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For me it is the potential. I mean I've always been a fan. I was 13 in '82 and the StarWars thing was very big, but everything was based on the movie line (EVERYTHING). GI Joe had always been the 12" series and suddenly there were these tough looking guys (and girl) out there who could fight anything from a horde of stiff stormtroopers, to exploring an ancient temple, to defending against the Micronaut threat (anyone remember these guys?).

As I didn't have access to the comic line until later and while the cartoon series that followed was OK but not the beat all end all, I fought in the backyards of my neighborhood against any threat and in any kind of environment. To me, these guys (and later, girls) allowed me a chance to explore my imagination - where were the Joes going to be next? What were they going to be doing? Who were they fighting?

10-14-2007, 08:09 AM	#7
Bayer Self-Important Offline --> Posts: 1,034 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	For me it is the potential. I mean I've always been a fan. I was 13 in '82 and the StarWars thing was very big, but everything was based on the movie line (EVERYTHING). GI Joe had always been the 12" series and suddenly there were these tough looking guys (and girl) out there who could fight anything from a horde of stiff stormtroopers, to exploring an ancient temple, to defending against the Micronaut threat (anyone remember these guys?). As I didn't have access to the comic line until later and while the cartoon series that followed was OK but not the beat all end all, I fought in the backyards of my neighborhood against any threat and in any kind of environment. To me, these guys (and later, girls) allowed me a chance to explore my imagination - where were the Joes going to be next? What were they going to be doing? Who were they fighting?