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Renegade Games Studios is officially unveiling their G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game and two Jigsaw Puzzles for pre-order.

If you pre-order this cooperative game, you will receive a Bonus Box featuring Dawn Moreno cards, an alternate round-marker, and a constructible hangar.

Additionally, you can download the rulebook for free; which showcases even more artwork from the game.

G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game official description:

Coming this October-

Yo Joe!

Fall In! The evil organization Cobra threatens the world with their schemes and it’s up to you to stop them!

In this Deck-Building game, you and your fellow players will lead teams of G.I. Joe soldiers on missions to stop Cobra’s dastardly plans! Each player starts the game with a meager deck that will grow more powerful as you recruit veterans from the G.I. Joe team, requisition gear, and field new vehicles. This fully cooperative game pits you against increasingly dangerous missions to save the world. This Core Set begins your journey with everything needed to play, but be prepared for more Joes and missions to come!

You can pre-order the G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game and two Jigsaw Puzzles from the following links:

under G.I. Joe Movie

Artist Constantine Sekeris has uploaded several concept art images done for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Included in this first look:

  • Snake Eyes
  • Storm Shadow
  • Scarlett
  • Baroness

“Snake Eyes Movie designs I worked on with the talented Costume Designer Louise Mingenbach. We worked on the film and the toys simultaneously. Storm shadow ended up getting pulled back to his original suit, but Hasbro decided to make the toy version haha. Shout out to Constantine Sekeris and Luca Nemolato for doing a phenomenal job on Snake Eyes and Scarlet!”

With these concept art reveals, it is clear where the Core Ninja toy of Storm Shadow originated from.

However, concept art for Baroness is extremely close to the final design.

You can check out all the designs, after the jump.

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Amazon now has Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Blu-ray, DVD, Steelbook, and G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection up for pre-order.

The Blu-ray release comes with the 4K Ultra HD disc including a downloadable digital edition of the same. This release will set you back $43.99. There is a non-4K edition costing $37.99 but will also come with a downloadable edition.

The Steelbook is also a Blu-Ray edition with a 4K Ultra HD copy of the movie. This item is priced at $45.99.

G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection comes as standard Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray for $49.99 and $59.99 respectively. This collection contains G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

The DVD will only cost you $29.99 and is for the NTSC region.

In addition to all of the above, you can purchase the streaming version of the movie via Amazon Prime Video. HD version will cost you $24.99 and the Standard Definition is only $19.99.

You can pre-order the above from the following links:

Home Release of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is expected to release on September 6th, 2021. You can check out the covers, after the jump.

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Polygon sat down with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to talk a bit about the past and the future of the G.I. Joe Live Action Movie Franchise.

Q: How long have you been talking about doing the Snake Eyes movie? I’m sure ideas have changed over the years.

Whenever we brought it up, the thing that kept coming up was the origin story of Snake and Storm because it was so interesting and chock full of emotion. Brotherhood, betrayal, all the things that make really great drama — it has that in its story. It’s a very Cain and Abel thing. We talked about many things, but it always came back to that pretty quickly because it was so rich and so elemental.

Q: What does a G.I. Joe movie need to have to be a G.I. Joe movie? The original Joe movies were very soldier-centric, but you get away from that here.

I don’t think of this as a Joe movie. I really do think of as a Snake movie. The reason we chose Snake Eyes was because we were able to make such a specific, tonal reference, whether it’s a samurai movie or a Kung Fu movie, and so I think of it more in those terms, this particular movie. It is really about a journey into a mystical land. That really appealed to me. Many years ago, I did the movie The Last Samurai when I was at Warner Brothers; the exploration of the Japanese culture, I find kind of fascinating to begin with. It’s such a different culture, to state the obvious. But there’s so much to be found there that makes you reflect on your own culture. So I think that’s the benefit of having been driven there by a Cain and Abel story.

