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YoJoe offering up a Rise of Cobra prize pack!

Now that we’re moving towards the Pursuit of Cobra, if you feel like stocking up on Rise of Cobra product from 2009, now is your chance!  YoJoe.com is offering a great contest that’s easy as heck to participate in.
Simply hop on over to this thread and make a post, and you’re entered in a contest to win a nice little prize pack featuring the following:

  • Cobra Gunship w/ Firefly
  • Snake Trax A.T.V. w/ Scrap-Iron
  • Combat Heroes Cover Girl vs. Destro
  • The Gunship itself is worth the trouble!  An awesome chance to get some neat product that you might have missed the first time around.  Big thanks to YoJoe and Hasbro for sponsoring the contest!

    G.I. Joe: Operation HISS Webisode Two online now

    With a big thanks to MSGiJoe Collectors’ Club Facebook page and The Terror Drome for informing us that Webisode Two for Operation: H.I.S.S. has been posted!  It can be seen on MonkeybarTV right here.  Taking queues from the Pursuit of Cobra concept, it’s obviously based in the Rise of Cobra universe, this episode features the debut of Recondo and mention of a Cobra Terror Drome.
    Now, we all know it’s no great shakes, but this episode wasn’t quite as cheesy as the last one.  It was still far from perfect, but it’s not terrible.  Compared to something like Resolute…well…  we don’t need to go there.

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    Along with Webisode Two, there’s also a feature focusing on Operation: HISS Duke, with some nice Accelerator Suit action.  Check that 56 second feature right here.  Yeah, this stuff even makes the Rise of Cobra film look like oscar material…  bring on the IDW Operation: HISS comic!  That’s the post-Rise of Cobra storyline I’m sticking with.

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    G.I. Joe: The Movie to get Blu-Ray treatment!

    In what was one of the most unexpected turns in recent G.I. Joe animation news, Shout! Factory has revealed that the much maligned Sunbow production of G.I. Joe: The Movie will see release in High Definition Blu-Ray Disc format!
    While there are plenty of things to not like about the movie, I still think it was a lot of fun for what it was, and greatly look forward to seeing it again in great quality.  The information comes from the Twitter Feed of Shout! Factory rep Brian Ward.
    In celebration, embedded below are some of the great parts from G.I. Joe: The Movie…the rest are posted after the jump.

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    Operation: HISS 5-Page preview from IDW

    While the Operation: HISS animated short left quite a bit to be desired, I think fans of the Rise of Cobra universe have at least a little more enthusiasm for the upcoming IDW Mini-Series that takes place after the events in the motion picture.  Hopefully they’ll explain some inconsistencies (like how Storm Shadow is still alive, and why Cobra is still such a threat with Destro, Cobra Commander, and Baroness all behind bars) and give the fans some more…  “mature” action.  The preview itself looks like the same comic we got with the Electronic Arts video game, but obviously with 4 issues to work with, it’ll branch out more from there.
    Check out the preview below!

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    Crimson Twins set to appear in G.I. Joe Sequel?

    Once again, the MTV Movie Blog delivers with some very neat info regarding the potential sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.  Continuing their talk with the writers of the sequel, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, the interviewer brought up the idea of Tomax and Xamot…and apparently the reactions of the writers gave it away.

    “Oh yeah, well–” Reese said, catching himself before continuing, “… okay, maybe.” Both writers then laugh. A little too hard. Interesting.
    “I can’t say,” Reese continued. “You may have just read it off my face but I can’t say.” A pause. “Can’t say.”

    But it doesn’t stop there, and when the interviewer pressures them a bit more…

    “It could be a disaster,” Reese agreed. That’s when the bomb drops, the closest we get to confirmation that the duo will at least be attempted; Wernick adds “We hope to do it right.”

    Tomax and Xamot have the potential to be pretty awful in a cinematic setting…but they also could be pretty cool as well.  Sure, they were ridiculous in the Sunbow cartoon, but I think Larry Hama handled them quite well in the Marvel Comics, and of course, they’re deep, conflicted, and totally enthralling in G.I. Joe: Cobra.  Hell, maybe we can hope that some influences will be pulled from G.I. Joe: Cobra (based on the popularity of that title) for the movie in general.  But that might be hoping for too much.
    Check out the embedded video below.

    Target Exclusive "Serpent Armor w/ Viper Commando" Reviewed!

    Umm… what the hell?  Did I forget to post this?
    As I was preparing the Past and Present set for review, I noticed that I had no link up on the Rise of Cobra Review Page for the Serpent Armor set that I reviewed like…I dunno…months ago?  Did I forget to post it?
    I have no idea.  If I did, well, it’s posted now.  That’s a damn shame.  I love the set, and I figured I’d told everyone how much I loved it by now.  Go buy it if you can find any left.