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What Do Those JOE Guys Do When They're Not Mowing Down The Forces Of Evil?? + Merrick Lubes Up Accelerator Suit Duke!!
Merrick here...
Some viral for G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA seems to be making the rounds; this one caught my eye:
Why'd I notice this? Primarily because, for the last few days, I've been really enjoying Hasbro's Accelerator Suit Duke action figure (based on Sommers' new movie) & have been trying to come up with a legitimate cross-connect which would allow me to whack off about it here on the site.
Actually, I don't know if this is an "action figure", per se. It's pretty damn big and elaborate, so it may be classified differently. It's bit pricey ($60-$80 depending on where you shop), but it's among the Geeky-coolest toys I've come across in quite some time. If you're into battle suits, robo-warriors, etc? You have to at least find this on a shelf to check it out. Accelerator Suit Duke was even slick enough to coax Merrick's Fifteen Year Old Son out of his anti-social angst - he carried it around the house and played with it for probably ten whole minutes before becoming distracted by incoming texts. This is a record.
The figure includes:
** an auto-retracting grappling hook (it's not enough to pull the figure up, but the cord & hook whip back into its arm launcher)
** a "night vision" helmet visor which drops down with an electronic activation sound, character dialog, AND illuminates in a sickly green "night vision" color
** a mammoth machine gun is built into the character's arm - its barrel spins when firing
** parts of the figure move on their own (ex. - that machine gun arm raises and lowers by itself when toggled)
** various panels and features light up brightly
** multitude loud (and crisply amplified) sounds featuring movie phrases, helmet radio chatter, etc.
** Above all, the figures mouth moves a little when it talks, bringing the slightest hint of life to an otherwise emotionless face - a near perfect emulation of Channing Tatum.
Here's Hasbro's official video of the dolly in action:
The only real downside to the figure (besides its cost) is that built in handle on its back - with a trigger which moves the figure's legs and feet as you push the character along on his adventures. This handle can be folded into positions which make it look more like an organic component of Duke's armor, but...still...it looks like a big ol' toomah growing back there.
Personally, I think the above embed undersells the figure quite a bit. Therefore, if you guys are interested & you let me know in the Talkback below, I can throw together a crude/quick video demonstrating Accelerator Suit Duke's strengths - something like the crappy demo I constructed for the first wave of STAR TREK movie figures A FEW MONTHS BACK:
So, speak up if you'd like to know more!
Two factors of note:
1) I haven't seen the film yet, so this toy is standing on its own. And,
2) before anyone gets all snarky about me liking this because I must've been given it for free? I wasn't.
So, considering all of the crap people have been talking about the new movie (including myself) - this was a big surprise, and a lot of fun. Take a look at it if you get a chance. I've mostly found these guys at Target, only one (broken) at Toys 'R' Us, and orderable online HERE
. Which, considering supplies, may be your best bet.
Enjoy!
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I played with this at a local Target. It was pretty cool, but expensive.
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Wow, they got Transformers out of the way and now THIS is the most anticipated movie of 2009?? Christ, they even used the Transformers score in that gay as fuck video.
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...about how fake skater Joe looked.
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is called a "doll".
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is to be more than retarded.
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I wonder what the first sitcom was, that had this joke. I heard it for the first time on Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
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this movie will blow donkey cock. Which is will. God that was horrible.
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Forgive me if I find his all arousing.
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You should see me in a Manzier.
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I was at my local Target last week checking out the toys for the movie and among them was Shipwreck. As far as I know he's not in the movie, but he had the same movie packaging as the other ones did. Anyone know if there is a Shipwreck cameo? Or is this just Hasbro trying to squeeze money out of the toys?
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Okay, I seriously need an answer now, cuz now it's not just Harry - Hasbro's doing it too. Where did "Go Joe" come from??? On the show it was always YO JOE, right???
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And Mantyhose? http://tinyurl.com/7dqnrg
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The site shills for Hollywood. "Oh, these virals just caught my eye. While I'm at it, more merchandise for GI fucking Joe.". Piss off, man. Under no other circumstance would you post this sort of thing. On top of that the site pushes pretty positive reviews of the film whereas elsewhere its been slated. Fuck...*Leaves for another week*
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Summer movies, more than ever, are 2-hour long toy ads. Oh, how I long for the golden age of "Star Wars"...wait, never mind.
