The 2008 Canadian GIJoe and 80s Toy Expo (http://www.80stoyexpo.com/) has been announced. It will be Sunday, March 16th at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre. The show features 2 halls filled with dealers selling GIJoe (vintage and 25th Anniversary), Transformers, Star Wars, Super Heroes, and tons of other Action Figures and collectibles. Many of the same dealers from the Action Figure Expo (http://www.actionfigureexpo.com/) and TFcon Toronto (http://www.transformerscon.com/) will be setup at this show. Located at 3063 South Service Road the location is directly off the QEW with free parking for everyone. For directions and more details go to the Canadian GIJoe and 80s Toy Expo website: http://www.80stoyexpo.com/. You can also RSVP via Facebook for the event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6720678567
Scarlett & Storm Shadow cast?
According to both IESB.net and LatinoReview.com, the roles of Scarlett and Storm Shadow have both been filled!
Rachel Nichols (Alias, The Amityville Horror, P2) will be portraying the Joe team’s premiere female while Korean actor Lee Byung-hun (Hero) will be portraying the fan-favorite Arashikage ninja.
While neither announcement has been officially confirmed at this time by either Paramount or Hasbro this marks the third and fourth roles in the film to be potentially cast.
Hasbro Q & A Round 5 Answers!
You asked and they answered!
The answers to Round 5 of the bi-monthly GIJoe Q&A session have been posted in the forums!
Go ahead– check them out!
Other sites that have posted their answers from the Q & A:
ActionFigureCollectors.com
ActionFigureInsider.com
CoolToyReview.com
JoeCustoms.com
JoeSightings.com
ToyMania.com
ToyNewsI.com
Stay tuned as more Q&A answers are updated across the web.
25th Anniversary Wave 4 gallery posted!
It’s the end of 2007 and Hasbro has released one more wave (technically two) of figure for those last minute Christmas shoppers! Wave 4, a series of eight previously released Battle Pack figures, consists of Cobra Air Trooper, Cobra Commander, Destro, Duke, Gung-Ho, Roadblock, Scarlett, and Storm Shadow. It’s a perfect fit for those fans who are maintaining a collection of all of the carded figures. As these figures have been previously reviewed, I’ve posted a gallery of the images of the carded figures in the 25th Anniversary Review Index.
Also, I’ve managed to find most of Wave 5 so look for reviews of the Crimson Guard, Flash, and Snow Job soon!
Potential Hasbro plans for 2008?
CoolToyReview.com has posted potential plans for G.I. Joe and Hasbro for the 2008 selling season. We’ve got no confirmation of this information, so consider it rumor material for now, but some interesting details nonetheless. Details are as follows: Continue reading
JoeBattleLines Main Page Update
As you’ve hopefully noticed, JoeBattleLines has a brand new front page! We’ve merged the regular main page with a new newsfeed format to keep the newest G.I. Joe news and information at the frontpage where everyone can see it. Along with the news page update there is a new “RSS” feed reader which you can subscribe to. This will automatically refresh your browser with the latest G.I. Joe news and information as it comes.
Hopefully everyone enjoys this new interface and keeps on coming back to JBL as a great source for your favorite G.I. Joe information and news.
Waves 1 & 2 Comic Pack images at JoeCustoms
The JoeCustoms member who discovered the first two waves of Comic Packs in the Philipines has been kind enough to post pictures. Check out pictures of Hawk, Scarlett, Breaker, Destro, and the updated Dreadnoks here.
25th Anniversary Wave 1 Comic Packs at retail
According to KrymsynGardImmoral over at HissTank.com the first wave of 25th Anniversary Comic Packs has been found at a Toys “R” Us in Philadelphia. Click here for the details, and start up the hunt!
Click here to discuss this in our forums!
More in depth images of 25th Anniversary Ace & Wild Weasel
GIJoeClub.com has posted more updated images of the Ace & Wild Weasel figures, including close ups of the figures without their helmets and visor. Lots of great pictures to check out. Click on the following links to check out the images:
25th Ann. Comic Packs out in the Philippines
Big thanks to chrysophylax of the JoeCustoms boards for reporting that both Wave 1 & Wave 2 of the upcoming 25th Anniversary Comic Packs have been released in the Philippines.
Check out the JoeCustoms thread here for more details, with pictures coming soon.