Make sure to keep watching the GIJoeCon 2012 website for previews of the contents for both the 3 3/4-inch Oktober Guard and 12-inch Adventure Team box sets...Click Here!

Also, we are working hard to get the final approvals needed to release the convention brochure as well as guest announcements for this great summer event in New Orleans.

Here is the final figure from the Wave 1 assortment. Click on the thumbnail image to get your first look at the upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation: Cobra Trooper action figure with parachute in the Movie 2 style package.

The sinister Cobra Trooper silently descends through the darkness toward his target. The specialized Cobra parachute is designed for high-altitude jumps over unsuspecting targets.

SURPRISE! This week we started mailing the FREE membership figures for 2012! We were able to get these manufactured much earlier this year, so off they go to you! It will take several weeks for them to reach all of the membership, so please be patient. If you don't receive your figure by the end of May, please let us know.

In your April issue of the Club Magazine, you will find a letter that offers: credit card fraud counseling; instructions on how to place a credit alert on your accounts; and a free one-year subscription to a Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Recovery Service that we have purchased on your behalf.

If you have received any evidence of fraud on your credit cards, please call and make a report with the 800 number listed in the letter for the recovery services.

If you desire to take advantage of the Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Recovery Service, your letter contains an individually assigned certificate number that will allow you to activate the service. Do not share this certificate number with anyone as it is a one-time use certificate. In addition, you will need to activate your service by June 15, 2012. This service will last for 12 months once you activate it. Again, we apologize for any issues this problem has caused our membership.

Please note that your Club Magazine will be approximately 2 weeks later than normal as we wanted to give you time to check your mailing addresses in the new Club Store before we used it for the first mailing. You should receive your issue by May 4th. Please contact us after that date if you have not received your magazine.

Next week we will have the memberships back in the store. If you need to renew, all you have to do is put a credit card on file before your billing date (see My Account when you log in). The system will bill your renewal on that date. If you expire, you will need to go to the store, select the membership of your choice and check out. Then you will start again with the next mailing.

Finally, we are still working on getting all of our software and process back to normal. We hope to have registration available for GIJoeCon soon. We will send out an email when this is online.

Click on the thumbnail image to get your first look at the upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation: G.I. Joe Trooper action figure in the Movie 2 style package.

The G.I. Joe Trooper is armed for action with enough weapons to win any battle! With his mask and survival cloak, he can withstand the most brutal battle conditions on Earth.

Click on the thumbnail image to get your first look at the upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation: Red Ninja action figure in the Movie 2 style package.

The evil and mysterious Red Ninjas help carry out secret Cobra missions. From their mountaintop dojo, these masters of mid-air battles use their zip lines and ninja swords to attack anyone who dares to enter their domain.

Be sure to check out our all-new GIJoeCon 2012 website. We will have the convention brochure, box set figure reveals, guest announcements and so much more over the next month, so get ready for all the action!

Also, a reminder that you can still make your hotel reservations for the Official G.I. Joe Collectors' Convention...Click Here!

A block of rooms have been reserved for June 25, 2012 - July 1, 2012. Rooms are available 3 days before and after the convention dates, based on availability.

We look forward to seeing you and all your friends at GIJoeCon 2012!

Click on the thumbnail image to get your first look at the upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation: Roadblock action figure in the Movie 2 style package.

Armed with his Battle-Kata Blaster and powerful ninja training, Roadblock leads the G.I. Joe team in the fight against Cobra. Growing up on tough city streets, he was headed down the wrong path until Snake Eyes saw his potential. After years of intensive ninja training and military experience, Roadblock has become the ultimate ninja commando!

This is coming from our new store software to all active members. We have been transferring and cleaning up data in order to use our new system. We want to have one more set of eyes to look at your addresses and figure choices for 2012.

Please go to this link and log in using the email address you use for the club, and your old club password (unless you have changed it in the new store).

As we continue to bring up new systems and software, this will remain your membership log in and password. You may change either at anytime by logging in. However, each membership you have must have a unique email address as that will be your log in from here forward. If you don't know your password, use the retrieval link and then log in and change it.

After you log in, please check all of the tabs and make sure your information is accurate. You will have until Tuesday (04/03/12) at 5 pm central time to make any changes to your address(es) and this year's free figure choice. After that time we will lock the files and create the mailing lists for this year's membership figures and your magazines. Your April issue will run about 2 weeks late. Next month, we should be back on our regular schedule.

We have limited the access in this first implementation of the club store. There are still some issues we have to work out this week before we put product in. We want to make sure all of the data is correct before we move forward.

If you have more than one membership and have trouble getting into your second account or if you have accounts in both clubs, please contact customer service and we will assist you. It is more efficient for you to email us.

In addition, approximately 150 of you will expire this next week (check your Bill Date in your profile). The new system automatically renews you on your billing anniversary provided you have a valid credit card on file. If you don't want to leave it on file, you can come back after it is billed (you can see the charge in your account) and delete it.

Thanks for your support and help!