by generalsjoes | May 22, 2010 | Customs, G.I. Joe, Kick Ass Custom
There have been plenty of customization contests out there, but the folks over at JoeBattleLines are throwing a few new wrinkles into the equation.
Check out the JBL Forums for the full details on their new “Outside the Box” custom contest! It looks like a whole lot of fun, with some great prizes, to boot. Check it out at the links below:
Registration is open until next week. The winner will be featured on the “Kick Ass Customs” section here at GeneralsJoes as well.
by generalsjoes | May 21, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Q & A, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades
It must be Friday afternoon, and the poor guys with Hasbro’s PR agency are now shipping out the answers to our burning G.I. Joe questions… here are GeneralsJoes two answered questions:
Q: The fandom seems pretty excited about the upcoming G.I. Joe: Renegades animated series, however it’s curious that the cartoon is starting this fall, with the toys not coming until the fall of 2011. Why is there this large gap, and what challenges does it provide producing a toyline based on an animated series nearly 10 months after it airs?
A: The timeframes for producing an animated series and a complete toy line are very different. In order for the Hasbro Design team to produce figures with accurate likenesses the character art and color palette needs to be final.
Q: Speaking of G.I. Joe: Renegades, with the series debuting in October, when can the public expect to start seeing some animated models or video? Is it possible we’ll see something at SDCC?
A: It is too early to comment on this but we hope to see you at SDCC!
By the way, make sure you keep visiting GeneralsJoes Q & A Page with links to all other site responses!
by generalsjoes | May 20, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Sometimes it’s good having geeks in the right places… Brian Truitt at USA Today is an unabashed toy, comic, and media geek, and as such, gets some great opportunities to interview folks connected to those properties and share them with us!
Over on USA Today, Mr. Truitt has posted a great interview with Max Brooks, who talks quite a bit about G.I. Joe: Hearts and Minds the new limited series he’s writing for IDW. The interview is littered with great insight and information, and even discusses some characters from Hearts and Minds:
“Some choices have been controversial, he says. At first, Brooks couldn’t use Major Bludd (because he’s starring in a subplot in Chuck Dixon’s G.I. Joe book) or Spirit. “I think they were afraid of coming from a point of view of the standard stereotypical Indian,” Brook says. “That’s actually what piqued my interest, when they said Hasbro doesn’t want to offend people. It was barely passable in the ’80s, and is just not acceptable now.”
In subsequent issues, Brooks has a Blowtorch story that discusses whether using fire is a humane form of warfare, and a tale about explosives expert Tripwire, “who doesn’t have a death wish but is in a situation where he can’t lose — that’s how he looks at it,” Brooks says. “The character of Doc deals with an issue of medical malpractice, which hits very close to home. With Dr. Mindbender, instead of making him the traditional mad scientist, I wanted to deal with the issue of religion vs. science and ethics vs. science.”
The interview also reveals that Max Brooks was a Joe fan as a kid, and that he contributed a short story to a collection of G.I. Joe related prose that is possibly in the works. Check out the full interview right here, and be sure to add Brian Truitt’s Twitter Page to your favorites and follow him!
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by generalsjoes | May 19, 2010 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
Wow… the G.I. Joe comic train chugs along with another mammoth month of releases in August. Various single issues, limited series installments, and trade paperbacks litter IDW’s solicitations list, and I’ve collected them all here for you.
Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link below for all the details.
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by generalsjoes | May 19, 2010 | Customs, G.I. Joe, Kick Ass Custom
Yeah, I don’t even think I can really say anything that does justice to this Cobra Command Center of bad-assedness.
Really, it rocks. There’s blood and everything.
Check it out at customfigurewars.com, and in some of the mirrored images below. Absolutely insanely cool. Lots more images available at the site itself: customfigurewars.com.
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by generalsjoes | May 19, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
Taking no break since JoeCon, Gyre-Viper continues his Pursuit of Cobra onslaught, this time paying some attention to the incredible Pursuit of Cobra Beachhead. Even as an unpainted test shot, the detail is amazing, and the accessories are simply mind-blowing.
I can’t tell you how excited I am for this excellent looking figure. Check out the mirrored images below.
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