His kid is the only reason I haven't trashed him. We all probably should lay off him for a bit. Dad's are our first heroes. Let the kid at least have a good memory of his pops. I lost mine a yr ago. Sure my dad fucked a bunch of shit up, but we all do. I really think dipshit Island was just trying to be "cool" and connect with his kid. Let's all call him a fucktard and move on
With his production skill and speaking ability, he could have been absolutely massive, especially with Classified blowing up. Too bad he wasn't a team player.
A good speaker, but very boring/monotone... but most channels with robotic voices tend to do well, that's why producers are looking to AI everything since people are attracted to robotic people anyway.
It’s sad to see someone who could have been as you say, welcomed with open arms, choose the wrong path. There are consequences to our actions. I’m still wearing the T-shirt at Joe Fest!
Not going to lie, I really liked the concept of his channel as far as an efficient source of info updates. However, as someone who really only came back into the community about 6-7 months ago, I really was aware of what he was doing. As I gradually got reintegrated and became fully educated about his tactics it was pretty easy to say "Nope, I'm not going to support that". I had hoped he would just own it, apologize and pledge to do the right thing going forward. Buuuuut he doubled down and went scorched earth so it was clear this day was inevitable, and rightly so.
Extremely well put, I totally agree and feel the same way. He could’ve easily just sucked it up and cleared the air. No he wanted to stand his ground and show his true colors. Well said.@juniorcecrle5072 👍
All I can tell you is I stopped watching there videos especially since I started realizing he was taking credit for everything with out crediting any one as we all know, know one succeeds with out help no man is an island.
I don't believe in wishing bad on anyone but I do believe in karma. I wonder if anyone is going to make a PSA spoof on this? "Hey kids, stealing photos and content can get you in trouble with RUclips. (Kids) "Now we know" "...and knowing is half the battle."
It's the do onto others' rule. It's very simple. Love what you love, and don't hurt anyone. His actions had consequences. Great video, Brother, and very well said.
I stopped watching him after I noticed he stole a video from a small channel. He cropped the guy right out, and left the interviewees in (I think it was Lenny and Emily of Hasbro). I also heard he used photos with permission, BUT didn't credit the guy. This was all before I knew he made numerous enemies. What a prick!
Watched only a few of his videos. The custom classifieds people sent him were pretty cool. Then he started calling himself "The Notorious Viper Island." And being a little cocky and cringey. And after that artistsharks vids where he made small cracks at VI were actually showing up on recommended. And because they were behind, I finally subscribed to shark. RUclips on my end was pushing VI over shark whom I watched at least as much. If not more. Even when I started watching him more, and Liam slim to none. And even over the Fwoosh whom I had been subscribed to for a while and never missed a single Weekly for at least two years now. I watched fwoosh off and on before that, I think. It seems seems like I didn't watch VI enough to see or, notice the stolen content. I had lost interest in the channel myself, already. But, I didn't yet understand the reason other channels had issues with VI. For a long time. Because, it took so long before I saw any video put out that explained what he did. The youtube algorithm must have hid any video that exposed VI right when it happened.
Stole what ? Pics that someone took of a product that Hasbro owns. So what that dude put up the Gi Joe movie. I been following him since day one before all the drama and I can tell you that the valaverse groupies that got him banned have been talking shit about him from day 1. I remember that. Then he eventually started firing back after about a year of them shit talking.
@@kevins1005”Stolen” is an overused word in the toy space. No dog in this fight but from what I saw, he was grabbing images off customizer sites and reposting without credit or even the customizer’s name he was showcasing. Taking an interview, editing out the creator and posting as his own might fit the legal definition of theft.
@@kevins1005 You're lying about how long you've been following _Viper Island_ because if you've following him for as long as you say have then you know that he took Travis and K.G.'s (from _A Toy Kinda Mood,)_ footage SDCC and claim it as his own and stole some pictures from _A Punk With Toys._
What’s sad is he is bringing his own son down with him and isn’t teaching his son through being a good example. His son would have had a huge upside when he got older and could have made his own channel. He still can, but the start will be very difficult.
The story floating around is so insane but with seeing what he’s done previously it’s very believable. He’s gotten some of what he deserves. It’s pretty crazy though.
I hope Viper Island is gone for good this time but who knows, maybe he will return like the Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker. VI is a cancer to the GI Joe community and the only person that got the community to band together to take down. People that really didn’t agree with each other did agree on one thing that VI is an awful human being.
Yes, that is a very good point that I wish I brought up in my video. This did bring the community closer together and I like how we can set aside our differences to concentrate on someone doing wrong in the fellowship.
I’m not going to lie Brothers but when I first started watching Viper Island for the first time I thought it was phenomenal. It never struck me that me was stealing content to (“enhance” Lol) his own show. Only you guys who produce all this great content in the RUclips community would know. Sad to see but I’m happy for the guys who are getting their content stolen to get justice.
I’m a new Classified collector. Viper Island was my favorite channel until I heard about the complaints from other collector channels. When Viper Island resorted to insulting his accusers, that sounded like a certain someone else in the news who insults accusers who have lots of evidence against him. That’s when I suspected Viper Island wasn’t as upstanding as they claimed. So I unsubscribed. Thanks for breaking the news. Hopefully, smaller Joe collector channels will shine brighter now.
I thought that too. He was clearly stealing from people. That is really bad. He could have just used the picture and given permission to who he used the image from. “And here is a great image from fellow RUclipsr X. Give them a shout out and check their awesome content out.” That’s all he’d have to do. Such a snake (yes the irony is intended).
@@nicholasdickens2801 See, I wasn’t aware of any of that. But all of his accusers had consistent stories for the most part. And all he offered in response was name calling or saying that everyone’s just jealous of him. Most times, that’s a sign of guilt. A dead giveaway.
Fellow Canadians that's apologizing for Viper Island please do not do that, It's not any of your fault some of us ppl in this world take the easy way to do things which leads to Negative Downfall, stealing and much more sickness, When you do everything the right way you gain Respect, Trust and so many great subcribers which sometimes can boost your confidence when your having a bad day! subscribers TeamWork makes the RUclipsrs Dreams Work!
