For G.I. Joe fans who have been following the property for only a few short years, this may come as a surprise, but believe it or not, there was a time, not very long ago, where Roadblock wasn’t a household name.  In fact, he wasn’t even on Hasbro’s radar.  A victim of lost trademarks, it seemed inevitable that Roadblock would simply fade from the consciousness of the G.I. Joe faithful and no longer be a major part of ongoing canon.

Sure didn’t turn out that way, huh?

I must give credit to long time Joe buddy Todd of Magnum 6 Delta for prompting me to put this post together, and considering the G.I. Joe: Retaliation motion picture on the horizon, and the potential for redefining the core characters of the Real American Hero brand, the timing couldn’t be better.  Click the “Read the Rest of this Story” link below to check out the full article.

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Now this poster is pretty cool.  Not a whole lot of action, just featuring mostly head shots of the cast, we get some pretty cool layout, some London damage in the background, and a very cool shot of Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow, and a masked Firefly all along the bottom.  I dig this poster big time.

Thanks to NFCJD for pointing it out, and you can find it on ImpAwards.com.

And what the hell.  Still no Flint?  It’s a conspiracy, dammit!  Don’t worry, DJ Cotrona, there are fans out here who still love you.

Thanks to ComingSoon.net we have a look at the last G.I. Joe: Retaliation theatrical poster.  The poster takes some imagery from the previous character posters and combines it all into one pretty cool looking theatrical poster for the film.

Loving how this looks.  Another poster to add to my growing “want list”!  Check out the original post on ComingSoon.net, and also mirrored below.  Thanks to the Twitter account for the General Geekery Podcast for the heads up!

UPDATE – It looks like there are also posters for Brazil and the UK as well, which I’ve included in the gallery below.  The Brazil one is the split one that actually has Firefly in it.  The other one with Lee Byung-Hun subtly included is for the UK.

So, poor Flint is 0 for 3 on Retaliation posters.  What did he ever do to you, Paramount?!?  Thanks to toycollector962 for the updated info.

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Thanks to Twitter bud toycollector962 for pointing out some great video interviews with the folks involved in the production of G.I. Joe: Retaliation…  nothing new or ground breaking, but still, some interviews we have not yet seen (that I’m aware of).

Check them out below!

As if G.I. Joe: Retaliation wasn’t enough, we’ve got the upcoming social media G.I. Joe: Special Ops online game that is looking more out of this world with every reveal!  Today we’re introduced to the Special Ops version of Roadblock, Lifeline, Buzzer, Dr. Mindbender, the Cobra Stun and G.I. Joe: Wolverine, and things are looking awesome.  Very much a vintage aesthetic, with some neat 30th Anniversary twists.

Lifeline is clearly based on the way the 30th Anniversary figure looks, with those unique differences from the classic version.  Roadblock, on the other hand, is looking like his old school Tiger Force version.  Pretty awesome.

Check out the latest details at the Special Ops website on SyFy.com, and I’ve mirrored some nice images below.  I mean, doesn’t it seem like we’ve been waiting for some kind of game like this forever?  When have we gotten such character and vehicle-accurate renders for any kind of video game?  I’m getting pretty excited to check this out, just in case you couldn’t tell.  I’ve mirrored darn near every image we’ve seen so far, check out the most recent ones on the end.

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Big thanks to The Terror Drome for digging up a nice wealth of press images and the character posters without that distracting text from Stark Industries!  I’ve gone ahead and mirrored them all below, and I’m loving them.  The character posters are especially cool without the text on the top of them.

Check out the gallery below, and again thanks to The Terror Drome for locating these.

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Because why not?  We’ve only got 4 new trailers over the past two days, why not a new image as well to go along with it?

Thanks to Collider.com for the intel, and the image is mirrored below.

So we’ve seen a number of International trailers flying around over the past few days, so I figured I’d take some time to grab some screenshots from those to add to the ongoing library.  I know I’ve noticed some very cool elements from this footage that I didn’t necessarily see over the first viewing.

To me, International Trailer “G” especially was eye opening.  I believe it’s been marketed as a Korean trailer, and features a heavy element of martial arts action, focusing on Storm Shadow specifically.  The sequence near the end where it appears as if Joe Colton is talking to Storm Shadow in a friendly way is especially interesting, leading to some speculation that Arashikage may be joining the good guys this time around.

We also get a very nice look at the Cobra helicopter and a front view of the HISS Tank.  Check out the screen grabs below.

International Trailer G (Korean Trailer?)

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There have also been assorted other International trailers, and I’ve tried to grab some new screen shots from those as well, which you can see below

Other International Trailers

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To see the trailers themselves click here for embedded videos of each.  I will also be adding all of this to the G.I. Joe: Retaliation SuperPage on an ongoing basis!

Looks like a double decker at comic shops this week as Wednesday brings us both the conclusion for the G.I. Joe: Retaliation prequel series and Issue #12 of the ongoing Snake Eyes series which kicks off his new adventures apart from the G.I. Joe team!

Check out the previews for both of these issues below, one sale at comic shops everywhere on Wednesday.

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G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation #4 (of 4)

John Barber (w) • Salvador Navarro (a & c)

The final battle! STORM SHADOW leads his ninja on an attack that threatens to cripple America’s national security! The only men who can stop him are SNAKE EYES and ROADBLOCK—but can they put aside their differences and learn from each other in time? It’s ninja and commando action in the frantic G.I. JOE manner, leading ino the hottest movie of 2012!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:

Black & white Salvador Navarro cover!

Bullet points:

• Secrets of the new G.I. JOE movie are revealed!
• See ROADBLOCK’s all-new fighting style in action!
• Non-stop G.I. JOE combat!

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Snake Eyes Ongoing #12

Chuck Dixon (w) • Bennie Lobel  (a) • Robert Atkins, Andrew Griffith (c)

COBRA COMMAND AFTERMATH! The most dangerous Joe is presumed K.I.A.—but we know different! SNAKE EYES returns to the HARD MASTER to deliver some shocking news as only the silent JOE can. But someone SNAKE EYES cares deeply about has been harmed and someone else is going to have to pay for that. It’s ninja action in the urban jungle and plenty of new surprises!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:

Black & White Robert Atkins cover!

Bullet points:

• In the aftermath of COBRA COMMAND, everything changes!
• SNAKE EYES as you’ve never seen him before!
• Ninjas fighting in the streets!

I absolutely cannot say enough for my site visitors.  I have a couple of guys in the UK who absolutely went above and beyond to bring us these reports.  Dave Tree talked about the footage he saw a little over a week ago, and now Russ Sheath has taken considerable time and effort to do this write up for GeneralsJoes as well.  They get no payment for this, they do it because they enjoy the site and they want G.I. Joe fans to get an idea of what to expect when June 29th comes.

I feel extremely honored that they would choose GeneralsJoes as a place to post this information, and cannot thank them enough.  Fantastic, fantastic coverage.

Russ is a regular contributor to Aint it Cool News, and he sent them one screening report, and then wrote up a specific post geared towards Joe fans for GeneralsJoes as well.  Awesome.  Russ and Dave, you guys are both awesome.

This screening report encompasses about 10 minutes of footage, and could be considered rich spoiler material, so tread forward with caution.  There is a LOT of detail here, and Russ went through a ton of work, so hopefully folks can read it through, enjoy it, and get a good idea of what to expect come June 29th.  I know I am extremely excited.

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