OG Storm Shadow was unobtainable. One kid in the neighborhood had him. The second round was a bit more available (the version where he was becoming an ally to the Joes). We tried to learn Ninjitsu as kids, and I still bhagwa walk naturally from my ninja training lol!
I still remember my GI Joe coloring book I had when I was maybe 6-8 or so. I colored Storm Shadow red and I was pretty sure I created the coolest Ninja ever
As much as I've loved ninjas - mad props for showing American Ninja, that and the sequel were mine and my brother's favorite movies growing up - I was never really big into the ninjas of G.I. Joe. I love it that you used the silver sword Snake Eyes figure at 41:03 - I LOVED THAT FIGURE. Not my top favorite, but easily a top 5. And lastly, I only recently (like a few days ago) found out that Arashikage is derived from Japanese - Arashi: Storm and Kage: Shadow.
I agree on Snake Eyes. Very cool as a ninja, adds to his lethality, but I still think of him as a commando first. And I never accepted Firefly as a ninja. Better as an urban camo saboteur. Was playing Taboo a long time ago and a friend turned to me when he was doing clues. He said, "GI Joe female ninja" and I immediately answered "Jinx."
That is hilarious they treat Snake Eyes like Frankenstein from Death Race. Snake Eyes is a symbol anyone can wear the mask but not everyone has the skills.
Considering how much Larry has been responsible for Snake Eyes entire story, he had every right to change things up. Sean was ok in the role. Dawn was good. The actual stories behind the masks were also good.
Nice fun ranking 🙂 I always seen Scarlett as part of the ninja clan, cause she has the same symbols as Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. I havn't read much more than the 38 issues of GI Joe that made it to Denmark, but the storyline with Blind master and Billy is there, with Scarlett and the other ninjas working together.
38:23 He looks less of a Billy Kessler and more of a young Snake Plissken. An official Billy Kessler classified figure release would be dope to own. His figure design would be white ninja outfit, with the special feature being a detachable leg.
Great video! There were some really deep cuts in there; some I had forgotten about and some I didn’t even know about. There were some omissions. Tiger Claw and Shadow Strike, from the ninja battles playset. Ashiko, from the Pursuit of Cobra toy line. Cyber Ninja, Cobra Combat Ninja and Red Fang Ninja from the Retaliation toy line. Also, Ninja Ku and Cobra De Hielo from South America.
I don't think Quick Kick is a ninja, more just a martial artist. Helix was questionable, but it seems her training was mostly from her mom, who was a martial artist. So I don't think she gets official ninja status, but I could be wrong on that one. But if Quick Kick was a ninja, he'd be high on the list. One of my favorite all time characters
Ele é um Samurai. Kick eh apenas um Samurai (soldado) que faz trabalho de espião (ninja) afinal ele é da inteligência. A origem dos templos Shaulin fundamentaram os ensinamentos do MKF Marvel , inclusive ele treino o Kick. Então com certeza como Bushido, ou Budo ele deveria estar nessa lista. Outros que poderiam estar seria Scarlet afinal na revista n⁰1 Gijoe ela salva o refen com uma estrela ninja. E pra ficar claro ninja eh uma função. Nesse caso o Chuckles é um tipo de commando/ninja. Afinal Ninjas Vipers não tem formação em clãs como Arashikage ou Koga* (*clã do Firefly)
My 1st gi joe was zap, Rock n roll and Snake eyes. For my 3rd birthday. But for my fifth birthday I bought my first Joes with birthday money and saw Quick kick and Storm Shadow and was hooked from there on. Ps I always considered the orange and blue Alley viper with a shield as a ninja along with Spirit as a martial artist.
Zartan is a member of the Arisakagi clan. He was assigned by Cobra Commander to infiltrate the clan in order to recruit Storm Shadow & simultaneously take revenge on Snake Eyes( who'd joined the Arisakagi by that point) because he blamed Snake Eyes' biological family for the death of his (CC's). Zartan went "full Stockholm Syndrome" because of the "Soft Master" who treated him with more kindness than he'd ever experienced in his life. Cobra Commander had to pull a "two-fer": threatening to expose Zartan as an assassin sent to wreak havoc on the Arisakagi Clan & subverting & hiring the "Faceless Master" of the clan(who eventually became Firefly) to actually do the deed & kill the Soft Master(Tommy Arisakagi's--Storm Shadow's uncle) & make it look like either Snake Eyes or Zartan was responsible if Storm Shadow ever started searching for "bread crumbs." Thus Storm Shadow finds the Hard Master(his other uncle who walked into Firefly's ambush) dying in Snake Eyes' arms with a compound bow arrow piercing his chest.
Great list and awesome choices, though I'd personally have Billy above Jinx. He and Kwinn were the two biggest absentees in the classic run, in my opinion. I'm glad you didn't include Scarlett, I don't see her as a ninja either, although I wouldn't have included Zartan or Firefly on a list of ninjas either. Their ninja status was just too much of a 90's retcon for me.
