I've now finally seen the pictures, so I'll comment:

Flint looks fine. I would've preferred longer sleeves, but the gloves are enough of a change to make him look good.

Snake-Eyes looks great. The head is right on, and as long as that's correct, I really don't care the body is just the v1 mold over again.

Cobra Officer looks fine too. I don't really care that he has kneepads. I do agree though that it would've made a lot more sense to put him in the 5-pack and single card the trooper.

Cobra Commander kind of disappoints me. I don't like the "hood waving in the breeze" look that Hasbro is so fond of. It's a fine representation of the hooded look, but that one minor detail bugs me a lot.

Storm Shadow: Lame! For starters, he has no sleeves. The head looks fine, but I've never really been a big fan of his v2 look to begin with, so I don't like this one. So far, this is the only figure in this line that I'm not planning to buy.

I'd thought that in the original release about the 25th Ann. figures, and what was on the website before the current "click an artist's rendition" presentation, said the line would feature the "25 most popular characters" or something very similar, implying only one version of each (as it stands, we're down to 22 so far or 21 if the single card Trooper is correct). Now, it's more ambiguous and just implies they're not reusing any parts from pre-2007 figures.

As for my opinion on figures 11-15, I'll copy'n'paste what I said over on YoJoe:

I'm a little embarrassed to say it, since in theory I don't like the idea of reusing parts so soon or of repeating so many characters, but I really like these guys... CC's head looks better proportioned, and the sleeves on Flint and SS don't really look too bad. If nobody had said anything, I doubt I'd have realised Flint had Duke's body at all. It is a bit of a shame SE doesn't have more form-fitting pants, though, like v2 did -- baggy for commando, skintight for ninja, IMO...

Thinking about the Officer -- he reuses the Trooper body and the webgear is removable, and if they do have the easily-poppable ball joint heads (like Major Barrage) all you'd have to do is put a Trooper head & webgear on the Officer body (and switch the knees if the construction allows, for the black pads), and presto -- LBC Viper Pilot!

Maybe that's what the single-pack Trooper's gonna be...?

Latest 25th anniv pics
 

For those who haven't saw...

http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=9&itemid=10970

Dave :)

Okay!!!! That SE is mine! That cobra officer!!! That Flint!!!!! So cool!!!
But Fall 2007!!???!!!??

Hmmmmmmm......................

My only question is whether these artist conception pics will reflect the actual producation figure, or whether the pics from the Toy Fair prototypes are what we will see on toy shelves. Collector sales might not vary one from another, but I'm pretty sure overall sales might be better if these artist rendition pictures hit the shelves.

Someone posted a "too many chiefs..." picture here long ago with a bunch of Cobra officers bossing around one Cobra soldier. I can see another one of those pictures coming after these are released. That is picky, and I'm sure I can adjust my Joe-Verse for this slight oddity.

Flint and Hooded CC look pretty neat. But we shall see when they hit the shelves. Thank you for posting the link!

Thanks, Jock! I seriously cannot wait for these to come out. I can't remember the last time I was genuinely excited about upcoming Joe products (as opposed to kind of looking forward to something). I think it may have been when the first comic packs were announced.

Man that Stormshadow does look pretty sweet, but why oh why couldn't we get an O-ring.

Hasn't changed my mind one little bit. Very disappointing. :(

I'm weary after reading this.

Lee's Interview with brand manager Jonathan Berkowitz

1/4" bigger...sounds like nothing...but I remember too tall Tunnel Rat from Spy Troops among others.

I'm ready for these things to just be released already, so I can now whether I'll be collecting them or...not.

4" - that's Sgt. Savage-size, right? Well, those guys look SO good alongside 3.75" Joes.

If they really have changed the scale and it's that noticeable, I'll be out. It'll be as much a different toy line as Sigma 6. That said, though, a bunch of JvC/Spy troops figures did hit 4" so I guess I'll still have to wait and see how they do compare to the rest -- are they just taller or are other parts proportionally bigger too?

The more I see, the less I like. I seriously doubt I'll be buying them.

I like the details, but anway - those figs looks to me as a neat dust-catchers and great statues to put on your shelf and that's basically ev'thing you can do with 'em. If they are to be 4'' tall... yep, put on a shelf and show to your friends...

I guess they'll be as useful as mini-figs...

They copied the SW style bodies. The new 30th SW figs have new sculps too.

25th on sale?
 

