WOJM: What’s On Joe Mind?

Episode 67: What's on JOE Mind?

Author Jim Sorenson and convention exclusive Project Manager extraordinare Kevin Watts join us for this jam packed episode of WOJM.  First we talk with Jim about his GI Joe: Field Manual Volume 1 and get his thoughts on Volume 2, both of which you can buy AND pre-order respectively on Amazon.com.  Grab a copy today.  In the second half, we talk to Kevin about his awesome custom Metal Head NJCC exclusive.  In the news we talk some Gun Running, give our thoughts on episode 1 of the fanfilm Initiate, go over the latest from the GIJCC newsletter, movie hype restarts with reports of Storm Shadow reshoots, and lastly, Joe beats Transformers and other toy brands in a national vote held by the Indianapolis Children's Museum.  To wrap up the show, we announce a new sponsor for the Mailbag and read a comment directed at Justin . The WOJM FFL Recap portion runs approximately from the 1:54:13 mark to the 1:59:13 mark.  If you don't want to hear about the fantasy football league or Gary get made fun of for starting off 0-2 and dropping to 18th (out of 18), you may want to fast forward to the end. So, there ya have it!  See you all back here next time, same B.A.T. time, same B.A.T. channel!

Episode 66: What's on JOE Mind?

Its a full disclosure episode. What has the gang been up to since the last episode? We fill you in. Joining us in the first half for an interview...well, we recorded it a little bit ago is Andrew and Trina. Both have worked with Hasbro on the GI Joe brand in one form or another over the last 5 or so years. Hear what it is like behind the scenes at Hasbro and learn there is more to getting a figure getting to market then pouring plastic into a mold. In the news, the GIJCC store is OPEN FOR BUSINESS, INCLUDING the launching of the FSS! Sgt. Slaughter spills the beans of a rumor about his character being involved in the early drafts of Retaliation. Sideshow has a Storm Shadow statue. A character is born for Star Wars Clone Wars based off of Snake Eyes. After the news we are joined by Jon Cremeans from the COIL Club to talk about the 3rd Annual COIL Con at Kokomo Toys in Kokomo, Indiana. Before wrapping it up, we spend a bit of time talking about the WOJM Fantasy Football season. We're back on track! Sit back and enjoy!

Episode 65: What's on JOE Mind?

Yes, it is a month in the waiting...and its a little behind in news, but the latest episode of WOJM is here!  No worries, full disclosure will be provided on the mini break.  We hope you understand.  BUT FIRST, onto the episode featuring the man that brings Larry Hama's script to life in the IDW GI Joe A Real American Hero comic, SL Gallant.  Find out more about this very talented artist and DON'T miss his imitation of Larry giving him a call to wish him a most happy Arbor Day.  From the mailbag we answer 3 letters, from 3 continents.  In the news we preview the then upcoming Canadian JoeCon, discuss ROUND 2 - FIGHT of GeneralsJoes.com {cha-ching!} JoeCon Concept Case Survey and we reach back into the 70's to revive The Match Game to have a little fun with Justin and his excitement over Renegades coming out on Blu Ray. As a side note: the WOJM Fantasy Football League is full, again sorry about the extreme lateness.  So there ya have it folks, an interview, some old news, but hopefully a lot of fun in this episode of WOJM!!

Episode 64: What's on JOE Mind?

We give Chuck grief for many things - many, many, MANY things.  One of those many things is that Chuck will not open his toys.  Well this week are joined by none other, the dynamic podcasting duo who encourages you to open your toys and to enjoy them, Slick and Mrs. McFavorite!  If you enjoy toy podcasts, you have undoubtedly heard their Open your Toys Cast.  If you haven't, visit their webpage or subscribe to them on iTunes, NOW!  After hearing a little more about the Open Your Toys Cast, we dip into the mailbag to answer some of your questions before moving on to halftime.  After the break, listener of the program, Nathan, gives a review of IDW Cobra #13.  In the news, we talk about the new Sideshow female figurine, the lastest Canadian JoeCon news INCLUDING the reveal and RETURN of BLACK ICE!!  To wrap it up, we have a lengthy discussion concerning the GeneralsJoes.com Concept Case Survey ROUND 1.  KWINN FOR THE WIN!  All this plus "Turf Kurds," the FSS honorings return and the WOJM Fantasy Football League!

Episode 63: What's on JOE Mind?

