10th January 2012

GeneralsJoes Reviews Shout! Factory G.I. Joe Series 2 Season 1

posted in Comics and Cartoons, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Miscellaneous Reviews |

Rejoice, G.I. Joe fans!  DiC has arrived!

Yes, the infamous DiC series of G.I. Joe animation is widely panned from a critical perspective, and doesn’t match up with the Sunbow stuff, but the fact remains those of us who are long time Joe fans have been without a reliable source of DiC animation ever since it debuted.  And yes, even though it has its share of quirks, there is some indelible charm with DiC’s offerings, even if it’s just smiling at all the 90′s characters who fans have rarely seen on their TV screens.

Well, Shout! Factory has now released Season 1 from the DiC era and it is marvelously goofy.  I’m not sure what’s better, watching Sandstorm knock over a rock mountain that takes out a Desert Scorpion, or later in that episode, watching Sandstorm again hang-gliding from the roof of a Cobra castle.

Yes, Sandstorm as in Dusty’s coyote.

Glorious.

Check out my review of the DiC Season 1 DVD set right here.  Priced very affordably at $19.99, it’s worth your time, goofy or not.

 

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  • Anonymous

    Heading out to pick it up this morning!

  • Fred Meyer

    I can finally retire the bootleg I’ve had since 2006. (Well, the first half anyway.)

  • Gigamach

    Awesome. Do want, just for completists sake. Plus, I’m never one to shy away from cheese…

  • Anonymous

    yup! I remember buying the cartoon set off ebay back around 02-03 that had 15 dvds of the complete Sunbow and Operation Dragonfire… I think they were all pulled from VHS. It worked at the time though!

  • Anonymous

    So don’t bother with Target… at least regular Targets aren’t carrying it. Going to check Super Target by my house after work.

    These Target Employees didn’t seem to like GIJoe either. I asked about the DVD and the two guys joked about how they pretend GIJoe doesn’t exist otherwise they wind up with 4 pegs of Snake Eyes and Firefly.

    I’m muttered I’m sorry your distributor only orders one wave when there’s four available and walked away. :)

  • JMM

    I wouldn’t buy these, but they’re definitely worth a Netflix-ing if they’re made available. I’ve seen some of these online, and I will say that even trying to look past the nostalgia and seeing now that Sunbow’s series was far from perfect, this series just feels “dumber” to me. But, since I never really watched this series, I’d like to watch it all. The first season of the series was the year I started high school, and though I was still stuck on Hama’s comics, I just never really watched the new series.

    Though now, I really HAVE TO watch the show because of what’s mentioned on this page: :) http://www.hassleinbooks.com/Hasslein_bio_McFadden_James.html

  • Pjdonnell

    The theme song still rocks, though, so it’s got that going for it.

  • Jamarmiller

    I too loved seeing all these new characters, or old characters in new uniforms, appearing in animation form as well. That was the highlight of all of these eps for me

  • Anonymous

    Walmart seems to only be carrying it online for $20. Best Buy has it in stock for $25. I ordered mine off Amazon for $20.

  • guest

    My walmart (Eastern NC) had it in the store in the new tv on dvd section.



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