Every once in a while a fan project comes along and pretty much destroys you. It makes you question what you’ve been wasting your time on over the past several years while folks are toiling away at something far cooler than you could ever conceive of.
The G.I. Joe: Attack on Cobra Island video game is one of those projects.
Imagine for a minute that you travel back in time, and you’re playing the Coin-Op game “Final Fight”. You know, that awesome side-scroller where you stroll through streets of enemies and smack the crap out of them? Imagine, as a young G.I. Joe fan you take that experience and say “wow, it would be awesome if there was a G.I. Joe game like this”. Then imagine you are Range Viper from HissTank.com and you don’t just imagine it, you freaking MAKE IT.
Yes, that’s right, someone has actually made an awesomely retro G.I. Joe side-scrolling game along the vein of Final Fight, and it looks awesome. It’s still a week or two from general release, but they have posted a whopping 20 minute YouTube video showcasing a bunch of game play. So. Cool. Check out the YouTube video below, and trust me, as soon as I know when this thing is released, I’ll let everyone else know. A truly awesome project.
You can also check out a thread here and check out the Beta, though the Beta version does not have all of the features the full release game will.
Over the past number of days the GIJoe Collectors’ Club has been revealing carded images of upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation figures. Well, the latest installment is the G.I. Joe: Retaliation Zartan.
It’s an interesting subject because obviously as we’ve seen, the cards themselves are not at all different, it’s more an exploration of how the figures might look from a more final perspective. The slot in Zartan’s head for the light piping seems to be striking a negative chord with fans, but I don’t mind a whole lot, and I think the idea of glowing eyes is pretty neat.
Check out GIJoeClub.com or the mirrored image below.
We have had a massive restock of new and vintage collectibles over the
last week! Lots of great items for every collector.
2012 Retro Classics Ninja Turtles Pre-Orders are now available. Each
Turtle stands 6-inches tall, includes signature weapon accessories, and
personalized signature base. Follow the link to jump to our pre-order
page. http://nerdragetoys.com/?page_id=184&shopp_category=52
Our Star Wars section has undergone a massive expansion. Several new
categories have been added, with tons of new and old figures. Follow the
links below to jump to a specific category.
Who you gonna call……Nerd Rage Toys! New to the store are various vintage
Ghostbusters figures, vehicles, and playsets including the original
Firehouse, Ecto-1, Ray, Peter,Egon, and much more! Follow the link to jump
to our Ghostbusters page. http://nerdragetoys.com/?page_id=184&shopp_category=6
Several new categories have also been added to our GI Joe section. We have
a little bit to offer every genre of Joe collector. Follow the links below
to jump to a specific category.
Nerd Rage Toys is going green! We have added over 100 vintage Ninja
Turtles items to our catalog including figures, vehicles, parts, and more.
These guys are flying off the shelf faster than a tuna fish, peanut
butter, and grape jelly pizza! Follow the link to jump to our Ninja
Turtles page. http://nerdragetoys.com/?page_id=184&shopp_category=19
Give the gift of Nerd Rage Toys! Now available are gift certificates for
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Be sure to check the rest of the great lines we have to offer.
Even if you’re not an IDW fan, I really hope you’re spending some time at Robert Atkin’s blog, because he has been knocking it out of the park recently with some great insight and preview artwork for his upcoming stint on Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. But as good as his posts have been, they almost pale in comparison to what he released today.
Again, this is all from a comic artist point of view, but this is an amazing look into the process of designing a G.I. Joe character and it’s pretty astounding just how much thought and behind the scenes detail work goes into it. Atkins spends two fairly long blog posts going into pretty much every angle and every part of the inspiration for the updated uniform for Snake Eyes in the IDW comic. Part G.I. Joe: Resolute, part G.I. Joe: Renegades, and part real world military, Atkins does some incredible documenting of the build up to this Snake Eyes design.
It is really, really awesome. Even if you’re not big into comics, or big into IDW, this is the kind of thought process that most folks use when creating these figures, and I cannot thank Robert enough for spending some time outlining it. Some great art, some great ideas, and it’s really terrific seeing the process fleshed out like this.
Check out the links below to get the whole lowdown on the updated IDW Snake Eyes design!
And it’s a whopper! We had initially scheduled this episode to post an interview with Flint Dille, and we certainly accomplished that…but not only that, we also feature G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama, and G.I. Joe: Operation Red Retrieval masterminds Mark Cheng (director) and Joe Barbagallo (Beachhead). Mark, Joe, and Larry come on the show to make a very special announcement, and you will hear it FIRST right here on the podcast!
Check it out on our Podbean Page, or listen via the embedded player below. Don’t forget, show notes are after the jump!
It’s been a long time, but the national nightmare is over… the JoeCanuck newsletter has returned!
With the Canadian JoeCon coming up in August, things look like they’re rolling along again with the JoeCanuck newsletter, with a change in release schedule to quarterly, but the same exciting newsletter content!
Great articles about G.I. Joe: Renegades, G.I. Joe articulation formats, and an interview with Gary from What’s on Joe Mind, there’s a bunch of great stuff crammed inside one awesome PDF. Check out the latest newsletter right here.
Also make sure you keep your eyes on CanadianJoeCon.com for the most up to date information on the Canadian JoeCon, coming up August 10th and 11th.
