At JoeCon in Kansas City, the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA panel just ended, and I have the full archive of the “Cover it Live” coverage from The Terror Drome hosted after the jump. Some pretty cool insight within!
Next in line is the G.I. Joe 2010 Marketing Panel… will cover that as well!
Never fails…whenever Fred from JBL shows up at the G.I. Joe Convention, you can be assured that some awesome pictures will be coming forward. On the JBL Convention Coverage page, Fred has posted a short series of images of the Convention Exclusives, and the pics are pretty much the highest quality I’ve seen yet.
He’ll be hitting the display floor today at 2:00pm as well, so expect big things! Check out the images mirrored below.
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spiderpumpkin from HissTank has come through again with some pictures and details of the convention exclusive items that are being purchased as I type. This appears to be the lowdown (and what an expensive lowdown it is!):
Actually, in all honesty, the prices aren’t terrible…well, except that 12″ Crimson Guard. Yikes. I can appreciate the production costs and the limited run, but that’s far and away the most expensive parachute figure ever. It’s a beautiful figure, but you’re definitely paying for it. The other items are about standard for Convention stuff…
spiderpumpkin also posts some great pics of the filecards and stuff at his photo gallery, which I have mirrored below.
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So, over the next day or two, various Hasbro round tables will go on giving us some cool information and a peek into what’s to come for 2010. The entire Convention schedule is mirrored below:
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So, the dates and times of note are as follows. Keep in mind this is all Central Time:
Of course, there is much, MUCH more, visible at the schedule images above, but those are the highlights, and probably the discussions that I’ll be focused on covering. There will be a TON of stuff going on all weekend, should be a fun, busy time. Enjoy!
I know it’s been a little while since I recapped some of the various reviews for IDW’s latest releases, but considering that I was all pumped up for the Helix one-shot and also considering the main G.I. Joe title is starting to pick up some steam, I figure I can pop some links out there to check these reviews out. My own personal take?
Helix was a really, REALLY fun read. The pacing was great, the art was honestly fantastic. I was actually pretty surprised, the tone of the story was very dark and serious, and Helix wasn’t really the showcase I expected. She did a lot more undercover work and a lot less martial arts stuff than I expected, and for an issue that was supposed to dive into her background, it didn’t do a whole lot in that regard. I was also a bit confused as to where in continuity this particular story is supposed to take place. Duke and Hawk were obviously in their IDW style, but they already know all about COBRA (which they don’t yet in the main series) and I was a bit perplexed about that. It was still a great read, though.
The main G.I. Joe title is picking up some steam as well, as we get a look at Flint, and see some COBRA Troopers for the first time. The story moves along at a much brisker pace than the previous 6 issue arc, and I’m really liking the whole Snake Eyes/Scarlett/Mainframe angle with COBRA as an urban myth. That is an awesome angle. Chuck Dixon really hit on something interesting there. But, if you want to read some other thoughts, check out the links below: