G.I. Joe Convention News: Hasbro’s Panel
I was lucky enough to be able to attend two biggest geek conventions this year, Star Wars Celebration IV and the 2007 Comic-con, but as fate would have it I wasn’t able to complete my nerd trifecta and go to Atlanta where all the die-hard G.I. Joe fans could bathe in the glory of America’s greatest toy fighting force. So what was I left to do? Look at coverage of the con found on other websites. Yep, I’m now the bottom feeder of the toy news world. Such is life.
Luckily, Toy News International has a good amount of coverage. The most interesting to me is the Hasbo Panel post that you can find here.
Some biggest news from the panel:
-Hasbro knows, “…the stuff is flying off the shelf and is hard to find, but don’t worry cause more stuff is on the way.”
-There will be a special wave at the end of 2007 which will consist of eight of the figures which are only available currently in the box sets in single cards. Damn it. I wish I hadn’t of opened my Cobra set now.
- Wave 1 in 2008 will consist of Iron Grenadier Destro, Snake Eyes V1, Crimson Guard, Snow Job, Sgt. Flash
- There will vehicles! Target will have three exclusives consisting of a Blue Hiss tank, Night Specter, and an Awe Striker.
- Toys R Us will have some pretty decent exclusives including a five pack of Night Force Cobra Troopers and Snake-Eyes with 4 Red Ninja’s.
Looks like some good news so far. I’ll post pictures of any and all of this stuff as they become available.
toy, toy collecting, action figure, G.I. Joe, Hasbro, Cobra
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:19 am
I want to build an entire action figure army out of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes variants.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:03 am
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