UPDATE: The figure has been confirmed as legit. The folks at 1000 Toys released this statement:
"This will be our first collaboration project with BAIT, the North American premium retailer for the West Coast region.
Snake Eyes, the iconic ninja commando from the G.I. Joe series, will be the first product from G.I. Joe×TOA Heavy Industries!
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A project to resurrect an old-generation soldier using his DNA info has been requested to TOA Heavy Industries from the Arashikage Clan.
After a successful DNA restoration close to 80%, the soldier was then resurrected using the Synthetic Human body with the restored DNA info.
Even though the memory restoration was incomplete, the soldier became to successfully accomplish numerous covert missions on his own.
In the midst of a rescue mission for captured engineers, the soldier is ambushed by a mysterious white shadow…"
GeneralJoes.com has gotten wind of a rumor that a new line of 1/6 scale G.I. Joe figures could be in the works from a company called 1000 Toys. There is even an image that has surfaced showing what looks to be a figure of Snake-Eyes. At this point we would say just treat this as internet gossip, but if more details surface we will be sure to update you. What do you think, would you be interested in a new line of 1/6 Joe figures?
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