by generalsjoes | Jun 21, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
I can’t get over this…as much of a Hasbro fanboy as I am, I cannot help but admit usually figure design and production is a fairly fluid, up and down thing. Very rarely do we get terrific figures every time all the time…in fact, I’d say that never happens.
But over the next two months, we’re getting the first wave of Pursuit of Cobra and two Resolute boxed sets, and someone kick me, I must be dreaming. I can’t find a crap figure among the lot of them.
Granted, there are some improvements that could have been made (such as Scarlett and Baroness’ super-foreheadness) but by and large, from design, to sculpt, to paint, to articulation, there are almost twenty figures here, and they are ALL great. All of them. Even figures that don’t knock my socks off design-wise have fantastic accessories and other very cool qualities.
I’m not sure why this concept hasn’t been grasped so whole-heartedly before, but the combination of military design, future aesthetic, fantastic accessories out the whazoo, and amazing design and articulation has already made The Pursuit of Cobra the highlight of the G.I. Joe universe over the past several years. So, because of that, even though we’ve seen these figures time and time again, when Winter God over on ACToys posted about G.I. Joe: Resolute and the Pursuit of Cobra right here, I just had to mirror the larger, more detailed images. I just can’t get enough of how awesome these toys are. Check out the images below.
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by generalsjoes | Jun 15, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
* * * * * * * * * [ SMALLJOES.COM NEWSLETTER ] * * * * * * * * * *
http://smalljoes.com
Hi folks, we wanted to tell you about some new and upcoming products.
GI JOE
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We now have in-package photos for the GI JOE: Resolute 7-figure sets.
Also, these will be leaving China a little sooner than originally
expected so we’ve moved up the estimated ship date from our warehouse
to the third week of July.
Resolute 7-pack sets of 2 are available at $69.99, cases at $199.99.
We also have a special promotional offer for the Resolute sets
combined with the Extreme Conditions 7-packs for an unbeatable deal
at $99.99.
http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/pgen.cgi?CatId=12&Stage=5
GI JOE Pursuit of Cobra wave 1 and wave 2 are now available for pre-
order. We don’t have Hasbro-approved images for wave 2 yet although
you can visit the various GI JOE fan sites to see photos of these items
taken at the recent GI JOE convention. Although Hasbro has given
an August date for the wave 2 product we think that actual availability
may fall into September.
Pursuit of Cobra wave 2 figure sets of 6 are available at $46.99 and
cases at $82.99.
Pursuit of Cobra wave 1 figure sets of 8 are available at $62.99 and
cases at $82.99.
by generalsjoes | Jun 9, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute
We’ve seen scattered images of the G.I. Joe: Resolute boxed sets, but to the best of my knowledge we have yet to have seen fully packaged samples of these two fan favorite exclusives. Online retailer Big Bad Toy Store gives us our first glimpse!
Don’t forget, Big Bad Toy Store has these all available for pre-order as well! Click the links below to pick your poison:
- Case of Six (3 Joe, 3 Cobra)
- G.I. Joe Set
- Cobra Set
- Set of Both
Cannot wait to get my hands on these!
by generalsjoes | Jun 1, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
August is only a couple of short months away, and we all know what that means in regards to the Asian market. Over the past few days quite a number of products have started showing up across the web, and while I’ll refrain from linking to specific auctions, I did want to mirror the updated images and point out that these all come courtesy of The Terror Drome. To date, we’ve got some nice pictures of Pursuit of Cobra City Strike Beachhead, Jungle Assault Duke, Desert Battle Storm Shadow, and G.I. Joe: Resolute Scarlett and Baroness.
In the past I’ve jumped on some of these auctions pretty quickly, to be totally honest. But so far, I’m holding myself back on this initial batch. I grabbed Spirit pretty quickly when he appeared a couple of weeks back, but I’m just having a hard time pulling the trigger on $20 a pop when they should be hitting retail in about 6 – 8 weeks. The really weird thing is, for the Rise of Cobra figures, which were pretty inferior, all told, I was jumping on them pretty quick. But for these much better figures, I can’t bring myself to do it, at least not yet. Is it because of the price jump, which is admittedly, pretty small? Or is it my strong, iron clad moral core? Yeah, definitely not that.
Check out some of the images mirrored below.
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by generalsjoes | May 30, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Q & A, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
So the answers have all pretty much trickled in for the latest round of the Q & A, which I’ve archived much of right here. Honestly, it seemed like a somewhat drab round, without a whole lot of info. I know many of you will say that’s no surprise, but in the last round, I thought we got some great news nuggets, especially considering how close we were to Toy Fair.
This round there wasn’t much to get riled up about, but we did get some interesting information gleaned from the sites around the ‘net. These were some of the more interesting things discussed, in my opinion…click the “Read the rest of this entry” link below for the full run down.
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by generalsjoes | May 30, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Pursuit of COBRA
When images from the Pursuit of Cobra were first shown from JoeCon in 2009, while most folks raved about Shadow Tracker and Jungle-Viper, I was secretly drooling over the City Strike Firefly. That freaky looking helmet, and futuristic design all really appealed to me and it was one of the figures I was most looking forward to. As the months have gone on, my love for the figure has waned, but just a bit.
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not quite as fond of the figure, or if all of the other Pursuit of Cobra figures just look so much more bad ass than they did even six months ago, but whatever the reason, Firefly hasn’t retained his “rock star” status, at least from preliminary pictures. His vest makes him look a bit bulky, I’m not sure exactly what the detail is underneath the vest, and his sewn-in elbow pads are giving me some unfortunate flashbacks to the Rise of Cobra troopers.
But who knows…I don’t have the figure in hand yet, so I should try to reel in my early judgements at least somewhat. It’s quite possible I’ll be surprised. I still absolutely love that helmet, love his machine guns, love the suction cup backpack. Ah, who am I kidding, everyone who reads this page knows I’ll probably gush about it anyway…
Regardless of all that, Gyre-Viper has supplied a healthy helping of Pursuit of Cobra Firefly pictures over at HissTank, and I’m mirroring a bunch below. As some added bonuses we’ve also got some Resolute Firefly and Zartan thrown in for good measure. The start of 2010 has been pretty slow from a product standpoint, but damn, once August hits, it’ll be like 2009 all over again. Only this time the product is all going to be great. At least from early glimpses…
Check out the images below.
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I can’t get over this…as much of a Hasbro fanboy as I am, I cannot help but admit usually figure design and production is a fairly fluid, up and down thing. Very rarely do we get terrific figures every time all the time…in fact, I’d say that never happens.