Yo Joe June Hasbro Pulse Fanstream teases Haslab GI Joe Classified Snow Cat

So who else watched yesterday’s Yo Joe June Hasbro Pulse Fanstream until the very end when Emily had the stage to herself? If you did, you would have heard the multiple hints she dropped about the next Hasbro Pulse GI Joe GI Joe Classified Haslab. To quote Emily at end of the Fanstream ” I am happy to announce that we are officially launching our next GI Joe Haslab at the end of Yo Joe June. But you know it’s cool, I don’t begrudge them hanging out until the end of the stream to drop some information but you know the next Haslab, it’s pretty chill… Ahh we’re really excited about it. So stay tuned for more information. So again the campaign will be launching at the end of Yo Joe June. So more information to come for the rest of the month and stay tuned. Keep it frosty. Have a great time and a we’ll see you soon!” All this while the Haslab lab logo was shown on the screen with very subtle snowflakes came floating by! This information is not yet confirmed, but put these clues together and you get the next Hasbro Pulse GI Joe Classified Haslab must be none of than the Snow Cat! This all coincides with our reporting in Future GI Joe Classified Series HasLab Ground Vehicle Possibilities Leaked reporting a possible Haslab Classified Snow Cat!

Here we can see a screen shot of the image that was shown while Emily was talking. Now this information is not yet confirmed, but come on, the clues were so obvious! “But you know it’s cool“, “it’s pretty chill…” and “Keep it frosty” can only mean one thing, a freakin’ Snow Cat with Frostbite and I can’t be more excited! Vintage Snow Cat shown below!

You can watch the whole week #1 Yo Joe June Hasbro Pulse Fanstream HERE:

Vintage Snow Cat

The Snow Cat is another possibility and it was sold as part of the vehicle set of the 1985 GI Joe line of A Real American Hero toys. It included Frostbite as the action figure pack-in. Here are some notes for the HasLab version:

• There are two possibilties for the vehcile.
  • 1. Retro version that would have lights and look pretty much like the vintage Snow Cat
  • 2. An updated version with a retro front end with a much larger backend to house troops with a pop up missile pod like the 2004 Ice Sabre
• One of the figures being kicked around as a stretch goal is Snow Bunny Baroness

Being a global force, GI Joe is expected to be able to deploy in any number of environments from, plains to deserts to jungles and even to the arctic. As such they were in need of a vehicle that was easy to maintain, easy to transport, and effective. The Snow Cat meets all of these things quite well. It’s half-track allows it traverse most arctic type terrain with little issue. It’s missile armament allows it to hit above it’s class and it’s speed allows for relatively quick deployment. All in all it is a very effective arctic environment machine.

Frostbite was released as part of the fourth series in 1985. He was sold with the Snow Cat arctic assault half-track vehicle and was also sold in 1986. Frostbite’s bio reads:

Frostbite was born in a place where summer is a myth and a crowd consists of two people standing on the same acre. He worked briefly as lineman on the pipeline but found the job unchallenging despite the 40° below zero temperatures and hazardous conditions. The army promised to give him a challenge whenever he wanted one. Frostbite graduated from transportation school, Fort Eustis and armored school, Fort Knox. Qualified expert: M-16, M1911A1 Auto Pistol, M-250 cal. MG, and M-607 7.62mm MG.

“Frostbite has to be cool. The environment he works in is too unforgiving. If his Snow Cat throws a piston, he’s got to step out into weather that’ll freeze a hex-wrench to bare skin in five seconds and carry through a repair job that would be taxing under ideal conditions. He can’t afford to panic. Not if he wants to stay alive.”

Snow Cat and Frostbite GI Joe Classified Series Concept

We’ve featured the amazing customs of YoeJoeARAH and this custom GI Joe Classified Series scale Snow Cat is off the charts spectacular! The Snow Cat was designed and modeled by Steve’s Toys @s3d_toys and he sourced decals by Sean Cho @misterxero and yojoearah applied his signature amazeballs paint pp!

It’s amazing to think we are getting a Classified scaled vehicle like the Snow Cat in the line and this custom is most lily what this vehicle will look like.

You can also see Frostbite climbing into the Snow Cat, which will give you a sense of scale for the vehicle.

Inside the cockpit, there is room for two figures so Frostbite can ride around with a buddy!

Looking at some of the finer details, you can see the engine and also the back of the Snow Cat and it has plenty of room for other Joes to ride securely on the foot pegs.

With the impending release of a Snow Cat, we hope we get a version of Frostbite like yojoearah created!