Thanks to Hiss Tank.com Boards member SPC Airborne for posting his new Custom Combat Heroes Roadblock. This custom was made from the Indiana Jones German Mechanic figure and some sculpting.
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by DESTRO under G.I. Joe Customs
Thanks to Hiss Tank.com Boards member SPC Airborne for posting his new Custom Combat Heroes Roadblock. This custom was made from the Indiana Jones German Mechanic figure and some sculpting.
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by DESTRO under G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
Hiss Tank.com has just received new Images of G.I. Joe Modern Era Entertainment DVD Battle Pack M.A.S.S. Device Print Ad.
Figures Included with Set 1 of 5: Radio Active Snake Eyes with Timber, Heavy Water Baroness, Jet-Pack Stalker, Cobra Trooper (Large Cobra Symbol), DVD and 1 part to the M.A.S.S. Device.
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by DESTRO under G.I. Joe 12 Inch Collectibles
Sideshow Collectibles is now showing a new Video of their upcoming Cobra Commander and Cobra Troopers. The Video reveals a ton of new information on new figures and the Future of G.I. Joe 12″ SideShow Products.
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by DESTRO under G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
Thanks to http://BigBadToyStore.com for stopping by to let us know they have just posted Pre-Orders for the G.I. Joe Modern Era Extreme Conditions Web Exclusive 7-Packs.
COBRA Arctic Assault Squad 7-Pack
The COBRA Organization is building a deadly new weapon in the Arctic. To protect this devastating device, COBRA has created a highly trained arctic assault team. Sub-zero temperatures, raging blizzards, endless miles of barren ice and snow – this arctic squad has the specialized skills and sheer meanness to handle it all. The G.I. JOE Team is on its way to stop COBRA from completing the weapon. The heavily armed COBRA assault squad is ready for battle, and plans to put the G.I. JOE Team on ice – forever!
COBRA Desert Assault Squad 7-PackIf the G.I. JOE Team thinks they’re the only ones tough enough for the desert, then they’d better think again. COBRA has trained a special desert assault squad that’s meaner than a sack of scorpions and twice as deadly! G.I. JOE forces are on the way to take down this new threat. The COBRA team is ready for them with explosives, flamethrowers and plenty of troopers. Able to survive in the harshest deserts anywhere on Earth, this COBRA desert assault squad plans to bury the G.I. JOE Team in the sand… for good!
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by Shin Densetsu under G.I. Joe Customs
HissTank boards member Animal Mother “fixes” the Wave 4 comic pack Storm Shadow and makes it more accurate to the DDP Storm Shadow design by Mike Zeck! To check out the rest of the images, click the thumbnail to the left, and to join the ongoing discussion, click the discuss button below! [Read more…]
by Shin Densetsu under G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
25th Anniversary G.I. Joe Wave 9 has been released at retail! The first sighting was at Walmart. This wave consists of the long awaited General Hawk, Bazooka, Storm Shadow as Ninja-ku, Snow Serpent, and the B.A.T.(Battle Android Trooper!)
Thanks to HissTank boards members Jeffrozup, Cobra-La, & annihilator for the heads up! Join the ongoing discussion by clicking the discuss button below! [Read more…]
by Tony_Bacala under G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary
WINNERS OF “HALL OF HEROES” ONLINE POLL ANNOUNCED DURING ANNUAL GI JOE CONVENTION
Frisco, Texas — June 28, 2008 – Hasbro announced the results of the online poll to determine the top 10 figures in the G.I. JOE vs. COBRA 3 ¾” single carded line, today at the annual International G.I. JOE Collectors Convention.
Over the past 1 ½ years, 62 individual figures have been created in celebration of the wildly popular storyline, as part of a collection commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the legendary G.I. JOE VS. COBRA saga that has captivated kids and fans since it’s introduction in 1982. After 77,000 online votes were cast, the winning figures to be inducted into the G.I. JOE “Hall of Heroes” are:
1 Snake Eyes and Timber (2007 Wave 1)
2 Firefly
3 B.A.T.
4 White Storm Shadow (2007 Wave 4)
5 Beach Head
6 Cobra Viper (2008 Wave 3)
7 Crimson Guard
8 Flint (2007 Wave 1)
9 Zartan (2007 Wave 3)
10 Snake Eyes in All Black (2008 Wave 1)
“The Hall of Heroes not only celebrates what the fans like most in the G.I. JOE vs. COBRA saga,” said Michael Ritchie, Director of Marketing, G.I. JOE, “it is a bridge between the celebration of the storyline’s 25th anniversary and the kick-off to one of the most exciting years ever in the history of G.I. JOE” With induction into the G.I. JOE Hall of Heroes comes a new version of the top ten figures. Each will be released with unique deco and commemorative packaging. The “Hall of Heroes” line will be released in spring 2009.
Additionally, G.I. JOE makes its debut as a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures and Hasbro on August 7, 2009
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Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world. © 2008 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [Read more…]
by Tony_Bacala under G.I. Joe Conventions, Joecon
Images related to the toys discussed at the Hasbro Panel on Saturday are online now. Check them out here: Joecon 2008 Saturday Display Images.
