Cobra Commander Hates People Who Talk on Their Cellphones While Driving
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The G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra toys have hit stores, and since they’re a mix of new figures, old figures and the good 25th anniversary figures — sometimes all in the same figure, actually — word is that some of them are actually quite awesome. I don’t think that forgives the horrible hunk of plastic that is the Cobra Commander in H.I.S.S. Tank Rapid Roller you see above, but that only because like Jason S., the gent who sent me the tip, I’m genuinely afraid this will show up in the movie at some point.
I tell you, if you actually want all the movie figures, Big Bad Toy Store has a “pay $375, get all 37 different action figures” deal. Admittedly, it’s $10 per figure, but getting them all in one haul is pretty damn convenient. But then you have to own that horrible Cover Girl figure, which makes even Crunchberry Commander look good. So use your own judgment.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.