As shows go, this one truly shaped up to be a very interesting one.  The first half is jam packed with three complete interview segments.  First we talk to Wayne Losey and Tucker Johnson from Go, Go, Dynamo!  Wayne and Tucker are two of the talents that brought us Sigma Six and now are using their expertice in the 8" arena to start up another 8" line, right now called, The Hero Project.  The Hero Project consists of World Cultural Heroes as 8" action figures with all of the pose and playability that your favorite Sigma Six figures had.  Wayne and Tucker also answer questions concerning their time on the Sigma line and drop us a tiny tidbit about a certain Sigma dropship possibly having a 3.75" seat tooled for it.  Interesting, right?  Well, if you like what you hear about the Hero Project, GIVE, and GIVE GENEROUSLY to their Kickstarter fund - http://hero.gogodynamo.com.  In segment 2, friend and sponsor of the program Mike Heddle (aka The Mike) pays us a visit to talk about the upcoming Canadian Joe Con (Aug 10 & 11 @ the Toronto Airport Sheraton) and find out what previous Canadian Con execlusive is making his grand return in modern era construction!  In segment 3, Steven, Rob and Paul from the Johnannesburg, South Africa based GI Joburg podcast join us (truthfully, they've been on and participated the whole time) to talk about their show, state of the hobby, and the hurdles they face to keep their hobby alive way down at the southern tip of Africa.  In the news...well, there wasn't much news.  Sideshow reveals a new Major Bludd and Baroness figures at SDCC - Gary laments of a lack of Snow Job.  Hasbro answered some Joe site questions at SDCC, some new stuff is revealed, other stuff is a review.  Yeah, that's the news.  We wrap up with a lengthy shout out segment before bidding our new South African friends good bye. Please please please, pardon the audio.  Trust us, we know, it's not the best.  Between bad mics, international internet routing and having as many as 10 people connected to the same call, it could have gone a whole lot worse.  Sometimes the bandwidth gods are with you and sometimes they are against you, so apologies in advance.  We want to thank ALL of our guest for their patience and participation in the show.  We hope all of you enjoy the program!

Episode 62: What's on JOE Mind?

As Justin says, "Hot Damn!"  After a whirlwind weekend in NOLA and a justified and well earned week-off rest (yes Chuck, those of us who WORK on the podcast need a rest), we're back.  As one con coverage comes to the end, another one is just getting started (and it ended since we recorded, but we digress...) as our focus briefly turns to the left coast and San Diego for SDCC.  Our good buddy Arune Singh from Marvel Comics joins us and if his new theme/love song from Chuck doesn't scare him off, we may be in store for some decent comic-level discussion from the biggest comic show of them all!!  As a side note, be sure to give us feedback on Arune's Theme...Justin, Mike and Gary want to be sure that it isn't JUST THEM who are tone impaired.  Anyway, have a listen to what Arune and Marvel have in store for SDCC and how it may relate to Joe fans.  Some of the info Arune gave us was time sensitive and Gary was a little lazy this week, so thus the late posting.  After Arune, we are joined by Mo Hunger from CardedHeroes.com.  You may remember Mo from our Ladies Night Episode as she Stumped the Chuck  in Trivia.  Ah, good times, good times!  What you might not remember from Mo is that she is an avid avid Joe comic fan.  Whether it is Marvel, DDP or IDW, there are few we'd consider on her level of expertise!  Mo joins us to fill us in from the IDW roundtable at JoeCon 2012.  We also discuss why the roundtable was so sparely attended and why their table at JoeCon looked so lonely.  Fear not, we're here to give IDW love and support!!  If you are a comic fan, the first hour of the show is for you.  In hour number 2, we wrap up JoeCon by reviewing once more the Hasbro Concept Case and upcoming/proposed Hasbro Concept Fan Vote.  We also review and wrap up the GIJCC's news concerning Iceberg, FSS v2.0, and the security status of the club website and shopping cart.  Both discussions on Hasbro and the GIJCC lead into our final thoughts and wrap up of JoeCon 2012 and when we might be seeing each other next in 2013.  In the news...well, there wasn't much news, but what news there was centered on the 2012 Canadian Joe Con in Toronto with the reveal of 3 figures and a vehicle with a familiar bling to it.  We wrap up this show with a bow of what we got in and shout outs before being led out with our buddy James's Theme...which is a lot more appropriate.  Anyway folks, thanks for your patience and we hope it was worth the wait!!  Enjoy!

