TLS Snake-Eyes, 83 sticker style digibash.

Posted on August 29, 2015 by S. Sears

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(Slightly updated) Here is an image from a 1983 Sticker sheet which fans have theorized contained an early or original design for Snake-Eyes. Further discussion has revealed slightly conflicting information in the Joe discussion group, it sounds like he was always intended to come in black but grey highlights may have been cut or may not have depending on who you ask. This black look was a nod to the S.A.S. and does appear to be have been planned. Thus despite fan theory (and one I believed until recently, and I even discussed with Gary Head on the old nerdversity 101 podcast) it appears this should more accurately be called “Sticker” Snake-Eyes instead of “concept” Snake-Eyes, especially if we use concept in the exact same way as we do with blowtorch, although broadly it could be called the sticker company’s concept for a design of SE, but it’s definitely not the original.

Those who stopped by the Declassified panel at Coil Con saw my copy of the sticker sheet (which has some other cool gems on it too)

Beneath is my recreation of the color scheme using Joe Allard’s designs for the The Loyal Subjects Snake-Eyes. I choose to keep the grey as the sticker had but toned it down. The ungloved hands are from the upcoming Dusty. Expect the real figures in November and check out the full gallery of them HERE.

And we recently did a full podcast interview with the designer Joe Allard you can listen to HERE.

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I am not thrilled with the camo, but this was my first time doing it, learned a lot along the way and I think It will turn out better next time.

Let the TLS Crew know if you like it HERE and Jonathan and crew already have my blessing to use it, they just need to make sure I can get one haha! I think it would go nicely with my concept art blowtorch (See HERE)

For comparison sake:

Still one more cool TLS related thing coming up in the next few days. Keep your eyes out and be sure to follow us on twitter/ and like on fb so you don’t miss out.

Custom Spotlight: TLS style G.I.Joe: Jinx by Victor Tam

Posted on August 1, 2015 by S. Sears

Recently Victor Tam posted an amazing custom on the Loyal Subjects FB Group and he agreed to let me mirror it here.

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The custom was made using the body of a TLS Kiara from their TMNT line and a Kimberly (pink ranger) head from their MMPR line.

For more from Victor Tam you can follow him on instagram user name: TLSCANUCK

and of course you should join The Loyal Subjects Official FB Group HERE.

Concept Art Digital Custom/repaint of The Loyal Subjects Blowtorch

Posted on July 13, 2015 by S. Sears

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A bit back when we interviewed Jonathan Cathey on the Nerdrahtio Podcast (HERE) he mentioned that Blowtorch was one of his favorites, and was in wave 2, and I instantly thought of this repaint potential. Here is! You may also realize that Hasbro is also putting out a figure based on this concept. Below you can find the concept art, first broke by Joe Declassified (Give them a like on Facebook HERE) and originally shared on Hisstank. and I believe this image came from Bill Merkline’s personal collection from his time at Hasbro, (No clue who owns it now, if I need to credit someone else PLEASE let me know!)

check out the images below and if you like it and want to see it, be sure to let the Loyal Subjects know on their official FB group HERE:

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you may also be interested in the Digi Bash Drew Gaska did for us of Sightline, click here to see it!

Cobra branded Toddler cars: Unique “customs” by Dan Klingensmith Jr.

Posted on January 17, 2014 by S. Sears

If Your a Joe fan you might of heard of Dan Klingensmith Jr. he is the man behind the Creating G.I.Joe A Real American Hero facebook page and eventual book as well as being your source to get the G.I.Joe documentary Code Name: Blast OFF on DVD. Even if you know about those things, you may not have seen these excellent rides you created for his kids:

What a lucky kid! After you check these out, give his facebook page a like so you can learn more about the creation of G.I.Joe.

Serpentorslair 3rd Annual Dio Contest

Posted on November 19, 2013 by S. Sears

Our Friends over at Serpentor’s Lair have announced their 3rd Annual winter dio contest.

THE SERPENTOR’S LAIR 3ND ANNUAL WINTER DIO CONTEST!

YOU CAN WIN FANTASTIC PRIZES !!!!

HERE IS HOW

FOR THIS DIO CONTEST THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: MAKE A DIO THAT DEMONSTRATES THE WINTER SEASON YOU CAN USE FIGURES FROM ANY TOY LINE. THIS COULD BE SNOW, ICE , OR ANYTHING THAT LETS US KNOW THAT THE DIO IS TAKING PLACE IN WINTER. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. THE DIO DOES “NOT” HAVE TO INCLUDE TEXT, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE TEXT.