I just came across your video. It’s very good. However, although it’s been a very long time, Zartan didn’t kill the hard master. I believe it was revealed that although Zartan was hired to kill snake eyes, he kept delaying. So cobra commander activated his back up assassin…firefly. Firefly was the ninja that trained with the clan who had his face blurred in all photos. Firefly retrieved the arrow and did the assassination. The comics initially led us to believe it was Zartan but subsequent issues proved it to be firefly.
I can guarantee you there are so many Italian ninjas because of Karate Kid. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Nunchuck shares a first name with Ralph Macchio and Dojo almost shares a last name with Daniel Larusso.
Really enjoying your vids and im learning a lot, im a HUGE GI Joe fan but i see theres a lot idk!!! Im surprise you didn't included Ninja Force Scarlett and im surprise back in the day that they didn't do a NF Lady Jaye!!??... i should know this but i think we only got one version of Lady Jaye.... thats weird!! You should do a vid about some character's who only got one version and deserve another... or versions of characters that we dont know or completely forgot!!
Excellent video. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are tied for the best in my opinion. You can't have one without the other. I would rank Billy Kessler as third. I used Nunchuk as Billy in my personal kid/ teen canon. Billy had assumed a false alias with a code name to get into the Ninja Force that only Storm Shadow and Zartan knew about. Zartan would be 4. Slice and Dice rank 5 and 6 for me. I like to think that there's still a lot of potential for these two characters in a G.I. Joe reboot someday. The Night Creepers rank 7 for me. After that, it gets difficult.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal You were lucky to have Storm Shadow v1. There's no way that I would have been able to swap heads on the 1992 Ninja Force figures without breaking them.
Awesome video!!! We would have gotten along great as kids. My question is What about Quick Kick & Budo? You would think they’d have the skills to hang or be formidable if they were brought on to GI Joe for their respective skillsets. Samurai were the historical enemy of the ninja. Would there be a special category for the likes of Quick Kick & Budo?
Yes, we would have! As for Budo & Quick Kick, I'd say they are not ninjas. I also didn't include Agent Helix, because even though she fights like a ninja, she did not specifically have ninja training.
To be fair, I prefer how the Night Creeper Leader looked in the early 90s DIC cartoon. Honestly, before I found out that he was a ninja, I used always pretend that Firefly was a ninja, cause he looked like one.
Yes. Maybe the only thing the DIC cartoon got right. He actually looks like he fits with the Night Creepers. Tiger pajamas boy looks like he has nothing to do with them
Ok dude, I had to pause the video. "Banzai" #5 accessory is a sun protection mask and #8 is a knee brace. Lol wtf I got a knee brace I wear sometimes. I even got a Halloween mask or two from my kids trick or treating. Maybe Cobra will hire me! 😂 I can't help it the knee brace as an accessory made me spit out my Dr Pepper. No shit. That's a good one there.Possible edits to this comment will probably ensue. Now, back to the list. ✌️
Ya man I'm with you, there can only be one snake eyes. They really had a chance there to show that he's NOT replaceable, and they totally should have. The few comics I've had the chance to read clearly showed Snake Eyes (admittedly always my favorite character) had unmatched skills in many ways. To have someone just burn their face, lose vocal chords, and suddenly be as good as Snake Eyes at what he does is just plain insulting, not to mention ridiculous
I agree with the top 3 rankings! I haven't read many comics but I love the lore and the toys. G.I.Joe is my all time favorite toy line! Soldiers and ninjas 🥷 rule!
Snake Eyes will always be #1 just because he is the pinnacle of martial skill, wisdom, military training, morals, and mystery. He is an all-rounder and gets things done. But I'm willing to capitulate that Storm Shadow v2 is the #1 ninja we need in Classified figure form.
.... and speaking of Ninja "craze" when we were kids, i cannot believe the weapons me and my friends had, it was SO DANGEROUS!!!!.... it was the 80s, are parents didn't give AF !!!
I don't think so. There's Bushido, which is a super dumb character, but I don't recall Budo being a ninja and I did look through 3D Joes. But I also missed a bunch, so it is possible
Didn't Bushido come out first as strictly a samurai character? I didn't even know about the ninja version. I also could have swore he was portrayed as being at least part Japanese in the comics, I even thought it was mentioned he was in a relationship with Jinx.
I have that hard master figure sigma 6 is very underrated and that figure unboxed (I opened mine I don’t like to collect and not open them, they’re toys dammit) goes for hundred if dollars now everyone to have caught onto how cool it was and it’s hands down the best hard master figure ever
I remember exactly the same thing. I was 10 years old, I walked into the store and saw a white ninja. that made my mind explode. white ninja!? Until then we had only seen black ninjas.
I guess I'm different than most. If there was a figure I liked and they made it basically just another color I loved it. That's why I like the Ninja Viper and I guess the reason Faker is my second fav motu figure. IDK that's just me
I really liked Faker and Prince Adam myself. Something about those colors just worked for me even though it was most certainly a 'greedy' move on the company's part.
