by generalsjoes | Nov 2, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Not content with merely providing a crappy cell phone pic, Scott “madmac41” from JoeBattleLines has put his camera to use, grabbing a nice allotment of boxed images of the fresh from the retail womb Wal-Mart Battle Station sets! Retailing for a very appealing $14.96 (in the same ballpark as the Wal-Mart 2-Pack figures, only with a whole bunch of added Battle Station goodness… WTF?) these are some very cool sets that initially left me somewhat cold, but are now leaving me a lot less cold. Still a bit cool, though. I’m not wild about ’em…
Frustrating thing is, there are some very cool things about each set, but none of the sets really blow me away. I love the Heatseek Missile, but I really don’t care for that Scrap Iron, and I’ve got like 47 Neo-Vipers already. The COBRA Surveillance port is awesome, but I really don’t need another cruddy MARS Trooper, and that Tele-Viper don’t look right.
On the Joe side, I dig the Resolute Roadblock (he looks a lot better in these pictures, for sure), but Tripwire is just bizarre, and I’m not sold on the Outpost Defender itself. The Laser Artillary Weapon is a bit underwhelming, but that Hawk kicks all sorts of ass. I dunno…maybe I’ll think different if I see them at retail. There are some pretty awesome aspects to them, but not enough warranting sixty of my dollars, at least not at this point. I know other fans are riled up about ’em, though, so enjoy the mirrored pics.
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by generalsjoes | Nov 2, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Friend of GeneralsJoes and staffmember at JoeBattleLines madmac41 has stumbled upon a full assortment of the new Wal-Mart Exclusive Battle Stations at his local Wal-Mart in Indiana! Looks like these are starting to hit, so get your hunting caps on… image proof is hosted below!
Scott also tells us that they are packed one per case and retail for $14.96 apiece. Thanks a ton to Scott for all the information!
by generalsjoes | Nov 1, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen kicked off the whole Augmented Reality gimmick on it’s Blu Ray disc, overing kids, fans, and adults with an affinity for large robots the chance to interact directly with the Transformers characters. All you need is a PC with a webcam, a brand new copy of the Blu-Ray disc, and some time to waste.
Well, as first reported by Paramount, and now covered more in depth by IGN.com, G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA (which hits Blu Ray and DVD Tuesday, November 3rd) also features the Augmented Reality gimmick, this time offering up a chance for you to play a cool interactive fighting came featuring Snake Eyes and some of COBRA’s most sinister members. Check out the article on IGN.com for more information, and be sure to pick up your copy on DVD or Blu-Ray this Tuesday!
by generalsjoes | Nov 1, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Big thanks to GeneralsJoes commentor m6d for pointing out that Target.com now has the Rockslide “Past and Present” 2-Pack IN STOCK now for $24.99! Click here to grab it before it’s gone.
by generalsjoes | Oct 30, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Werecat over on JoeBattleLines has posted a pretty nice in depth look at some ways to get a more character-accurate version of Repeater out of the recently released Toys “R” Us Troop Builder 5-Pack.
Some nice little part swaps over some great opportunity for expanding the Joe roster. Check out the thread right here, and some images are also mirrored below.
“Good news for those of you out there who were upset at Repeater’s needless race change. As it turns out, it’s a very easy fix to make him true-to-form, and give us a simple but effective LBC Hardball as a bonus. The only catch, is, you’ll need to buy two ‘Joe sets.
Repeater and Footloose share the same body, just with different flesh color. So if you have an extra Footloose, you’ll have a Repeater body with Caucasian skin tone. And you don’t have to worry about a proper Repeater head. Hasbro already helped us out on that angle! The extra Zartan head very much harkens back to White Repeater, because it has the patrol cap and black hair. So simply stick this head on the Footloose body, and you have an instant Repeater. You can even keep the same web gear, as it’s similar enough to the original figure in design.”
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by generalsjoes | Oct 29, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Thanks to HissCommander from The Terror Drome for letting me know that ToysRUs.com currently has the two brand spankin’ new Troop Builder 5-Packs available for ordering through their website!
They retail for $19.99 each…I just placed my order, and it was $45.00 for the two of them including shipping. Pretty good deal, all told, for ten figures. There are no images in the listing, so just be aware that Trooper Builder 5-Pack 1 is the G.I. Joe one, and Troop Builder 5-Pack 2 is the Cobra one. Go get ’em.
