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Originally Posted by Outrider
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!.
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But it's not just a Hasbro thing, people keep buying the stuff! I can't believe how people will buy whatever crap Hasbro slaps a "GI Joe" Logo on, no matter how Crappy! I hate to say it (and for the longest time I was guilty of it too) but some people are just sheep....blindly following whatever.
The ones that tick me off are the ones saying "Well, I didn't get a V1 flint" so they get the 25th version. I did the same with PDD! There is nothing wrong with that...if it IS a figure you don't have or need to replace! But then they go out and buy all 3 five packs, all 4 waves, etc, ad nauseum when they already have all of the versions of all of these figures.
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Originally Posted by Outrider
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.
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You know, I think they should use this concept to update "The Oktober Guard" . A new lineup with new Characters. And the same with GI joe. They can use the same Codenames, just new People. A female "Flash". A white Ranger who takes Stalkers place. Or a Puerto Rican Tunnel Rat. New names, new file Cards, same specialtys and codenames!
For Exapmle:
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Code Name; MainFrame
Name; Nash, Franklin N. Rank; Gysgt E7
SSN; *** ** 9499
Primary Specialty; Tactical Data Network Operations
Secondary Specialty; Combat Engineer
Like the Original MainFrame, GySgt Nash did time in the Army (as a Combat Engineer). Swearing he would never re-up, the birth of his son drove him back to Active service, this time with the Marine Corps who thought his skills would be better used behind the keyboard of computer terminals. MainFrame has experience in Cisco Routing and Switching, Server operations, web servers and tactical microwave transmitters. If you have a calculator watch and a radio, he can build you a tactical network anywhere in the world. He's old, slow and mean, he never takes "no" for an answer and never quits. If his system doesn't work, he's been known to blow it up with C4 and start from scratch! He is qualified with the M9 9mm pistol, M16, M60, M67 90mm recoiless rifle Nato and Warsaw Pact explosives mines and booby traps and has extensive knowledge of bridging operations.
"No school like Old School baby!"
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Ok, that was a little self-promoting, but hey! I needed to illustrate a point, why not make myself as a figure!