Along with a barrage of Rise of COBRA figures today at Target Department Stores, word comes in from SpaceMonkeyMafia and PalatineScott via the GeneralsJoes Comments sections that the Agent Helix/Flash wave has been spotted in the wild!
This wave also comes with the Pit Commando, COBRA Eel, Crimson Neo-Viper, and single pack General Hawk. To see more details about that wave, check the RoC SuperPage here.
With lots of reports coming of certain Targets breaking street dates, they have been hit pretty hard the past few days, but I’ve been reading reports that lots of Joefans are still coming away empty-handed. However, someone with a source inside Target reported last week that the Rise of COBRA “street date” at Target was authorized to be broken today. So even if your local Target didn’t have anything of consequence yesterday, you may want to check again.
I’ve gotten a personal report from Smokescreen from one-18th.com that his local Target was absolutely FILLED with product, and he picked up a number of figures he hadn’t seen at Toys “R” Us or Target yesterday, including Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, Reactive Armor Duke and Scarlett, and COBRA Commander! So, keep on double-dipping Joe fans, it’s coming!!
I’ve been right there with the majority of the fandom on my displeasure over the Pit playset. Maybe if it were simply named as an updated Mobile Command Center or something, there would be more love for it amongst the fans, but most of us have a very distinct idea in mind when it comes to “The Pit”, something that is almost as iconic in G.I. Joe lair as some of the characters themselves.
Even when I got a pretty up close view at Toy Fair, I came back thinking that it looked pretty cool, but was not nearly worth the hundred bucks it was going to cost. Well, I gotta tell you, I’m softening up that hard edge BIG TIME. Over on HissTank.com, GeneralHawk59 has posted an exhaustive gallery of images for the Pit playset, and I’m starting to get won over. This thing is huge, with a ton of potential play value, and I can think of many fun things I could use for future dio-stories. Still, the price continues to be at least a bit prohibitive, but man, it’s more tempting now than ever. Combine that with the awesome Joe-scale ping pong table, the mini-posters, an awesome memorial jersey from Bazooka…I mean come ON. There are a lot of very neat little touches mixed in here. Still trying to hold my hard edge, though…
The thread is posted here, but I’ve also mirrored the massive gallery below.
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In celebration of the big “Launch Day” at Toys “R” Us, cmderinchief from JoeBattleLines has posted a very nice series of images of the two TRU exclusive Headquarters for Heroes figures, Barbecue and Firefly.
It should be noted, these are the only two figures in the assortment, and come in their own case…12 figures, 6 of each. Check out the images below.
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As G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA starts hitting retail shelves, expect more and more photos to start popping up…well, one of the more in depth series of images I’ve seen comes courtesy of The Terror Drome’s Dark 5cythe.
He gives it a very nice run down with lots of pictures, including comparison shots between the new and old Night Raven, and pictures of both of the recent Air-Vipers. There are shots of the stickers, the parts, and just about every angle you can imagine.
Check out the full blown review and images here.
On a side note, yeah this thing is a lot smaller than its predecessor, but damn if it isn’t a pretty sweet looking airplane, at least in my opinion. I love the shape, I love the style, and I don’t think the handle gets in the way at all. Very nice.
I’ve been on Facebook for a while and I know a bunch of Joe-related friends of mine are on there, and I just got notification of something pretty cool.
“tkprime” is a Hisstank member, but also runs the MS Gulf Coast G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club. Of course, you don’t have to be in MS or on the Gulf Coast to join, that’s just its general location. Well, I have to say that he’s one of the more devoted Joe fans out there that I’ve met…he does some great things in the hobby that some times get a bit overlooked. His most recent thing is to put every single vintage G.I. Joe commercial in the video section of his Facebook account. That’s right. Every one of them. All those cool as hell live action 90’s commercials? In there. Those Hall of Fame commercials with the cartoons? In there. The first Joe cartoon ever aired? It’s all there.
A very cool thing that probably took a ton of time and effort, but it’s there for anyone to enjoy, should they want to. Of course you can also check out the aforementioned forums as well to see what they’re up to over there.
I’ve sung the praises of the LastBestAngryMan Toy Review blog in these pages before, but I must repeat myself.
LBAM has scored a bevy of the initial releases for the Rise of COBRA toys, including the Steel Crusher, Gunship, and a helping of Wave 1. He’s reviewed them all in typical fashion right here.
Some very cool pictures and interesting insight as always.
Word from far and wide across the internet is that Joe fans are having some luck this weekend already in toy scores from Toys “R” Us. Specifically, a couple buddies of mine, Jay and Gary came upon a nice stacked set of shelves at a TRU in Indianapolis. Interestingly enough, there were Firefly and Barbecue “Headquarters for Heroes” figures interspersed throughout the regular releases. So yeah, these appear to be TRU exclusives, but not necessarily separate assortments.
I’m hoping to be able to hit a Target next Tuesday, so hopefully I can share in the brick and mortar goodness… until then, keep hunting and keep talking about it, some of us are living vicariously through you. 😉
I’m not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere yet, but the official site for the 2009 San Diego ComicCon has listed their exclusives, and pricing for said exclusives. They’ve got both the 12″ Baroness and the 3 3/4″ RoC themed Destro 2-Pack listed, her for $29.99 and the two Destro’s for $24.99. Check out all of the direct listings right here.
Thanks to Mysterious Stranger for the info.
No more shakey videocams from San Diego ComicCon! Yes, G.I. Joe: Resolute has aired, and everyone has seen the SDCC and JoeCon footage by now, but not many folks have seen it in crystal clear high resolution. See every bullet, every throwing knife, and hear every crunch of bone…
Big thanks to HissTank member tkprime we now know that Titmouse has posted a version of this video on their site here. It’s video #25. This footage was NOT SEEN during the actual Resolute production.
But for folks who don’t want to scroll through videos or might have a hard time navigating there, you can check it out embedded at YouTube as well.