GI Joe Hasbro Pulse March 2023 Fanstream Recap
The GI Joe Team as Hasbro had a jam packed GI Joe Hasbro Pulse Fanstream today, and we recap all the reveals from today and let you know where you can preorder all the figures! They went through 3 name only reveals, 4 digital render reveals and 8 preorder reveals! We are going to recap all of that for you here right now!
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Mainline Preorders
The following list of 6 mainline preorders are going up for sale today March 8th, 2023 at all your favorite retailers starting at 10am PST / 1PM PST. They will retail for $24.99
Where to Preorder:
You can preorder all the mainline reveals at:
Rock’n Roll – Code name: GIJ CS BRONTE
One of GI Joe’s most iconic characters, we finally get Rock N Roll coming to the line. It’s great to finally see what his actual production figure looks like! He has an old Surfer vibe and heavy weapons look. He included full sleeve tattoos in faded blues. He comes with variant hands with skull tattoo, a heavy blaster with functional bi-pod and ammo belts strapped across his chest.
Some of Rock N Roll’s features include:
- Tattoos on his arms and hand. Skull on his hand
- Extra set of hands , Trigger, fist and double horn fingers
- “Hang Ten” on the back of his helmet as a nod to his surfer vibe.
- Removeable helmet
- Greens, light tans and brown scents
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Rock and Roll at:
Bazooka – Code Name: GIJ CS CHARACTER PALLAS
When Bazooka was revealed last year, we were all super excited, except he was the Tiger Force version and that was cool, but I’m sure you all wished he was his classic version. We’ll Hasbro is bringing us Classic Bazooka! He is dressed in his classic red football jersey with the blue 14 on the chest. He is sporting his classic mustache, green helmet and green pants. This is a very beefy character, and has an aggressive and meaty design. A nice detail was that his jersey hangs over his biceps for a nice layered effect.
Some of Bazooka’s features include:
- Red shirt with blue “14” on his chest
- 4 rounds of removeable bazookas come packed with him to load in his backpack
- Comes with his signature bazooka and helmet
- Blast effects from other figures will work on his bazooka.
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Bazooka at:
- Bazooka Classified: Entertainment Earth
- Bazooka Classifed: Amazon
- Bazooka Classified: Hasbro Pulse
- Bazooka CLassfied: BBTS
Torpedo – Code Name: GIJ CS VERNE
Torpedo was another exciting digital render reveal. He comes in a black and white wet suit design, with awesome scuba accessories. He includes a spear gun that attaches to his backpack and to his shoulder in a hoop. He also comes with black and red fins. His west suits is a skin tight costume that looks amazing and he even includes backpack straps. We can’t wait to see him in people’s bath tubs!
Some of Torpedo’s features include:
- Mask and breather comes off
- Red and black flippers come off
- Comes ith SMG rifle
- Softback on the air tank that straps to his back.
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Torpedo at:
Copperhead – Code Name: GIJ CS SHELLEY
We all knew Copperhead was coming, and everyone figured he was going to be in his Python Patrol colors. But in a pleasant surprise, we are getting his classic green design! He includes side arm holsters on his back, a tattoo on his right wrist, silver Cobra logo on his chest, maniacal expression on his face. He is wearing a none removable helmet because that helmet is part of the character.
Some of Copperhead’s features include:
- Comes with a bunch of machetes
- Holster on his back to hold pistols
- chest strap to hold his small pistol
- Matte finishes in green and bright greens
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Copperhead at:
- Copperhead Classified: Entertainment Earth
- Copperhead Classified: Hasbro Pulse
- Copperhead Classfied: BBTS
Shipwreck – Code name: GIJ CS AUSTEN
This has to be the one digital reveal I was personally the most excited about, and it is Shipwreck in his classic blue shirt with jeans, with his pet companion Polly who can attach to his shoulder! He includes ropes strapped to his chest, swappable hair piece, hairy chest detail, trademark tattoos, and weathering effect on jeans. He comes with a grappling hook, a pistol, and a double barreled musket.
Some of Shipwreck’s features include:
- Tattoos on his arms
- Updated anchor tattoo
- Hairy chest
- Removeable hat and can replace with hair.
- Rope strapped to his chest and Polly pegs to the rope on his shoulder
- Comes with an anchor as well
- Polly has a ton of deco on him
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Shipwreck at:
- Shipwreck Classified: Entertainment Earth
- Shipwreck Classified: Hasbro Pulse
- Shipwreck Classfied: BBTS
Scrap Iron & Drone – Code Name: Dumas and Pet
Announced as a pipeline reveal back on June 22, 2022, we finally get to see what Scrap Iron will look like as a production figure and he is amazing! He comes with an amazing pack out full of blast effects, and a drone missile launcher! He is totally rockin’ his 80’s vintage look! Way to go Hasbro, you nailed it on this one! He has a mohawk and removeable helmet, and his face print looks incredible. He has a large abrasion on his head and his eye which give him a very weathered and battle heavy look. The drone is huge, in black with two massive red missiles and blast effects connect in the front so looks like drone is blasting the missiles. Scrap Iron will be a main line deluxe figure release and will retail for $44.99
Some of the features of Scrap Iron and the Drone include:
- Drone tank is articulated
- Drone treads are articulated
- Red tactical vest
- Boots are little more sci-fi.
