The UK Toy Fair is going on right now, and some lucky folks got a “behind the scenes” look at the upcoming G.I. Joe film. A thread at HissTank is ongoing right now with discussion about what was revealed.
Along with that discussion, streetfield and cmdrinchief have come through and given us the trading card pictures to display for the world to see! Check out their coolness below. Lots of movie images revealed!
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First of all, thanks to Mike (who contributes here on GeneralsJoes from time to time) for pointing me in the direction of a new satirical blog written by “COBRA Commander”.
That bad boy’s going in the bookmarks.
The gentlemen over at ToyNewsInternational have debuted close up press pictures of the new Resolute boxed set! When this was first announced, just the listing of the name made me shake my head a bit. Honestly? Another Duke? Another COBRA Commander and COBRA Trooper? The idea of the COBRA Officer at least had me excited…
When pictures were first shown, I was very disappointed. Not much in the way of new tooling, and we weren’t even getting a standard Officer, just some red-garbed guy who looked a lot like the red-garbed Trooper in the same set. What the heck was this?
HissTank is reporting that online retailer (and GeneralsJoes sponsor :shifty: ) BigBadToyStore now has the new classic-themed 5-packs in stock. Priced at $29.99, the G.I. Joe 5-Pack features Hawk, Snake Eyes, Lady Jaye, Flint, and Shipwreck all heavily inspired by their cartoon looks, with a nice allotment of new tooling and new accessories! The COBRA 5-Pack has COBRA Commander, the Baroness, Storm Shadow, Zartan, and the COBRA Viper with the same dose of new gear and new parts.
Most notable in these packs are the fixed tooling on the COBRA Viper arms, the significantly improved Baroness figure, a short-sleeved old-school accurate Flint, plus many other long overdue changes. Great looking new figures from Hasbro!
Buzz about G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA has been noticably silent over the past few months, but with the trailer debuting during the Super Bowl and Toy Fair only a couple of weeks away, that promises to change in a big way. AintItCoolNews.com gets a jump on that today with 5 new posters featuring the characters from the film:
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I’m remaining cautiously optimistic… err… probably more like cautiously pessimistic about how the film is going to end up, but I’m at least giving it a shot. I do like these posters, though. A somewhat dark and gritty theme. They don’t really “speak” to me, but I think they’re pretty cool looking, at any rate. Hopefully cool enough to entice audiences into the theaters. Time will tell.
Make sure to keep your eyes on GiJoeMovie.com as well, as I’m sure activity will intensify there after the trailer is revealed.
Master Chief of the suddenly infamous CoilClub.com has provided a great scoop with some computer entries from a TRU computer. Check out the thread here!
Some highlights involve:
But there’s a ton of other cool listings at the link above as well!