Actually Lehsreh, there are supposed to be upwards of 3 live-action SW tv shows. Or maybe it's 2 cartoons and a live-action. I don't remember, I'm not a SW fanatic.

IIRC, when VvV went down the tube, we had that 'hiatus'. IF I can remember the timing, Star Wars Ep3 was due to come out and there were many stories of how Lucas wanted to pave the way for HIS toys and have no competition. We would later see the online campaign called DTC pop up a few months later. I DO remember buying a lot of Clone Troopers because there were NO small Joes available for retail.

It's my belief that the GI Joe fans are quite different than SW fans. We can say we want army builders, but are "WE" really gonna jump at a yellow webgeared Cobra Trooper, a gray Cobra Trooper, a gas mask trooper, etc? That might work for Star Wars, but I could care less about those 'variants'. I'd rather see them put out a bunch of black-webgeared, red chest Blueshirts. Screw the collector's base and forget the scalpers. They make THOSE suckers easily available, I'll build.

And hey... Wasn't the head of GI Joe the head of Star Wars a few years ago? Or is it vice versa? In any case, what works for Star Wars doesnt' necessarily mean it works for GI Joe. And yes, the #s for GI Joe are considerably smaller than TF or SW.

I think in the future, we'll see ideas that Frank has thrown down. But for now, it's about revisiting the past. We already know that the Big 3 didn't seem overly excited by what was being down with the 'theme' years, yah?

BTW, anyone notice that MOST of the current Joes available were all part of America's Elite? Flint. Snake Eyes. Scarlet. Roadblock. Storm Shadow. Duke. Shipwreck. Stalker. The only no-show would be Kamakura and I DOUBT Hasbro will make him anytime soon.