Patreon Special Missions: The Case of the History of C.O.P.S. 

I do believe the C.O.P.S. cartoon was way ahead of its time.

I loved the COPS line as a kid and I wrote Hasbro asking them to produce the women of the series. I loved Nightshade and Mirage and would have picked up a Ms. Demeanor as well.

In the first issue of the C.O.P.S. comic, we learn that Big Boss blames Bulletproof for the imprisonment and death of his identical twin brother, so he has Rock Crusher blow up the 647th Precinct with Bulletproof inside. After Bulletproof gets injured and is operated on, he decides to form the C.O.P.S. team to take the fight to Big Boss and his Crooks. You see, Bulletproof and Big Boss respectively leading their armies just to get back at one another is one big chain of revenge. In the cartoon, they made it pretty clear: Bulletproof is the good guy, and Big Boss is the bad guy. But in the comic, things are a little murky, so you really can’t blame either of them for wanting their revenge, and that’s what makes the C.O.P.S. comic worlds apart from the cartoon.

Shoulda been on more than one season...I loved this cartoon and still do...i loved McBoomBoom, Turbo and Louie the Plumber..I think DIC did Dennis the Menace too, which was another favorite of mine..

Just found this…. I loved this show. I remember my dad buying me Dr Badvibes and another one I think his name was Bullet… I also had this flying vehicle for the crooks…. Very cool

Please do a history of CROOKS!!!! Great channel. thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for a family friendly channel. You Sir are a fun narrator. I love your charm and witty humor.

Cops kind of strikes me as a more child version of judge Dredd. I saw a few episodes as a kid and loved it's futuristic sci-fi elements. Later when I watched judge Dredd and started reading the comics I knew there were definitely similarities.

There shoulda been female C.O.P.S. figures: Mainframe, Mirage, and for the Crooks: Nightshade & Miss Demeanor

Just discovered your channel. This is an outstanding review! I used to watch the show but I never had any of the toys. Thanks for putting in all the effort to do such a well produced video! Very informative! And very appreciated!

I have a huge soft spot for C.O.P.S. Great figures, one line I would love to return.

Wow! Thanks Michael for putting me on to Shuki Levi, blew my mind when you mentioned all the iconic theme songs he composed! 🤯💯

I’ve got all 15 issues of the C.O.P.S. comic books in mint condition. I probably have not opened them in over 20 years. This video really took me back to my childhood. I may go back and re-read some of those issues after watching this video. Great job!

Great video! I loved this show! And the toy line! 😍

I remember how hard to find bulletproof was and how happy I was when my mom and dad got him for me.

Another pun: Crowd control officer Barricade’s real name is Stan Bach, as in “stand back.”

That was strange...I hadn't forgotten COPS, but I forgot how many of the figures I had. Initially, I only recall having Bulletproof and the shoulder cannon guy. After watching this, I remember having APES, Barricade and the bullet head bad guy. Edit: Had to look again, I remember Buttons McBoomBoom and Highway in my collection as well.

Just watched this video a second time and loved it even more. Hey Michael, are we ever getting The History of Crooks video?

All your videos are awesome, and very funny. You are one of the best on RU-vid 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I would like to see your General Lee and Dukes of Hazzard review.

This toys never arrived to Chile. Congratulations for your channel from Santiago Chile South América

Fantastic video! I loved this cartoon as a kid. Never got into the toy line, but do remember seeing them in stores. I guess the guy is called Vowels because the acronym for his name is EIUAO?

If there's one toyline I wish got another shot, it would be this one.

Love these history videos. Good quality, lots of info and sound bites! Excellent.

Incredible video, slowly picking these up

Great vid! This line always takes a back seat to all the other awesome lines of the past! Keep up the good work sir!

i loved this show as a kid

Of all the toys at KB toys back in the day these stood out the most to me, I loved them and am just now getting around to buying them all back on Ebay of course.....

Great channel, Michael! Love the room! I have a room myself but not as full as yours haha great collection!

*C* - Central *O* - Organisation *P* - Police *S* - Specialist

I absolutely loved these figures! Hyena was one of my favorites. Also the crooks mad scientist, I forget his name, and his little robot. Oh and Louie the plumber! Man these were great figures.

When i was kid, i use to pretend with my other two that there were 2 other cops. A P. I. from Louisiana called Marsh and Forensics special from New York called Spotless.

I love watching your toy history vids when I get a new line in my collection. This was a great dedication to it 👍🏽

Without a Doubt the best COPS n’ Crooks toy video on RU-vid! I didn’t want to call it a “review” because it surpasses that moniker. Another great video Michael!

Thanks and great video but was hoping to see the crooks figures also. Maybe a patreon will make that happen!

Huge thanks for this video - I have until now the "Koo Koo" shown at 10:16

I love your videos, man. This is another awesome one.

Masterfully done.

Great video and graet collection !

They really don't make them like they used to, every time you make a new video I look up the cartoons on RU-vid and relive the past LOL great video

Amazing video!

You inspired me to start collecting, I never had that as a child because my parents weren't as solvent as other parents and also where I come from we didn't have stores like that or the toys I watched as cartoons never reached my country. Thank you!

I have a thought that a big reason why it’s in the future is that the kids watching it then in ‘89 would be the age and same time of the show of the COP specialists today inspiring them to look at careers in law enforcement

awesome! i used love the toys and cartoons. great video

Cool to see the visionaries...I had 1 and played GI Joe with it.

Oh man.... I remember having the prison stripes guy with the jackhammer. 1988... I was 4 yrs old at that time.

My favorite was the helicopter and figure he always looked the best of them. Been looking for a new one for my collection but haven't found one yet. Or at least one in decent condition.

Love this video. I still have all the comics

these remind me of the fisher price rescue heroes toys that came out later, I'm guessing this was the inspiration? :) do these vechicles scale with marvel legends?

The crooks would be awesome

Just watched a few episodes. 👍

Nice and big toys,my child hood- should be a movie the rock as "bullet proof" with today's special effects...

oh the crazy 80s! but i was more into g1 transformers at the time. still a nice blast from the past and another awesome video again!

Just SUBSCRIBED because of this video

Loved this cartoon.

Im French and I remember my dad bought me Highway but I wanted LongArm as he was my favourite and I had later I think for my tenth birthday ,I was so glad !But I regret not to have also BulletProof and he had his cybernetic bulletproof and he is a Black guy like myself too. C.O.P.S was one of the Best Cartoon Series of the 80s and I had with Album stickers

I loved c.o.p.s as a kid i had the toys also wish i still had them

This is awesome man :D I never seen this line in brasil :D maybe it was so small it never made it down there :D

Wow stinky old Beachhead had children! Loved COPS, but watching the DVDs as an adult is a bit difficult.

Kinda love the C.o.p.s cartoon my favorite where Bulletproof (in the cartoon only his torso extra machine enhancement were add it reaming human in a way but in the comics and toy like he became a fully cyborg ) , Mace, Long-arm, Checkpoint, Mainframe and Sundown... from Crooks Nightshade and the finaly the croooks but not Doctor Bad vibes

Wow, I forgot about these guys

Gawd...i loved them

I remeber shows like gi joe biker mice from mars so epic

Dude your the best and damn what a awesome collection I would have hours of play time wait no I don't play with my action figures

Wait i didn't see a Crooks segment in this or in the playlist? Did you make one? ❓❓❓

Awesome, brings back great memories. How abt a history of the Silverhawks.

On the topic of Shuki Levi and Haim Saban, I couldn't agree more. But they were more than just great theme writers; their compositions for The Mysterious Cities of Gold are achingly beautiful.

Such a great idea for a toy line, and in my opinion, executed remarkably well. Unique character designs with flourishes of their real-world analogues, robust scale with articulation comparable to Joes, sleek vehicle concepts, and accessories that actually exploded! I remember having Mace and Bowser, and I especially liked the robo-dog Blitz -- for essentially a static figure, it had decent playability with the police beacon and option to equip Bowser's gun. Wasn't aware of or remember ever seeing the 2nd wave in stores. Actually, besides the Centurions influence you mentioned, I also spotted some shades of Spiral Zone, particularly in Checkpoint. I don't know how hard it is to find Spiral Zone merchandise, but I recently watch the first half-dozen episodes and was really impressed by how mature and well developed it was. Maybe that's why it didn't succeed as a kid's show? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on that property. As always, great job documenting this stuff. It may look effortless from the perspective of a casual viewer, but it's clear to me how much care and work you put into everything you do -- from technical stuff like lighting, to research, to editing, to scripting, to presentation. Just awesome work.

