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Re: GeneralsJoes Reviews Amazon Exclusive G.I. Joe: Renegades 4-Pack

Dusty Ayers — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:32 -0000

This Duke's torso is the same as v1. They look the same when you look at pictures of them side by side. The arms are different though.

Re: GeneralsJoes Reviews Amazon Exclusive G.I. Joe: Renegades 4-Pack

Dusty Ayers — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:56 -0000

One second look Duke's torso is the same but his arms are Law's arms. He does have his original torso though.

Re: G.I. Joe vs. The Avengers!

Seven23 — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:22:10 -0000

Would be great have a crossover avengers vs gi joe.

Re: Contact Me

GeneralsJoes — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:45:16 -0000

Yep, still on target. We should hear a lot more about this around JoeCon time.

Re: Contact Me

Minecanwhistledixie — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:31:51 -0000

Howdy - just wondering if the GI Joe subscription figures (Big Boa, Jinx, Klaw etc) were still happening?

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Goldbug — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:56:32 -0000

Does Zartan have wrist articulation? It is hard to tell from the pics.

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Sledgehama — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:38:47 -0000

Really liking the Joe Trooper - thank goodness the weapons were cast in silver/grey and not bright orange like some other figures we could mention. Have a couple preordered but if we are getting the change to non-blue cape and collar I wonder if I should change that to just one until we get confirmation of the deco change. Is that blue collar piece removable?

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

DrSyn — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:56:34 -0000

He's all right, not as beautiful as the othe Oktober Guard figures in the set. He needs more 'Russian-niss' to him.

Re: G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer – 10 Questions and/or Answers revealed

Timothy 'Scribbles' Strait — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:19 -0000

I have to say that I'll be glad if Duke is dead. His character just waltzed in and was put in charge. It didn't seem right. And Tatum just seemed like a wooden board in Rise of Cobra. The scene with Baroness passed out and Rex threatening to kill her was a great example of how much of a better actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is. I couldn't stand Ripcord, and his relationship with Scarlett was stupid. Breaker bordered on being useless, and the movie itself was just too campy. The only characters that I wanted to be kept on the Joe's side was Snake Eyes and Scarlett. Hopefully she makes it out with just a handwave of somehow surviving.

I'm incredibly excited for this movie. It seems to be ignoring all of the stupid stuff from the first movie...and has Bruce Willis! Snake Eyes seems to be getting lots of focus, as well he should. Cobra Commander is, well, Cobra Commander. Retaliation is shaping up to be everything that Rise of Cobra wasn't. I'm still keeping my hopes up for Scarlett surviving, but if she doesn't, the movie looks awesome enough to be worth the sacrifice.

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Werecat — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:02 -0000

"I find it somewhat surprising, with G.I. Joe being such a heavy character-based brand, that they would make a conscious effort to take a nameless trooper and give him all of the bells and whistles. And when I say all the bells and whistles, I mean all the bells and whistles. The G.I. Joe Trooper has the full articulation compliment, from the wrists to the rocker ankles, the double joint knees and everything in between."

That's because it's quite obvious there are some Modern Warfare 2 & 3 players at Hasbro, and they have kindly given us the first "Soap" MacTavish figure.

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Esser-Z — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:18:46 -0000

Well, okay, he's actually a nice looking figure. But he should have a BEARD or something!

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Esser-Z — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:15:26 -0000

Well that's boring. I was hoping for a cyborg. Or a bear. Or, even better, a robot bear.

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Alexx — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:11:32 -0000

Yeah, but they didn't go up that much. Seems like a dollar or so, yet for some reason everything comes together so that they raise these to over ten bucks in one skip? The part that really gets me is that they are removing articulation and simplifying paint apps to cut costs...but that just keeps them at OVER ten bucks? I would have expected these cuts to keep them back around where they were, not allow them to be more expensive.

If the costs are rising SO MUCH that cost cutting measures are there just to keep things above ten (meaning they would be even MORE expensive otherwise?) then I guess they gotta stop wasting all that oil on plastic for toys and just give up. I don't think toys are gona survive at this rate.

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Erik — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:38:08 -0000

It's a combination of rising costs for materials, rising costs for labor as well as the movie licensing fees. Prices went up for RoC too.

Re: G.I. Joe fans spicing up the G.I. Joe: Retaliation Premier in the Philippines

Flash — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:45:39 -0000

Thanks for sharing the news, GeneralsJoes. HOO-AH! - Flash of TS118

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Monte — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:08:24 -0000

I really want an Adventure Team shirt.

Re: G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer – 10 Questions and/or Answers revealed

Luprki — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:58:39 -0000

Remember this is a business. Hasbro want to sell a different group of gi joes action figures.Their not going to sell too many action figures from ROC, because people are not going to buy a toy they already have. Hasbro came with new characters for gi joe 2, so the fan we buy them. If there a 3rd movie we will see another group of gi joes.

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Handler — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:45 -0000

Is there anyway someone can pick up a Tshirt without going to the Con. A little far for me in Canada. That Russian shirt is awesome.

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Jamarmiller — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:44:41 -0000

Sure hope it is General Mayhem, would be nice to have this whole Mytho expanded on and tied in with other convention sets. I like it when things all work together

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Kundalini — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:21:37 -0000

Thanks Justin. Up to this point, I was considering picking up most of this wave. Your reviews have shown me that I might at most pick up a red ninja or two to see how they fit wit the existing 25th anniversary red ninjas. I bought a lot of ROC stuff and then ended up giving it to my nephews. I don't have the financial reserves to do that again, so I won't be competing to get the most of these Joe troopers or Snake Eyes.
Those black Cobra Officers at Dollar General are another matter though!

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Alexx — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:19:14 -0000

The Trooper makes me even more sad that I even bothered with the RoC Pit Tooper. The Pit Trooper is a sad and sorry thing compared to this. Of course...buying a few of these will put me in the friggin' HOLE at 10.99 a figure. Sooo...I don't know what to say about that. At the very least it looks like he's got enough in there to warrant it...sorta. Oh hell, they were shoving that many accessories in with PoC and they didn't cost that much. I just cannot see what is bringing these up three whole dollars (depending on where you were buying).

*sigh* That aside: Storm Shadow is cool, but the Renegades version is making him less cool. The Renegades version is making a LOT of my Storm Shadow's less cool.

Zartan is awesome! I like 'em! Looks like he has all the articulation I'll need; it'll just come down to how it all works with his accessories.

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club unveil the mysterious General Iron Bear

Neapolitan Joe — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:48:50 -0000

Youn General Mayhem i.m.o.!

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Dusty Ayers — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:15:51 -0000

The trooper is a beautiful figure. I love those hi-tech looking revolvers. Zartan looks so cool but the lack of ankle articulation just torques me off.

Re: G.I. Joe Collectors Club reveals another G.I. Joe Convention Exclusive – VOLTAR!

Cyril A. Jaquel — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:27:32 -0000

I found out where he got his gun. At 14m15s if it doesn't load properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Re: GeneralsJoes wraps up G.I. Joe: Retaliation single pack reviews

Geoff DeSouza — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:18 -0000

Yeah, learning some drybrushing skills would really make some of these guys top-notch.

Then again, they've been cutting back on paint apps for a while now - recall what happened to the Iron Grenadier between the PoC and 30th version.