Those are fighting words, but Bruce Lee would probably agree. Besides, Quick kick was tough enough to go shirtless AND eat Popsicles in a frozen tundra. He takes this!
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Yeah I don't remember either. I saw them at a thrift store in the late 90's. They might have been a mexican or south american version, I seem to recall everything being in Spanish.
I agree Snake Eyes is commando 1st ninja second, but he's still #1 cause he's well, Snake Eyes. When I started watching the cartoon at somewhere around 4 or 5 years old? I think? I was born in '83, anyways Snake Eyes to me was BY FAR AND AWAY the coolest Joe. I mean he was just way more badass than anyone else, and that's saying something cause the cartoon had a lot of really cool Joes
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I pretty much struck Devil's Due from my lexicon. Except Kamakura, I guess. I guess you could look at Akiko as 'at least they didn't make her Jinx.' Was she horny for Snake Eyes? I just don't remember beyond the constantly not killing him LOL. Ninja Force Scarlett has a 'big butt' but it ain't the kind I would want. I like my pancakes on a plate if you get me. I think in 92 somebody else sort of started writing the file cards. T'JBang was my favorite BY FAR. According to Larry in the letter's column Firefly was "the Faceless Master" and he had it in his pocket for all those years. Even back then, I was....skeptical. But he was definitely a ninja- a master even, although he was admittedly no match for Snake Eyes. You didn't say WHY Zartan was Onihashi's assistant or WHY he was guilty that he killed himself. Zartan became his assistant to assassinate Snake Eyes, and Onihashi knew he was a snake from the beginning.When he killed the Hard Master, Onihashi's honor was destroyed and he committed Sepukku because of it. Also, he was T;Jbang's master at some point. Both the Master and Apprentice stories (regarding SE's first pupil) have bad things going on - they fridged her in that story, and you covered Storm Shadow adequately. The Soft Master delivers one of my favorite lines in the series when he discusses Okinawa Japan and how you can't legislate hand guns in Issue 27. Snake Eyes' brain waves are the most monitored brain waves on the brain wave scanner - it was introduced with HIM in it in issue 10 - it's how we first get any glint of his past as a ninja - 11 issues before Storm Shadow shows up! Regardless, I'd like a Dawn Moreno (Italian??) Classified figure. Billy got a figure in FSS. He definitely needs more toys, bur they seem to be leaning into the Commander being a weirdo from Cobra-La. Jinx is Jinx. She's great! Storm Shadow also delivers one of my favorite lines from the comic - "The only reason to master violence is to abolish it." His need for vengeance ended with his "death" in issue 47, but yes. He's the man. Snake Eyes is number one for me, commando or ninja. He's the standard by which everyone should live (at least after maybe issue one where he suggests killing Dr. Burkhardt would be more logical than a rescue). He's the most honorable, least jealous, most skilled, has the greatest moral compass despite being a stone cold killer. He's a 'perfect' character, but not in an annoying way (to me). You can probably tell I'm a big Joe fan, too. LOL I love Transformers even more (even if the comic was inferior to GIjoe).
As a child I hated GI Joe figures almost as much as Transformers, but for some reason Slice & Dice remain the only 2 toys I ever worked up the nerve to just randomly ask my dad to buy and not get my ass beat.
My mistake. Budo wasn’t part of Ninja Force. He was released in 1988 and Ninja Force didn’t arrive until 1992. I mentally lump all the martial artists together, even though Jinx, Quick Kick and Budo predate Ninja Force. Because of the Joe movie and animated series, I can visualize Jinx and Quick Kick apart from the other martial artists. I’ve erroneously lumped Budo in with Ninja Force.
@@rach4carlosBudo was supposed to be part of Ninja Force in 95. There are pics out there of an unreleased figure. Maybe thats why you thought he was in there 😊 Flint and Road Pig was also supposed to be in the Ninja Force line in 95 😂
I agree with you totally on the death of snake eyes arc. the writing felt forced, especially how they brought in 2 snake eyes characters after, hated it. Also hated to blue cyborg ninjas 😆 🤣. The new run and the transformers crossover is rocking right now
Yeah, the new run of GI Joe has been mixed. Some really good stuff, like the Agent Helix series, and a lot of very mixed, too sci-fi for me crap. I need to check out the Skybound stuff
as a huge 90s joe fan i for once have to agree with you on a lot of your comments. the pile driver was one of the worst vehicles in the entire line, right up there with the cobra rat. however in saying that i did like T'GIN-ZU it was a nice repaint of the 91 storm shadow (who is one one of my favorite versions of storm shadow). Also i know ninja force scarlet gets a lot of hate and i get it with her larger butt and lack of articulation, but she did have a good head sculpt , far better looking head sculpt then the 82 butterface version. i will disagree on t-bang and dojo i think these are 2 of the worst ninja force characters/figures. very boring and goofy looking. my top favs for ninjas would be slice/dice, 89/91 storm shadow and jinx
Scarlett ninja force and Ashiko, and Cyber ninjas, Shadowstrike, hard master, master Sato, gi joe extreme black dragon, Tiger claw, ninja bats, jhankre (red ninja priestess from movie. Ninja ku, Olympia and kirugun from that stupid deadgame comic..These are some of the missing ninja.
