Amazon.com Renegades & Retaliation 4-packs are “in stock”

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Fred Meyer

UPDATE: The Renegades pack is once again BACK in STOCK but this seems to change daily. (5/11/2012)

Mondays… the nemesis of most individuals seldom brings good news. However, this Monday might be a bit different for Joe fans.

Amazon.com has listed BOTH of their exclusive 4 packs as “in stock” as of this morning with a list price of $39.99. Sadly, that’s essentially high retail price for each of the figures but there are some advantages. In the case of Retaliation the pack provides a means for Joe fans to get their hands on the figures well before the official end-of-May release day. For Retaliation fans, it’s a chance to get different deco’s of 3 primary characters and an all new 4th character in the form of the Red Ninja!

Non-affiliate links are below:

G.I. Joe Retaliation Sneak Peek 4-pack

Duke
Roadblock
Snake Eyes
Cobra Commander (black deco)

G.I. Joe Renegades 4-pack

Duke
Snake Eyes (with trench coat)
Storm Shadow
Red Ninja

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DiC: G.I. Joe Series 2 Vol 2 coming in July on DVD

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Fred Meyer

From the good folks at Shout! Factory comes the news that the final volume of the DiC animated series will be available in July! That’s right– everyone can now own a legal copy of “Kindergarten Commandoes”… Brainy Bradley! Brainy Bradley!

Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, will release the G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Series 2, Season 2 on DVD. This highly collectible 3-DVD set contains all 20 episodes from the complete second season and insightful bonus content. A must have for fans, collectors and animation enthusiasts to complete their home entertainment collection of this animated series, G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Series 2, Season 2 DVD set arrives in stores everywhere and is priced to own at $ 29.93 SRP.

The battle rolls on in the final season of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Series 2! GENERAL HAWK returns with his new team of G.I. JOE heroes, ready to take on any challenge by COBRA, a ruthless criminal organization out for world domination. And COBRA COMMANDER’s clearly left the toughest challenges for last! Does G.I. JOE have what it takes to stop them? The popular second season of this series from 1991 sees the return of fan favorite characters including Duke, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in adventures more exciting than ever!

Bonus Feature:
Retrospective Featurette With The Hasbro Toy Team

Technical Information:
G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Series 2, Season 2
Street Date: July 10, 2012
Discs: 3
General Audiences
Running Time: approx. +/- 7 hours
Video: Fullframe 1.33:1 – Preserving the aspect ration of its original broadcast
Audio: Original Mono

Joecon 2012: Brekhov revealed!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Fred Meyer

Even with Botcon in full swing, the Collector’s Club manages to drop a surprise on Joe fans today.

Feast your eyes on Colonel Ivan Nikolevich Brekhov, commander of the Oktober Guard and hero of the USSR! The good colonel has been without a new figure since G.I. Joe comic pack #6 and the club seems to rely heavily on the Rise of Cobra Destro figure to bring him to life. Of all of the figures shown thus far, this one seems to be the most “off model” and yet still manages to capture the essence of the plucky Soviet soldier. I don’t think I can recall ever seeing the good Colonel with his collar fastened and the tie is at odds with his often “rumpled” appearance. Brekhov always struck me as a soldier who cared more about results than a spit-and-polish appearance. Still, it’s good to see him released in updated plastic form.

I wonder what his beloved aunt Ludmilla thinks of this?

With three down in terms of reveals, can Stormavik and Horrorshow be far behind? Will Dragonsky make an appearance?

Keep your eyes on the 3 3/4″ Set Previews Page for more details!

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Custom spotlight: G.I. Joe meets Transformers in this awesome Soundwave custom!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Fred Meyer

I have a confession to make– like a lot of GI Joe fans, I’m a bit of a closet Transformers fan. Granted, my favorite era of Transformers was “Beast Wars” which may or may not hinder my “bot cred” but I’m also a fan of early G1 as well. There’s something oddly classic about those first few series of Autobots and Decepticons that utterly transports me back on the nostalgia train to the early 80’s. So, you can imagine my shock/delight/utter joy when I first saw this image on the web the other day:

Insanely talented customizer, friend of JBL, and all around great guy Pierre Kalenzaga (aka “Airmax” from RTM) recently unveiled one of the most AWESOME custom mash-ups I’ve ever seen. Taking the classic G1 Soundwave design and transposing it into 1:18 scale GIJoe form, he’s created a masterpiece of custom work. Even better– he made 5 of them!! (At this time TWO of them might still be available for sale.)

Here’s Pierre’s original comments on the figure (which includes custom Lazerbeak and features a real working lenticular on the chest):

To all my toy friends – just wrapped up this custom project. Five custom carded GI Joe scale Soundwave figures with Laserbeak drones. Four of them are for sale ($80). If you’re interested, please drop me a line. Spread the word :0)

You can check out more of Airmax’s work at his personal website AirmaxAnimated.com!

