Forgive the brevity, I’m posting from my Blackberry at the Hasbro event. Just one quick tidbit… In years past we’ve received press kits on a USB key. This year they will be sending out ftp info to sites @ 6:00pm. Keep your eyes open!
Hey gang, Gary here filling in for Justin while he is on the road to NYC. The folks at the collectors’ club updated their page with a lit’l Saturday morning surprise. Its Flint!!
SEE HIM
Justin will have updates later today and more commentary later. Feel free to discuss below!
…so I’ve ended my Toy Fair prep by sitting through the 3 minute premier episode of Operation: HISS, and I’m about ready to hit the road first thing tomorrow morning. I’ve absconded with my office Blackberry for the trip, so expect some updates during the voyage on my Twitter Feed. I’m not sure I’ll be doing much tweeting from the event itself, just because I’d rather focus on the material (though there will be time during the Star Wars presentation…who gives a crap about Star Wars, anyway?).
So, even if my pic uploading might be a bit sporadic, I’ll try to at least offer some insight and content via Twitter and hopefully when the pics show up, they’ll be worth the wait. I may not be the fastest, but hopefully I can try and be the best.
There are a lot of admins and webmasters out there who attend these shows as part of their jobs… to me, this is what being a fan is all about. I’m thrilled that I have the opportunity to go to Toy Fair every year, and I’m just plain psyched to see what’s in store. Something tells me my enthusiasm will show through. Hope the product meets my expectations…and all of yours as well.
Heh…in the last post I mentioned a month was a long time to wait for a follow up to a 5 minute webisode. Turns out, the action itself only took just over 3 minutes. Overall impression? About what you’d expect for a direct-to-website feature catered to kids. It’s done in CGI animation, purely computer models, and they looked like they were pulled from the cut scenes of the console game (which isn’t necessarily a good thing). Some choppy animation, some stilted voice acting, and nothing that will really make the long time fans go crazy. Definitely not G.I. Joe’s best side.
I still kinda dig seeing the movie universe further explored (especially since it would appear it’s vanishing entirely from store shelves with this G.I. Joe “reboot” this fall), but the end result did not blow my skirt up, which is really saying something when coming from this fanboy. Regardless, I’ll be waiting the first Friday of every month just to see what’s next.
On the positive side, we did get some cool intel when the credits rolled! I’ve mirrored some screen shots below, including a shot of the voice credits, which indicate that some other characters will be appearing in the series like Recondo, Helix, and Snow Job! I’ll check out further installments just for that.
A fun way to spend a few minutes, but don’t expect Beast Wars or Starship Troopers… the gallery is below.
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