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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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01-08-2013, 11:53 PM
Loose Cannon
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joeymac
I was told to post here about filecards and who reads them and cares about back story? as in collector guides it talks about the character and not the toy and its variants,accessories,etc..
just seems odd to a toy collector
I saw your other post but just left it alone as we all enjoy the brand differently, and we are entitled to our own opinions. The difference may be when you started collecting versus some of us in this thread. My love for Joes is more than just the figures themselves.
Back in the heyday, Joe was the biggest toy brand around 1984-85ish? The Comic was the number 1 comic in circulation. The Cartoon was one of the best up against the likes of He-Man and Voltron and then Transformers a little later. And the toy was the number 1 sellling toy for boys. All of this tied together with these little scraps of paper/cardboard packaging.
For me the Filecards always added to the playability of the figures. I played the hell out of them. Growing up in a military home I respected the military aspect of these characters. (ie rank and training) This captured my attention and added to the realism of my play. I loved how they added new characters, and even if they looked stupid once the NEON attraction wore off, there was still a real character underneath, representing a fictional but real soldier.
So since they always had filecards when I still played with them, I want them to still have filecards now. The tie-ins are now obviously lacking, as a whole new generation is missing what I find to be the strongest aspect to Joe toys over other brands.
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thanks i always wanted know how many vipers there were
6,666?
It's probably based on personal preference, but it's something we could probably hash out.
Cobra Island + Broca Breach + Springfield + terrorist camps around the world = ?
FARC is like 12,000 strong Cobra is Worldwide!
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