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Originally Posted by ender098

One of my Complaints with the 25th is "What about NEW figures?".

Air viper? you Frankenjoe a gas mask trooper and give him a JUMP and it's NEW?
(gotta admit, I DO like the concept, it's the execution that is a cheap shot IMHO!)

Red ninja? Remember the BJ's special Red Storm Shadow and the Cobra ninja pack?

I know this is the 25th "Anniversary" and supposed to be nostalgic, but c'mon!

I keep hearing this;

"Well, ya know, I never got a Version one of ______, "
(add Duke, Snake eyes, Cobra Commander or whatever in the blank!!!)

To which I say;

"Oh, I guess you missed the Tiger Force version, the Night Force Version, the Battle Corps Version, the Ninja Force Version, the arctic Version, The Star Brigade version, the Collectors 2001 Version, the TRU Exclusive 1997 Version, the 15th Anniversary version, The Desert Patrol Pack version, the Spytroops Version, the Valor Vs. Venom Version, the DTC Version and the COMIC PACK versions as well?
What does HAsbro have to do? Buy it for you?"

GOD!!!

1,000 versions of the same figures and people want remakes of the same old figure....when are we gonna get fresh figures? When is Hasbro ever gonna finish anything? They need to remake the Headhunters and Stormtroopers....those figures sell for uber cash on ebay and you can't afford to army build them! Are we ever gonna get the rest of the Plague? Good idea, pi$$ poor execution!

This is one of my main irks as well. The 25th line is yet to give us anything fresh. I concede it's an anniversary line, but it's not yet 12 months old and we've had how many CC's, Snake Eyes, etc? But Hershel is right too, this was also a problem with the o-ring stuff as well. Hasbro's laziness is infuriating - "Okay, lets just change the colour of the paint apps on the gloves and release it as another Cobra Commander"....yeah, right!

New characters are what keep the line interesting, that's why this year's con set was so brilliant...NEW CHARACTERS...no CC, no Snake Eyes, no Duke!!! Personnel turnover is a natural evolution, especially in an active combat unit like GI Joe. Example; I've worked at the same place for 23 years, and out of around 50 employees, their are only eight or nine who are still there from when I started. Literally hundreds of employees have come and gone in that time.