As we get closer to the pre-order date, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club has shared some more details and images of the upcoming 3 3/4″ Adventure Team figure sets, debuting at the G.I. Joe Convention in Rhode Island this April!  Check out the mirrored image of the fantastic looking Land Adventurer below, and the press release immediately following.  Of course, make certain to hit up GIJoeClub.com to see all of the images, including the Air Adventurer, Adventure Team Commander, and Dr. Venom himself!

The Adventure Team 3 3/4-inch Figure Preview is here!

Fort Worth, TX – March 12, 2010 – Fun Publications, Inc., licensee for Hasbro’s official G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club, has released images for the all-new Club Exclusive 3 3/4-inch Adventure Team figure sets, all utilizing 25th Anniversary sculpts! Each figure comes packaged with a special accessory (vehicle, etc.) inside an “AT Mission Crate” package. Once you open the “AT Mission Crate”, you’ll find each figure on its own individual blister card. The first three sets are: AT Air Adventurer & Helicopter; AT Land Adventurer & 6-wheel ATV; Dr. “Venom” & AT Commander with giant man-eating plant. To check out the Adventure Team click the thumbnail to see the full preview.

These figures will be available for pre-order next week at www.GIJoeClub.com and will debut at GIJoeCon 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island.

To order these Adventure Team sets you will need to be a member of the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club. As a member you will receive a FREE Membership figure, 12 issues of the Official G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club Magazine, discounts on your Convention package and more! For more information please visit www.GIJoeClub.com and for details on the Official G.I.Joe Convention please visit www.GIJoeCon.com.

About HASBRO

Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, G.I. JOE and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. (C) 2009 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

About FUN PUBLICATIONS, INC.

For over 15 years, Fun Publications, Inc. has been a Hasbro licensee offering fans and collectors of pop culture memorabilia news, exclusive product and family events through different print offerings, websites, collector clubs and brand specific conventions such as GIJoeCon and BotCon.  Located in Fort Worth Texas, Fun Publications reaches a large audience, serving the United States and many other countries such as Japan, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia and Canada. For more information visit www.TransformersClub.com, www.GIJoeClub.com, www.GIJoeCon.com, and www.BotCon.com.

I’ve heard a lot of folks ask if the membership fee for the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is worth it, and while I strongly believe it is, other folks aren’t so sure.  Well, here’s a chance to see if the magazine will help change your mind!

GIJoeClub.com has posted the latest issue of their magazine up for a free preview.  Click the cover and see what all the fuss is about.  Make sure you come back here and lavish praise for the Hunters and the Hunted.  :shifty:

As an added bonus, the cover image features a sneak peek at the upcoming Adventure Team figures…or one of them at least.  Looks like Wild Bill’s tooling is going to get some use with these figures.  Check out the mirrored image below.

Now that the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club has revealed all of the figures themselves for the upcoming 2010 GI Joe Con, they’ve moved on to the artwork!  Tonight they revealed the very nice looking display box for the “Vacation in the Shadows” 2010 convention set.

You can check it out right here, or mirrored below.

Hmmm…I wonder what that is in the background there?  Almost looks like a bunker or something…is that a clue to one of the convention exclusives?  I suppose time will tell…

Making their worldwide debut at the G.I. Joe Convention in April, the 3 3/4″ Adventure Team is promising to make a splash with Joe collectors of every era.  So far we haven’t heard a whole lot about the specifics of the sets, but there is finally some information to share, and even a look at all the card art for the terrific looking figures!  Straight from GIJoeClub.com:

“The Adventure Team is almost here! The GIJCC will initially be offering THREE different 3 3/4-inch Adventure Team figure sets, all utilizing 25th Anniversary sculpts! Each figure comes packaged with a special accessory (vehicle, etc.) inside an “AT Mission Crate” package. Once you open the “AT Mission Crate”, you’ll find each figure on its own individual blister card. The first three sets are: ATAir Adventurer & Helicopter; AT Land Adventurer & 6-wheel ATV; Dr. “Venom” & AT Commander with giant man-eating plant. And now, we are thrilled to preview all FOUR Adventure Team backing cards! Click the thumbnail to see the full preview.”

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We all knew this one was coming, and here he is!  Using the torso from the ‘91 Snake Eyes and a whole lot of coolness… it’s The Interrogator!

Great figure choice, I can’t wait to see how they integrate it into the Cobra/Red Shadow mythology.  I’m sure I don’t have to tell most of you how much of an Interrogator fanboy I am.  Love it.

Check it out right here!

