Last weekend was ToyFair 2009 in New York. It was a busy weekend and we were deluged with announcements of upcoming merchandise. Fellow Poweteer and avid Joe fan, Tigerpaw32, sent in a full write up of GI Joe news:

Yo Joe! It’s that time of year again. Time for toy companies to show off their upcoming products and for me to do a write up of the G.I. Joe offerings. This year, the G.I. Joe line’s main focus will be on toys to support the upcoming feature film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Figures will be released in 12 and 3 ¾” formats as well as a brand new format: The Sigma Six-esque Action Battlers. The cute miniature Combat Heroes line will be continuing under the movie banner. Brand new role play, Mr. Potato Head, and todder toys will also be available. Add to this a few more non-Movie 3 ¾” items coming out before the Movie as well as a ton of other movie-branded merchandise and one huge Duke figure and you have a year filled with G.I. Joe action.

Our first order of business is to wrap up the rest of the 3 ¾” releases that will be hitting before the Movie toys come out. The remaining releases prior to the movie can be divided up into two sections: The Hall of Heroes and Online Exclusive packs.

Thanks to Rich for all the good news!
Really looking forward to that Cobra 7-pack and the Night Raven.
More after the jump.
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I was, admittedly, a little liberal with the video editing in this one. Hope you guys enjoy!

Just a note on that really tight joint on the wing I mentioned in the video, if you loosen the screw just a bit, it should relieve most of that tension that makes it so hard to twist.

Yes. I know you can see the lamp in the corner. My little camera preview screen apparently crops what it actually records. Which also partially explains the bottle of water.

Show Notes are available after the jump
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Show Notes:

You can see some design notes on this figure and a few other Toys R Us Exclusive repaints released around the same time at this url:
Design Notes for Spring 2008 Toys R Us Exclusive Releases

Powerglide, Storm and Hot Spot Images from TFU.Info.
Erector images from TFWiki.net.

News surfaced in recent days from a pre-order listing at BigBadToyStore.com of a Masterpiece Grimlock possibly getting a release in March of 2009. It has been long rumored that Grimlock would join the ranks of this highly detailed and articulated line, but not much beyond that tidbit. Today, it seems the first image has come to light and it certainly looks to impress.

Today we take a look at the Voyager Class Bulkhead figure from Transformers Animated. I managed to pick him up at Botcon and barely put him down since.

Show Notes:
Marvel figure close-ups from: MarvelLegends.Net
Bulkhead close-up photo from: Aftimes.com
Lugnut close-up photo from: TFU.Info

Show Clips were taken from the series as aired on Cartoon Network. Go watch the show! Its really great!

And the Pilot movie can be found here (it is NOT included in the Season 1 dvd set):	You can buy Season 1 here:	The figure can be purchased here:

Hasbro has some neat character bios up on their Transformers Animated site:
Transformers Animated Character Bios

I am happy to say that I have resolved my video editing issues and have this video to share with you all. I do have to say that I really like these new Animated figures. It will be important to note when transforming Starscream back to jet mode that his automorph feature doesn’t work as well as it as it does going to robot mode. It will be most helpful to remember what his underside looks like as I point out in the video.

More videos to come! Especially these Animated figures. Hope your enjoying them as much as I am.