EDIT: Master Chief has reported in to say that he got the dates wrong! Please recheck the subject line for the actual dates…
Are you thinking of buying G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA toys from your local Toys “R” Us? You may want to belay that for a few days…
Master Chief, a well-known Toys “R” Us employee is reporting on JoeBattleLines that Toys “R” Us will be putting G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA toys on sale from July 12th through the 19th July 19 -through the 25th! Prices are as follows:
“All 3 3/4” movie figures are 2 for $9.99!!
Alpha vehicles are $13.99
12″ Ninja figures are $5 off”
That is a fantastic deal, especially for the 3 3/4″ figures! I know I’ll be trying to find my way to a Toys “R” Us that week.
The National Ledger spent some time speaking with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje about his role as Heavy Duty in the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA film, mostly focusing on the training and conditioning required for the action-packed movie.
“The actor known as Mr. Eko to fans of “Lost” (see photo right) and as Wally as a schoolboy back home in London — tells us that in his role of ordinance expert Heavy Duty, at one point he shoots a 120-pound cannon “that’s normally strapped to a helicopter. They don’t call him Heavy Duty for nothing. Everything on that film was heavy duty, man.” He also found himself “suspended on hinges and strings from a spacecraft, firing 500-600 rounds per second. And for all that pay, you have to look good, not sweat, say the line on cue and not fire over the words. You have to keep a cool head.”
There’s some other interesting tidbits as well, click here to check them out.
Joining brick and mortar retailers this morning, SmallJoes.com has blown the doors off of their Rise of COBRA section with lots of figures and vehicles available to purchase! They also have Agent Helix, Flash, and many others available for pretty decent prices. The full newsletter is posted below.
When the news cycle rains, it pours…not only is today the official jumping off point for the new Rise of COBRA toys in retail stores everywhere, but a new Japanese trailer has also premiered featuring some footage of the much-maligned Rex “The Doctor” Lewis. Most of the rest of the footage is the “same old, same old” but there are enough new tidbits in here to get me interested at 5:25 on a Monday morning.
Thanks as always goes to HissCommander and Ramses from The Terror Drome for the information.
I have also, of course, updated the Rise of COBRA Movie SuperPage as well.
Yeah, we knew that July 6th was the break date for BBTS, but I didn’t realize they’d get them up so quick! They are LOADED. Agent Helix, Flash, COBRA Commander, Accelerator Suit Duke & Ripcord, the Doctor. They have it ALL. Well…except for the Pit Commando and Scarlett in her Reactive Armor, those two figures are currently sold out.
Anything else you want, though, they got it bright and early this fine summer morning.
