New Years Day, The Hub will be showing a marathon of Sunbow G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero episodes as well as old school episodes from Transformers, too. Fans of either property don’t want to miss it!
What’s this? A Transformers review on a G.I. Joe site? Gary from What’s on Joe Mind would be appalled.
Truth be told, as much as I ranted on and on about the wonder that is G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Hub has also brought a great Transformers animated series to existence as well in the form of Transformers Prime. With some great production values, an awesome voice cast, and some impressive animation, the first 5-part series of Transformers Prime has been assembled as one feature length animated movie!
Priced at $14.97 it’s a great deal, and even includes some special content. To see the full review click the link below!
Like many other Joe fans out there I was pretty depressed about the ultimate fate of G.I. Joe: Renegades on The Hub. But the fact remains that Transformers: Prime currently airing on The Hub is a pretty fun animated series in its own right, and the landmark 5-part mini-series that started it all comes to DVD on December 6th as a full-length movie event!
I plan on reviewing the DVD upon release, but also figured G.I. Joe fans out there might want to be kept up to date on release information as well. Shout! Factory has released a series of Trailers and Clips to showcase the animated series as the release date draws closer. Check them all out after the jump!
While I’m certainly not a diehard Transformers fan, for a few years during a time when G.I. Joe was not at mainstream retail, I lived, ate, and breathed Beast Wars. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the Rhino releases when they hit retail a few years back, but knowing the quality of Shout Factory’s work, I had to get this set in my hands, too.
The end result was a fantastic trip down memory lane and only further reinforcement of just how great the Beast Wars animated series is. The review is posted in the Miscellaneous section, and can also be found directly below:
Leading right up to SDCC, G.I. Joe aficianado Gyre-Viper is at it again!
This time around we get an awesome gallery of the upcoming Crimson HISS Tank, slated for release in Wave 2 of the Bravo line…but more importantly along with the Crimson HISS, we get Cobra’s Crimson Horseman. For some reason I am unreasonably in love with this figure. We’ve been inundated with Crimson clones over the years, but this guy just kicks my ass. Even with that Snake Eyes vest. Good stuff.
Checkout JoeDeclassified.com for the details, and I’ve also mirrored some images below.
Along with the Crimson HISS and Horseman, he’s also posted some images of the SDCC Starscream Skystriker along with a few more pics of the regular release Skystriker. Hot damn Starscream looks sexy. Kinda weird that he’s the same color gray as the regular plane, but I love the Transformers twist. The stickers, the oversized rubsign…awesome stuff.
That thread on JoeDeclassified can be found here, with some images also mirrored below.
First of all, a caveat. Yes, this is a G.I. Joe site, and G.I. Joe is far and away my passion above all other toy lines, including Transformers. By and large I’ve been a fringe Transformers fan, with various iterations barely capturing my interest over the past twenty-five plus years. Most recently Transformers: Animated really enthralled me, mostly because I was so totally in love with how well they engineered the animated designs to be fully functional.
But besides Transformers: Animated, there has only been one version of Transformers that captured my attention so completely and utterly that I bought every single toy, I’ve watched every single episode, and I feel compelled to dive deeply into the mythology. That version of Transformers was Beast Wars. The writers and designers so perfectly married a unique visual style with an amazing knack for quality story telling that I’m not sure has been matched over the past ten to twelve years since. Such a perfect blend of action, adventure, mythology, and character…it was a remarkable series and deserves a spot in the DVD collection of any fan, whether you like the more traditional Transformers or not.
RHINO released several sets a number of years ago, collecting the various seasons, but those are somewhat hard to get, and are somewhat lacking in production values. However, I have good news. Shout! Factory is releasing a plethora of Beast Wars DVD’s coming up in just a couple very short weeks!
On June 7th you can pre-order either just the Season One set to kick off your Beast Wars love, or you can pre-order the complete series! A whopping EIGHT DVD’s and tons of bonus material. Keep in mind that the complete series is available exclusively on Shout! Factory’s online store, ShoutFactoryStore.com.
For the full details and the press release click the “Read the Rest of this Entry” link below! MAXIMIZE!
You know, something has kind of gotten lost in the shuffle, at least on my end, regarding the animated goodness that is to come later on this evening. I’ve already gone over how much I’m looking forward to G.I. Joe: Renegades, and of course, I’ve talked about Avengers, and even Young Justice.
But what about this whole Transformers: Prime thing?
Since the days of Beast Wars, I’ve been loving the animated universes of the Transformers (well… besides the whole Armada/Energon/Whatever fiasco) and you would think this next generation of Transformers animated coolness would have me excited. But it’s kind of gotten lost in the shuffle. I think part of me has kind of been looking forward to it, but with all of the Renegades furor, I hadn’t really thought about it a whole lot.
Well, the guys over at Seibertron have thought about it, and even received early screeners for it, and posted a review.
Okay, I’m officially excited.
Certainly the discerning folks at Seibertron.com are more well versed in Transformers lore than I am, and probably are harsher judges of how a new animated universe fits into the whole mythology, but they seem pretty enamored with it already. They claim it takes the best parts of Beast Wars and the best parts of the live action films and blends them all together into a very serious, “aggressive” story…and I really like the sounds of that.
So yes, most of my giddy impatience tomorrow will be waiting for 5:00pm and the debut of G.I. Joe: Renegades, but I will be honest and say a healthy portion of the excitement is also now reserved for Transformers: Prime. Two cool looking reinventions of the 80′s corner stones of after school animated greatness. Could we be on the verge of another golden age of boys action animation? Certainly seems possible. Even as the father of two girls, I’m all for it.
While we STILL have no official confirmed word about G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Hub has announced the debut event for Transformers: Prime via a Press Release. According to official word from The Hub, Transformers: Prime will debut with a 5-part mini-series 11/29/2010 – 12/03/2010.
What does this mean for G.I. Joe: Renegades? Unfortunately, nobody really knows at this point…but considering Transformers: Prime was initially listed alongside Renegades on November 26th, and that launch date is apparently incorrect, we can only assume that perhaps G.I. Joe: Renegades might not be airing that date either.
I really wish we could get some final word from The Hub, as frustration is starting to set in. I know we cannot blame The Hub for any of this, as it is all our assumption based on un-official television listings, but it would be nice to get an announcement for Renegades sometime soon.
It is cool to finally get some intel on Transformers: Prime, and I can only assume G.I. Joe: Renegades is close behind. Check out the full press release after the jump.
So, I bit the bullet and pre-ordered this bad boy. I don’t buy many video games. At all. I think the last game I bought was Halo 3. But yes, I have pre-ordered this one (and will pre-order Halo Reach eventually as well).
To say I’m impressed by the level of detail, immersion, and gameplay evident in all the videos I’ve seen would be a massive understatement, and the latest producer’s video only cements that fact. There may be some minor spoilers in here.
I’m sorry, but this game looks amazing. This is the exact right way to do our 80′s properties proud. Pay some great homage to the vintage style, but reinvent and reinvigorate the brand in a new way for a new audience as well.
I think all we can hope for is that the Rise of Cobra sequel is powerful enough to warrant a game of this type for G.I. Joe, I think that would be a very cool thing. But until then, I’ll live vicariously through the Transfans.
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