by generalsjoes | May 6, 2010 | G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe Convention, G.I. Joe Toys, G.I. Joe Video Game, G.I. Joe: The Movie, JoeCon 2010, Pursuit of COBRA, Show and Convention Coverage
One of the biggest incentives to going to the Convention this year was the fact that the first 500 convention goers got a free tour of the Hasbro offices! Having this tour with Botcon a few years ago, I kind of knew what to expect, but I still came away with some awesome information and experiences from the Joe side. The tour was broken up into several groups of 20 people, and we were each marched around various tour locations and given a great presentation at each stop.
I will do my best to remember what the various sections were, but please bear with me if my memory is fuzzy. It was damn early in the morning after an equally damn late night the night before! I will post pictures where pictures were allowed, but keep in mind, some places did not want photography. Click on the Read the rest of this entry link below to check it all out! Beware, this post is image intensive.
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by generalsjoes | Jan 7, 2010 | Customs, G.I. Joe, Kick Ass Custom
I don’t think enough fans really appreciate what we had during the “new sculpt” days…as I worked on my Top 15 figures of the past decade feature, I continued to be impressed by the designs we were getting from 2003 – 2006, it was just a bit unfortunate that the sculpting had some proportion and functional issues. From a pure design standpoint, though, there was some awesome, impressive stuff.
Well, JoeCustoms member OreoBuilder took some of those great designs, as well as some thoughts of what was going to be “Robot Rebellion” (the follow up to Valor Vs. Venom) and produced some absolutely fantastic 25th Anniversary style customs using those designs as inspiration. Seriously, these figures look SICK. Quite a departure from your typical look, but amazing looking figures and near production level custom quality. This is exactly why I’d love to see Hasbro dip into the 2000 – 2006 well when doing some of their 25th and Rise of Cobra style figures. Even though lots of fans don’t have any attachment to that era, there is lots of great, credible inspiration that can be drawn from there.
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