by generalsjoes | Jun 26, 2012 | G.I. Joe
After a one year break, GeneralsJoes is heading back to the G.I. Joe Convention this year, and expect the same level of coverage that you’ve always gotten in years past! I’m a one man show, and I may not get the information up first, but I will always strive to get great images, well-organized information, and as much detail as humanly possible on the seminars, the Con exclusives, and the potential happenings for this year and next.
Keep checking GeneralsJoes.com over the next five days, and if you’re not already, follow me on Twitter as I will give some ‘up to the minute’ stuff there, simply because it’s easier and quicker than finding a spot to fire up the laptop and post.
Rest assured, by the end of the weekend we should hopefully have a clear picture of where G.I. Joe is heading over the next year, and I’m honored to be one of the places you go to get that info. Hopefully I’ll see a bunch of you down in New Orleans, but if not, I’ll take some pictures for ya!
by generalsjoes | Jun 24, 2012 | 12" Scale, 30th Anniversary, Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, 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
There are always many of the same questions flying around when it comes to G.I. Joe Convention time every year. I figured I would try to answer some of those ahead of time for people who are wondering. This isn’t a “FAQ” by any means, but hopefully a place for people to get just a few questions answered, especially about product reveals, Con exclusives, etc…
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by generalsjoes | Jun 24, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
I know as a fan I thought perhaps the Oktober Guard set would be popular among the fans, but I didn’t really anticipate the sell out on the massively quick scale that happened. From the sounds of it, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club was taken aback as well.
But it looks like they are also gauging interest in a second production run of the boxed set. They have reached out to their membership via email to ask if there are folks who would purchase an Oktober Guard set if given the opportunity. The full text of the email is below:
“Hello all!
Just as a CHECK and we are NOT saying we are going to do this…..
We are curious as to how many of you did not get the Oktober Guard set and would still like to order one (boxed only)? We don’t know if there is enough demand left to meet the MOQ (minimum order quantity) with the manufacturer.
In addition, we have NOT cleared any potential additional manufacturing quantities with Hasbro. So that we have an idea and can better serve you with future sets, if you would be interested in a set (IF it were possible to make more and it was approved), please fill out the attached spreadsheet with ALL of the information requested by Monday, July 2nd and return it to this email’s return address (oktoberguard@gijoecon.com). We will only analyze spreadsheets that are returned and will not count/look at information in the email as this is a huge task.
We will analyze the data and see how much demand is still pending and we will let you know soon after July second if there is enough demand to warrant a second run. There should be no variation in the two runs.
I don’t want anyone to get false hopes but we don’t know what the potential demand is unless we ask. So, at this point assume that we will not be making any additional sets.
Thanks for helping us gauge your desires!
Brian”
So for folks who didn’t get this excellent looking set, make your voice heard!
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 18, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Collectors Club, G.I. Joe Comics, 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, IDW, Podcasts, What's on Joe Mind
It’s never a good thing when the podcast starts out with sordid JoeCon stories, but like it or not, that’s how we kicked off episode 59 and it only went downhill from there. Chuck unleashes some punishment for the “Stump Chuck” segment from episode 58 and we talk to Don about the Crappy Figure Brigade and being a forum staffer for Toy News International.
There’s some great talk about the “good old days” of the online G.I. Joe fandom and of course plenty more news and G.I. Joe discussion. Check out the embedded players below to listen, or hit up Podbean itself, and the Show Notes are after the jump.
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