- Comes with incredible huge “ fallout” blast effects
- Blast effects load into Bazooka’s bazooka and his missile attaches to it as well.
Where to Buy:
You can preorder Scrap Iron at:
- Scrap Iron Classified: Entertainment Earth
- Scrap Iron Classified: Amazon
- Scrap Iron Classified: Hasbro Pulse
- Scrap Iron Classfied: BBTS
Where to Preorder:
You can preorder all the mainline reveals at:
Hasbro Pulse Exclusives
These Hasbro pulse exclusive go on sale today March 8th, 2023 at 1pm EST/ 10am PST
Female Cobra Valkyries 2-Pack
We finally get to see what the new Female Cobra Valkyries 2 pack looks in production! . Revealed during today’s live stream, we can see that they come with a bevy of weapons and accessories they come packed with. They each have back packs, one in tan and one in black. There are multiple blast effects, just like the ones that came with the Viper 3 Pack. Each trooper comes with 2 side arm pistols, a knife, a rifle, and a machine gun, both with removeable cartridges. Their uniform is a deep Cobra blue with red and gold accents and we are sure this is going to be a sough after army builder! Plus, they are packed with removeable helmets and a face mask. These will retail for $54.99 and will be a Hasbro Pulse exclusive!
Some of the features include:
- Completely new sculpts
- You can mix and match the heads. Comes with officer’s helmet as well.
- Mix and matching and comes loaded with multiple rifles, two back packs and a bunch of blast effects.
- You can stow the rifles on the backpacks
Where to Buy:
These are a Hasbro Pulse exclusive, and the Cobra Valkyries 2 Pack can be preordered at:
Valkyries Classified: Hasbro Pulse
Snow Job
Announced as a pipeline reveal on June 15, 2022, we finally get to see what Snow Job looks like as a production figure and he looks incredible! He comes with an amazing packout with a full ski load out, two head sculpts, and some cool 80’s shades! Snowjob will be a Deluxe Figure Hasbro pulse exclusive that retails for $34.99 and will go up for preorder today at 1pm EST/ 10am PST.
Some of Snowjob’s features include:
- Comes with 2 hoods, up, down,
- Alternate heads
- Comes with googles, skis snowshoes, and ski poles, rifle, gun
- Skis and snow shoes pegs to feet
- Rifle and backpack
- C clips that will stow his ski poles
- And hoops to load his skis.
- Stow his show shoes on some oval pins on his backpack
- Rifle stows on the top of his backpack
- Wind burnt look to his face
Where to Buy:
Snow Job is a Hasbro Pulse exclusive and can be preordered at:
Snow Job Classified: Hasbro Pulse
Name Only Pipeline Reveals
We got 3 name only reveals during today’s live stream and they included:
- Big Boa
- Quick Kick
- Mutt and Junkyard
You can read more about these figures in our Full List GI Joe Classified Series 2023 Pipeline Reveals article.
Digital Render Reveals
Today we also got 4 new digital render reveals, so let’s run through those as well.
Tunnel Rat
The character’s facial appearance is based on G.I. Joe comic book writer Larry Hama and was introduced fairly late in the line in 1987. Tunnel Rat has black hair, a bandanna, neckerchief, and paint on his face and arms. He is wearing a green short-sleeved shirt with ammo belt, black gloves and pants, a dark grey belt, and a brown holster. The pack out on Tunnel Rat was quite impressive as he had a very large, olive-green backpack with holes on top for two removable flashlights, a large black machine gun with long grip and huge scope, and an olive-green TNT pack.
Low-Light
The new digital render of Low Light is a complete homage to the ARAH version of Low Light! He is completely the classic version in his grey outfit with red googles and he looks incredible! He comes with a huge pack out of accessories! He has a ginormous sniper bag and a ton of gear so let’s check it out!
Some of the features of Low Light Include:
- Classic Colors
- With the grey outfit and red googles
- 20th Anniversary version of all the sniper gear
- Rilfe bag
- Googles do come off
- Goes into the rifle bag and sniper comes apart and goes in the bag and backpack can peg on as well
Here is a custom concept of what Low Light could look like coming from the ever so talented Stronox customs! This custom pays homage to the ARAH version of Low Light, which we expect the Classified Series version to do!
