TeeFury.com, well known for their 24 hour limited edition specialty t-shirts has posted a shirt featuring Cobra Commander!  Retailing for a very reasonable $9.00, check it out at TeeFury.com!  If you want it, grab it now, it’s only available for 24 hours.  I’ve also mirrored some images of the design below…

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Heh…in the last post I mentioned a month was a long time to wait for a follow up to a 5 minute webisode.  Turns out, the action itself only took just over 3 minutes.  Overall impression?  About what you’d expect for a direct-to-website feature catered to kids.  It’s done in CGI animation, purely computer models, and they looked like they were pulled from the cut scenes of the console game (which isn’t necessarily a good thing).  Some choppy animation, some stilted voice acting, and nothing that will really make the long time fans go crazy.  Definitely not G.I. Joe’s best side.

I still kinda dig seeing the movie universe further explored (especially since it would appear it’s vanishing entirely from store shelves with this G.I. Joe “reboot” this fall), but the end result did not blow my skirt up, which is really saying something when coming from this fanboy.  Regardless, I’ll be waiting the first Friday of every month just to see what’s next.

On the positive side, we did get some cool intel when the credits rolled!  I’ve mirrored some screen shots below, including a shot of the voice credits, which indicate that some other characters will be appearing in the series like Recondo, Helix, and Snow Job!  I’ll check out further installments just for that.

A fun way to spend a few minutes, but don’t expect Beast Wars or Starship Troopers…  the gallery is below.

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BE WARNED – THIS POST CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS FROM UPCOMING ISSUES of G.I. JOE: COBRA II!  Click “Read the Rest of this story” link below for the full details!

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Thanks to  bluesparrow from HissTank.com who reports that in the latest issue of Toy Fare, the previously revealed Mail Away Cobra Commander will not just be a mail away, but will also see limited retail release on the special Cobra themed card.  They mentioned August release dates for both Cobra Commander as well as the new Cobra H.I.S.S. tank, and also made mention of an upcoming single card Dusty and Alley-Viper!

Considering what we’ve seen from the Pursuit of Cobra stuff so far, I’m really excited to see what they’re doing with the Alley-Viper.  They are really ramping up the accessorization for this new Joe line it would appear, so here’s hoping we get something really bad ass to add to our Cobra armies.

Sideshow Collectibles has sent in their latest newsletter, and revealed that they have a great, in depth “Backstage Pass” for their upcoming 12″ Firefly action figure.  Follow the links below for anything you need to know about the Cobra Saboteur!

• 12″ Firefly (Wait List)
• 12″ Firefly (Sideshow Exclusive – Wait List)
• 12″ Firefly – Backstage Pass

Also, Sideshow notes that they currently still have Cobra Officers back in stock for a Second Chance opportunity!  Also interesting to note is that the 12″ Cobra Sniper and Cobra Commander are both in stock as well.

• 12″ Cobra Commander – Second Chance!
• 12″ Cobra Officer – Second Chance!
• 12″ Cobra Sniper – In Stock Now!

Okay.  This is hilarious.  First of all, thanks to nerd supersite (is that a compliment?) Topless Robot for directing readers to the Cobra Takeover.  An absolutely hilarious blog-format website from Cobra Commander where he dials up random people on ChatRoulette and talks to them, fully decked out in Cobra Commander gear.  Yes, it sounds funny.  But the reality is even better.

YouTube hilarity below.

Thanks to Phil Kost of JoeReloaded.com for relaying the info, IDW has sent out a press release about G.I. Joe: Cobra II (which launches January 27th much to my own delight!).  I would imagine most of us have seen the art for the potential Cobra Commander reveal already, but this is the first time IDW has admitted that’s who it is.  Click the “Read the Rest of this Entry” link below to check out the full blown Press Release.

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Every so often, Sideshow Collectibles posts a Q & A offering some information and insight on their upcoming products…well, this time around, they went one better for G.I. Joe fans, and devoted a special section of their Q & A purely to G.I. Joe related questions.  The information is below, simply click on the Read the Rest of this Entry link.  The entire Q & A can also be read on Sideshow’s site right here.  Thanks to HissCommander of The Terror Drome for the information!

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I don’t think enough fans really appreciate what we had during the “new sculpt” days…as I worked on my Top 15 figures of the past decade feature, I continued to be impressed by the designs we were getting from 2003 – 2006, it was just a bit unfortunate that the sculpting had some proportion and functional issues.  From a pure design standpoint, though, there was some awesome, impressive stuff.

Well, JoeCustoms member OreoBuilder took some of those great designs, as well as some thoughts of what was going to be “Robot Rebellion” (the follow up to Valor Vs. Venom) and produced some absolutely fantastic 25th Anniversary style customs using those designs as inspiration.  Seriously, these figures look SICK.  Quite a departure from your typical look, but amazing looking figures and near production level custom quality.  This is exactly why I’d love to see Hasbro dip into the 2000 – 2006 well when doing some of their 25th and Rise of Cobra style figures.  Even though lots of fans don’t have any attachment to that era, there is lots of great, credible inspiration that can be drawn from there.

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Perhaps it is…  Phil Kost from JoeReloaded.com has passed the word along that he’s working in conjunction with IDW on a little “Guess the Character” thread with some great looking concept art for a never seen before character (in the new IDW universe, anyway).  It seems to pretty obviously be Cobra Commander, though with a very different look.

The full art can be found over on JoeReloaded.  Not sure of my thoughts on this one.  I like that they carry over the mirrored helmet.  I like the fangs and the lower support, but it almost seems too “bald” up top.  That 3-piece suit is a bit of a strange choice, too, but we’ll see what scenario he makes his appearence in, perhaps it’ll make more sense.  I’m sure he’ll have more than one “look” as well.

Thanks to Phil for the heads up!