by generalsjoes | Apr 7, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
In celebration of the long awaited arrival of Dr. Venom to plastic form, GeneralsJoes.com is proud to offer the readers a chance to Take Back the Pit! Next week, from April 12th – 16th, clues will be posted, leading GeneralsJoes readers through the site.
Finally, after almost three decades, the immortal Cobra villain Dr. Venom is being produced in an action figure only available from the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club! But Joe fans didn’t know what they had coming… Dr. Venom has arrived, but now he’s captured the G.I. Joe Pit Mobile Headquarters!
Only the most clever and wily GeneralsJoes readers will be able to help recapture the G.I. Joe headquarters, and the winner of the contest will get The Pit playset in their mailbox for free. Contest rules are as follows:
- Once per day, Monday through Friday, a chapter in a short (and hokey) Dr. Venom story will be posted. Along with that short story snippet, a clue will be revealed.
- Based on that clue, find the page hidden on GeneralsJoes.com with a piece of the final puzzle. The clues may lead to a review of a particular action figure or a news story.
- On Friday, once all of the clues have been revealed, the first person to send me all 5 hidden images via email to justin@generalsjoesreborn.com (either in pieces, or pieced together) will WIN.
This contest is open to anyone and everyone, though please keep in mind if someone in another country wins the prize, we may have to share shipping costs, depending on price. The Pit is the first newly tooled G.I. Joe playset to be produced in several years…don’t miss your chance to win one for free!
A huge thanks to Hasbro and Hunter PR for sponsoring this contest. Good luck!
by generalsjoes | Apr 6, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys
Posted over at HissTank.com, Gyre-Viper once again gets his purple-fingered mitts on some soon to be released G.I. Joe items, this time around, from the Vacation in the Shadows Convention set! Sure, we’ve seen official production images of these awesome figures, but Gyre-Viper gives us some great comparison shots with some of the originals, which is just plain bad ass. Seeing Red Laser next to the updated Red Shadow is all sorts of cool. A great idea for him to do this, and some images that I’m really enjoying.
I’m not sure about anyone else, but this year’s set has really stoked the fire for Action Force for me, and I think Joe fans are doing themselves a disservice if they don’t check out how the universe unfolded over the pond. Some great untold stories that I hope to spend some time on as we lead up to the Con.
Thanks again to Gyre-Viper for taking these pics! Good stuff.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 6, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
Okay…yeah, the floodgates have pretty much blown open. Suddenly over the past week, a few gray market sellers have started stocking the Pursuit of Cobra pre-production items and test shots again. While I try to make it a policy not to promote the sales themselves, I do, for nosey reasons, like to host the images, just so we can go through them with a fine tooth comb and pick out all the imperfections while they’re still in an unfinished state. :shifty:
Some observations here. Yeah, we’ve been choking on Dukes over the past 5 years. That doesn’t change the fact that Jungle Strike Duke is the balls. A great military look, awesome accessories. If Hasbro slapped Muskrat’s name on here, or even Leatherneck, I think fans would be climbing the walls. As such, it’s a great looking figure, and the new head sculpt makes it even better. Interestingly enough, these pre-production shots have the old Tatum melon.
I’m not really feeling that Snake Eyes. He’s all pouched up like crazy, and I can’t really tell what they’re going for. He started out as an Arctic Threat version at JoeCon, and he’s now a Desert Battle version, though apparently with the same wardrobe. Not real sure how that works. The concept of Timber is a noble one, but not really sold on the execution, at least from what we can tell here. Granted, things might be a bit different at production level.
Storm Shadow looks pretty nice. Very ceremonial, somewhat middle eastern. Looks like he’s all decked out with some crazy cool ninja weaponry. Not bad, though not sure where he really fits.
The Arctic Threat Cobra Commander looks fat, cobbled together, and just sorta… crappy. He’s one figure I’m not sad about losing.
Alley-Viper is, of course, awesome. How long have we been asking for an Alley-Viper with the vintage design, but in better colors? We’ve got it right here. He still looks very Cobra, but a whole lot cooler than the orange and purple. This guy will be flying off the pegs.
All told, a nice assortment. Some really good, some pretty bad, but mostly a solid selection of product to look forward to. I really can’t wait to see what JoeCon brings. Check out all of the various mirrored images below, most pulled from my buddies at The Terror Drome.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 3, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
Well, ole Gyre-Viper comes through again over on HissTank.com and has gotten his hands on the upcoming Doom Cycle, an Alpha Class vehicle slated to be released with the Pursuit of Cobra toyline this fall.
While this isn’t necessarily a military behemoth that will be backing up your Alley-Vipers, it’s a pretty neat Dreadnok inspired chopper. The driver, Storm Rider is a mixture of Shipwreck and a new head, and captures the spirit of the Dreadnoks pretty well (especially with that cool looking nail gun) though I have heard some complaints that they made him a new character instead of re-using a classically inspired character.
Anyway…check out the mirrored images below.
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Also included in the gallery are some shots of a Battle Corps inspired HISS test shot. That’s some brightness right there!
by generalsjoes | Apr 3, 2010 | Customs, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, Kick Ass Custom
GeneralsJoes commenter and long time Joe web presence, M6D (known as such because of his awesome website, Magnum6Delta) has sent along some awesome pictures of a recent custom of a 25th Anniversary inspired Muskrat!
This figure looks great! It’s not a perfect 100% homage to the classic, but it’s good enough to work as part of the 25th Anniversary, or as a companion line. A really awesome piece, and not hard to do at all. Check out the images below!
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by generalsjoes | Mar 29, 2010 | Customs, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Kick Ass Custom, Pursuit of COBRA
Long time buddy of mine Kevin has a special talent… he makes customs that are pulled straight from my sub-conscious. He doesn’t go hogwild on the sculpting or alterations, but every change he makes, every paint app is nearly production quality.
So, when he showed me his latest custom, of the now destined to be unreleased Sandstorm, I immediately loved it. He obviously used the Target exclusive as a minor influence…but only minor. Using Zartan’s parts, Reactive Armor Duke, and some insane camouflage painting skills, Sandstorm has now come to life.
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In celebration of the long awaited arrival of Dr. Venom to plastic form, GeneralsJoes.com is proud to offer the readers a chance to Take Back the Pit! Next week, from April 12th – 16th, clues will be posted, leading GeneralsJoes readers through the site.