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SDCC Coverage Day 1 – Preview Night

by | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage

I know other sites have some pictures up already, and I’m combing through them and picking out the good stuff, but I’m also expecting some images from JoeBattleLines and The Terror Drome potentially tonight as well.  But at this point, this is what we know about what was shown at SDCC (or what was peeked at behind enemy lines…  :shifty: )

Wal-Mart Exclusive Battle Stations

  • Heatseek Missile w/ Scrap Iron and Neo-Viper
  • Surveillance Port w/ MARS Trooper
  • Laser Artillery Weapon w/ Hawk and Hit & Run (YES!)
  • Outpost Defender w/ Tripwire and Roadblock

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First impressions – I loved these battle stations as a kid, and they still look pretty cool, and I love that they’re coming with two figures.  Resolute Roadblock is GREAT, even if he looks different.  Love the QuaidHawk.  Please don’t tell me that funky green and silver Tripwire with tiger stripes is supposed to be Hit & Run…  :/

Toys “R” Us Exclusive Troop Builder Packs

  • G.I. Joe “Desert Set” w/ Dial Tone (female), Law & Order, Zartan, Footloose, and Repeater
  • COBRA set w/ Unknown

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Tough to make out a whole lot here, but I’m loving that Joe set.  Repeater and Footloose are both winners (yeah, I know, Footloose needs to be in green camouflage, but these paint apps look GREAT, even if they’re not vintage accurate).  Female Dial Tone is awesome to see, too, for those of us willing and able to move on from 1986.

Hopefully more to come!

Images courtesy of HissTank.com.

I’m not dead…just out of the “office” today.

by | Jul 22, 2009 | Web Stuff

Those who know me know that my wife is approaching 9 months pregnant…well today, I got an unexpected day off, so it was spent prepping the nursery, packing bags, and getting all the last strings tied up.  I will be playing catch up throughout the evening, so the news posts will definitely pick up.  I’m back at work the rest of the week, so the normal pace should continue.

Thanks for your patience!  SDCC is upon us!!

Fantastic new pictures of Target Exclusive Rampage (Heavy Metal)

by | Jul 21, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe: The Movie

We’ve known about the exclusive RHINO w/ Rampage for a long time, and many folks have made the connection between the driver and the old school Heavy Metal, but very few really clear images have come out of the RHINO driver to compare.  Well, that’s all changed.

Werecat, an administrator over on JoeSightings has posted some excellent images of the recently released Rampage figure.  It is astounding how Hasbro can mix and match fairly common parts and come with with such an amazing looking new character.  This figure looks terrific, and looks quite close to the vintage counterpart.  I’m still not going to pay $55.00 for the RHINO, but now I can at least salivate over Werecat’s pictures for a little while.  Check out the images mirrored below.

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NEWS FLASH – New Product Listings emerge from San Diego ComicCon

by | Jul 21, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage

Sources from within SDCC have reported to JoeBattleLines and GeneralsJoes that there is some great new product being prepped behind the scenes to be displayed in the Hasbro booth at ComicCon!  The biggest and best news is the following:

– A Desert-Themed 5-Pack that appears to include:

  • Zartan (possibly)
  • Law & Order
  • Dial Tone (Female)
  • Repeater
  • Footloose

Other new product has been revealed as the very popular “Battle Stations” from back in  the vintage days.  Some details are fuzzy, but the following battle stations were visible:

  • Surveillance Port (with movie themed Tele-Viper)
  • LAW (that appears to come with Tripwire)
  • MMS in the crimson “SMS” color scheme (that appears to come with Scrap Iron)
  • Outpost Defender (that appears to come with Roadblock…a Roadblock with the Resolute head sculpt!)

Other items, most of which we’ve seen already, included:

  • Target Exclusive RHINO w/ Rampage
  • “Then and Now” Rockslide 2-Pack with Snow Job
  • “Attack on the Pit” 5-Pack
  • Senior Ranking Officer 3-Packs (Stone, Grunt, Speed Metal; Destro, Elite-Viper , Neo-Viper)
  • Target “Rescue Mission” 4-Pack
  • Lava Pod w/ Volcano Viper
  • Tiger Claw w/ Leatherneck (in green!)
  • Rockslide w/ Dusty
  • Dragonhawk w/ Wild Bill

Other mysterious items were floating around as well, like an apparent repaint or variant of “The Doctor” in a white labcoat.

Keep in mind this information is all second hand with no image verification as of yet, but it at least gives us something to go by as we wait for the big reveal on Thursday!