Episode 61: What's on JOE Mind?

It's live, its raw and its unedited.  You haven't heard a recording this unpolished from us since early on in our run...but as travel itenaries would have it, we're in no position to edit this week.  As promised is a rare behind the scenes "look" of our show.  Now you can really see how much work goes into showrunning, planning and editing.  We cover some SDCC news from Hasbro and Sideshow, we get the first word from Canada about the Canadian JoeCon and a browsing of the GIJCC JoeCon schedule.  Then it was off to our recommended episodes you'd like to hear on your way to and from New Orleans.  Lastly, its shout outs and what we got in....and we're out.  See you all in NOLA!  Travel safe!!  Listener discretion is advised!

Episode 60: What’s on JOE Mind?

FINALLY!?  What took so long?  Well, getting ready for JoeCon of course!  Still, this is a good one to listen to while in the car or in the plane on your way to New Orleans.  Louisiana native and Moderately Geeky Podcast co-host Jason Reddoch (aka southzen in the online community) joined the show to give us the low down on enjoying a good time in The Big Easy.  From the best watering holes, where to get a good meal and the time to and from the airport, he covers just about everything a con goer needs to know.  Jason stuck around afterwards to help us answer a ton of email, including several that were collecting mold at the bottom of Der Post Sack.  Proof once again, WOJM will EVENTUALLY get to reading all of your mail, like a good show should.  In the news, final letters were sent out for JoeCon, The SyFy GI Joe game goes beta, and we catch a peek at the W2 3-pack figures.  Lastly, this show could not end without giving Chuck his birthday gift.  We were all set to get him a male stripper, but then we found out that he was turning 14, so we had to come up with a Plan B.  What was it?  Stay tuned!  It's the start of a back-to-back-to-back-to-back JoeCon week of WOJM episodes.  Are you ready?

Episode 59: What’s on JOE Mind?

This week we invited Toy News International (TNI) staffer and Vice President of the Crappy Figure Brigade (CFB) Don Anderson to the show.  And, if it sounded like Gary and Don knew each other for a long time, they do.  Gary and Don met WAY back at the San Francisco convention in 2003.  We talk a little about the mega toy and entertainment community site TNI and how the fledgling 3.75" collectors back in the day started the CFB.  What is the CFB?  How can you be a part of the CFB?  When do they meet?  What do they do?  All those questions and many more are bandied about. From the mailbag we get a duo of comic questions, a proposal about a "Hasbro Universe" and two questions about JoeCon, including someone wanting to know, "What's a parachute drop?"  The cast and our guest set the records straight.  In the news, JoeCon registration is over, Mark Bellomo is coming to NOLA, the GIJCC says bring more cash to con, Wave 6 launches from Marauder John, keep your Retaliation cash, Renegades Pt 2 confirmed with BLU-RAY and official SDCC Joe product images.  So much to talk about!  However, if we miss something of interest you, email us at whatsonjoemind@gmail.com because in TWO weeks we will have a heavy listener mail episode on the eve of our JoeCon coverage in a very special "live" and behind the scenes episode of WOJM.  Until then, you fathers take full advantage of Father's Day and sit back, relax and listen to this one...and before you know it, JoeCon will be here!!

Episode 58: What's on JOE Mind?

In this episode we invite George and Travis from the Moderately Geeky podcast to join us for an important podcast announcement for JoeCon.  3/4ths of the MG hosts will be joining Mike, Justin and Gary in New Orleans to cooperatively cover the show from Thursday to Sunday.  Aside from George we will be joined by MG co-host Jason and MG lead host Jay Hunger.  Now you have heard George before, but maybe you are unaware of the capacity you have heard him here.  However, his wife Karen was among the female guests we had in Special Edition #8.  Jason's wife was also part of this show and quite possibly had some of the best on-liners in our show's history.  Of course, you all should know Jay as the admin of CardedHeroes.com and and one of our substitute staffers that you hear from time to time.  George, Jason and Jay are long time friends of ours going WAY back to '04, so getting to work with them to bring you con coverage is a real treat.  We hope you enjoy what we can bring you while in NOLA.  With that announcement out the way, we moved on to the mailbag where we answer some JoeCon questions concerning payment methods for registration/package pick up night and what is the difference between early and late registration.  After a very early intermission, its into the news to talk about Justin's scoop with Jon M. Chu concerning the Retaliation delay.  From the club we report on what is/or is NOT available for JoeCon sets and figures.   The latest on the "Dollar General," Robert Atkins and The Rock round out the news.  After, we choose to have a little fun and honor former Family Feud host, Richard Dawson, so we played The Family Feud: Stump Chuck edition.  You got to listen to the hilarity ensue AND Chuck finally melts down and spouts off with some really bad put downs.  However, Chuck makes no secret of his love of spunk.  Its a quick episode, and much like Chuck is with the ladies, this one is over in a blink of an eye.  Hope you don't mind.