Q: Where do you hope the Joe franchise goes from here? Do you hope to follow Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow? Is it possible we’ll see other flavors of Joe movies?

It’s not preordained. I think there’s different ways we can go. One way, for sure, and we’re having discussions about it, is how do you keep sort of the spine of this relationship that we’ve developed? This antagonistic relationship? Is there a way to fuse that into a larger Joe movie so that maybe it’s one storyline? Maybe it’s the main storyline. So it’s not clear yet what we’re going to decide on doing. The hard part right now, honestly, is we’re not sure what success means right now, given the Delta variant and the theater problems.

You can check out the full interview at Polygon.

News Post image courtesy: Paramount Pictures (Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura on the set of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins)

under G.I. Joe Classified

Fandom sat down with Hasbro Design Manager Lenny Panzica to talk about the successful G.I. Joe: Classified Series as well as its future.

The keyword there is “updates,” since it didn’t mean forgetting the original outfits but rather building upon them. For instance, the Flint figure is quickly recognizable as Flint, complete with a beret and a black, buttoned shirt, but in that case, “Flint has a bulletproof vest that we built in there and some other additions. We wanted to make it little sci-fi but not too much, because Flint is a pretty militaristic-looking character, so you can’t go too far with that.”

Regarding the future of the line, Mr. Panzica hinted at Navy S.E.A.L. Torpedo and cold-weather expert Snow Job stating “There’s so much opportunity there. And I think what happens really is from a character select standpoint asking what can we do effectively?”

Touching the subject of Dreadnoks: “I want to do Road Pig!”

Regarding more vehicle possibilities, ​​Panzica said cost naturally has to be kept in mind – both for Hasbro to produce and the consumer to pay – but that when it came to adding vehicles like the V.A.M.P. jeep or the F.A.N.G. copter, “There are conversations, and it’s just a matter of when and how much is right. I’m thinking about it all the time. I’m always doodling and sketching and working out what is going to expand this universe. Because ultimately, we have this opportunity to bring it to life in a larger scale with more details and [we’re asking] how much can we go deeper into it. So yes, we consider all of that stuff.”

You can check out the full interview at Fandom.

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Google Play Store is revealing the Home Release of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Fans can download the digital 4K version of the movie on September 6th, 2021. This falls in line with Paramounts ‘new normal’ theatrical and home release windows; where a movie hitting the theaters will receive a home release in 6 weeks’ time.

Priced at $24.99, you can pre-order* Snake Eyes movie prior to the Home Release via Play Store.

*Only applicable for US Territories.

under G.I. Joe Flame Toys

Back in early January, an image leaked, showcasing a possible Hito Kara Kuri Snake Eyes from Flame Toys.

Hito Kara Kuri line features Mech versions of fictional characters and G.I. Joe is the latest addition to the line.

Flame Toys is now officially revealing a prototype image of the aforementioned toy. Additionally, we have Tag Hobby, bringing us a couple of images of the product from ACGHK 2021 convention.

You can check it all out, after the jump.

under G.I. Joe Flame Toys

Flame Toys has revealed their upcoming lineup of Furai Model G.I. Joe Vehicles & Figures at the ACGHK 2021 convention, and Tag Hobby is bringing us some images.

Other than the previously revealed figures and Ninja Cycles, the company is revealing a black A.W.E. Striker to the lineup.

Featured toys:

  • Snake Eyes
  • Storm Shadow
  • Arashikage Cycle (Snake Eyes)
  • Speed Cycle (Storm Shadow)
  • A.W.E. Striker

You can check it all out, after the jump.

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Score World has posted a brand new entry for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie score from composer Martin Todsharow.

According to the website, the score is set to release digitally on July 23rd. Paramount Music and La La Land Records will organize the release.

Score Word is also debuting a sample from the score as well.

That’s not all. The entire tracklist is also featured and as expected, the titles give away the plot.

You can check out the sample on Score World and check out the tracklist after the jump.

News Post Image: Album Cover

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