by generalsjoes | Sep 8, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Terror Drome member RainbowViper has posted a really nice review with some great pictures of the very recently released Serpent Armor w/ Viper Commando Target Exclusive set. This set features a nice black and red repaint of the infamous SNAKE Armor, as well as an absolutely BAD ASS dark repaint of the Neo-Viper. Though, again, he’s being called a Viper Commando for some strange reason. No matter what his name is, though, the figure looks absolutely awesome in the dark black paint scheme with those crazy looking red eyes. Love it.
I’ve hosted some of the images below.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 7, 2009 | G.I. Joe, Sponsor News
Hello, we’d like to let you know about some new product and special offerings
here at SMALLJOES!
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We have a variety of new GI JOE: Rise of Cobra pre-order items available:
– Single-carded figure assormtent wave 3 featuring Nano-Viper, Red Fang,
Kamakura, Night Adder, and Charbroil.
– Single-carded figure assortment wave 4 featuring Storm Shadow (arctic threat),
Ripcord (desert fatigues), Desert-Viper, Duke (city strike), and Snake-Eyes
(city strike).
– Alpha vehicles wave 2 featuring Desert Mole Pod w/ Viper, Attack Craft w/
Aqua Viper, Sky Sweeper w/ Air Raid, and Motorcycle w/ Airborne & Beach Head.
– Alpha vehicles wave 3 featuring Polar Sharc Submarine w/ Icestorm, Desert
Rockslide ATAV w/ Dusty, Lava Pod with Volcano-Viper, and Tiger Claw ATV
w/ Leatherneck
– Bravo vehicles wave 2 featuring Dragonfly w/ Wildbill and Sky Sweeper w/
Aero-Viper
http://smalljoes.com/cat/Preorders-1.shtml
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by generalsjoes | Sep 7, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
#5 – It’s Free! :shifty:
When Mark Bellomo came out with the first edition of his Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe Book, there was much rejoicing about the G.I. Joe fandom. It had been the compendium that many a Joe fan had been waiting for and seemed to have everything anyone would want in the vintage style. Figures, vehicles, images, and details.
Now, a few years later, and Mark Bellomo actually went and made the thing better. Better pictures, more in depth detail, some error corrections. No longer is the Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe good enough…trust me, now you need the Second Edition.
Which brings us to the #5 reason to own Mark Bellomo’s new book. It’s free.
GeneralsJoes is giving away two copies of this great book to the GeneralsJoes faithful! All you need to do is email me and tell me what era of G.I. Joe is your favorite. No stone goes unturned. Vintage, 12″, Adventure Team, Sigma 6, Extreme, 25th Anniversary, Rise of COBRA? Which do you like the best and why.
I will go through every entry and decide which one I like the best, and which one argues their point the most effectively (and no, not necessarily which one I agree with). That article will be featured on GeneralsJoes.com and the writer will get a copy of the book shipped to him at no cost.
The second copy will be given to someone picked randomly from the list of entrants, just to keep it fair. So, even if you don’t feel like writing and just want to send an email saying “Sgt. Savage Rocks” you will still have a chance to get a free copy of the book. The contest will go for two weeks, from September 13th through September26th, and anyone who sends an email stating their case has a chance to win.
Keep watching the site this week as I unveil the four other reasons why every Joe fan MUST own this book and good luck with the contest!
by generalsjoes | Sep 7, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Chrysophylax over at JoeCustoms manages to get his hands on a lot of toys early over in the Philippines, and this is no exception. To the best of my knowledge, no one has seen anything about a Wave 4 Night Adder with tattoos in black instead of blue. At least I know every picture I’ve seen so far had blue tats, but maybe I’m behind the curve on this one.
Anyway, has posted a nice round up of all the tattoos and an exhaustive gallery, and I’ve hosted the images below.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 6, 2009 | Dio-Stories, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Pursuit of COBRA
Warning – This is gonna get long. If you just want to check out the latest project, click here.
Without a shadow of a doubt the most asked question I get is “when are you going to do more dio-stories?”. And well, at least, for the moment, I’ve got an answer, though it might be one that ticks off some folks.
Ever since I began my Dio-Story adventures way back in 2002, it was because I was inspired. The new Real American Hero Collection figures did it for me back then, sparking me into my massive review archive and monstrous dio-story universe that has spanned 7 years, hundreds of characters, and lots of obnoxious special effects (not to mention many an oversized blade of grass representing mysterious “jungles” in different parts of the world… :shifty: ). But, as the years roll on and real life takes its place amongst my hobbies, time grew shorter, and for me to tell the types of stories I wanted to tell, well…it was going to take a lot more time and a LOT more effort than I was putting in.
But I stand before you, still determined to finish what I started. However, this little project is NOT a continuation of what I started. Confused yet? Check out the “Read the Full Story” link to…well…read the full story.
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by generalsjoes | Sep 6, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: The Movie
So I’ve been poking around DeviantArt a bit, but I’m a bit disappointed to say that it hasn’t been the treasure trove of cool information for The Rise of COBRA that it was for G.I. Joe: Resolute. Not sure why, but the official behind-the-scenes stuff has been few and far between. However, I did uncover a couple of neat little things.
Drew Johnson – Rise of COBRA Style Guide Pages
Drew is a comic artist and also apparently did some work for the Rise of COBRA style guide. Some head turn arounds and basic character art. He uploaded a few of those images to his DeviantArt page, and I’ve mirrored them below.
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FlintLockPrivateer – Rise of COBRA Costume Design/Sculptor
This one is pretty neat. Only three images, but it shows some nice behind the scenes sculpting and modeling that’s done for the costume design of The Rise of COBRA. We get some neat peeks at an early look of COBRA Commander’s “iron lung” (as it’s described) as well as the Reactive Armor. I like this stuff a lot.
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So, no, definitely not the scores of cool sketches, storyboards, and character art that we got with G.I. Joe: Resolute, but some neat stuff to be seen, still.