One behavior of Liams that I just hated was the "LOOK guyz I TOLD you 1st!!!" shit-posting. He never told the community first UNLESS of course he swiped it. Thanks for the video man keep it coming!
Yeah, that was very annoying for me too when I used to watch him.😂😂 thank you sir. You have definitely found a fun channel. We will be live tonight at 8 PM Eastern. I have a good group in the chat and we have lots of fun. Come hang out on Tuesday night.👍
You can’t hide from karma and consequences. He’s finding that out. Some people are just that way though, they believe they are above the law and can treat people any way they feel like, but nope. All that bad behavior catches up to them. Everything you’re saying here is true and I’m glad to know ya! You’re building a positive community/fellowship/toyverse/etc. I hope you have a great week and awesome time at JoeFest, I’ll be at DFW, but hoping we can meet up at JoeLanta. Catch ya later!
Absolutely Mython!! we will link up at Joe Lanta and have a blast!! thank you so much, buddy for the kind words!! you’re the man!!👍👍 have a good weekend at DFW and tell ninja I said hello
That's great news! Swiper just F'd around and found out. It's good to know that he finally got his comeuppance. I dropped him early on when I realized that as a G.I. Joe Classified centric channel, he DID NOT support Classified. He routinely trashed every release, based largely from the opinion of his Son, who clearly didn't like G.I. Joe. I hated the fact that he would post "Breaking news" and show a picture of a highly anticipated Joe....only to find it was nothing more than a change to his internal poll. As if his internal poll was breaking news. Ridiculous! Then, he woukd take episodes he already published, rearrange the segments and release it as new content. It was just a garbage channel.
I admit I used to watch his videos and found them entertaining however I did notice that he would air segments that I had from other RUclipsrs and I realized that he was stealing from others. He never gave credit for other people's work which is just common courtesy. I unsubscribed from his channel a few months ago...feel sad for his son
I quit collecting Gi Joe classified due to the lack of distribution and the whole fanboy hunt for these things at the stores but seeing that this guy is gone will definitely get people to create there own content wether it’s gi joe or marvel legends the whole point of RUclips is to share with others and create relationships with the people that like the same things. Great video by the way. 😃👍
this is some good news i started collecting Classified series 2 months ago since the Techno Viper drop, which caught my eye. Been Army building since then, and to know a little drama of this is just crazy. Im glad justice surfaces to all Diaper Island victim
We love army building on this channel. I’m going to have an army building contest soon and all the big G.I. Joe classified armies will be welcome to compete.👍
Sadly there are. I’ve found Star Wars to be the worst and Doctor Who can be bad too. But and I will say but most of the fans are really nice, they just have a very vocal bunch of gate keepers who treat everyone like dirt. Most fans aren’t like that and are accepting of other people’s opinions and beliefs.
VI was doing a great job and did enjoy his videos but what he did was not right. Hopefully he learns from this lesson and renews himself in a better way. Will honestly miss VI updates on Classifieds.
That guy's whole brand was negativity, and being combative with the entire Joe community. For a while all his videos would talk about would be how much he hates Hasbro and, how much Hasbro hates their customers. Like, why have a channel dedicated to something you hate that much? As a Minnesotan, I resented the fact he'd almost always be wearing a Twins hat. Haha. Anyway, sounds like most people really disliked Liam, and his channel. I know I didn't care much for him or his content.
What a fitting Father's Day Surprise for many of y'all.👍 Back when we all were youngins. We had a kid in the neighborhood that had really sticky fingas... A group of us got together, wrote up some treasure hunt clues, I'm talking breadcrumb city! After a couple of hours of clue hunting, and a growing crowd of all us kids... (about 15 or so of us). The box with a message written on the white painted, tin lid. "Close your eyes & reach in with both hands for your reward" A young Liam could've benefited from the same experience as "Joe" from this story. Reaching in blindly & also becoming the new owner of "muddy" 🐶💩 🧤 Joe was "shitty" & crying & calling us all every cussword he knew. Ran home. We had a garden hose ready next door and a big cardboard box with plenty of toys from several of our toy boxes for him. A couple of us carried the box & dropped it off on their front porch. That "Joe" changed though that day. I mean some of us were savages as kids and some wore the smelliest🤢🤮gloves.
Is this really true that’s crazy !!! if it is sucks to be him but when you dip your foot in those waters , those are the results point blank great video Aaron ✌🏽
I'm not sure what rules he broke, but his production quality was very, very well done. Bar none. It never felt like the "basement videos" that most people do. Don't get me wrong, I like those, too. So, if I was gonna pick only one channel for G.I. Joe Classified news, who do you guys recommend? I'm a multiple interest guy who is into all kinds of stuff, so I'm probably not gonna watch a bunch of channels related just to G.I. Joe. Any recommendations?
A Punk With Toys.. he gives great news live every Monday night 9pm est. covers all lines and you can comment in the live chat and interact with people. It’s a lot of fun.👍
Yes, my channel got attacked yesterday with copyrights also around 3 o’clock. They’re very stupid when they do it because they copy strike about 40 videos of mine. I could see it when I went into the manage video section and everything was highlighted for review ..Anyways, it took about two hours for RUclips to figure out what was going on and restored all of my videos and I had no problem.. RUclips is not gonna stand for fake copy strikes and I’m sure Liam is surely done as far as his channel.. who knows what the future will hold. We will surely see.
You know you want punching nothing now or back in the day. Stop the 🧢. It’s just toys. I liked all of the Channels . His presentation is light years ahead of the rest. His personality was getting better than when he started, then the toy wars started and he to start acting like a kid. I also like sharks vibe😎and quick hits. What happened to his channel? Now we all loose over something none of us own.