Included are detailed shots of the upcoming Desert and Arctic Cobra Box Sets, the Cobra Rattler, Conquest x-30, several new Senior Ranking Officers 3 packs, and a Land Sea Air 12 inch figure pack. [Read more…]
by Tony_Bacala under G.I. Joe Resolute
Hasbro Marketing 2009 Sneak Peak and 2008 Exclusives Panel
Part 1: New G.I. Joe Animation for 2009.
G.I. Joe ResoluteAdult themed, PG-13
Highly detailed animation
Designed to bring adult fans back into the market
10 5 minute episodes, 1 10 minute season finale
No distribution decided upon yet.
Could be webisodes, could be tv special, could be DVD, or all 3.
Starts in first quarter 2009
NO LASERS. NO PARACHUTING.
Will have deaths.
Little to no blood (but, from what we’ve seen, that won’t matter)
Focus on core early characters.
No Cobra La.
Producers: Sam Register
Director: Jaoquim De Santos
Writer: Warren Ellis
Lead Animator: Dave Johnson
1 minute promo animation shown. Breakdown:
Duke and Roadblock are running through the jungle being chased by cobra troopers. Being shot at. You see Roadblock from behind, running, he stops, turns around, and says “You want some of this!? Come on, come on!” and unloads his machine gun into the camera. Heavy sound of loud powerful gunfire, shell casings fly everywhere.
They continue on and take cover inside what looks like a Cobra bunker. Had a cobra symbol on building. Duke radios in for backup, says the LZ is hot. They return fire back and forth with the Cobra Troopers outside, who are moving in using real world cover fire formations.
Then, we pan up, and see the action from above, when you hear a sword bling. A Cobra Trooper looks up, and he sees Snake Eyes dropping down right on his head. Snake Eyes then proceeds to kick ass one by one using hand to hand combat and sword play.
We pan back into Duke and Roadblock, you hear grunts and bones cracking outside, and Duke asks “What the hell is going on out there?” Emphasis on “Hell”. Pan back to Snake Eyes, who tosses one of his smaller knives/stars across the field at a trooper, lands right in the middle of his helmet, he falls. (Don’t show the entry, but you get the point. Fling, pan, hear the pop, head’s looking up, falls slowly, etc).
Snake eyes then goes one on one with the last Trooper, flips him over, takes out his sword, thrusts down into the Trooper’s chest, and TURNS IT. Emphasis on the kill. Stands up, puts sword back in its holder.
Duke and Roadblock come outside, and see all the Troopers dead. He gives a “whooo” type whistle. Roadblock then says “Ninja? I didn’t know we had a Ninja.” END SCENE.
This story will not be part of the 60 minute story in 2009. It is a stand alone scene they did to show the new tone of the series and what could be done animation and story wise.
They played it 3 times, and the crowd exploded every time. It really was what you’ve been waiting for from these childhood toy lines as an adult. As they described it in the panel, while you were playing with these toys as a kid, or even watching the shows and reading the comics back then, what we saw today is what we THOUGHT we saw back then. And what we expect, and why the new versions of the old stuff doesn’t play with us now. But, this new direction, PG-13 based adult themed entertainment, should fill that gap, and will be focused upon in the upcoming years, for Joe and all brands it fits with. This GI Joe project is however the first of the new direction for Hasbro.
Characters shown:
Duke
Snake Eyes – Goggles
Tunnel Rat
Gung Ho – No chest out
Lady Jaye
Scarlett
Storm Shadow – mask, hood, mix between 2 styles.
Cobra Commander, Destro, Baroness confirmed. Lady Jaye more like a Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica type role. Not major player. Cobra Commander is ruthless. Not a clown. Emphasized several times.
Cobra Commander being played by 80s cartoon voice of Tripwire, Charlie Adler.
Ninja moves based on real world techniques.
Real guns, real bullets. No parachuting out of planes right before they blow up. People will die. They said they thought about sniping a guy in a parachute on his way down who actually did make it out of a plane in time.
No direct benchmark for success, will include overall promotion, hits, feedback, news coverage, ratings, eventual DVD sales if sold, etc. But XYZ product making XYZ money doesn’t need to happen to continue on, its a brand promotion tool.
Entertainment being done first, and well, to stand on it’s own, with product to follow, rather than the reverse. This is first outing with that philosophy.
SHOWED A NEW FLAGG. Updated version, crowd applauded. 2 forward runways in front, all same sticker like applications, and updated but similar rest of body. (Animated version only)
Also, they specifically showed the morgue interior, from the FLAGG. Apparently that will be used a lot.
BOTTOM LINE: AWESOME. WHAT EVERY JOE FAN HAS ALWAYS WANTED.HASBRO: – MORE PLEASE. (And do it for Transformers too).
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by Tony_Bacala under G.I. Joe Movie
Check out these new high resolution promotional images of the G.I. Joe Movie. Seen are close up black and white shots of Duke, Scarlett, Storm Shadow, and the Baroness. [Read more…]