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Hasbro Press Release for G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary

Along with the press images already released and posted, Hasbro PR sent along a press release, which confirms the SDCC Exclusive is the standard VAMP MK II with Flint/Black Night Landing with black and red Cobra Eel.

EDIT – In my rush through reading the press release late last night I thought it had mentioned ComicCon, but apparently I was drunk.  I see no mention of that this morning and no confirmation of the brown VAMP being a ComicCon exclusive.  I am looking into confirming this.

This is interesting information that is sure to annoy some collectors, with the standard deco for Flint being a very highly requested figure (in fact it was voted #1 at the 2012 Concept Case survey).

Check out the Press Release after the jump.

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G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary – What it is and where it comes from

So throughout the whirlwind of reveals at Toy Fair today, it’s been a bit tough to get everything sorted out and really figure out what these new items represent and what the original genesis or inspiration of these items was.  Interestingly, a lot of these things come from fan-centric sources, including concept cases and short ship Pursuit of Cobra offerings.

The full low down is after the jump, with in depth descriptions of each 2 or 3 pack as well as the source figures and where the inspiration might have come from.

Hopefully this will shed a little bit of light on this particular situation:

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High Resolution Press Images for G.I. Joe 50th and Kre-O

The fine folks with Hasbro Public Relations have posted the press images from the G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary and Kre-O reveals today.  Check them out below, and I’ll break things down more in a moment:

EDIT – Looking at the image names, it would appear that the standard version of the VAMP MK II with Flint just may be a San Diego ComicCon Exclusive!

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G.I. Joe Kre-O images from Toy Fair 2014 Show Room

Wow.  Wow wow wow!

As much as I’ve loved the G.I. Joe Kre-O stuff to date, what they’re showing in the show room at Toy Fair this year is just incredible!  Look at that Terror Drome!  The Firebat, the Skyhawk… Serpentor?!  Good grief some amazing stuff coming for Kre-O fans this year.

HISSTank.com has been on the ball with posting their images, and I’ve mirrored some of their images below.  Hit them up directly for the details.

G.I. Joe Collectors Club first out of the gate with 50th Anniversary Press Pictures

Over on their Facebook page, the G.I. Joe Collectors Club has started posting press images of the upcoming G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary product!

Check out the gallery right here and make sure you “Like” their Facebook page while you’re at it.

The Press Images will be widely available tonight, so I’m not going to mirror those images, you can find them at this link.

Suffice it to say, we are getting concept case Destro and Leatherneck, Lady Jaye, and HEAT Viper, but at the same time we’re getting re-releases of a standard color Blowtorch (for the third time, really?!), PoC General Hawk and Low Light.

I will say the Cobra Wolf with Ice Viper is an exceptionally great surprise.  WOW!

Anyway, check out the images right here.

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