as you know my Friend I;m From Ireland and in the same boat . but I couldn't wait . but as far as I know they are in August here . I'll ask they guy who owns the local toy shop near me . He got the TF2 stuff in early too and I got leader Megs of him so he might give me the heads up on the ROC sruff too .

Hasbro thinks we in Europe are "B-buyers"...

Yep... curse them to oblivion!! :D

Traditionally toy stores over here are not eager to sell "violent" toys. As for the movie I figure it is going to come to the movies about the same time as it does in USA. And I am from Norway. :)

Trench, my friend...G.I.JOE movie violent!? In 2009!?
I think there is only disorganization inside Hasbro. :)

:) I think you are on to somehting, I find it very odd that a big corperation as Hasbro cant hire a guy or two to sell figures to international buyers online. But as for the G.I Joe movie being violent I dont think it will be but I think the toys will be percived as violent by the toystores because they have swords and guns and stuff.

HI
I LIVE in the uk
looking forward to the moive date i got told for the movie is 14 august
toys from the movie line july

I confirm late July the toy line in Italy.

the toys have been announced in France on at least one toystore website (King Jouet's)

When in the toy-shops?