I simply cannot love this custom design enough!!

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“Dollar Store” Joes take the fan community by storm!!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Fred Meyer

If you’ve not heard the news in the past week, some of the most anticipated new Joe products to hit shelves in the near future AREN’T related to the film G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Revealed by Gyre-Viper over the JoeDeclassified.com, there is apparently a series of 6 new-style construction figures that will be hitting “discount stores” later this year. I’ve mirrored a few of the images here but I highly encourage everyone to check out the full slate of images over at JoeDeclassified.com.

The initial assortment appears to consist of the following figures:

1991 Snake Eyes
1992 “Ninja Force” Storm Shadow
Duke (in the same deco as the original 13 Joes)
GvC era Shipwreck
Cobra Commander
Cobra Trooper

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However, it doesn’t stop there– it appears that there will be running color changes for all six figures including one that highly resembles the driver of the Pile Driver T’Gin-Zu!

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Check out all the rest of Gyre-Viper’s pics and the discussion over at following threads on the JoeDeclassified.com forums:

At the end of the day, these leave me far more excited than most of the forthcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation figures hitting later next month. Great-looking parts use, figure stands, and repaints that give us even more obscure characters all combine into a SOLID WIN! Now if only these would start hitting stores!

Sunbow G.I. Joe: ARAH and G1 Transformers hit Netflix Streaming

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Fred Meyer

Imagine my surprise last night when G1 Transformers showed up on my Netflix streaming suggestions. Imagine my delight when I saw that the ground-breaking Sunbow animated G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series was ALSO available for streaming!

Now, don’t get too excited yet. In spite of the announcement of the recent Netflix/Hasbro deal, new Joe content is slow to arrive. As of Monday night, only the original two mini-series “The Mass Device” and “The Revenge of Cobra” are online. However, this is most likely just first two parts to be made available and the rest of the classic ARAH series could be up by the end of the month.

Either way, this is good news for people like me who are sometimes too lazy to get up and put the DVD’s into the player.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer #2 is now online!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Fred Meyer

It went up late last night courtesy of Machinima.

Feast your eyes on the awesomeness that contains HISS tanks, Cobra as “special forces units”, and more of Firefly, Cobra Commander, and Storm Shadow. Oh yeah, and apparently Roadblock has kids?!!

It’s a solid solid trailer! In all seriousness, this trailer looks to be miles ahead of anything that was released for Rise of Cobra in anticipation of that film’s release. Solid character portrays, minimal Channing Tatum exposure (who STILL manages to be the weakest part of the trailer), and some awesome looking action.

June 29 better get here soon!

JoeCon 2012: Schrage revealed!

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Fred Meyer

The G.I. Joe Collector’s Club continues their 2012 1:18 convention set reveals with Schrage!

The Oktober Guard infantryman from East Germany is looking pretty spiffy in his first 25a-style construction! He’s even clutching his beloved AK-47 and sports some very detailed web gear with what appears to be a sculpted canteen! In fact, this figure looks as if he’s stepped right off the pages of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero issue #6 in which the Soviet team debuted.

Honestly– if this is any indication of how the rest of this set is going to turn out, I’m going to be one happy Joe fan when my non-attending con set arrives in the mail.

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JoeCon 2012: Daina revealed as first con set figure!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Fred Meyer

At long last the figure previews for the 2012 Collector’s Convention set have begun!

First up is Oktober Guard sniper- Daina!

The Club’s tooling choices are solid this time with what appears to be a new head, new tooled helmet (possibly based loosely on the DTC Barrel Roll), and a very familiar Draguov sniper rifle. The design works to give her a slightly more “bulky Russian military” feel than one would have expected. (Personally I was thinking a straight-up reuse of either the RoC Cover Girl or the 25A Lady Jaye.) Either way, it’s a great way to start off the convention set which makes me think that things can only get better from this point out!

This is the first version of Daina since the release of the VvV era Comic Pack #6

For more information, visit GIJoeCon.com!

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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Amazon.com Renegades & Retaliation 4-packs are “in stock”

DiC: G.I. Joe Series 2 Vol 2 coming in July on DVD

Joecon 2012: Brekhov revealed!

Custom spotlight: G.I. Joe meets Transformers in this awesome Soundwave custom!

“Dollar Store” Joes take the fan community by storm!!

Sunbow G.I. Joe: ARAH and G1 Transformers hit Netflix Streaming

G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer #2 is now online!

JoeCon 2012: Schrage revealed!

JoeCon 2012: Daina revealed as first con set figure!

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