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This movie looks like summer fun. You want rich character development and deep insight into the nature of the fight against evil, then read a friggin book ya attention deficit disorderly son-of-guns.
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their dumb parents for the cash. Sucks to be them!
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Rejoice.
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then Hasbro will have been responsible for the two WORST movies of the year. Seriously, it takes a real nerd to get excited about a $60 action figure, and an even BIGGER nerd to get excited about an action figure from a shitty movie that he hasn't even seen yet.
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You know, the one where you could look through the hole in the back of his head?
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. . . all the discarded Ken dolls that are out there. Just imagine, Ken's back and this time he's pissed!
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come along now and then to make me feel like the high school's star quarterback bad ass, in comparison to the people on this site who lose their loads over $200 "polystone" toys and that Evony "Play Free, My Liege!" ads, lol. Nice to see there are a few levels of geek below me.
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I think for the first time in my life I have formulated an unshakable opinion about a movie based pureley on the trailers and previewed scenes. I also have no desire whatsoever to go see this movie even in hopes that it actually surprises me and is at least mildly entertaining. Here's what cemented it for me. I never read the Joe comics; I never got into comics much at all as a matter of fact. So my opinion on Joe centers around my occasional viewing of the cartoon in the 80's, and growing up playing with the action figures. Later, I collected those same action figures and eventually sold them all once I had finally "outgrown" them. Could a serious action movie be made out of the concept of G.I. Joe? It's an important question, because a lot of people think not. I personally say, "fuck yes!" It would take a little more thought than the average action movie as the characters were often unbelievable and sometimes even silly. Then again, weren't the X-Men, too? I think someone could have made a bad-ass movie using the Joe's as mercenaries for the U.S. Government, yes, a rag-tag group somewhat organized with a specialist for every single possible situation that could come up. Then all those somewhat silly -but-always-cool CHARACTERS could have survived. I see these battle suits and want to puke. Then, I was at Target the other day and saw for myself the last straw, the defining piece of evidence that has convinced me to never see this movie: The Action Figures. You can;t tell one from another, they all look the same. Thereby, killing all that made G.I. Joe different from also-rans like M.A.S.K. Fuck this movie up the ass with a cucumber wrapped in crumpled tin foil! That is all
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Damn you, Avatar! Damn you, to hell!!!!
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LOL!!! And yes it is quite pathetic!
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First off, the correct spelling is "queue." But that refers to a line-up of people (as verb or noun), and even though it's a related concept, you meant "cue," which is a signal to begin something.
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. . . talkin' shit 'bout M.A.S.K.
Those were some frikkin' awesome toys, yo! -
Oh GI Joe this...Oh Gi Joe That...
Give me a break, everyone knows that the AICN staff are all hurt by Paramount pulling the AD"s due to Harry wanting to Lynch the Transformers movie.
It's sad to see people like Merrick acting like this. "Here I am playing with this action figure and the accelerator suits are awesome...."
Yeah right, everyone can see through the AICN staff. Bunch of youngster's the lot of you. -
Jul 21, 2009 1:26:17 PM CDT
Joe Accelerator Suit == Nipples on Batman / Flames on Optimus.
by squashua
Everyone in generic accelerator suits counteracts the concept of a variety diverse talents that comprise G.I. Joe.
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Christ, the mouths move on these things, too? Sooooo ... with the right microchip, the SMALL SOLDIERS scenario isn't as far-fetched as it seemed in the actual movie (they were also whining about 60 bucks for what was essentially a fucking 12' T-800 robot skeleton crammed into a fully-articulated Ken doll and powered by a military surplus A.I. chip).
Anyway, screw G.I. JOE, I wanna see a MICRONAUTS movie. Why not? They had a Marvel comic, too, and if they'd come out like five years later, they'd probably have had their own cartoon. And Cobra Commander couldn't wash Baron Karza's goddamn socks ... even though he was essentially held together by a series of magnets that inevitably lost their juice and turned your Darth Vader clone into a pile of plastic junk. Either that, or give me my ROM: SPACEKNIGHT movie. Hell, he even fought the X-Men! -
*makes whooshing noises with mouth while running fast through office hallways and dodging imaginary missiles and explosions*
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Accelerator DUKE video. I want to see Merrick & Merrick's 15 Year Old Son play with Accelerator DUKE. With Merrick teaching his son to play with the DUKE - and explain that he was named after John Wayne. Then Merrick tells son, well John Wayne was named after his first movie horse, DUKE.