According to Joepedia, “Low-Light is one of the sneakiest members of the Joe Team. He can move through foliage and in the dead of night virtually undetected. He can maintain his position and be still for hours. It doesn’t matter what advantage the enemy has, when the sun goes down and you can’t even see two inches from you, that is when you know that the darkness is where Low-Light truly reigns. Low-Light’s superb sniper skill enables him to pick off his targets in even the lowest of illumination affordable. He prefers to maintain his own night-vision equipment. He actually made his own innovations in image-intensification, mostly self-taught, and even holds two patents from his efforts.” He featured yellow hair, a black cap, red goggles, a dark grey jacket with red pad on right shoulder, black gloves, and dark grey pants with black belt. As for his weapons pack out, he featured a large, thick pouch backpack, a black Uzi with trigger guard, and black 7.62mm Moel 85 sniper’s rifle with large scope and tiny bipod.
Shadow Tracker
Shadow Tracker came from the GI Joe Pursuit of Cobra line in 2011 and he is a rather odd character choice but if his Classified Series sculpt is anything like his figure, he will be the most unique one on the line! His bio reads:
SHADOW TRACKER works for COBRA as a wilderness hunter and guide. Scorning conventional firearms, he uses traditional weapons from around the world. He tracks his prey using primal instinct: He hears the dark whispers of the jungle, senses distant footfalls in the earth and tastes his victim’s fear in the wind.
Generaljoesreborn has a fantastic review of Shadow Tracker and a nice summary of the new character that was added to the line:
First of all, Shadow Tracker has a distinct advantage…I love new characters, and Shadow Tracker is a new character. He’s a Cobra tracking specialist and jungle operative, which is something we’ve seen surprisingly little of in Cobra’s thirty year history. Now, within a couple of months we not only have the first mass release “Jungle Viper” but we also have a Cobra Tracker. But he’s not just a Cobra Tracker, he’s a completely bad ass looking Cobra tracker who oozes personality in a way that only the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe can provide. This is something that G.I. Joe has always been able to do, for whatever reason. The way Hasbro can perfectly meld a straight-line military line with a fantastical science fiction element never ceases to amaze me, and Shadow Tracker walks that line to perfection. But, none of this means anything if the figure isn’t any good, and trust me, this figure is great above and beyond his cool history.
Shadow Tracker – General Joes Reborn
Regarding the figure:
Beyond the theory and mythology, though, you have a toy. And the fun value of that toy will impact the rest of it more than anything else…Shadow Tracker is quite simply an awesome toy. Even underneath all of that gear, Cobra’s Wilderness expert has some excellent detailing, incredibly smooth articulation and some insane paint apps. His elbow joints actually bend the full 90 degrees many figures cannot achieve, he’s got the great pivot wrists, and even though his legs are sculpted like one piece legs (without those joint disguising kneepads) his double-jointed knees work without flaw. And his head? His head sculpt is simply insane. The wild mane of dreadloks spirals from underneath a semi-translucent hockey mask which gives the character an absolutely evil, insidious look about him. The figure is obviously at least somewhat inspired by the Devils’ Due Skullbuster, I believe, but it takes that design aesthetic and totally runs with it. Upon first glance, it almost looks like his mask is removable, but take Twink Viper’s advice and don’t do it.
Shadow Tracker – General Joes Reborn
He comes with a gaggle of weapons as well:
Like every other figure in the Wave 4 assortment, the accessories are really where it’s at, and Shadow Tracker is loaded. He comes with a pretty simple vest, nicely colored and detailed just right. His compound bow was first seen with the TRU Exclusive Spirit, and he comes with the quiver and extra arrow as well. Where Shadow Tracker excels is with the bladed weapons. As a Cobra “hunter” he comes fully equipped with some of the nastiest knives I’ve ever seen in the 3 3/4″ scale, and with his pivot wrists, he can hold them very nicely. If there is a downside to all of these accessories, it’s that he cannot hold them all, though he does have a great sheath on the back of his vest and a hole in the side of his leg where one of his knives can be stored.
Shadow Tracker – General Joes Reborn
Firefly
We finally got to see the updated (or more OG) Firefly they have planned for the 2nd release of this figure. You will see some familiar accessories, like his gun, but some more updated accessories like his backpack and his remote control car.
We already have Firefly for the GI Joe Classified Series, but sonething about him just never sat right with all the collectors. He really wasnt the classic Firefly we were all waiting for. Some how he was too stylized with that huge chest armor and just never looked right. Well, now is Hasbro’s second chance to do Firefly right! And let’s hope we get a more classic looking version with little green wakie talkie phone and all!
Below is another amazing custom by Stronox Custom Figures, and gives us a great look at what an updated Classifed Firefly may look like! He has a much more elaborate grey, black and white camo pattern and of course his signature grenade chest straps! This represents what a great classic Firefly should be!
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