We have to consider this more rumor material, just because there has been no official word from Sideshow Collectibles, only a snippet of art from the introduction to their new Production Peek video.
The production peek itself focuses on the Lord of the Rings product line, but if you squint and look closely at the rotating artwork used for the intro, a nice picture of some potential design ideas for Major Bludd and Destro are present there. Destro looks like he has a pretty new look, complete with his red collar, but with a much better textured shirt. Major Bludd looks like he comes with removable missiles for his backpack as well.
Keep in mind these may just be dead concepts, but it’s still a very cool look into the production process. The video is embedded below, and I’ve also screen grabbed a few images for a better look. Big thanks to the eagle eyes of the Flag Points Podcast Twitter account for noticing this!
For folks who were jumping for joy over the migration of the Action Figure archive to the new, slick database system on YoJoe.com, today brings further reason for happiness. The massive vehicle archive has now been revamped in the same away!
Featuring much better page organization, quicker searching and sorting, the updated vehicle archive will totally redefine the way you organize and look up your G.I. Joe vehicles.
Check it all out in it’s new improved glory right here.
Man, the first half of the day seemed relatively uneventful, then all hell broke loose! One of the highlights of today’s news for sure was the announcement that Marauder “Gun Runners” Series 6 weapons assortment has been released!
Unfortunately this series has been fraught with production delays, mostly due to the modular components within the series, but thankfully problems have been overcome, and the weapons have been released and are available for purchase. Series 6 comes with a whopping 33 weapons or weapon accessory pieces for full modular action and whatever the focus of your collection is, you should find stuff to love contained within! Check out the links below to pick and choose or buy ’em all!
Hasbro PR has made available the press images for upcoming San Diego ComicCon Exclusive “Shockwave” HISS Tank w/ Destro and Constructicon B.A.T. as well as Kim “Jinx” Arashikage in both her regular red uniform and in the variant white uniform. Along with the press images, we get our first official looks at the box art for Shockwave and the card art for both Jinx figures.
Of note, according to GeneralsJoes Twitter friend Twitziller, the Jinx card art may represent the first time a 25th homage figure was released with “digital” explosion background. Someone feel free to correct us if we’re wrong, but I can’t seem to remember another figure using that.
What’s the saying? It’s always darkest before the dawn? Well, just as all hope was lost with the G.I. Joe: Retaliation push back, Shout! Factory has single-handedly redeemed 2012 for G.I. Joe media, as an Amazon.com pre-order reveals a G.I. Joe: Renegades Complete Season One on BLU-RAY!
For many of us, this will be the first time ever seeing G.I. Joe: Renegades in high definition, and to say I’m excited for this release would be a massive understatement.
For folks who are into the regular DVD format, Amazon has also revealed a Season 1, Volume 2 set as well, to finish off the collection that was released just this week. Both sets are slated for release September 25, 2012.
I was made aware of this by no less than 15 or 20 of my awesome GeneralsJoes faithful today, but first mention came from Twitziller, so full credit to him for making my day!
Thank you very much, Shout! for giving Joe fans something to look forward to this year!
If you’re like me and you visit IDW’s Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow artist Robert Atkins on a regular basis, you no doubt noticed that he’s been a flurry of activity this week! He had some very interesting commission requests, and he’s been posting up pieces of his work over the past several days.
Well over the past couple of days he posted the completed images and they’re pretty incredible. A very eclectic group of characters and some great art by Mr. Atkins as well. This combined commission piece is over FOUR FEET wide. Colorist on the Snake Eyes title Simon Gough as even colored the G.I. Joe half already, and I’ve mirrored both images below.
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Along with this, Robert has posted a fantastic commission of Snake Eyes in his Commando uniform! Everyone’s pretty used to seeing the Joe ninja in his visor and skin-tight spandex these days, this is a great departure. Check out that image below.
If you’re not hitting up Robert Atkins’ blog on a regular basis, you really should be. He’s been doing a lot of great Avengers work alongside his G.I. Joe stuff, and with him picking back up on Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow last week, you can bet more G.I. Joe content will be coming.
Courtesy of set photographer Jaimie Trueblood, we have some more images from G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and some really nice ones here. Featuring heavy doses of Roadblock with Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes, and an incredible shot of Cobra Commander.
Ugh, I’ve been lagging again. With the furious onslaught of G.I. Joe: Retaliation news and so much other stuff happening in my personal life and the fandom, I’ve just lost step a bit with my IDW reviews, but I’m going to endeavor to get back up to speed if at all possible.
Hopefully no one thinks a lack of reviews is any indication of my enjoyment of what IDW is doing, because it is not. I’m still thoroughly enjoying the roller coaster ride of the Real American Hero title especially, though I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a little bit happy to see this Blue Ninja saga coming to an end.
To read my full review of what is advertised as the “Conclusion” to the Blue Ninja saga click the Read the Rest of the Story link below.
Even though the film has been pushed back until next March, it’s tough to stop the publicity train once it starts, and a couple more images have emerged from the film. Ironically one of the images (from Guyism) features Channing Tatum’s “Duke” character in focus, which is interesting since he is the crux of so many rumors behind the film’s delay.
The other image, from ICGMagazine reveals a very nice cover shot of Snake Eyes in his full Retaliation uniform. Check out the mirrored images below, and thanks to HissTank.com for the info.
A big week for G.I. Joe comics this week with not only G.I. Joe #14, but also Real American Hero #179, and Volume 1 of the Cobra Command series all hitting on Wednesday! I’ve got previews for all three books below.
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G.I. JOE #14
Chuck Dixon (w) • Will Rosado (a) • Will Rosado, Tommy Lee Edwards (c)
“Deep Terror, part 2!”
Under-staffed, under water, and under the gun! The new stripped-down Joe team battles a very public Cobra as Dr. Mindbender drills on the ocean floor—but what’s he looking for? And how will Scarlett and her team escape?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Black & White Tommy Lee Edwards cover
Bullet points:
An all-new direction for G.I. JOE!
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G.I.JOE: A Real American Hero #179
Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a) • Herb Trimpe, Gallant (c)
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! The Blue Ninja Clan begins its final assualt on Cobra’s homebase, and Cobra Commander, Baroness, Snake Eyes, Duke, Scarlett and Stalker are all caught in the fray! This is the explosive conclusion to the Blue Ninja saga that you’ve all been waiting for. Things will never be the same for G.I. Joe and Cobra after G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #179, don’t miss it!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Larry Hama variant sketch cover!
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G.I. JOE: Cobra Command, Vol. 1
Chuck Dixon (w) • Alex Cal (a) • Dave Wilkins (c)
The Cobra Civil War is over but there’s no risk of a peace outbreak. “Cobra Command” starts here as the new Cobra Commander kicks off his reign with total war as he invades a sovereign nation with all the military might under his power.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-221-8
Bullet points:
• Includes issues #9 of all three ongoing series of G.I. JOE, Cobra, and Snake Eyes, as well as G.I. JOE #10.