He’s slightly more battle ready, but is very faithful to the Interrogator look…the helmet is pretty interesting, too, definitely looks like new tooling.  Wonder who’s under the mask…

Cobra Island – February 26, 2010 – Today, Cobra Commander has announced that Cobracon 2010 will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island from April 29^th to May 2^nd. Cobra wants to make sure that the fans of Cobra do not confuse this show with GIJoecon 2010, also being held in Providence, Rhode Island from April 29^th to May 2^nd. No, CobraCon will be FAR more exciting!!!

Unlike last year’s convention (apologies again for the unexpected exposure of mind control gas at the Saturday Night Dinner event), this year’s CobraCon promises a smooth and relatively danger free show, complete with a special appearance by Black Major and his trusty comrades, the Red Shadows. Along with special guests, art contests, an invasion of Hasbro’s headquarters, panels and seminars featuring Hasbro and other Cobra supporters, this year’s convention is THE show to attend!

So what are you waiting for! Just head on over to our convention site now and sign up for the Cobra event of a lifetime. NOW! Cobraaaaaaaaaaa! www.CobraCon.com. Be sure to click the page to see our latest CobraCon video!

About COBRA

For over 25 years, Cobra has been the leading international criminal organization, offering the whole of humanity the finest in criminal espionage, homicidal clones, doomsday scenarios and an alternative to the decadent and foolish governance of so-called ‘democracy.’ Located on Cobra Island and any number of small towns near you, Cobra reaches more people than any rival organization; with attacks on G.I. Joe and the many countries they help defend such as Japan, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia and Canada. For more information visit our convention site. To view our competitors site (which we recently “acquired”) visit www.gijoeclub.com. Comments? Please direct email to Tomax.

March specials in the Club Store, check it out!

• March Special - 40th Anniversary #23 Combat Soldier & 40th Anniversary #25 Dress Pilot (2 pcs) $34 + shipping  (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Airtight (1 pc) $12 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special - DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Cobra Officer (1 pc) $16 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special - DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Lt. Falcon (1 pc) $14 +shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Munitia (1 pc) $18 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Night Viper (1 pc) $16 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Outback (1 pc) $14 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – DTC 3 3/4 Club Exclusive Python Patrol: Copperhead (1 figure) $12 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

• March Special – Regular Joes Volume One (1 pc) $5 + shipping (Officer Level Pricing)

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For Joe fans who don’t check into the GI Joe Collectors’ Club forums, you can sometimes miss out on some nice little tidbits.  For instance, this past weekend, Lanny revealed some awesome package art for the upcoming 3 3/4″ Adventure Team product that is supposed to debut at the Convention in Rhode Island this year.

That artwork is pretty damn stunning, I have to say.

Between the Red Shadows, Action Force, Dr. Venom, and the Adventure Team, this year’s Convention is gonna be a killer on the wallet, but I’m really looking forward to it.  Check out the package art mirrored below as well.

Other tidbits from the GIJCC forums within the past few days…  according to The Commander, the Red Torches will come with some different weapon assortments in the box!  Sounds like they may not be straight-up flamethrower troopers.  Also, the inclusion of Flint and Interrogator was most likely due to a dictation from Hasbro that they include a mainstream Joe and a mainstream Cobra in the Con set.

Some very cool behind the scenes info.  Check it out, registration is free.

The hits keep on coming…  Black Major was great.  Red Torch looks very nice as well…  Flint was hit or miss with many of the collector crowd, though I think he looks good as well.  But what many folks were waiting for were the Red Shadows themselves…and it looks like the Club stepped up to the plate.

Hit up GIJoeCon.com to see the Red Shadows in their old school glory.  These look NICE.  Straight up Red Shadows, pulled from the Action Force comics.  Absolutely love ‘em.  Here’s hoping we get some decent Action Force foils to go up against them.

Using mostly Red Star parts, with a very cool looking newly tooled head, this figure definitely captures the backbone of the Red Shadow faction.  A very cool looking figure.  Check it out here!

While everyone is  focusing on what the next Convention figure will be, the G.I. Joe Club has brought our attention back to this year’s free membership incentive figure, Big Lob!  First they report via an email from Brian Savage that figures should be arriving around April 15th.  Also, if anyone wants extras, they can currently pre-order them from the Club Store.

Also, in more exciting news, the Club reports that Big Lob will make his comic book debut in the March, 2010 issue of the Club newsletter, starting his adventures in a series of one page spotlights.  The comics are written by Jesse Wittenrich with pencils by Dan Khanna.  Don’t miss out, Join the Club now.

I know there aren’t many folks who are excited about Big Lob, but I think it’s pretty neat.  Hopefully if he captures some fan attention other characters like Pythona, Kwinn, or Billy might be down the pipeline…