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The future of the 25th line...? AKA A Call to Action!/OMG DEtH oF DeH LinEz 2008!
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07-14-2008, 12:57 AM
NateR
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well lets face it hasbro, despite all our hopes, will do what THEY think will get the the most money in the short term. Despite the success of this line, the potential it has, many people who say the reasons its getting shoved aside because it has no media backing are right. If a property just tries to run off of nostalgia, much like joe has and has just been a huge success, the companies feel that it is expendable and can be tossed aside for something that has media backing like a craptacular movie or horrid poorly drawn robotic cartoon. Because the current line has no media basis it is thus considered expendable to make way for something that "is sure to be a staple of the franchise", ie the craptacular forth coming movie. They will not be smart about it and keep both lines going cause they know that they're movie figures wouldnt sell for crap and thats what they want to sell so to avoid that fiasco, they offer only the movie products so that anyone who loves gi joe will buy these in the false hopes that the original classic will return but hasbro will see it as.."oh well this version is selling lets just go with this instead of bringing back the classics." which this is one reason i will NEVER support anything movie related.
I collected Star Wars figures for years and I remember the awesomeness of the 2001 Power of the Jedi line which seemed to be a 'thank you' note to the collectors who had stuck with the line for years. Then Ep2 came out and collectors were tossed aside as Hasbro tried to cash in on ridiculous action poses and poorly conceived action features over the next two years.
Hopefully, Hasbro has learned a few lessons from that and we won't be subjected to that again with GI Joe.
BTW, I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say "horrid poorly drawn robotic cartoon." Did you see the 5-minute cartoon short at JoeCon? If that is what you are referring to, then yours would be the first negative comment I have read about the upcoming animated series.
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