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A special Two-Day Event at Kokomo Toys this weekend!

by | Jun 6, 2014 | G.I. Joe

If you’re in or around the Kokomo, Indiana area, you may want to make a bee line for Kokomo Toys this weekend as there will be a special two day event showing some rare and prototype toys from your favorite toylines of the past several years.

Details can be seen on the Kokomo Toys Facebook page or below:

Kokomo Toys will be hosting a special 2 day event at our new location, Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th, where on display will be some of the rarest action figures and prototypes from across several toy lines (Toy Biz, Marvel Legends, GI Joe, Battle Beasts, Dungeons & Dragons, Sun-Man, Thundercats, He-Man, and more) including a Mad Bubbler prototype (Thundercats) and the FIRST 3 3/4 inch GI Joe prototype. Come see these amazing toy collecting artifacts in person!!

In attendance will be Gyre-Viper (GI JOE historian and co-host of the Joe Declassified Podcast) and Josh Carlson (multi-toy line expert and author of Roshan’s Guide to Marvel Legends). They will be on-hand to talk about toy collecting and toy history, including everything from the pre-production process of action figures to obscure knock-off toy lines and unproduced, unreleased toys.

Everyone who attends will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win Kokomo Toys gift certificates. Come hang out Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th, and celebrate the joys of toy collecting with us!!

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Very cool behind the scenes look at Sideshow Collectibles

by | Jun 6, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, Sideshow

There are only fringes of these videos that deal directly with G.I. Joe, but any kind of “behind the scenes” perspective when it comes to toy making is pretty interesting.  These are no different.

The folks at Sideshow Collectibles were interviewed by Tested.com and a pair of very revealing videos were released showing those interviews.  A great look at pre-production design, and preparing something for production.  These two videos focus on the Premium Format figures specifically, so expect to see some Crimson Baroness cameos.  Check out the videos on SideshowToy.com or embedded below.

Boss Fight Studio “Half Orc” from Vitruvian H.A.C.K.S. Wave 2 Revealed!

by | Jun 5, 2014 | Boss Fight Studio

To celebrate reaching $55,000 on their Kickstarter Campaign, the folks from Boss Fight Studio revealed some concept art for an upcoming Wave 2 item, a fantasy based Half Orc!

These kinds of peeks into the future are really awesome, and hopefully drives some folks to give support, knowing what’s on the horizon.

Check it out below, and hit up the Boss Fight Kickstarter it is getting CLOSE!

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G.I. Joe Collectors Club shows off FSS 3.0 Night Creeper Leader!

by | Jun 4, 2014 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club

Joining Alpine and Spearhead, we now have our third look at the upcoming FSS 3.0 roster, and this time it’s Night Creeper Leader!  I love that they went with the purple and yellow color scheme, and I did hypothosize that they might elect to use the removable bandana (though I wasn’t sure why it wasn’t on the accessory list posted yesterday).

Figure design is great, I love the choice of web gear… a really great update to a fun later year character.  Check it out below and keep watching GIJoeClub.com for the latest info!

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Some more analysis for FSS 3.0 Offerings

by | Jun 4, 2014 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club

So last night the G.I. Joe Collectors Club launched the Figure Subscription Service, and while we didn’t see images of all the figures, they did release a short description of each figure as part of the check out process.  Last night I was in the midst of recording a podcast episode, so I wasn’t able to dive too fully into it, but now that I’ve checked out the list and digested it, there are some interesting elements.  A lot of this stuff has been shown before, but still.

After “the jump” I’ll run down the full list of figures with descriptions and break down what some of this means.

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