by generalsjoes | Jan 5, 2012 | 30th Anniversary, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Sponsor News
The moment many fans have been waiting for! The Big Bad Toy Store exclusive Dreadnoks and Slaughter Marauder 7-Packs are in stock now! Using some existing tooling, but also a heck of a lot of new tooling, these great new 7-packs give Joe fans a lot of the classic characters they’ve been waiting for, and still some new twists.
I’ve been lucky enough to have these in hand for a while now, and they are worth every penny. Check out the links below to BUY EM UP!
If you want to educate yourself on the merits of the figures before plunking down the change, I’ve reviewed them both on my 30th Anniversary Review Page as well!
by generalsjoes | Jan 5, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Over on his Twitter page, Jon Chu has encouraged fans to step up and place their votes!
The MTV Movie Blog is featuring a 2012 Movie Brawl, which takes several genre films from 2012 and puts them up against each other in a fight to the finish. Currently the Hunger Games and Twilight are tied for the lead, and that hurts me to my soul.
Can we muster enough Joe power to knock one of them off? You never know until you try!
GO AND VOTE!
by generalsjoes | Jan 4, 2012 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comic Reviews, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Reviews, IDW
I do have to admit that it seemed as if the Cobra Civil War kind of came to a sudden and grinding halt in mid-stream. I mean, the storyline progression made a certain amount of sense, but I never really felt this culmination to a thrilling finale or anything, it just kept on steamrolling ahead, and then suddenly it was over.
I did like the end resolution, and I agree with the promotion of that particular character to the Cobra Commander role, but I just felt like it just suddenly ended.
Even with that in mind, I did feel more invested in the IDW universe post Cobra Civil War than I had before it, and found myself looking forward to the whole Cobra Command storyline to see where things go from here. I tried to hold my enthusiasm in check, since the main line G.I. Joe title isn’t my favorite, but it turns out, I came away quite impressed.
To read the full review click the Read the Rest of the Story link below.
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by generalsjoes | Jan 4, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Wow. Now maybe someone remembers me talking about this already, but I don’t think I did.
With the launch of the first G.I. Joe film in 2009, Electronic Arts released a licensed game as companies are wont to do, and the game was pretty widely panned as these licensed games generally are. However, one cool thing about the game, in my opinion, was the designs of the characters. They took the Rise of Cobra aesthetic and tweaked it a bit with more military elements to pretty good effect.
But, thanks to notpicard and Greg from What’s on Joe Mind who pointed this art site to me, there was a nice amount of unused concept art that completely and totally ROCKED. Stuff that wasn’t used in the game. Sure, a lot of it walked that line between current military realism and future technology, but I’ll be damned if every one of these concepts isn’t really bad ass. I would kill to see some of this stuff in toy form.
You can find the gallery at CGHub.com and I’ve also mirrored many images below. There are a ton of great pictures hosted at the site, you should definitely check it out. Now I feel like I want to go home and play this game again!
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by generalsjoes | Jan 3, 2012 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Cobra Command starts here!
IDW has released the 5-page preview for the upcoming 9th issue of their flagship G.I. Joe title, and it looks like a rocking start to the Cobra Command storyline. Check out the five page preview below.
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G.I. Joe: Ongoing Vol. 2 #9
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins, Will Rosado (c)
“Cobra Command,” Part One! The Cobra Civil War is over but there’s no risk of a peace outbreak. A nine-issue epic starts right here! The new Cobra Commander kicks off his reign with total war as he invades a sovereign nation with all the military might under his power. The world is outraged but uncertain of how to retaliate. So the Joes take to the field to battle a new, more dangerous version of their oldest foe.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Nick Runge variant cover!
G.I. JOE temporary tattoos!
Bullet points:
COBRA COMMAND BEGINS HERE! PART 1 of the G.I. JOE crossover!
A rolling nine-issue crossover between all three ongoing G.I. JOE titles, all with the same art team!