To me there are only two Snake-Eyes figures from the original line. And that's the first two. Commando version is probably second and Knight visor version is the best. The other Snake-Eyes figures that came after were gawd awful. The third one gave him silver bifocals and made him look bizarre and then the one where he's wearing a hat and he's wearing blue just looked stupid. Just my opinions.
I like the third one because he came with badass weapons- like the three-pronged nunchucks & Blowgun but I don't need a classified version, because-- already too many damn Snake Eyes figures. Yeah, the blue one is dumb
OG Storm Shadow was unobtainable. One kid in the neighborhood had him. The second round was a bit more available (the version where he was becoming an ally to the Joes). We tried to learn Ninjitsu as kids, and I still bhagwa walk naturally from my ninja training lol!
Ha! Yes, I also tried to learn ninjitsu. We had a store callled "Ninja World" near my house. You could buy all kinds of awesome deadly weapons there
I love ninjas! I grew up in the 80’s, either gonna love them or hate them.
80s' was the decade of the ninja!
Lovem
I love that picture of a filled toy store shelf from the 80's. Those were the days.
YEes, those are great. I found them online. There's a bunch online
GI Joe is basically: "What if a bunch of feuding ninjas got caught up in the War on Terror?... oh, and sometimes there are lasers and robots."
That sounds amazing, right?
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimaldon't forget double dealing bankers, er weapons dealers! I meant weapon dealers!🤫😉😆
I still remember my GI Joe coloring book I had when I was maybe 6-8 or so. I colored Storm Shadow red and I was pretty sure I created the coolest Ninja ever
As much as I've loved ninjas - mad props for showing American Ninja, that and the sequel were mine and my brother's favorite movies growing up - I was never really big into the ninjas of G.I. Joe. I love it that you used the silver sword Snake Eyes figure at 41:03 - I LOVED THAT FIGURE. Not my top favorite, but easily a top 5. And lastly, I only recently (like a few days ago) found out that Arashikage is derived from Japanese - Arashi: Storm and Kage: Shadow.
I do love the ninjas, but got a little sick of them at the end. Larry loves his ninjas
I agree on Snake Eyes. Very cool as a ninja, adds to his lethality, but I still think of him as a commando first.
And I never accepted Firefly as a ninja. Better as an urban camo saboteur.
Was playing Taboo a long time ago and a friend turned to me when he was doing clues. He said, "GI Joe female ninja" and I immediately answered "Jinx."
Yeah, the whole "Firefly is also a ninja" plot felt very tacked on. Never worked for me
This guys pretty cool. Good to see more content about G.I. Joe.
Fantastic work, I just love these videos
Thanks!
Gr8 list! Think this' the 2nd time I've watched it. Thanks
That is hilarious they treat Snake Eyes like Frankenstein from Death Race. Snake Eyes is a symbol anyone can wear the mask but not everyone has the skills.
Right? It was not Larry's best work.
If you had Eagle Force you would have known because they had a blue ninja. 🥷
Considering how much Larry has been responsible for Snake Eyes entire story, he had every right to change things up. Sean was ok in the role. Dawn was good. The actual stories behind the masks were also good.
Great list and ranking.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video.
It made me want to see a ranking of the different Snake Eyes figures
I've always been partial to the original. The one with his wolf was okay, but I'm more of a minimalist.
Thanks! Yeah, there are enough of them, that's for sure
Yeah, I like Commando Snake Eyes, Especially in Classified
I’m 2 minutes in had to give it a LIKE just for the big anticipation
Really great video! I am a new (and younger at that) G.I Joe fan so thanks for being a great channel to feed my new growing interest.~
Thanks! Glad to see it surviving past people who were born in the 70's/80's
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal for sure! Thought being a new / young fan (and from the UK at that) it’s not easy but it’s definitely fun
Saying you're not a ninja is something a ninja would say.
Nice fun ranking 🙂 I always seen Scarlett as part of the ninja clan, cause she has the same symbols as Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. I havn't read much more than the 38 issues of GI Joe that made it to Denmark, but the storyline with Blind master and Billy is there, with Scarlett and the other ninjas working together.
Cool list - thanks for making it!
38:23
He looks less of a Billy Kessler and more of a young Snake Plissken. An official Billy Kessler classified figure release would be dope to own. His figure design would be white ninja outfit, with the special feature being a detachable leg.
Great video! There were some really deep cuts in there; some I had forgotten about and some I didn’t even know about. There were some omissions. Tiger Claw and Shadow Strike, from the ninja battles playset. Ashiko, from the Pursuit of Cobra toy line. Cyber Ninja, Cobra Combat Ninja and Red Fang Ninja from the Retaliation toy line. Also, Ninja Ku and Cobra De Hielo from South America.
