I just joined the GI Joe Club for the first time! I also plan on attending the 2013 JoeCon as well. It will be my first Con. I had made plans to attend 2012, but wasn’t able to attend. Now I’m deciding on which things to pick up during the Club’s fall sale.
SAW Viper Collection
So I realized that I have acquired quite a few cool pieces related to the SAW Viper. It didn’t start off because I loved the figure or anything like that, it just happened. I have the US release SAW Viper MOC, Chinese release MOC, Canadian release MOC, German release MOC, SAW Viper Prototype/test shot, and a DIC cartoon animation cel of the SAW Viper’s gun. It has been a goal of mine to try and collect every card variant and release of a character and it seems that SAW Viper will be the figure I collect, at least in the beginning. I know there are at least 2 UK card variants that I do not have yet (1 of the 2 I might be getting soon). I also would love information about other countries the SAW Viper might have been released in. If anyone knows I would appreciate the help. Here are the pics (minus the US release)
IDW Comics Relaunch Interview
Comic Book Resources has a great interview about the 2013 GI Joe Comic relaunch. Check it out here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41553
There is definitely a new take on the Joe comics, so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
Two More Prototype/preproduction Figures Added to the Collection!!
DEF Headman and Eco Warrior Flint
While I will not be buying these, I decided to throw up pictures of them. On October 26, two Scarlett prints will go on sale at http://acidfreegallery.com.
Take a look, first the original, then the variant.
Giant collection continued
Here is a picture of less than half of the boxes that I’m trying to go through in the free time.
GI Joe Retaliation Costume
Here is a picture of the screen used red ninja costume.
Celeb Buzz has an interview with Jon Chu, Retaliation’s director, where he discusses working on the Master’s of the Universe Movie and dishes a little bit on the status of GI Joe Retaliation:
From Chu:…”my first priority right now is still G.I. Joe: Retaliation. We are finishing the dimensionalizing of the film and I want the audience to be blown away by the 3D work we do in it so that takes a lot of my time and energy currently. It’s a lot of technical and creative stuff put together which I love. I can’t wait for people to see what we’ve done, finally!”
Here is the entire interview: http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-10-17/never-say-never-g-i-joe-2-director-jon-m-chu-discusses-his-masters-of-the-universe-movie-exclusive/
I will definitely see the movie the first night it comes out and I’ll keep my expectations low, but hope to be surprised. I would love for the movie to do well because that keeps the brand going and in stores, which is most important.
So I picked up several items recently. First, and not too interesting, I picked up 2 more V1 Toxo-Vipers. Second, I snagged the very rare, Nitro Viper file card still in the convention magazine (Nitro Viper is the only GI Joe that did not come with a file card. So, a fan made a file card and Hasbro officially endorsed it and released in it the convention magazine). Third, I picked up 2 international figures! I got 2 Brazilian Joes from the Eco Warriors line (Forca Eco). Enjoy!
GI Joe Retaliation Movie Costume!!!!
Hey guys, I just acquired one of the red ninja costumes from the upcoming GI Joe Retaliation movie!!! It’s screen-used, actually worn during filming!
I’ll post a picture soon!
Leaky Suit Brigade 