What's on JOE Mind?

Its the post Toy Fair 2012 edition of WOJM.  Justin fills us in with what he saw and with what he talked with Hasbro about.  Also joining us are Arune Singh, the Director of Communications for Marvel Comics and Brian Truitt from USA Today.  Arune and Brian hang out with us for the session and give their thoughts on Toy Fair and the line going forward into Retaliation. We answer some listener mail concerning Justin's psychic insight into the movie and another letter from a listener who has concerns about the cut back in articulation.  In the news, the obvious discussion was about Toy Fair, but they also covered the surprising television ratings of the network TV debut of The Rise of Cobra on the USA Network.  Lastly we cover the news of Jim Sorenson's Joe animation model book.  Its an episode chalked full of opinion of Toy Fair, so don't miss it!  Apologies for Chuck's Time/Warner issues. Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

How many Patriots jokes can we fit into one episode?  We give it our best shot this time as we do our second ever crossover episode, this time with the Ryan and Chuck from the Star Joes Podcast!  Now you all have met Chuck before, so this time we get to meet Ryan and learn a little bit more about him and the chemistry between he and Chuck that makes Star Joes a podcast that you should listen to - immediately after our show of course, shameless plug not withstanding.  Much of the first half of the show is run by Ryan as we have a mini Star Joes episode including the WOJM guys into their regular show segments.  In the second half we are joined by Craig from the Fwooshcast once more and we revert back to WOJM mode starting first with the mailbag where we get an update from our favorite active duty Marine, Will Bell.  Will's tour is now complete and he is home from Afghanistan, but that is not the full story.  We also read and answer a letter from Vince who asks how do we feel about being the unofficial voice of the hobby and whether or not we use our respective show powers for what is good and right or use our voices as a bully pulpit to forward any agendas we might have. In the news, we talk about the new Movie 2 toys and the new Movie 2 trailers that we saw during the Super Bowl and we begin to look toward Toy Fair in New York City, home of the World Champion Giants. Trailers, Toys and a beaten Tom Brady.  Join us and the fellas from Star Joes...oh, AND Craig too; all on this episode of WOJM!   How 'bout them Patriots!? Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

How many Patriots jokes can we fit into one episode?  We give it our best shot this time as we do our second ever crossover episode, this time with the Ryan and Chuck from the Star Joes Podcast!  Now you all have met Chuck before, so this time we get to meet Ryan and learn a little bit more about him and the chemistry between he and Chuck that makes Star Joes a podcast that you should listen to - immediately after our show of course, shameless plug not withstanding.  Much of the first half of the show is run by Ryan as we have a mini Star Joes episode including the WOJM guys into their regular show segments.  In the second half we are joined by Craig from the Fwooshcast once more and we revert back to WOJM mode starting first with the mailbag where we get an update from our favorite active duty Marine, Will Bell.  Will's tour is now complete and he is home from Afghanistan, but that is not the full story.  We also read and answer a letter from Vince who asks how do we feel about being the unofficial voice of the hobby and whether or not we use our respective show powers for what is good and right or use our voices as a bully pulpit to forward any agendas we might have. In the news, we talk about the new Movie 2 toys and the new Movie 2 trailers that we saw during the Super Bowl and we begin to look toward Toy Fair in New York City, home of the World Champion Giants. Trailers, Toys and a beaten Tom Brady.  Join us and the fellas from Star Joes...oh, AND Craig too; all on this episode of WOJM!   How 'bout them Patriots!? Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

