These TV spots actually popped up briefly yesterday on the GIJoeMovie YouTube channel, but were quickly marked as “Private” for some reason and not viewable. Well, that changed at some point in the past 24 hours, and now they’re up and ready to check out again.
It’s a good thing, too! No, there’s not a huge amount of new footage, but that scant couple of seconds with Cobra Commander departing the Water Moccasin surrounded by Cobra Troopers, Red Ninjas, and Storm Shadow? Totally worth it. Check out these two TV spots below. Also, a somewhat odd item to note.. The Terror Drome noticed that the date has changed in the TV Spot to March 28th. Whether that is meaningful or not, I’m not sure, but it something to note, anyway. It could just be referring to a special midnight premier, but figured it was at least worth pointing out.
The days continue to move on as we inch closer to March 29th and to the premier of G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Twitziller has posted his latest update, and on Fridays he goes right for the big guns! And in the realm of G.I. Joe, it doesn’t get a whole lot bigger than this guy.
#28:
Tough to argue about the importance of that dude. I still remember how wide my eyes opened when I first read Storm Shadow’s filecard back in 1984 with his ability to move faster than the eye could track and to scale walls with bare hands and feet. The concept of ninjas in a real world situation was just too cool. Larry Hama almost effortlessly told a tale of revenge, redemption, and honor, all built around a 4″ piece of white plastic, and to this day, that tale rings true among all the other madness in G.I. Joe lore.
Different trailers and scenes seem to indicate that perhaps similar redemption is found by Storm Shadow in the sequel film. Time will tell how that works out, but whatever happens, his role is a critical one. Keep checking Twitziller on Twitter for the next reasons, and you can find it all right here on GeneralsJoes as well. Past entries can be seen below.
Someone correct us if we’re wrong, but Twitziller pointed out this role play item at ToysRUs.com and I think it’s totally new. At least I don’t remember seeing it before. It looks like a kids’ version of Roadblock’s now infamous Battle Kata weapons vest. Allowing the wearer to store their role play weapons in the various pouches and be ready to kick some Cobra ass!
Check it out for $24.99 and take a peek at the images below.
Over on HissTank.com the always reliable TheGabrielAngel has posted some very cool stereoscopic 3D posters from G.I. Joe: Retaliation. These posters feature some new looks at Cobra Commander, Firefly, Roadblock, and Joe Colton.
The only hitch? You need 3D glasses to get the effect, and without them… they look pretty funky.
So, here’s another Storm Shadow. My first Storm Shadow since the infamous “one star” event from a week or so ago. Will this one fare any better? Would I really run another potential bad review to round off our work week? You’ll have to check out my G.I. Joe: Retaliation Page or just hit the link below.
Can you feel the excitement? Probably not quite as strong now, with 29 days to go as it will be when we get within 10 days… or 5. I don’t know about you folks, but this daily countdown has been a blast, and I’m thrilled that Twitziller has been rocking it out, not missing a beat.
We have our 29th reason to look forward to G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and it immediately struck a chord with me.
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Those four letters… VTOL. I don’t know about anyone else, but I had never even heard of the VTOL concept until… well, until I was 10 years old. Like so many other real world military ideas, I first learned about them through the lens of being a G.I. Joe fan. VTOL, Vertical Take Off and Landing was initially introduced to me with the Skyhawk and the Rattler, years before words like “Harrier Jet” were even in the public vernacular. Terminology like “Covert Operations”, “NATO and Warsaw Pact”, and even “Commando” were introduced thanks to the wonders of G.I. Joe in the 80’s. Can you even imagine a toyline today using words like that on toys designed for 8 year old little boys? I’m not sure I can.
The VTOL concept was used in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as well with the Howler and to a limited extent with the Cobra Gunship, but it’s important to note how it’s carried forth here, too, both in the film and in the toys. Fans made the immediate connection to the Howler (not to mention the Rattler) when viewing the footage you see the grab from above, and the Ghost Hawk II looks to be a great evolution of that vehicle from the first G.I. Joe film. I love that these concepts that seemed so natural to us young boys still invade the public mind, and are very certainly being used in the film universe quite well.
To keep up to date on the 40 Reasons why G.I. Joe: Retaliation will be great, make sure you are following Twitziller on Twitter, and keeping it right here on GeneralsJoes as well. The previous entries can be seen below.
It’s a G.I. Joe flood! We’re getting pretty steady G.I. Joe: Retaliation product at retail, the Kre-O figures seem to be taking Toys “R” Us by storm, and now the G.I. Joe Collectors Club has sent out the third series of their Figure Subscription Service figures!
A few folks have reported receiving them already, and I will refrain from spoiling the contents here. I’m hoping to get reviews done in time for the “Road to Retaliation” event over the next 30 days, so prepare yourselves.
Been having trouble finding G.I. Joe Kre-O sets at your local Toys “R” Us? Well, TRU.com can get you the hook up! Both in store and online, Toys “R” Us is currently offering a Buy 1 Get 1 50% off sale on their entire stock of Kre-O product, including the brand new G.I. Joe items.
Combine that with Free Shipping for sales over $75, and you could grab the whole run of Kre-O items for a really good price.
Check out the TRU.com Kre-O section right here. The figure packs are currently sold out, but many of the boxed sets are still available.
I’ve talked in the past about the awesome Acid Free Gallery prints, and now we’ve got a couple of new Cobra character posters to talk about. Cobra Commander and Storm Shadow prints by Rhys Cooper will apparently be going on sale today at 12:30 Eastern time.
There are regular prints and variants. The standard prints are $50 each, with variants clocking in at $65. Check out AcidFreeGallery.com to pick these bad boys up!
As most of you hopefully remember, I got a chance to review two out of the three “Tactical Ninja” boxed set figures a few months ago. Well, now that this set has finally hit retail, I was able to finally round off that three pack with Snake Eyes!
Snake Eyes is…well, sort of a conundrum. He’s got a fantastic mix of different really great parts. But when you bring all of those great parts together, the result isn’t especially captivating or cohesive. You’ll have to check out my G.I. Joe: Retaliation Review page for the full details, or just click the link below.
As an added bonus, I also added some details to my Agent Mouse review now that the final version is out, there were some added pictures and information that I wanted to get into the review. You can click that link below as well.
