G.I. Joe Resolute news roundup
As folks are aware yesterday was Q & A day, and I’ve decided to gather some of the more interesting “Resolute” related news that folks might have missed amongst the deluge of questions and answers. Here are the facts:
Wal-Mart lists and other little tidbits
So the latest swath of Wal-Mart early product lists have been revealed on the oft-overlooked JoeBattleLines forums. Big props to “Ghost Target” for his tireless research. 😉
And of course, as usual, I have my own thoughts on some upcoming items for 2009…
G.I. Joe: Resolute – Your one stop shop
Everyone’s fired up for G.I. Joe: Resolute…including me. I’m so fired up, I’m devoting a LOT of attention to the series here. Anything you want to find on Resolute, I’m planning on featuring it here pretty heavily. To date, this is what’s been collected about the series.
Omega Force/Resolute figures? Yeah, I don’t think so.
So weekends are generally pretty slow news-wise, but HissTank bucks that trend this week with some leaked images (likely from one of their mysterious contacts overseas):
I’m like any other Joe fan out there. I feed off the early leaked info, I love getting sneak peeks at upcoming product, and enjoy the speculation. But what I don’t like is when hypothesis are made about images based on no factual information that end up misleading the Joe collecting populace. This front page story proudly proclaims these images as being part of “Wave 13” and “Omega Force” (which as we all learned from the latest Hasbro Q & A is a nickname for G.I. Joe: Resolute).
Ummm… yeah. I don’t think so. This is all based on my own speculation, but as always toy collectors are quick to jump on this and start slamming the Resolute toys without knowing what we’re getting. Folks, this ain’t it. Let’s look at some facts…