by generalsjoes | May 10, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
We’ve been getting treated to some ACToys image goodness over the past couple of weeks, and today is no exception as a couple of particular threads are inundated with new images of the upcoming Defense of COBRA Island and Assault of COBRA Island 7-Packs. Over thirty images all told! If this is the last real gasp for the 25th Anniversary line, it is going out with a very large bang! The two threads can be found here and here and the wealth of images are all mirrored below. Great stuff.
Thanks to HissCommander from the Terror Drome for the heads up.
by generalsjoes | May 8, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
Continuing the recent trend, ACToys.net has some great images of soon-to-be released items up on their message boards. This time around are some terrific shots of the upcoming vehicles, including the Arctic HISS, the Stinger, and the FLAK vs. CLAW 2-pack! Check out the thread here, or see the images mirrored below.
Thanks to cmderinchief of JoeBattleLines and the Coil Club for the info.
by generalsjoes | May 7, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
madmac over at JoeBattleLines is pretty much the biggest Outback fan there is, so as can be imagined, he’s had his ups and downs over the past few months. Anyway, he managed to get a pre-production Outback in his grubby little hands, and slapped up a mini-review over on JoeBattleLines. Check it out!
by generalsjoes | May 7, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
Yeesh, these images are hitting everywhere… packaged and loose pictures of the two upcoming Assault and Defense of COBRA Island 7-Packs are starting to hit pretty much every site on the ‘net. Man do these things look great. Items of note… Chuckles now has his proper light blue shirt! Outback appears to be in a Night Force uniform, since the regular version is hitting with the FLAK after all. Strato-Viper is now being called “Air Viper”, and the Dr. Mindbender looks considerably different than he did in promo pictures. Where it looked like he had a lot of new tooling in the promotional images, these more recent pics show Gung Ho’s torso and the Crimson Guard legs. Some curious choices, but they work, ultimately.
Overall, I’m happy with what I’m seeing here. Hasbro managed to knock out a huge chunk of a lot of “want lists” with these two 7-packs, but still left enough up in the air to keep folks hanging for those vintage homages. A neat formula. Probably the two gems of these two packs to me (besides Hit and Run. WOOt we’re getting a Hit and Run!!! 😀 ) would be Zap and Alley-Viper. It takes a lot to make an Original 13 guy appeal to me, but Zap rocks my world. Those twin holsters are too cool, and even though his uniform is relatively simple, it manages to be crammed with nice little details. Love that figure. Alley-Viper…well, I can’t really say enough about that one. He is pure beauty. Enough of the words, though, check out the pictoral goodness:
by generalsjoes | May 5, 2009 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Toys
Another day, another round of ACToys images from the upcoming Defense of COBRA Island 7-Pack, this time with the Range-Viper being the focus of attention. We get some great images of his gear and the figure itself this time around. Check out the great thread from 堕落了 here, and check out the images mirrored below as well!
Big thanks to WildWeasel of The Terror Drome for the information.