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Originally Posted by tmc008

Can May 31st hurry up already?! I am excited to see what submissions they pick, although I am guessing we will not find out until the kickstarter begins. Regardless, this is amazing and I seriously wanted to cry a little because Carson?s dream is coming true and through it he is helping to make much of the community wishes come true as well. What a feat getting the original guys back together for a 40th anniversary project. It would be awesome if Hasbro gave them the license but it will be awesome either way. Thank you Carson for this! I will support you and every other o-ring campaign out there because I truly adore GI Joe! Thanks to everyone who keeps o-ring relevant!

I'm saddened that whatever comes of this project can't live inside of and/or be a new uplift of the Joe brand. Especially given how much of their lives/careers these folks invested in that brand. I get that having these made at all (via Kickstarter) will be a huge deal and I don't want to kick the legs out from under that effort, but with Joe pretty much getting by on fumes these days via what's come before some new life blood would be great.

Speaking of; I wonder why Joe is so desperate to tie brand reinvention to a successful movie. Why not something more grassroots, vis a vi' how we in the 80's experienced the brand- cartoon, new toys (not just the 50th version of Snake eyes), video game, etc. If cracking the code with a good movie is proving elusive then try a series on Netflix or some other smaller scale effort. Because ultimately how long before we 80's kids are too old to keep buying memories from 40 years ago? At some point the brand needs to bring in something new or it will always be a property relegated to the vault until they try a new movie and see if it sticks this time.