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G.I. Joe - SDCC07 G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary, Prototypes, and Customs.
If you didn't know, this year marks G.I Joe: A Real American Hero's 25th anniversary of fighting the vile forces of Cobra. Hasbro has been celebrating the year with new 3 and 3/4-inch that bring more realistic detail and sculpting to the G.I Joe line. In short, these are basically the best G.I Joe figures ever. Some of these figures are already out in stores if you can find them. At the 'con, Hasbro's booth, which was frequented by the real Sergeant Slaughter, had many new upcoming figures on display next to their prototypes. On display was the next wave of single-carded figures that should be available in October. The Joes get new figures of Beach Head, Lady Jaye, and Shipwreck. Cobra and the Dreadnoks will have figures of Zartan, Buzzer, Serpentor, the Cobra Red Ninja, and Firefly. there was also a new Cobra 5-pack that contained Cobra Commander dressed in black, a new Storm Shadow, A Cobra Trooper, a Cobra Driver, and a Cobra Air Trooper. If you played with Joe figures when you were a kid these figures will make you seriously think about collecting them again. Also on display was the G.I. Joe Convention's exclusive figure set for this year. The set is called "Tanks for the Memories" and contains seven Joes and eight Cobra troops. Seven of those Cobra troops are female Cobra Troopers. The G.I. Joe convention's exclusives usually go for big bucks on eBay, and with a set that contains seven female Cobra troops the price will no doubt skyrocket. What G.I. Joe wouldn't want a squad of female Cobra troops? As a special surprise, Hasbro had a number of custom figures on display. A Hasbro rep mentioned, with a little hesitance, that there were no plans to release the custom figures as another wave of 25th Anniversary figures and that they were made specifically for the show. With how good the customs figures looked, Hasbro would be fools not to mass produce them and release them at retail. They fit in perfectly with the other 25th Anniversary figures. The custom figures were displayed next to the character's first figure from the 80s. The customs consisted of were a Range Viper, an extra sexy Zarana, the weird looking bird-man Raptor, Leatherneck, Shockwave, Night Creeper, Lifeline, a more proportionate Sergeant Slaughter, Pythona, Airtight, and a super kick-ass Alley viper. Hopefully Hasbro got a good reaction to the figures to actually produce them, or they were keeping their cool and will announce that they are they next couple waves. Below are G.I. Joe pics from the Hasbro booth. - Shawn - 08/04/07
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