It’s been a busy weekend here at JBL HQ and I apologize for not getting these up sooner.
Friday Hasbro knocked everyone’s socks off with an unprecedented “info dump”for Retalation–in the form of HI-RES images of everything from Basic Figure assortment to Alpha Vehicles to figure battle sets to kids role-play gear. It’s a lot of images to digest–but I’m going to post them based upon which assortment they fall into.
You’ve read his reviews for years here on JBL and on JoeSightings.com but have you ever heard the man speak? Alexx mades an appearance on this latest installment of What’s On Joe Mind! Here’s the synopsis:
Oh Lordy Lordy,What’s on JOE Mind reached 40! Beach-Head Mike is promoted this week to be our new full time co-host. Also we are joined by our buddy Craig from The Fwooshcast. Chuck steps up in a big way to become our NEW showrunner. It was a light news week but right off the bat we had some breaking news as the GIJCC changed the dates of the 2012 JoeCon back one week and finally announced the hotel location in New Orleans. What was the fall out? Joining us in the virtual studios this week we did find a very eager and well spoken guest in Eric,aka Alexx from Alexx’s Shorts on JoeSightings and JoeBattleLines. He talks to the guys about his unique way of how he blends reviews and humor into his figure pictorials.
From the mailbag Chuck answers a letter from his sister Barbara on why he won’t go to JoeCon. Chuck gets real for a moment and let’s it be known that he isn’t a shut-in like he made it out to be. We also answer an older letter from Brad who asks,among other topics,if collectors are ruining Joe for kids with our need to army build. In the second half we hear a pre-recorded interview with Matt Yang King,the voice of Tunnel Rat in GI Joe Renegades. He has some hilarious stories to share and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do. In addition to being promoted to co-host status,Mike is also our anchor on the news desk as we talk about the 80Tee’s up close look at the GI Joe Retaliation Motorcycle. The GIJCC sets Footloose “loose”on the showcase turntable for a full 360 view of what this year’s incentive figure will look like. Lastly,keep your eyes open during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for the next official trailer to hit. Don’t forget,this will be the first to really hit the mainstream so it will be interesting come next week on the public reaction to the new direction of Joe.
So it’s JoeCon discussion,Alexx,mailbag,Matt Yang King,Retaliation,Footloose and the Super Bowl Trailer! What more can you ask for? Enjoy!!
Hasbro is taking the pre-Toy Fair initiative and has launched a page revealing many of the initial figure and vehicle offerings for the forthcoming film G.I. Joe:Retaliation!
It’s a pretty diverse list that’s filled with a lot of repaints of both classic and recent vehicles. However,it’s not just a “reused and repainted slate”–the infamous HISS Scout which only arrived in Canada has been retooled as a Joe vehicle and the recent POC/30th HISS has been given an upgrade as well. Plus,there’s new figures galore! Even better–Hasbro is promising 14 more reveals coming soon!
There’s even a Kim Arashikage SDCC figure coming this year!
Yes,it’s only 30 seconds–but it’s 30 seconds of AWESOME!
While it offers very little in terms of story details,it certainly works to increase audience anticipation. In other words,it’s a solid film commercial!
Feast your eyes on the latest hints of what is to come below:
G.I. Joe:The Rise of Cobra was a mixed bag for most fans. It was one of those films that had some familiar elements but still seemed to miss the mark in terms of overall feel and story. The sequel G.I. Joe:Retaliation seems to be having the opposite effect as fans and pundits alike can’t seem to stop talking about it in a VERY positive light–and the film hasn’t even hit yet!
That’s right,Joe fan–the super bowl trailer will drop on iTunes some time TODAY!!! Like most Joe fans,those of us at JBL HQ are going to be keeping our eyes peeled for new footage from what is turning out to be one of the summer’s most anticipated films!
It seems that everything drops on the weekends I’m away from my computer.
The G. I. Joe Collector’s Club released a new “video preview”of the 2012 1:18 renewal figure–G.I. Joe Infantryman Footloose! The figure is a great homage to the original,right down to the helmet and rocket launcher. Lucky fans who were able to acquire one of the Special Mission:Brazil 2 convention sets last year have already had the opportunity to preview the new head sculpt in person as Claymore and Footloose have always been “tooling twins.”
Last year’s renewal figure Dial Tone sold out in record time and is now commanding some decent prices on the secondary market. If you’re at all interested in this figure,make certain your club membership is active as of March 16,2012. Just visit GIJoeClub.com to ensure Footloose will be arriving at your barracks!
Members of the GIJCC received the following email this weekend regarding some changes to both the venue and the dates of the 2012 Collector’s Convention to be held in New Orleans,LA:
Please note that due to circumstances beyond our control with the anticipated venue for the convention,the dates of GIJoeCon will now be June 28-July 1 at a new venue,the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. We apologize for any problems or issues this change of date has caused. We hope to see you all in New Orleans June 28-July 1 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Convention (attending and non-attending) registrations will start sometime in February. Again we apologize for any problems or issues this change of date has caused
You can now make your hotel reservations at GIJoeCon.com.
For those folks who’ve already booked flights,here’s hoping that you can reschedule without too much hassle. It is interesting to note that this means the con will be the same weekend that G.I. Joe:Retaliation hits theatres. Gee,I wonder what one of the con events will be this year…
Back with a new logo and a new episode…here’s the official (albeit lengthy) synopsis:
Where do I begin with this one? What could have gone wrong DID in this one. What started out to be a quiet standard episode turned into a 7 man battle royal. I guess people will say,“Well,it wasn’t THAT bad,”and that might be true. Editing removed a lot of the audio “cyloning,”coughing (i.e. check out the 01:20:31 mark for a doozy),wheezing,bickering and wayward topic discussion,you could clearly tell that most of us were simply not on our “A-Game”for this one. First on the guest list was Chris Sims of ComicAlliance.com and War Rocket Ajax podcast. OK,no big deal,standard podcast for us,right? Well,we picked up a surprise host right before starting the record (now 6) and then Mike chimed in on an ill placed show entrance by Gary which interrupted our guest (now 7). Sigh…this was not good. Then the fun poking began as everyone targeted in on Gary for some reason. Now Gary is a good guy,he can take a good ribbing,but when the night begins to spin out of control,well,everyone’s temper becomes a little salty.
Here’s a lesson in podcasting folks,don’t irk the editor. When we were done embarrassing ourselves in front of our guest,we read a listener’s letter and listened to some voice mail from friend of the show James Kavanaugh,Jr. In the second half we talk about the two new guests for Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and transitioned into the unfortunate news that no Movie 2 merchandise was shown at UK Toy Fair. We also talk about the upcoming HissTank.com March Madness thread where you can submit what characters you want to see in modern era contrux. Last year’s bracket had some interesting names in the Sweet Sixteen that are now possibly in your collections. Worth a look for sure. Anyways,not sure how this episode will go down in the annals of Joe podcasting lore,but like our very bad pilot episode,you can stomach at least one full listen of the episode. So send all hate mail care of Justin B. to GeneralsJoes.com –he’ll enjoy it!
As always,you can listen to the episode in the embedded player below:
