by generalsjoes | Sep 15, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Not two minutes after I ranted heavily about the upcoming Alpha vehicles, I read over on JoeBattleLines that madmac41 got his mits on the Leatherneck that is slated to come with the Tiger Claw ATV. And even though I focused almost an entire paragraph on ranting about this figure specifically, I do appreciate a neat looking figure, even if it’s not the vintage homage so many folks were hoping for, and even if he uses Gung Ho’s clunky head sculpt and Buzzer’s downright bizarre webgear.
At least it’s a Leatherneck that can jungle crawl, though, instead of one stuck in the desert. Check out the great images below!
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by generalsjoes | Sep 15, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Awash with repaints and retools, the next wave of Alpha Vehicles consists of a mostly blech repaint of a mostly blech vehicle, the Lava Pod, however, the Volcano-Viper looks all sorts of kick ass. Pretty funny how he uses the same tooling as the arctic Ice-Viper, yet the ultra-hot weather specialist still looks right at home. A bad ass head sculpt and mask don’t hurt.
The Rockslide is no great shakes either, but the digicam Dusty looks pretty nasty as a great modern update for the familiar old favorite. Hopefully the final version comes with his head scarf, I can’t recall if we saw it during the various convention photo shoots. My least favorite of this underwhelming trio is the TigerClaw, a haphazard repaint and retool of the already haphazard Snake Trax w/ Scrap Iron. But what really bums me out here is the vehicle driver. If they’re going to give us a Leatherneck in green camouflage, couldn’t they at least have made it a pure homage to the ’86 version, rather than this strange dark forest camo? At least that way they’d make the old school folks happy…instead, we get a bizarrly kitbashed version that is unchanged from the original other than a different camouflage scheme that still doesn’t look like the right camouflage scheme. The figure isn’t really a bad one, I guess…he does have some neat military elements, but I can hear those complaints coming a mile away.
Ah, well, at least he’s got the fixed Duke arms. Check out the images below.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 15, 2009 | Behind the Curtain, Dio-Stories, G.I. Joe
Production is continuing hot and heavy on the next monster Dio-Story installment, Darkness Falls. I’ve torn through set construction fairly nicely, getting the large COBRA Foyer about 75% done, and writing up concepts (and working on budgets… :shifty: ) for the last two sets required for the story. I’ve already edited the story considerably to eliminate one of the more complicated set pieces that seemed unnecessary, and have further tweaked the script.
I really think folks will like this one…until the ending at least. I have a couple things that might piss some folks off. We’ll see. 🙂
Anyway. I’m looking for your input, GeneralsJoes readers. I’ve launched a poll at MisterPoll.com trying to decide a few things. The first thing up for debate: Figure format.
My dio-stories have always been strictly old school o-ring (well, “old school” meaning new sculpts up through 2005), mainly because the Anniversary/Modern Era stuff wasn’t around yet. But I have a number of newer figures (prior to the Rise of COBRA stuff, that’s being reserved for the “next chapter” if there will be one) that I really want to use. But I want to get a barometer for what folks want to see. So, give me your input. Check out the poll below and let me know your thoughts.
by generalsjoes | Sep 15, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Extreme, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Pursuit of COBRA
Mere days after the unreleased Training Snake Eyes was shown on JoeIntel, test shot maestro Gyre-Viper at HissTank.com has shown some pictures of the unreleased “Iron Klaw Trooper” that was initially slated to come with another wave of Comic Packs before the line shifted to a movie theme. Check out the mirrored images below.
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This… is awesome. From what I’ve seen there hasn’t been much unreleased stuff that has really made me sad that it won’t make it to retail. Resolute stuff aside of course (which looks to be coming in a boxed set in 2010). But this Iron Klaw Trooper? Damn, man. I love it. I was a big fan of the Extreme universe, but the figures were horrible, it’s freaking great to see those characters worked into the Anniversary line, even with just a new head, beret, weapon, and webgear. The base figure looks to be an Iron Grenadier Destro. Regardless of all this, the figure is very cool, and I hope Hasbro finds some way to work this tooling into the Pursuit of COBRA line. I really love the face sculpt and skull-themed webgear. Very cool figure.
He also showcased some images from the upcoming Pursuit of COBRA Arctic Destro, which is another pretty neat one. Those ice-cased accessories are pretty cool and the sculpt is great. Check out those images below.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 14, 2009 | Dio-Stories, G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe accessory entrepreneur Joe Harris has been working on some pretty awesome products kind of quietly, but it’s about time I made some noise for him. I mentioned his great site a while ago by focusing on his excellent COBRA Missile Headquarters plastic replica, but he’s branched out quite a bit and is doing some other items as well over at DJToys.com.
One of the cooler items is a “Pit Replacement Set” which takes a number of the cardboard items that come with the Rise of COBRA Pit Playset and reproduce it in better material. Along with that is the awesome Pit Crate, which is very affordable ($3.50) and does an awesome job giving the diorama enthusiast some fodder for scenery.
Along with these, are the DJToys Display Backgrounds (which I will be reviewing shortly) that are very cool little display pieces for various scenes that go on your shelves, and with the increasing amount of displayability in G.I. Joe toys over the past few years, these are some very cool items.
Joe is one of the friendliest and most devoted Joe fans I’ve had the pleasure to meet. Everyone should at least give some of this stuff a shot. The material is great, the product is very nicely made, and the prices are right! Best of all, it’s cool stuff. Hit up DJToys here.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 13, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute
JoeIntel.com is quickly making a name for itself as a “go to” site for some great G.I. Joe tidbits, and it continues the tradition with a very nice assortment of images of the unreleased “Training Snake Eyes”. This figure was a Resolute Comic Pack figure, originally slated to come with Night Creeper, but never got released to retail. Just looking at the figure itself, it doesn’t really seem to fit the Rise of COBRA aesthetic, so I’m not sure it’s something we’ll ever see at this point. That wave of comic packs was originally going to feature Duke (Scuba) vs. Lamprey as well as Snake Eyes (Training) vs. Night Creeper.
notpicard from JoeIntel managed to get his hands on this very unique item, and was gracious enough to share images on JoeIntel, and allow GeneralsJoes to host them as well. Like Storm Shadow (who came with some Dice-like accessories), Snake Eyes comes with some similar gear as Slice did back in the vintage days. Check out the thread at JoeIntel here, and take a peek at the images below.
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