I am just a surprised as you are, and could not be more happy. It looks like Hasbro and Toys “R” Us and Entertainment Earth had a change of heart and decided to put out another year of G.I. Joe exclusive product.
“Hasbro is gearing up for the 2016 G.I. Joe series, and Hasbro Pulse is excited to host an intriguing peek at the first brand-endorsed look at the entire line. 2016 will kick off with an exclusive set (available at San Diego Comic Con) and then a series available exclusively at Toys R Us and Entertainment Earth. The eighteen figures slated for 2016 are all arranged in the crossword puzzle below, including the Kindle Worlds Fan Choice figure Stiletto – the only character previously announced in this year’s lineup. The rest of the puzzle is up to the fans to fill in, and NONE of the names have been given any clues or hints.”
Check out the G.I. Joe Crossword Puzzle and sound off after the jump.
Updated: Thanks to HISSTANK.com boards member JediJones we have what may be the fully solved puzzle after the jump.
NOT OFFICIAL CONFIRMED
2-packs:
Duke vs. Destro
Snake-Eyes vs. Storm Shadow
Heavy Duty vs. Iron Grenadier
Airtight vs. Sludge Viper
3-packs:
Stiletto, Rock ‘N Roll, Cobra Officer
Double Blast, Outback, B.A.T.
SDCC:
Big Lob
Wet-Suit
Overkill
Cyber-Viper
Sgt Major Haley says
Pulse posted this, no hints. 10 down how many 3 Letter named Joes could there be, and 7 Across.....could be Duke, Hawk, Mutt.....
A.V.A.C. says
Yep
JediJones says
Zap, Ace, Doc, Eel, BAT.
I think it'd be best to build off the words that have a letter in them. Then the 3-letter one will be a piece of cake.
13 letters is the longest one.
Possibilities for the O word:
Roadblock
Footloose
RockNRoll
Tollbooth
Countdown
ColdFront
Knockdown
SnowStorm
PsycheOut
Charbroil
Lightfoot
Over half of them have O as the 2nd letter, so maybe look for 7-letter O-starting Joes next.
Outback might be the only vintage one.
Which means either Zap or BAT is the 3-letter figure.
Another possibility for those 3 is Lightfoot, Iceberg and Eel. And I don't think there are any more with vintage figures at least.
There are 3 11-letter Joes and a 12 and 13. That might be a smaller group on the Joe side, but a lot of Vipers might be covered by those. Below I'm making a list of high-charactered characters.
10
HeavyMetal
SlipStream
LiftTicket
Starduster
Skystriker
Ghostrider
StaticLine
Pathfinder
MajorStorm
Cloudburst
CleanSweep
HISSDriver
ViperPilot
MajorBludd
WildWeasel
Copperhead
StratoViper
MotorViper
TechnoViper
RoyalGuard
CrocMaster
Gnawgahyde
HorrorShow
A bunch more Vipers...leaving out recent club characters too...
11
StormShadow
Leatherneck
SteamRoller
BulletProof
Thunderwing
DoubleBlast
DepthCharge
HollowPoint
SwitchGears
PitCommando
SnowSerpent
CrystalBall
Headhunter
CoilCrusher
Annihilator
SludgeViper
Incinerator
JungleViper
12
CrossCountry
SgtSlaughter
SteelBrigade
SuperTrooper
CaptGridIron
GeneralFlagg
MajorBarrage
CobraOfficer
CobraSoldier
CrimsonGuard
DrMindbender
NightCreeper
Monkeywrench
13
MajorAltitude
IronGrenadier
ShadowTracker
We can rule out Cobra Commander, Nemesis Enforcer, Colonel Courage and Ice Cream Soldier for being too long.
Based on the above, the E word can only be Leatherneck or SnowSerpent. I'll lean towards the latter since we just got Leatherneck a year ago.
The S in Stiletto can only be for StormShadow.
But then I can't find a figure that could then fit in the first horizontal row under Stiletto with that O and either the N or the C.
