by generalsjoes | Feb 9, 2013 | 30th Anniversary, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Show and Convention Coverage, Toy Fair 2013
I’ve been getting a number of questions via e-mail, Twitter, and other places, so figured I would lay it all out here. The Hasbro fan event begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Time here in New York City. In spite of the Nemo assault, I am here in the city and ready to start spreading the 2013 G.I. Joe news! The presentation generally lasts for a couple of hours, then images can be taken in the show room until closer to 4:30pm or 5:00pm. Expect photo barrages to come shortly thereafter.
Pictures will be uploaded at the YoJoe Events section (with the appropriate notification here) and I’ll be doing all of the analysis and SuperPage stuff you’ve come to expect. We also plan on doing a special What’s on Joe Mind recording tonight as well, breaking everything down.
Keep checking back, and of course, mobile coverage of Toy Fair 2013 is brought to you by the fine folks at Kokomo Toys!
by generalsjoes | Feb 8, 2013 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, Sponsor News
GeneralsJoes sponsor Kokomo Toys has posted that they now have G.I. Joe: Retaliation Wave 2 figures in stock and ready to move! This includes Snake Eyes, Roadblock, Flint, Storm Shadow, and Firefly. You can buy these online at the Kokomo Toys eBay store. Go get ’em!
by generalsjoes | Feb 8, 2013 | 30th Anniversary, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2013, Show and Convention Coverage
Well, look at that! You wouldn’t necessarily think so, but a slight change in hair color makes all the difference in the world. It helps that this head has only been used with masked characters so far as well.
Yes, Charbroil uses the same head sculpt as the Rise of Cobra Aqua-Viper Officer and more recently as the Figure Subscription Service Dice, but with the red hair he looks like a totally different guy. The G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club showed his unmasked head on their Facebook page. It’s also mirrored below.
by generalsjoes | Feb 7, 2013 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Kre-O, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, Show and Convention Coverage, Toy Fair 2013
Good morning!
Just wanted to be sure everyone was looped into coverage of the G.I. Joe portion of Toy Fair that’ll be coming your way this Saturday straight from New York City! GeneralsJoes will be teaming up with YoJoe.com to bring you the latest images and details from the Hasbro Fan Event.
I very strongly recommend following GeneralsJoes on Twitter as I will be Tweeting live from the presentation, providing real time intel from the fan event! I will be posting the hundreds of images to the YoJoe.com Events Gallery, will link them up here when they post, and will continue to do all the analysis and coverage that you expect.
As you might have seen above, GeneralsJoes coverage of Toy Fair this year is sponsored in part by Kokomo Toys, the place to go for all of your vintage toy needs, and for all of the new and upcoming G.I. Joe, Marvel, Transformers, and all sorts of other modern toylines.
Check out KokomoToys.com, and make sure you keep it glued right here and at YoJoe.com for the latest news straight from Toy Fair!
by generalsjoes | Feb 6, 2013 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Hot Toys, Sideshow
The pictures were just revealed this morning, and now this bad boy is UP FOR PRE-ORDER! Click the link below to place your order for this freaking awesome movie-accurate Cobra Ninja:
Check out the gallery below to see the images of this fantastic looking figure.
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by generalsjoes | Feb 6, 2013 | Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, IDW
I’ve been shamelessly behind on my IDW G.I. Joe comic reviews, but with the release of Snake Eyes #21 next week, the current generation of G.I. Joe comics ends this chapter and sort of rebrands itself going forward. With the main title written by Fred Van Lente, Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow being replaced by Special Missions (written by Chuck Dixon) and a shift from Cobra to “The Cobra Files” (still written by Mike Costa) G.I. Joe will be moving in a slightly different direction.
Which, of course, brings up the question… how did the current generation end up?
G.I. Joe and Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow both worked together on the Target: Snake Eyes mini-series while Cobra brought the Russian “Oktober Guard” to the IDW universe. Click the read the rest of the story link below to review how these ended and how the transition evolves to the “new G.I. Joe” coming soon!
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by generalsjoes | Feb 6, 2013 | 12" Scale, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Hot Toys
It’s like a little miniature Lee Byung-Hun is staring into my soul.
Thanks to Toy News International for passing along word that details and images are now available for the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation Storm Shadow figure from Hot Toys! Just like Snake Eyes, this is one incredible, movie-accurate version of the infamous Arashikage ninja. He looks SHARP.
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Thanks again to Toy News International for the info, and click the Read the Rest of the Story link below for all of the details of this upcoming release. You can always check the product page on Hot Toys.com for information as well.
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by generalsjoes | Feb 5, 2013 | 30th Anniversary, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Kre-O, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe: Renegades, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Podcasts, What's on Joe Mind
I promised myself I wouldn’t post about this episode… the ridicule… the insult… the depravity performed upon my favorite character in the G.I. Joe mythology was almost too painful to revisit here on my website. But for the good of the listeners, I decided to be the bigger man.
Unfortunately a 103 degree fever and gut-punching flu bug kept me from participating in this episode, but that didn’t stop the boys and guest Ed Lydon from piling on poor Hit & Run. I’ll remember this, fellas. As an aside, there is a terrific interview (that I did participate in) with Andrew Kishino, the voice of Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe: Renegades! That almost makes it all worthwhile.
Listen to the latest episode via our Podbean page, or the embedded players below, and as always show notes are after the jump.
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by generalsjoes | Feb 5, 2013 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
It’s officially the end of the current G.I. Joe “era” at IDW, with Issue #21 of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow retiring the current storylines and planning a new step forward in 2013. Both of these issues hit your local comic shops on Wednesday, check out the previews below… you may want to make sure you’re not eating when you read A Real American Hero, though… someone’s face looks like a roast beef sandwich. #ouch\
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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #187
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)
Things have gotten dangerous for G.I. JOE in Benzheen: the countdown for the activation of a nuclear warhead has begun and a rescue mission led by LT. FALCON struggles to rescue a team of captured G.I. JOE members. Can the team make it out of the blast radius in time? As the clock ticks down in Benzheen, JINX has been sent on a secret mission by DUKE and HAWK… where old enemies resurface once more!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Variant Larry Hama sketch cover!
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Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow #21
Chuck Dixon (w) • Robert Atkins (a & c)
A “silent” issue in homage to the classic G.I. JOE #21. But this time it’s Storm Shadow in ninja action. He’s survived the massacre of the Arashikage clan and is seeking payback. But he needs to visit the Hard Master before he heads out on the road to vengeance and, possibly, his own destruction. It’s swords and shadows as an era comes to an end.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover:
Alex Cal variant cover!
Bullet points:
- SILENT EPILOGUE!
- FINAL ISSUE OF THE SERIES!!!
- Is this the end of Snake Eyes? IT MIGHT BE!
by generalsjoes | Feb 4, 2013 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Again coming courtesy of Mysterious Stranger via Twitter… it looks like the Cobra Special Forces social media experiment is starting to take life in more ways than one. In various locations around California, billboards are being unfurled, celebrating the Cobra Special Forces movement!
If you haven’t already, hit up CobraSpecialForces.com and join up!
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