Well, in some places anyway.  Certainly not at my house yet.  :)

Reports from all over the online Joe fandom are reporting that the final shipment of the Figure Subscription Service has arrived, including the mysterious figure number “thirteen”!

I will not spoil that figure’s identity here, even though I now know what it is.  My FSS reviews will be kicking back off next week and should be continuing at a pretty frantic pace, considering I’m about six figures behind!

I figure by the time I reach the 13th figure, the spoiler time should have expired.  Anyway, for folks who are dying to know, there’s a very active thread over on HissTank.com, but if you want to avoid being spoiled, perhaps you’d better log off and put down that smart phone until late next week if you live in the US.

So, now that things are pretty much wrapped up, it will be interesting to see what overall reaction is to the FSS experiment with all 13 figures under our belt.  You can bet I’ll be discussing it at some point down the line.  Big kudos to the G.I. Joe Collectors Club for successfully executing the first run of the FSS and actually managing to keep figure #13 a (relative) secret until shipping.  A big feat in today’s culture.

Bring on FSS 2.0!!

The G.I. Joe Collectors Club continues their FSS 2.0 updates today with another peek at some upcoming card art, this time for Tollbooth!  Along with the artwork, we also get a great look at the headsculpt for the bridge layer driver as well.  While the mock ups were all computer generated, the actual sculpted models are looking pretty fantastic.

Check out GIJoeClub.com for the latest information and images, and I’ve mirrored some of it below.

Tollbooth Card Art

Tollbooth Head Sculpt

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Playing catch up a little bit here, as the G.I. Joe Collectors Club website has continued to post some great updates to the FSS 2.0 figures.  Included in these updates are some snippets of card art as well as a fantastic detailed look at the head sculpt for Keel Haul!  The entries are below:

• Did You Know #1 – Night Force Falcon
• Did You Know #2 – Tiger Force Airtight
• Did You Know #3 – Skullbuster

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The head sculpt for Keel Haul was posted on GIJoeClub.com as well, and you can see those images below:

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Even though Paramount only officially announced the DVD/Blu-Ray release yesterday, already more information has become available from folks at HissTank.com.

Flint Fairborne doesn’t state where the information comes from, but he has posted an image of a Blu-Ray “One Sheet” detailing the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation on Blu-Ray.  Release date appears to be set for July 30th:

Also of note from the one sheet is that there will be over an hour of extra content on the Blu-Ray, including an Eight Part behind the scenes look at the production and “Deleted Scenes”!  This is sort of a mixed blessing, in my mind.  While deleted scenes are nice so we can see some of the stuff that was cut from the film, I’d much rather see a full directors’ cut, so that missing footage could also be included within the context of the film itself.  Perhaps one is planned for later down the road, based on reaction to the initial release.  It should be noted that this looks to be a specific pre-order solicitation from an unknown source, which also includes customized dog tags if you pre-order by June 18th.

Something tells me DVD/Blu-Ray sales for Retaliation are going to be very strong.

Also, details were revealed about a G.I. Joe: Retaliation Steelbook release available on Amazon’s German website.  These Steelbook’s are not typically released as is in the United States, but according to HissTank poster Ford, Paramount Steelbook releases are region free.  The cover is based on the awesome Regal Cinema’s exclusive promotional poster first revealed here on GeneralsJoes.

Check out those images below, and the pre-order link is here.

Ohh buddy.  Now personally, I loved the first Sideshow Collectibles Cobra Commander.  The hood and the trenchcoat kind of set the stage for what they were going for with some slightly modernized interpretations of the classic G.I. Joe mythology.  But a lot of folks out there lamented the fact that we were without a proper Battle Helmet Cobra Commander.

Looks like Sideshow is definitely out to correct that oversight.  We’ve seen little hints and clues that this figure was on the horizon, but today via the official Sideshow Twitter account it was confirmed that there is a new 12″ Battle Helmet Cobra Commander on the horizon, and we got a nifty little image as well.  Keep following Sideshow on Twitter and Sideshow on Instagram for the latest G.I. Joe and Sideshow Collectibles intel, and see this new preview below.

Thanks to almostahermit and chadlawless on Twitter for the intel!

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Paramount has posted the G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer on their YouTube page, with links to the Amazon.com pre-orders for the upcoming releases.  There is, as of yet, no indication of a “Directors Cut” but I think we’re all crossing our fingers on that point.

Check out the trailer again, and relive the glory of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, then hit up the Amazon links below to pre-order!

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“The greatest American Heroes are back”* and they’ve been set up to take the fall for a terrible crime they didn’t commit. Now, the G.I. Joes must once again face their mortal enemy, Cobra, as well as dangerous new threats operating within the government. When all else fails, one option remains: Retaliation. Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson) leads a new team (including Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis) on this explosive adventure that critics are calling “unlike any action movie you’ve ever seen. A thrilling ride that leaves you wanting more!”† *Julian Roman, MOVIEWEB.COM †Raquel Baldwin, Talking Pictures (ABC/CW)

It’s a two-for-one week from IDW Publishing as we get treated to two new issues on one “new comic” day!  The latest installment in Larry Hama’s excellent Real American Hero continuation hits today as does the third issue of the new Dixon/Gulacy Special Missions title.  Two totally different G.I. Joe universes.  Enjoy them both, and check out the preview pages below.

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G.I. Joe: Special Missions #3

Chuck Dixon (w) • Paul Gulacy (a) • Sean Chen, Gulacy (c)

CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett, Mainframe, and the Special Missions team are seeing their first operation fall apart as the weather and overwhelming odds thwart them at every turn. Things aren’t any easier for the Baroness as she faces a mutiny from the crew of scurvy dogs she hired to recover COBRA’s loot off the ocean floor. And now Serpentor has taken an interest and that spells mayhem for everyone!

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #190

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

EVERYTHING COMES TO HEAD! G.I. JOE’s high seas rescue mission has gone from bad to worse. Now, each team present must regroup and rally in hopes of stopping the BLACK MAJOR and his RED SHADOWS once and for all. The action heats up in G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #190!

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IDW Limited has come out of the gates screaming with G.I. Joe content over the past month or so, already releasing the Marvel Complete Collection (volume 1) and the Danger Girl and G.I. Joe collection as well.  Soon to come is the IDW collection itself, and  Robert Atkins is doing some great signature plate work for the project!

Over on the Robert Atkins Art blog, he’s been detailing the work and previewing some of the Snake Eyes art he is providing for the project, and you should definitely keep tabs over there.  Some really gorgeous original stuff slated to come with the IDW Limited volumes, and Robert is far from done.

He mentioned on a recent Twitter post that he was moving onto Destro next.  Can’t wait to see more!  Keep on hitting up Robert Atkins blog for further details and keep watching IDW Limited for those pre-orders.

Over on Comic Book Movie nailbiter111 has been digging up some great concept art, and this latest round from G.I. Joe: Retaliation is no exception.  We’ve got everything from some alternate uniforms to an amazingly bad ass looking amphibious motorcycle.

A lot of the stuff here is just a little bit too science-fiction for the more “real world” vibe that Retaliation was trying to accomplish, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t largely bad ass.  Some really cool looking stuff here.  I’ve mirrored some of the art below, but hit up ComicBookMovie.com to see the rest.  I gotta admit, I get a little swoony when I see those darker blue Cobra uniforms.  That would have been pretty awesome. The art is from various sources, including Josh Nizzi, Anthony Francisco, Keith Christensen, Cenay Oekmen, and Patrick Faulwetter.  Thanks to nailbiter111 for uncovering this stuff.

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