You’re 100% correct I never punch anything especially today because I’ve trained jiu-jitsu for the past seven years. Someone makes me mad and wants to get physical ,they’re not walking away from me. And I’m not trying to act like a bully.. I can’t stand bullies, I just point out the absolute facts. but yeah, when a kid came and stole my toys when I was younger, he got punched in the face. I don’t think anyone would do it nowadays considering I have over 14 international IBJJF championships medals hanging in my living room 😂😂 I would definitely do some research before you start talking to people like you know them😂😂👍 by the way we’re going live tonight and we’re gonna have a great time. It starts 8 PM tonight. Come join the chat and talk real G.I. Joe with real people. You are more than welcome. I never did see viper Island go live. You might like it.🤷🏻♂️
I used to watch Diaper Island and then he started picking on other channels and thats when I said goodbye because bullies suck and they will never get my support.
I would love to see some other channels go. You can’t get credit for showing IP owned by a company. Credit should go to Hasbro for pictures and information about their products and IP.
Thank you so much hillbilly Harper!! I go live on Tuesday tonight we start at 8 p.m. Eastern time… come join the chat. It’s a lot of fun with really good folks.
@@hillbillyharper4008 absolutely buddy! I will be wearing a cobra viper costume or possibly a cobra officer costume. just like the one you see in my picture ,And most likely I’ll be surrounded with other toy tubers.👍
good report video bro well I don t feel guilt, as I tried to help him, I told him to change things on his channel, as the troubles were not the only issue, his stuff was getting old, repetitive. also, it was getting way too commercial, like he was making ads... and then he started suggesting to do products that were just bad. like CC in armour selling with the pogo pod... or sky patrol figs with no planes, very few want that, assured flop! Hasbro has got wise with the marauders s exclusives, as very few want them, a good choice. but then he goes and messes it up by suggesting new characters, when there s already too much of them, he promoted over consumption to please Hasbro except that it leads them wrong, and then there will be losses... it felt strongly as if he got freebies and now was licking assets! he also felt like he did a total U turn on his policy of being on the side of fans he clearly acted as if figs were free at some point, yeah, free for HIM! he also faked a review by just talking about the fig and articulations hey! this does nt work bud! you need to SHOW in hand how far the fig bends, I don t want to hear your word on it, ok? it clearly showed that he had no time to do things proper, and cut corners... again! the guy had a family, surely a job, more than one channel, a house to maintain, too much! so naturally he could nt compete with guys who are single and dedicated. and sooo right! it s their life, and he has another type of life, but he wanted more... I think he really fell into the numbers and ambition, inflated his head. he helped with head swaps by insisting, but that s what he said. it hurts all the community to lose guys that make joes pop but having a viper in our ranks is just not acceptable most of us may like Cobra too, but our values are those of joes. so now you know... good show bro
@@scottyphillips7799 no sorry, it s on purpose, it says ; I m one of the old guys of the 80s. fishing for some buds like you who remember, congrats bro, you have the code right, access granted! D thanks bro
I don't get it. What did he do? I liked his channel. I liked the content he was putting on youtube. Instead of throwing accusations, what exactly has he done? Isn't it everyone's goal to be number 1? He's always shouting out people who send him things. Fake copyrights? I need some insight here. Instead of accusations. What has he actually done?
@@mikesimmons4153 well there is several people that he has taken content video and still shots from. And his channel was shut down ultimately because he was doing fake copy strike. not to mention the first videos that he put up were unauthorized G.I. Joe movie videos that he got penalized for by RUclips. So he was already in trouble before he even started. RUclips will not stand for these things and it is very hard to get a channel shut down by RUclips. But obviously he was caught and they had to take action. I am seriously sympathetic that you’ve lost one of your favorite channels. And I apologize you have to hear all the bad things that made it happen. Hopefully you will find a new channel that you like. There are several to pick from I would recommend starting with the channels that go live. You can really get to know someone and be able to judge their true character with them going live at least once a week. Plus, you get to interact instead of posting messages. 👍 we go live Tuesday nights 9 PM Eastern please pop in and chat with us sometime
@@kthobbs_99 I will never delete any of my videos or retract any of my statements. It’s 100% accurate. If you want a channel that deletes everything they do ..I hear viper Island is back into action.😂😂. Poor guy has to delete every comment that is posted negative. I’d hate to have to do that to my channel and never will.. I stand by what I say. That includes my reviews and my complaints.
Just checked the channel and it's still up, just all of the content except for Community posts are gone. Usually when YT takes down a channel you can't even see the channel. It just gives you a blank page stating the channel was terminated in plain text
Like I said, all the Contant has been terminated. I’m not sure if it’s permanent or not.🤷🏻♂️ but it has been done through RUclips ,not a hacker like he stated… again, another lie that Liam just had to squeak out
Wonder if they took down a number of videos and he just mass-deleted or privated the rest of the stuff to either save face or protect himself from further claims
Damn. Like was already said, i don't wish bad on anyone. Im all about GI Joe and appreciate the updates but i actually commented on his channel about the negativity and bagging other channels. Bro, i don't give a F* about your you tube drama, just give me the joe news. Kind of glad that happened. Sorry
Hasbro was adamant about shutting down lots of fan made stuff I guess YT channels were just a matter of time.. Is Full Force shut down or are they REAL shills?
@Its.Chad. Absolutely agree It's clear that @kevins1005 has a touch of a deeper hatred/jealously with a group of collectors that have a stronger unifying forum than the website dedicated to the High Speed Sentry.
Please hang out with us sometime Tuesday night. I go live 9 PM Eastern. Come hang out and chat ,, join the club. Believe me, you won’t be disappointed.👍 we do trivia night sometimes and I also give away free merchandise to the winners
I'm in other communities like the MMA community. The toy community isn't perfect, but compared to the MMA community (online), it's still overwhelming friendly and positive, and to me, it's therapeutic.
Dude i watch everything gijoe classified i stopped commenting when i got tired of be ignored for super chats. Been here from the jump even helped some of yall get hard to get figures
I don’t think anyone owns the toy community. We’re just a part of it. I never seen that on the Viper Island channel. Although I may have missed those episodes.
