JoeDeclassified SpecOps Podcast (JDSO).

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We ARE on iTUNES. Just search jdso.
We ARE on Stitcher. Just search Declassified.

JoeDeclassified: SPEC-OPS Podcast (JDSO).

Links to all of our episodes throughout this thread
or just go to
jdso.podbean.com
or
joedeclassified.com and click on 'podcast.'

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EPISODE 1:
UNPRODUCED
COBRA ISLAND
PLAY SET REVEALED for the first time ever on the internet.

On this first episode of JoeDeclassified: SPEC-OPS...
(link to podcast in the first post of this thread AND
following the show notes below).

-Introductions: we get some introductions out of the way and talk about about the JoeDeclassified project.

-Chris Murray (TOPSON) takes us on a tour of the massive unproduced COBRA ISLAND PLAYSET floor by floor. Not only does he talk about each floor and the functionality and the details and history of the play set but he also shares SIXTEEN sketches of concept art of the play set from his collection so you can read along/look along as he talks about the concept's designer, origins, how big it would have been, why it might not have been released, etc.

-We spend a little time on the pre-Toy Fair Retaliation reveals... our first impressions... and of course we have something to say about the articulation (or lack thereof).


Here is the episode and below is a link to the accompanying images of the Unproduced Cobra Island Play Set:
http://jdso.podbean.com/

And here are the images:
http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=448#p2942


A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CHRIS MURRAY FOR NOT ONLY LETTING US SHOW OFF SOME OF THE PREPRODUCTION SKETCHES FROM HIS COLLECTION BUT ALSO FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE AND TALK ABOUT THEM AND TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT IN GENERAL. THANK YOU, CHRIS!



WELCOME TO JOE DECLASSIFIED: SPEC-OPS

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We ARE on iTUNES. Just search jdso.



We ARE on Stitcher. Just search Declassified.

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Episode 2:
TOY FAIR + the origins of Retaliation Night-Viper and Crimson Guard.
We are joined by Joe Declassified Owner SAM "Nomad" DAMON!
http://jdso.podbean.com/2012/03/01/ep-2-toy-fair-2012/

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Ep3/JIM SORENSON
here is a link to the episode:
http://jdso.podbean.com/2012/03/07/ep3jim-sorenson/


We are on iTunes, just search: jdso

We are on Stitcher, just search: Declassified

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Ep3: JIM SORENSON "G.I. Joe FIELD MANUAL"

For years the community has been craving a G.I. Joe art book… specifically, a card art or packaging art coffee table-style volume. On this episode, we talk not only to the man who is most likely to make it happen, but who is also very much up to the challenge.

This man’s name is Jim Sorenson. Mr. Sorenson is an animation historian, archivist, restorer, and enthusiast.

If the name doesn’t sound familiar to the G.I. Joe world, it’s because he’s spent most of his energy up to this point contributing to or writing books on, the animated world of Transformers:

The Complete Ark -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160010 ... 1600104886

The AllSpark Almanac 1 -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160010 ... 1600104878

The AllSpark Almanac 2 -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/160010 ... 1600106838

But now… NOW he’s set his sights on G.I. Joe with the “G.I. Joe FIELD MANUAL”…

a book that compiles the production artwork for the Sunbow G.I. Joe animated series!!!! Coming out through IDW in the same vein as his previous Transformers Ark books listed above, the “G.I. Joe FIELD MANUAL” is a first-of-its-kind for G.I. Joe.

And if it does well (read as: BUY THIS BOOK)… it doesn’t have to be the last!

Not a fan of the Sunbow cartoon? That’s pretty inconsequential in regards to this book. The art and designs for Sunbow are just as responsible as anything else for shaping the G.I. Joe universe that we’ve come to know and love over the past 30 years, especially when stripped of its final, often campy, fully animated form.

Not only that but there are things in this book alone which have never been brought to light before. Things like the image Mr. Sorenson shared with us for this episode (click the following link) which seems related to the origins of the creation for the character of Duke:

http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewto ... 2987#p2987

Mr. Sorenson not only talks to us about his previous books and this current book he is working on... but he also takes us deep inside his process, from hunting down source material to what it actually takes to bring a book like this to completion.

Which in turn, of course, gives us an idea of what it might take to get other G.I. Joe books made. Could his Sunbow-fueled “G.I. Joe FIELD MANUAL” be the first step towards more G.I. Joe art books? Resolute? Extreme? Renegades? Card art? Packaging art? And beyond?

The Declassified Team, along with two special guest hosts: Eduardo M. Freyre and Glenn “Barefoot Jedi” Winkler, talk with Mr. Sorenson about G.I. Joe, Transformers, the comics, the commercials, the cartoons, G.I. Joe Extreme, Sgt. Savage, Renegades, DiC, Resolute, Retaliation, toys, animation, preproduction, the upcoming SDCC G.I. Joe/TF crossover exclusives, Doctor Who, and much more.

If you want to follow the progress of Jim Sorenson’s projects and interests…

past, present, and future… keep an eye on his blog at: http://boltax.blogspot.com/

And if you want to contact Mr. Sorenson for anything… ESPECIALLY if you have any information on Sunbow production material (models, cels, etc)… you can email him at transformerstheark at yahoo.com.










(contest over.)

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EPISODE 4:

NANO-B.A.T.
-vs-
IRON KLAW

in-hand images of fully-painted Iron Klaw figure
and NEW NANO-B.A.T. discoveries!!!!!!!!!!


(Note: these are NOT the GJCC FSS versions nor are
they related to the GJCC FSS versions).

Here is the link to the episode and summary:
http://jdso.podbean.com/2012/03/15/ep4n ... iron-klaw/


Here is a link to the images:
http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewto ... 66&start=0

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Episode #5 is UP! ARBCO playset! Retaliation CG and Night Viper in hand! Lowlight's leg peg mystery solved! Never before seen General Hawk!

Give yourself a listen here:

http://jdso.podbean.com/

And see the related images here:

http://www.joedeclassified.com/forum/vi ... f=20&t=487


Enjoy!

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EPISODE 6: VARIATION AWARENESS

Featuring JBL's very own Leonardo T Dragon and JoeCustom's very own pluv!!!!!

Here is a link to the episode:
http://jdso.podbean.com/2012/08/06/ep6-variation-awareness/

and here is a link to the images for the episode:
http://joedeclassified.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=579&start=0

[Nomad]

JDSO (Joe Declassified SpecOps) podcast episode 8 is now online:

http://jdso.podbean.com/2013/01/12/ep8- ... -toy-wars/

Jump on and learn as the crew talks with G. Wayne Miller (author of Toy Wars), discusses some unproduced licensed Joe items (Star Brigade shoes!), and find out the connection between G.I.Joe and X-Force.