by generalsjoes | Apr 20, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
To a resounding… “bleh”. Yeah, unfortunately very much unlike the G.I. Joe: Renegades 4-Pack, I find myself very unimpressed with the Retaliation one. Destro from HissTank.com also posted that image, and it just looks like essentially the same figures that are in wave 1, with the addition of the variant “Black” Cobra Commander which many folks hypothesized would be in this set. Pretty boring. I don’t even see many differences deco-wise.
Check out the mirrored image below.
by generalsjoes | Apr 20, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades
Thanks to Destro from HissTank.com for posting an image that reveals some details about the Amazon Exclusive G.I. Joe: Renegades 4-Pack story we broke early this week. This single image is truly fascinating. Check it out below:
Uhhh WOW.
Yeah, these are not straight-up repaints of figures we got already. That right there looks like at least some new tooling. Duke is obviously the same with the addition of recolored Cobra Trooper legs (don’t know how I feel about that). But Storm Shadow is considerably different. The head sculpt looks more animated, the proportions of the arms (not to mention the sleeveless look) are certainly different. Very, very interesting. Snake Eyes is a little tough to tell, though the feet at least look different.
And is it just me, or are there some different hip joints going on there?
Plus, look at the feet. The sculpt there looks exaggerated, too. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’m seriously wondering if these were some of the “animated” style figures we’d heard about before the outcry moved us back to the more realistic style. Very interesting. I just went from pretty excited to absolutely ecstatic. Here’s hoping we get to see some of these figures in more detail soon, this is just aching to be dissected.
Fantastic.
UPDATE – As commentor Plokoon5 points out as well, it looks like Duke has G.I. Joe: Renegades Law’s hands instead of his original hands, which is a significant improvement to the figure as well. It took one of the glaring flaws in that figure and improved it 100%. Good observation.
by generalsjoes | Apr 20, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, SDCC, Show and Convention Coverage
It’s been a busy week for Gyre-Viper, and he’s not letting up, even on a Friday!
Over on JoeDeclassified.com he has posted images of the upcoming San Diego ComicCon exclusive Constructicon B.A.T. and Destro, the driver of the upcoming Shockwave HISS tank! The HISS itself (initially revealed at Toy Fair, but not shown in the images below) looks like a very cool and fun variation of the regular Retaliation HISS Tank, and the two figures slated to come with it look like a lot of fun.
The B.A.T. has the color scheme from the Constructicons, which is an awesome touch. Destro himself is a repaint of the City Strike Destro tweaked looking City Strike Destro using PoC Dusty and Techno-Viper parts, and just looks like an awesome figure. Check out the mirrored images below and a huge thanks to Gyre-Viper for the heads up!
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I mean, look at that. IT’S SO GREEN. And SO PURPLE. GREEN AND PURPLE.
by generalsjoes | Apr 19, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys
And it’s a beauty as we’ve come to expect! Check out GIJoeCon.com to see for yourself…
Oktober Guard’s resident sniper… Daina!
It was somewhat of a no-brainer that she would be the first figure reveal with the box art and the comic page already shown, but seeing the figure in the “flesh” so to speak is always the best feeling! And this figure does NOT disappoint! Wow, a totally new head sculpt and new “tanker’s cowl”. That camouflage pattern is absolutely amazing.
Beautiful figure. Check out the mirrored image below.
by generalsjoes | Apr 19, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys
Good GRIEF.
As if the barrage of G.I. Joe: Retaliation character posters wasn’t enough, now via their GIJoeCon Twitter Account, the G.I. Joe Collectors Club has announced that they will begin revealing convention figures at noon (Pacific time) TODAY.
Hit up GIJoeCon.com and sit there for the next 40 minutes like I plan to and buckle your seat belts.
This sure as hell is looking like the summer of G.I. Joe!
by generalsjoes | Apr 19, 2012 | 30th Anniversary, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
Topping off the frenzy he started earlier this week with the revelation of the “Dollar Store” assortment of vintage themed figures, Gyre-Viper has now posted carded images for these figures! Check them all out on JoeDeClassified.com.
Don’t forget to hit up the DeClass thread right here as well for the initial reveal, as well as some additional intel I was able to gather about these figures right here. If you want to stay right on top of all of these reveals, make sure you’re following Gyre-Viper on Twitter.
