Wherever There’s Trouble, G.I. Joe Is Right Here
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Want pics of Shout Factory’s complete G.I. Joe DVD set? Hush, hush little bear — I know you do. I have to tell you I wasn’t that excited about the idea of another Joe footlocker-themed package, but given this thing opens into an old-school military radio/communicator or whatever the hell it is, I’m officially excited again. The other extras are equally magnificent: toy commercials, interviews with the voice actors, the original ’63 Hasbro Toy Fair presentation of G.I. Joe (!!!), a live-action Joe fan film, and more. Plus, there will be the temporary Arashikage and Cobra logo tattoos, but coolest of all is a 1-gig dogtag/USB drive. Sure, it’s kind of small, but you have to remember that every single file on the Joe’s computer system in 1985 would have been only 212 meg. There are plenty more pics and details over at TV Shows on DVD.
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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.