Episode 57: What's on JOE Mind?

Gee...what news happened in the last week that we could POSSIBLY talk about??  Hmmm...  Well, we asked and you delivered.  You filled our meager voice mailbox to the rim with your thoughts and concerns about the Paramount delay of GI Joe Retaliation.  With no guests scheduled this week, it gave the four hosts ample time to focus on The Famdom in Crisis and the latest JoeCon news, INCLUDING registration - FINALLY, and its official folks, 3 of your dynamic 4 will be at JoeCon so we look forward toward meeting some of you who listen every week!  AND...OF COURSE, Hasbro breaks news on Wednesday on the official status of movie Waves 2 and 3.  Come on guys, we record on Tuesdays, get with it!  The second half of the program is your voicemails.  Everyone who called in was remarkably calm and well behaved which says a lot about the quality of the fans in the community.  Be sure to stay through to the very end of the recording to hear the ALL the voicemails that were left with us.  Yet another week closer to JoeCon.  The news lately may have been a major bummer, but there is a lot of good stuff still to come, so download and have a listen!

Episode 56: What's on JOE Mind?

This almost seems like one of those "remember when" episodes.  Hey, remember how WOJM was before the movie got pushed back 9 months?  Remember how Gary used to count down the days until its release?  Well, at the time of this recording, our ignorance of what would happen in the next 18 hours is bliss and we gleefully report on the news with no idea that the biggest Joe news story of the year thus far was about to stare us in the face.  Regardless, it is a good show featuring friend of the program Gary Head who talks to us about what will be appearing at the JoeDeclassified.com booth at JoeCon.  Old friend, Arune Singh, from Marvel Comics jumps in to share in the fun.  From DER POST SACK, we answer mail about JoeCon t-shirt availability, a report from the Corpus Christi meet, and a listener suggests changes to Horrorshow to make him look more "bulky".  In the second half, we get a listener review from LordEd about the 2010 Vacation in the Shadows comic.  In the news, former WOJM guest, Neil Ross, is a JoeCon guest.  We talk about how cool the 12" set is and Justin reports on the latest from the GI Joe: Special Ops game.  So have a last listen of how it was before "the big announcement."  Be sure to listen all the way to the end past the music for a small announcement from Gary.

Episode 55: What's on JOE Mind?

What happens when Justin misses a show?  Well, we tend to have awesome interviews with voice actors.  So when Justin told us he would be missing this week's show, we knew our interview would be a blast!  Joining us this week is Neil Ross, or otherwise known as the Sunbow voice of Shipwreck!  We talk to Neil for an hour about his many works - past and present.  Right before halftime, Shogi Scott reviews many of the souviner JoeCon exclusives from 2010.  In the second half, we start off with the mailbag and answer another JoeCon question, talk about Sideshow and our thoughts on the Operation Bear Trap set, and we get a text message from Chuck's sister Barbra.  In the news we talk about the final reveals of the 2012 3.75" JoeCon set, once again we mention that the JoeCon Brochure is out, local Filipino GI Joe  collector group, TS118 will be setting up displays and dioramas in the lobby of many movie theaters in the Philippines to help promote the hobby to new fans.  Retaliation and "Dollar Store" figures are the topic of discussion in our wrap up segment.  A few of the guys got their hands on early stuff, so hear what the guys thought of the new movie toys.  Its an exciting time to be a fan!  Sit back, and enjoy this double-nickle edition of WOJM!

Episode 54: What's on JOE Mind?

