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Support “The Finest” and support the Wounded Warrior Project

by generalsjoes | Feb 3, 2014 | G.I. Joe

With the 2014 G.I. Joe Convention now about six short weeks away I think back to some of the highlights of past conventions, and without a doubt one of the most memorable moments of every convention is the costume contest. Dozens of fans dress up as their favorite characters, and while the main focus on these great costumes is that Saturday night, you can find all sorts of excellent cosplay throughout the entire weekend.

One of the groups most devoted to this endeavor is “The Finest”, and they’ve got a great new project coming up to celebrate G.I. Joe’s 50th Anniversary, and to also support very worthwhile cause, the “Wounded Warrior Project”.

Keep watching GeneralsJoes and The Finest on Facebook for the latest details, and meanwhile, check out some of the information below.

Celebrate 50 Years of GI Joe !

The Finest: A GI Joe Costume Club will be Announcing an Exciting Project to Celebrate GI Joe’s 50th Anniversary Very Soon!

We are super excited to be able to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the GI Joe franchise! The organizers, Robin (Head of the Night Watch Garrison) and Joe Colton (Membership Liaison Officer) are huge fans of GI Joe and decided upon a great way to give back to the community! And since THIS year is the 50th anniversary of GI Joe, they put their heads together and decided they would do something special to celebrate! Stay tuned for the announcement and for details how you can contribute!

The 50th anniversary of GI Joe is here, and we wanted to do something special to celebrate this milestone. We also wanted to showcase our amazing members from around the country by creating something that GI Joe and Cobra fans everywhere could enjoy. And thus the idea for the Girls of the Finest calendar was born!

Trust us, this is no ordinary pin-up calendar. We are passionate about the characters we portray and we want to reflect the passion of the G.I. Joe fandom. All of your favorite female characters (plus a few twists on classic characters) will be portrayed here – 12 months of our amazing female costumers photographed exclusively for this calendar! We think you’ll agree that the Girls of the Finest is unlike any calendar you’ve seen before.

And as if that weren’t enough…

We also wanted to show our support for the Real American Heroes that make up our U.S. military. Thus, all net proceeds earned from this campaign will go to benefit Wounded Warrior Project. That means whatever money is left after we pay for the printing and distribution of the calendars and all associated perks will be presented to Wounded Warrior Project with our thanks.

We Need YOU!

As excited as we are about this project, we can’t do it without YOU. Only through your donations will this calendar happen. Your contribution of $5 or more will allow us to:

• Compile all the calendar photography

• Design/produce the calendar and all associated perks

• Pay for printing and shipping costs of the calendar and perks

We will be creating EXCLUSIVE content for this campaign that will only be available to those who donate here, including Girls of the Finest trading cards, post cards, patches and t-shirts! These will only be produced in limited quantities and once they’re sold out, that’s it!

Everyone who donates $5 or more will receive an exclusive Girls of the Finest item. Anyone donating $25 or more will receive the calendar PLUS exclusive items! (See perks below for a complete list)

How to Get Involved

Clearly, donating funds is the #1 way to get involved but if you can’t contribute, that doesn’t mean you can’t help! We also need people to get the word out and make some noise about our campaign. Share our link on your Facebook, Twitter or other social media, let other GI Joe fans know what we’re doing, use the Indiegogo share tools to spread the word, harness the power of the Internet to help us achieve WORLD DOMINATION! (Oh sorry, Cobra Commander took over typing there for a minute…)

Just get involved in whatever way you can – all help is appreciated!

Funding begins on Monday, February 10th!

The G.I. Joe Collectors Club presents… 2014 Convention Exclusive OZONE!

by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, JoeCon 2014, Show and Convention Coverage

Another notch in the E.C.O. Force belt was revealed today by the G.I. Joe Collectors Club! Along with the previously revealed Flint, today we get my personal childhood favorite ECO Warriors character, Ozone.

Unfortunately they elected to only show a helmeted image for now, as I’m really dying to see what his head sculpt looks like, but the parts choice is relatively solid. Color matching is pretty much dead on.

He looks to be using RoC Flash/Resolute Zartan arms, which is great, and PoC Snake Eyes legs, which is… not so great. Sure the lower legs show off a bit of an armored look, and perhaps I just don’t like them because they were attached to one of my least favorite figures in the PoC era. Tucked underneath there appears to be the torso from Retaliation “Ninja Duel” Snake Eyes as well. Whatever the case, the entire figure ends up looking really nice and really captures the original’s spirit well. That Retaliation Cobra Trooper webgear sets it off nicely, too.

Check out the figure at GIJoeCon.com and see the image mirrored below.

Episode 89 of What’s on Joe Mind drops some Hot Toys goodness!

by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | 12" Scale, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 3, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Hot Toys, IDW, Podcasts, What's on Joe Mind

Among many other things…

Quite awhile ago, we had the unique opportunity to interview a couple of the guys from the Hot Toys Podcast, and while it took us a little while to get this posted (apologies Jim and Eamon) with G.I. Joe: Retaliation Roadblock on the precipice of release, it seems apt to get this out there now.

Along with talking with those fine folks, we cover all of the G.I. Joe news and information, and even touch on the big “NO JOES in 2014” topic that seems to be rearing it’s ugly head over the past week.

As always, hit up Podbean or check out the embedded player below, and show notes are after the jump.

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Conan O’Brien pawns G.I. Joe figure at LA pawn store

by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe

This great little nugget showed up in my mailbox this morning courtesy of the fine folks at TeamCoco.com and it involves the one and only Conan O’Brien visiting an Armenian pawn shop in Los Angeles, trying to sell some memorabilia.

Among these items is an awesome 12″ customized Conan O’Brien G.I. Joe figure, which the host is quick to point out has knee pads, a quite embarrassing side note to O’Brien for obvious reasons.

It’s a really funny segment, check it out at TeamCoco.com, just watch out for the masterbating bear!

Larry Hama and Mark Cheng’s new collaborative film project – Ghost Source Zero

by generalsjoes | Jan 31, 2014 | G.I. Joe

If you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, I’ve been promoting a Kickstarter Campaign for this new independent film project, but I hadn’t posted anything about it here on GeneralsJoes yet. Well, that’s gonna change now.

As many of you should recall, Mark Cheng worked on a G.I. Joe fanfilm, Operation: Red Retrieval a while ago, and managed to impress many viewers. One key viewer who he impressed was none other than Larry Hama himself. Thus began a collaboration that is now resulting in a Kickstarter Campaign for an independent “micro budget” film project Ghost Source Zero.

Today, the monster YouTube channel Machinima posted the pilot episode of Ghost Source Zero, which features the first 4.5 – 5 minutes of the project. It’s a look into a future where artificial intelligence and cybernetics run wild, and a cyber crime unit is tasked with investigating a particularly interesting case. It’s definitely got a Larry Hama flair, and judging purely by the first four minute sequence, there are some impressive production values involved as well. Please consider supporting the project on Kickstarter so we can get the next 11 parts to go along with the pilot. It looks like a very, very fun project. Check out the Pilot embedded (from YouTube) below, and again, hit up Kickstarter to show your support.