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]

1:6 SCALED COBRA COMMANDER TEASER FROM SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES

After their 1/6th-scaled SNAKE-EYES - guess who'll be the next Sideshow Collectible 12-inch figure from their G.I.Joe line? PEEP Teaser Video :)