by generalsjoes | Feb 13, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie
MTV.com got a chance to attend an early “first look” at the upcoming G.I. Joe video game being produced by Electronic Arts, and came back with decidedly mixed reviews. It would appear to be your run-of-the-mill licensed “Game of the Week”, but part of me thinks it’ll still be fun to blast at COBRA agents while controlling the familiar Joe characters. Not sure if I’ll buy or rent, but still looking forward to how it develops.
Check out the full article here, and huge thanks to ggpike for the info!
by generalsjoes | Feb 13, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
We’re on the cusp of Toy Fair 2009, and cmdrinchief from CoilClub has come through with some larger and more close up pictures of that wave of packaged movie figures including Breaker, Heavy Duty, Ripcord, Scarlett, Shipwreck, Viper Commando, and Zartan! Huge thanks as always to Gary! You can check out the gallery below, or check out the images at their original source, over on CoilClub.com!
Also, we’ve got a metric ton of more movie pictures as well, including a bunch of vehicles and a lot of pictures of Shipwreck to boot. Some great stuff leading up to Toy Fair.
by generalsjoes | Feb 12, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie
JoeBattleLines forum member WNightBlade reports here that he visited a “Preview Event” for Electronic Arts and saw some of the G.I. Joe video game first hand. According to his account, it is definitely third-person shooter, mostly arcade-like in nature, with fairly basic controls and unlockable costumes/characters. The level he was watching featured Snake Eyes and “Roadblock” (though it may have been Heavy Duty).
He was not wild about the end result, which if I’m not mistaken is to be expected with pretty much everyone in the fandom in regards to movie licensed games, especially ones produced by Electronic Arts. Regardless, I’m keeping an open mind until I get my own first hand account Saturday in New York, then we’ll see what I think.
A big thanks to WNightBlade for sharing his experience!
by generalsjoes | Feb 12, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
International seller ws_toys has posted a G.I. Joe: Rise of COBRA Breaker auction with much larger and more detailed pictures of the G.I. Joe communications expert. Check out the auction here. As suspected, the figure comes with a lot of gear, and ends up looking a bit better with his camouflage vest…not quite so scrawny.
Still going to have to wait until I see these in hand before I’m 100% committed to anything, but always cool to see new pictures. Thanks to Destro at HissTank for the heads up.
Picture of his gear follows:
by generalsjoes | Feb 12, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie
As I’ve been perusing different sites looking at various links to articles about the video game it occurrs to me that many of these articles are saying separate things about the game that others are not. Some have certain details that others don’t, and still others mention some things that I did not realize until I’d read the 4th or 5th press release on this thing. So all that being said, I figured I’d collect all the info in one easy-to-follow place, and maybe help folks get an idea what we’re looking forward to. Read on…
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by generalsjoes | Feb 11, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
The gentlemen over at CoilClub.com have scored an exclusive once again, this time with a catalog image from the upcoming Rise of COBRA movie line. A lot of the pictures are stuff we’ve already seen, but the infamous “Pit” is showcased for the first time!
Check out the pictures below, and make sure to check out the originals over at CoilClub.
