1/6 SNAKE EYES - the BAIT x 1000toys #SDCC2016 Early Release

1000toys will be unleashing their 1/6 TOA Heavy Industries SNAKE EYES - the BAIT x 1000toys collaboration item featuring G.I.JOE - for early release at San Diego Comic Con 2016 (July 20-24). And while this is not a movie-related design, tis always awesome to keep ol' Snake Eyes alive and kicking'ass!

The sales period is between July 20th to 24th at the BAIT Booth #4845, and also at the BAIT STORE San Diego (where 1000toys will be having a "private exhibition" of their products). The price is US$230 apiece.


Folks not attending the annual geekfest can breathe a sigh of relief, as you'd be able to pre-order online after the summer events are over. PO price is US$250 (shipping included), with an expected delivery period at January, 2017. Stay tuned to their IG @1000toys and Facebook for updates!


FYI: There will be a 1000toys party @ BAIT STORE in San Diego with a special performance by the @kinjaz to celebrate the release of the GI Joe Snake Eyes release. RSVP details to follow (IG @nsurgo).

The Reveal of Storm Shadow 1/6 by Hot Toys (for 'G.I.Joe: Retaliation')

After the announcement of their eye-bendingly awesome Snake-Eyes in 1/6th-scale, Hot Toys reveals yet another beauty of articulation from the upcoming movie "G.I.Joe: Retaliation': STORM SHADOW! We've Seen magazine previews earlier, now the figure is revealed in full, with the facial-image based on Korean hunk Lee Byung Hun, this looks to be indeed a splendid sculpt! Now you NEED both Snake and Storm to be in the same display shelf, no?

Check with your fav retailers/vendors for price and availability. I will update more product info when I have it! Check out THIS FB-album for more mirrored images!

HOT TOYS PRESS RELEASE: 'Following the firstly launched character of the Snake Eyes Collectible Figure from the upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation movie, Hot Toys is thrilled to present the white ninja - the Storm Shadow Collectible Figure who comes from the villainous Cobra organization.

The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Lee Byung Hun as Storm Shadow in his white ninja bodysuit in the movie, highlighting the new developed heads, highly detailed costume and weapons. Let’s continue the ninja battle between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in this sequel!'

Hot Toys Previews 2013: G.I.Joe Retaliation

From the live action "G.I.Joe Retaliation", on show here are previews of Cobra Ninja "Storm Shadow", with the "original G.I.Joe" "Joe Colton" in the background.

Featuring the facial likeness of South Korean-actor Lee Byung-hun, this Storm Shadow cuts a dapper figure in his white pleather duds. From the trailers seems he goes up against his blood-brother Snake Eyes again (I wonder why they do not play up that more, than the cursory back-story in Part 1), and with the upcoming release of Snake-Eyes in 1/6, this is a no-brainer, IMHO.

As for Joe Coltron with muscles? I'd rather see a Dwayne Johnson / "The Rock" as the massive RoadBlock instead … but that's probably just me. Nevertheless, with Hot Toys's earlier track record with military-releases, and extreme-likeness to actor's headsculpts, this looks exciting!


Images from Mark OSR (from William Lau) / Hot Toys Community (from On.Cc)

G.I. Joe Retaliation: 1/6th scale Snake Eyes Collectible Figure from Hot Toys

I had absolutely forgotten that Hot Toys would be releasing 1/6 versions of G.I.Joe - specifically from the "G.I.Joe Retaliation" "live"-action film (yes, THAT postponed one), and the first salvo goes to SNAKE EYES! And gosh does he look "gorgeous" here! The last time we saw a Snake Eys 1/6 was the mass market version from the first film (*shudder*) and the "Classic" version from Sideshow Toys. Seeing HT's past shining record of producing military figures, this is a serious no-brainer. I expect a whole lot more exciting releases to come from this series - if indeed it will be a series more than one release!

LOOKING-FORWARD-TO (if any of this will exist anyways, I wouldn't know otherwise ;p): Cobra Commander and RoadBlock ("The Rock" as an action figure rom HT? Would be utterly awesome!)

Here be some pics to get you sorted out for 2013! No price points yet, but be sure to bug your fav retailers for availability soon! Individual images mirrored HERE on my Facebook album!