This week we step back into the shadowy depths of the fandom to find the person responsible for the very cool, but very outlawed fan made video game, GI Joe: The Attack on Cobra Island.  A crack team of WOJM investigative reporters, seasoned by watching 20/20 tracked down the lead designer of the game, known to us as Lord Skiff (aka Range Viper).  Skiff, or Skiffer as Mike likes to call him, agreed to a clandestine interview.  TO protect his privacy, Skiff asked that we disguise his voice.  He's an every day collector and fan just like you and me.  Find out what he has to say about his game, the C&D issued by Hasbro's lawyers and its foggy future.  Rounding out the first half of the program, our buddy and admin of JoeBattlelines.com, Fred Meyer (aka Leo T. Dragon) gives an indepth review and historical lession of the 2002 JoeCon Crimson Strike Team set.  Following halftime we were joined by Michael (aka Counterpunch) co-host of the Seibertron.com Twincast Podcast to discuss the atmosphere at BotCon and some of the differences and similarities of the opposing fandoms.  You'd be surprised at what we discover.  After our good byes with Counterpunch, we dip into the mailbag for some JoeCon related questions.  In the news, Chuck GUSHES about the new YoJoe.com layout.  The rest of us admit, it is AWESOME!  THe GIJCC unveils Stormavik and the first figure of the opposing faction - you get our reactions. All this and a ton more, PLUS we debut our new ORIGINAL theme music by composer Mat Howlett!!  The countdown to JoeCon 2012 continues!  Join the fun, won't you?

Episode 53: What's on JOE Mind?

After the build up of the last couple of weeks, we finally got a chance to slow down and return to our more casual roots of reporting on the fandom.  We gave Justin the week off because his throat hurt from making howling sounds at the moon fending off his new log cabin homestead site from bears, wolves and catamounts in the New Hampshire outback.  Speaking of outback, able bodied Austrailian and Fwooshcast co-host Craig joined us along with our FAVORITE 12" collector, our buddy Ace Allgood.  We catch up on the latest 12" community happenings with Ace including the GIJCC 12" MAN OF EVIL figure, what happened at JoeLanta, and how the 12" community is reacting to the issues of the GIJCC.  In the second half, we go to the mailbag first and read a letter from a listener who had "the best Joe Day EVER!"  In the news we talk about the new Retaliation pre-orders available from most retailers (we recommend Kokomo Toys for your Retaliation needs).  IDW finally pairs up GI Joe in a cross over that doesn't involve robots (THANK YOU!).  Amazon has begun selling and shipping their exclusive Retaliation and Renegades 4-packs.  Plus information on the latest GIJCC newsletter and JoeCon set reveal of Col. Brekhov.  Shogi Scott once again does a great review, this time of the 2010 JoeCon Vacation in the Shadows set - if you don't have one, you'll want to hear all about it!  It's the STRETCH RUN to the 2012 JoeCon in NOLA!  The push begins now... (this is your cue to go listen!)

Episode 52: The One Year Anniversary of What's on JOE Mind?

LIVE FROM St. Louis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New York, Seattle, Dayton, Milwaukee  AND Sydney, its the ONE YEAR What's on JOE Mind Anniversary spectacular!  This is the episode where we have YOU the fans call in and join us in the conversation! Also joining us on hotline calls were Operation Red Retrieval Director Mark Cheng, Canadian Joe Con promoter Mike Heddle, Marvel's Director of Communication Arune Singh AND...HERB FROM RHODE ISLAND! Instead of jamming this event into one TINY podcast, we decided to loosen the belt a little and let the show expand into what is now OUR LONGEST EPISODE EVER!  I mean, with so many folks calling in, how could we NOT talk to all of you, our fans who stuck with us over the last year.  As a special thank you, we got the biggest and best voice in ALL of the Joe Sunbow world to sit down with us for a solid hour.  We had the one, the only, Michael Bell (aka Duke) shoot the bull with us AND critique Chuck on his horrible Major Bludd impersonation/immitation (call it what you want, he does neither good). The remainder of the "first half" of the show are ALL of your calls while two lucky callers walk away with some Robert Atkins art for just calling in.  Pretty sweet!  We also get the latest on the Canadian Joe Con, Greg makes a return and Craig teases us about seeing The Avengers. During our halftime break, we debut our newest promo.  Will Chuck finally get to talk about robots in it? In the news we talk about the GIJCC reveals of Diana and Schrage (which we pronounced a number of ways, including one with a tweeeest).  Pics from China reveal the long rumored Amazon 4-pack and we get an additional surprise of a Renegades 4-pack.  The single pack "dollar store" figures appear in The Philippines and we discover variants and running changes to the line.  SyFy.com launches GI Joe: Special Ops (sounds like a podcast) social media game.  IDW employees shoot down concernes about the Joe titles being scaled back.  On the movie front, we got a ton of new movie posters and poster variants...and FINALLY, the big news of the week are the plethoria of domestic and regional trailers which will hold us over until the big day in June. In the final segment of the show, the remaining cast and special guest, Will Bell, give their thoughts over the last year.  Sure, its a little gratuitous back patting, but for anyone who has a podcast, been on a podcast or attempted a podcast, this is NOT easy work.  We thank you the listeners for all the comments, good and bad, who fueled this show to this day.  It is not often anything last long enough to complete a year and we thank you for being part of the ride. One year is just the beginning for WOJM.  The show is often immitated but it will never be duplicated. There is so much more to talk about for 2012, the movie, the toys, the comics and all the cons - and we'll be there with you, every week to talk about it.  Hotel internet sucks!  Now let's roll!! Our apologies for anyone who go in the queue and didn't get a chance to be on the show.  From the sounds of things this was a successful concept and we will do it again in the future.

