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[morgardee]

Got my copy of G.I. Joe series 2 yesterday (by Dic).

It's real corny but not as bad as I remembered. Maybe it's because I'm watching it with my 5 year old. I also thought the into was different but it's not that far off the original opening song. A few words are changed like "International Hero" instead of "American hero" and a few other things like that.

Looks like Sgt Slaughter is in charge and Slaughters Marauders take a main role.

It's cheesy but I'm enjoying it.

That and I got it for me, so that helps.   

[latinjoe22]

Thank goodness for Chef Morgardee! Where did you find your copy of the box set if I may ask?

[morgardee]

Thank goodness for Chef Morgardee!

 

I had a free $40 gift certificate from Amazon.com so I cashed it and got a book for my son. And if anyone was wondering, Hairy Maclary And Zachary Quack is great read, for a five year old. 

http://www.amazon.ca/Hairy-Maclary-Zachary-Quack-Lynley/dp/0141330961/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326569687&sr=1-6

Kidding aside, Amazon is a good place to shop:

http://www.amazon.ca/G-I-Joe-S1-Michael-Benyaer/dp/B005SQRYJ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326569821&sr=8-1

It's worth adding it to your collection. The picture and sound quality is great, unlike those bootlegs that were floating around a few years back.

[canprime]

Found it this morning at Walmart (Kennedy/Sheppard) for $21.93.

[SnowHawk]

I grabbed my copy at Walmart this past Wednesday.  It is corny and cheesy, but hey... it's G.I. Joe.

I have a bootleg copy of the complete series already, but I am glad to get my hands on an official version of the show.  I hope the second part of the series comes out soon.

The interesting note is the insert that came with the DVD promoting other Shout box sets coming out.  On there Mask The Complete series is listed.  Has anybody heard about it yet, or has it been released?  I would like to get my hands on that series as well.

[bandonov]

Found it this morning at Walmart (Kennedy/Sheppard) for $21.93.

Thanks will go there after work

[canprime]

I grabbed my copy at Walmart this past Wednesday.  It is corny and cheesy, but hey... it's G.I. Joe.

I have a bootleg copy of the complete series already, but I am glad to get my hands on an official version of the show.  I hope the second part of the series comes out soon.

The interesting note is the insert that came with the DVD promoting other Shout box sets coming out.  On there Mask The Complete series is listed.  Has anybody heard about it yet, or has it been released?  I would like to get my hands on that series as well.

The complete series is already out.  I only found it at HMV, nowhere else.  It was around $70. 

To be honest, it isn't really worth the price.  I know we all say that these shows don't hold up to our childhood memories, but M.A.S.K. makes GI Joe and Transformers look like Shakespeare!!!!  The writing, dialogue, storylines and voice acting are all really bad!!  The best part of the show is the theme song!!!  It was really disappointing to see how truly bad a show it was, considering how great the toys were.

[canprime]

Found it this morning at Walmart (Kennedy/Sheppard) for $21.93.

Thanks will go there after work

Check out your local Walmarts, the copy I picked up this morning was the only one they had on the shelves so I don't know if they have more at that location.

[bandonov]

Thanks again, canprime!

[morgardee]

The interesting note is the insert that came with the DVD promoting other Shout box sets coming out.  On there Mask The Complete series is listed.  Has anybody heard about it yet, or has it been released?  I would like to get my hands on that series as well.

I use Amazon a lot for stuff like this:

http://www.amazon.ca/M-S-K-Complete-Doug-Stone/dp/B004ZKKL14/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326730939&sr=8-2

[SnowHawk]

http://hmv.ca/Stores/StoreStock.aspx?SKU=623367

I just checked stock with my local HMV and MASK is in stock for $69.99. 

[Jon S.]

I've been able to take out some time to watch this show. I'm about eight episodes in. I really enjoyed the Operation: Dragonfire story arc. As hokey as it is, there was a playfulness about it all that I was able to appreciate. Plus, who wasn't happy to see Cobra Commander come back from being a snake?

I haven't been as satisfied with the rest of the series. The "United We Stand" episode is probably the worst piece of G.I. Joe programming I've ever seen. Given that it was written by the same fellow (Tony Zalewski) who wrote "Chunnel", which I remember being especially bad, I shouldn't be surprised. I can only assume he thought he was writing for a much younger demographic? It really didn't come anywhere near "military fantasy."

The other episodes revolving around Night Creeper Leader as a Pharoah and Metal Head's grandmother provided some level of entertainment which is really all I was expecting from the show. So it's good that "United We Stand" was an anomaly.

Still, it's good to see the 1990/1991 Joes in action. I never got to see the DIC show much as a kid because of its odd airtime. I plan on sticking it out and watching the whole thing. I'll post more as I get to them.