by generalsjoes | Aug 28, 2009 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
I was actually somewhat surprised at the level of G.I. Joe news and info over the past few days…it’s been downright sparse! At least in official type stuff…I am glad to see lots of sites really ramping stuff up, though, and getting some great reviews posted, some leaked pics, all the good stuff we expect as toy fans. Now that the family is in bed recuperating from a few hectic days, I’ve taken a couple of minutes to scour the web and find some worthwhile recaps.
HissTank.com – G.I. Joe Desert 5-Pack Toys “R” Us Exclusive
This set has me REALLY excited. I’m not normally a big fan of desert figures or environmentally specific sets, but I am loving pretty much every figure in here. I really like that we have so many new characters… Dial Tone, Law, Repeater, and Footloose all make up for a very neat cast of characters, and it’s amazing that with so many reused parts we get such a cool and diverse 5-pack. The desert camouflage is actually pretty unique as well. Rulz got his hands on an early sample and has posted a ton of pictures here. I mirrored a few of them below.
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Terror Drome – Pictorial Review of Rise of COBRA Dragonhawk
Listen, I’ve heard all the complaints about the size of this thing, and I share many of them. This is a VERY small vehicle. But I gotta admit, I love small little mini-copters. Stuff like the Locusts of old have some really cool potential…but of course, those Locusts of old didn’t have an MSRP of $25.00. I have yet to see a Dragonhawk first hand at this point, so maybe in person the size issues really will be too much, but from the distance of a computer screen, it still looks like a bad ass little helicopter and I dig it. Check out the review at the Terror Drome here, and I’ve mirrored some images below.
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Terror Drome – Review of JoeCon Exclusive 12″ Crimson Guard
12″ figures have never really blown my skirt up, but some recent examples have softened my stance a bit. Obviously the Sideshow stuff is amazing, but even the 12″ Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, SDCC Baroness, COBRA Commander, and the upcoming Destro all look fairly cool, too. But this Crimson Guard takes the cake. It seems evident that the GIJCC wanted to give us a good 12″ figure at semi-Sideshow quality without the Sideshow level prices. I mean, it was still $50, but that’s better than a hundred. Figure doesn’t look perfect, but it’s still very nice. Check out the review here, with some images below as well.
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by generalsjoes | Aug 18, 2009 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Reviews, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2010, Show and Convention Coverage
Underbrush over at JoeBattleLines has posted some very nice pictures of the 12″ Crimson Guard that was released at JoeCon 2009 last weekend in Kansas City. You can read the thread here, or check out the images mirrored below.
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by generalsjoes | Aug 13, 2009 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2009, Show and Convention Coverage
Mere hours after the news of which figures were being included in the souvenier set at the 2009 G.I. Joe International Collectors’ Convention in Kansas City, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club has posted images of the souvenier sets that are being sold at the convention tonight! These figures and vehicles take a decidedly international theme, using some very cool tooling parts and some really neat camouflage schemes. Once again, the line up is as follows:
- JUMP 2-Pack w/ Starduster and Manleh (LE 650)
- 3-Pack of Sgt. Shimick, Sgt. Topson, and Sgt. Redmack (LE 650)
- Crimson Command Copter (LE 400)
- Gyro-Copter w/ Blades (LE 500)
- G.I. Joe and COBRA Weapons Set (LE 1,000)
- 12″ Crimson Guard Parachute figure
Once again, these go on sale when you pick up the full Crimson Strike Team or Eight Legs of Danger set at the Convention tonight. You can see the images here, or I’ve also mirrored them below.
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by generalsjoes | Jul 31, 2009 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, Sideshow
Today at 10:00am Pacific (1:00pm Eastern) Sideshow Collectibles will be offering their Priority Pre-Order for the 12″ Sideshow Exclusive Duke figure. The Exclusive version comes with a pair of binoculars that is not available in the standard release.
Of course, the regular release is still up for pre-order as well. Click here if you don’t want to wait for the Exclusive one.
by generalsjoes | Jul 31, 2009 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2009, Show and Convention Coverage
We knew the 12″ Crimson Guard was a para-drop figure this year at the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Convention in Kansas City, but I don’t think any of us knew how bad ass he was going to look. This is one fantastic looking figure. GIJoeCon.com has posted a look at the figure here. I have mirrored two of the images below, but there are a lot more at the source.
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