by generalsjoes | Jan 21, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
How can it feel like an eternity when last year’s Convention was only a few months away? Well, it has seemed that way, but the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is finally tossing some bones our way with a couple of hints regarding the upcoming Convention Exclusive sets (both 12″ and 3 3/4″). Interestingly, the clues for the 3 3/4″ set sound remarkably familiar.
The clues are as follows…
3 3/4″: This might be a history loop…but…something old, something new, something foreign and nothing blue.
12″: I keep returning to this vacation spot.
Well…no offense to the 12 inchers out there, but my attention is focused solely on the 3 3/4″ info…and it’s the same as last year? Well, last year, everyone (myself included) was convinced that it would be the Red Shadows and Action Force… and this certainly seems like the time to do it. So yeah…that’s my bet. For the second year in a row. :shifty: Now, the first thing I immediately notice is shenanegans! Last year, Lanny claimed there was “nothing blue” according to his clue… Starduster and Manleh sure looked pretty blue… hmmm. 🙂
Of course, the real question on many fans’ lips is… what format? Traditional or modern? Well, we may have gotten a clue from Brian Savage himself on the GIJCC forums not too long ago…when responding to an inquiry about o-ring tooling being destroyed, this was his response:
“We don’t have an exact count but it is running thin. One of the con figures changed about 3-4 times due to tool issues.”
Hmmm…that certainly seems to point to the fact that they’re currently working with vintage era tooling on this convention set. Of course, I may be reading way too much into it…and hoping a bit too much as well. A Red Shadows/Action Force set using the vintage tooling with updated looks? Yeah, that would be about tops on the list of things I’d like to see. Crossing my fingers.
by generalsjoes | Jan 13, 2010 | Canadian Joe Con, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Sigma 6 (8" Scale)
Last week, Mike and I posted a Top 15 list for the last decade, outlining our top 15 figures of the past ten years, and I let readers know that my initial list was actually a top FIFTY, but for obvious reasons, we pared it down simply because…well…a top 50 list would have been long and probably insane. But mostly just long. But a few readers showed an interest in seeing the Top 50 list, so I’m going to post what I was originally starting. I won’t go into gory details with each and every entry, though, and just leave it as a list, so folks don’t go homicidal halfway through it.
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by generalsjoes | Jan 9, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Justin: As 2010 drew nearer, I knew I wanted to do something to celebrate not only the past year in G.I. Joe, but something to celebrate the entire decade. The past ten years have added several series of generations in G.I. Joe lore, some better than others, but I thought it only right that I give some time to not only cheer what Hasbro did in 2009, but also everything it took to get there from G.I. Joe’s apparent mass-market resurgence in the year 2000.
But a strange thing happened as I began paring down the list… I had fifty figures. Yes, FIFTY. And it took me a while to pare it down even that much. Even for a raging fanboy like myself, 50 of the “best” figures of the past 10 years hardly seems like a “best of” list, and more like a “look at all these pretty decent figures” list. Even though nearly 1200 G.I. Joe figures have been released in the past ten years, I wasn’t sure a “Top 50” would generate much discussion or thought… click the “Read the Rest of this Story” link to peruse this monstrous volume!
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by generalsjoes | Dec 31, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie
In real life world, 10 years sometimes can go by in a flash…although a lot has changed for me personally since 2000, it still seems like it just flew by. I’ve gained a wife, 2 children, moved back to my hometown, gone through two different jobs, lost 125 pounds, and completely changed my career path and overall life philosophy. Yet, it still kinda feels like yesterday.
In G.I. Joe world, however, the past 10 years might as well have been 5 separate lifetimes. It’s been a roller coaster ride for certain since the 2000’s began, and this decade has been absolutely loaded with G.I. Joe related events. So what are the ten most important events of the past 10 years? Here they are, in my opinion (below the jump):
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by generalsjoes | Nov 25, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
“The Goal Line is in sigggght”!
Yeah, Big Lob perfectly exemplified the rediculousness of the Sunbow cartoon, yet in a twisted way, seeing him in plastic form finally puts a smile on my face. I didn’t really like the G.I. Joe animated movie back in the day, and Big Lob nearly made me sick to my stomach, even as a 13-year old kid, but I suppose for completeness sake, it makes sense. Gotta give the Collectors’ Club credit for thinking outside the box, that’s for sure… but the fact that we got a Big Lob figure before Pythona, Dr. Venom, or a suitable jungle fatigues Kwinn makes me bitterly angry in my soul…
Check out the details here. Not my first choice, but a unqiue choice, and a fun choice, which is still what toys are about right? Actually part of me is impressed that they seem to have gotten a decent representation from existing vintage parts, too. And you can’t beat the price!
by generalsjoes | Oct 2, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
The latest G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club newsletter is hitting mailboxes, and reports are coming in that the first assortment of Pursuit of COBRA figures is shown in full color glory inside! Due to copyright reasons the GIJCC images will not be mirrored here, however I’ve linked the figures below to pictures gathered from JoeCon 2009:
ARCTIC THREAT
DESERT BATTLE
JUNGLE ASSAULT
VEHICLES
It’s not exactly clear what assortments are what, or when these will be released, though I’d imagine we’ll see them before years end, which rocks my world! Of course, don’t forget to hit up the Pursuit of COBRA SuperPage for the lowdown on everything…
