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06-18-2018, 11:44 PM | #1 |
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POC seems to be an important line in the history of Joe (and maybe beyond). Is there a collected historty of the development of the line? Was it a result or inspiration of the Vintage Series? How did the concept get generated? Who were the designers? Was there a jump in molding technology to result in the improved molding? Things like that.
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06-19-2018, 12:46 AM | #2 |
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POC seems to be an important line in the history of Joe (and maybe beyond). Is there a collected historty of the development of the line? Was it a result or inspiration of the Vintage Series? How did the concept get generated? Who were the designers? Was there a jump in molding technology to result in the improved molding? Things like that.
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06-19-2018, 01:02 AM | #3 |
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was there an actual storyline behind the PoC? it reminds me of a like predator and metal gear mash up, looks wise.
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06-19-2018, 04:18 AM | #4 |
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Poc is the best line of Joes ever imo.
A history of the Poc line would be a great read.
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06-19-2018, 05:02 AM | #5 |
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I think Boss Fight Studio was involved somehow.
Edit: many interesting tidbits can be found on the links in this page: https://boss-fight-studio-the-store....pages/about-us Last edited by Bubbavader; 06-19-2018 at 05:11 AM.. |
06-19-2018, 10:19 AM | #6 |
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This. It was very much a continuation of the movie line's more realistic aesthetics, but adjusted to better homage the origins. They were built around environment themes of desert, jungle, urban and arctic.
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06-19-2018, 10:33 AM | #7 |
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I think it was a loose continuation of ROC
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06-19-2018, 12:21 PM | #8 |
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What history do you think there is? ROC sales jumped the Joe brand from $33 million in 2008 to $100 million in 2009. Most of this was sales preceding the release of the movie, but as a result Hasbro invested heavily into the follow up toyline assuming the movie and toys would be a hit like Transformers. More budget for POC, based on ROC pre sales, equals more time to work on figures and better toys.
Clearly the only branding was to play off the ____ of Cobra format started with the movie’s subtitle The Rise of Cobra. Cobra had risen and now the Joes were pursuing them. But when the ROC toys flopped Hasbro dropped the branding and just released it under the G.I. Joe brand with no subtitle. Technically POC is just a fan description and isn’t actually part of the product branding. |
06-19-2018, 02:33 PM | #9 |
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Huh? The cards literally say "Pursuit of Cobra". That's how the line was solicited to retailers. That's branding just as much as "25th Anniversary" et al.
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06-19-2018, 02:36 PM | #10 |
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What history do you think there is? ROC sales jumped the Joe brand from $33 million in 2008 to $100 million in 2009. Most of this was sales preceding the release of the movie, but as a result Hasbro invested heavily into the follow up toyline assuming the movie and toys would be a hit like Transformers. More budget for POC, based on ROC pre sales, equals more time to work on figures and better toys.
Clearly the only branding was to play off the ____ of Cobra format started with the movie’s subtitle The Rise of Cobra. Cobra had risen and now the Joes were pursuing them. But when the ROC toys flopped Hasbro dropped the branding and just released it under the G.I. Joe brand with no subtitle. Technically POC is just a fan description and isn’t actually part of the product branding. |
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