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Eat me.
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Contrary to anything you think you know, you do not know anything. The AD was pulled, but because Paramount had a contract, they filled it with other ads. So frankly it doesn't matter, AICN still got its ad revenue, and we're not in the slightest hurting. This year is better than last year - and last year was a record.
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Sorry toymakers!
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Small Soldiers anyone
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LIFE LIKE ACTION FIGURES WITH NEW KUNG FU GRIP!!!!!!
OHHHHH YEAH! -
I just realized that I should have bought stock in Hasbro's, like 2 years ago damnit. Always missing the boat.
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http://i26.tinypic.com/mvksqb.jpg
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Apologizing for her acting in this movie? First off who cares if she can even speak. Secondly is she even capable of producing good acting?
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Wait a minute, did you really just label people who read books and "want rich character development and deep insight into the nature of the fight against evil" as A.D.D.? Project much?
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
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Jesus Frakking Crutch Wielding Christ, the douche chills this gives me are frakking palpable. I thought having to see those uber douche chill adds for Sideshow Dust Collecting Infantile Garbage were bad enough, but now this little post.
The infantilization of America is complete. Man-children slothfully blunder about the countryside en-mass. The end times are long behind us. -
Hilarious.
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Also, why would an accelerator suit make you skateboard higher?
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Jul 21, 2009 3:20:54 PM CDT
clone-o-mat: you're thinking WAY too much about this shit
by royston lodge
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http://tinyurl.com/nqbsu3
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Strange that the GI JOE video played the Transformers movie theme music. I also enjoyed Merrick's use of the opening track to Close Encounters of the Third Kind for his Star Trek vid. Nice work.
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Strange that the GI JOE video played the Transformers movie theme music. I also enjoyed Merrick's use of the opening track to Close Encounters of the Third Kind for his Star Trek vid. Nice work.
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To get this to a major collectibles company so they can make a Major Chip Hazard from Small Soldiers with it. The lip sync made me INSTANTLY think of the practical puppet of him from that movie.
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Jul 21, 2009 5:16:05 PM CDT
What do they do? They gay up the internet with bad cgi
by mysterious_volvo
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Yeah, the M.A.S.K. toys were the shit, never outdone before or since, IMO. The cartoon was fucking horrible, though. Headgeek, glad to see you have had such a great year and are bragging about it in this tough economy. Maybe now with all that extra revenue you can update your site into the 21st Century. Sorry in advance if this has any typos, as there is still no fucking edit feature.
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...at least we've all learned Merrick actually likes something.
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...at least we've all learned Merrick actually likes something.
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Must have one.
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Jul 21, 2009 7:53:30 PM CDT
If Hasbro can buy advertorial space on AICN, what is next? Revi
by yiggy
This is a shameless plug that has been bought and paid for. Just like the Star Trek toy "review."
How much are you guys charging for positive reviews of movies these days????
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So these Accelerate Suits make you be able to skateboard up to a helicopter and grab on. I can't count how many times I've been in battle and thought to myself, "if only we could skateboard on half-pipes really high on to helicopters then 9/11 would have never happened." Yo Joe!
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Pretty much another nail in the coffin for any integrity this place ever had.
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right now its mostly Cardboard and duct tape, but Mark II should be a big improvment
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thats basically what has happened to this web site.
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i'm stunned by how low this site sinks... no credability whatsoever. not like its had any for the past 10 years anyway, but still... i just hope that at some point someone from this site or a studio jumps ship and admits there have been payoffs and whatnot in exchange for promotions like this and glowing reviews. this site is pretty much a joke around the rest of the net anyway
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Now that would be fun to watch. Imagine the texting possibilities!!!
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Its called Austin. Nobody takes themselves seriously. Unless you live in Westlake...
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What's the point then?
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but i'm going to say it again. That animation was terrible.
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