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07-14-2009, 12:59 AM | #1 |
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ok guys heres what i got from the net. i have the book on the history of g i joe from 1964-1996 well its has been updated on the net. so here you go read this and then lets talk about if the movie has held up with what gi joe was. here is alink to another topic
G.I. Joe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia about the game that is coming and how they madeit with the 80s ideas. very good read. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Tapping 45 Years of G.I. JOE History G.I. JOE was the first boy's "Action Figure" in the world. G.I. Joe first hit the scene as an 11-1/2 inch "doll" for boys. What made G.I. Joe unique was its 21 moving parts for interactive play. G.I. Joe is named after the movie "The Story of G.I. JOE" which gained great popularity in the early sixties. Due to the popularity of G.I. Joe, the Hasbro Company that invented the action figure decided to expand the brand’s line in 1967. Hasbro introduced the Canadian Mountie set of G.I. Joes. Five years after the original G.I. Joe Hasbro was producing all categories of the United States Armed Forces action figures as well as many foreign armed forced. It wasn’t until 1969 that “G.I. Joe” went from being the name of one specific action figure, to the name of an entire line of action figures for boys. By the 1970s the G.I. Joe brand was doing quite well and Hasbro kept thinking of innovative ways to keep their successful brand alive. It was at this time that they started producing the G.I. Joe Adventure Team, which was comprised of a group of soldiers all committed to the same goal as G.I. Joe. As the seventies continued to evolve, so did G.I. Joe. He was given flocked hair, and even some G.I. Joes came with a kung-fu grip. It was in the seventies that the first superhuman team member was introduced, his name was Bulletman. Other new team members introduced in the seventies included Eagle Eye and The Defenders. G.I. Joe found a force that he could not defeat in 1978 when the price of petroleum grew so high that G.I. Joe production was suspended. It wasn’t until 1982 that the line was re-introduced in a smaller size. The smaller size action figures were created as a direct result of keeping production costs lower to accommodate the price of petroleum. It was also in 1982 that G.I. Joe was licensed with Marvel Comics. This partnership was very lucrative for Hasbro and Marvel with $200 million in combined revenue by 1984. At the time there were uniforms, weapons, vehicles and comic books rounding out the G.I. Joe brand. Also in the early eighties G.I. Joe found himself fighting a slew of adversaries including the Drednoks. By this time the brand had grown so large that real human characters were being incorporated into the G.I. Joe adventure team. The first was professional wrestler Sgt. Slaughter followed by Chicago Bears legend William “The Refrigerator” Perry. John Gibb is the owner of Action Figure resources , For more information on Action Figures check out Action Figures Guide |
07-14-2009, 07:16 PM | #2 |
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07-14-2009, 07:19 PM | #3 |
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It does hold up, it just evolves with each Generation.
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07-14-2009, 07:46 PM | #4 |
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I also believe it should evolve with each generation, new generation = expanded fanbase around the world
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07-14-2009, 07:48 PM | #5 |
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Yep......Keep passing the torch...from Father to Son! (and some daughters).
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07-14-2009, 07:50 PM | #6 |
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07-14-2009, 07:52 PM | #7 |
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We had this thread last month, and it turned into a wah viper fest, because a few people kept bad talking 12 inch figures.
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07-14-2009, 07:53 PM | #8 |
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the key is figuring out what appeals to today's market. sometimes they make the right choices, like in 1982, and others they make the wrong ones, like 1992.
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07-14-2009, 08:10 PM | #9 |
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yes and Resolute was a good choice for a update. S6 was bad but they are making alive movie of it so sometimes they dont learn. this is not a bash just a observation.
Joe stood on its own for 12yrs then they tried to change it ie neon colors and it failed, then they brought it back. had a real bad cartoon and bad toys. Extream. then tried agin with the collectrs packs. it lasted a bit but had no backing then Spy troops it was ok but only had a cartoon movie , try keep it alive it didnt work. so they tried another one VvV and that failed. they need a cartoon to keep it alive. so they changed the size and made S6 with a cartoon that died cuse the figs cost way to much for 1 fig not alot of ppl like that size. so then the went to DTC & back to 3 3/4in that died as they didnt have any exposer ir toy commercials or cartoon. then the 25th came in and it did great till hasbro dropped the ball on the line for the movie. so it stalled out. Resolute would of done better if they gave it some love. Resolute was the best update to joe i have seen. it would of done great if they didnt just make a movie but a series out of it. any way this is about the history of joe & toys not the movie. lets try to keep that in mind when we post on the history of joe. |
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is the Sigma inspired Joes the right direction? who knows. despite the haters cries, the line was moderately successful (and managed to stay at retail just as long as the 25th/ME line), so we will see if the figure size and price point was what held it back, which won't be a problem with the scale and price of ROC figures, or if it is the concept. no matter how much you want to eliminate it from the equation, only time will determine the truth. |
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