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Wonder why the pegs were clogged with G.I. Joe? Wonder no more…

Wow.  To say this article is eye-opening would be an understatement.  Of course, it’s somewhat misleading as well…  an Associated Press article posted on abc.com focuses on the merchandising behemoth that is Toy Story 3.
But also mentioned in the article were some of the top toy lines distributed from China over the past 18 months, and G.I. Joe Ranked #3.  Toy Story 3 was first, Iron Man 2 came in behind, and G.I. Joe rounded off the top of the list.
This is stunning to me, and is a pretty loud wake-up call to just what the expectations were for G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra.  In my mind, they were exceptionally unrealistic expectations.  As popular as G.I. Joe has been over the past three decades, I think expecting a somewhat rushed film with an incomplete script to sell that many toys at retail was way beyond the scope of what G.I. Joe has been expected to do since the 80’s.
This is part of the reason why I say it’s not that G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra sold in terrible numbers, it was more that marketing expectations were so skewed that it was near impossible that The Rise of Cobra would meet those unrealistic goals.
Of course, I do find it quite curious that Transformers appears nowhere on this list…but again, I’m not entirely sure how their distribution works.  Food for thought, at any rate.  Thanks to Jeff Bohn for pointing me towards this article.

New GI Joe Preorders at Past Generation Toys! Plus Transformers, MOTU, Star Wars & More

There’s nothing as exciting as new GI Joes, and that’s exactly what we’ve got this week! First up are the Resolute 7 Packs, as well as Series 1 and 2 of the Pursuit of Cobra line.
And for those of you with more diverse interests, that’s not all we’ve got. Check out our new Transformers Generations preorders, including characters from the War for Cybertron game that comes out today! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the game or on these figures.
For Masters of the Universe fans, we have Keldor and She-Ra in stock and available now if you missed them originally. Gygor and Whiplash preorders are available too!
If you’re looking for new DC Comics based toys, we’ve got some of those too, like the video game based Arkham Asylum figures or the rerelease of the impossible-to-find DC Universe Classics Wave 5. The new Justice League Unlimited Lobo is available as well.
And the final items spotlighted this week are really intriguing. Check out these Star Wars and Iron Man Lamps!

My Lord these figures are all awesome

I can’t get over this…as much of a Hasbro fanboy as I am, I cannot help but admit usually figure design and production is a fairly fluid, up and down thing.  Very rarely do we get terrific figures every time all the time…in fact, I’d say that never happens.
But over the next two months, we’re getting the first wave of Pursuit of Cobra and two Resolute boxed sets, and someone kick me, I must be dreaming.  I can’t find a crap figure among the lot of them.
Granted, there are some improvements that could have been made (such as Scarlett and Baroness’ super-foreheadness) but by and large, from design, to sculpt, to paint, to articulation, there are almost twenty figures here, and they are ALL great.  All of them.  Even figures that don’t knock my socks off design-wise have fantastic accessories and other very cool qualities.
I’m not sure why this concept hasn’t been grasped so whole-heartedly before, but the combination of military design, future aesthetic, fantastic accessories out the whazoo, and amazing design and articulation has already made The Pursuit of Cobra the highlight of the G.I. Joe universe over the past several years.  So, because of that, even though we’ve seen these figures time and time again, when Winter God over on ACToys posted about G.I. Joe: Resolute and the Pursuit of Cobra right here, I just had to mirror the larger, more detailed images.  I just can’t get enough of how awesome these toys are.  Check out the images below.

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Pursuit of Cobra Pre-Orders Available at GIJoe Collectors Club

The G.I. Joe Club Store has received pre-order information for the first couple of rounds of Pursuit of Cobra product, and their Officer level pricing is very reasonable.
Click the “Read the Rest of this Entry” link below to get all of the great pre-order details so you can be sure to be first in line to get these impressive looking new G.I. Joe action figures.

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Killer BBTS Clearance Sale has up to 50% off G.I. Joe Items!

Hi – Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a
variety of new arrivals, more great new preorders and a new sale:
INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE
Hasbro and many other vendors will be sending us huge piles of great new
items this summer and fall.  We need room to deal with the new items so we
are putting a wide variety of items on sale.  Save 20% to 75% and
everywhere in between on items like:  Star Wars Clone Wars, GI Joe,
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Movie Toys, LPS, Zhu Zhu Pets, BBTS
Exclusives and more.  We have around 20 menus with discounts of 20% to
75%, and 50+ individual products with similar discounts.   Please help us
make room by ordering some of these items, and please ship any Pile of
Loot that you are ready to receive.  See this link for the sale info:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=5228
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