by generalsjoes | Apr 18, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades
Someone out there has passed along some very interesting images of what looks to be a potential G.I. Joe: Renegades themed 4-Pack as an Amazon.com exclusive. This surprising and somewhat mind-blowing set doesn’t feature any new characters (beyond the Red Ninja) and the look of the characters on the box is remarkably similar to what we’ve seen already.
But here’s a question… considering that G.I. Joe: Renegades was initially being designed as an animated style figure line, is it possible some of that defunct tooling could find their way into this set? I don’t know. Maybe I’m looking too deeply into it, but it seems weird to me that they would release a 4-Pack with mostly the same figures that we’ve seen at mass retail already. Some previously unused tooling would make this set a LOT more desirable, I think.
I guess time will tell. Until we get more details, check out the terrific looking box art below. Can’t wait to see some images of the figures!!
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UPDATE – Now that my little Renegades geek heart has slowed down a little bit… there are some indications here that these could in fact be new figures of some sort. Looking at the arms for Storm Shadow and Red Ninja, they look completely different than what we saw in the 30th Anniversary version. Also, with Snake Eyes jumping around in a trench coat, could we see a coated version of Snake Eyes in this set?
The possibilities are very exciting.
by generalsjoes | Apr 18, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
The G.I. Joe: Retaliation theme week continues over at Carded Heroes, with the focus today turning to Cobra Commander! A very cool new design aesthetic, even though it doesn’t appear to be entirely movie accurate.
Check out a few of the mirrored images below, but make sure to hit up Carded Heroes to check out the full review and all of the assorted images.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 18, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
From Toy Fair on forward, we’ve seen press images for boxed G.I. Joe: Retaliation vehicles, but to the best of my knowledge there are some boxed images we haven’t seen yet. You can check out those images below.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 18, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Movie
We’re coming within almost 2 months of the release for G.I. Joe: Retaliation and some more stuff is coming out… our next allotment of press images from the upcoming G.I. Joe sequel have Roadblock and Snake Eyes in a much friendlier moment than a previous image we saw with them pointing weapons at each other. The second image is another picture of Lady Jaye in that red dress.
Wouldn’t mind seeing some more action shots with her, but hey, what are ya gonna do, right? Check out the images below.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 17, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Movie
This story actually came out a couple of days ago, but got kind of lost in the shuffle of the big action figure reveals. Entertainment Weekly recently published a story with some attention paid to G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and they’ve posted a nice interview on their website as well.
I will admit, most of the back and forth banter is stuff we’ve heard (and read) before, but it’s still great to see some more mainstream publicity for the movie sequel.
The most telling quote is this one:
“Channing Tatum returns from the first one, as does Jonathan Pryce. So there are some plot connections between The Rise of Cobra and Retaliation?
Yeah, sure, sure. There are some plot connections with the first and the second. I’ll tell you this: Out of great tragedy often emerges new leaders and, through a great tragedy that takes place with the Joes. New leaders emerge.”
Johnson does seem to indicate a bit more that perhaps Duke is destined for an uncertain fate in this film, though, as he puts a strong focus on Roadblock taking over the “leadership” role of the team. That does seem to be a strong emphasis throughout the interview. While it obviously doesn’t confirm any rumors about Duke in the film, it certainly doesn’t dispel them either.
Check out the full interview right here.
by generalsjoes | Apr 17, 2012 | 5 Page Previews, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, IDW
With the latest whirlwind of IDW news, many of us were pretty concerned about the potential fate of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic. Well, thankfully, according to Larry Hama himself on Facebook, it seems like this comic will still be around for a while, which brings a huge smile to my face.
New comic day hits tomorrow, so we’ve got a 5-Page preview for you right here!
