by generalsjoes | Aug 25, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Larry Hama is quite the profilic poster over on his Facebook page, but doesn’t talk about G.I. Joe all that often. Recently he put up a post about his upcoming work on G.I. Joe: Origins #19 and gave us a few minor little tidbits that I’m sure will whet everyone’s appetite for this upcoming issue:
“I took a stab at another silent Snake-Eyes story, but with
more complex visual storytelling and self-imposed parameters like keeping track
of ammo and ordnance expenditures. “Wrote” it and did
layouts. The amazing Joe Benitez did the finished art. It should be
on the stands in September.”
I’m really looking forward to checking this out. Joe Benitez does awesome work, and it sounds like Larry was really invested in the story again this time around. I think we’re in for a nice treat.
by generalsjoes | Aug 24, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA, Sponsor News
Wow, that’s unexpected! Even as Wave 2 of the Pursuit of Cobra figures have started trickling out into brick & mortar retail, BigBadToyStore reports that they have received the second wave of Bravo vehicles, which includes the VAMP and the Cobra Fury. Excellent! Click the links below. I’ve placed my order, and I can’t tell you how psyched I am for the VAMP. This looks like one of the coolest Joe vehicles we’ve gotten in a while.
Go get ’em!
by generalsjoes | Aug 24, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA, Sponsor News
We finally have confirmation that we will receive the new GI Joe: Pursuit of Cobra figures next week. In the mean time take a look at the Pursuit of Cobra PreOrders for next wave of figures soon to come. Best part is that we have images of all the new stuff!
We are finally caught up from being away for the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. We have several new items this week and a few older items we just discovered. If you are going to be at the Baltimore Comic Con this weekend stop by booth 302 and say hello!
For those that had an opportunity to stop by the booth and Star Wars Celebration V, we cannot thank all enough. We finally have a few of the SWCV Exclusives available including the Lego Bounty Hunter CubeDudes – Star Wars Exclusive Box Set, Boba Fett 12-Inch Exclusive Figure by Gentle Giant, Bossk Maquette Exclusive by Gentle Giant, Donald Duck as Shadow Trooper Star Wars Star Tours Exclusive Action Figure and finally Darth Vader McQuarrie Concept Exclusive Mini Bust by Gentle Giant. Also, we came across 20 older Gentle Giant Star Wars Busts and Statues that are worth taking a look though! Finally, we have the newest assortment of Star Wars Clone Wars PreOrders. This assortment includes: Boba Fett, Embo, R4-P17, and Shaak Ti. Plus we have images of each!
The 2010 Transformers are coming in slowly but surely. This week we added two new Voyager PreOrders to go along with many 2010 Transformers PreOrders. Please welcome Highbrow and The Fallen.
We know have you been waiting for the next wave of Marvel Universe Action Figures! Good news, it has shipped from Hasbro and will have in soon! Also, we have updated the images so you can now see Hawkeye, Ironman 2020, Thanos, Constrictor, Yellow Jacket and Multiple-Man. We also have the new Target Exclusive 2-Packs as PreOrders.
Finally, we’ve got a huge new assortment of over 50 Gentle Giant Statues and Busts, including many which are out of production. If you’re looking for the absolute best in collectibles, come on in!
by generalsjoes | Aug 23, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Not too long ago, an eBay auction featuring a strangely repainted Volcano Viper got some folks wondering what was up. Well, as is the case with nearly every unproduced item out there, Gyre Viper got his hands on one as well (though a different one from the eBay auction) and has posted a very nice gallery of the item on HissTank.com.
It is currently unknown exactly where this figure would have fallen into place, or whether or not it will even be released. If I had to guess, I’d say this was probably a planned Rise of Cobra/early Pursuit of Cobra item that is now in the junk pile. I may be wrong, but I have strong doubts that we’ll ever see this thing at retail. A very interesting item, and likely a fireman or flame thrower trooper of some sort. Amazing how nicely Hasbro can reuse these parts into totally different functions. Having a figure start off as an Arctic Trooper and then successfully make the transition to toxic trooper/heat trooper/fireman is a pretty impressive migration.
Check out the mirrored images below.
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by generalsjoes | Aug 23, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
Wave 1 reviews continue to stagger in, as I finally got my hands on a PoC Cobra Commander from both HasbroToyShop and my good buddy Mike last week. You can check out the review on the Pursuit of Cobra Review page or directly right here.
I also finally got Firefly as well, so that review should be going up this week, too, and then Wave 1 will be wrapped up! Just in time for Wave 2 to start showing up.
