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December 10, 2012
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Toys For Tots

I’ll keep it short and sweet, there are a lot of kids out there who aren’t fortunate enough to have the great Christmas days that many of us, including myself remember. So, if you can, please that the time to donate to Toys for Tots. Even just one toy will make a big difference.

While I was in Cleveland, I came across a store selling Iron Man, Star Wars, and Transformers toys all for $5, so I couldn’t resist and bought some and dropped them into a Toys for Tots box.

As a bonus, Infinite Hollywood will MATCH your donations if you send them a picture of you donating toys to Toys for Tots. I sent them a picture of my donation and they contacted me back right away saying they will match my donation. Click on the banner below to check out their sight and have them match your donations!

December 10, 2012
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Weekend Buys!

I went to Cleveland for the weekend to visit the in-laws and I was able to stop by a vintage toy store/comic book shop called Big Fun Toy Store. It was an awesome shop. They had a ton of ARAH figures and vehicles as well as a bunch of the original Marvel GI Joe comic books. I passed on the figures and vehicles because I had them all, but I picked up 12 comics. Just a couple odd issues here and there for a complete Marvel GI Joe run! I also managed to find “Countdown to Zartan” at a local discount store for $5 and couldn’t pass that up, especially since I don’t have the DVDs yet.

December 10, 2012
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IDW GI Joe Comic Books Sales Figures For October

Since I have been getting more into the IDW Joe comics lately, I decided to check out their sales and how they are doing compared to others. I was surprised at how far down the list GI Joe is. The best selling comic is Larry Hama’s ARAH at # 217 for the month with 8,174 comics sold, next is GI Joe V2 (Dixon) at #221 with 7,916 sold, followed by Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow at #238 with 7,151 sold, and finally Cobra at #250 with 6,873 sold.

Come on guys, these are great books! We should pick that number up. I subscribed to all 4 books at my LCBS. The comics are really the only way to get new Joe stories because there isn’t any cartoon at the moment and Retaliation is still not out. And even when Retaliation is out, I’d put my money on the comics being the better story.

December 8, 2012
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Quick Weekend Update

I’m doing some traveling this weekend so I can’t do a huge update, but I picked up some cool stuff and have news to share. I will try and post more tomorrow!

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December 6, 2012
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IDW GI Joe Reboot #1

I just pre-ordered a signed copy of the new GI Joe reboot for 2013! Its signed by Fred Van Lente and is available at Dynamic Forces, check it out! A scan of the cover page is below. While I was there, I also picked up the GI Joe #1 variant cover signed by Mel Rubi! It is a cover exclusive to Dynamic Forces.

December 6, 2012
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Update on IDW Limited GI Joe Blue Label

I spoke with one of their community managers and asked him a couple questions about the difference between Blue, Black and Red Labels:

The difference is typically in the art. We commission the artists to do more elaborate, more time intensive work.

Blue Label is also stamped with the Blue foil imprint, bound in blue and has a blue satin bookmark ribbon. So there’s some really nice small touches.

The GI Joe art should be in the office soon and we will definitely be passing along previews of it. Can’t wait to see it!

December 6, 2012
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IDW Limited GI Joe Blue Label

So I got Twitter, I always thought I would avoid that one…. But anyways, my first tweet ever got a response from IDW Limited. GI Joe Limited will be available in January! I’ll be buying the Blue Label edition! My wallet is already hurting in anticipation, but it will be a nice Bday present to myself.

IDWLimited

@TheRealDoomsun The Transformers Blue Label sold out in about 6 hours. GI Joe is coming in January.

https://www.twitter.com/IDWLimited/status/276786961333751808

December 6, 2012
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I just discovered SL Gallant’s blog, so I thought I would reblog it here for anyone interested. Check it out, he is a great artist and puts up a lot of his pencil work on there!

Crooning Dog