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Thanks to Facebook group ‘Living the Adventure Dios‘, we now have our first look at G.I. Joe Classified Series Titan Class Figures.

These Titan figures (“lovingly” called as Shampoo Bottle Figures) comes with 5-points of articulation and 4 paint applications. Primary market for these figures include low-income as well as pre-school.

Speaking of which, the Titan figures were spotted at retail for $9.99 each.

12 inches in height, the figures are based on the Classified Series aesthetic. This is a common practice at Hasbro since Classified Series act as an Evergreen Concept for the G.I. Joe Franchise. Duke, Storm Shadow, and Snake Eyes are featured as the first wave. Future releases will include Titan Class Movie Snake Eyes and Movie Storm Shadow.

On an interesting note, this is our first look at Storm Shadow in his base Classified Aesthetic.

You can check out the mirrored images, after the jump.

p.s: No ‘Kung-Fu Grip’ on these.

Update: High resolution images added courtesy of Toy Shiz.

under G.I. Joe Video Games

PC edition of G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is available now on Steam for just $23.99. This offer is only available until December 21.

For the above price, you will only receive the base game. Each Deluxe Edition addon must be purchased separately:

In addition to having the game at a cheaper price, the players will get to use their Keyboard & Mouse controls for better handling of the game. HISSTANK gamers report that aiming and controls are much improved on this PC port along with bugfixes and less performance issues.

Update: Price for regions may differ.

under Compatible Military Toys

Some exciting new just announced about a new character joining the Chicken Fried Toys Dime Novel Legends line up!

Exciting news is the flavor of the day for Dime Novel Legends here are the Chicken Fried Toys shop. After lengthy meetings with a longtime friend, and some serious and not-so-serious discussion (and 5 dozen eggs, don’t ask!) we would like to announce an addition to our celebrity actors lineup: The GREAT Peter Mayhew!

Now, for anyone who has lived under a rock for the last 40 years, Peter was famous for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchises, as the Minoton in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, as well as being a mainstay on the convention circuit. What most folks may not know about Peter is that he was a huge fan of the Old West, cowboys, guns, and country living (but maybe not in that order?). As an adopted son of Texas, we felt Peter and his family were way overdue for a figure commemorating his love for his adopted country, his charitable efforts, and the Western genre.

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under G.I. Joe Movie

Warner Bros. created a controversy in Hollywood by announcing their 2021 movie slate to be simultaneously available through HBO Max at the same time each movie hits theaters worldwide.

During UBS Global conference held recently, journalists asked exactly that from Viacom President & CEO Bob Bakish. The company is set to rebrand their CBS AllAccess streaming channel as Paramount+, featuring more movies from Paramount Pictures’ slate.

The response from Mr. Bakish is an interesting one. He stated that 4 Paramount movies out of 12 which will hit heaters next year, will not be hitting TV screens as VOD. At least not immediately.

A Quiet Place: Part 2, Top Gun: Maverick, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, and Mission: Impossible 7 are chosen as Franchise Films deemed too important to hit smaller screens.

“We have a great slate for ’21. We have 12 films on the docket. That’s led by 4 franchise films: Quiet Place, Part 2, which we had to pull at the last minute in ’20 when the pandemic set in. It’s a fantastic film; Top Gun: Maverick, which is the long-awaited sequel to the original. That film is amazing. We got Mission: Impossible 7, which actually finishing shooting up in Europe as we speak. And then we got a G.I. Joe film, Snake Eyes. So 4 of the 12 were really franchise films. So feeling very good about our product.” said Bob Bakish. “Obviously, we’re living in what we call ‘COVID rules’, and theaters are fundamentally not open at scale. And so what we’ve been doing, we’ve been really employing a range of tactics. One is we’ve obviously delayed some films. 3 of the 4 films I mentioned had public moving of dates as we wait for a better theatrical environment. At the same time, we’ve chosen to monetize some films with the streaming category. That was a way that we could sort of replicate longer-term economics in the current day and get a return on our investment.”

But he mentioned that the theatrical window for the aforementioned Franchise Films will be shorter.

“So look, we’re doing a range of these things. As we look at it and look to emerging from this COVID world, it’s pretty clear that the theatrical windows will evolve and get shorter. I’ve said that for a while now, and I think that’s certainly going to be the case. I think there’s a role for theatrical. Particularly you think of a film like Top Gun, it would be a shame to watch it on a mobile phone because it really is an incredible spectacle.”

It is indeed great to hear that Paramount has faith in Snake Eyes to have a potential to make good revenue as a theatrical movie.

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When G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout console versions came out back in late October, the game was accompanied by a Deluxe Version; featuring the Soundtrack and a digital booklet containing behind-the-scenes info.

The same Deluxe Version is now available on Steam for the PC version, but as an addon to the main version of the game. In fact, the deluxe content is split into 3 addons which the player can choose at their own preference.

Content links:

All three addons require the base game to function. However, it seems as thought the Soundtrack will work independently; without having to launch the game (as high quality audio files accumulating to 703 MBs).

All content will release on December 15th, 2020.

You can check out more info about each addon, after the jump.

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under G.I. Joe Conventions, G.I. Joe Movie

Paramount Pictures hosted a panel for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins at Tokyo Comic Con 2020.

Tokyo Comic Con supervisor Sugiyama Supitoyo conducted the event and even showcased a vintage Marvel comic book (issue 26: At Last ! The Strangest Secret of All ! Subject: Snake-Eyes), a vintage G. I. Joe VHS released in Japan, and a 25th Anniversary Snake Eyes figure.

Rest of the panel featured the same video from CCXP 2020.

“I can’t express it in words. I was incredibly happy. The script I was given was very well developed and full of possibilities.” said Henry Golding. The actor immediately contacted Ray Park as soon as he heard the word that he is selected for the role of Snake Eyes.

Speaking of which, stunt coordinator Kenji Tanigaki previously worked with Mr. Park on Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Reptile).

Filming also took place in Japan; on locations such as as Himeji, Osaka, and Ibaraki. Eri Ishida, Takehiro Hira, and Haruka Abe are some of the Japanese talent featured in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

You can check out the official full recording of the event, after the jump.

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under G.I. Joe Conventions, G.I. Joe Movie

Hello and welcome to another HISSTANK event coverage. We are reporting live from CCXP 2020 where Paramount just presented a panel for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Unfortunately, no footage/trailer was shown. Henry Golding and Larry Hama acted as panelists. They talked about their experience with the franchise.

You can check out what happened, after the jump.

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under G.I. Joe Classified

Looks like G.I. Joe Classified is getting it’s first adjustment repaints in Roadblock and Scarlett. These are 100% confirmed and will be release under the same item code as the original release so they’re not technically a new release.

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