How many Patriots jokes can we fit into one episode?  We give it our best shot this time as we do our second ever crossover episode, this time with the Ryan and Chuck from the Star Joes Podcast!  Now you all have met Chuck before, so this time we get to meet Ryan and learn a little bit more about him and the chemistry between he and Chuck that makes Star Joes a podcast that you should listen to - immediately after our show of course, shameless plug not withstanding.  Much of the first half of the show is run by Ryan as we have a mini Star Joes episode including the WOJM guys into their regular show segments.  In the second half we are joined by Craig from the Fwooshcast once more and we revert back to WOJM mode starting first with the mailbag where we get an update from our favorite active duty Marine, Will Bell.  Will's tour is now complete and he is home from Afghanistan, but that is not the full story.  We also read and answer a letter from Vince who asks how do we feel about being the unofficial voice of the hobby and whether or not we use our respective show powers for what is good and right or use our voices as a bully pulpit to forward any agendas we might have. In the news, we talk about the new Movie 2 toys and the new Movie 2 trailers that we saw during the Super Bowl and we begin to look toward Toy Fair in New York City, home of the World Champion Giants. Trailers, Toys and a beaten Tom Brady.  Join us and the fellas from Star Joes...oh, AND Craig too; all on this episode of WOJM!   How 'bout them Patriots!? Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Oh Lordy Lordy, What's on JOE Mind reached 40!  Beach-Head Mike is promoted this week to be our new full time co-host.  Also we are joined by our buddy Craig from The Fwooshcast.  Chuck steps up in a big way to become our NEW showrunner.  It was a light news week but right off the bat we had some breaking news as the GIJCC changed the dates of the 2012 JoeCon back one week and finally announced the hotel location in New Orleans.  What was the fall out?  Joining us in the virtual studios this week we did find a very eager and well spoken guest in Eric, aka Alexx from Alexx's Shorts on JoeSightings and JoeBattleLines.  He talks to the guys about his unique way of how he blends reviews and humor into his figure pictorials.  From the mailbag Chuck answers a letter from his sister Barbara on why he won't go to JoeCon.  Chuck gets real for a moment and let's it be known that he isn't a shut-in like he made it out to be.  We also answer an older letter from Brad who asks, among other topics, if collectors are ruining Joe for kids with our need to army build.  In the second half we hear a pre-recorded interview with Matt Yang King, the voice of Tunnel Rat in GI Joe Renegades.  He has some hilarious stories to share and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.  In addition to being promoted to co-host status, Mike is also our anchor on the news desk as we talk about the 80Tee's up close look at the GI Joe Retaliation Motorcycle.  The GIJCC sets Footloose "loose" on the showcase turntable for a full 360 view of what this year's incentive figure will look like.  Lastly, keep your eyes open during NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for the next official trailer to hit.  Don't forget, this will be the first to really hit the mainstream so it will be interesting come next week on the public reaction to the new direction of Joe.  So it's JoeCon discussion, Alexx, mailbag, Matt Yang King, Retaliation, Footloose and the Super Bowl Trailer!  What more can you ask for?  Enjoy!! Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Oh Lordy Lordy, What's on JOE Mind reached 40!  Beach-Head Mike is promoted this week to be our new full time co-host.  Also we are joined by our buddy Craig from The Fwooshcast.  Chuck steps up in a big way to become our NEW showrunner.  It was a light news week but right off the bat we had some breaking news as the GIJCC changed the dates of the 2012 JoeCon back one week and finally announced the hotel location in New Orleans.  What was the fall out?  Joining us in the virtual studios this week we did find a very eager and well spoken guest in Eric, aka Alexx from Alexx's Shorts on JoeSightings and JoeBattleLines.  He talks to the guys about his unique way of how he blends reviews and humor into his figure pictorials.  From the mailbag Chuck answers a letter from his sister Barbara on why he won't go to JoeCon.  Chuck gets real for a moment and let's it be known that he isn't a shut-in like he made it out to be.  We also answer an older letter from Brad who asks, among other topics, if collectors are ruining Joe for kids with our need to army build.  In the second half we hear a pre-recorded interview with Matt Yang King, the voice of Tunnel Rat in GI Joe Renegades.  He has some hilarious stories to share and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.  In addition to being promoted to co-host status, Mike is also our anchor on the news desk as we talk about the 80Tee's up close look at the GI Joe Retaliation Motorcycle.  