by generalsjoes | Mar 1, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Reviews, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Retaliation Reviews
The hits just keep on coming this week, again thanks to Gyre Viper who has entrusted me to cover these items with my usual enthusiasm.
Nobody tell him that I’m taking a screwdriver to these things, too! If you follow me on Twitter, you saw last night that I swapped out one of the lower legs on Roadblock with one from Night Adder in order to give him some more articulation, and the end result was a success! The lower leg fits well and is the right height…obviously some color matching would have to be done. One interesting thing, though, is that even with the double knee, the range of motion isn’t much increased. You can see the TwitPic images below.
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Along with this little update, I’ve also started covering the second 3-Pack! From the Dojo Battle set, you can hit up the G.I. Joe: Retaliation Review Page and see Red Ninja and Storm Shadow. Click the links below to go there directly.
by generalsjoes | Feb 29, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Toys
So, just wanted to pass this word along.
Over at HissTank.com, the site owner and admin DESTRO is saying that he has “official word” from Hasbro that the 3-Pack Roadblock will not come with those permanently attached weapons keys, and this is very likely a pre-production mishap.
It’s something I figured was true, and I tried to emphasize that in my review as well, but if this eases a few more minds, it’s another post worth making. Check out the thread on HissTank right here.
While the fans have a strong desire to see product early, these things come up when dealing with pre-production items… so keep your mind open.
by generalsjoes | Feb 29, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Retaliation Toys, G.I. Joe Reviews, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe: Retaliation Reviews
Again with thanks to Gyre-Viper and his desire to provide discussion points and better detail for community analysis, we have the last two figures in the first G.I. Joe: Retaliation Ninja Showdown 3-Pack!
I will warn everyone up front… brace yourselves for Roadblock. Folks who are excited for the figure may went to temper their feelings a bit before checking out the review. And also please keep in mind that these are early samples. Things could very well change for final release. I tried to cover both of those bases in my review, but also had to give the figure it’s analysis based on how I received it.
Now if that didn’t scare you too much… check out my G.I. Joe: Retaliation Review Page or hit up the links below.
by generalsjoes | Feb 25, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Movie
Part of the reason I love doing these screen caps so much is that upon first watch, you don’t really notice many new details with the latest G.I. Joe: Retaliation TV Spot, but once I broke it down into screen caps, some more stuff became evident.
The explosion near the middle of the TV spot, for instance, seems to reveal a bit more of what looks like a Cobra HISS. Also a very cool group shot of Roadblock, Jinx, Snake Eyes, and Flint.
Granted, only a few scant seconds of new footage, but at this point, I think we’ll all digest whatever we can get. Good stuff!
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by generalsjoes | Feb 24, 2012 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe 2, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, G.I. Joe Comics, G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes, IDW
It seemed like just two weeks ago that the first issue of the G.I. Joe: Retaliation prequel hit… mostly because it was. Wasting no time, IDW plans to continue their operations in the G.I. Joe: Retaliation timeline this coming Wednesday with their second issue.
And like with the first, an online site has a sneak preview! This time around it’s i09.com and you can check out the first handful of pages from the Retaliation prequel #2 right here.
I just checked them out, and… I’m interested! I thought the first issue was fine, but nothing mind-blowing. The second issue, though, looks like it ties Mainframe and Roadblock’s backstory together nicely. And holy crap Sky Sweeper! LOVE IT.
I’ve mirrored one of the pages below, be sure to hit up i09.com for the rest.