Oh damn. Good catch. I missed a bunch
I was all about the Ninja force. Great video
Thanks!
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Originally, I thought Dawn's story was going to be a tragedy about a kid who grew up cobra.
That would have been cool. What he did in the end was pretty interesting
Great stuff I was surprised no mention of Quick Kick or Helix tho
I don't think Quick Kick is a ninja, more just a martial artist. Helix was questionable, but it seems her training was mostly from her mom, who was a martial artist. So I don't think she gets official ninja status, but I could be wrong on that one.
But if Quick Kick was a ninja, he'd be high on the list. One of my favorite all time characters
Ele é um Samurai. Kick eh apenas um Samurai (soldado) que faz trabalho de espião (ninja) afinal ele é da inteligência. A origem dos templos Shaulin fundamentaram os ensinamentos do MKF Marvel , inclusive ele treino o Kick. Então com certeza como Bushido, ou Budo ele deveria estar nessa lista. Outros que poderiam estar seria Scarlet afinal na revista n⁰1 Gijoe ela salva o refen com uma estrela ninja. E pra ficar claro ninja eh uma função. Nesse caso o Chuckles é um tipo de commando/ninja. Afinal Ninjas Vipers não tem formação em clãs como Arashikage ou Koga* (*clã do Firefly)
My 1st gi joe was zap, Rock n roll and Snake eyes. For my 3rd birthday. But for my fifth birthday I bought my first Joes with birthday money and saw Quick kick and Storm Shadow and was hooked from there on. Ps I always considered the orange and blue Alley viper with a shield as a ninja along with Spirit as a martial artist.
Zartan is a member of the Arisakagi clan. He was assigned by Cobra Commander to infiltrate the clan in order to recruit Storm Shadow & simultaneously take revenge on Snake Eyes( who'd joined the Arisakagi by that point) because he blamed Snake Eyes' biological family for the death of his (CC's).
Zartan went "full Stockholm Syndrome" because of the "Soft Master" who treated him with more kindness than he'd ever experienced in his life. Cobra Commander had to pull a "two-fer": threatening to expose Zartan as an assassin sent to wreak havoc on the Arisakagi Clan & subverting & hiring the "Faceless Master" of the clan(who eventually became Firefly) to actually do the deed & kill the Soft Master(Tommy Arisakagi's--Storm Shadow's uncle) & make it look like either Snake Eyes or Zartan was responsible if Storm Shadow ever started searching for "bread crumbs." Thus Storm Shadow finds the Hard Master(his other uncle who walked into Firefly's ambush) dying in Snake Eyes' arms with a compound bow arrow piercing his chest.
Great list and awesome choices, though I'd personally have Billy above Jinx. He and Kwinn were the two biggest absentees in the classic run, in my opinion.
I'm glad you didn't include Scarlett, I don't see her as a ninja either, although I wouldn't have included Zartan or Firefly on a list of ninjas either. Their ninja status was just too much of a 90's retcon for me.
Yeah Billy and Kwinn are my two most wanted classified figures.
I just came across your video.
It’s very good.
However, although it’s been a very long time, Zartan didn’t kill the hard master.
I believe it was revealed that although Zartan was hired to kill snake eyes, he kept delaying. So cobra commander activated his back up assassin…firefly.
Firefly was the ninja that trained with the clan who had his face blurred in all photos. Firefly retrieved the arrow and did the assassination.
The comics initially led us to believe it was Zartan but subsequent issues proved it to be firefly.
I can guarantee you there are so many Italian ninjas because of Karate Kid.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Nunchuck shares a first name with Ralph Macchio and Dojo almost shares a last name with Daniel Larusso.
Oh, yeah! Good point
keep the videos coming. how do you feel about Spirit and or Quick Kick.
I love them both.
So glad to hear that other people are of the same mind as I am when it comes to Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.
The thirsty one would be the least threatening. True Kinoichi.
I didn't realize that G.I.Joe had so many Ninjas. Fortunately, ninjas aren’t dangerous. They’re more afraid of you than you are of them…
I can honestly say I have never met a ninja,
Really enjoying your vids and im learning a lot, im a HUGE GI Joe fan but i see theres a lot idk!!! Im surprise you didn't included Ninja Force Scarlett and im surprise back in the day that they didn't do a NF Lady Jaye!!??... i should know this but i think we only got one version of Lady Jaye.... thats weird!! You should do a vid about some character's who only got one version and deserve another... or versions of characters that we dont know or completely forgot!!
I feel like Scarlett is not a ninja, just is banging a ninja. So ninja by injection?
Excellent video. Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are tied for the best in my opinion. You can't have one without the other.
I would rank Billy Kessler as third. I used Nunchuk as Billy in my personal kid/ teen canon. Billy had assumed a false alias with a code name to get into the Ninja Force that only Storm Shadow and Zartan knew about.
Zartan would be 4.
Slice and Dice rank 5 and 6 for me. I like to think that there's still a lot of potential for these two characters in a G.I. Joe reboot someday.
