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Hot Toys G.I. Joe: Retaliation Storm Shadow Pre-Order open at SideshowToy.com!

The pictures were just revealed this morning, and now this bad boy is UP FOR PRE-ORDER!  Click the link below to place your order for this freaking awesome movie-accurate Cobra Ninja:

Check out the gallery below to see the images of this fantastic looking figure.

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IDW G.I. Joe round up… how does the current generation end?

I’ve been shamelessly behind on my IDW G.I. Joe comic reviews, but with the release of Snake Eyes #21 next week, the current generation of G.I. Joe comics ends this chapter and sort of rebrands itself going forward.  With the main title written by Fred Van Lente, Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow being replaced by Special Missions (written by Chuck Dixon) and a shift from Cobra to “The Cobra Files” (still written by Mike Costa) G.I. Joe will be moving in a slightly different direction.

Which, of course, brings up the question… how did the current generation end up?

G.I. Joe and Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow both worked together on the Target: Snake Eyes mini-series while Cobra brought the Russian “Oktober Guard” to the IDW universe.  Click the read the rest of the story link below to review how these ended and how the transition evolves to the “new G.I. Joe” coming soon!

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Details and images for upcoming Hot Toys G.I. Joe: Retaliation Storm Shadow

It’s like a little miniature Lee Byung-Hun is staring into my soul.

Thanks to Toy News International for passing along word that details and images are now available for the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation Storm Shadow figure from Hot Toys!  Just like Snake Eyes, this is one incredible, movie-accurate version of the infamous Arashikage ninja.  He looks SHARP.

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Thanks again to Toy News International for the info, and click the Read the Rest of the Story link below for all of the details of this upcoming release.  You can always check the product page on Hot Toys.com for information as well.

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What’s on Joe Mind Episode 72 Offends my delicate sensibilities

I promised myself I wouldn’t post about this episode…  the ridicule… the insult…  the depravity performed upon my favorite character in the G.I. Joe mythology was almost too painful to revisit here on my website.  But for the good of the listeners, I decided to be the bigger man.

Unfortunately a 103 degree fever and gut-punching flu bug kept me from participating in this episode, but that didn’t stop the boys and guest Ed Lydon from piling on poor Hit &  Run.  I’ll remember this, fellas.  As an aside, there is a terrific interview (that I did participate in) with Andrew Kishino, the voice of Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe: Renegades!  That almost makes it all worthwhile.

Listen to the latest episode via our Podbean page, or the embedded players below, and as always show notes are after the jump.

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Previews for IDW’s G.I. Joe ARAH #187 and Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow 21

It’s officially the end of the current G.I. Joe “era” at IDW, with Issue #21 of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow retiring the current storylines and planning a new step forward in 2013.  Both of these issues hit your local comic shops on Wednesday, check out the previews below…  you may want to make sure you’re not eating when you read A Real American Hero, though…  someone’s face looks like a roast beef sandwich.  #ouch\

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #187

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

Things have gotten dangerous for G.I. JOE in Benzheen: the countdown for the activation of a nuclear warhead has begun and a rescue mission led by LT. FALCON struggles to rescue a team of captured G.I. JOE members. Can the team make it out of the blast radius in time? As the clock ticks down in Benzheen, JINX has been sent on a secret mission by DUKE and HAWK… where old enemies resurface once more!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant cover:

Variant Larry Hama sketch cover!

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Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #21

Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a & c)

A “silent” issue in homage to the classic G.I. JOE #21. But this time it’s Storm Shadow in ninja action. He’s survived the massacre of the Arashikage clan and is seeking payback. But he needs to visit the Hard Master before he heads out on the road to vengeance and, possibly, his own destruction. It’s swords and shadows as an era comes to an end.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant cover:

Alex Cal variant cover!

Bullet points:

  • SILENT EPILOGUE!
  • FINAL ISSUE OF THE SERIES!!!
  • Is this the end of Snake Eyes? IT MIGHT BE!

 

Continuing the Cobra Special Forces movement… billboards going up today

Again coming courtesy of Mysterious Stranger via Twitter… it looks like the Cobra Special Forces social media experiment is starting to take life in more ways than one.  In various locations around California, billboards are being unfurled, celebrating the Cobra Special Forces movement!

If you haven’t already, hit up CobraSpecialForces.com and join up!

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