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07-06-2011, 07:22 PM | #11 |
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because america doesnt support the war effort in many cases whereas giant robots fighting interplanetary battles doesnt have a tangible political function i would presume.
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07-06-2011, 07:47 PM | #12 |
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Yup.I think Nick Fury's son was was suppose to lead the team. Anyway it was an interesting read... it shows the hand and influence that Larry Hama has had since the beginiing. Still it would have been interesting if there was never was a Cobra... hard to imagine.
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07-06-2011, 07:49 PM | #13 |
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Great stuff! The comics were an absolute juggernaut for the majority of the 80's and are what "my" G.I.Joe is all about. To me the action figures were almost set pieces to the storytelling in those books. Hell, I was reading in kindergarten due in no small part to them and in turn explaining the storyline to my illiterate friends.
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07-06-2011, 07:52 PM | #14 |
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07-06-2011, 08:09 PM | #15 |
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I wish I had subscribed to Clock & Dagger.
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07-06-2011, 08:25 PM | #16 |
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gijoe has never been a full "war" comic/franchise and you figure hasbro could have capitalized post 9/11 with the anti-terrorism angle and rampant patriotism. i do give them props for thinking of gijoe GLOBALLY, as that expands the market biiiiiig time. Gijoe has always been quite an international group of characters anyway, so I don't get bent out of shape about hasbro not using the "real american hero" thing these days. hopefully if hasbro is able to keep on making the new cartoon and movie #2 is a vast improvement, it should help the brand quite a bit. ever since the movies, transformers has been way more in your face.
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07-06-2011, 09:11 PM | #17 |
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I admit I've always wondered who came up with the idea of COBRA.
I'd love to know who designed the COBRA symbol. It is aesthetic perfection. For me, even as a child, it was always COBRA. Never GIJOE. The only GIJOE characters I ever had were Recondo (a present I didn't choose) and a Sky Striker with Ace I bought for $10 at Kay-Bee and couldn't resist not getting at that price. Everything else I had was COBRA. I was known, sort of, as the kid in the neighborhood with the COBRA army. Favorite character: Destro. Favorite vehicle: Rattler. It was just understood that whenever we got together to play GIJOE, I would be Destro and fly a Rattler. It never really caused any problems because everyone else fought over Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. It has suddenly occurred to me I'm still known as the guy in the neighborhood with the freakishly large COBRA army... :/
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07-06-2011, 09:20 PM | #18 |
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I admit I've always wondered who came up with the idea of COBRA.
I'd love to know who designed the COBRA symbol. It is aesthetic perfection. For me, even as a child, it was always COBRA. Never GIJOE. The only GIJOE characters I ever had were Recondo (a present I didn't choose) and a Sky Striker with Ace I bought for $10 at Kay-Bee and couldn't resist not getting at that price. Everything else I had was COBRA. I was known, sort of, as the kid in the neighborhood with the COBRA army. Favorite character: Destro. Favorite vehicle: Rattler. It was just understood that whenever we got together to play GIJOE, I would be Destro and fly a Rattler. It never really caused any problems because everyone else fought over Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes. It has suddenly occurred to me I'm still known as the guy in the neighborhood with the freakishly large COBRA army... :/ i was always a cobra kid. the dynamics with the characters were always more interesting, and cobra commander was always my favorite villain growing up...
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07-06-2011, 09:38 PM | #19 |
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It has always been a shame to me that the personality of G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero has always been due to Hama along with the designers at Hasbro. But it's the stupid Sunbow cartoon that people remember. That's why Hawk and Stalker are underused and Duke is overhyped.
I wonder who at Hasbro loves Duke so much. I guess some marketing folks at Hasbro (poor Stephen Hassenfeld loved market testing) believe the public loves Duke and that he sells. |
07-06-2011, 09:39 PM | #20 |
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Great read! Thanks for posting this!
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