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Cancelled Rise of Cobra Wave 3 Alpha Class Vehicle Driver Volcano-Viper Hits eBay!

Friday, March 19th, 2010

As we just found out yesterday, Hasbro has officially cancelled the Rise of Cobra Wave 3 Alpha Vehicles, and now eBay seller ws_toys / Black Sheep Toy Store has some auctions for one of the vehicle drivers from that wave. Being one of the more sought after figures, the Volcano-Viper was to come with the Lava Pod, a Mole Pod repaint, is available. It is available in single auctions for $6.99 and $5.00 shipping or the better value of a Lot of 5 at $29.99 and free shipping. So if you were wanting this figure, here your chance to get it still!

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Hasbro Officially Cancels Rise of Cobra Wave 3 Alpha Class Vehicles

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Well hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just got an email from BigBadToyStore, they are saying Hasbro has officially cancelled the Rise of Cobra Wave 3 Alpha Class vehicles. Wave 3 consisted of the Lava Pod w/Volcano-Viper, Tiger Claw ATV w/Leatherneck, Polar Sharc w/Icestorm and Desert Rockslide ATAV w/Dusty.

Hi – Hasbro has just informed us that this item has been cancelled, and as a result they will not be able to fill our orders. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have cancelled all preorders and removed the item from our site.

Thanks

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com

So whatever boxed production samples made their way out of the factory in China onto eBay or hit retail in the Philippines is it, at least for now. Hasbro may or may not still try to get some of these into the Pursuit of Cobra line considering some of the tooling they spent money on. Only time will tell.

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Sienna Miller Wins a Razzie for Role of “Baroness” in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are tonight and no, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra will not be taking home any Oscars. On the other hand, the 30th Annual Golden Rasberry (Razzie) Award “Winners” were announced and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra did manage to snag one. For “Worst Supporting Actress of 2009″, they picked Sienna Miller. Now, I admit Rise of Cobra was not perfect and there was stuff I was not totally excited about, but Sienna Miller was not that bad in my opinion and far from the worst actor or actress in the movie. Considering the others nominated, Sienna Miller should not have received this “award”.

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The 2010 Ratfink Logo Challenge

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

community-showcase TerrorDrome member Ratfink needs a new logo, and he needs your help! The long time G.I. Joe customizer is ready for a fresh look in the new decade and has an offer you cant refuse; You make him a logo, he makes you a figure. Its that simple! Of course, there is some fine print for the contest:

The logo must be made 100% By you.
You cannot copy any portion of someone else work.
The content must be 100% original.
For you to receive a free figure made by him, he must choose your logo.
No autographing or signing the logo, it is 100% for him.

There you have it folks!

You can check out Ratfink’s custom figures at his blog.

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Custom Battle Force 2000 Team By Heretic

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

For those of you who are wishing Hasbro would release the Battle Force 2000 team with some 25th Anniversary tooling, well you can probably keep wishing. TerrorDrome member Heretic decided to take matters into his own hands, and painstakingly customized the entire team! Dodger, Knockdown, Maverick, Avalanche, Dee-Jay, Blaster, and Blocker are all represented in this amazing lineup . Check out his figures in all their glory at his blog, Heretic’s Custom Toy Forge

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G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary Figures & Vehicles Found at Marshalls

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Thanks to TerrorDrome members Dagger and Sparks, we now have word that the retail chain Marshalls is currently stocking G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary figures and vehicles. The items are very reasonably priced, with figures at $3.99 and vehicles at $12.99. Retail chains such as Marshalls, TJMaxx, and Ross have been making headlines in the Joe community as the ever elusive DVD packs, and TRU Senior Ranking Officer packs have been showing up with prices ranging from $5.00 – $15.00. Aside from 25th figures, Valor Vs. Venom and Sigma 6 are amongst the other Joe lines you may stumble across. Happy hunting Joe fans!

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New 2010 Pursuit of Cobra Vehicles Revealed?

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The infamous toyssir898 has posted some interesting images of what could possibly be some upcoming vehicles for the Pursuit of Cobra line. Featured in the images are a Joe and Cobra version of a retooled Sigma 6 Iron Hammer, and 2 version of the classic A.W.E. Striker. The Iron Hammer corresponds with the reveal that Hasbro gave us at the 2009 JoeCon. Included with the vehicles is what looks to be Duke(?) and a new version of WildWeasel(?).

Also posted are some prototypes of the A.W.E. Striker that are pretty interesting. If you notice, printed on the hood is “InGen” which was the name of John Hammond’s corporation in Jurassic Park, not to mention the “JP” logo printed on the side. The included figures in the images are also a mystery. They appear to be kit bashed version of the Toys “R” Us exclusive Fire Fly figure. As of right now, none of these images are “official” or “confirmed” by Hasbro, in addition to there being no official information on possible release dates.