by generalsjoes | Sep 23, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
Over on HissTank.com, Gyre-Viper has released another swatch of pre-production artwork from Hasbro sculpting legend Bill Merklein. Responsible for many of our favorite G.I. Joe toys from the 80’s, Mr. Merklein has been generous enough to share these details and images with us, and Gyre-Viper has been a huge help getting it out to the public.
Some really, really awesome stuff here. I can’t get enough of it. I’ve mirrored a bunch of the images below.
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Also, if you love this, don’t forget about Gyre’s many other threads posted with more fantastic work from Mr. Merklein.
by generalsjoes | Sep 1, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
Wow. Something tells me the Collectors’ Club might be the biggest benefactor of Hasbro’s shift to non-Anniversary product, if this is any indication.
SNAKE EYES on HissTank.com is reporting that the 2011 GIJCC Incentive figure is none other than Dial Tone. With a newly sculpted head and his familiar 1986 style, this fills a huge hole in the 1986 roster and I think will make a lot of fans very happy.
There are currently no images of the figure, but it was announced in the latest issue of the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club newsletter. Kudos to the Club for getting a chance to explore the undone Anniversary figures, and this means nothing but good things for those fans who are clamoring for this stuff. Makes me excited to see some Con Set reveal info, that’s for sure.
Check out the GIJoe Collectors Club site to join now and ensure that you get your hands on Dial Tone in 2011! A big thanks to The Terror Drome Twitter page for the heads up.
by generalsjoes | Aug 20, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage
Yeah, I know I’m a day late and a dollar short, but as my Twitter followers know, I was on the road all day yesterday doing a bit of toy hunting (without any luck). During my road trip, Hasbro’s PR Agency released a note in regards to the SDCC Exclusive Sgt. Slaughters. The note has been met with a mixture of humor, distaste, and optimism by Joe fans and other fans around the ‘net.
Humor and distaste because the letter is pretty adamant that there was Sgt. Slaughter stock that hit HasbroToyShop, but nobody can really find evidence that this was truly the case (especially in regards to the TTT version). However, in more positive news, Hasbro also pointed out that they were working on plans to get the figure(s) reissued and re-released through other means in Spring, 2011. Most likely in a different packaging format, and not through the single pack main line, but through some other means, which is good news for those 25th Anniversary fans who want to add Sarge to their ranks. Of course a lot of those same fans love the single pack format, so this news probably won’t make everyone happy.
To read the full letter/press release click the “Read the Rest of this Entry” link below.
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by generalsjoes | Aug 15, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
So, we now know the date and place for the 2011 G.I. Joe Convention, which of course means that the guessing will start taking place! Well, over on the GI Joe Collectors’ Club forums, “The Commander” has made our jobs at least a little bit easier.
A single thread has been created over there where they plan on posting information about the exclusive set for the upcoming 2011 convention, and so far they’ve given us two clues, albeit very minor ones.
“1) The set will contain 25A-style figures!
2) We are not revisiting a previous Convention set!”
So begins the game!
I know when they first announced that the o-ring figure convention sets were getting phased out, I was disappointed. But it’s become quite evident that there is so limited a selection of tooling that really, we would only be shoe-horned into a very limited canvas that the club could work with. As I see the Pursuit of Cobra surge forward, with Renegades looming in the distance, and think about all of the 25th Anniversary homage stuff that’s still hanging out there, I can think of a wealth of great things the Club can do with the new selection of tooling.
Hell, maybe they’ll even dip their toes into the Resolute pool? One can only dream.
Regardless, they have so many more options with the new tooling format that I find it hard to complain, and I can’t help but get excited to see what they can do with this new format (when they’re not simply revisiting a set from years past). Don’t disappoint me, Collectors’ Club! 😉
by generalsjoes | Aug 12, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
Thanks to a few assorted Twitter posts by various Joe guys on the ‘net, I came across this great DeviantArt entry by “*gotbob” who considers the timeless question “What if G.I. Joe and Cobra changed sides”?
The result is full of awesome. Check out the mirrored image below, as well as his great DeviantArt page.
by generalsjoes | Jul 26, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Reviews, G.I. Joe: Resolute, G.I. Joe: Resolute Reviews
Kicking off the weeklong G.I. Joe: Review Battle Royal are two masked men from the G.I. Joe and Cobra ranks! From the G.I. Joe squad, we have the wannbe drill instructor and Army Ranger, Beachhead! And from Cobra, the infamous Cobra Saboteur, Firefly.
Both of these reviews can also be found linked on the brand spankin’ new G.I. Joe: Resolute Review Page!
Getting these reviews done in the midst of my month-long review fest and SDCC coverage has been a challenge, but it’s been a labor of love so far. I *heart* the G.I. Joe: Resolute figures.