Am I out of the news? Are they selling the 25th stuff?
http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-25TH-ANN...oQQcmdZViewItem

Nah, she's got it pre-ordered and marked up to screw you out of your hard earned cash.....

There's some spiffy carded images of Cobra Commander, Snake-Eyes, and Storm Shadow at Bigbadtoystore...








Every step of the way, these things become more and more exciting.

Somehow the expolsion graphics seem off.

Man, hooded CC is bow-legged! YACK!

The two ninja look pretty darn good to me, tho! Uhmmmm, is this the original card art? And HEY! Why aren't we seeing the box art for the 5-packs???

It's a pre order
 

It's a pre order luis. You pay now and he has them ready to ship to you when they arrive. . ;)

Yeah, CC's legs are a bit messed up, but I'm hoping it's nothing some hot water and straightening out can't fix.

By the way, Sonn, isn't that the avatar you had way back when this site first started, or am I thinking of someone else?

I guess it's easier to get the single cards ready since they're basically rehashes of the orignals. Shame they don't have the accessories listed down the side of the figure bubble, but it's nice to see the old Hasbro logo in the corner!

Yeah, I think it is! I'm too lazy to find something else at this time.

It may be an optical illusion due to the dark background.

Here are some pics of the boxed sets. Folow the link:

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/story/...iRez_105313.asp

I agree..........I'm diggin' the packaging and seeing them in more of and 'in scale' setting............. :)

thoughs all look great, I wouldn't trust ebay though. did any of you notice on the fig pics that Fantom linked to have cobra commander's and the trooper's stands switched lol

Nick

They look cool,anyway...............

After talking for 20 minutes with Hasbro's Customer Service Rep who was returning my call from last week. He informed me that we should start to see them in stores come June (well summer anyway)
On a side note he's also going to pass on information about this site to the GI Joe division of Hasbro. I hoping they look at the site and start keeping us in the loop on new products and offers. I told him that we are more of a loyal fan base then most sites. That the main focus of the this site was to write our own stories for the Joe line and in some respects stay true the orginal characters. He seemed real interested and kinda of excited to and extent. Hopefully we'll get some feed back from that conversation

That's great to hear, Blowtorch! I could see how JoeDios could be of interest to Hasbro, since we do still "play" with the toys as well as collect them. A wall of MOC figures is cool, but you also can't deny the love of the Joe characters from someone who'll lie in the dirt with a camera after posing a figure just right so we can all look at the pic and say "Now THAT is Tunnel Rat!"

Another point that I made with him that I think really impressed him was that the members here are from all over the world. South America, Austrila, England and the list goes on. So I'm still going to keep trying to push on to get us the recongition this site deserves.

Cool,Blowtorch!!! That's one of the things I enjoy about this site....our 'diverse' membership!!! :D

*BUMP*




Hey guys............just got this link..............'Scarlett Dissected'..............and there's a 'Side by Side' comparision as well...........

Here's the link:

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385

That looks a lot like Micro-Man style construction. Pretty cool.

Also, based on that side-by-side comparison, if we assume that Scarlett is a little shorter than the others in the line, it appears these figures will indeed be larger than ARAH and later new-sculpt characters. I'm guessing maybe they'll be about the size of the JvC and SpyTroops figs. Not perfect, but still manageable.

I'm sure many of us have already seen it, but our old friends General Hawk has posted a joint review (with Fred from JBL) of this figure at General's Joes.

It seems to have some problems sitting, but overall, I still think it's pretty phenomenal. I love how her hands are designed to hold her crossbow with a proper two-handed grip.

Judging from these photos, I'll be glad to display the 25th Joes alongside my Marvel Legends, Transformers, etc.-- Something I don't do with my current Joes. Looking at this Scarlett next to her comic pack incarnation makes me realize just how much was wrong with that figure that I'd never noticed till now!

I've read the review
 

I've read the review.. and I think it does highlight all the pro's and con's to owning this figure. The sit down thing is a problem.. I am not too keen on it.. but I still say I want to get the figure first.. before making a final judgement. ;)
Rich

JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GI Joe 25th Anniversary
 

GUYE ,JUST FOUND OUT THAT WAL-MART AND Target ARE GOING TO SELL THE GI Joe 25th Anniversary JOES, IT WAS ON HISSTANK.COM
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/showthread.php?t=540

Uhmmmm, yeah. We pretty much already knew that it was gonna be mass retailed, not online-only. About another month or so, we figures.