HOT TOYS PRESS: 'In view of the popularity of the G.I. Joe series and the launch of the G.I. Joe Retaliation movie in early 2013, Hot Toys is proud to present the Snake Eyes Collectible Figure from the G.I. Joe Retaliation movie as the first collaboration with Hasbro. The movie-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Snake Eyes in his black “military ninja” bodysuit in the movie, highlighting the character’s image, highly detailed costume and weapons.'

HASBRO'S 12" COBRA COMMANDER REVIEWED & UNMASKED

Now, I've been totally behind on my coverage of G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra (some may say tis a good thing ;p) but lemme try to make it up with this video review by "Mister Clown" who unmasks Hasbro's 12 inch COBRA COMMANDER based on the movie character! Action Figure Insider first posted the video which is embedded above. *WARNING: CLICK-PLAY-FOR-SPOILER*

Somehow I can't help but feel the transparency element of the mask is japanese kaiju-vinyl influenced. Regardless, for US$15 it would make a pretty cool kitbash-fodder, yeh? IMHO, of coz :)

CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE BY SIDESHOW TOY

Basic essential information for pre-ordering Sideshow Toys' Comic-Con-Exclusive Crimson Cobra Commander 12-inch Figure - limited to 1,000 pieces worldwide.

- Comic-Con ATTENDEE Priority Pre-Orders begins Thursday - May 28th 2009, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM (Pacific Time)
- Price for ATTENDEE Edition is US$99.99
- Comic-Con NON-ATTENDEE Priority Pre-Orders begins Friday - May 29th 2009, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM (Pacific Time)
- Price for NON-ATTENDEE Edition is US$109.99

1/6 CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE BY SIDESHOW TOY

As part of their slate of exclusives planned for 2009's San Diego Comic Con [WHAT] - Sideshow Toy will be soliciting pre-orders for a 1/6-scaled CRIMSON COBRA COMMANDER on both May 28th and 29th 2009 (from 10am Pacific Time - both days).

ATTENDEE Pre-orders happen May 28th with NON-ATTENDEE is on May 29th. "Attendees" are for folks who plan to physically collect the figure during the Comic-Con period, while "Non-Attendees" will have theirs shipped to their door. Generally prices for Attendee-versions are lesser. Will update prices when they are revealed. Meanwhile, check out a slideshow of screengrabs for the figure from the May 5th-episode of Sideshow TV :)


[16 x Images of Crimson Cobra Commander in slideshow of screengrabs]

1/6 STORM SHADOW BY SIDESHOW TOY

Pre-orders for Sideshow Toys' STORM SHADOW 1/6 G.I.Joe action figure [first teased] begins February 27th @ 10AM (Pacific time) with a SRP of US$119. Do note that the Sideshow Exclusive edition of this figure is limited to only 1,000 pieces worldwide and will only be available direct from SideshowCollectibles.com - and features an extra accessory: Nunchucks! (above-right). The Regular edition (without the exclusive accessory) will be available for Pre-Order immediately after the Exclusive edition sells through.

Peep below images for a closer look at Cobra Commander's Ninja bodyguard-slash-assassin in white, including a facial sculpt of Tomisaburo "Thomas" Arashikage aka Storm Shadow of the Arashikage Clan!





[Preview Images via Sideshow Toys / First posted 26th February 2009]

STORM SHADOW 12 INCH G.I.JOE FIGURE BY SIDESHOW TOY

You have your Cobra Commander. You have your Cobra Troopers. But who better to take on G.I.Joe's Snake-Eyes than ... STORM SHADOW?

Priority Pre-Order for Sideshow Toy's Storm Shadow 12 Inch Figure begins Friday 27th 2009 from 10am PT - in a limited edition of 1000 pcs with a MSRP of US$119.99. This is just a preview of the old-skool comicbook Ninja (good call, IMHO - versus the movie snow-white pimp-ninja version :p). Full reveal to come soon, we hope?


Diggin' the ninja-pose-hands and hoping there's the a Arashikage Clan tattoo on lil'ninja Tommy Arashikage's arm somewhere underneath them white ninja-tunic, yeh? (to match Snake-Eye's, of coz) GO COBRRRAAAAAAAAAA!

