by generalsjoes | May 7, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
The convention has been over for less than a week, but Gyre-Viper over at HissTank has not taken a break. With a constant flood of images and information over the past few days, he’s keeping the Joe fan busy.
Well, his latest indulgement is the sickness known as Jungle-Viper. This figure captured everyone’s attention at JoeCon last year, but sometimes the actual product doesn’t live up to expectations. From the looks of these images, this is not something we have to worry about here.
Wow. Amazing looking figure. Simply amazing.
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Look at that thing. Damn. The Pursuit of Cobra is shaping up to be one bad ass iteration of the G.I. Joe vs. Cobra mythos. Imagine the mail away Cobra Commander with the heavy weapons Destro, Zartan, and Firefly, flanked by a squad of Jungle Vipers and the Cobra Shock Troopers. Absolutely SICK. I cannot WAIT to get my hands on these figures. Fall and 2011 cannot come soon enough. Kudos, Hasbro… kudos.
by generalsjoes | May 6, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades, G.I. Joe: Resolute, JoeCon 2010, Pursuit of COBRA, Show and Convention Coverage
Saturday is when the fun really began! As cool as the initial releases for G.I. Joe: The Pursuit of Cobra were, they simply could NOT compare to the boundless wonder of 4″ plastic that would be unveiled on Saturday.
It still astounds me that this level of detail, articulation, and design can be so well implemented in such a small scale. Mattel and Playmates need to start taking notes. They’re not even in the same league as Hasbro in this scale.
The first excitement of the day was the Hasbro Seminar where they revealed the 2011 lineup for G.I. Joe: The Pursuit of Cobra! Images and my personal thoughts are below, after clicking the “Read the rest of this entry” link.
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by generalsjoes | May 6, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie, JoeCon 2010, Pursuit of COBRA, Show and Convention Coverage
One of the biggest incentives to going to the Convention this year was the fact that the first 500 convention goers got a free tour of the Hasbro offices! Having this tour with Botcon a few years ago, I kind of knew what to expect, but I still came away with some awesome information and experiences from the Joe side. The tour was broken up into several groups of 20 people, and we were each marched around various tour locations and given a great presentation at each stop.
I will do my best to remember what the various sections were, but please bear with me if my memory is fuzzy. It was damn early in the morning after an equally damn late night the night before! I will post pictures where pictures were allowed, but keep in mind, some places did not want photography. Click on the Read the rest of this entry link below to check it all out! Beware, this post is image intensive.
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by generalsjoes | May 3, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Toys, Pursuit of COBRA
Yes, I’m still in the midst of convention decompressing and gathering information together to get posted, but I just had to get this nugget out there, since I think a lot of fans will love checking out these images.
Gyre-Viper of HissTank.com posted a metric ton of pictures of recently acquired HISS Tank as well as both the G.I. Joe and Cobra Mech Suits for the upcoming Pursuit of Cobra line. Yes, they are as sick as you think they are, especially that HISS. Amazing stuff. The thread can be found here, and I’ve mirrored nearly three dozen pics below as well.
In an effort to tie this back in to the convention, too, I did want to just take a minute and say one of the highlights of the Con for me was getting a chance to meet and interact with Gyre-Viper as he prowled the sales floor or the hallways of the hotel. I’ve seen my fair share of fans from all walks of life, and many of those fans I run into who buy the pre-production items have a craving to be “first”, to wear it like some sort of badge of honor. But Gyre-Viper has a palpable thirst for knowledge, an amazing respect for the G.I. Joe brand, and a healthy desire to see G.I. Joe succeed, which drives him to collect the way he does. He obviously has a deep appreciation for what the toys are all about now, but he also is extremely fascinated with how the production process happens, and with the history of G.I. Joe over the past twenty-eight years.
It was a blast meeting with him and shooting the breeze for a little while, and it always excites me when someone who hasn’t been around all that long can motivate other folks to get excited for the product, and who has an obvious energy himself.
Gyre-Viper, you da man! Keep it up, bud.
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by generalsjoes | May 2, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Renegades, JoeCon 2010, Pursuit of COBRA, Show and Convention Coverage
Okay, I’m officially back home from the Convention, but obviously spent the night with the family. Got some school work to catch up on, then will try to play some catch up over the next few days. I think I covered most of the new stuff at the Con, but I definitely want to talk about the Collectors’ Club round table, give more specific details about the Pursuit of Cobra figures, and I should probably get the PoC SuperPage revamp started. 😉
For anyone who frequented the page during the Con rampage, thank you very much. I know I wasn’t all that current with the news and info as it happened, but a guy’s gotta have some fun at the Con, too. And I did. But we’ll leave all those gory details out of the web articles, I should think.
A few guys out there will know what I’m talking about. 😉
Thanks again to all the readers for making GeneralsJoes their “home”. A lot of folks came up to me at the Con and expressed their thanks, appreciation, and let me know what they thought of the site, and for that I’m infinitely appreciative. I’ll continue to try my hardest to make GJ worth your while. I may not have the latest news up the second it breaks, but I’ll try to get as much info as possible, and put my own “fanboy” slant on it.
The rest of 2010 and into 2011 looks absolutely amazing from a Pursuit of Cobra perspective. Where we go from there with G.I. Joe: Renegades is anyone’s guess, and it makes me a bit nervous, but regardless, G.I. Joe ain’t going anywhere any time soon.
