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06-19-2018, 03:31 PM | #11 |
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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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06-19-2018, 04:30 PM | #12 |
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06-19-2018, 04:47 PM | #13 |
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However, you may have confused with 30th Anniversary as that came out right after POC and the line itself included repacked POC stuff (in some cases with minor changes like the Viper gauntlets color and less gear with Cobra Soldier).
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06-19-2018, 10:38 PM | #14 |
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06-20-2018, 12:08 AM | #15 |
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I think I understand your interested in story in how that line developed.
But honestly I think there isn't as much to it as you'd hope. Joe was doing a yearly theme. Its kinda been a standard for the brand for along time. That year it was a POC which spun out of ROC but never really meant anything more than a way to keep the line alive. I think the one change it might have seen was swapping out of some movie heads with more ARAH fan friendly looking ones. POC was a line designed to keep us happy until the next film. But since ROC under performed POC was doomed to fail. |
06-20-2018, 01:19 PM | #16 |
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I think I understand your interested in story in how that line developed.
But honestly I think there isn't as much to it as you'd hope. Joe was doing a yearly theme. Its kinda been a standard for the brand for along time. That year it was a POC which spun out of ROC but never really meant anything more than a way to keep the line alive. I think the one change it might have seen was swapping out of some movie heads with more ARAH fan friendly looking ones. POC was a line designed to keep us happy until the next film. But since ROC under performed POC was doomed to fail. |
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