You should do a video on the Bionic Six!

Classic 👍🏾👍🏾

How many episodes of C.O.P.S. that aired under the title "Cyber C.O.P.S." on CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" when reruns originally aired on the network from March 27, 1993 to September 4, 1993 ? It was just rebroadcasting of the old episodes of the 1988-1989 syndicated C.O.P.S.

I have all of the figures from this line. This line needs more love by putting some of them in the G.I. Joe CLASSIFIED line, especially Checkpoint, seeing is how he's Beachhead's grandson. Baldwin "Bullet-Proof" Vess and Buttons McBoomBoom are my favorites.

I had no idea there was a second wave of figures and vehicles.

Think god for u!!!!!! And your channel!!!!!!!!!!🙋🙆🙋🙆 🙋🙆👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I like the video on cops can you do another soon

13:01 I’ve seen the Movie and the animated show

The toy biz punisher had the same Cap bang deal also

I really enjoyed the COPS cartoon as a kid. Toyline is not the best but still looks cool. First season figures are a lot better as the newer ones. Thanks for sharing

I watched this when I was about 12 or so. It SOUNDED cool in the TV ads. Unfortunately, after just a few episodes, it was just corny and got old so quickly. I never even watched a whole season and can only remember two episodes.

Can someone make a book guide to Cops N Crooks toy and collectibles?

Its a shame that the cartoon Visionary couldn't make it, loved that cartoon show.

My only issue with the COPS show, the voices, even as a kid I knew that the cast was limited and there wasn't much difference except for accents. At least GI JOE and Transformers had voice actors who could really sound different

I remember bringing mace's bazooka to school and I accidentally let off a cap and my teacher snatched it from me, told me to have my parents pick it up, ha! Good bye bazooka

Can i come over to play???

The third wave was released. I have Louie the plumber, Nightmare, and Bullet

Given that Hasbro included one female G.I. Joe figure per year in that line up until 1987, I'm pretty sure that they had ample data to show that female characters didn't sell well enough to justify inclusion in the C.O.P.S. line, considering their larger size and higher price-point. 🤔

I always felt like Buttons had Hepatitis

'Another extraordinary video, Mr. Mercy! (Actually, this is on par with your others, and thus not out of the ordinary for you to produce such fine work. I digress...) Just as Marvel's G.I. Joe comic was more "mature" than the Sunbow cartoon, DC's C.O.P.S. comic was more "mature" than it's animated counterpart. (Well, to some extent, anyway....) One intriguing story arc in the DC book that captivated me as a child involved a rogue officer who outright rebelled against Vess and company's protocol by-the-book brand of justice, and decided that terrorizing crooks and trampling them with a robotic monolithic pachyderm yeilded better results in the war on crime. The story premise alone was fantastic, but the true hook for me was based on a personal misconception: The rogue C.O.P.(s member)... I initially thought that it was Highway!! 'Definitely bore a resemblence to him... Once I discovered that it was actually a character designed solely for this storyline, I only experienced mild disappointment. It was still a highlight of an overall underrated DC series.

3:12

It should have made into games such as Online RPG, Action RPG, multi-player action games, etc

Hey Michael, did you hear they may be closing toy r us??!😣😫😥😫😣😥😫😣😥😫😥😣😫😣😥😫😥😫😣😥😫😫😫😫😫

I was wondering if you were going to leave out the comic... It's a good series.

Did you ever have any Roboforce?

I swear half of these would become transformers names.

I remember the cops cartoon took over the time slot for gi joe in my area and i hated it. The show was so geared toward a younger audience, but just 3 yrs earlier there we had sunbow that knew children could handle more mature content. I always disliked d.i.c. for cops and gi joe

Bart sears designed the figures to be jacked.

Emergency Inner-City Urban Assault Officer E I U A O ---> Vowels Still stupid, but that's where it comes from

9:18 or a nurse

Buttons Mcboomboom was the best

no history of the villains...crooks?

I was so surprised and dissapointed in this toyline...Barricade was my fave, but the toy was such a bust, it turned me off the line.