This is hilarious… just a few months ago I posted about Marvel TV shows and I mentioned the immortal Japanese Spider-Man series, and even showcased the introduction to the overseas production. Well, Marvel.com has started posting episodes of the Japanese show, and promises a new episode every Thursday. Best part is, the shows have subtitles, so for the first time I can actually tell what the hell is going on. Classic!
Check out the 70’s cheeziness on Marvel.com here as well.
GeneralsJoes has received some detailed pictures of never-before-seen features of the upcoming COBRA Steel Crusher Humvee from the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA movie line. This will be a Bravo scaled vehicle released with the COBRA Nitro-Viper.
At first it appeared to be your run-of-the-mill chunky almost Playskool-like jeep that served little form or function. Every closer look, though, gives it some more personality and more appeal. The swing-down armored roof and windscreen, the hidden missile launchers…lots of cool little details that each add something to the overall function of the vehicle. It still doesn’t blow me away, but each added detail makes it a little more cooler to me.
Check out the gallery below:
All credit goes to TOMmy and cmdrinchief of CoilClub.com.
Yes, I know Wolverine and the X-Men has only barely started airing in the United States, and folks watching this excellent series on NickToons are only a few episodes into it. However, in other parts of the world (namely Canada) the series has been airing on a regular basis since last year, and they have broadcast all the way through episode 23. There are twenty-six episodes total in the first season (a full run down of the episode titles are available in the WikiPedia entry, but beware of spoilers in the episode titles and descriptions).
Sienna Miller is doing the press tour, supporting her new film “Edge of Love” but as she makes the rounds, she spills some stuff about the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA as well. MTV.com did a quick interview with the G.I. Joe femme fetale, which you can find online here.
There are a bunch of great informational tidbits, including the confirmation that the two guys in the Accelerator Suits are Channing “Duke” Tatum and Marlon “Ripcord” Wayans.
Best quote about the film so far:
“Sienna said her favorite scene, however, was decidedly low-tech, depicting her evil Cobra assassin pulling hair with Joe agent “Scarlett” O’Hara. “There’s a really, really good girl fight between Rachel Nichols and myself,” she explained. “It’s like a proper, violent girl-fight scene. And we both worked so hard for the choreography and the training of it. … We both got hurt. I’m clumsy, so I slipped on a rubber bullet at one point and sprained my wrist quite badly. She ran into a flame and got burned.”
Great to see some positive buzz this early in the year. Things will only ramp up from here.
eBay seller toyslandco out of Hong Kong has posted a number of auctions for carded wave 1 figures from G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA. The auctions include:
So the question is… these really aren’t hitting until July 11th? Sure, we’ve seen some sporadic listings and pictures for figures here and there, but a full blown carded Wave 1 assortment of figures not slated to ship for another 4 months seems incredible. One thing that I’m really happy to see is that some folks are already driving these prices up, which is an indication that there is some demand for the figures, even in the movie style. Glad to see it.
A big thanks to HissCommander of The Terror Drome for the info, check out the gallery below to see pics from the auctions.
Decked out in a fairly standard looking camouflage uniform, this would appear to be a version of the G.I. Joe intelligence operative that isn’t seeing field combat, and instead is behind a desk or on base. Honestly, this is probably my least favorite figure that I’ve seen so far. While many fans are lambasting the “battle suit” look and begging for a more standard military appearence I find myself really liking the combat suits, and the stuff in standard military fatigues is fairly tiresome. From a sculpting standpoint the figure itself seems to look fine, but when I drop the cash on Scarlett, I want the one in full “battle rattle“.
Gotta love that spring-loaded mega-crossbow! Beautiful in its cheeziness!
To see a gallery of the images I snapped of this figure during Toy Fair check below.
Destro from HissTank returns from a self-imposed vacation with a great gallery of the upcoming Wave 1 COBRA Viper Commando figure.
Checkout the gallery here. Thanks to Destro at HissTank for the heads up.
Like the COBRA Neo-Viper, this is another figure that I really like. It’s pretty cool how the Neo-Viper is sort of a “beefed up” version of this more standard Viper Commando, with some similar elements, yet bulkier armor, and more advanced weaponry. I think I like the Neo-Viper more than the regular Viper Commando, but there are some things about this figure that I like as well.
To see my own pictures of this figure taken during Toy Fair, check out the gallery below:
Somehow staying below the radar, SciFiWire spoke to Sienna Miller last week about recent movie roles, including her spot as The Baroness in G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA. The interview can be found here.
It’s mostly fluff, no real info, but hey, any press is good press, right?
Intrepid G.I. Joe fan and “investigator” Jeff Bohn has stumbled upon some interesting G.I. Joe conversation (with tongue firmly in cheek) on the “Petros and Money show”, which is part of the Fox Sports Radio Network broadcast from KLAC in Los Angeles. Thankfully, KLAC archives many of their shows in .mp3 format, so I had a chance to archive this particular webcast so folks can check it out. Featured in this clip is a “Film Fight” between Transformers: The Move and G.I. Joe: The Revenge of COBRA. Kind of cool…
If the MP3 Player isn’t working, listen directly here.
With the early years of G.I. Joe getting some serious credit with the Anniversary figures, it was only a matter of time before Hasbro started dipping into the late 80’s to find some good subject matter, and personally, I can’t think of a better subject than Shockwave. One of my long time favorites, Shockwave is a great character and a great figure, and definitely deserves to get some recognition. It was pretty obvious once the Comic Pack Firefly hit retail that Shockwave was at least on the radar, and by the looks of things, he just barely squeaked in, as it would seem the Anniversary line has petered out for the year.