What I saw in this whole thing was a guy and his son who did something that they enjoyed doing together and did a great service for the community. If you gather information off of something that is not copyrighted who cares where it came from, especially if you can do it better. That is part of free trade. I found a lot of the people In this community to be big babies that think they own information . I will definitely not be supporting them. I now have one go to guy that I will be watching for the news because he didn’t get involved in the childish garbage and maintained a great stance while the others acted like babies and teamed together to bully a man and his child. SharkNews.
SharkNews was one of the first content creators that had beef with Viper Island due to Viper Island not giving proper credit for sources. Shark has stated many times how he can't stand Viper Island.
I’m not the biggest Viper fan but I support him. It’s weak to gang up on one dude. There’s always 2 sides to a story. And yall are only listening to one side. The valaverse groupies that ganged up on him have been talking shit about him from day one. He let it slide for about year and then started making videos about his haters. I always thought he shoulda just kept quiet. I can’t stand the little group of valaverse snobs. We all know who they are.
Dude you’re so full of crap everyone can see it. Nobody ever ganged up on VI for anything that he didn’t cause. All he’s ever done is steal content, lie, buy subs with bots, and attack anyone he feels threatens him with false DMCA strikes - which by the way each one of those false strikes (and there’s around 100 at last count) is a count of fraud.
Siding with Viper is a bad take. No matter how you feel about the so called "Valaverse" crew....claiming false copyright strikes to deplatform someone, lying about it, playing the victim...THAT'S bullying.
It’s sad to see someone who could have been as you say, welcomed with open arms, choose the wrong path. There are consequences to our actions. I’m still wearing the T-shirt at Joe Fest!
I just feel bad for his kid. Hopefully he doesn't follow in his dad's footsteps
Same here
His kid is the only reason I haven't trashed him. We all probably should lay off him for a bit. Dad's are our first heroes. Let the kid at least have a good memory of his pops. I lost mine a yr ago. Sure my dad fucked a bunch of shit up, but we all do. I really think dipshit Island was just trying to be "cool" and connect with his kid. Let's all call him a fucktard and move on
His dad is a sociopath IMO. Dex will have to find his own way to be empathetic to others.
Me too.. I hope his kid doesn’t follow in his footsteps. But it sounds like he screwed himself out of his own RUclips channel. What a dummy..
That's exactly what I thought. He's setting a bad example for his son.
From all of us Canadians, I'd like to apologize for Viper Island. How she going Eh!
viper island is canadian?
Err... me too, 😅. I'm sorry toy world, for this sociopath. 🇨🇦
I’m not sorry!!! That goof isn’t a real Canadian
You SHOULDN'T APOLOGIZE, NONE OF US REAL CANADIANS had anything to do with that SOCIOPATHIC BULLY.
With his production skill and speaking ability, he could have been absolutely massive, especially with Classified blowing up. Too bad he wasn't a team player.
Yes, exactly. A very intelligent Individual but definitely Shiesty.
A good speaker, but very boring/monotone... but most channels with robotic voices tend to do well, that's why producers are looking to AI everything since people are attracted to robotic people anyway.
@@AToyKindaMood yes Travis I agree. He was Well spoken, but the tone is awful. very robotic and edited.
@@AToyKindaMood oh well, nothing of value was lost.
@AToyKindaMood now that say this he could pass for an AI voice lol
It’s sad to see someone who could have been as you say, welcomed with open arms, choose the wrong path. There are consequences to our actions. I’m still wearing the T-shirt at Joe Fest!
Not going to lie, I really liked the concept of his channel as far as an efficient source of info updates. However, as someone who really only came back into the community about 6-7 months ago, I really was aware of what he was doing. As I gradually got reintegrated and became fully educated about his tactics it was pretty easy to say "Nope, I'm not going to support that". I had hoped he would just own it, apologize and pledge to do the right thing going forward. Buuuuut he doubled down and went scorched earth so it was clear this day was inevitable, and rightly so.
*was NOT aware
Extremely well put, I totally agree and feel the same way. He could’ve easily just sucked it up and cleared the air. No he wanted to stand his ground and show his true colors. Well said.@juniorcecrle5072 👍
He pretty much picks fights, then accuses them of being haters and negative, whereas, he's positive.
Too bad the Artist Shark appears to have gotten caught up in this as well.
I remember the artist shark having problems with him in a long time ago..
Yes, wonder why he got hit and for what? He was my go-to for short G.I. Joe info videos.
Shark shouldnt never been targeted by that douche Liam.
They both sucked anywho because they both copyright scammers
All I can tell you is I stopped watching there videos especially since I started realizing he was taking credit for everything with out crediting any one as we all know, know one succeeds with out help no man is an island.
I don't believe in wishing bad on anyone but I do believe in karma. I wonder if anyone is going to make a PSA spoof on this? "Hey kids, stealing photos and content can get you in trouble with RUclips. (Kids) "Now we know" "...and knowing is half the battle."
I’m on it Bobby 👍😂
I will not mourn their loss.
It's not "wishing bad". It's wishing for justice. Do bad = get bad!
I don’t believe his channel is ‘gone’ gone. But he either pulled or *had pulled over 120,000 views worth of videos per Social Blade.
Over 2 million as of this morning
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I know this is mundane but, your shelves are really cool looking! Good job!
Thank you so much.. I have tons of them!! Going to do a toy room’s reveal soon
It's the do onto others' rule. It's very simple. Love what you love, and don't hurt anyone. His actions had consequences. Great video, Brother, and very well said.
Same to you brother👍thank you
I stopped watching him after I noticed he stole a video from a small channel. He cropped the guy right out, and left the interviewees in (I think it was Lenny and Emily of Hasbro). I also heard he used photos with permission, BUT didn't credit the guy. This was all before I knew he made numerous enemies. What a prick!
