by generalsjoes | Jul 19, 2017 | Boss Fight Studio, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2017, Podcasts
The Full Force has launched their latest episode, and it’s a big ‘un!
Nearly four action-packed hours of G.I. Joe talk post JoeCon with the latest news and intel, as well as an interview with Boss Fight Studio’s own Andrew and Erik to talk about Bucky O’Hare and all sorts of other awesome stuff.
But wait… there’s another pretty massive surprise… Hasbro Vice President, Global Brand Management Derryl DePriest himself also joins the show! What did I tell you? It’s a big one!
Check it out over on the Full Force Podbean Page as well as embedded below.
by generalsjoes | Jul 19, 2017 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, SDCC
As ComicCon is ready to ramp up later this week, BAIT, 1000Toys and Alpha Industries have gone to Instagram to announce an addition to their G.I. Joe line up of 12″ figures. Joining Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow is their intriguing take on Duke!
I like how they’re still sticking with their cyborg storyline, just introducing G.I. Joe themed characters to it, though I’ll admit, if they didn’t say this was Duke, I wouldn’t have guessed it was.
Check out the pictures over on the BAIT Instagram Page.
by generalsjoes | Jul 18, 2017 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
With the plethora of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero books hitting Kickstarter in recent years, there’s been an awesome wealth of content available for us long time fans. One avenue that hasn’t been fully explored, however, is the advertising and marketing side of things, but Phil Reed from Battlegrip.com has that covered.
The Kickstarter for Modern Army Action Figures was just recently launched and explores the great advertising of vintage Real American Hero product. One would argue a huge amount of G.I. Joe’s success in the 80’s was due to its unique look at marketing and advertising, and Phil’s got some great stuff here.
Go check out the book on Kickstarter and throw some support its way!
by generalsjoes | Jul 10, 2017 | G.I. Joe, SDCC
I think I might be a little verklempt.
For a couple of weeks we’ve been under the impression that the Missile Command Center re-issue with COBRA Commander, COBRA Trooper, and COBRA Officer would be what we’d expect to see G.I. Joe related at ComicCon this year.
Not so fast, my friends.
Hasbro has stunned the fandom today by announcing a ComicCon exclusive boxed set diving headfirst into the IDW Revolutions storyline, unifying several of their properties across one action-packed crossover event.
It’s… pretty close to perfect. The overall format looks strongly influenced by recent Transformers/G.I. Joe Boxed Sets, which makes total sense, and makes it feel like those other sets were all building to this one blockbuster. A blockbuster featuring not just G.I. Joe and Transformers, but MASK, Action Man, Micronauts, Rom, and… FREAKING VISIONARIES.
VISIONARIES. In 1:18 scale. Well, Leoric, anyway.
As if that’s not cool enough, for the first time ever, Hasbro is taking this opportunity to give us the G.I. Joe: Renegades version of Roadblock, which officially completes the main core of the Renegades team from the animated series several years back.
Using a nice compliment of new tooling with their library of existing parts, they’ve put together a very nice looking set that has some great resemblance to the classic properties their emulating. This is really impressive looking stuff. The set includes the following:
- Jetfire
- Renegades Roadblock (!!!!)
- Matt Trakker fresh from IDW’s comic
- Action Man
- ROM
- Dire Wraith
- Leoric from Visionaries (!!!!)
- Assorted miniature Micronauts
Oh, yeah… and RENEGADES ROADBLOCK in case anyone missed that.
Check out Entertainment Weekly for the full details and the images are mirrored below. Now excuse me while I go towel off.
by generalsjoes | Jul 6, 2017 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2017, Podcasts
The 2017 G.I. Joe Convention is over and Chris from The Full Force Podcast has pulled together a panel of experts to talk about what was shown, what was seen and what exciting things happened during the week down in Disney.
Join Chris, Troy and IDW artist extraordinaire Adam Riches as they discuss the trials and tribulations of JoeCon 2017. Check out The Full Force on Facebook, or just hit up the podbean page below.
by generalsjoes | Jul 2, 2017 | G.I. Joe, JoeCon 2017
Quite possibly the coolest item to come out of JoeCon 2017 was the vintage o-ring style Sightline which was available at the JoeDeClassified booth throughout the convention weekend.
