by generalsjoes | Sep 12, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Over at JoeBattleLines, MaxPower has stumbled across the KMart Exclusive 4-Pack at his local California K-Mart and was kind enough to snap some pictures of what can be found inside. The set comes with:
- Desert Camouflage Heavy Duty
- Duke (in MP Uniform)
- MARS Weapon Officer
- Neo-Viper
Heavy Duty is the best of the bunch, just because he comes with the best of the gear from the two previous versions! He’s got the machine gun and pistol from the Weapons Specialist (as well as the backpack w/ straps), but he’s got the heavy machine gun and grenade launcher from the Reactive Armor version.
The two COBRA’s are colored up in a strange dark brown/bronze shade which doesn’t appeal to me a whole lot, though each of them come fully equipped with their original weapons load. Duke is just kind of a toss in, I think. I’m not crazy about the MP/Zartan figure, and we’ve already got a decent desert camouflage Duke. Anyway…retail was apparently $27 or $28. Keep your eyes out if you’re interested!
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by generalsjoes | Sep 12, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Duck over on the JoeBattleLines forums has reported that he received a pair of Dragonhawks from HasbroToyShop, and there are different paint applications on both. One of them has distinct black trim on various parts of the copter like the stabilizers and engine covers. Check out his reports here, and I’ve mirrored the images below.
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I also have to echo Duck’s thoughts in the thread that the Dragonhawk is actually a really cool little helicopter regardless of its size. If you can think of it as the evolution of the Locust rather than the next Dragonfly, I think you can appreciate it a lot more. If folks had the Night Attack Chopper and use that as the primary assault copter with the Dragonhawks acting as smaller, quicker support crafts. In fact, Count Blacktron did the same thing in an image below.
Regardless, the copter is neat, regardless of its size. The $25.00 is still a hard one to absorb, considering the Locust was a lot less back in the day, but still a neat vehicle for what it is.
by generalsjoes | Sep 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
ocab27 over on HissTank.com has scored a Pursuit of COBRA Storm Shadow test shot, based on the tooling from the unreleased Resolute version, and has kindly posted images online, which I’ve hosted below.
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This is one bad ass version of the COBRA Ninja…I love the Resolute tooling anyway, but with all of these bad ass accessories, this is a fantastic version of Storm Shadow. Considering how tired I was getting of the character during the Anniversary line, the Rise of COBRA and Pursuit of COBRA has really revitalized the character, and given us some wonderful toys. Awesome. To see fully painted versions of this great looking figures, hit up the Pursuit of COBRA SuperPage.
by generalsjoes | Sep 10, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Chrysophylax from JoeCustoms comes through again with a nice pictorial and review for a recently released Rise of COBRA figure, this time the Arctic Snake Eyes. I haven’t gotten my hands on this one yet, but he looks pretty cool, I gotta say, especially for an arctic figure.
Check out the hosted images below.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 10, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
The Terror Drome has dug up an image of some Anniversary themed troop builder packs, one of them that we’ve seen before, but one of them we definitely haven’t. The real question is, are these upcoming items, or merely packaged images of packs that have since been cancelled?
I’ve seen some hypothesis in various places that packaged pictures automatically means we’ll be seeing these items in the future. I’m not so sure. We know the Viper Troop Builder pack was marketed prior to the end of the 25th Anniversary line, but Hasbro has stated in past Q & A’s that the Viper troop builder pack was canceled. It’s quite possible that packaged samples were put together before that cancellation (heck, we’ve seen packaged versions of Wave 14 figures, and those are definitely canned). I personally wouldn’t bet the house that these items are coming out this year or at all.
Personally, it doesn’t really bother me either way. I’ve got enough BATs to last a life time, and the non-dirtied Resolute version is nothing special. None of those Vipers are the “fixed” versions, so I couldn’t care less about any of them, even with a poorly cobbled together Mercer figure. So yeah, I wouldn’t expect to see these at retail any time soon, and personally, that doesn’t bug me in the least. I’d rather Hasbro invest their time and money into cool Rise of COBRA product, or Resolute stuff, and leave this substandard troop builder stuff in the past.
by generalsjoes | Sep 10, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys
#2 – It’s about more than just the pictures.
While I raved yesterday about the level of detail in the new images from the second edition of the Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe, today I’m going to talk about how much more there is in this book besides the images. Each and every figure and vehicle has a paragraph written about it, and some of them offer some terrific little details from military history, and even from the Godfather himself, Larry Hama. Duke especially offers some nice insight, explaining that his initial character was slated to be an officer, older than Hawk and perhaps even more distinguished. Quite a difference between that and the final result.
That’s only a small sample of the amazing level of great detail included in the Ultimate Guide, and just one small reason why it’s worth a purchase. Order a copy at Amazon today, or see if you can win a copy free from GeneralsJoes!
