All,
It would seem our WordPress installation has, to use a “technical term”, gone a bit wonky.
As such, I’ve revert the site back to the default theme and have contacted our web host’s support staff.
Until this is resolved, updates might be a bit sporadic. In the interim, please check back for updates or check our feeds on both Facebook and Twitter.
Sorry for any inconvenience… we WILL be back!
Last weekend the East Coast was treated to the New Jersey Collector’s Convention but this week it’s the Midwest’s turn! Coil Con IV is coming to Kokomo Indiana on Saturday, August 24!
An annual tradition that has grown in attendance over the past four years, Coil Con promises a day filled with G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe, and more G.I. Joe. The JoeDeclassified travelling exhibit will be in attendance, featuring concept art, prototypes, and all manner of insight into the world of design for our favorite Real American Heroes. AVAC’s Lab will be on hand with custom cast parts. Kokomo Toys is slated to have G.I. Joe Retaliation wave 3 in stock. Numerous other dealers including ROMA Collectibles will be onsite to help fill in any holes in fans’ current collections. Plus, they’ll be FREE hot dogs! Starting at 9:00am EST on the grounds of Kokomo Toys, it promises to be an exciting day under the Coil Tent!
This year’s guest list includes a roster of personalities from across the Joe fandom including:
No Joe Convention would be complete without some sort of exclusive item to take home and Coil Con IV is no exception. This year, fans can purchase the following limited-availability items:
For more information on attending this exciting regional gathering, check out the official website: CoilCon.com! Check back on Monday for some pictures of the event itself.
At JBL, we’re big fans of the innovative website 3DJoes.com! No other site on the web allows visitors to watch a seamless rotating image of classic ARAH-era figures. Sure, it’s one thing to look at different static images showing front/back/side/etc but it’s another to see the entire figure in such a fluid manner. Well, the folks at 3DJoes.com are developing another poster concept to help offset the costs of running the site and they need your help in deciding on the final form the project will take.
Here’s the official word from 3DJoes.com:
“The G.I. Joe Yearbook: A Visual Index of Carded Figures” page has been really popular, and several folks have recommended I make a poster of it. So, I started working on the first one tonight, featuring the 1982-1985 single carded figures. I figured this would be a good first group since they all featured the 2D G.I. Joe logo.
As I started designing the poster I realized they could all fit on one poster (without including the Tomax & Xamot two pack), or they could be split up over two posters (and the twins could be included). I’m torn over which I prefer. My gut is print them all on one poster, but I want to see what the rest of the community thinks before making a decision.
Please go vote either on HissTank.com or OG13 and let me know which option you’d rather buy!
https://www.og13.com/forums/showthread.php?8433-Carded-3DJoes-poster%28s%29-I-need-your-input!
Check out the two mirrored image options below and then head on over and make your voice heard as to which piece of wall art you’d rather display in your Joe room!
Option 1:
Option 2:
The New Jersey Collector’s (NJCC) returns to Cherry Hill this Sunday and they’ve got a full slate of giveaways/door prizes including another awesome fan-produced figure: Mega-Marine Mirage!
The figure you’re looking at is completely fan-produced– courtesy of the talents of guys like Kevin Watts, raginspoon,CobraStickers.com, and the casting master, nova. An update to the original 1993 Mega-Marine figure, Mirage takes a 20 year old figure design and brings it firmly forward into the 21st century with style!
Here’s the word from the convention organizers, quoted from HissTank.com:
We are now just a few days away from the August 18th Summer NJCC, here is full gallery 40+ images of NJCC Mirage!
Mirage was introduced in 1993 as part of the Mega Marines subline of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero! Make sure to check back to see the full figure with card art and sticker sheet.
New Jersey Collectors Con Summer Show Date August 18th 2013!
Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Sunday, August 18th, 2013The door prize announcements will start at 9AM and conclude at 3:30PM with our last door prize announcement.
9AM TRANSFORMERS CONSTRUCT-A-BOTS BUNDLE
10AM MARVEL LEGENDS SDCC 2013 THUNDERBOLTS SET
10AM SDCC GOLD PIMP DADDY DESTRO
11AM G.I. JOE vs TRANSFORMERS SDCC 2013 BOX SET
12AM MY LITTLE PONY SDCC EXCLUSIVE DJ PON-3
1PM BLACK SERIES BOBA FETT & HAN SOLO IN CARBONITE SDCC 2013 BOX SET
2PM MARVEL UNIVERSE DEADPOOL CORPS SDCC 2013 SET
3PM FORTRESS MAXIMUS ENCORE 23
3PM SDCC GOLD PIMP DADDY DESTRO
3:30PM TRANFORMERS SDCC 2013 METROPLEX BOX SET
3:30PM PX-01 GENESIS
I’ll be honest here– this figure is a knock-out in my opinion. It’s a modern update of a classic design that is still immediately recognizable as Mirage! The overall parts combo works to produce a figure that shows that fan-produced customs can meet if not exceed the quality of Hasbro-produced pieces at times. My only regret with this figure is that I have no way to attend the con this weekend and therefore won’t be able to snag one. For those of you who are lucky enough to do so, appreciate him for the 1:18 piece of plastic awesome that he is!
This is just proof that when the “A-Team” of nova, raginspoon, cobrastickers, and Kevin Watts come together on a project good things will happen.
Check out some pics of this amazing figure below:
Pardon our dust– JBL is undergoing some renovations!
The site has had its current look for several years now and it’s time for a facelift in terms of both form and function. More and more folks out there are using mobile devices (phones and tablets) to search the web and it’s high time the site was optimized to work with that. So, JoeBattlelines will be undergoing some “adjustments” as the site is further optimized for a true multi-platform experience.
Of course, new form updates also mean new content updates as well. After a long and quasi-arduous process, the SDCC set for 2013 has arrived at JBL HQ and, thanks to the good folks at Kokomo Toys G.I. Joe Retaliation wave 3 should be enroute within the next week. That means that some new reviews will actually be posted fairly soon.
Your patience is appreciated while Mainframe and his tech crew test some new functional layouts.