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #177
Larry Hama (w) • Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema (a) • Herb Trimpe, Frenz (c)
The stakes are higher than ever! Cobra Commander has discovered the danger in the midst of Broca Beach, and has begun his preparations to face off against the Blue Ninjas. Meanwhile, DUKE, SCARLETT and STALKER split off on their own from G.I. JOE in order to head to Broca Beach. And with SNAKE EYES and BARONESS en route as well, this could be the showdown to end all showdowns. Prepare for the final confrontation in G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #177!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant covers:
Larry Hama variant sketch cover cover!
Bullet points:
- Featuring stunning art from industry legends Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema!
by generalsjoes | Apr 17, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
As I mentioned yesterday, Jay over at Carded Heroes picked up the first wave of G.I. Joe: Retaliation figures at his local Meijer’s, and is now doing a G.I. Joe: Retaliation “theme week” to celebrate!
Today he covers Duke. I’ve mirrored just a couple of images below, check out the full review over at Carded Heroes.
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by generalsjoes | Apr 17, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
This might not be quite so exciting now that these figures are being found at Meijer’s, but for those of us without one of those particular stores nearby, this is still a cool thing. The card art may be non-descript, but I still dig seeing these new figures contained in their little plastic prisons.
Check out the full image on GIJoeClub.com, and I’ve mirrored a piece of it below.
by generalsjoes | Apr 16, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, IDW
Over the weekend conversation about the IDW G.I. Joe comics reached a fever pitch as rumors circulated about titles “scaling back” and there were even specific rumors of just a single ongoing title existing.
Slowly but surely over the past few days, those rumors have been put to rest by folks at the ComixVerse, The Terror Drome, and Mike Costa himself. Well, add another name to the pile of folks who are saying this “streamlining” either isn’t going to happen or is going to be much less than initially thought. Larry Hama.
The writer of the Real American Hero title confirms via Facebook that as far as he knows, RAH isn’t going anywhere. His exact quote:
” I am dialogueing RAH#180 right now, and am writing to plot to to RAH#183 as well. Just talked to Carlos @ IDW, and he sai nothing about cutting backl I fact there are going to be Mexican editions, and I;m going to write one of the letter columns.”
Issue #180 was just solicited for July, so #183 would scope out to around October, so there certainly doesn’t appear to be any scaling back on the radar. I’m glad to hear it. With Larry Hama and Mike Costa being my two favorite comic writers at the moment, hearing them both say specifically that they’re not going anywhere is a big relief. Hopefully it stays that way!
by generalsjoes | Apr 16, 2012 | G.I. Joe, Podcasts
So over the past year we’ve covered a lot of ground on the What’s on Joe Mind podcast. We’ve talked comics with Larry Hama, we’ve talked Sunbow with Buzz Dixon and Flint Dille, and we’ve fully explored the world of G.I. Joe: Renegades with many of the voice cast members. Heck, in episode 50, we even got an awesome congratulatory message from G.I. Joe: Retaliation director Jon M Chu!
So with our one year anniversary episode coming up, we had to decide what we wanted to do… what would the listeners want to hear? The answer was easy…they want to hear… themselves! That’s right, episode 52 will be a “call in show” where anyone using Skype is welcome to call into the show and shoot the breeze with the What’s on Joe Mind crew. The details are below!
OK, for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY show, our guest(s) will be YOU! By popular demand, we will be doing a “CALL IN” show.
Here’s how it will work:
First, you gotta have Skype. If you don’t have Skype, go to http://www.skype.com
Second, we’d prefer you have some type of headset/microphone combo. Its not essential, but if we can’t hear ya, it will be hard to record ya.
Third, add chuckdawg1999 to your Skype contacts.
Fourth, join us on Skype April 24th – NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT at 9pm EASTERN. Contact Chuck to let him know you want on the show – and bring a good question or topic to talk about will ya, or Justin, Mike and I will resort to sports talk which will anger a bunch of people and you don’t want that.
Every 5th caller, gets a prize (and not some crummy figure you already have, but a GOOD prize)!
In the meantime, if you have any questions, hit us up here or add us on Twitter: @GeneralsJoes, @chuckdawg1999, @Beachhead_WOJM and @garygodsoe
