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under G.I. Joe Classified, Photo Shoots

Yo Joe!  Next up in our looks at G.I. Joe Classified Wave 1 is #01 Roadblock.  He’s #01 in line, and features a mix of old cues and new elements throughout.  He ties with Scarlett for wave 1 figures with elements long time fans have concerns with.   Aside from a couple misfires in actual production, the core sculpt and figure is solid.  Read on to check out some additional thoughts on it all, along with 30+ shots 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

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under G.I. Joe Classified, Photo Shoots

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 Classified

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

New GIJOE Classified Cobra Island Special Mission Sets

In a surprise sneak attack Hasbro has decide to bombard us with a very welcome wave of new GIJOE Classified figures that go live for preorder tomorrow!

AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER TOMORROW AT 9AM EST at @Target!

Baroness
Beachhead
Cobra Trooper
Roadblock

Check out all the awesome new GIJOE Classified Cobra Island Special Mission Sets after the jump.

under G.I. Joe Classified

News just in from the Toy Fair 2020 Hasbro investor meeting. New reveals of G.I. Joe Classified 6″ – Roadbloack and Scarlett! Hisstank.com now has super high-res images of these awesome G.I. Joes! Stay tuned all weekend long for updated information about all the new G.I. Joe items from Toy Fair 2020.

Check out all the new G.I. Joe Classified 6″ figures after the jump.

under G.I. Joe Movie

Lots of new details have emerged about the third GI Joe movie. Of course it’s still way off in the future, so take all this information with a grain of salt, but the details are pretty exciting.

Paramount Pictures is looking to position the dynamic entertainer at the center of their floundering G.I. Joe franchise by making him the lead in G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant, set to be released March 27, 2020.

Working off a script from the writing duo of Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol), the film is set to see Johnson’s Roadblock, who first appeared in 2013’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation, assemble a new team of Joes to stop terrorists from launching a dark matter WMD that will turn their targets to dust!

Corsican twins, the Paoli brothers will be the film’s main antagonists. While Tomax will do his work as a ruthless politician, his more unhinged and scarred twin Xamot will take care of the dirty work. Fans will remember the two were high-ranking Cobra officials and headed the Crimson Guard for a time and while we’re not entirely sure what part Cobra will play in the larger plot, we are told to expect a cameo from Cobra Commander!

As for the team that Roadblock will assemble, it seems that Appelbaum and Nemec really hit the books and are giving us a mix of some newer Joes along with some great old timers that should provide nostalgic 80’s kids with plenty to smile about. The script calls for the returns of Scarlet, Snake Eyes and General Joe Colton and a whole slew of new recruits.

One of two female leads, Janack is a Czech marksman brought in by Roadblock to help lead his group of Joes. In the comics, Janack was a member of the elite Czech unit known as the Oktober Guard, a group of Eastern European specialists who were basically the equivalent of the Joes.

One of the world’s top nuclear physicists, Burkhart is brought in from the UPA (Unexplained Phemonenon Agency) to consult on the dark matter inside the WMD.

Of course there’s more… characters like Wild Bill, Barbeque, Flagg, Doc, Keel Haul.

under Compatible Military Toys

Introducing the Whatnot G.I. Joe Super Deformed figures and Vehicles that are 4.5 inches tall and 2.5 inches tall, are fully articulated and poseable and come with accessories, which are usually the weapon they are known for.

Check out all the new images after the jump.

under G.I. Joe Renegades, San Diego Comic Con

Today we have a look at the SDCC IDW Revolution Box Set.  This featured figures from many lines, and most of the 3.75 figures use G.I. Joe bodies as their base.  In particular Roadblock was a treat due to his being a previously unreleased Renegades figure needed to complete the line up.  We’ve done up over 140 images of the entire set which you can check out over at network site TFW2005.com here.  If all you care about is Roadblock, then we’ve attached all his HD images to this story if you read on!

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under G.I. Joe Various, Photo Shoots

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comes to life with these great mini-figures! This G.I. Joe A Real American Hero 3-Inch Random Figure Series 1 Mini-Figure is one in a line that features some wonderfully stylized vinyl mini-figures with the likenesses of your favorite characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. Each figure measures 3-inches tall and is blind-box packaged with head and arm articulation for fun posing. Plus, you can mix and match the awesome array of interchangeable weapons that the figures come with! This awesome collection even features rare chase figures for you to try and collect. Featured in this collection are Snake Eyes, Blowtorch, Cobra Soldier, Copperhead, Firefly, Dusty, Crimson Guard, Roadblock, Beach Head, Major Bludd and more!

We have over 50 photos of the The Loyal Subjects G.I. Joe Action Vinyls Wave 2 Figures. Entertainment Earth sent along these figures, read on to check out the images!

Entertainment Earth
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