The Night Creepers rank 7 for me. After that, it gets difficult.
Yes, I had an extra storm shadow and I disassembled him and put on a joe head and made an eyepatch using a sharpie to make Billy
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal You were lucky to have Storm Shadow v1. There's no way that I would have been able to swap heads on the 1992 Ninja Force figures without breaking them.
Shinobi were despised for using " technology" to overcome obstacles.
Can you say more?
Awesome video!!! We would have gotten along great as kids. My question is What about Quick Kick & Budo? You would think they’d have the skills to hang or be formidable if they were brought on to GI Joe for their respective skillsets. Samurai were the historical enemy of the ninja. Would there be a special category for the likes of Quick Kick & Budo?
Yes, we would have! As for Budo & Quick Kick, I'd say they are not ninjas. I also didn't include Agent Helix, because even though she fights like a ninja, she did not specifically have ninja training.
Fun content! Rank all Vipers.
Great idea. That will be a long-ass video though
To be fair, I prefer how the Night Creeper Leader looked in the early 90s DIC cartoon. Honestly, before I found out that he was a ninja, I used always pretend that Firefly was a ninja, cause he looked like one.
Yes. Maybe the only thing the DIC cartoon got right. He actually looks like he fits with the Night Creepers. Tiger pajamas boy looks like he has nothing to do with them
I enjoyed the comic portrayal of the Night Creepers as a consultancy
Storm Shadow is just the coolest character, gen 1 and 2 just perfection 👌🏾
Ok dude, I had to pause the video. "Banzai" #5 accessory is a sun protection mask and #8 is a knee brace. Lol wtf I got a knee brace I wear sometimes. I even got a Halloween mask or two from my kids trick or treating. Maybe Cobra will hire me! 😂 I can't help it the knee brace as an accessory made me spit out my Dr Pepper. No shit. That's a good one there.Possible edits to this comment will probably ensue. Now, back to the list. ✌️
Ha. I didn't catch that. Wow, he just got even more lame.
Ya man I'm with you, there can only be one snake eyes. They really had a chance there to show that he's NOT replaceable, and they totally should have. The few comics I've had the chance to read clearly showed Snake Eyes (admittedly always my favorite character) had unmatched skills in many ways. To have someone just burn their face, lose vocal chords, and suddenly be as good as Snake Eyes at what he does is just plain insulting, not to mention ridiculous
Agreed. It was the lamest thing ever. Hated it.
I completely forgot about the ninja force. I loved those characters
Ya no way can I think of Firefly as a ninja. That's like telling me Beachead is a ninja
I agree with the top 3 rankings! I haven't read many comics but I love the lore and the toys. G.I.Joe is my all time favorite toy line! Soldiers and ninjas 🥷 rule!
The comic is pretty great. Definitely the greatest toy line of all time
I also never thought Quick Kick got his credit. He was a comedian martial artist.that was all about the ladies. The 80s were great
Snake Eyes will always be #1 just because he is the pinnacle of martial skill, wisdom, military training, morals, and mystery. He is an all-rounder and gets things done.
But I'm willing to capitulate that Storm Shadow v2 is the #1 ninja we need in Classified figure form.
Yeah, he is my favorite character. I just prefer commando style
.... and speaking of Ninja "craze" when we were kids, i cannot believe the weapons me and my friends had, it was SO DANGEROUS!!!!.... it was the 80s, are parents didn't give AF !!!
Yes, We had a store nearby in Warwick RI called Ninja World. I bought throwing stars and swords, No one cared, The 80's were great
Ninjas were my favorite thing as a kid
Love your videos! Kwwp up the great work, Can you please do a video ranking the vipers?
*keep :)
Great idea. Holy shit, that might be two hours long. There's a lot of em
I hope so :) But it will be worth it! Fun for all Joe fans across the globe! @@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal
Wut up mah ninja
Loved the og Firefly!
Didn't Budo get the ninja force treatment?
I don't think so. There's Bushido, which is a super dumb character, but I don't recall Budo being a ninja and I did look through 3D Joes. But I also missed a bunch, so it is possible
Didn't Bushido come out first as strictly a samurai character? I didn't even know about the ninja version.
I also could have swore he was portrayed as being at least part Japanese in the comics, I even thought it was mentioned he was in a relationship with Jinx.
Damn! Wonder how many people got hurt in the making of that Ninja Force commercial.!? lol😅
Yes, they probably got hurt walking into walls. Those costumes do not look comfortable
I have that hard master figure sigma 6 is very underrated and that figure unboxed (I opened mine I don’t like to collect and not open them, they’re toys dammit) goes for hundred if dollars now everyone to have caught onto how cool it was and it’s hands down the best hard master figure ever
I remember exactly the same thing. I was 10 years old, I walked into the store and saw a white ninja. that made my mind explode. white ninja!? Until then we had only seen black ninjas.
John Carpenter also Directed The Elvis Movie that Kurt Russell played Elvis in! And was the first collaboration between John and Kurt!
