Big thanks to Mysterious Stranger who reports directly from San Diego ComicCon that he spoke with Hasbro reps on the convention floor, and they confirmed that Bench-Press is NOT Brendan Frasier’s “cameo” role in the film. He also reports some other interesting information:
“Also, the figure was supposed to be the movie line Rock ‘n’ Roll but they had to change the name due to copyright issues. Since they are now going into international territories with these figures the names have to clear internationally. So Rock ‘n’ Roll wasn’t available somewhere and had to be changed. Rather than just slap a new name on the figure they changed the character completely with a new bio, specialty and codename. Unfortunately the Craig McConnel file name is an error on the card that got missed when it was produced.”
Thanks again to Mysterious Stranger for setting the facts straight.
The TV spots are flowing like water these days in countries all over the world. This one comes from Taiwan, and shows a nice amount of new footage of the Night Raven and some other coolness as well. Thanks to The Terror Drome’s “Terror Transmissions” for the YouTube encode! The video was initially discovered on Yahoo here.
Following up on last night’s promise, madmac41 at GeneralsJoes sister site JoeBattleLines has posted images of the upcoming Toys “R” Us Exclusive single packed Bench-Press figure. We have carded images as well as a picture of his filecard. The character appears to use Rock n Roll’s filename with a brand new character attached to it. For months, Brendan Fraser has mentioned that his character in the Joe film is a descendent of his character in the Mummy…could this be him and not Sgt. Stone?
The hits just keep on coming! The eleventh TV Spot has been posted to YouTube, and it pretty much kicks my ass. In fact every bit of footage I see of the movie lately is looking better and better. Can’t wait.
Thanks to tkprime of the MSgijoeCollectorsClub for the heads up…he’s got it hosted on his Facebook profile, too.
Over at GeneralsJoes “sister site” JoeBattleLines, it’s being reported that another single packed Toys “R” Us exclusive has been placed in the case at SDCC, but no images are available yet. Alongside Snow Serpent is supposedly a new G.I. Joe trainer named “Bench Press”. According to Nomad who is in San Diego, Bench Press “is a ground pounder and the team’s physical trainer. He’s a big built guy (possible Heavy Duty parts).”
We’ll wait on pins and needles for pictures, and a huge thanks to Nomad and LeonardoTDragon from JBL for the info!