The GIJCC sets Footloose "loose" on the showcase turntable for a full 360 view of what this year's incentive figure will look like.  Lastly, keep your eyes open during NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for the next official trailer to hit.  Don't forget, this will be the first to really hit the mainstream so it will be interesting come next week on the public reaction to the new direction of Joe.  So it's JoeCon discussion, Alexx, mailbag, Matt Yang King, Retaliation, Footloose and the Super Bowl Trailer!  What more can you ask for?  Enjoy!! Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Oh Lordy Lordy, What's on JOE Mind reached 40!  Beach-Head Mike is promoted this week to be our new full time co-host.  Also we are joined by our buddy Craig from The Fwooshcast.  Chuck steps up in a big way to become our NEW showrunner.  It was a light news week but right off the bat we had some breaking news as the GIJCC changed the dates of the 2012 JoeCon back one week and finally announced the hotel location in New Orleans.  What was the fall out?  Joining us in the virtual studios this week we did find a very eager and well spoken guest in Eric, aka Alexx from Alexx's Shorts on JoeSightings and JoeBattleLines.  He talks to the guys about his unique way of how he blends reviews and humor into his figure pictorials.  From the mailbag Chuck answers a letter from his sister Barbara on why he won't go to JoeCon.  Chuck gets real for a moment and let's it be known that he isn't a shut-in like he made it out to be.  We also answer an older letter from Brad who asks, among other topics, if collectors are ruining Joe for kids with our need to army build.  In the second half we hear a pre-recorded interview with Matt Yang King, the voice of Tunnel Rat in GI Joe Renegades.  He has some hilarious stories to share and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.  In addition to being promoted to co-host status, Mike is also our anchor on the news desk as we talk about the 80Tee's up close look at the GI Joe Retaliation Motorcycle.  The GIJCC sets Footloose "loose" on the showcase turntable for a full 360 view of what this year's incentive figure will look like.  Lastly, keep your eyes open during NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for the next official trailer to hit.  Don't forget, this will be the first to really hit the mainstream so it will be interesting come next week on the public reaction to the new direction of Joe.  So it's JoeCon discussion, Alexx, mailbag, Matt Yang King, Retaliation, Footloose and the Super Bowl Trailer!  What more can you ask for?  Enjoy!! Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Paramount, USA Today and Hasbro needs to get this right.  WE RECORD ON TUESDAYS GUYS!  I mean, how can we comment on breaking news if we record a week later?  If they knew that, we wouldn't have had to record a special edition, but as it is, the occasion did warrant a "quick and dirty" session, so here it is.  Justin, Mike and Gary gather in the high tech palatial WOJM virtual studios to go over the first 9 figures revealed for this summer's upcoming sequel.  We break 'em down one by one.  Which one's did we like and which one's do we feel will be duds?  At the end we quickly preview the new 30 second trailer that will debut at some point during the Giants rout of the Patriots in Super Bowl 46 in beautiful Indianapolis.  Call me Joe! IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF JAY-Z: Whatever deity may guide my life, dear Lord, don't let me die tonight... Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Paramount, USA Today and Hasbro needs to get this right.  WE RECORD ON TUESDAYS GUYS!  I mean, how can we comment on breaking news if we record a week later?  If they knew that, we wouldn't have had to record a special edition, but as it is, the occasion did warrant a "quick and dirty" session, so here it is.  Justin, Mike and Gary gather in the high tech palatial WOJM virtual studios to go over the first 9 figures revealed for this summer's upcoming sequel.  We break 'em down one by one.  Which one's did we like and which one's do we feel will be duds?  At the end we quickly preview the new 30 second trailer that will debut at some point during the Giants rout of the Patriots in Super Bowl 46 in beautiful Indianapolis.  Call me Joe! IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF JAY-Z: Whatever deity may guide my life, dear Lord, don't let me die tonight... Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Paramount, USA Today and Hasbro needs to get this right.  WE RECORD ON TUESDAYS GUYS!  I mean, how can we comment on breaking news if we record a week later?  If they knew that, we wouldn't have had to record a special edition, but as it is, the occasion did warrant a "quick and dirty" session, so here it is.  Justin, Mike and Gary gather in the high tech palatial WOJM virtual studios to go over the first 9 figures revealed for this summer's upcoming sequel.  We break 'em down one by one.  Which one's did we like and which one's do we feel will be duds?  At the end we quickly preview the new 30 second trailer that will debut at some point during the Giants rout of the Patriots in Super Bowl 46 in beautiful Indianapolis.  Call me Joe! IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF JAY-Z: Whatever deity may guide my life, dear Lord, don't let me die tonight... Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Where do I begin with this one?  What could have gone wrong DID in this one.  What started out to be a quiet standard episode turned into a 7 man battle royal.  I guess people will say, "Well, it wasn't THAT bad," and that might be true.  Editing removed a lot of the audio "cyloning," coughing (i.e. check out the 01:20:31 mark for a doozy), wheezing, bickering and wayward topic discussion, you could clearly tell that most of us were simply not on our "A-Game" for this one.  First on the guest list was Chris Sims of ComicAlliance.com and War Rocket Ajax podcast.  OK, no big deal, standard podcast for us, right?  Well, we picked up a surprise host right before starting the record (now 6) and then Mike chimed in on an ill placed show entrance by Gary which interrupted our guest (now 7).  Sigh...this was not good.  Then the fun poking began as everyone targeted in on Gary for some reason.  Now Gary is a good guy, he can take a good ribbing, but when the night begins to spin out of control, well, everyone's temper becomes a little salty.  Here's a lesson in podcasting folks, don't irk the editor. When we were done embarrassing ourselves in front of our guest, we read a listener's letter and listened to some voice mail from friend of the show James Kavanaugh, Jr.  In the second half we talk about the two new guests for Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and transitioned into the unfortunate news that no Movie 2 merchandise was shown at UK Toy Fair.  We also talk about the upcoming HissTank.com March Madness thread where you can submit what characters you want to see in modern era contrux.  Last year's bracket had some interesting names in the Sweet Sixteen that are now possibly in your collections.  Worth a look for sure.  Anyways, not sure how this episode will go down in the annals of Joe podcasting lore, but like our very bad pilot episode, you can stomach at least one full listen of the episode.  So send all hate mail care of Justin B. to GeneralsJoes.com - he'll enjoy it! It's probably not the best episode to mention this, but...Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Where do I begin with this one?  What could have gone wrong DID in this one.  What started out to be a quiet standard episode turned into a 7 man battle royal.  I guess people will say, "Well, it wasn't THAT bad," and that might be true.  Editing removed a lot of the audio "cyloning," coughing (i.e. check out the 01:20:31 mark for a doozy), wheezing, bickering and wayward topic discussion, you could clearly tell that most of us were simply not on our "A-Game" for this one.  First on the guest list was Chris Sims of ComicAlliance.com and War Rocket Ajax podcast.  OK, no big deal, standard podcast for us, right?  Well, we picked up a surprise host right before starting the record (now 6) and then Mike chimed in on an ill placed show entrance by Gary which interrupted our guest (now 7).  Sigh...this was not good.  Then the fun poking began as everyone targeted in on Gary for some reason.  Now Gary is a good guy, he can take a good ribbing, but when the night begins to spin out of control, well, everyone's temper becomes a little salty.  Here's a lesson in podcasting folks, don't irk the editor. When we were done embarrassing ourselves in front of our guest, we read a listener's letter and listened to some voice mail from friend of the show James Kavanaugh, Jr.  In the second half we talk about the two new guests for Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and transitioned into the unfortunate news that no Movie 2 merchandise was shown at UK Toy Fair.  