Watched only a few of his videos. The custom classifieds people sent him were pretty cool. Then he started calling himself "The Notorious Viper Island." And being a little cocky and cringey. And after that artistsharks vids where he made small cracks at VI were actually showing up on recommended. And because they were behind, I finally subscribed to shark.
RUclips on my end was pushing VI over shark whom I watched at least as much. If not more. Even when I started watching him more, and Liam slim to none. And even over the Fwoosh whom I had been subscribed to for a while and never missed a single Weekly for at least two years now. I watched fwoosh off and on before that, I think.
It seems seems like I didn't watch VI enough to see or, notice the stolen content. I had lost interest in the channel myself, already. But, I didn't yet understand the reason other channels had issues with VI. For a long time. Because, it took so long before I saw any video put out that explained what he did. The youtube algorithm must have hid any video that exposed VI right when it happened.
Thanks for the update! About time he got a taste of his own medicine!
I'm just trippin' off of the fact that Liam never denied, debunked, or refuted the fact that he stole content.
Stole what ? Pics that someone took of a product that Hasbro owns. So what that dude put up the Gi Joe movie. I been following him since day one before all the drama and I can tell you that the valaverse groupies that got him banned have been talking shit about him from day 1. I remember that. Then he eventually started firing back after about a year of them shit talking.
@@kevins1005”Stolen” is an overused word in the toy space. No dog in this fight but from what I saw, he was grabbing images off customizer sites and reposting without credit or even the customizer’s name he was showcasing. Taking an interview, editing out the creator and posting as his own might fit the legal definition of theft.
@@kevins1005only one guy got VI’s channel struck. Pay attention before you level inaccurate accusations at people as a generalization.
are you Liam's widow?@@kevins1005
@@kevins1005 You're lying about how long you've been following _Viper Island_ because if you've following him for as long as you say have then you know that he took Travis and K.G.'s (from _A Toy Kinda Mood,)_ footage SDCC and claim it as his own and stole some pictures from _A Punk With Toys._
What’s sad is he is bringing his own son down with him and isn’t teaching his son through being a good example. His son would have had a huge upside when he got older and could have made his own channel. He still can, but the start will be very difficult.
The story floating around is so insane but with seeing what he’s done previously it’s very believable. He’s gotten some of what he deserves. It’s pretty crazy though.
I hope Viper Island is gone for good this time but who knows, maybe he will return like the Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker. VI is a cancer to the GI Joe community and the only person that got the community to band together to take down. People that really didn’t agree with each other did agree on one thing that VI is an awful human being.
Yes, that is a very good point that I wish I brought up in my video. This did bring the community closer together and I like how we can set aside our differences to concentrate on someone doing wrong in the fellowship.
Artist shark is gone to!! Hopefully it’s Hasbro doing something about all these guys posting leaked pictures and content they are not supposed to have
It only takes 1 rotten apple to ruin it for everyone.
I’m not going to lie Brothers but when I first started watching Viper Island for the first time I thought it was phenomenal. It never struck me that me was stealing content to (“enhance” Lol) his own show. Only you guys who produce all this great content in the RUclips community would know. Sad to see but I’m happy for the guys who are getting their content stolen to get justice.
I’m a new Classified collector. Viper Island was my favorite channel until I heard about the complaints from other collector channels. When Viper Island resorted to insulting his accusers, that sounded like a certain someone else in the news who insults accusers who have lots of evidence against him. That’s when I suspected Viper Island wasn’t as upstanding as they claimed. So I unsubscribed.
Thanks for breaking the news. Hopefully, smaller Joe collector channels will shine brighter now.
I stopped watching him after I noticed he stole a video from a small channel.
I thought that too. He was clearly stealing from people. That is really bad. He could have just used the picture and given permission to who he used the image from. “And here is a great image from fellow RUclipsr X. Give them a shout out and check their awesome content out.” That’s all he’d have to do. Such a snake (yes the irony is intended).
You mad about Trump lol?
@@nicholasdickens2801 See, I wasn’t aware of any of that. But all of his accusers had consistent stories for the most part. And all he offered in response was name calling or saying that everyone’s just jealous of him. Most times, that’s a sign of guilt. A dead giveaway.
Fellow Canadians that's apologizing for Viper Island please do not do that, It's not any of your fault some of us ppl in this world take the easy way to do things which leads to Negative Downfall, stealing and much more sickness, When you do everything the right way you gain Respect, Trust and so many great subcribers which sometimes can boost your confidence when your having a bad day! subscribers TeamWork makes the RUclipsrs Dreams Work!
One behavior of Liams that I just hated was the "LOOK guyz I TOLD you 1st!!!" shit-posting. He never told the community first UNLESS of course he swiped it.
Thanks for the video man keep it coming!
Yeah, that was very annoying for me too when I used to watch him.😂😂 thank you sir. You have definitely found a fun channel. We will be live tonight at 8 PM Eastern. I have a good group in the chat and we have lots of fun. Come hang out on Tuesday night.👍
The constant ego stroking was annoying lol
You can’t hide from karma and consequences. He’s finding that out. Some people are just that way though, they believe they are above the law and can treat people any way they feel like, but nope. All that bad behavior catches up to them. Everything you’re saying here is true and I’m glad to know ya! You’re building a positive community/fellowship/toyverse/etc. I hope you have a great week and awesome time at JoeFest, I’ll be at DFW, but hoping we can meet up at JoeLanta. Catch ya later!
Absolutely Mython!! we will link up at Joe Lanta and have a blast!! thank you so much, buddy for the kind words!! you’re the man!!👍👍 have a good weekend at DFW and tell ninja I said hello
Since V.I.'s videos are now on "private" the last time I checked, the war on him is over for now but people like him will return.
That's great news! Swiper just F'd around and found out. It's good to know that he finally got his comeuppance.
I dropped him early on when I realized that as a G.I. Joe Classified centric channel, he DID NOT support Classified. He routinely trashed every release, based largely from the opinion of his Son, who clearly didn't like G.I. Joe. I hated the fact that he would post "Breaking news" and show a picture of a highly anticipated Joe....only to find it was nothing more than a change to his internal poll. As if his internal poll was breaking news. Ridiculous! Then, he woukd take episodes he already published, rearrange the segments and release it as new content. It was just a garbage channel.
