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Some General Observations On The 25th/Modern Era
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06-29-2008, 11:38 PM
meyerc13
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Appleton, WI
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They may have tried some of these things in the past, but I think you are forgetting that today the situation is quite different than it was in 2003.
I am just one example of someone who hadn't bought a GI Joe product since the mid to late 80's, lured back because of these great new releases of the figures I loved. These new figures are so close to what I remember, but yet so much better. My brother started collecting them and got me hooked... I know that I've told a few friends about it and now they are hooked... when people pay attention to these figures and realize that these aren't going to be around forever, they crave them.
I don't know why Star Wars accessory packs flopped, but I know that back in the day I bought at least 1 of each accessory pack when it was released for GI Joe... but even though I played with Star Wars figures too... but I don't remember very many accessories for them... I remember some type of backpack and a gas mask of some type... but can't remember a lot of accessories beyond just the weapons each character came with (many of which were unique to the characters).
GI Joe is a different story... Maruader's Gun Runners is proof of it. I want to give my Joes and Cobras other weapons... give them other webbing/belts... I'd love to equip some of my other figs with that new Cobra bazooka trooper vest. Or give my Cobra machine gunners Rock N Roll's ammo belts... I could go on and on. So don't dismiss ideas off hand because they were tried 5 years ago when only die hard collectors were still buying products... a whole new class of collector is back and we are buying anything we can get our hands on... because we know that it has been 20+ years since the figures we love have been available to us, and I want them for my son and daughter to play with when they are a few years older.
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