[First posted 19-February 2008]

1/6 SNAKE-EYES PACKAGING BOX BY SIDESHOW TOY

"The packaging for the G.I. Joe line emerged from a desire to show some respect to the 80’s Real American Hero packaging as well as giving it an injection of something new. Sideshow’s G.I. Joe line is a reflection of the classic RAH figures combined with current, authentic gear and weaponry. We wanted to attempt to represent the idea of these two worlds merging into the packaging. The packaging is the first thing the collector is going to see after cracking open that yellow shipping container, so we wanted the Joe-ness to start permeating at that point." - says Matt Bischof (one of the graphic artists behind Sideshow’s Joe’s 12-inch box art)


Sideshow Toys reveals the packaging box (complete with "permeating-Joeness") for their SNAKE EYES 12 inch figure [TAGGED] - as well as the concept behind it's design inception. Read & peep more via Sideshow's Production Blog :)

[First posted 4th January 2009]

SIDESHOW TOYS 1/6 COBRA TROOPER

The thing about nameless-henchmen are; you need a whole buncha them to be "effective", innit? Otherwise they're just - ya know - be an illegal gathering of (normally) well-armed thugs with torrid-aim, innit? So you'd need at the very least 2x Cobra Troopers, to at least guard and flank COBRA COMMANDER, innit? heh. (And if they're wearing Darth Vader-isque helmets, all the better :p)

The earlier-teased 12-inch COBRA TROOPER from Sideshow Collectibles is now listed for pre-order HERE @ US$99.99 for an estimated 2nd quarter 2009-drop. And like all henchmen, they don utilitarian overalls and wield generic weapons, ready to fall at any given stray bullet/s - I wonder if henchmen ever get sent to shooting school? Becoz they never seem to be able to shoot and hit their targets for nuts, innit? (heh). Well, the intense glare from the eyes in the headsculpt may perhaps be a formidable weapon, yeh? heh.


The Cobra Trooper 12 inch Figure features:

* Fully articulated Prometheus male body with 30+ points of articulation
* Cobra Trooper portrait with facemask
* Helmet
* Shirt with COBRA insignias
* Pants
* Boots
* Detailed belt
* Smersh rig with buttpack
* AK 74 with folding stock
* AK 74 magazine
* AK 74 bayonet with sheath
* Gun sight
* Grenade launcher with round
* Kneepads
* Handgun with magazine and leg holster
* Canteen with fabric cover
* 3 sets of interchangeable gloved hands
* 12-inch display base with G.I. Joe logo


"There are many scales on the belly of the COBRA organization. Outcasts, deserters, and those who are disillusioned are the typical candidates that COBRA targets to join their forces.

These anonymous individuals that swell the COBRA infantry begin their careers as COBRA Troopers. They are usually the first COBRA forces encountered in combat by the G.I. Joe team on their missions. These troops, or "blueshirts" as the Joe team refers to them, are forces to be reckoned with. Each trooper is trained in many different forms of hand-to-hand combat, extensive weapons and demolitions handling, as well as disguise and stealth.

This physical and psychological training molds these individuals into sadistic and hardened troopers. With COBRA cells spread across the globe, troopers may be dispatched anywhere in order to carry out their missions. COBRA demands complete and unwavering loyalty to their high command but more importantly to their objective of world domination.

Only those most merciless on the battlefield, ruthless in their ambition and lustful for power can climb the ranks in COBRA. The same maniacal traits which fuel COBRA Commander slither in the veins of each COBRA Trooper........COBRA!" [via]

SIDESHOW TOYS 1/6 COBRA COMMANDER @ SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2008

Sideshow Collectibles' 1/6-scaled COBRA COMMANDER blogged] made his debut @ SDCC and CoolToyReview has uber-sweet crips-pics of his Cobro-ness!


Have no issues with a molded-cowl, becoz frankly, a tailored-cloth one may be tricky to keep in place (you don't want to go off ironing a 1/6th-scaled cowl, do you? LOL) ... and so would his feature-film 1:1-counterpart be dressed in a similar fashion? *hhhmmmmm* ... altho the Cobra-cane be quite pimpin' ... LOL



SNAKE-EYES joins the Cobra Leader for the SDCC-Spotlight - loaded to bare:



... altho there's something about the tailored-mask that always leave s a "buldge" (becoz of hem-lines) ... perhaps folks can consider a "flocked" molded-headsculpt, for a tactile-parallel of cloth? IMHO, of coz :p ... GO PEEP CoolToyReview [all images via] for more Cobra & Snake-Eyes-goodness! (and higher-res images)