There’s is an air of uncertainty right now in Indianapolis. While Joecon has been a huge success and G.I. Joe Retaliation is kicking box office’s ass, today we got some interesting news going forward from the aftermath of the movie.
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The In-Voice: Where are all the new Intellectual Propeties at?
In 1964, Hasbro came up with a brilliant idea: to make an original “doll” to boys and sell the dolls to boys as an “action figure”. The name of the action figure? G.I. Joe. Hasbro laid the groundwork for many companies to take a risk with doing something bold and original that no one’s ever seen before.
Since then, many companies such as Kenner, Mego, and Mattel have tried and have been successful in their own ways by making original Intellectual Properties (or IPs) to the market, Some even continue in their own ways. But over the last 30 or so years now, we’ve been on a steady decline of original ideas, companies becoming more reliant on name recognition than coming up with original ideas which leads me to ask this question:
“where are all the new IP’s?”
Plasticast Episode 25: “A VERY F*CKING SPECIAL PLASTICAST 2012″
The possibility of a Disney/Hasbro buyout: Answering the burning questions
After Disney’s shocking 4 Billion dollar buyout of Lucasfilm, rumors are currently flying of a possibility that Disney’s next target could be everyone’s favorite Rhode Island toy maker, Hasbro. So what does this mean to the fans of all their lines? whether it be Transformers, G.I. Joe or even My Little Pony? well, it could be everything or nothing. So let’s break things down a bit, so if the possibility is true, the news won’t be as hard to swallow.
Plasticast Episode 18: SUPER 5 HOUR EPISODE SPECTACULAR (we’re not kidding)
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News: G.I. Joe news from Joecon 2012
SOURCE: HISSTANK
here’s some breaking news from Joecon in New Orleans:
G.I. Joe Retaliation: Separating Fact from Fiction
Last Weekend, it was announced by Paramount Pictures that G.I. Joe Retaliation will not make it’s June 30th, 2012 release and will be pushed for a March 29th, 2013 release to focus on bringing the movie to 3D format. So what does this mean for toy collectors? well, it means a lot more then you think.
News: A whole mess of G.I. Joe news
SOURCE: HISSTANK (1)
with Retaliation coming, Hasbro is heating things up with their G.I. Joe offerings
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PLASTICAST Episode 12: “Don’t Call it a Comeback” edition.
the dynamic duo of Stan and Ramses are back from taking a personal hiatus. And they are back, better then ever! If you have any questions, comments or anything else you’d like to share, please send us a line at Plasticjointpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a tweet @Plasticjoint or leave us a question on our facebook page by searching for “Plastic Joint”
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Plasticast Episode 9 – COOBRRRAAAAA!!!!
Stan and Ramses are once again back with another episode. Scans galore
is pretty much what the bulk of all the news is this week.
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Topics:
-Ramses and Stan run off more listener answers from our question of
the weekon the air.
-Scans galore! Revoltech, figma, S.H. Figuarts and more
-Gundam AGE and other Gundam stuff.
-Fourze Rage
-Ramses’ Fangazams over G.I. Joe with the news of Pursuit of Cobra
Cobra Commander.
-predictions of Summer Wonderfest 2011
-listeners questions.