Some of the Things You Need to Know About the New G.I. Joe Cartoon
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?Is it everything you need to know? Probably not. But Hasbro just announced the show this weekends during JoeCon, so I doubt they’ve revealed everything you’d like to know about the show, which will be called G.I. Joe: Renegades, already. Still, thanks to Hisstank and The TerrorDrome, here’s what I imagine you’d like to know:
? It will be a year-one story. Joe will be on the run from Cobra.
? It will explore the origin of many of the code names.
? It will be for adults and kids, so it’s not at Resolute level.
? However, it will be a linear story and characters can die, so that’s cool.
? Hasbro says the animation will be par with Resolute, but I have my doubts.
? Cobra Commander will be wearing his regular mask.
? It will premiere on The Hub, Hasbro’s cartoon block on Discovery Channel, due in fall of 2011.
? Toys will arrive at the same time.
? Ripcord will be either black or white.
For more, definitely check out. the two sites above. Oh, and don’t worry about the picture; it was just something that came up that when I did a Google Image Search for “gi joe renegades” and was too delightfully awful not to share.
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