Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Media pre-show event – GI Joe

Its here! Toy Fair 2012 kicked off yesterday in traditional fashion a day early with a Hasbro media event done the day before the show begins. In it, they show off a great deal of what their fans have to look forward to over the next year or so. There was so much information from the panel that I needed to break it down into sections. This post represents all of the GI Joe information I could scrounge together reading the coverage from other sites. I like to think I filled in a lot of gaps by using so many resources, but i will allow you to be the judge. Read on after the jump for more!

Some general statistics
50 Retaliation figures (includes drivers)
9 vehicles
4 Core figs
1 Core vehicle

Jinx’s name can’t be used (at least in the toy line) so they will be naming her Kim Arashikage. I used Jinx below to avoid any confusion.

Movie line will be fully released by early June, with additional exclusives later in the year.
Wave 1
Roadblock, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Duke, Storm Shadow, Zartan, GI Joe Trooper, Cobra Trooper, Red Ninja
Wave 2 coming in July/August
Roadblock, Firefly, Flint, Snake Eyes, 1988 themed Storm Shadow
Wave 3
Joe Colton, Lady Jaye, Alley Viper, Wraith Repaint, Black Dragon Ninja,
Wave 4
Jinx (yellow), Blind Master (Rza), Crimson Guard and Night Viper
Wave 5 – October

   

These are just a few pictures from a very large gallery over at TNI. Go check it out.

3-packs
Dojo Battle – Beachhead, Roadblock, Kamakura
Ninja Showdown – Snake Eyes, Red Ninja, Storm Shadow
pack #3 – Mouse, Snake Eyes, Airborne
pack #4 – Firefly (80s homage), Storm Shadow (movie accurate), Cobra Invasion Trooper (red Shock Trooper)

Movie HISS might be at JoeCon (think the transformers movie cars at Botcon)

Vehicles – Drivers will have less articulation due to costs
Alpha Class (small)
Ninja Speed Cycle w/ Snake Eyes
Road Retaliator w/ Flint
Wheel Blaster Bike w/ Firefly

  

Bravo Class (medium)
Fangboat
Ninja Commando 4×4 w/ Snake Eyes
Tread Ripper tank w/ Clutch

  

Delta Class (large)
Ghost Hawk II
HISS Tank
Ninja Combat Cruiser

  

Battlers – Roadblock trained by Snake Eyes. Black vest with lots of weapons. Battle Kata is a martial art that uses both blades and guns. 10 inch figures
Roadblock
Snake Eyes

SDCC Jinx (Red) – 80’s card art
SDCC Shockwave HISS tank – comes with Purple Destro and Constructicon BAT

  

If you would like to see more of the stock images that Hasbro distributed last week, you can see them over at the Terrordrome.