I guess I'm different than most. If there was a figure I liked and they made it basically just another color I loved it. That's why I like the Ninja Viper and I guess the reason Faker is my second fav motu figure. IDK that's just me
to me, it just represents a little bit of laziness on their part.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal yeah it is. They seen kids like me coming. The original had to be a figure I really liked though.
I really liked Faker and Prince Adam myself. Something about those colors just worked for me even though it was most certainly a 'greedy' move on the company's part.
Quick Kick is taking 90% of this list out🤘🤘
True, Ninjas are somewhat overrated. Larry Hama treats them like superheroes.
Those are fighting words, but Bruce Lee would probably agree. Besides, Quick kick was tough enough to go shirtless AND eat Popsicles in a frozen tundra. He takes this!
No shirt no shoes no service for quick kick!
"I am not a ninja."
-- a ninja, probably
Do you remember when they released GIJOE figures which came with real face paint for you to wear?
Damn, vaguely Which line was that? I can't remember
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Yeah I don't remember either. I saw them at a thrift store in the late 90's. They might have been a mexican or south american version, I seem to recall everything being in Spanish.
I agree Snake Eyes is commando 1st ninja second, but he's still #1 cause he's well, Snake Eyes. When I started watching the cartoon at somewhere around 4 or 5 years old? I think? I was born in '83, anyways Snake Eyes to me was BY FAR AND AWAY the coolest Joe. I mean he was just way more badass than anyone else, and that's saying something cause the cartoon had a lot of really cool Joes
Yes, he is. Especially badass in GI JOE: Resolute, where he basically kills like Jason in a Friday 13th movie
I totally forgot about Ninja Force but that's probably for the best...
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Have you read the 5 issue IDW "Snake-Eyes: Agent of Cobra" series? If you like Ronin (and Billy) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
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I pretty much struck Devil's Due from my lexicon. Except Kamakura, I guess.
I guess you could look at Akiko as 'at least they didn't make her Jinx.' Was she horny for Snake Eyes? I just don't remember beyond the constantly not killing him LOL.
Ninja Force Scarlett has a 'big butt' but it ain't the kind I would want. I like my pancakes on a plate if you get me. I think in 92 somebody else sort of started writing the file cards. T'JBang was my favorite BY FAR.
According to Larry in the letter's column Firefly was "the Faceless Master" and he had it in his pocket for all those years. Even back then, I was....skeptical. But he was definitely a ninja- a master even, although he was admittedly no match for Snake Eyes.
You didn't say WHY Zartan was Onihashi's assistant or WHY he was guilty that he killed himself. Zartan became his assistant to assassinate Snake Eyes, and Onihashi knew he was a snake from the beginning.When he killed the Hard Master, Onihashi's honor was destroyed and he committed Sepukku because of it. Also, he was T;Jbang's master at some point.
Both the Master and Apprentice stories (regarding SE's first pupil) have bad things going on - they fridged her in that story, and you covered Storm Shadow adequately.
The Soft Master delivers one of my favorite lines in the series when he discusses Okinawa Japan and how you can't legislate hand guns in Issue 27.
Snake Eyes' brain waves are the most monitored brain waves on the brain wave scanner - it was introduced with HIM in it in issue 10 - it's how we first get any glint of his past as a ninja - 11 issues before Storm Shadow shows up! Regardless, I'd like a Dawn Moreno (Italian??) Classified figure.
Billy got a figure in FSS. He definitely needs more toys, bur they seem to be leaning into the Commander being a weirdo from Cobra-La.
Jinx is Jinx. She's great!
Storm Shadow also delivers one of my favorite lines from the comic - "The only reason to master violence is to abolish it." His need for vengeance ended with his "death" in issue 47, but yes. He's the man.
Snake Eyes is number one for me, commando or ninja. He's the standard by which everyone should live (at least after maybe issue one where he suggests killing Dr. Burkhardt would be more logical than a rescue). He's the most honorable, least jealous, most skilled, has the greatest moral compass despite being a stone cold killer. He's a 'perfect' character, but not in an annoying way (to me).
You can probably tell I'm a big Joe fan, too. LOL I love Transformers even more (even if the comic was inferior to GIjoe).
I get Snake being number one. and you are dead on about his honor. That's one of the reasons the origins movie pissed me off
Agree on the Scarlett Big pancake butt. Just like sir Mix-a-lot, I like big butts--but not that kind
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal She's getting kind of a butt on the upcoming retro card figure.
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal Yeah, I'm not sure where "Snake Eyes" ever appeared in that movie. They were both pretty much Storm Shadow LOL
We need Slice and Dice classified figs
Did i miss quick kick?
I’m still a ninja
Ninja please. We all know who the top slots will go to! :)
Haha, love "Ninja Please"
man thank you so much for your videos.
please does anyone knows a store that i could buy gi joe ? im from Brazil and we dont have any store here =(
Thanks! If you want to buy online, you could try.... smalljoes.com/
4:30 that art. 100% Scorpion from MK.
