by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe
This great little nugget showed up in my mailbox this morning courtesy of the fine folks at TeamCoco.com and it involves the one and only Conan O’Brien visiting an Armenian pawn shop in Los Angeles, trying to sell some memorabilia.
Among these items is an awesome 12″ customized Conan O’Brien G.I. Joe figure, which the host is quick to point out has knee pads, a quite embarrassing side note to O’Brien for obvious reasons.
It’s a really funny segment, check it out at TeamCoco.com, just watch out for the masterbating bear!
by generalsjoes | Jan 27, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2014, Show and Convention Coverage
Another day, another 2014 Convention reveal! While today’s image isn’t of the Real American Hero set, it could have potential implications for us fans of the small figures.
Today, the G.I. Joe Collectors Club revealed an awesome looking tiger stripe camouflage uniform for their 12″ “Codename: G.I. Joe” Convention set, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of G.I. Joe. It’s got some terrific, intricate camouflage, and looking at other reveals, we have the familiar green beret as well.
So what does that mean for RAH fans? Well, perhaps nothing, but considering a 4″ Joe Colton is going to be available as an exclusive, could this perhaps be an indication of what that figure might look like? Just like Hasbro did in 1994, could the Collectors’ Club be celebrating the anniversary with 4″ and 12″ representations of this great green beret figure?
It’s certainly possible. In ’94 there was a mail away for both a 12″ and a 3 3/4″ Joe Colton, it seems quite fitting that precisely 20 years later they might replicate that for the 50th celebration.
Check out GIJoeCon.com for the latest images, I’ve mirrored one of them below.
by generalsjoes | Jan 25, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2014, Show and Convention Coverage
It’s G.I. Joe’s 50th Anniversary, and the G.I. Joe Collectors Club isn’t missing the chance to celebrate in style. We’ve seen details from the 4″ Real American Hero E.C.O. Force set already, and now we’ve started seeing some stuff from the 12″ big brother as well.
With head sculpts looking decidedly vintage, the Collectors Club has posted a few images from the 12″ set on GIJoeCon.com.
I’ve mirrored one image below, but definitely check GIJoeCon.com for the full details. Good stuff!
by generalsjoes | Jan 16, 2014 | 12" Scale, Sponsor News
No, this isn’t G.I. Joe related, but if the upcoming Captain America: Winter Soldier isn’t a G.I. Joe fan friendly film I don’t know what is!
Sideshow Collectibles has announced a chance to win a terrific Hot Toys “Rescue” Captain America 1:6 scale figure, plus an exciting announcement about upcoming 1:4 scale premium format figures to coincide with Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Check out the banner below and the links to check out all of Sideshow Collectibles excellent Captain America product!
Captain America Preview
Captain America Product Page
by generalsjoes | Jan 14, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, Hot Toys
Throughout the release process, Hot Toys typically releases a series of images taken by bloggers who have had direct access to their action figure releases, and this holds true with their upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation Roadblock figure release. The Hot Toys Facebook page has unloaded with well over seventy images of G.I. Joe: Retaliation Roadblock and some of these pictures are blowing me away.
This figure, without a doubt, looks to be the flagship of the Hot Toys G.I. Joe: Retaliation line, with layered body armor, different shirts, a fully functional Battle Kata weapons system, as well as the M249 SAW and deadly movie accurate uniform. The face sculpt does look just a bit hit or miss in my opinion, but soup to nuts this representation of Roadblock is spectacular.
Check out the Hot Toys Facebook Page for the full gallery, and a bunch of the images are mirrored below.
by generalsjoes | Jan 7, 2014 | 12" Scale, Customs, G.I. Joe, Kick Ass Custom
I’ve talked about Oreobuilder’s projects here before, specifically his awesome Battle Corps theme month where he tackled many of the various Battle Corps characters in one month long customization barrage that had me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next one to show up.
Well, now, appropriately, he is celebrating 2014 with a new month long custom event, this time the G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary!
Already 7 figures into it, you can check out his thread over on JoeCustoms.com and see new figures emerging on a regular basis. He’s already tackled many awesome classic figures, and he shows off the original 12″ versions, too, if only to prove how great an accurate modern 4″ line based off the old school 12″ stuff could be. I know lots of folks have wished for a modern Adventure Team, but Oreobuilder is showing that some of these tribute figures would work in the old military aesthetic, too.
Really impressive stuff. Keep watching JoeCustoms.com for each new entry. I’ve mirrored just a couple of images below.
