enough to rest on the shoulder anyway. They made too many big accessory weapons that had to held like hand guns. Even with figure stands to keep the figure upright, it often looked ridiculous.
Great review! I don't see why Hasbro couldn't use the brown paint that was used to paint the backpack straps and leg pouch to paint this figure's eyes. Wouldn't it have cost the same to use the red paint? I do like this figure's accessories, but not crazy about the figure itself.
I could be wrong, but but I believe they would have needed a separate tool or tampo for the eyes to make them a different color.
Okay, that explains it better. I didn't know about that stuff.
Loved your sweater HCC!!!!
Thank you!! I'm going to wear it every day until New Year.
Cute!!! Best of luck to you on that and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Merry Christmas!
He looks a little high.
HAHA the intro.
12:21 crap he's flat like a pancake ................................get the air pump
Great review, my son had 2 versions. This on and an all grey one, that one came in a 3 package with Red Star and Diana. (A Lady Jaye repaint). Will have to check on Yojoe.com to see if they were packaged as Oktober Guards.
Sorry need to make a correction he was packaged as Lt. Gorky in the 3 pack with Col.Brekhov and Volga, not Diana. All were repaints.
The all-gray one they did for Lt. Gorky looks pretty good. It's a basic uniform, so you can do a lot with it.
I used to shop at Big Bear in Columbus Ohio. It looked nothing like the toy. The cartoon really ruined the October Guard for me. I couldn't stand the wannabe cowboy.
So, when you shopped at the Big Bear, did they take from each according to their ability, and give to each according to their need?
HoodedCobraCommander788 they just took our money and gave us a hard time
Fine figure face looks like Arnie but all OK to bad that nobody from Hasbro come to Poland in 92 becousse Russian Army withdraw was in 93 . So sometime you could talk with Russians too .
Ahhh, more lame ass gimmicks. ( the rocket launcher)