GiJoe 2009 Movie - Rise of Cobra ~

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Aug 8, 2009 22:45:13 GMT 8 Gold said:

Hehe, it's not the Joe movie of my dreams but it was tolerable enough, just hate 3 things about it

-Snake Eyes' lips (Power Rangers?)

-Cobra Commander's over the top voice when he wore the new mask.

-Ripcord and Scarlette... just no.. nothing against Inter-racial relationships but I would've liked it if it was the old Duke-Scarlette-Snake Eyes love angle, heaven knows we don't need another character added in that mess.


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yeah, I have to agree with snake's lips... it really bothers me... lol

one more: Destro's face changed in the last part. It wasn't the original actor's face anymore. Plus instant added body mass after the face change... hahaha...

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From the ongoing JoeCon 2009

2010 releases:

2010 Themes
-The Pursuit of Cobra
-Jungle
-Urban
-Desert
-Arctic Search For Cobras Ultimate Weapon the theme.




Vehicles:

GI Joe Cycle Armor With Ashiko (cycle turns into armour)

Armored Panther with Outback

Cobra Ice Cutter (ice tank) repaint Snow Serpent officer

Hiss Attack Scout with Sand Viper

Cobra Fury Tank(repainted Rage) with Alley Viper

Wolf Hound(Snow cat in Camo repaint) with Whiteout

Sand Serpent(Dark yellow repaint Night Raven) with Star Viper

There will be an all-new Hiss Tank , new mold, moving treads, cockpit and a pop up gunners station, new guns, pops up and pivots. (Resolute HISS tank?)




New figures:

Ripcord Jungle Assault

Duke City Strike

Snake Eyes City Strike (Resolute SE)

Storm Shadow Arctic Threat

Desert Viper

Duke Arctic Threat

Snow Job Arctic Threat

Destro Arctic Threat

Elite Ice Viper

Storm Shadow Jungle Assault

Zartan Desert Battle comes with Falcon(Falcon has a removable hood)

Ripcord Desert Battle

Snake Eyes Arctic threat comes with a new Timber

Duke Jungle Assault

Cobra Commander Jungle Assault

Jungle Viper (jungle assault cobra sniper)

Recondo Jungle Assault

scarlet city strike

Firefly City Strike

Heavy Duty Desert Battle





Mail Away:

Movie Cobra Commander Carded Figure.





No plans for a Terror Drome at this time.


From here:

toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=14844



Pics here:

toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=14847


It should be noted that some of the figures shown such as the Monstro-Viper, Frag-Viper, H.E.A.T. Viper, Iguanus, Bio-Viper and Toxo-Vipers are all Hasbro made customs and not currently slated for release.






Day 2

Jet Storm Cycle with Snake Eyes (Rip-Cord Powered)

Tiger Snake with Street Viper (Rip-Cord Powered)

Joe and Cobra Mech Suits (2” Sigma mech done in 3.75 scale)



Training Duke

Beachhead (Urban Assault)

All new Shadowtracker (Cobra Tracker)





Target Exclusives:

Ram with Sandstorm

Trouble Bubble with Elite Viper

Glider with Ace

Twin Battle Gun with Range Viper


Toys R Us Exclusives:

Arctic Doc

Arctic Shipwreck

Sting Raider (repaint Water Moccasin) with Copperhead and Swamp Viper


From here:
toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=14849




So far, only the Resolute SE and the Snow Cat catch my fancy. The rest I can skip on, looks like 2010 will be kinder to my wallet...



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Hmm.. so according to New York Post, the ROC figures aren't doing so well...?



www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hasbro_gi_joe_big_sissy_ByC6NlbieXrPZjUnxczTTM




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Hmm.. I didn't realize Operation HISS had already started airing. It's already on Episode 2. For the unfamiliar, Operation HISS is a sequel of sorts to the Rise of Cobra Movie, done in CG.


www.hasbro.com/monkeybartv/default.cfm?page=Entertainment/Videos/VideoSelect&aid=4258


So we get(based off the character casting) Recondo, Agent Helix, Snowjob and Kamakura in the lineup (no Breaker??)

Man are the episodes ridiculously short! The opening and closing credits take up more than half the video. The actual episode runs about 1 minute 30 seconds

The whole theme of the series is about introducing the new "HISS Tank".

The strange part is, we don't get explanations about how Destro and Cobra Commander and got loose, why Baroness is evil again. Sigh..




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Hasbro's webshop has started their BOGO promo.

Buy One Get One.


www.hasbrotoyshop.com/bogo-event-gi-joe



I guess the line is non-moving in the US? At least as far as old stocks are concerned.


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Someone over at Toynewsi forums did a quick review of the upcoming Bravo Class new Hiss tank. He gave it a 5/10?


forums.toynewsi.com/index.php?showtopic=2074349


Seems like the pop-up action feature kept getting in the way of the fun, plus the brown color is just ... off..





Here's a look at the Resolute designs Hiss tank. Sigh. Wish they made it instead.

www.theterrordrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/g_i_joe_resolute_hiss_tank_by_dusty_abell.jpg



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