Yep, he did a lot of Hasbro trashing and lying about how "everyone" is quitting, yet he keeps buying and making videos about GI Joe.
I totaly agree👍
He's still got his TV show...which I am convinced is on public access at 3am.
I admit I used to watch his videos and found them entertaining however I did notice that he would air segments that I had from other RUclipsrs and I realized that he was stealing from others. He never gave credit for other people's work which is just common courtesy. I unsubscribed from his channel a few months ago...feel sad for his son
glad this is over. we do not need reality tv drama in this hobby.
play stupid games, win stupid prizes, he has been playing with fire for years, it was only a matter of time
Exactly!👍💜
Was a follower of Viper Island and had no clue what happened or what not. But unfollowed him
Hopefully it’s permanent. If it is, then this is a time to celebrate, I know I will.
His channel is still there, just with no videos.
@@LloydChristmas-vx2wh I saw that.
I quit collecting Gi Joe classified due to the lack of distribution and the whole fanboy hunt for these things at the stores but seeing that this guy is gone will definitely get people to create there own content wether it’s gi joe or marvel legends the whole point of RUclips is to share with others and create relationships with the people that like the same things. Great video by the way. 😃👍
Very well said ,thank you so much hero👍
this is some good news
i started collecting Classified series 2 months ago since the Techno Viper drop, which caught my eye. Been Army building since then, and to know a little drama of this is just crazy. Im glad justice surfaces to all Diaper Island victim
We love army building on this channel. I’m going to have an army building contest soon and all the big G.I. Joe classified armies will be welcome to compete.👍
Got recommended from ninja to watch videos. Great channel keep on the great work. Spent time watching your old vids enjoying the content.
Thank you so much! Ninja is the man👍 I have tons of respect for that man
Yeah I've noticed there are a lot of turds in this hobby viper island is just one of them ...I myself am very big on integrity
Absolutely Turk👍
Sadly there are. I’ve found Star Wars to be the worst and Doctor Who can be bad too. But and I will say but most of the fans are really nice, they just have a very vocal bunch of gate keepers who treat everyone like dirt. Most fans aren’t like that and are accepting of other people’s opinions and beliefs.
@@nicholasdickens2801 Agreed. And some start out OK but loose it along the way.
His channel is back up, but all of his content is gone. That's what he gets.
VI was doing a great job and did enjoy his videos but what he did was not right. Hopefully he learns from this lesson and renews himself in a better way. Will honestly miss VI updates on Classifieds.
That guy's whole brand was negativity, and being combative with the entire Joe community. For a while all his videos would talk about would be how much he hates Hasbro and, how much Hasbro hates their customers. Like, why have a channel dedicated to something you hate that much? As a Minnesotan, I resented the fact he'd almost always be wearing a Twins hat. Haha. Anyway, sounds like most people really disliked Liam, and his channel. I know I didn't care much for him or his content.
GREAT GREAT summary of everything Aaron keep rocking on 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you Ninja..👍💪🔥🔥🔥
What a fitting Father's Day Surprise for many of y'all.👍 Back when we all were youngins. We had a kid in the neighborhood that had really sticky fingas... A group of us got together, wrote up some treasure hunt clues, I'm talking breadcrumb city! After a couple of hours of clue hunting, and a growing crowd of all us kids... (about 15 or so of us). The box with a message written on the white painted, tin lid.
"Close your eyes & reach in with both hands for your reward"
A young Liam could've benefited from the same experience as "Joe" from this story. Reaching in blindly & also becoming the new owner of "muddy" 🐶💩 🧤
Joe was "shitty" & crying & calling us all every cussword he knew. Ran home. We had a garden hose ready next door and a big cardboard box with plenty of toys from several of our toy boxes for him. A couple of us carried the box & dropped it off on their front porch. That "Joe" changed though that day. I mean some of us were savages as kids and some wore the smelliest🤢🤮gloves.
😂😂
Wow Aaron, I was wondering where this guy would get all his info…before anyone else… Sad Song!
Is this really true that’s crazy !!! if it is sucks to be him but when you dip your foot in those waters , those are the results point blank great video Aaron ✌🏽
Thanks woody… 👍💜👍
I'm not sure what rules he broke, but his production quality was very, very well done. Bar none. It never felt like the "basement videos" that most people do. Don't get me wrong, I like those, too. So, if I was gonna pick only one channel for G.I. Joe Classified news, who do you guys recommend? I'm a multiple interest guy who is into all kinds of stuff, so I'm probably not gonna watch a bunch of channels related just to G.I. Joe. Any recommendations?
A Punk With Toys.. he gives great news live every Monday night 9pm est. covers all lines and you can comment in the live chat and interact with people. It’s a lot of fun.👍
@@Toyenhancer Thanks! 😊
Cant wait to meet up
Even worse, he's still at it!! He reported The Artist Shark the other day! What a 💩💩💩
Yes, my channel got attacked yesterday with copyrights also around 3 o’clock. They’re very stupid when they do it because they copy strike about 40 videos of mine. I could see it when I went into the manage video section and everything was highlighted for review ..Anyways, it took about two hours for RUclips to figure out what was going on and restored all of my videos and I had no problem.. RUclips is not gonna stand for fake copy strikes and I’m sure Liam is surely done as far as his channel.. who knows what the future will hold. We will surely see.
@@Toyenhancer gives me hope that RUclips will enact some policy to prevent this misuse
Dang, dude got his channel taken down on Father's Day while he was out of country enjoying a ball game. Karma really is a b
The channel is still there, but no videos at the moment.
good enough, karma finally caught up to him.
The Christmas we get is the Christmas we deserve!!!
Happy Father’s Day back at ya.
👍💜
Happy Father’s Day to you as well!! All I have to say is justice has been served 🤙🤙🤙🤙
He said RUclips got hands. Wanna catch them? Keep doing wrong. You'll catch them.