They gave out the figure all weekend long and many fans were able to take advantage of the offer, but they still have a few hundred figures left over. Naturally, many fans (especially those who couldn’t make it to Orlando) were wondering how they might get their hands on one of these fantastic looking figures.
JoeDeClassified has revealed the info! Hop on over to the DeClassified Facebook Page to find the full details on how you can try and get your very own vintage style Sightline figure. I think DeClass is handling this perfectly, finding a way to get this great action figure into the hands of kids, DeClass supporters and G.I. Joe fans everywhere as fairly as possible.
The full details can be found below.
The Much-Anticipated Sightline Post:
As mentioned previously, Joe Declassified has approximately 400 Sightline figures to give away. This was almost wholly unanticipated. We expected most if not all of the figures to be given away at Joe Con, and the intention of the figure WAS to be a Joe Con exclusive. Since that didn’t happen, we’ve been batting about solutions with a few primary goals in mind:
1. Get Sightline into the hands of as many kids as possible. Our mission is to promote the brand, and a huge part of this is to engage a new generation of collectors.
2. Distribute Sightline as fairly as possible. We realize that not everyone will be happy with our process no matter what we choose, but believe us when we say that we’re going to do our level best.
3. Solve the logistical hurdle. As the G.I. Joe community’s only not-for-profit, we’re not exactly rolling in cash. Mailing out 400 individual figures, even at the most conservative average of $4 each, would cost us $1600. That’s a price tag we cannot afford.
All that said, we have some priorities for distribution that need to be waded through before we begin to send out figures to the masses. Also, we have realities that you may not be aware of:
1. We cannot sell the figures. Our arrangement to use the Sightline name precludes us from selling them. Yes, having you “donate” directly for that purpose is still selling. We honor the spirit of our agreements, not just the letter. You may, of course, donate at any time, and in doing so support future projects, but it will have no impact on you receiving a Sightline figure or not.
2. We required financial backers in order to make this work. Some of them chipped in CONSIDERABLE amounts of money to make this project happen, and do not themselves have a figure.
SO…..our current distribution plan is:
1. We’ll be sending out a figure at our cost to the remaining backers who do not have a figure (9 of them).
2. We’ll be making a few available to our staff that participated in the planning process, who also have not yet received the figure they invested their effort into.
3. We will make figures available to Gary’s close friends. We know who they are.
4. We plan to make a SIGNIFICANT amount available at shows later this year – Assembly Required, Toy de Jour’s G.I. Joe day in Chicago, etc. This will allow us to hand many directly to children. Probably 1/2 the remaining figures will go out this way.
5. To those that have donated to Joe Declassified prior to 13 June 2017 – Many of you donated money over the last decade with no expectation of any direct return, so you will be eligible to receive a figure. We will contact YOU to determine if you wish to have a figure, but will need you to cover the shipping costs.
6. Contests! We’re going to run several contests, to ensure that anyone who doesn’t otherwise get a figure has a shot. Customs, art, writing, scavenger hunts, trivia, etc. If you’re not good at one thing, we want to find something you can participate and compete in. We do plan to deliberately aim several of these at children. Winning the contests will make you eligible to receive the figure, but you’ll need to cover shipping.
There are a couple ground rules to also be considered:
1. If you received a figure already, you are ineligible to receive another.
2. There is no “list” for you to get on. We appreciate the interest in this figure, but our inboxes have been flooded with PMs from fans asking for one and frankly, we won’t be taking these requests into consideration as we continue to distribute our remaining figures. We appreciate your support and are impressed with your dedication to G.I. Joe, but your level of fan-hood will not be a deciding factor.
3. This process will likely take us MONTHS. Patience will be a virtue. Each step of the way, we will need to re-assess costs, processes, quantity remaining, and account for production errors. Please remember, this is all volunteer labor done by guys with day jobs.
We also plan to auction off several items in the immediate future to directly benefit the Capua/Head family. We have Jason Sobol’s original Sightline art and Artist’s proof, the hand painted Sightline prototype, and 2 Alyosha customs of the Goggled One himself that were donated to us for this purpose.
We’ll keep you in the loop as we go!