Episode 51: What's on JOE Mind?

As shows go, this was supposed to be a laid back one.  Justin originally had the night off due to an IT project he had at work so we had an able bodied noted author ready to fill in for him.  As it turned out, those IT plans went awre and a ton of news hit so it was quite helpful to have all hands on deck with this episode.  In the first half of the show we are joined by our buddy Jay from CardedHeroes.com in a pre-recorded interview we had with artist Jeremy Dale.  If the name is not familiar to you, as a Joe collector you should know his work from the 25th Anniversary comic 2-packs (ie Issue 21.5).  Ironically, he's is from the same city as one of our sponsors, Kokomo Toys, so how could we NOT have him on, right?  From the mailbag we discover Mike went to college with one of our listeners and holds a strong opinion of one supermodel Christy Brinkley.  What does Mike have to say?  Also from the mailbag, we toss around substitution ideas for the o-ring and disclose what 3 Joes we will rescue from a fire.  Naturally, Chuck doesn't care about his Joes, so this should not surprise anyone.  In the second half, we lead off with the news, and we FINALLY have good news from the club: Footloose is shipping!  At the time of the recording, no one in the fandom got theirs, but SURE ENOUGH, a day after recording, they started showing up in GREAT BRITAIN of all places. Retaliation talk took up much of the remainder of the news with some spoiler free information leaking on some test screenings, Wave 1 Retaliation figures begin appearing literally right in Gary's backyard, a mystery black uniformed Cobra Commander sells for INSANE money on eBay (which later turns out to be part of the long talked about on this show - Amazon 4-pack), and some new single-carded Joes destined for "dollar stores" have the community abuzz after the limited articulation issues of the movie line.  Wrapping up the program, Gary reveals he has "acquired" the Retaliation Ghost Hawk 2 jet and Retaliation HISS Tank.  What does he have to say about these two large vehicles. JUST A REMINDER! For our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY show, our guest(s) will be YOU! By popular demand, we will be doing a "CALL IN" show. Here's how it will work: First, you gotta have Skype. If you don't have Skype, go to www.skype,com to download it. Second, we'd prefer you have some type of headset/microphone combo. Its not essential, but if we can't hear ya, it will be hard to record ya. Third, add chuckdawg1999 to your Skype contacts. Fourth, join us on Skype April 24th - THIS TUESDAY NIGHT at 9pm EASTERN. Contact Chuck to let him know you want on the show - and bring a good question or topic to talk about will ya, or Justin, Mike and I will resort to sports talk which will anger a bunch of people and you don't want that. Every 5th caller, gets a prize (and not some crummy figure you already have, but a GOOD prize)! In the meantime, if you have any questions, hit us up here or add us on Twitter: @GeneralsJoes, @chuckdawg1999, @Beachhead_WOJM and @garygodsoe Until then, enjoy Episode 51!

EPISODE 50! “What’s on JOE Mind?”

