MaxPower over at the JBL forums received his Hall of Heroes figures in the mail, and did a very good comparison/review of the recently released Hall of Heroes single-carded figures. He breaks them down piece-by-piece and compares them to their equivolent releases already in the Anniversary line.
The in depth thread is here, and images are mirrored below. Thanks to MaxPower at JBL for the pics!
ACToys board member Wintergod has posted a nice assortment of new images of some upcoming Rise of COBRA figures, featuring Sgt. Stone, Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes, COBRA Commander, and many others. Check out the thread here, and check out the images mirrored below.
Big thanks to WildWeasel and HissCommander of The Terror Drome for the information.
Over at JoeCanuck.com, more images and items have been revealed for exclusives slated to hit with the Canadian JoeCon! Check out the thread on JoeCanuck here for all of the details on the 25th Anniversary exclusive Backstop with his personal tank the “Deadeye”! Custom paint jobs and custom stickers highlight these two great looking exclusives.
The Canadian JoeCon explodes May 2nd with a veritable all star of guests, including Hasbro Canada, Mark Bellomo, and David Willis. You can also check out the images below.
A repaint of the 25th Anniversary Scarlett figure, painted to resemble the European Exclusive Action Force “Quarrel” from back in the day, has surfaced on TaoBao.com. Current speculation is that this was the base figure for the unreleased “Arctic Scarlett” that was slated to come with COBRA Commander in a wave of Comic Packs that never saw the light of day. The translated description of the auction also comes out as “Hasbro GIJOE special female red hair color version of the snow” which also supports that theory.
Check the auction out here.
Thanks to HissCommander from The Terror Drome for the info!
Over the past couple of weeks, eBay watchers have spotted some strange new Storm Shadow figures cropping up for sale from overseas. Dubbed the “Storm Shadow Forever” figures, the two COBRA ninja’s are deco’d in vac metal silver and gold, complete with a nice, official looking COBRA sigil. Make no mistake about it, these are not official items, but they’re at least unique in their own way.
Friend of GeneralsJoes, cmderinchief (from Coil Club and JoeBattleLines, naturally… :shifty: ) got his hands on a pair of these and took some very cool pictures. Check out the thread on JBL here, or check out the images mirrored below. Not for everyone, I don’t think, but pretty neat, just the same.
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Hi all,
We wanted to tell you about some new product listings at SMALLJOES.COM.
GI JOE
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The Hall of Heroes special edition figures are now in stock. We sold through
most of our stock in pre-orders but some are still available here:
http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/pgen.cgi?Stage=5&CatId=81&Start=0
From the “off again, on again” department at Hasbro, the Wave 5 vehicles have been a source of question marks for Joe fans over the past several months. Solicited a long time ago, then cancelled, and now apparently reborn, the Stinger, Arctic HISS, and FLAK/CLAW continue to tease collectors. eBay seller dreamcab has now posted test shots for these vehicles on his eBay page, along with some apparent packaging samples.
Click here to check out his eBay seller page, or you can always check out the direct links and images mirrored below.
Wow. Some amazing stuff here. You don’t always have to work with plastic to get the “kick ass custom” moniker here. 😉
BennyBroca over on HissTank has posted some very impressive customized box art and package art and really manages to capture the vintage style. My personal favorite is the customized box for the MASS Device, which has two images I’ve mirrored below. Definitely check out the thread to see the other pics, though, they’re all awesome.
A forum poster over on ACToys.net has posted some new images of the COBRA Gunship and Steel Crusher A.P.V. These are loose samples with some angles that we haven’t seen before. The images are mirrored below, thanks to cmderinchief of the Coil Club and JoeBattleLines for the intel!
For many years, G.I. Joe collector Gio Toninelo (originally from Brazil) has been doing his G.I. Joe Stop Motion festival featuring fan-made films using G.I. Joe action figures of all scales. Some of the films featured in the festival have cropped up on YouTube (generally to favorable reviews).
The creator of the festival is soon to bring it on the road to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, and has been interviewed by the Austin Decider.
If you’re going to be in the Austin area tonight (April 8th) the show will be on! Meanwhile, check out the festival’s website gijoefest.com and Gio’s personal website pondpatrol.com.