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Pimp Daddy Profit Director Destro is in the house!  It’s crazy that we are still in year one of the line and are already getting obscure repaints but I’m not complaining!  The newly titled Profit Director – which is an ingenious wordplay remix getting him in line with corporate sensibilities – rocks his maroon and red gear, gold head, animal print pops and a full on animal skin cape.   His accessories include a gold briefcase for all those Benjamins, flaming stack of cash because Destro DGAF, gold pistol, and pimp shades.  This is all a play off of a short run crazy version of Destro that came out in the late 90s commemorative sets.  You can read up on the history of that figure here.

All in all it’s a good execution that plays into old school lore.  He is a fan channel exclusive, so many non big box retailers will eventually have him in stock.  This one comes courtesy of Dorkside Toys even though I picked it up a while back on eBay because I couldn’t wait!  Read on to check out our shots!

Dorkside Toys G.I. Joe Links: Pimp Daddy Destro, Destro, Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, Red Ninja, Zartan, Cobra Infantry, All G.I. Joe

ICYMI: You can view all our previous galleries for G.I. Joe Classified here.  We also updated the HissTank Database today with recent reveals and our base shots for in-hand figures.

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Pre-Orders are going live at 5 PM East for all the goodies revealed today at Pulsecon Day 2. Grab your sets for the next wave of Classified, more Target Cobra Island Figures, and Wal-Mart retro line below!  We will update with full official high res pics here later today.  Good luck everyone!

Sponsor Links: Dorkside Toys, BigBadToyStore, The ToySource, The Chosen Prime

G.I. Joe Classified Partial Wave 3

  • Zartan
  • Cobra Trooper (mainline)

G.I. Joe Classified Cobra Island

G.I. Joe Retro Line

Edit : Large format pics added!

Edit 2: Official product copy added!

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under G.I. Joe Classified, Photo Shoots

Yesssss.  The Commander has joined his Cobra troops in the Classified ranks with #06 Cobra Commander.  Part of wave 2, he comes packed with Gung Ho and the Red Ninja.  3 to a case, so other than Classified being on fire and blowing out everywhere, he should be relatively easy to find once things normalize.  This is his dark blue standard deco – he also has a Regal variant coming with a brighter blue, and a Snake Supreme variant which is even darker blue with red and gold highlights.  In package he has a dagger and gun – both with a snake theme, plus 2 extra hands – a closed fist and pointing finger.  There is a lot of painted detailing going on with the face mask, helmet, shoulder, buttons and chain, dagger and gun, Cobra emblems and leg stripes.  He also has a molded cape attached to overlay gear that is not easily removable.

We’ve run Cobra Commander through a session, read on to check out 50 HD shots and some additional thoughts.

You can view all our previous galleries for G.I. Joe Classified here.  We will also be updating the HissTank Database with base shots for each figure too.

This set comes courtesy of Dorkside Toys, hit them up if you want to sit back and have it all delivered later in the year!

Dorkside Toys G.I. Joe Links: Classified Wave 1, Destro, Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, Red Ninja, Pimp Daddy Destro, All G.I. Joe

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Next up in our look at G.I. Joe Classified Wave 2 is the Red Ninja!  This is another troop builder, and packed 1 per case along with Gung Ho and Cobra Commander.  He’s using the Snake Eyes body as a base with new overlay gear.  The weapons are plenty and are most of what was in the #00 Deluxe Snake Eyes set.  Colors are a mix of maroon, bright red and black with some tan highlights.

We’ve run the Red Ninja through the motions so read on to check out over 55 HD shots and some quick thoughts.  We’ve also run the rest of wave 2 so check back tomorrow for Cobra Commander!

You can view all our previous galleries for G.I. Joe Classified here.  We will also be updating the HissTank Database with base shots for each figure too.

This set comes courtesy of Dorkside Toys, hit them up if you want to sit back and have it all delivered later in the year!

Dorkside Toys G.I. Joe Links: Classified Wave 1, Destro, Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, Red Ninja, Pimp Daddy Destro, All G.I. Joe

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The Cobra Island mission may still be active for many of us, but today we start our next – G.I. Joe Classified Wave 2!  These guys starting hitting big box retailers recently, filling in the Wave 1 pegs that cleared pretty quick. The wave consists of Gung Ho, Cobra Commander and a Red Ninja.  The case break down is – 2 Gung Ho, 3 Cobra Commander, 1 Red Ninja.  Why?  To raise blood pressure I suppose.

We’ve run Gung Ho through the motions so read on to check out over 35 HD shots and some quick thoughts.  We’ve also run the rest of wave 2 so check back tomorrow for the next gallery!

You can view all our previous galleries for G.I. Joe Classified here.  We will also be updating the HissTank Database with base shots for each figure too.

This set comes courtesy of Dorkside Toys, hit them up if you want to sit back and have it all delivered later in the year!

Dorkside Toys G.I. Joe Links: Classified Wave 1, Destro, Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, Red Ninja, Pimp Daddy Destro, All G.I. Joe

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To all my fellow Tankers who were on the hunt these last 2 weeks (and this morning) but did not score, I apologize for this gallery.  I also did not find any in the wild, these figures come from an eBay purchase made after week 1 of the street date fiasco at a significant mark up.  The time, mental stress and gas money needed to stay ahead of others to actually get lucky and find these things in the two weeks they were not actually supposed to be sold was not worth it, so I gave in.

Based on what happened this morning – no stock available because it all sold prior to today, and the online orders just being the ability to buy the items in your local stores for pick up, that don’t have any because they sold prior to today, would have made me pop an eye.   I don’t blame any fan, or even scalpers, for hunting and scooping.   This is a result of Hasbro and Target doing things the way they did.  Underestimating demand, poor roll out methods, inability to cater to the collector market by large non-focused retailers, etc etc.

