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Tons of New Joes!

I went on a bit of a shopping spree and picked up a lot of stuff: SDCC Zarana (both pink and cold slither versions), FSS Quarrel, Grunt, Jinx, and Cover Girl, Funskool Super Cop with his his repainted vehicles, 25th anniversary Tiger Rat (I’m hoping the next con set, and my first attending con, will be Tiger Force), Kick Start, both versions of the Vamp Mk II with the Steel Brigade driver and Double Clutch, Night Fox w/ AWE Striker, Plastirama and Funskool Weapons Transport, and Plastirama and Funskool Bomb Disposal. To finish it off, I also picked up the Bronze Bombers 12-pack that used ARAH sculpts! A ton of packages arrived this week and the wife was very surprised, but understanding 🙂

I’m excited to open up both of the Funskool vehicles because they are still sealed and come with free figure pack-ins. Here is to hoping for a Blue Hawk or Blue Short Fuze! Haha. Most likely it is just some random throw in, but it will be fun nonetheless.

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GI Joe Club FSS Figure Reveals – Desert Scorpion, Wide Scope, Tiger Force Shipwreck, and Toll Booth

 

 

 

 

 

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While there seems to be a lot of CGI in there at the moment, I am excited for these figures. The Club is cleverly re-using many sculpts this time with Skull-Buster, Airtight, Shipwreck and Wide-Scope (looks to be the retaliation 3 pack trooper which may have also been the shock trooper). 


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GI Joe Club Figure Subscription Service (FSS) NOW AVAILABLE For Pre-Order!!!!!!

Earlier today, the Club released a teaser image of the 12 figures in the Figure Subscription Service and said that registration and reveals would soon follow. Well, we did not have to wait long for the first two new figures revealed! In addition, the FSS is open and available to pre-order. I already got my set!

The Club revealed Night Force Falcon and one of my favorite figures, the Brazilian Tiger Force Air Tight! In addition, they also released pictures of the previously seen Skull Buster and Dragonsky!

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IDW Limited G.I. Joe/Danger Girl Black Label Now Available!

Hey guys,

the Limited G.I. Joe/Danger Girl Black Label that I previewed a couple weeks ago here, is now available for sale! Everything is in house and will ship this week! The art is fantastic and is limited to 50 different pieces, so act now if you want one. 

• A dynamite cross-over collected in explosively awesome fashion!

• Limited to just 50 hand-numbered copies

• Limited-edition, custom-designed tray case

• Features hand-drawn, original artwork from John Royle secured in a hardcover portfolio

• Mounted signature page signed by J. Scott Campbell, John Royle & Andy Hartnett

• Custom, exclusive to IDW Limited cover and casing

• Exclusive Fold-out pin-up featuring artwork by J. Scott Campbell

• Vellum overlay of the title page

• Brand-new endpages designed to mirror the style of the tray case and portfolio

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Exclusive First Image of IDW Limited’s Upcoming IDW Collection Vol. 1 Black Label Art

Hey guys, here is an exclusive first look at one of the sketches done by Robert Atkins for IDW Collection Vol 1, Black Label edition. This set will also be available as a Blue Label limited edition which will feature  two-character posed or battle scenes! Volume one will be released this June. I will be doing another preview once the art is complete! Here is the Black Label edition art preview, enjoy!

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IDW GI Joe #3 Preview

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)

CHOOSE YOUR PATH! You become DUKE, leader of the G.I. JOE team, as he begins his journey to become a Real American Hero! You make the life or death decisions! Or—is Duke just being tortured horrifically at the hands of the Baroness, and this is way of dealing with it—a never-ending branching series of “Might Have Beens?” Or… is it both?

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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IDW Cobra Files #1 Review and Thoughts

 I enjoyed it. Since I jumped on to IDW late I’ve only read Vol 1 of Cobra, I still need 3 or 4 issues of Vol 2. I saw that because it seemed like this was much more of a continuation of the storyline than a reboot. I do like how Costa used the shrink in the beginning to explain some of what has been happening. Only thing I was confused about and wanted a little more info on was Tomax. But I’ll get that reading Vol 2. A secret base in a casino was a cool idea. 

I was excited to see Copperhead and then initially surprised he died so fast , but that is what Costa does and I like that. Only thing I wish was for that scene to really be tense. Either Costa and Fuso didn’t communicate the flinch of the worst that made Chameleon kill him was some movement to attack or she has a quick trigger finger from PTSD. Either way, I thought if you were gonna shoot him before you get any info out of him then it should have been a bigger threat. 

I also liked the ominous foreshadowing about Flint’s future health with Chameleon hooking up with him and her saying everyone she has been with is dead. Almost a subconscious violent move toward him. Seeing Billy was another surprise and I’m excited to see where thay leads. Oh and Tomax is becoming quite that character in Cobra Files. What do you guys think?