As a child I hated GI Joe figures almost as much as Transformers, but for some reason Slice & Dice remain the only 2 toys I ever worked up the nerve to just randomly ask my dad to buy and not get my ass beat.
Really cool
What about budo? Road pig as well ..both ninja characters
Nah, Budo is a samurai. Samurai are the natural enemy of ninjas, Road Pig is also not a ninja
OPHELIA and BUSHIDO should have made the list.
They are on the list. Both of them
Demon Granny was Hard Master's wife.
Budo should’ve been given an honorable mention because he’s part of Ninja Force; even though he’s a Samurai.
When did he become part of Ninja Force? I don't see that figure anywhere? --However, I missed a lot, so I'm not disputing
My mistake. Budo wasn’t part of Ninja Force. He was released in 1988 and Ninja Force didn’t arrive until 1992. I mentally lump all the martial artists together, even though Jinx, Quick Kick and Budo predate Ninja Force. Because of the Joe movie and animated series, I can visualize Jinx and Quick Kick apart from the other martial artists. I’ve erroneously lumped Budo in with Ninja Force.
@@rach4carlosBudo was supposed to be part of Ninja Force in 95. There are pics out there of an unreleased figure. Maybe thats why you thought he was in there 😊
Flint and Road Pig was also supposed to be in the Ninja Force line in 95 😂
Any one remembers Sho Kosugi?
Of course! I loved all those ninja movies when I was a kid. I was ninja obsessed. Probably a lot of us were in the 80s
Why is this video even up? It's Snake Eyes then Storm Shadow then ... everybody else.
I agree with you totally on the death of snake eyes arc. the writing felt forced, especially how they brought in 2 snake eyes characters after, hated it. Also hated to blue cyborg ninjas 😆 🤣. The new run and the transformers crossover is rocking right now
Yeah, the new run of GI Joe has been mixed. Some really good stuff, like the Agent Helix series, and a lot of very mixed, too sci-fi for me crap. I need to check out the Skybound stuff
as a huge 90s joe fan i for once have to agree with you on a lot of your comments. the pile driver was one of the worst vehicles in the entire line, right up there with the cobra rat. however in saying that i did like T'GIN-ZU it was a nice repaint of the 91 storm shadow (who is one one of my favorite versions of storm shadow). Also i know ninja force scarlet gets a lot of hate and i get it with her larger butt and lack of articulation, but she did have a good head sculpt , far better looking head sculpt then the 82 butterface version. i will disagree on t-bang and dojo i think these are 2 of the worst ninja force characters/figures. very boring and goofy looking. my top favs for ninjas would be slice/dice, 89/91 storm shadow and jinx
Ha. "Butterface." So true. The original Cover Girl figure is even worse
Yeah really jumped the shark on the Ninjas. Lol
Should have kept it special and mysterious with Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes
Quick Kick should have been on your list as number 3 I am very very disapointed!
He's not a ninja. He just knows martial arts.
Where's Tigerclaw?
Oh yes, Missed him. He's from the really bad 3d cartoon, right?
@@DestroIsMySpiritAnimal yeah ninja battles. He's like a repaint of Kamakura
Snake eyes stom shadows slice dice my opinion everyone else can have there own
How about Jinx
Scarlett ninja force and Ashiko, and Cyber ninjas, Shadowstrike, hard master, master Sato, gi joe extreme black dragon, Tiger claw, ninja bats, jhankre (red ninja priestess from movie. Ninja ku, Olympia and kirugun from that stupid deadgame comic..These are some of the missing ninja.
Quick Kick #1. No Quick Kick, no Karate Kid. No Karate Kid no Season 6 of Cobra Kai!
😂 karate kid was before quick kick. 😂
Quick is not a ninja.
@@mamunestor 😞
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I agree I'm getting tired of ninjas it loses the effect of mysticism when the story lines are flooded
Traditionalist like Samurai despised technology, not knowing katana represents "technology".
Just saying u should have included ninja force F.S.S more updated figs only because u included classified figs
I thought I got all of em. Who am I missing? I know I missed a couple from the Retaliation line, but not Ninja Force specifically
Bushido, dojo, chitty chitty bang lol, banzai, slice,dice,ninja night creeper and nunchuck. I mean u did all ninja force but they updated them
To me there are only two Snake-Eyes figures from the original line. And that's the first two. Commando version is probably second and Knight visor version is the best. The other Snake-Eyes figures that came after were gawd awful. The third one gave him silver bifocals and made him look bizarre and then the one where he's wearing a hat and he's wearing blue just looked stupid. Just my opinions.
I like the third one because he came with badass weapons- like the three-pronged nunchucks & Blowgun but I don't need a classified version, because-- already too many damn Snake Eyes figures. Yeah, the blue one is dumb
Don't have to be Shinobi to study Ninjitsu.
Bro, same!
I loved jinx
It's Jinx at #1, and that's not up for debate!
No
@@stevenhenry5267 lol
Also snake-eyes is a blonde haired surfer boy not an Asian dude!!
Lloyd Goldfine!!!