You know you want punching nothing now or back in the day. Stop the 🧢. It’s just toys. I liked all of the Channels . His presentation is light years ahead of the rest. His personality was getting better than when he started, then the toy wars started and he to start acting like a kid. I also like sharks vibe😎and quick hits. What happened to his channel? Now we all loose over something none of us own.
You’re 100% correct I never punch anything especially today because I’ve trained jiu-jitsu for the past seven years. Someone makes me mad and wants to get physical ,they’re not walking away from me. And I’m not trying to act like a bully.. I can’t stand bullies, I just point out the absolute facts. but yeah, when a kid came and stole my toys when I was younger, he got punched in the face. I don’t think anyone would do it nowadays considering I have over 14 international IBJJF championships medals hanging in my living room 😂😂 I would definitely do some research before you start talking to people like you know them😂😂👍 by the way we’re going live tonight and we’re gonna have a great time. It starts 8 PM tonight. Come join the chat and talk real G.I. Joe with real people. You are more than welcome. I never did see viper Island go live. You might like it.🤷🏻♂️
I used to watch Diaper Island and then he started picking on other channels and thats when I said goodbye because bullies suck and they will never get my support.
I thought this news would blow up by today. But nobody is even talking bout it cept you & Articulated Ninja.
Well I know that me and ninja are as real as it gets… we’re gonna speak the truth and let people know … even if it puts our channel at risk
@@Toyenhancer I'm keeping an eye on Viper Island's RUclips page to see if any videos go back up. As of now it has no content.
@@sci-fi.tsunami yes same here.. Sharks is still good… I know a lot of people that said his channel was down also but I never seen it removed
I unsubscribed from him once he started using his son... his son looked forced to toy reviews so I just don't follow him
Yes I agree .. I’m sure Dex would rather be doing other things than talk about dad’s toys ..
What did viper island do?
Hey man do you know the best website to order the Classified Stinger tomorrow?
I normally order through Hasbro, but BBTs should have it and entertainment earth
I would love to see some other channels go. You can’t get credit for showing IP owned by a company. Credit should go to Hasbro for pictures and information about their products and IP.
He still has posts up but no videos.
Makes it worse that he involved his son in this.
Thanks for the update🎉
I saw your video late last night and was looking forward to other channels who were affected by Liam and I still seeing nothing from them
I’m sure everyone is waiting to see if his channel stays down before they make content.. Ninja did a live stream on it tonight..
Glad I just found ya. Just subscribed
Thank you so much hillbilly Harper!! I go live on Tuesday tonight we start at 8 p.m. Eastern time… come join the chat. It’s a lot of fun with really good folks.
@@Toyenhancer are you by chance going to joe fest
@@hillbillyharper4008 absolutely buddy! I will be wearing a cobra viper costume or possibly a cobra officer costume. just like the one you see in my picture ,And most likely I’ll be surrounded with other toy tubers.👍
@Toyenhancer sweet I'll be wareing a podcast from the pit shirt and a camo hat one day
@@Toyenhancer are you on ig
Un freaking believable.........
dude would have meshed perfectly with the Joe community smh oh well I guess he played himself
Very interesting
Well this didn't age well😅
@@chefdh I did mention I did not know how long it was for😂😂😂
Hasbro took their ball and went home. Artistshark got hit and he was awesome. Hasbro is sad. (I did not like Viper Island)
Ya he’s a butt. We are a great community, he’s an island to himself. Was so wrong what he pulled to so many after getting called out. 😵💫
good report video bro
well I don t feel guilt, as I tried to help him, I told him to change things on his channel,
as the troubles were not the only issue, his stuff was getting old, repetitive.
also, it was getting way too commercial, like he was making ads...
and then he started suggesting to do products that were just bad.
like CC in armour selling with the pogo pod...
or sky patrol figs with no planes, very few want that, assured flop!
Hasbro has got wise with the marauders s exclusives, as very few want them, a good choice.
but then he goes and messes it up by suggesting new characters,
when there s already too much of them, he promoted over consumption to please Hasbro
except that it leads them wrong, and then there will be losses...
it felt strongly as if he got freebies and now was licking assets!
he also felt like he did a total U turn on his policy of being on the side of fans
he clearly acted as if figs were free at some point, yeah, free for HIM!
he also faked a review by just talking about the fig and articulations
hey! this does nt work bud! you need to SHOW in hand how far the fig bends,
I don t want to hear your word on it, ok?
it clearly showed that he had no time to do things proper, and cut corners... again!
the guy had a family, surely a job, more than one channel, a house to maintain, too much!
so naturally he could nt compete with guys who are single and dedicated.
and sooo right! it s their life, and he has another type of life, but he wanted more...
I think he really fell into the numbers and ambition, inflated his head.
he helped with head swaps by insisting, but that s what he said.
it hurts all the community to lose guys that make joes pop
but having a viper in our ranks is just not acceptable
most of us may like Cobra too, but our values are those of joes.
so now you know...
good show bro
Well said sir, thank you so much👍
And knowing is half the battle. Sorry had to say it you set it up perfectly.
@@scottyphillips7799 no sorry, it s on purpose, it says ; I m one of the old guys of the 80s. fishing for some buds like you who remember, congrats bro, you have the code right, access granted! D thanks bro
Well
I hope all the toy channels go down because they always infringing on my copyright protection and must be held accountable immediately 🙏
I don't get it. What did he do? I liked his channel. I liked the content he was putting on youtube. Instead of throwing accusations, what exactly has he done? Isn't it everyone's goal to be number 1? He's always shouting out people who send him things. Fake copyrights? I need some insight here. Instead of accusations. What has he actually done?
@@mikesimmons4153 well there is several people that he has taken content video and still shots from. And his channel was shut down ultimately because he was doing fake copy strike. not to mention the first videos that he put up were unauthorized G.I. Joe movie videos that he got penalized for by RUclips. So he was already in trouble before he even started. RUclips will not stand for these things and it is very hard to get a channel shut down by RUclips. But obviously he was caught and they had to take action. I am seriously sympathetic that you’ve lost one of your favorite channels. And I apologize you have to hear all the bad things that made it happen. Hopefully you will find a new channel that you like. There are several to pick from I would recommend starting with the channels that go live. You can really get to know someone and be able to judge their true character with them going live at least once a week. Plus, you get to interact instead of posting messages. 👍 we go live Tuesday nights 9 PM Eastern please pop in and chat with us sometime
@@Toyenhancer I think you should retract your statement as it is misleading and full of wrongful allegations
@@kthobbs_99 I will never delete any of my videos or retract any of my statements. It’s 100% accurate. If you want a channel that deletes everything they do ..I hear viper Island is back into action.😂😂. Poor guy has to delete every comment that is posted negative. I’d hate to have to do that to my channel and never will.. I stand by what I say. That includes my reviews and my complaints.
Just checked the channel and it's still up, just all of the content except for Community posts are gone. Usually when YT takes down a channel you can't even see the channel. It just gives you a blank page stating the channel was terminated in plain text
Like I said, all the Contant has been terminated. I’m not sure if it’s permanent or not.🤷🏻♂️ but it has been done through RUclips ,not a hacker like he stated… again, another lie that Liam just had to squeak out
Wonder if they took down a number of videos and he just mass-deleted or privated the rest of the stuff to either save face or protect himself from further claims
@@Kuroketsuhis Chanel will not even show for me. I thought it was taken down for sure.
#FVI
Honestly they put out the best quality out there. This is insane how much conflict all this stuff is.
Damn. Like was already said, i don't wish bad on anyone. Im all about GI Joe and appreciate the updates but i actually commented on his channel about the negativity and bagging other channels.
Bro, i don't give a F* about your you tube drama, just give me the joe news.
Kind of glad that happened.
Sorry
A Punk With Toys is the voice of reason/everyman of the toy space. Always lifting up other channels.
Yes ,A Punk With Toys is really good people
Dang
Hello brother
Hello👋
How are you feeling today bro
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 BYE
Hasbro was adamant about shutting down lots of fan made stuff I guess YT channels were just a matter of time.. Is Full Force shut down or are they REAL shills?
Full Force isn't a shill, only morons like you think that.
Ha ha. They are back
With zero content😂👍
@@Toyenhancer actually he does. He will in the future
@@AwesomeGeekHQ and I wish him the best on his brand new content. Hopefully he’ll be honest about things this time.
@Its.Chad. Absolutely agree It's clear that @kevins1005 has a touch of a deeper hatred/jealously with a group of collectors that have a stronger unifying forum than the website dedicated to the High Speed Sentry.
this community isn't as great as yall keep saying yall up lifth the wrong people
Please hang out with us sometime Tuesday night. I go live 9 PM Eastern. Come hang out and chat ,, join the club. Believe me, you won’t be disappointed.👍 we do trivia night sometimes and I also give away free merchandise to the winners
I'm in other communities like the MMA community. The toy community isn't perfect, but compared to the MMA community (online), it's still overwhelming friendly and positive, and to me, it's therapeutic.
Dude i watch everything gijoe classified i stopped commenting when i got tired of be ignored for super chats. Been here from the jump even helped some of yall get hard to get figures
You guys don't own the toy community ..RUclips is for everybody!
I don’t think anyone owns the toy community. We’re just a part of it. I never seen that on the Viper Island channel. Although I may have missed those episodes.
Strawman.
@@LloydChristmas-vx2wh because my opinion is different from yours
@RidgeVlogt no, you made a strawman.
What I saw in this whole thing was a guy and his son who did something that they enjoyed doing together and did a great service for the community. If you gather information off of something that is not copyrighted who cares where it came from, especially if you can do it better. That is part of free trade. I found a lot of the people
In this community to be big babies that think they own information . I will definitely not be supporting them. I now have one go to guy that I will be watching for the news because he didn’t get involved in the childish garbage and maintained a great stance while the others acted like babies and teamed together to bully a man and his child. SharkNews.
Sharknews also had issues with him and made videos about him. Now you have NO ONE to watch, you hypocritical big baby.
SharkNews was one of the first content creators that had beef with Viper Island due to Viper Island not giving proper credit for sources. Shark has stated many times how he can't stand Viper Island.
I agree. All the valaverse groupies ganging up on one dude is weak. I remember when viper first started. They been talking shit about him from day 1.
@@kevins1005 I will definitely miss getting just Joe news. Viper did a great job of keeping it all Joe
@aaroneaston8899 question you should ask....is why he had beef with him...just like ALL the other channels did....
I’m not the biggest Viper fan but I support him. It’s weak to gang up on one dude. There’s always 2 sides to a story. And yall are only listening to one side. The valaverse groupies that ganged up on him have been talking shit about him from day one. He let it slide for about year and then started making videos about his haters. I always thought he shoulda just kept quiet. I can’t stand the little group of valaverse snobs. We all know who they are.
Dude you’re so full of crap everyone can see it. Nobody ever ganged up on VI for anything that he didn’t cause.
All he’s ever done is steal content, lie, buy subs with bots, and attack anyone he feels threatens him with false DMCA strikes - which by the way each one of those false strikes (and there’s around 100 at last count) is a count of fraud.
Siding with Viper is a bad take. No matter how you feel about the so called "Valaverse" crew....claiming false copyright strikes to deplatform someone, lying about it, playing the victim...THAT'S bullying.
@@KatosKollection don’t give f what you think
Funny how VI only has lies and spin and everyone else has tons of receipts on his shenanigans. But you do you.
Yeah this is bull shit. No one ever cared about that loser until he stole the pic from LaserPants. No one ever mentioned his name.
It’s sad to see someone who could have been as you say, welcomed with open arms, choose the wrong path. There are consequences to our actions. I’m still wearing the T-shirt at Joe Fest!