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This episode was recorded LIVE on the Needless Things YouTube channel on 11-SEP-2023. Be sure to subscribe for updates on the next livestream in just two weeks!

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We're recruiting you to listen to this podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe from the classic 12" Joes to today's modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the A.I. Pod is there! Yo Joe!

Music by Andy Samford

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!

2.29

INTRO

• Schedule
  • Whiskeyjack interview - Legends of the Hidden Force, IMPACT - everything you need to know about o-ring rivets
  • Next livestream 7/27 SDCC

FOLLOW-UP

• Grunt & Dawn pushed back - more on that later
• BigBad wait list
• Triple T talk next week!
• Things you might have shipping soon, updates since last episode

RANK & FILE CARD - LADY JAYE

COVERT OPERATIONS

Code Name: LADY JAYE

File Name: Hart-Burnett, Alison R.

SN: 853-71-6749

Primary Specialty: Intelligence

Secondary Specialty: Personnel clerk (A Military Administrative Specialist (often called a Military Admin Clerk or Human Resources Specialist in armed forces units) is responsible for providing administrative and personnel support to ensure the smooth operation of military units. This role combines clerical expertise, organizational skills, and strict adherence to military regulations and procedures.

Military administrative personnel handle records management, correspondence, reporting, and coordination tasks while maintaining confidentiality and operational security.)

Birthplace: Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Grade: E-4

Lady Jaye graduated from Bryn Mawr and did her graduate work at Trinity College in Dublin where she acquired the faint Gaelic lilt that adorns her speech. An accomplished actress and mime as well as a studied linguist, she can easily pass as a native in France, Italy, Poland, Russia, Germany, Afghanistan, Spain, and Portugal.

Airborne and Ranger qualified, graduated intelligence school Fort Holabird. Qualified expert: M-16, M1911A1 and reflex crossbow.

"Lady Jaye doesn't go in for that phoney wig and rubber mask brand of disguise like those jokers on Mission Improbable...She becomes the subject: body language, subtle gesture, correct shading of dialect - The right look in the eye. Cloaked and sandaled, she can squat down with a basket of oranges, in any Middle Eastern marketplace and blend in perfectly."

G.I. GONZO - OPERATION CAMILLA

INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION - Devilfish (Kristian)

KNOWING IS HALF THE BABBLE

SHOW CLOSE

• Music is by Chris Lodge of Neon Warlords
• Follow us on IG at audibleinterludepodcast

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We're recruiting you to listen to this podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe from the classic 12" Joes to today's modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the A.I. Pod is there! Yo Joe!

Music by Andy Samford

Follow us on Instagram and X!

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We’re recruiting you to listen to this weekly podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe; from the classic 12” Joes to today’s modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the AI Pod is there! Yo Joe!

2.28

INTRO

• Schedule
  • Rise of Nexus interview
  • GI Joe #24 review this Wednesday
  • Needless Things SDCC livestream 7/26
  • Next livestream 7/27

FOLLOW UP

• Scott found TF Wild Bill
• Ninja Force ReAction+ are Target exclusive
• Scarlett & T'Jbang in stores, but street dated

NEWS

• BBTS Terms & Conditions Update
• ARAH #330/Tomb Raider
  • Then, in October, Lara Croft’s search for the Arbco Star goes to the next level with G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero/Tomb Raider #1, a 5-issue limited series from the best-selling creative team of writer Kyle Higgins (Immortal Legend Batman, Radiant Black), artist Elena Casagrande (Black Widow), colorist Alex Guimarães (Invaders), and letterer Pat Brosseau (G.I Joe: A Real American Hero), available in comic shops on October 7, 2026.
  • Writer Kyle Higgins
  • Artist Elena Casagrande
  • Colorist Alex Guimarães
  • Letterer Pat Brosseau
• KWK Toys O-Ring Heroes
  • Bad News Brown
  • Jake
  • Earl Hebner
  • Bruiser Brody & Berzerker later this year
  • Existing IPs will cover next year’s lineup
• PWT Wrestling Heroes video
• Callsign: Longbow update
  • Talked to Troy at JoeFest about paint process, he’ll be on Needless Things in the Fall
  • Production Update
    • As we mentioned in last month's update, these figures are currently with the pain department. Mid-month, our project manager (Dave Proctor) at the factory shared these images with us of the figures making their way through the paint process.

Please note that these parts have some paint applications, but not all of their paint, and will have additional detail upon completion. These are in-progress shots.

• Paint work continues on Krasny-Ninja as well.

• SDCC TMNT X GI JOE Leo & Timber
• SDCC Super 7 Trouble Bubbles - BBTS in hashtag
• Other news

SOUND OFF!

• Ed - next week!
• Scale - the ends do not justify the means. “This corrupt, evil thing can produce results you may like” is not a convincing argument for me.
• Silent - Dial-Tone
• Sneezy - Rock N Roll dying, it was great

JOE & TELL

• Shadowtrak

SHOW CLOSE

• Music by Chris Lodge of Neon Warlords
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This episode was recorded LIVE on the Needless Things YouTube channel on 14-AUG-2023. Be sure to subscribe for updates on the next livestream in just two weeks!

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We're recruiting you to listen to this podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe from the classic 12" Joes to today's modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the A.I. Pod is there! Yo Joe!

Music by Andy Samford

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!

This episode was recorded LIVE on the Needless Things YouTube channel on 31-JUL-2023. Be sure to subscribe for updates on the next livestream in just two weeks!

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We're recruiting you to listen to this podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe from the classic 12" Joes to today's modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the A.I. Pod is there! Yo Joe!

Music by Andy Samford

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!

Knowing is half the battle and fun is the other half! We’re recruiting you to listen to this weekly podcast hosted by three lifelong Joe fans.

Our mission is to look at every era of GI Joe; from the classic 12” Joes to today’s modern Classified Series. From toys to comics to cartoons, the AI Pod is there! Yo Joe!

2.27

INTRO

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• SHIRTS on TeePublic
• Needless Things YouTube - Airtight, Overkill, Ambassador of R’Yleh, Legend of the Hidden Force, JoeFest Haul, Classified redo
• Audible Army FB group
• Schedule
  • Next livestream 7/13

FOLLOW-UP

• Why this week?

RANK & FILE CARD - KEEL-HAUL

ADMIRAL

Code Name: KEEL-HAUL

File Name: Colby, Everett P.

SN: 672-38-4202

Primary Specialty: Command

Secondary Specialty: Pilot

Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia

Command: U.S.S. FLAGG

Graduated Annapolis and Navy Flight school. Flew Phantom F-4's off the Intrepid in late 60's. Attended the Naval War College in Newport, RI and the Armed Forces Staff College. Holder of the Navy Cross, DFC and Air Medal. Keel-Haul is a respected military historian, a nationally rated chess player and possibly the world's worst clarinet player.

"Keel-Haul was always cool. He could set an F-4 down on a carrier deck at night with half his instruments out and walk away whistling. You know what it's like to land on a carrier at night? Try jumping on a moving skate board while blind folded!"

LET’S FREAKING GO-RING - Jackass

AMERICA’S ELITE - Overkill (Kristian)

• 1992 V1
• 2003 V2 w/Tunnel Rat
• 2003 V3 w/Shipwreck
• 2003 V4 - BAT Troop Builder set
• 2004 V5 w/General Abernathy
• 2005 V6 w/Duke
• 2005 V7 BAT Attack set
• 2018 V8 - Collector’s Club
• 2026 Classified

KNOWING IS HALF THE BABBLE

SHOW CLOSE

• Music is by Chris Lodge of Neon Warlords
• Follow us on IG at audibleinterludepodcast