by generalsjoes | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage
Okay, I perused the gallery over at Toy News International, and there wasn’t a whole lot of consequence. Well, that’s not entirely true. The diorama buildings in those images pretty much blew my head clean off. Absolutely amazing…I’d wager the fine folks at Diorama Dreams had just a little to do with those…pure brilliance.
As far as product goes, mostly what we’ve seen before, with a few gems mixed in:
- The Doctor in a white labcoat. Planned variant? Another figure entirely? Hmmm…
- Dusty standing next to the Desert Rockslide; Very nice camouflage patterns on both, but still repaint stuff.
- Mini Subs! Hell yeah…we’ve seen funky multicolored test shots, but no actual in-color production shots of what looks to be the Polar Shark Sub w/ Ice Storm (though they almost look like Volcano Vipers). These things look pretty nasty.
All images, again, came from the Toy News International Rise of COBRA gallery.
by generalsjoes | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage
Right out of the starting gate, Toy News International has begun posting images of Preview Night for San Diego ComicCon. The Full gallery can be viewed right here! I’m going to digest this for a minute then post again with my thoughts.
by generalsjoes | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie
YoJoe.com and JoeReloaded.com have teamed up for a contest guessing the opening Box Office returns for the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA motion picture. Winners will receive the four-issue Rise of COBRA adaptation with the SDCC Exclusive covers!
Check out all of the details here and have fun with it. Sounds like a very cool idea.
by generalsjoes | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage
I know other sites have some pictures up already, and I’m combing through them and picking out the good stuff, but I’m also expecting some images from JoeBattleLines and The Terror Drome potentially tonight as well. But at this point, this is what we know about what was shown at SDCC (or what was peeked at behind enemy lines… :shifty: )
Wal-Mart Exclusive Battle Stations
- Heatseek Missile w/ Scrap Iron and Neo-Viper
- Surveillance Port w/ MARS Trooper
- Laser Artillery Weapon w/ Hawk and Hit & Run (YES!)
- Outpost Defender w/ Tripwire and Roadblock
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First impressions – I loved these battle stations as a kid, and they still look pretty cool, and I love that they’re coming with two figures. Resolute Roadblock is GREAT, even if he looks different. Love the QuaidHawk. Please don’t tell me that funky green and silver Tripwire with tiger stripes is supposed to be Hit & Run… :/
Toys “R” Us Exclusive Troop Builder Packs
- G.I. Joe “Desert Set” w/ Dial Tone (female), Law & Order, Zartan, Footloose, and Repeater
- COBRA set w/ Unknown
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Tough to make out a whole lot here, but I’m loving that Joe set. Repeater and Footloose are both winners (yeah, I know, Footloose needs to be in green camouflage, but these paint apps look GREAT, even if they’re not vintage accurate). Female Dial Tone is awesome to see, too, for those of us willing and able to move on from 1986.
Hopefully more to come!
Images courtesy of HissTank.com.
by generalsjoes | Jul 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Thanks to HissTank.com members bucky and qwe for reporting these latest retail findings. All of the above discoveries were at various Target stores. Check out the images mirrored below.
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by generalsjoes | Jul 21, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe: The Movie
We’ve known about the exclusive RHINO w/ Rampage for a long time, and many folks have made the connection between the driver and the old school Heavy Metal, but very few really clear images have come out of the RHINO driver to compare. Well, that’s all changed.
Werecat, an administrator over on JoeSightings has posted some excellent images of the recently released Rampage figure. It is astounding how Hasbro can mix and match fairly common parts and come with with such an amazing looking new character. This figure looks terrific, and looks quite close to the vintage counterpart. I’m still not going to pay $55.00 for the RHINO, but now I can at least salivate over Werecat’s pictures for a little while. Check out the images mirrored below.
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