We also talk about the upcoming HissTank.com March Madness thread where you can submit what characters you want to see in modern era contrux.  Last year's bracket had some interesting names in the Sweet Sixteen that are now possibly in your collections.  Worth a look for sure.  Anyways, not sure how this episode will go down in the annals of Joe podcasting lore, but like our very bad pilot episode, you can stomach at least one full listen of the episode.  So send all hate mail care of Justin B. to GeneralsJoes.com - he'll enjoy it! It's probably not the best episode to mention this, but...Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Where do I begin with this one?  What could have gone wrong DID in this one.  What started out to be a quiet standard episode turned into a 7 man battle royal.  I guess people will say, "Well, it wasn't THAT bad," and that might be true.  Editing removed a lot of the audio "cyloning," coughing (i.e. check out the 01:20:31 mark for a doozy), wheezing, bickering and wayward topic discussion, you could clearly tell that most of us were simply not on our "A-Game" for this one.  First on the guest list was Chris Sims of ComicAlliance.com and War Rocket Ajax podcast.  OK, no big deal, standard podcast for us, right?  Well, we picked up a surprise host right before starting the record (now 6) and then Mike chimed in on an ill placed show entrance by Gary which interrupted our guest (now 7).  Sigh...this was not good.  Then the fun poking began as everyone targeted in on Gary for some reason.  Now Gary is a good guy, he can take a good ribbing, but when the night begins to spin out of control, well, everyone's temper becomes a little salty.  Here's a lesson in podcasting folks, don't irk the editor. When we were done embarrassing ourselves in front of our guest, we read a listener's letter and listened to some voice mail from friend of the show James Kavanaugh, Jr.  In the second half we talk about the two new guests for Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and transitioned into the unfortunate news that no Movie 2 merchandise was shown at UK Toy Fair.  We also talk about the upcoming HissTank.com March Madness thread where you can submit what characters you want to see in modern era contrux.  Last year's bracket had some interesting names in the Sweet Sixteen that are now possibly in your collections.  Worth a look for sure.  Anyways, not sure how this episode will go down in the annals of Joe podcasting lore, but like our very bad pilot episode, you can stomach at least one full listen of the episode.  So send all hate mail care of Justin B. to GeneralsJoes.com - he'll enjoy it! It's probably not the best episode to mention this, but...Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

About a month ago we were asked to record a special segment for the Geek Cast Radio Network's Year in Review show.  How could we resist, right?  Originally we were asked to have each host list their Top 5 and Bottom 5 GI Joe moments from 2011.  Well, since we REALLY like to talk and go into in-depth discussions on our topics, to have basically a Top 20 and Bottom 20 list would be a little too much.  It would have turned into a 5 hour marathon and Gary would have been crushed from post production.  So we pooled our picks together and came up with a group consensus Top 5 and Bottom 5.  Now, we repeat some of what we talked about in Episode 35, but we touch on other topics too so we keep the content fresh.  Anyways, we had fun and we hope you enjoy it.  We thank the GCRN for allowing us to be involved in their program! **This episode is posted with the permission from the GCRN** Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

About a month ago we were asked to record a special segment for the Geek Cast Radio Network's Year in Review show.  How could we resist, right?  Originally we were asked to have each host list their Top 5 and Bottom 5 GI Joe moments from 2011.  Well, since we REALLY like to talk and go into in-depth discussions on our topics, to have basically a Top 20 and Bottom 20 list would be a little too much.  It would have turned into a 5 hour marathon and Gary would have been crushed from post production.  So we pooled our picks together and came up with a group consensus Top 5 and Bottom 5.  Now, we repeat some of what we talked about in Episode 35, but we touch on other topics too so we keep the content fresh.  Anyways, we had fun and we hope you enjoy it.  We thank the GCRN for allowing us to be involved in their program! **This episode is posted with the permission from the GCRN** Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED