by generalsjoes | Jun 20, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Special Ops, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2012, Show and Convention Coverage
We’re within a week of the kick off for the 2012 G.I. Joe Collectors’ Convention, and the Collectors’ Club has posted the full schedule of events right here. This helpful document breaks down when various folks can pick up their convention packages, and also gives a lowdown for the seminars, of which there are many!
Below are some of the highlights:
- Friday 12:00pm – 12:50pm: GIJCC Magazine Comic Panel – David S. Lane, Pete Sinclair
I really think that the GIJCC Newsletter comic has been making some terrific strides lately, and I’m looking forward to hearing what Dave and Pete have to say about it. From the obvious Pursuit of Cobra influences and the great GIJCC character tie-ins, it’s an enjoyable read every month. I’d love it if they collected them into a singular volume.
- Saturday 10:00am – 10:50am: Behind the Scenes of G.I. Joe: Retaliation – Hasbro
This sounds like it could be very interesting as well. I would imagine, since this is a Hasbro seminar, we’d be looking at Retaliation mostly from the toy design perspective, but any sorts of “behind the scenes” stuff is all good with me. I will definitely not be missing this one.
- Saturday 11:00am – 11:50am: Insider’s Guide: G.I. Joe 2013 – Hasbro
Hmmm… so we have a “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” themed panel as well as a “G.I. Joe 2013” panel? Veeerrry interesting… does this mean we might see some potential 2013 product that isn’t G.I. Joe: Retaliation related? A peek at the future beyond the movie? That would certainly be awesome. This is a BIG one to look forward to. Plan your weekend around this.
- Saturday 1:00pm – 1:50pm: Syfy Games presents G.I. JOE: Special Ops
I will admit I never would have suspected we’d see a panel devoted purely to Special Ops, but I’m looking forward to checking it out! Been hacking away at the Beta a bit, and it will be cool to see what else might be planned down the road and I’d love to hear about when the final release is expected.
- Saturday 3:00pm – 3:50pm: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club Roundtable
Always a very informative panel, getting some sit down time with Brian, Lanny, Dave, Pete and the GIJCC gives us some great insight into the design of the convention set, the reasons some decisions were made, and sometimes we even get a little peek at the future. With the Figure Subscription Service looming on the horizon I suspect this will be a destination for many fans.
- Saturday 4:00pm – 4:50pm: IDW’s G.I. Joe: Real American Heroes
Comic fans, mark your calendars. IDW will be in attendance and ready to talk about the future of their G.I. Joe comic universe for 2012 and beyond. Hoping to hear some info here about future plans for G.I. Joe, Cobra, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, and G.I. Joe: Real American Hero here.
There are a number of other panels of course, with great discussions with Kirk Bozigian, package artwork talk, some insight with the voice actors as well as the always enlightening Mark Bellomo discussion Sunday at 1:00pm. All in all, it looks like a fantastic weekend of G.I. Joe nirvana, and I cannot wait to hit New Orleans! Again, find the full schedule of events right here!
by generalsjoes | Jun 9, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
For folks still thinking about attending the convention, Monday is the day! Yes, the 3 3/4″ sets have been sold out, but folks who are dying to go can still register with the 12″ package until Monday. But if you can’t get stuff together by then, you have other options as well.
The Collectors Club sent along the following email:
Hello all!
The registration for attending and non-attending packages ends at 5pm on Monday June 11th as we must close it to prepare for the event. Late registration is available on Friday June 29, at the Hilton Riverside at 9:30 am.
For those 3 3/4″ fans who were not able to attend via the Oktober Guard sets (attending and non-attending sold out), we will be bringing sets from 2008 COBRA Headhunters and 2010 Vacation in the Shadows if you would like to come to late registration you can use these sets for your attending packages. We have a limited number of 12″ AT Heavy Weapons packages still available.
ALSO… WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ENTRIES FOR THE FILMFEST. We have one individual who has contacted us that he will be sending an entry. Please email us (using the link at GIJoeCon.com) and let us know if you have an entry on its way to us.
There are a few Exhibitor Booths still available so make sure you register by Monday!
Go to GIJoeCon.com and click on Registration for attending, non-attending and Exhibitor registrations.
See you in NOLA!
Brian
PS. Provided that the figures get here on time…the Parachute Drop is on!
Keep watching GIJoeCon.com for the latest info!
by generalsjoes | Jun 9, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe: Renegades, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Podcasts, What's on Joe Mind
Week two of the Fandom in Crisis continues, but the guys from What’s on Joe Mind continue to talk you off the ledge. We bring George and Travis in from the Moderately Geeky Podcast to talk JoeCon and continue to (over?)analyze the G.I. Joe: Retaliation toy intel.
What can we expect to see in New Orleans? Is only having Wave 1 in 2012 the deth of teh line!11!1? Head on over to our Podbean Page to check out the newest episode, or listen to one of the embedded players below.
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by generalsjoes | May 25, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, Sunbow
Registration has been live for just over 24 hours now and we have news of a new guest, and a new exclusive!
Will Ryan will be making an appearance at the Convention, which we actually first learned when the Brochure was revealed. Mr. Ryan, of course, was the voice for Footloose in the Sunbow animated series. As expected as well, thanks to a Tweet from the GIJoe Collectors Club Twitter feed, we also now know for sure that they will have carded Footloose figures available at the convention!
Limits have not yet been revealed, but let’s hope there are enough to go around.
The GIJoeCon.com website does not mention the carded Footloose figure yet (that I can see), but I have mirrored an image of the Tweet below.
by generalsjoes | May 24, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, JoeCon 2012, Show and Convention Coverage
That’s right, you didn’t misread the headline… registration for the 2012 G.I. Joe Convention in New Orleans is officially live and ROCKING!
Hit up GIJoeCon.com to fill out the form, sign up and prepare for New Orleans. One hint… if you are an existing member, if you want to sign in, enter the CAPTCHA information on the login screen and just hit “Enter”. That will process the CAPTCHA and let you log in.
Seeya in NOLA!
