IESB.net reports that Amy Powell, the Senior VP of Interactive Marketing for Paramount Pictures, will “leak” the first official pic of Snake Eyes to Ain’t It Cool News on Thursday. The image will also debut later this weekend in USA Today.
This will be the first time that fans get the chance to see Snake Eyes as he will appear in the Stephen Sommers motion picture.
Not even a nearly total computer systems crash could delay these reviews!
Wave 3 of the 25th Anniversary comic packs is the first assortment to feature all-new comic stories from GIJoe master scribe Larry Hama. New tales featuring Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Tomax, Xamot, and even Scarface are found in the latest wave of comic packs to hit store shelves. New figures and new comics?!! It’s a winning combination!
Check out the new reviews at the 25th Anniversary Comic Pack Index!
General Hawk made the trek down to NYC this weekend to attend Hasbro’s “Collector’s Event” at the 2008 International Toy Fair!
What he saw made many a Joe fan’s heart stop with shock and awe!
Check out Justin’s Toy Fair 2008 Coverage featuring some of the cleanest images on the web!
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ASMZine.com
HISSTank.com
ToyNewsI.com
YoJoe.com
With the 2008 International Toy Fair less than 24 hours away, Hasbro’s PR firm has issued a press release offering fans a glimpse of what is to come for the “Real American Heroes” in 2008.
Animation Packs? Vehicles? 40 new single-carded figures? 12 new comic packs? New 12″ figures?
Check out the press release at Hasbro.com and then check back here this weekend for coverage of the 2008 Toy Fair!
The GIJoe Collector’s Club has launched the web page for the 2008 Collector’s Convention. While no hotel information has been listed, this is the first online confirmation of the event’s location.
The February issue of the Collector’s Club newsletter lists the dates of the event as June 26 – June 29 at the Embassy Suites Frisco in Dallas Texas.
Additional information and registration forms should be available soon at GIJoeClub.com.
JBL sponsor BigBadToyStore now has the wave 5 comic packs listed for pre-order.
Wave 5 will consist of Destro & Iron Grenadier, Cobra Commander Vs. Tripwire, and Lieutenant Falcon Vs. Nemesis Enforcer. (This last set seems to indicate the potental for “cartoon packs” in the line.) All three packs have a tentative arrival date of May 2008.
She may not be from Peoria, IL but according to IESB.net, the role of Courtney Krieger has gone to Czech model Karolína Isela Kurková! The European supermodel is best known for her work in Victoria’s Secret’s “Angels” campaign.
No word as to whether or not the Wolverine will make an appearance in the film.
In what may be the most ambiguous announcement to date, Sideshow Toys unveiled their Super Bowl commercial which features a familar group of characters, glimpsed only briefly in shadow.
The ad promises a “big reveal” Februay 17 – 20 at SideshowCollectibles.com.
Sideshow Collectibles has an established reputation for producing highly-detailed 12″ scale figures.
In what might be the midst of a swarm of movie news and rumors, LatinoReview.com chimes in with what may be the best news of all.
Larry Hama will be serving as a “creative consultant” on the live-action motion picture.
This news has yet to be confirmed by either Paramount or by Hasbro but, if true, it could to much to assuage fan fears regarding the direction of the feature film.
IESB.net is reporting that after seven years, Devil’s Due Publishing has lost the license to publish a GIJoe comic series. It would appear that the final issue of the “World War 3” storyline will be the final issue of the series.
There is no official confirmation of this news from either Hasbro or Devil’s Due at this time.