by generalsjoes | Jul 18, 2017 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
With the plethora of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero books hitting Kickstarter in recent years, there’s been an awesome wealth of content available for us long time fans. One avenue that hasn’t been fully explored, however, is the advertising and marketing side of things, but Phil Reed from Battlegrip.com has that covered.
The Kickstarter for Modern Army Action Figures was just recently launched and explores the great advertising of vintage Real American Hero product. One would argue a huge amount of G.I. Joe’s success in the 80’s was due to its unique look at marketing and advertising, and Phil’s got some great stuff here.
Go check out the book on Kickstarter and throw some support its way!
by generalsjoes | Jul 18, 2017 | Boss Fight Studio, Other Toys
To say I’m excited for the upcoming Zombie Lab Kickstarter would be a dramatic understatement. Civilian figures, mutated undead, and fully compatible with the HACKS articulation system?
Uhhh… SOLD.
Over on their Facebook page, Dream Concept has begun posting fantastic images of the upcoming figures in the first few waves, and they look mind blowing. It certainly seems as if there will be something here for everyone, even if you’re not a fan of the walking dead.
Keep watching Dream Concept on Facebook as well as the Zombie Lab Facebook group, and here are some of those images below.
EDIT – If you want to know the story behind this new Zombie Lab action figure series, be sure to check out DreamConceptStudio.com where they are posting some terrific artwork and prose giving some background to this exciting looking line.
Thanks to John for the link!
by generalsjoes | Jul 18, 2017 | G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
If you’re not following along with John Royle on Instagram (or at JohnRoyleArt.com) you’re missing out. He’s been posting some spectacular images from upcoming covers for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero by IDW and he has been KILLING it.
The upcoming gatefold COBRA themed cover looks exceptionally awesome, and any time Spirit graces a cover it’s a good thing, too. Check out some of the snippets below and keep watching his Instagram for the latest updates. Good stuff.
by generalsjoes | Jul 10, 2017 | G.I. Joe, SDCC
I think I might be a little verklempt.
For a couple of weeks we’ve been under the impression that the Missile Command Center re-issue with COBRA Commander, COBRA Trooper, and COBRA Officer would be what we’d expect to see G.I. Joe related at ComicCon this year.
Not so fast, my friends.
Hasbro has stunned the fandom today by announcing a ComicCon exclusive boxed set diving headfirst into the IDW Revolutions storyline, unifying several of their properties across one action-packed crossover event.
It’s… pretty close to perfect. The overall format looks strongly influenced by recent Transformers/G.I. Joe Boxed Sets, which makes total sense, and makes it feel like those other sets were all building to this one blockbuster. A blockbuster featuring not just G.I. Joe and Transformers, but MASK, Action Man, Micronauts, Rom, and… FREAKING VISIONARIES.
VISIONARIES. In 1:18 scale. Well, Leoric, anyway.
As if that’s not cool enough, for the first time ever, Hasbro is taking this opportunity to give us the G.I. Joe: Renegades version of Roadblock, which officially completes the main core of the Renegades team from the animated series several years back.
Using a nice compliment of new tooling with their library of existing parts, they’ve put together a very nice looking set that has some great resemblance to the classic properties their emulating. This is really impressive looking stuff. The set includes the following:
- Jetfire
- Renegades Roadblock (!!!!)
- Matt Trakker fresh from IDW’s comic
- Action Man
- ROM
- Dire Wraith
- Leoric from Visionaries (!!!!)
- Assorted miniature Micronauts
Oh, yeah… and RENEGADES ROADBLOCK in case anyone missed that.
Check out Entertainment Weekly for the full details and the images are mirrored below. Now excuse me while I go towel off.
by generalsjoes | Jul 6, 2017 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2017, Podcasts
The 2017 G.I. Joe Convention is over and Chris from The Full Force Podcast has pulled together a panel of experts to talk about what was shown, what was seen and what exciting things happened during the week down in Disney.
Join Chris, Troy and IDW artist extraordinaire Adam Riches as they discuss the trials and tribulations of JoeCon 2017. Check out The Full Force on Facebook, or just hit up the podbean page below.