THE CONTEST WILL RUN FROM TODAY NOVEMBER 18TH THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST ON JANUARY 31ST.

THE CONTEST WILL BE JUDGED BY THE 6 SERPENTORSLAIR ADMINISTRATORS AND NON PARTICIPATING STAFF MEMBERS.

FIRST PRIZE FOR BEST “G.I.JOE DIO” WILL BE A G.I.JOE ROC NIGHT RAVEN, MARVEL HEIMDALL FIGURE AND TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS WINDCHARGER, AS WELL AS A ONE OF A KIND CUSTOM “ARCTIC COBRA TROOPER” OF YOUR CHOICE EITHER O-RING STYLE OR ME STYLE PRODUCED BY SERPENTORSLAIR STAFF CUSTOMIZER PROTOXERO.

head over to serpentor’s lair to check it out. -revsears

Toy Nation Movieverse 1.5 contest VOTING TIME!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by S. Sears

It’s finally that time, to vote and choose a winner for an excellent custom contest with some great and hard to choose from entries.

This figures represent Characters as they would have appeared in the movieverse, perhaps inbetween the movies or may have appeared on screen but we didn’t get a toy of.

If your viewing this from the man page click below to see the rest of the story and pictures and find out how to vote. Continue reading →

G.I.Joe Custom Contest Entry UPDATE! (NEW PRIZE and DEADLINE EXTENSION)

Posted on March 3, 2013 by nrandn4ladminaccount

Good news everyone! The G.I.Joe Contest I originally told you about here, is still on and the deadline has not only been extended, but the prize package has been sweetened ! I’ll be adding one Con exclusive Saw Viper to the list of prizes. To get your interested, here are pics of the prizes, for details about the contest, keep reading after the pictures.

This bad boy could be yours, for free! Just enter the contest as this is now one of the prize options!

The other prizes are:

The Hard to find Ashiko with Armor Cycle

Hard to find, and often sought after. I was lucky to get it at that price, but you can get it for a picture of a custom !

And the entire wave of Discount Store figures (First paint schemes)

The 2012 surprise and Hot Joe Item

This black trooper is the hardest to find in the set. this is the only one i have ever seen in the wild.

The New Deadline: April 15th. Yes that’s after Joecon, and possibly more importantly, that’s after the custom class you can find out about here. This way if your going to con you have an extra chance to work on your custom, possibly with the help form experts. Yes someone going to Con would already have the chance to own a couple of Saw-vipers, but it’s an army builder right! and it will be worth $, not to mention it’s not the only prize that can be chosen from. Being after con also allows me to get the saw-viper to the winner quickly, and if you hurry, will also allow a customizer more inspiration from seeing the Retaliation movie!

1st place will choose his prize, then 2nd place, and the third man will get the left overs.

The original post (with the rules) follows:

The Theme is Movie Verse 1.5. The idea is simple, with the upcoming retaliation movie there is a lot of hope it will do well, and reflection on what went wrong with Rise of Cobra. To enter the contest you have several options, 1. 1.5 can refer to an improvement on the designs of the original movie or the upcoming retaliation, such as repainting the Joes or Cobras to look more classic but using movie parts, 2. You can make a custom of a character appeared in the original movie but did not get a figure,( like Paris pursuit scarlet) or a character we have seen an image of in the Retaliation trailer or press releases but do not have a figure for (like spec ops or White uniform CC) 3. Finally you can make a figure of a movie character from the first movie, as they might appear in between the movies (Like using a Tatum head, but giving us an urban style Duke, or giving us a movie scarlet head, but in desert fatigues)

The rules:
1. You must be registered here on Toy Nation and have a post count minimum of 25 (which should be easy to do) to win.
2. You may enter as many customs as you like, but each person can only win one prize.(so if you place 1st and 2nd, i’d skip to number 3)
3. All customs will be shown on the forums, and will be open to vote by all members of the forums (invite your friends)
4. The point is to update or be in the movie universe, no 100 % arah updates please.
5. You may post work in progress threads, but if you do elsewhere, please also post them here!

-Revsears

as always you can join the discussion on the forums.

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