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Wasss once a man
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The "for the kids" argument is used a lot but Hasbro has said during their online Q&A sessions that the 25th line is aimed more at collectors. Someone asked about stuff like Galactic Heroes/Superhero Squad-style figures and their response was along the lines of, "If the success of the brand leads us to shift the focus away from a collector-targeted line we may consider such things when playability and the desires of children would be more important."
I do find it hard to believe that the majority of collectors wanted them to do a line that was largely incompatible with anyone's existing collection. Sure, people are OK with them now they're out with quite a lot of "Well, it's GI Joe and I'll buy it if that's all they're going to offer," but I bet next to nobody would have chosen for things to be like this in advance!
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