by generalsjoes | Mar 25, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Video Game
Hot on the heels of the GamePro Rise of COBRA preview, IGN.com has chimed in with their own preview for the upcoming video game coming out this summer. Just like GamePro, IGN provides some great new screenshots. In the screenshots below we see what looks to be Gung Ho has a playable character! Not only that, but we see a picture of Duke and Gung Ho battling against one of COBRA’s ominous new SNAKE armor robots, just a small example of the very cool homages we’re going to see in the game.
The write up also mentions that the four COBRA “bosses” in the game will be unlockable characters as well. The confirm for certain that Storm Shadow is one of them, and hypothesize that Destro, COBRA Commander, and the Baroness will be the other three. They also reveal that G.I. Joe helicopter pilot Wild Bill has a cameo.
To read the full article click here, and be sure to check out the gallery of images below.
by generalsjoes | Mar 25, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
cmdrinchief of The Coil Club and JoeBattleLines shares some pictures of the new upcoming Rise of COBRA Neo-Viper, showing some nice detail of his head sculpt and gear. This figure is the same as the MARS Industries Officer and Trooper, only with a new head sculpt and some new accessories, though I am a big fan of those accessories. I know lots of folks are panning the futuristic look of some of the weapons, but I think a lot of them look pretty cool. I hate the gun that comes with the MARS Trooper, but that’s just because it looks goofy, not necessarily because it’s a futuristic weapon…the guns that come with the Neo-Viper actually look pretty bad ass.
The original thread can be found on JBL here, and I’ve hosted a small gallery of the images below.
by generalsjoes | Mar 23, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
The MARS Industries 3-Pack with an Officer and two Troopers is slated to be released as a “preview” item in May to whet the appetites of would-be G.I. Joe buyers. I recently got my hands on these figures and decided to do a semi-review. Are these figures any good? Will getting these in hand make folks excited for the upcoming toys, or are they not impressive enough to warrant the enthusiasm?
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by generalsjoes | Mar 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Other Toys
A kind benefactor has supplied GeneralsJoes with some pictures taken at the Toy Fair in Melbourne Australia held over the past few days. No new product was shown, but there are some nice pictures of G.I. Joe and non-G.I. Joe items that Joe fans might find interesting. It’s also just cool to note that the Rise of COBRA line is going to get some heavy international love.
Pics and info can also be found at Skymates – the G.I. Joe Australian Collectors Message Board. Any of you Joe collectors from down under, definitely check it out! Meanwhile, the pictures are below:
G.I. Joe Items
Transformers, Chap Mei, Elite Force, and Terminator: Salvation 3 3/4″
A huge thanks to the guys at Skymates for supplying the pics and giving me the heads up on this!
by generalsjoes | Mar 22, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: The Movie
EBay seller ws_toys has listed the upcoming single pack version of Hawk on eBay. We had seen the version that comes with The Pit, and had seen this figure in Toy Fair pictures, but nobody was certain as to its identity, but it would appear that now we know!
You can check out the auction here, and see the auction pictures below.
You can also check out my Toy Fair 2009 single pack gallery to see more pictures of this figure in the “Future Releases” section. Those images are also mirrored below.
Thanks to cmderinchief of The Coil Club for the intel!