It's here!  It's our 50th episode!!  This week we are joined by Marvel's Arune Singh and former GI Joe writer for Devil's Due, Brandon Jerwa.  Brandon tells us his vision of how the adventures of GI Joe would unfold in the DDP universe.  Learn more about his favorite characters, how Wraith came to be, and which October Guard is Brandon modeled after.  Not only do we talk about Joe with Brandon, but we hear about his experiences on the Highlander and Battlestar Galatica properties.  Brandon also tells us about his new project, Shooter, set to launch April 19th.  Don't miss it!  Next we talked to Arune some more about the next couple of weeks which will be HUGE for Marvel, including the Avengers v. X-Men epic cross over title AND how could we forget about Avengers appearing in your favorite cineplex on May 4th.  In the second half, we listen to your voicemail, which included some real zingers that you won't want to miss!  All this plus your listener mail, GOOD news from the GIJCC's concerning their New Orleans con set and upcoming release dates from DIC.  Two more to go until we reach one year, but enjoy this brief stop at 50, a milestone number in its own right...plus we get a message from a special friend of the program that couldn't make us prouder to be a part of this hobby!  Chuck even sings, so download and listen now!

Episode 49: What's on JOE Mind?

IDW GI Joe and Snake Eyes artist Robert Atkins joins us again as we wrap up our coverage of Roll Out/Roll Call 3.  We get his and Gary's final report (and priceless stories) about their time in the UK for the convention.  We also talk to Robert about his current projects AND get his impressions of the RobotCon artist alley decision passed down by Fun Pub and Hasbro (note: this was later cleared up during the week).  After our talk with Robert, we dip into the mailbag for some more IDW discussion , Mike makes sure he gets the credit for whispering MAILBAG into the microphone and we all give our thoughts how Retaliation will hold up during Week 2 in its battle with a rebooted Spider Man franchise.  In the second half, friend of the show Shogi reviews the Action Force ATC (or APC as we called it).  If you want ANY Action Force vehicle, this is certainly one to go after!  In the news we discuss the new pics of the carded figures shown on the GIJCC webpage and reviews of the Cobra Troopers and GI Joe Troopers that have popped up around the community.  Next, Justin does the Mypos (said MEE-pos) Dance of Joy (aka Happy Dance) over Renegades appearing on Netflix; which leads to us taking a few minutes to talk about the old ABC TV Show Perfect Strangers - hey, its better than sports talk, right?  Rounding out the news we cover the new Joe Caunck newsletter featuring an interview of Gary, new news about the GIJCC's new website, AND an eBay auction offering up a piece of Joe history that never made it past the model stage.  In a brief editorial, we address the fears of possible convention goers about using their credit cards with the club in lieu of the recent events with the club.  You may be interested in the facts we have to tell you to ease your fears.  It's a jammed packed episode full of Joe, comics, movies, convention debauchery, Mypos native dancing and May Day discussion - yeah, no kidding.  All this and even Siri makes a special guest appearance.  We're on the heels of #50 and our 1 year anniversary, so while you are hunting eggs this weekend, pass the time by taking in this extremely entertaining episode of WOJM!

Episode 48: What's on JOE Mind?

It's finally here!  It's our Kevin Michael Richardson epic interview episode!  But before we get to the man who did the Renegades voice of Roadblock, we had another Kevin join us, Kevin Watts.  You may remember Kevin from previous episodes and he holds the show record for being bleeped 44 times in less than 70 seconds back in Episode 38!  This time Kevin joins us to talk about his new custom HISS Tank project for this Spring's New Jersey Collectors' Convention.  After talking with Kevin, we go into the mailbag to discuss a letter from a listener asking our take on the prices of some of the more popular Pursuit of Cobra figures that were released late into the line and why they are so expensive on the secondary markets.  Just before the intermission, the team discusses in great detail the upcoming 3rd party product ban by Fun Publications at BotCon and how it may possibly affect us at JoeCon in June.  After the break, stay with us for the next hour as the we air our interview with Kevin Michael Richardson.  Following the interview, Chuck sits in for Mike and tries to do his best impression of Ted Baxter and tries to take us through the news, which include coverage of a new fan-made video game,  updates about the fanfilm GI Joe: Initiate, first looks/reaction to Retaliation toy packaging, Sears availability and updated movie PR stills....whew, that was a ton to talk about.  As a side note to the listener, we tried our best to censor as many of the foul laungage in this episode.  Hopefully we caught everything.  If we didn't, we apologize in advance.  As you can tell from the KMR interview and the ending with Mr. Watts, we had our hands full with editing!  Other than that, we know you will enjoy this one!  Have fun!