Personally, whenever things I collect are out in the wild, I want them.  ASAP.  I don’t like waiting.  Once one civilian anywhere in the world with a camera (aka everyone) shows that they have an item, I want it.  Waiting for weeks or months for it to filter out to retail, or waiting for another print run months later – not cool.  It actually makes me dip out of collecting lines.  I want to buy, open, experience the item, and then come online and talk about and share pics of that item with my fellow collectors that ALSO have those items.  I don’t want to be first because I bought from eBay or China, and I don’t want to be doing this in March of next year when half the fandom is done with these figures, when they are buried on a shelf behind wave 2/3/4 already.   We should all be able to enjoy these figures in real time, now.  The “Water Cooler Effect” applied to TV shows of the 00s, applies to modern fandom collecting, and it’s being killed by the way things are done industry wide.

I actually held off sharing these pics because I didn’t want to piss off others like me who couldn’t find them.  Waited for today, the almighty “street date” of 8/14, hoping that the situation in stores or online would make things better.   Did not, made things worse.  And unless something is put out on the wire today by Hasbro, it won’t be better.  So again, I apologize.  If you are pissed, let Hasbro know.  Hopefully they can adjust things in the future, and figure a way to get us Cobra Troopers without going in and out of 200 stores over the course of weeks – during a pandemic.

Now that my salt shaker has cracked open all over the front page, let me clean up and get back to business.  Read on to check out our gallery for the Cobra Island figures.  183 shots for Cobra Trooper, Beach Head and Roadblock are available after the break along with some quick thoughts on each.

Make sure to check our previous galleries for G.I. Joe Classified here.  We will also be updating the HissTank Database with base shots for each figure too.

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under G.I. Joe Statues, Photo Shoots

Kotobukiya have been producing G.I. Joe statues in their Bishoujo line for a bit now.  They currently have pieces for Barnoness, Scarlett and Lady Jaye.  The Bishoujo line is purposely done in an anime style for female characters, as per their description for it:

The Bishoujo Statue is a series of statues based off of Shunya Yamashita’s illustrations of various movie, game, and comic characters in the Japanese bishoujo (young beautiful girls) style. All of these statues are 1/7 in scale and make a great collection when displayed together.

Kotobukiya recently sent us a couple pieces to take a look at.  Baroness – in her 25th Anniversary Blue color variant scheme, and Scarlett in a sky blue and silver palette.  Baroness also comes (but not featured here) in traditional black and Crimson Guard red.  Scarlett has a traditional color version and this one.  Lady Jaye, not featured here, is also available via a traditional color version.

All in all they are well done pieces.  You have to be into the look, they are very unique and won’t fit in all collections.  But if you like to mix it up with different incarnations of G.I. Joe on your shelves, these will add something new for sure.

Read on to check out our shots, all are available at select retailers now!

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Extreme Sets have been producing great cardboard based dioramas for years now. Most have been at the 1/12 scale, perfect for Marvel Legends, Black Series and now G.I. Joe Classified. They have however produced several 1/18 scale pieces that work great with our vintage and modern era 3 & 3/4th scale Joes.

Today we are taking a look at two of their newer 1/18th scale sets – The Cabin and The Bar. Each are smaller versions of 1/12th sets. The Cabin seems to be inspired by a classic movie featuring evil and dead things. The Bar is a unique set featuring a counter, multiple seating booths, opening bathroom door and tons of signage you’d find in a local dive bar. Both give you some new environments beyond the standard warehouse or warzone rubble buildings to display your figs.

Read on to check out our shots of both – there are some basic overview shots and we hired the Dreadnoks to show off a bit too.

These are both out now over on Extreme-Sets.com, who also sent these through for us to review. I’d also suggest scanning their 1/12 sets now that G.I. Joe Classified is in full effect!

Extreme Sets 1/18th Links: The Bar, The Cabin, Deranged Alley 2.0, Building 3.0, Police Station (Pre-Order), Building 6.0 (Pre-Order)

Extreme Sets 1/12 Links: Wave 9 Pre-Orders, Dojo 2.0, Building 4.0 (Pre-Order), Ground Pack

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Thanks to site sponsor Dorkside Toys we have official HD images of the recent Target exclusive Cobra Island figures. Roadblock, Beach Head, Baroness and C.O.I.L. and the Cobra Trooper all show off their goods in shots beyond the standard white BG product shots.

These were on Target.com for pre-order earlier this week for about 30 seconds. They should be hitting shelves on August 14th, though they are in store and out on shelves in some areas now. Some let you buy them, others enforce the street date. Each figure is coming packed in it’s own case, so each store should have at least 6 of each, hopefully more.

DPCI Numbers for Hunting

Roadblock: 087-16-6262
Cobra Trooper: 087-16-9726
Baroness C.O.I.L.: 087-16-4933
Beach Head: 087-16-2012

under G.I. Joe Classified, Photo Shoots

Wave 1 complete!  Today’s look at #02 Snake Eyes finishes up our galleries for Wave 1 of G.I. Joe Classified.  Snake Eyes is a repaint of the #00 launch figure, this time in all black, less weapons, and sci-fi pistols.  We’ve run him here and have over 40 HD images of him ready.   Read on to check them out, along with some thoughts on him and the line overall from myself and DESTRO, courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

Related G.I. Joe Links: Classified Wave 1, Destro, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Red Ninja, Pimp Daddy Destro, All G.I. Joe

ICYMI – We’ve updated the HissTank Toy Database with a G.I. Joe Classified section.  We’ll be updating that as the series progresses, filling in the pages with more info as well.  Feel free to bookmark that to keep up with the line!

And don’t forget to check out our galleries for the other figures: #00 Snake Eyes, Roadblock, Destro, Duke, Scarlett

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