by generalsjoes | Mar 2, 2010 | G.I. Joe
Over at the Transformers fansite The AllSpark, Dave Willis of Shortpacked! fame put together a little charity drive to get his hands on an ’86 Toy Fair catalog in order to reference high res scans for Transformers fans.
Well, of course, this turns into a big boon for Joe fans as well as the TFWiki also scanned it every single G.I. Joe page as well and posted it on the site! This is some great stuff that us normal Joe fan folks don’t usually get to see.
I don’t want to leech traffic away from Dave’s site, so here’s a mirrored image below, you can hit up TFWiki for links to the rest of the awesome images.
As an added bonus, this endeavor also spiraled into a charity drive for Hasbro’s Children Hospital! Big kudos to the TFWiki guys for getting this stuff out there and supporting a great charity while they’re at it.
by generalsjoes | Mar 1, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… two non G.I. Joe posts in one day? Deth of teh site!11!one!
Well, let’s be honest…G.I. Joe is my first love, I think that’s obvious, but it’s also been a very slow news period since Toy Fair, and since I can never get enough of forcing my opinion down other people’s throats :shifty: it’s time to branch out a bit, especially when I find something I think other fans will enjoy.
And I know what you’re thinking. I saw those previews, too. The ones with the overly emo anime characters lamenting their endless war with the Covenant… the pretty flowers, the moody music. I wasn’t feeling this project at first, not at all. But after sitting down and watching it, I was seriously impressed. Well, for the most part. I much prefer the gritty science fiction aspect of anime, and not so much the goofy juvenile humor, so I skipped right past “Odd Man Out”, which was a particularly ridiculous installment on the DVD, but nearly every other episodic short was downright enjoyable. There were some different styles used throughout the disc, but each one had their own quirks and overall, I came off very impressed with what I saw.
I like the Halo games, they’re great…but I love the Halo universe, and I think that’s where Halo: Legends really is a pleasant surprise. For folks who dig the all out action and are content to sit and play Halo multiplayer and nothing else, you may not find a whole lot to love here…but for people who are really into the mythology of the Halo world and the different alien races, branches of the UNSC, and the whole world surrounding Master Chief and the Spartan project, I think there’s some really cool stuff to see here. Lots of little Easter eggs for folks who have read some of the novels and who are interested in the back story of the universe in 2550.
No, it’s not flawless, and it won’t blow you out of your seat, but I can think of much worse ways to spend 2 hours, and for folks who are really into Halo, I think you’ll dig this in a big way. Sure it’s no multimillion dollar Peter Jackson/Neill Blomkamp major motion picture, but it’s something. I’ve embedded some particularly cool clips for your enjoyment below.
by generalsjoes | Mar 1, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, Film, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, Marvel Comics Toys, Marvel Media, Other Toys
Okay, I’m a fringe Marvel Universe fan at best. The last time I read comics on a regular basis was the 90’s and while I survived Rob Liefield’s path of destruction through the medium as we know it, I did sorta lose track during the Spider-Man clone fiasco, and haven’t really looked back. Sure, I poked my head in on the Ultimate universe, the death of Captain America, and am sort of checking out Siege here and there, but that’s really about it.
Thankfully, for those unusual folks like me, there are the movies and the cartoons to keep me engaged. While most toy geeks lament the fact that the movies and animated series aren’t faithful to the comic roots, those funky nerds like me who don’t really care about the stories and care more about the core characters are able to be kept in the loop without having to worry about the past four pesky decades of continuity. The first Iron Man movie, to me, was the best in class for this recent outcropping of comics flicks (yes, I even rate it above The Dark Knight, heresy on the internetz, I know), and the sequel looks like it will be more of the same.
Even better, the toys for the sequel look to match the quality of Paramount’s tour de force as well. I’m sure the initial toys were probably just dandy as well, but they were six inches tall, which doesn’t fit into my current collection philosophy, which is the smaller the better because I have no space to store crap. Amazingly enough, Hasbro looks to have taken the detail from the six inch figures and squished them down into a 3 3/4″ scale…these figures are smaller, but damn do they look freaking amazing.
PopEater.com has revealed a nice batch of these figures, accurate to the film, and while most of them look totally bad ass, the one I’m really focusing my love on is Samuel “Nick Fury” Jackson in some 3 3/4″ glory. Sure, we’ve all got enough Mace Windu’s to choke a stable of horses, but this Jackson actually uses some G.I. Joe parts! And he has a bad ass trench coat.
It’s pretty much the best 3 3/4″ figure ever made…
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I know this is barely G.I. Joe related, but news is a bit slow these days…gotta take some toy joy where I can get it.
by generalsjoes | Mar 1, 2010 | G.I. Joe
As hard as I try, I can’t seem to keep up with the onslaught of new web tools and toys as browsers continue to evolve and encompass our entire computing experience. Thankfully, there are those more on top of things than I am, and the guys over at JoeUniverse.com have created a great new “Persona” that you can use in Mozilla’s Firefox browser that sports a G.I. Joe theme.
It’s an interesting idea that I hadn’t really thought of toying with…but again, thankfully there are folks out there more on top of it than I am. Check it out right here!
