Former Hasbro designer Bobby Vala has launched a very cool Steel Brigade website designed to track, discuss and learn all there is to know about the Steel Brigade mail away figure.
Check it out here…
Thanks to sapperldr for letting us know artist Jason Sobol has a new kickstarter for a G.I Joe Art book called Half the Battle: Volume 2. The Kickstarter can be viewed here.
If you want to see his previous Joe themed art he has it up on his site and the first kickstarter.
Hisstank’s good friend from 3DJoes.com has created his own little Toys R Us store loaded with vintage GI Joe, Transformers, Exo-Squad and much, much more. I’ve mirrored a few of his images he’s posted on Facebook. Check out the images of how wonderful his new display is!
This is definitely a fandom splitting topic, but if GI Joe were to return to retail this moment, how would you like to see it represented?
* Old school o-ring?
* A continuation of the 25th style packaging with new sculpts and a continuation of unreleased figures?
* 6 Inch!!
* Other?
Let your opinion be heard by voting!
Hisstank newcomer Guam has posted blueprints for the V1 PIT from the Marvel GI Joe Comics. His detail is amazing, every level, every room is detailed in these blueprints so you can make your own PIT! Check it out!
With the huge success of Haslab’s first outing, the Vintage Collection Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna,) meeting roughly 175% of their goal to the tune of nearly four and a half million dollars, it’s safe to say Hasbro will go back to that well in the future. With this in mind, what would you honestly be willing to pay for a new Flagg?
USS Flagg image courtesy of 3DJoes.com
Discuss further after the jump!
I wanted to start this weekend off with a trip down memory lane and try to counter some of the awful news about the closing of Toys R Us. So let’s hear it Tankers… what were your favorite retail stores that you got your Joe or Cobra fix from?
HissTank member Dansjoes has posted a new Kickstarter, volume 5 of his 3.75″ Joe, Creating G.I. Joe A Real American Hero!
The release of “3.75 Inch Joe: The Special Forces Team that forged an American Hero” book series, Volume 5! The fifth book in the series, “3.75 Inch Joe: The Special Forces Team that forged an American Hero (Volume 5)” is an 80 page, 9”X10” library of designs and stories ranging from 1982-1994, including some unproduced concepts! This fully colored book will be printed on 100# paper in a Soft Perfect Bind format with a visible spine like a graphic novel. Although there have been many books written about G.I. Joe®, what makes “3.75 Inch Joe: The Special Forces Team that forged an American Hero” series unique is the fact that the information shared within the book comes from exclusive interviews with former employees who worked on the G.I. Joe® brand. Some of the things to expect include:
• The inspiration and influences behind the different figures and vehicles straight from the designers’ point of view…
• Alternate names for figures and vehicles pulled from Larry Hama’s dossiers or from the original concepts themselves…
• Insider stories from former employees ranging from Marketing to Engineering regarding the changes that occurred during the design process…
• Conceptual designs and photographs that will show the progression and different stages of creating a figure or vehicle. This includes concept pencils and inks, sculpture sheets, color studies, color presentation art, models, and much much more!
Which characters and vehicles will be included in Volume 5?
•Stalker • JUMP • PAC/RATS• Airborne • Recondo • Barbeque • Quick Kick • Low-Light • Monkeywrench • Persuader • Back-Stop • Techno-Viper • Fast Draw • Renegades • Mercer • Taurus • Red Dog • Charbroil • Toxo-Viper• Condor • Aero-Viper• Scoop • H.E.A.T. Viper • Decimator • Hammerhead • Laser-Viper • Ambush • Earthquake • Slythor (unreleased figure concept) • Scar-Head (unreleased figure concept) • Back-Up(unreleased figure concept) • Maniac (unreleased figure concept) •
SPECIAL NOTES:
• Stalker (2 separate spreads…3 pages total)
• JUMP (2 separate spreads…3 pages total)
• Airborne (2 separate spreads…3 pages total)
• Recondo (2 separate spreads…3 pages total)
• Barbeque (1 separate spread…2 pages total)
• Barbeque & Quick Kick (2 separate spread…2 pages total)
• Condor (2 separate spreads…4 pages total)
• Decimator & Hammerhead (1 separate spread…2 pages total)
• Hammerhead (1 separate spread 2…2 pages total)
• Hammerhead & Laser-Viper (1 separate spread…2 pages total)
Our good friend over at 3DJoes.com has provided some very cool images of the 1983 Toy Fair catalog. In them you’ll see very rare photos, some pre-production, of all your favorite Joes and Cobras!
Every year toy companies come together to show off their upcoming toys to toy retailers. They create catalogs for these retailers and oftentimes the toys shown in these catalogs are pre-production models. Have a look at Hasbro’s 1982 Toy Fair catalog and leave your insights in the comments. These catalog images and your commentary will be added to 3DJoes.com!
Check out the images here on their Facebook page.