It’s Thanksgiving! – that special day of the year that we stuff ourselves to the gills with turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce; and then head out into the cold to await the Black Friday sales. But no, not me – I’m going to sit back and enjoy the warmth indoors, and maybe pick up a toy or two just with a few clicks of the mouse.
Despite a brief love affair with Star Wars LEGOs over a decade ago, construction toys aren’t in my current line-up of stuff I collect as an adult. I was sorely tempted when Hasbro announced their KRE-O building sets for its G.I. JOE brand.
You see, when I was a kid, one of my first action figures was a 12-inch JOE, and that translated into a love of the 3.75-inch figures when I was a little older. Back in the day I also had a lot of love for LEGO, but that was long before they had branched into licensed properties.
So, the combination of G.I. JOE and KRE-Os hits on a few strong nostalgic notes for me. That they included a throwback to the original fuzzy-haired 12-inch figure as one of their single-packed figures isn’t helping me resist them.
Keep on the lookout for G.I. JOE KRE-O sets and figures starting February next year at Toys R Us. Yo JOE!
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Here’s some quick G.I. JOE pics from the Hasbro “Early Look” tonight.
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Hasbro is hosting an “Early Look” event before New York Comic Con opens tomorrow. To get you the pics you want as fast as I can, I’m hooking you into my Instagram feed. If you’re on Instagram, follow me at afpron – that’s for AFP Ron, not AF Pron :). Stay tuned for better pictures soon.
Hasbro also sent us these images for the G.I. Joe MicroForce, a “brand new expression” for the Joe brand. According to the TerrorDrome (I’ve been following @terrordrome for their live updates from JoeCon), these are smaller than Combat Heroes and more like the Star Wars Fighter Pods.
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Even though New Orleans is an awesome city, I couldn’t swing a trip to JoeCon with San Diego Comic-Con right around the corner. But Hasbro was kind enough to send us the reveals they had for the JoeCon attendees. Here’s what they had from the 2013 lineup of G.I. JOE Retaliation.
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