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Wasss once a man
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Anyone else find it a bit annoying that they're already doing repaints to make figures that don't correspond with anything prior? Namely Jet Pack Trooper and this CC?
I realise this pack wasn't exactly planned far in advance but you'd think that they still wouldn't be so quick to contradict the whole "We've got 25 years of GI Joe history to draw from" line. And why is it that these days it's so important to constantly have "key" characters on the shelves but updating them? Do kids today REALLY want multiples of the same guy? Because GI Joe became a top-selling and long-lasting toy line without doing that; my first CC was the Battle Armor version and I was collecting for a few years before he came out. I got Snake Eyes v2 and didn't get another until 2001 bcause I didn't need one. Some of the more popular characters were still available and had their pics on the cardbacks when the next wave of figures came out but there was never a Snake Eyes, CC, SS AND Duke out at the same time. Masters Of The Universe didn't do too badly either, and that didn't have a new version of He-Man & Skeletor out with EVERY new wave...
Army-building seems like a no-brainer to make more sales without having to pay for new sculpts but no, they put who knows how many off buying multiple sets by making 2/5 of the figures a waste of time to anyone but completists even if you just buy the one set. So few characters available in the line and they're looking to get 3 versions of 2 of them out in stores at the same time...?
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