I need more 11-letter Joes to complete the S and E word and the word they both connect to in their 2nd-to-last letters. All 3 of those are 11-letter words but I don't have ones that match,
6-letter possibilities:
Clutch
GungHo
Spirit
Cutter
Alpine
Fridge
Taurus
RedDog
Mercer
Falcon
Dodger
Recoil
DeeJay
Ambush
BigBen
TJbang
Mirage
Banzai
HiTech
GIJane
Sparks
BigLob
Raptor
BigBoa
Wraith
Zartan
Buzzer
Ripper
Zandar
Zarana
Destro
Ferret
Voltar
TARGAT
Clutch, Cutter, Destro, Voltar, Zartan or Raptor could lead into Storm Shadow.
8-letter possibilities:
Scarlett
WildBill
Tripwire
LadyJaye
KeelHaul
Barbecue
Airtight
Lifeline
DialTone
Claymore
Maverick
LtFalcon
FastDraw
Chuckles
BackStop
Windmill
Wildcard
Skidmark
Repeater
Hardball
Blizzard
Downtown
Dogfight
Freefall
DropZone
Bullhorn
Altitude
Airborne
BlastOff
SureFire
Kamakura
MedAlert
IceStorm
SgtStone
NightFox
Tomahawk
Baroness
IceViper
SAWViper
Overlord
Overkill
Cesspool
RedNinja
BioViper
Predacon
SubViper
PitViper
AirViper
SnowWolf
NeoViper
IronKlaw
Thrasher
Zanzibar
WildBoar
Undertow
IronBear
These are the only possibilities if the 6-letter is Clutch, Cutter, Destro, Voltar, Zartan or Raptor:
WildBill
Wildcard
WildBoar
Bullhorn
Chuckles
Scarlett
DialTone
Claymore
BlastOff
KeelHaul
Freefall
IceStorm
IceViper
Overlord
Overkill
Predacon
DropZone
BioViper
SnowWolf
NeoViper
IronKlaw
IronBear
46 Zone says
So what unreleased concept vault figures could fit in the puzzle? Does Big Lob fit in there? Just some questions that come to mind.
http://pulse.hasbro.com/en-us/news/a...lmost_revealed
Here is the link to Pulse announcing the puzzle. Why is None in bold. Does this mean figures never before released in ME format? Idk.
JediJones says
Can you post a list of all the unreleased concept figures? I have a solution to the puzzle, but there are several slots where multiple names are possible. So I could change my answers to favor concept figures.
Big Lob is in my solution now.
This is my solution. Almost any name only connecting on one letter can be substituted for something else. BAT can be Zap, Overkill can be Freefall, Heavy Duty can be Countdown, Sludge Viper can be Jungle Viper, Cobra Officer can be Night Creeper, etc.
My biggest doubt is on Double Blast and Cyber Viper. I'd love to change Cyber Viper to Laser Viper, but I can't find anything else to put in for Double Blast. That's the only name I could find that could match on anything that connected to the S and E in Stiletto.
This solution has 8 Cobras and 10 Joes, so that ratio seems plausible. It also has 4 core characters, Duke, Destro, Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes, plus 3 top-tier troopers, BAT, IG and Cobra Officer. The return of Destro and SE seems plausible since we skipped them last year. A redone Duke would be in high demand. And Storm Shadow could probably get by with a repack of the Ultimate.
2-packs:
Duke vs. Destro
Snake-Eyes vs. Storm Shadow
Heavy Duty vs. Iron Grenadier
Airtight vs. Sludge Viper
3-packs:
Stiletto, Rock 'N Roll, Cobra Officer
Double Blast, Outback, B.A.T.
SDCC:
Big Lob
Wet-Suit
Overkill
Cyber-Viper
UPDATED ALTERNATE SOLUTION:
2-pack assortment:
3 Duke vs. Munitia
3 Rock 'N Roll vs. B.A.T.
2 Outback vs. Jungle Viper
2 Mercer vs. Cobra Viper
2 Stiletto vs. Zombie Ninja
3-pack assortment:
4 Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow & Red Ninja
2 Heavy Duty, Iron Grenadier & Cobra Officer
SDCC:
Scarlett
Zartan
sbartek1974 says
I was thinking 6 down could be Roadblock as well. Like Renegades Roadblock? And Footloose will work there as well.
46 Zone says
Nice job!!! Hopefully Duke is like the SDCC Flint.
JediJones says
It could be. My solution pretty much hinges on the fact that they lost the rights to Roadblock again and have to call him Double Blast. Plus I feel like concept Rock 'N Roll is really likely to come out, maybe recolored to be more like v2.
sbartek1974 says
zbs says
So how many are we getting? LOL
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