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Hasbro Pulsecon 2020 is in motion and we now have our first look at G.I. Joe Classified Series Zartan, Cobra Infantry as well as Cobra Island Special Mission Set Firefly and Cobra Viper.

Zartan will use a brand new ‘INVISI-PIN’ technology to enhance the overall look of the toy.

Firefly and the Cobra Viper will be available for pre-order later today, exclusively at Target.

But fans can grab Zartan and Cobra Infantry figures from Hasbro Pulse today at 5:00pm ET.

You can check out the official images, after the jump and we’ll update the news post with cool screencaps in a moment.

G.I. Joe Classified:

Zartan: monkey paw, snake head, swamp design, extra face in backpack
New Dreadnok Logo and art on box by Tony Daniel

Cobra Infintry: Sunbow inspired. Rifle with new web gear attachment system.
Package Art by Kekai Kotaki

Firefly: Dynomite, Burned face, backpack with drone (bomb drone) data pad, blaster, goggles
Art by Jeremy Wilson

Cobra Viper: Very classic looking, built in mags for weapons, blast effect ports in rifle blaster, goggles
Art by Anthony Petrie

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Hasbro has sent us a press release highlighting their panel schedule and guest appearances for Pulsecon 2020.

“Day 2: Saturday, 9/26 G.I. JOE PANEL

Panelists: Hasbro G.I. Joe Brand Team

Even more news and reveals are waiting for you during the G.I. Joe event at Hasbro’s PulseCon! Tune in and be the first to see new items, find out which characters will be launched next, and get a peek inside our development process directly from our team. And if knowing is half the battle, you’re going to want to join in for G.I. Joe trivia and show off your expertise. Plus a special message from Henry Golding, star of the upcoming film Snake Eyes. Don’t miss all this plus other fun surprises we’ve got up our sleeves! YO JOE!”

That’s right, Henry Golding himself will bring an update on Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, as we expected.

You can check out the full press release, after the jump.

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Straight from the terrorist organization(s) nefarious plot to give collectors across the country heart attacks and strokes, today we are taking a look at the exclusive Cobra Island Baroness and C.O.I.L. set.  The first 3 exclusives – Cobra Trooper, Beach Head and Roadblock V2 came first, with Baroness hitting stores a week or so later.  She is still trickling out, so if you are still looking hopefully you can score without hitting the aftermarket.  I was lucky enough to have a friend of a friend find one in the wild and offer it at cost, so big props to KamenRiderOOO and TokuChris over at TokuNation for that.  That being said, I’ve hit Targets an absolutely stupid amount of times since the end of July, probably more than I have been in that store in the last 3 years combined, and have only seen Roadblock on the pegs, once.   And that’s with tracking via Popfindr, bugging employees, and doing 100 mile circuits (at the start of this mess).

What makes it all that more frustrating – these figures are GREAT.  And Baroness especially.  Modernized suit with classic notes, color palette on point, epic face sculpt, good weapons.  It has it all.  The bike – the sculpt is good for a future techy style vehicle, but there is a lot of raw plastic going on and it feels a bit Playskool.  Some detailed paint and washing to bring it a bit more real world and it could work.

Bottom line – Baroness is a win.  Hopefully she keeps releasing widely at stores, and really – hopefully she releases single packed with minimal changes down the road. Red, blue and alt decos are cool, but she needs to be easily accessible in this black version at some point.

Read on to check some additional thoughts and over 75 HD images after the break!

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Next up in our G.I. Joe Classified galleries is the Amazon exclusive Arctic Mission Storm Shadow.  This is a play on the Ninja Force Storm Shadow deco from the 90s, right down to the white blocking on his navy blue torso.  He also comes with a white ice pick (sickle) like the original.  Sword, sheath, grapple hook and cord, bow, arrow and non-functional quiver are  also included, so he is ready for action.  The hood is removable exposing a sharp navy blue head wrap revealing just the eyes.  I preferred it this way once in hand.  Structurally – he was very loose.  The torso bend and waist joint are floppy.  Hips are a tad.  Makes for some very insecure posing. Once you get it there, so long as you don’t try to fine tune much, he can stand though.

All in all a solid design, but I am eagerly waiting for a traditional Storm Shadow to take top billing on the shelf!

He is currently sold out, but has been randomly coming back in stock at Amazon for short bursts.  Keep checking here and good luck!

Read on to check over 60 HD shots of Storm Shadow, basic and fancy style, including a little mountain battle with Snake Eyes!

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Australian collector group Action Figures Industries has posted a possible new wave of G.I. Joe Classified Series figures including Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie products.

The wave consists of:

  • Lady Jaye
  • Zartan
  • Cobra Trooper
  • Movie Storm Shadow
  • Movie Snake Eyes

The wave is set to arrive on February 2021.

While we advice our members to take this info with a grain of salt, it is equally important to note that the info actually matches up with previously heard details about future waves.

Disclaimer: Original post is featured with placeholder images that may not represent the final product.

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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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Indie game developer IguanaBee has come forward to reveal themselves as the developer of the upcoming video game G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout.

“We have exciting news for everyone!

The IguanaBee team is proud to finally reveal our secret project for this year.

Thanks to the entire team that made this possible! Party!

#gijoe #videogames #Videojuegos #iguanabee #secretproject #indiedevs #IndieGameDev”

Javier Altman, the Lead Animator of the game, stated the following:

“[W]e tried to pay respect to the IP, we studied ALL of the Joe history, pay a lot of homages too. About voice acting, we had a big casting and chose the ones we felt better represented the characters.”