by generalsjoes | Jun 2, 2010 | Sponsor News
They’re the A-Team, and we have their brand new 12 inch figures, 4 inch figures, and vehicles in stock right now! Also new at the movie theaters this summer is Prince of Persia, and we have the 6 inch figures from McFarlane Toys available now. Don’t miss these and then wish you could turn back time!
The final new in-stock items are two beautiful Bowen Designs mini-busts, Blazing Skull and Wolverine Logan, each standing over 6 inches tall and ready to liven up your shelf.
We’ve also got three new lines you absolutely can’t miss available for preorder right now. First up are DC Direct’s recently announced Arkham Asylum figures based on the hit video game of the same name. The lineup includes Batman, Joker, Harley Quinn, and Scarecrow.
Next up are new preorders for Series 2 of the Black and Silver Vintage Star Wars figures.
And finally we’ve got lots of the new Lego minifigures available for preorder. Don’t worry about tracking down the one you want in stores, and instead guarantee yourself that Zombie, Robot, or Clown minifig you’ve been wanting by preordering right now.
by generalsjoes | Jun 1, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comic Reviews, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Reviews, IDW
G.I. Joe: Origins #16
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Tom Feister, Cal (c)
The Origin of Zartan, Part 1: Who is Zartan? You may think you know the murderous master of disguise but you don’t know the whole story! A hired killer under the command of the Baroness is dangerously compromised. He’s offered the protection of COBRA and sent on a risky mission that ends with a scene that will have Joe fans talking for years. This one is 100% guaranteed to shock!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
To avoid revealing too many spoilers, I’ve posted the review after the jump. Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link below to check out the review, and be warned, there ARE spoilers within!
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by generalsjoes | Jun 1, 2010 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
The IDW G.I. Joe world has been a roller coaster, and thankfully things have been on the upward trend as of late. In that way, I’m glad it took them a little while to get to exploring the character of Zartan, because he is one of the coolest and most central characters of the G.I. Joe mythos, and I’d rather see him done right than done early.
So far we’ve got a short snippet of the G.I. Joe: Origins issue featuring his back story, and so far, so good. A pretty fast-paced, thrilling introduction so far.
G.I. Joe: Origins #16
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Tom Feister, Cal (c)
The Origin of Zartan, Part 1: Who is Zartan? You may think you know the murderous master of disguise but you don’t know the whole story! A hired killer under the command of the Baroness is dangerously compromised. He’s offered the protection of COBRA and sent on a risky mission that ends with a scene that will have Joe fans talking for years. This one is 100% guaranteed to shock!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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by generalsjoes | Jun 1, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
August is only a couple of short months away, and we all know what that means in regards to the Asian market. Over the past few days quite a number of products have started showing up across the web, and while I’ll refrain from linking to specific auctions, I did want to mirror the updated images and point out that these all come courtesy of The Terror Drome. To date, we’ve got some nice pictures of Pursuit of Cobra City Strike Beachhead, Jungle Assault Duke, Desert Battle Storm Shadow, and G.I. Joe: Resolute Scarlett and Baroness.
In the past I’ve jumped on some of these auctions pretty quickly, to be totally honest. But so far, I’m holding myself back on this initial batch. I grabbed Spirit pretty quickly when he appeared a couple of weeks back, but I’m just having a hard time pulling the trigger on $20 a pop when they should be hitting retail in about 6 – 8 weeks. The really weird thing is, for the Rise of Cobra figures, which were pretty inferior, all told, I was jumping on them pretty quick. But for these much better figures, I can’t bring myself to do it, at least not yet. Is it because of the price jump, which is admittedly, pretty small? Or is it my strong, iron clad moral core? Yeah, definitely not that.
Check out some of the images mirrored below.
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by generalsjoes | Jun 1, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
While I understand that many folks bemoan the G.I. Joe film, it’s tough to argue that both the 25th Anniversary line as well as the Rise of Cobra event have brought a bunch more Joe fans to the table, which is especially cool because that means a bunch of cool new G.I. Joe fan projects end up emerging.
HissTank forum member Jimmy McWicked is the latest fan that has really made me sit up and say “Wow!” with his strongly animated-influenced fan art inspired by G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Every time someone cries foul about the fact that G.I. Joe: Renegades might have animated influences, I see stuff like this and say “so freaking what?” This is some of the coolest, most inspired fan art that I’ve seen in a very long time.
Jimmy McWicked can also be found on Deviant Art where you can peruse more of his fantastic work. Check out some of the mirrored images below.
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