Went by Big Lots and talked to the Regional Director (friend of mine), he says his region, TN, KY, VA, & GA, have no idea about getting GI Joe stuff. He showed me his inventory manifest from May till January and it only shows a restock of PTE and a few Transformers items, but nothing major.

He also said that each region gets different things, so Big Lots in Ohio might get GI Joe while Big Lots here doesn't. In all likely-hood the RI and surrounding states will get the GI Joe stuff since RI is home of Hasbro.