Big thanks to Wild Weasel from The Terror Drome who managed to dig up some auctions on eBay featuring images of the upcoming Pursuit of Cobra Mech Suits! While I try to avoid revealing the overseas “gray market” auctions, when new images are a part of the package, I’m all in.
Check out the great box images below for the Steel Marauder w/ Kickstart, and the Cobra Deviant w/ Cyber-Viper!
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A few folks have kindly let me know that my G.I. Joe: Pursuit of Cobra SuperPage was a just a little bit out of whack, so I’ve cleaned it up some. I added a link to the old SuperPage, so folks can compare and contrast with what got phased out, and see how things have changed for 2010.
Also, due to some brain numbness on my part, I forgot to put in the two Mech Suits, so I added them as well.
Check out the adjusted page right here. It’ll be interesting to see how much it changes after the Con next week!
SNAKE EYES from HissTank.com is reporting that Diamond Comics has posted images and release information for the upcoming first assortments of G.I. Joe: The Pursuit of Cobra. We knew that these would be coming out in the “fall”, which in toy retail world means in time for the August shelf resets. Diamond is saying their release dates for all of these first assortments is July 28, 2010.
While we were all pretty comfortable knowing that these toys were coming, it’s awesome to see an actual physical release date. Check out the mirrored images and details below.
“POC WAVE 1: The evil schemes of Cobra are thwarted throughout the world by the noble soldiers of G.I. Joe, and their battles can be replayed time and again with the G.I. Joe action figures! Each figure stands 3 3/4″ tall and comes with accessories. Fans can choose from Duke (Version 5), Storm Shadow (Version 5), Cobra Commander (Version 2), Alley Viper, Snake Eyes (Version 5), and many more. Blister card packaging. Estimated ship date: 7/28/10
GI JOE BRAVO VEHICLES: Stage your own battles between the forces of G.I. Joe and Cobra with the all-new G.I. Joe Bravo Vehicles, scaled to the 3 3/4″ figure height! Choose from the HISS Tank, packed with the HISS Driver, or the Wolf Hound, packaged with Whiteout.
Estimated ship date: 7/28/10
GI JOE ALPHA VEHICLES: Take your Joe and Cobra forces into battle with these 1- and 2-man vehicles, scaled to the 3 3/4″ figure, each with its own exclusive pilot/driver! Collectors can choose from the Doom Cycle, which comes with Storm Rider, or the Ghost Hawk, which comes with Tomahawk. Estimated ship date: 7/28/10
GI JOE MECH SUIT: In some battle situations, the forces of G.I. Joe and Cobra turn to their armored Mech Suits for high tech battles to determine the fate of the world. The G.I. Joe Mech Suit Figures comes with one mech suit and the matching driving figure, and are in scale with other 3 3/4″ G.I. Joe action figures. Choose from the Steel Marauder (with Kickstart) or Cobra’s Deviant (with Cyber Driver). Estimated ship date: 7/28/10“
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Remember a few days ago when I mentioned that it looked like the floodgates might be opening? Well, they’re still open, and Gyre-Viper is there collecting it all. He posted a few updates at HissTank here and here with some very cool pictures of upcoming items, and cancelled items.
I’m especially loving that Alley-Viper. LOVE the fact that he has the Resolute headgear as well as the more standard stuff. Very cool looking items here. Three more weeks from today and we should be seeing a lot more at JoeCon. Check out the mirrored images below, and once again, a huge thanks to Gyre-Viper for keeping the “dead time” between toy releases fairly eventful.
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Okay…yeah, the floodgates have pretty much blown open. Suddenly over the past week, a few gray market sellers have started stocking the Pursuit of Cobra pre-production items and test shots again. While I try to make it a policy not to promote the sales themselves, I do, for nosey reasons, like to host the images, just so we can go through them with a fine tooth comb and pick out all the imperfections while they’re still in an unfinished state. :shifty:
Some observations here. Yeah, we’ve been choking on Dukes over the past 5 years. That doesn’t change the fact that Jungle Strike Duke is the balls. A great military look, awesome accessories. If Hasbro slapped Muskrat’s name on here, or even Leatherneck, I think fans would be climbing the walls. As such, it’s a great looking figure, and the new head sculpt makes it even better. Interestingly enough, these pre-production shots have the old Tatum melon.
I’m not really feeling that Snake Eyes. He’s all pouched up like crazy, and I can’t really tell what they’re going for. He started out as an Arctic Threat version at JoeCon, and he’s now a Desert Battle version, though apparently with the same wardrobe. Not real sure how that works. The concept of Timber is a noble one, but not really sold on the execution, at least from what we can tell here. Granted, things might be a bit different at production level.
Storm Shadow looks pretty nice. Very ceremonial, somewhat middle eastern. Looks like he’s all decked out with some crazy cool ninja weaponry. Not bad, though not sure where he really fits.
The Arctic Threat Cobra Commander looks fat, cobbled together, and just sorta… crappy. He’s one figure I’m not sad about losing.
Alley-Viper is, of course, awesome. How long have we been asking for an Alley-Viper with the vintage design, but in better colors? We’ve got it right here. He still looks very Cobra, but a whole lot cooler than the orange and purple. This guy will be flying off the pegs.
All told, a nice assortment. Some really good, some pretty bad, but mostly a solid selection of product to look forward to. I really can’t wait to see what JoeCon brings. Check out all of the various mirrored images below, most pulled from my buddies at The Terror Drome.
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Well, ole Gyre-Viper comes through again over on HissTank.com and has gotten his hands on the upcoming Doom Cycle, an Alpha Class vehicle slated to be released with the Pursuit of Cobra toyline this fall.
While this isn’t necessarily a military behemoth that will be backing up your Alley-Vipers, it’s a pretty neat Dreadnok inspired chopper. The driver, Storm Rider is a mixture of Shipwreck and a new head, and captures the spirit of the Dreadnoks pretty well (especially with that cool looking nail gun) though I have heard some complaints that they made him a new character instead of re-using a classically inspired character.
Anyway…check out the mirrored images below.
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