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10-16-2021, 08:40 AM | #11 |
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According to the only official source ...
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G.I. Joe is a highly skilled, on-demand, international special missions force of men and women from around the globe, selected for their elite abilities in their chosen disciplines. Officially, G.I. Joe doesn’t exist, and very few know the truth: these heroes fight a secret war, as the first and last line of defense against forces that seek to plunge our world into chaos.
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10-16-2021, 08:54 AM | #12 |
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I don't have a problem with it being an international organization. As long as they're not dressed in black like ROC.
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10-16-2021, 09:33 AM | #13 |
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Good question...
I would recommend doing a youtube search on fensler films gijoe |
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10-16-2021, 01:26 PM | #14 |
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Despite that bullshit Hasbro is talking on the website the Classified Series JOEs are most DEFINITELY NOT AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM! I asked What's On JOE Mind about this. Go to 56:57 - 1:03:18 of the clip. https://youtu.be/ghaLHv-JasQ Dear you just contradicted yourself. Being that (with the exception of Taurus and possibly Helix,) everybody on the JOE team is American that makes everything that they do "American in nature," by default.
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10-16-2021, 01:53 PM | #15 |
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Despite that bullshit Hasbro is talking on the website the Classified Series JOEs are most DEFINITELY NOT AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM! I asked What's On JOE Mind about this. Go to 56:57 - 1:03:18 of the clip. https://youtu.be/ghaLHv-JasQ
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10-16-2021, 02:48 PM | #16 |
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To say in 82 and 83 it was conceived as anything other than a American team is a blantant deception. The tag line was a real American hero. The flag points were U.S. flags. The first year all the members weren't just American, they were U.S. Army. The ranks were American. They didn't expect it to have the longevity or world wide appeal that it did. Now that more than half a movies box office is made overseas I don't blame them for trying to make it international. |
10-16-2021, 03:10 PM | #17 |
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International Joe's: Backstop, Taurus, Red Dog, Skymate,Wind-chill II, Big Ben, Freestyle, Breaker(ROC),Heavy Duty (ROC),SalvoII, Quick KickII,. Probably missed some. Not including character from Action Force for the convention sets. But I do agree that the team should always be an American based operation.
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10-16-2021, 04:04 PM | #18 |
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He was born in Québec and moved to Detroit.
He's one. He's an American. He's a liasion You named somebody I didn't know about. I'll give you this one. Are we counting immigrants to the U.S. who grew up here as foreign members of the JOE team? Okay. In the R.O.C. continuity wasn't he Canadian or from Africa? You have these characters confused with other ones. Quote:
If Hasbro really and truly feels that having international representation on the JOE team will make the brand popular and relevant again then so be it. Make the Oktober Guard, the White Clown, the Turcos and that Brazilian chick JOES, but don't tell me that G.I. JOE is an international team when like 97% of the JOEs roster are Americans. Immigrants raised in America, cats on loan from other countries, and five confirmed foreign nationals does not make the G.I. JOE team international.
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10-16-2021, 04:13 PM | #19 |
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If Hasbro really and truly feels that having international representation on the JOE team will make the brand popular and relevant again then so be it. Make the Oktober Guard, the White Clown, the Turcos,and that Brazilian chick JOES, but tell me that G.I. JOE is an international team when like 97% per of the JOEs roster are Americans because immigrants raised in America, cats on loan from other countries, and five confirmed foreign nationals does not make the G.I. JOE team international.
I'd be OK with a brand refresh where G.I. Joe (an American) leads an international anti-terrorist team. |
10-16-2021, 04:22 PM | #20 |
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Salvo II is a woman from Samoa
Hard to get that confused. The point being, the team has had international members and it didn't change the fact that it was an American team in the past. Hasbro has just became lazy in it's marketing and packaging departments. Look at how much money they save by not changing for each market. Printing multi language cards reduces cost by 2rds. |
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