The GI Joe Collectors’ Club has posted the card art for Big Boa on Twitter. Check out the new Cobra boxer artwork after the jump!
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by Shin Densetsu under G.I. Joe 30th Anniversary, G.I. Joe Collectors Club
The GI Joe Collectors’ Club has posted the card art for Big Boa on Twitter. Check out the new Cobra boxer artwork after the jump!
This I Command! says
Original art:
ero says
Sames as the vintage, right?
http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/87card/bigboa.jpg
Some of those lines look new, but it's hard to tell.
kneroh says
Oh wow! This is really interesting. I thought for sure they wouldn't have access to the original Hasbro art. That's quite cool!
ero says
Troynos says
The helmet is different, so there was some touch-up/edits done to it.
M_renegade says
GAH!
It wasn't good, and got worse. My condolences.
The belt and "package" protector is edited too.
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kneroh says
Huh, you're right. Good eye. Red stripe down the middle is new.
There's a lot of considerations that goes into art and how contracts for it are originally negotiated. It's not always as cut and dry as a company buying something and having full use of it in perpetuity. Especially for something that was only going to be used for 1 year at the most.
Most likely the original artist was a Hasbro employee so there's not much of an issue. It gets really muddy though when artwork is outsourced or contracted to a 3rd party.
ero says
There's a lot of considerations that goes into art and how contracts for it are originally negotiated. It's not always as cut and dry as a company buying something and having full use of it in perpetuity. Especially for something that was only going to be used for 1 year at the most anyways.
Most likely the original artist was Hasbro employee so there's no much of an issue. It gets really muddy though when artwork is outsourced or contracted to a 3rd party.
I'm pretty sure that Hasbro owns the rights to use any and all of that stuff, regardless of whether it was an employee or freelancer. Could be a good Q&A question though.
ero says
The belt and "package" protector is edited too.
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kneroh says
Keep reading: FSS Big Boa art revealed - Page 2
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