While the “senior staff” has been on a sabbatical at JBL, Scott “Madmac41” McAllister has been busy snapping up the latest 25A product to hit the store shelves. His latest aquisitions are none other than the Target-exclusive Conquest X-30 and Cobra Rattler jets!
Check out Scott’s review in the 25th Anniversary Index!
So far these Wal-Mart listings have been fairly accurate, but let’s remember these are rumor until we see actual confirmation. Forum member Ghost Target has revealed the following figures that have been dug out of the Wal-Mart inventory:
Comic Packs
Scarlett vs Cobra C 653569 37448
Snake Eyes Vs Night 653569 38313Singles
Shadow Omega Force 653569 37433
Zap Omega Force 653569 37434
Falcon Single 653569 37436
BAT w/ Battle Damage 653569 37347
Discuss this news in our forums!
Barbecue, Bazooka, Cobra Battle Android Trooper, General Hawk, Ninja-Ku, and the Cobra Snow Serpent.
These aren’t the members of the latest boy band to take the pop music scene by storm– they’re the figures found in 2008 Wave 5. They’ve also just been added to the 25th Anniversary Review Index here at JBL! Check out the reviews and the pics as the latest single-carded wave is reviewed in detail!
Remember those two TRU five packs featuring Firefly, new 25A Greenshirts, and the Crimson Guard?
cmderinchief has got these two sets “in hand” and just posted plethora of new photos in the forums! Hitting stores in the not-too-distant future, these sets will be an 25A-era army-builder’s dream!
Check out the photos and discuss this item in the forums!
Sideshow Collectibles has posted pre-orders for the Regular and Exclusive edition 12″ COBRA Commander figures. The exclusive edition comes with a snake-headed staff with concealed blade only seen in that version. For whatever reason the exclusive and standard editions are both the same price, $99.99.
The regular version of the 12″ Snake Eyes also has a pre-order up at $119.99, the exclusive version of everyone’s favorite G.I. Joe ninja has sold out. More pictures have been posted at the previous links as well. Thanks to Felix from the JBL forums for the information.
JBL contributor Nomad reports from the floor of SDCC that the new “Best of” Entertainment DVD Battle Pack has been put out on display! While we unfortunately do not have pictures as of yet, the set features the following:
– Alpine
– Jet Pack Duke with a screaming head
– Cobra Trooper w/ Parachute pack, new helmet and the head is tooled with hair
– Cobra Commander w/ Chute pack, new chromed face, new helmet tooling, a CLAW and the bomb prop he tries to blow up the Statue of Liberty with in the Intro of the movie.
Keep checking this thread for more details, and keep your eyes peeled to the SDCC section for all the latest!
During the onslaught of SDCC news, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club has revealed official pictures of their upcoming release of DTC Wave 4, a previously unreleased series of o-ring toys from Hasbro.
The line up of figures was first revealed at the Joe Convention and it includes Airtight, Falcon, Outback, COBRA Officer, Night-Viper, Munitia (pictured left), and Python Patrol Copperhead. According to the Collectors’ Club, these figures will be visible at SDCC throughout this week and weekend as well.
Nicely detailed pictures of the figures in their new paint deco’s are now up on GIJoeClub.com here.
The San Diego ComicCon has barely begun and already information and pictures are flying through the internet.
One of JBL’s on scene members, “Nomad” has given us a very early report about figures on display, and that’s been followed up by a series of pictures on HissTank.com. We will endeavor to keep all of the latest SDCC related news condenced in our SDCC Section of our forums. Click here to check out the product list, and checkout HissTank.com’s pictures here and here. Also check out our “Links Thread” to see links to every other corner of the internet as they supply their coverage as well. Hope everyone is having fun!
Sideshow Toys has posted a preview picture of their upcoming 12″ COBRA Commander figure on their website here. It’s a small picture, only from the chest up, but what can be seen looks pretty incredible.
Evidently drawing some serious inspiration from the G.I. Joe: Reloaded series, COBRA Commander comes decked out in his classic hood and nicely layered black trench coat. An amazing looking figure…but will it be worth the hefty price tag? Discuss this in our forums!
Also make sure to keep your eyes peeled to JBL all this week as Sideshow promises to reveal more details at SDCC, and we’ll make sure to have the news here!
Target.com has the Exclusive GI Joe Conquest and the Cobra Rattler up for Pre-order .
Packed complete with a 25A version of their original pilot, each jet carries a retail prices of $28.99. The listed release date is September 3, 2008.
To pre-order the jets, click here!