It looks like the folks at HissTank.com spoke with the eBay seller and have received some more great pictures of the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Destro figure. They feature front, rear, and other close up pictures of the entire figure. Some pretty cool shots, check them out here.
The Hasbro Q & A answers for Round 1, 2009 are flying in… the answers for GeneralsJoes.com are below, and don’t forget to check my Q & A page for all of the answers spread amongst the other sites as well!
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1) The fandom in general has been raving about the Resolute toys, and waits in eager anticipation for news or information about the animated feature. It was obviously going to be a major focus of Hasbro in 2009, but seems to have dropped off the map a bit. How confident should the fandom be that the figures we have not yet seen will somehow get released prior to, or with the movie line? In other words, can you ease our minds and tell us that we will indeed see the Resolute-themed toys in some form or function in 2009?
The team is still finalizing the plan for GI Joe Resolute animation with regards to when and where it will air. With regards to the toys, you will see the Cobra 5-Pack in addition to Duke, Cobra Commander, and the Trooper.
2) Can you confirm once and for all that, for all intents and purposes, the “25th Anniversary” line is currently on hold as you make the move towards movie product? It would seem pretty obvious that the rumored Waves 14 and15 have ceased production (while some figures are worked into the upcoming COBRA Island 7-Packs). Fan uncertainty right now is at an all time high coming up towards the movie, and I think many folks are feeling as if they are being given a disservice simply due to a lack of information. If we’re moving on to the movie stuff, fine, but can we please just get a definitive statement saying what the direction of the Anniversary line is at this point?
As we head into this summer, the classic GI Joe line will stop and the entire line will switch over to movie. The rumored waves 14 and 15 are not coming in single packs, rather we took those figures and offered them in the classic 7-packs. The 7-packs will be the only classic item offered during movie timing.
3) Normally by this point we’ve heard some mention of specific store exclusive product. I realize you don’t show exclusive items at Toy Fair, is there any plan in place to start showing off some of the items that are destined to be store exclusives, or do we have to wait for SDCC or JoeCon?
The plan is to show the majority of exclusives for the first time at ComicCon.
The G.I. Joe Club just sent out an email outlining a plan to allow Officer-level member access to all 2008 newsletters as .PDF files over the next week. Then by the end of the month, the Club promises to start getting the 2009 issues posted and available online on a more regular basis as well.
This is terrific news. Losing the online newsletter was a big blow to Club members over a year ago, and it seems like its been a long, hard road back to getting them online again. Sounds like we’re moving in the right direction, though, and I’m thrilled to hear it. For more info on the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club, check out GIJoeClub.com. The actual text of the email is quoted below:
“In addition, for the Officer’s Level members, over the next week we will be loading for your reference all of the 2008 Club Magazine pdfs. By the end of the month, we will start putting up the 2009 mags in a new online readable format.”
Keep on checking the Q & A page as links are being furiously added! Curiously, three major sites (HissTank, JoeBattleLines, and YoJoe) have not yet posted answers, but the vast majority of other sites have. There are currently thirteen active links to various other forums for their answers.
A lot of it is the “same old same old” but at least with a strong showing of interest in Resolute and the COBRA Island 7-Packs, Hasbro will get the message that there is a demand for that stuff.
EDIT – Upon the request of Paramount Motion Pictures, I’ve removed the image that was leaked on other sites. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Topless Robot has come through with a picture of what appears to be a masked Destro from the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA motion picture. This is unconfirmed information at this point, but seems to cooberate the look of the action figure that appeared on eBay March 11th. Pic is mirrored below:
*IMAGE REMOVED AT PARAMOUNT’S REQUEST*
ComicContinuum has posted a 5-page preview for the first issue of G.I. Joe: COBRA which should be hitting comic shops March 18th. This dark and gritty title features Chuckles as the main character as he goes deeper and deeper undercover, attempting to infiltrate this new worldwide terrorist organizations. Expect plenty of cameos and surprise guest-stars!
Click here to check out the preview, I haven’t been this psyched up about a G.I. Joe comic in a long time.
The MTV Multiplayer blog has posted some new screenshots of the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game. Many of these shots were already shown in the story from GamePro that I posted about here, but there are a couple of new ones on hand as well. I’ve mirrored the two new images below:
HissTank.com has gotten some pretty nice pictures of the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Combat Heroes, some of them not seen before. Included in the pictures are:
Check out the link here!
With both books hitting yesterday, they’re sure to get the heavy review treatment, and IGN has them both. They both get moderately positive reviews, with the Prequel notching a 7 and Issue #3 coming in at a solid 7.2, however each title is also coming with some built-in flaws. The reviewer(s) seem to have a craving for more Snake Eyes and more familiar faces, and less Duke. Don’t we all? 😉
Click the following links for the reviews of G.I. Joe #3 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Prequel #1 (featuring Duke).
I should have my own reviews up shortly.