Over at Hisstank.com, Rulz has gotten his hands on an upcoming Night Adder, and was cool enough to snap some great pics. This is one AWESOME looking figure. Wow. Every time I see images of this figure I get more excited for it, a very neat looking new COBRA character. Check out the thread here, or the images mirrored below.
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Even though most Joe fans these days have seen the Rise of Cobra film, I still love watching these TV Spots, so when SNAKE EYES posted links to some more on HissTank.com, I decided to add them to the SuperPage.
These’ll have to hold me over until DVD time. I’ve seen the film twice already, but I want to watch it again…forcing myself to wait for Blu-Ray, though, the theaters around here are garbage.
I’ve been so focused on getting figure reviews done, that I hadn’t really had a chance to roll out any vehicle reviews, but that changes today. Just added the Steel Crusher and Gunship to the Rise of COBRA Review page.
Enjoy!
Images have emerged for the upcoming Toys “R” Us 5-Pack Troop Builders, and the Terror Drome has hosted them right here. Of course, I’ve also mirrored them below. It’s looking like the COBRA set is purely a “reissue” set with the Troopers not looking redecoed much at all (besides the Duke/Airborne covert ops figure mixed in there, of course). However, the Joe set is really interesting, sporting a nice new type of camouflage scheme and some great parts re-use. Four new characters to boot. Check out the images below.
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Deadline Hollywood Daily and Box Office Mojo report that G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA dropped over 60% at the Box Office this Friday compared to last Friday, mostly due to the lack of midnight screenings, and the fact that District 9 is hitting the male audience very hard this week. Many of the online pundits are raising their glasses and toasting the “failure” of The Rise of COBRA to maintain a strong showing, in spite of it’s rocket launch last weekend, but I’m not especially concerned.
Even with the drastic drop off from last Friday, Rise of COBRA is projected to earn a potential $24 or $25 million this weekend, which would bring the domestic total very close to the $100 million mark, and combined with fairly furious international returns, by next week, G.I. Joe could break the $200 million barrier worldwide. Granted, Paramount has said they want $350 million to guarantee a sequel…that number looks a bit out of reach, but you never know.
I think if the film can come close to $300 million worldwide with a writers’ strike script, and some quick-cut edits right up to the last minute, I think Paramount will be willing to give it a second shot with a much more polished production and much more involvement with the COBRA side of things. Not sure I’d bet on Stephen Sommers returning, but only time will tell.