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hmmmm . . I doubt duke would wear a non-tactical watch . . .just my 2 cents
Now yer talking I would love to see Gung Ho do the stunner on Cobra CommanderMichael24 said:I think an even better Gung Ho would have been "Stone Cold" Steven Austin.
fixer79 said:Hey, that's pretty cool! I didn't even know such DVD sets existed! Is it a cel they actually used or something printed especially for the DVD set?
fixer79 said:I wonder if those designs they showed at that toy fair leaked on the internet... I'd love to see them!
fixer79 said:Anyway, Sky Strikers would be awesome! They were my favourite Joe vehicles! I remember having a patch of the Sky Striker logo... I think you got those for free if you were member of the G.I. joe club...
Those were the days...
San Holo said:Now yer talking I would love to see Gung Ho do the stunner on Cobra Commander
Michael24 said:Oh, yeah. Rhino released the 1987 movie, the 1983 & 1984 mini-series in a two-disc set, and Season 1 in two volumes. There was also a Vol. 1 of Season 2, but Sunbow Productions did not renew their license with Rhino, so Vol. 2 was never released, and now all the DVDs are out-of-print. The rights for G.I. Joe (as well as Transformers) are currently with Sony, I believe, or one of their divisions, and no one seems to know what's in store for them in regards to possible future releases.
Michael24 said:I had an actual Sky Striker. I didn't know they made one, but a friend of my mom's got one for me for Christmas in 1983. Was the coolest Christmas present ever and I really exploding with excitement when I unwrapped it Christmas morning.
fixer79 said:Oh man, I hate it when a series gets discontinued on DVD... It has happened with quite a few of my favouritre shows including 'Dream on' and 'Gargoyles'
fixer79 said:Another thing I'd like to know about the movie is if they'll give Snake Eyes his wolf Timber... Focussing on the new pictures and the movie costume, I realized only now that we haven't heard anything about that...
I hope he'll be in... Timber is one of the reasons why Snake Eyes was so many kids' favourite all those years ago... It'd be a pity if he's just forgotten...
fixer79 said:Accelerator suits: Suits that allow the GI Joe squad to run faster, jump super-high, smash through walls, and shrug off bullets
fixer79 said:Nano-bomb: A bomb that Cobra Commander wants to launch. When activated, a swarm of nanites are released that eat all of the buildings and machinery, without harming any of the people.
fixer79 said:Neo-Vipers: Super-soldiers enhanced by nanotech, so they can’t feel pain or remorse. A mad scientist, known only as the Doctor, creates these soldiers for Destro, who’s horribly disfigured after a fight with Duke. Destro wears a mask made out of nanotechnology, which allows the Doctor, aka Commander, to control his mind.
fixer79 said:Invisibility Armor: Scarlett (Rachel Nichols) wears an invisibility armor, wearing it on missions and for fun. Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) has the hots for Scarlett, who says she’ll date him if he can shoot her on an obstacle course. He fails to do so.
fixer79 said:Backstory: A backstory involves a romance between Duke (Tatum) and the evil Baroness (Sienna Miller).
Michael24 said:Also, there's hints of a new G.I. Joe in the works, likely to premiere sometime next year around the film's release. Neil Kaplan, the voice of Optimus Prime in the 2000 Transformers: Robots In Disguise series, has confirmed that he's been approached about doing the voices of Destro and/or Cobra Commander, and that they want the voices to be as close to the originals as possible. Interesting developments.
Michael24 said:Interesting. Never seen that Snake Eyes figure before. I think most of the Joe toys I had were from the original line.
Michael24 said:I've been seeing some of the new toys at Target, but I don't like the way they look. It's cool, though, that they're being released in reprints of the original blister packaging. There's a series of figures coming out this summer in "G.I. Joe vs Cobra Battle Packs" that come with a piece of the M.A.S.S. Device and the Weather Dominator that you can collect to build your own miniature versions.
Oh yeah, and since you don't have the DVDs, the five "Battle Packs" will also come with DVDs of The M.A.S.S. Device, The Revenge of Cobra, The Pyramid of Darkness, Arise Serpentor Arise, and G.I. Joe Fan Favorites. So you can pick those up.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/GI-Joe-Hasbro-Toy-Battle-Packs/9052
I already have some of those episodes, but I'll just give them to my neighbor's little boy because I'll be buying these packs just to get those M.A.S.S. pieces. I've always wanted my own M.A.S.S. Device.
Michael24 said:Hmmm.... Maybe I did have him and just forgot. I do know that I didn't have very many duplicates of the Joe figures, so it's entirely possible I only did have the original Snake and not the 1985 version. In any event, I think I prefer the non-lip mold to the one with the lips.
By the way, when did the Snake figure get his name? That packaging from 1985 just names him as "Commando," but he'd already been called Snake Eyes in the cartoon since 1982. Haha!!
Michael24 said:And I just saw this report that there was an accident on the film's Prague set yesterday and several people were injured, though it was only minor injuries.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/gijoenews.php?id=7127
That's really very, very bad news... I'm glad no one is seriously injured though... I also hope that the production won't be delayed for too long and that they can keep relatively close to schedule...
Michael24 said:Man, the movie is still 14 months away, but I'm already on a G.I. Joe right now. I've been watching my DVDs and have founding myself working on a Destro imitation.
Michael24 said:Yeah, the Spy Troops DVD isn't too bad. In fact, it was better than I expected it to be. But the sequel, G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, is even better I thought. The animation quality was superior and I enjoyed the story and action a little more.
I think those two DVDs were meant to be sort of a reboot of the "A Real American Hero" storyline, but then they got sidelined when G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 came out, which apparently aired two seasons but yet I've never once seen it on TV anywhere. It's almost like it doesn't even exist.