by generalsjoes | Jun 16, 2016 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016
If there’s any advantage to not making the trip to Loveland this year (and really, this is about the only advantage I can think of) it’s that I can at least try and sit back and offer some coverage of the JoeCon excitement. With this being only the third Convention I haven’t been able to attend in thirteen years, you’ll have to excuse me if I’m a bit melancholy and a little unaccustomed to the coverage from this perspective.
Today is Wednesday, which means it’s Golden Ticket pickup! There will be no special attendee exclusives revealed today, HOWEVER Golden Ticket holders will be getting their Convention Comic, and within the pages of that convention comic should be the details about the rest of the convention exclusives!
Golden Ticket pickup is at 8:30pm mountain time tonight, which should be around 10:30pm eastern. It’ll be here before you know it.
Check out my post from last year to see how this tends to look, and while we won’t get a specific idea of many of the individual characters or how they look, the list of exclusives will shed some light.
Even though I’m not in Colorado, I do have some “boots on the ground” and will endeavor to get the information relayed as fast as humanly possible… although I would much rather be in Loveland enjoying my favorite weekend of the year, there are still plenty of exciting things to come over the next several days, I hope you’ll join me in this year’s JoeCon coverage!
by generalsjoes | Jun 3, 2016 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016, Show and Convention Coverage
As the arrival of the 2016 G.I. Joe Convention draws nearer (2 weeks away… is it possible?!?) the G.I. Joe Collectors Club has released the schedule of events. It has an outline of all the panels and when those panels are happening, so mark those times in your appointment book. As usual, there are some key days/times you should keep in mind:
Wednesday Evening
Golden Ticket holders will be able to pick up their packages Wednesday night, and those packages include the exclusive convention comic! Within the convention comic is usually a rundown of what attendee exclusives are available, so news will be hitting probably around 9:00pm Mountain time!
Thursday Evening
Package pick up for everyone is Thursday, and the official reveals of all of the convention exclusives will happen then! Pictures and details of the extra items should start spreading like wildfire tonight.
Friday
The Club store opens and the sales floor has its sneak preview starting at 2:00pm Mountain! It’s not clear whether or not Hasbro will have anything new to show at first, but it sounds like they will reveal their real good stuff on Saturday after their panel. More on that later.
Friday also has a great assortment of panelists including Adam Riches, James Kavanaugh and Dave Tree talking about IDW, Real American Hero, and Action Man himself.
Saturday
Obviously the big draw on Saturday is the Hasbro panel at 11:00am Mountain (1:00pm Eastern) where Hasbro will reveal 2016 G.I. Joe items! That’s right boys and girls, confirmation that we will see some product this year. This will obviously be a pretty huge draw for fans both at the Convention and sitting at home! After this panel, they will be putting prototype figures in their display booths, so expect a flurry of fans rushing to get pictures of these toys. WATCH YOUR COMPUTER SCREENS.
The Kindle Worlds panel is at 2:00pm moderated by Derryl DePriest, with the Collectors Club roundtable happening at 3:00pm (all times Mountain). The GIJCC round table will no doubt outline what’s left for us to see this year, including FSS 5.0 and perhaps more details on the G.I. Joe/Transformers 5-Pack and perhaps even some surprises. Always a good panel to pay attention to, and considering it’s the last one (ever!) you won’t want to miss it.
Other great panels with Kirk Bozigian, Larry Hama and Gregg Berger are happening this day as well!
Sunday
The most bittersweet day at JoeCon where the tired masses are trying to recover from the craziness in the days previous, all while getting ready to leave for the last time. This will be an emotional day in Loveland, Colorado, but folks have to brave the tears for a few more panels.
JoeDeClassified will do their panel at 10:00am Mountain with the always entertaining Joe Colton during her cosplay panel at 11:00am. You’ll want to check that out, and see if she’s wearing her “Tequila sunglasses”…
Larry Hama will be doing another panel after that, and then bringing up the rear is no other than What’s on Joe Mind themselves, manning the live broadcast for what is literally the last Fun Pub Convention G.I. Joe panel ever. Landmark occasion capped off by the WOJM street team.
Obviously if you want to check out the full schedule you can click here, but for folks stuck at home, these are the high level events that you may want to keep your eyes on.
by generalsjoes | Mar 9, 2016 | G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016
Today the Collectors Club has posted their last 2016 G.I. Joe Convention reveal with none other than Static Line from Sky Patrol!
A fantastic looking figure with a nice new head and great parts formula. It would have been nice for the helmet to be removable, but even as it stands, the figure is really impressive. Check out GIJoeCon.com or take a peek at the mirrored image below.
by generalsjoes | Mar 8, 2016 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016
Picking up right where they left off on Friday, the G.I. Joe Collectors Club has revealed two more figures from their 2016 G.I. Joe Convention today! The Cobra Black Vulture and Sky Patrol member Drop Zone were both shown off on GIJoeCon.com.
I’m a bit mixed. I LOVE most of Black Vulture’s part, but that head seems to be sitting very high on the neck. Hopefully it’s not that bad in its final form because the rest of the figure is an absolute home run. I may try the Renegades Cobra Trooper head on the Accelerator Suit body myself to see if it really fits that high. From the neck down, the figure is truly spectacular.
As for Drop Zone, he looks pretty good. I was never a huge fan of the Strato Viper figure with its scrawny limbs and clunky joints, but I am glad to see that at least the arms have been swapped out for what looks like Retaliation Storm Shadow. That is a HUGE improvement, even if I’m still not wild about Strato-knees. Drop Zone looks a little Photoshopped, too, and appears skinnier than he likely is in real life.
All in all, I’m exceedingly happy with what I’ve seen from the Con set reveals to date. We still have Static Line left to go, and here’s hoping he’s got a new head, since new parts appear to be pretty sparse thus far.
Check out GIJoeCon.com for the latest, and these new images are mirrored below.
by generalsjoes | Mar 5, 2016 | G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016
The reveals continue on a Friday night, with the G.I. Joe Collectors Club giving us our first look at the upcoming Sky Patrol Airwave and A.D.D.E.R.S. trooper, Cobra Air Devil.
Air Devil looks pretty spectacular, and I absolutely LOVE that red and black color scheme. Airwave looks to be mostly made from Pursuit of Cobra Ripcord/Skydive, which is cool with me, that figure is pretty great. Check out GIJoeCon.com for the latest, and the images are mirrored below. At this point, we should have three reveals left – Drop Zone, Static Line, and Cobra Black Vulture! Bring ’em on.
by generalsjoes | Mar 3, 2016 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, JoeCon 2016
The hits just keep on coming today! Registration has just been announced and now we have two brand spanking new figure reveals. Sky Patrol Sgt. “Airborne” Six comes at us alongside the long requested Cobra Flying Scorpion!
Flying Scorpion was initially a Brazilian release (Escorpaio Voador) using Cesspool’s head and other mixed parts, released alongside Black Vulture (Abutre Negro) who is also slated to come with this Con set.
The two reveals today look pretty spectacular. Loving the new head sculpt and urban camouflage on Airborne (and is that a Retaliation Firefly torso… great use!), and I love that Flying Scorpion comes with the Pursuit of Cobra jetpack. GREAT looking figures!
Keep watching GIJoeCon.com for the latest!
