Hasbro today is holding another one of their YouTube Live-Streams with the G.I. Joe brand team to celebrate what they have dubbed as Yo-Joe-June. Among other things we expect to get updated looks at the new Classified Snake-Eyes and Timber set they first announced back in April as well as the next Transformers x G.I. Joe mash-up set. We saw the first figure in this line with Megatron as a H.I.S.S. Tank back in February. Today's reveal I expect will be one for the Autobots/G.I.Joe.
Look for some of the things revealed today like the Snake-Eyes and Timber set to go up for pre-order at 1pm ET at places like our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth.
Of course we will bring you full coverage of everything revealed today down below.
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They will be revealing (No images) new figures for the Classified line for 2023. Last week they announced Shipwreck and Rock N' Roll. Today they revealed Copperhead and Torpedo.
Retailers should be getting the Storm Shadow, Spirit and Cobra Officer wave along with Croc Master soon. They have left Hasbro's warehouses.
Lots of Classified are coming. Waves will now include 5 figures each. Spring of 2023 will see the first wave with 5 that will include Falcon, BBQ (Marauders Colors), Crimson BAT, Outback and Cover Girl.
Sgt Slaughter diorama images are being shown but its not going up for pre-order today. The figure will come with a tiny Slaughter figure. Glasses and hat are removable. They teased another figure Slaughter will have to punch will be coming soon.
Slaughter will be released in time of SDCC and Hasbro will be attending.
Snake-Eyes and Timber will be up for pre-order at 1pm ET today.
3 3/4" Duke and Cobra Commander Pulse Exclusive going up today.
Pre-Orders will be going up every week this month and the month will finish off with something they say will be very cool.
GIJoe x Transformers AWE Striker and Bumblebee with O-Ring Stalker which will go for pre-order today at 1pm. Final product will have changes like the flag. This likely won't be the last of these Crossover figures. Another Instagram Live next Wed with 2 new pre-orders going up.
At the end they teases a GIJoe Classified Haslab coming this year. More details soon.
On a positive note, the other retro O-ring sets and the Stinger were perfect! But, the Duke/CC set was the weakest because for some reason they made duke extra bright and give CC a "reaction" style gun that doesn't suit the figure and makes the carded figure look worse. I didn't even pick up this set on sale despite getting multiples of the others.
I just realized they said that Copperhead and Torpedo are coming, I guess I just glimpsed most of this info and focused on the pictures, this is a very excited announcement to be getting Copperhead and Torpedo, two very wanted figures for me! nice. I also really hope Slaughter isn't going to be a pain to get and he's not being sold for an arm& a Leg, I want me a Slaughter, also man I really looked at that new Timber, I really want that, but I don't want to have to buy another Snake Eyes for the price to get that Timber, I wish there was an easier way.
Hasbro made the best April O'neil in the form of Cover Girl, but seriously she could be a good base for the custom and she seems to look good on its own but it's still a digital render. O-ring figures are neat, which makes me wish for Marvel characters done in that retro style, after all, this is how Marvel figures would be done by Hasbro in that time period, it would be way better "fake" nostalgia than "what" we "get". Also, it rhymes, new G.I. Joe figures are influenced by Marvel legends, and it would be fitting to see Marvel figures done in G.I. Joe style.
Cover Girl is a nice surprise, and Falcon looks great. Shipwreck and R&R were on my want list for a while now. I'm glad we're finally getting a diver but I'm surprised it's not Wetsuit. The one that I'm most jazzed about though is Copperhead.
Well it's good news that they say some new figures are actually getting released, it's been dry, I'm pretty happy to finally see Covergirl coming out, but the rest of that wave isn't that exciting it's going to be Falcon and Covergirl only for me in that new wave, I think it's silly they put out a regular Outback before the Tigerforce Outback comes out. I don't mind though because I like Tigerforce Outback better so I'm going to wait on that one.
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