Seriously guys, the S6 theme was a success! The cartoon DID air at a pretty consistent time for at least a season or most of it. What was it, 0900 on Saturdays on FOX??? Mysterious Stranger prolly remembers what happens better. I know that without support, the line started to fall. You get the STUPID motorcycle BAT and crap like that... BUT the turn to Adventure TEam and Combat Squad and whatever else they did tried to pull was just bogus.

COMBAT TEAM wasn't a bad idea. In a way, I kinda thought it was to take the place of the 12" THO it was very different in style. Like, to try and get kids into the classic stuff or something bizarre. Kinda like how the Viper and Bazooka made it into 12" form!

Hasbro needed a winner and S6 was it. It didn't last long, but these guys apparently need a fast fu... I mean... Fast cash as opposed to projecting YEARS into the future. American business has ALWAYS been picked on for not being as smart as the Japanese in terms of trying to forcast into the future.

The way I feel, the switch FROM S6 (the lack of PowerSuits) really killed the line. Joe fans, believe it or not, were finally getting a team where the crew were wearing similiar suits. In a way, S6 wasn't THAT much different than the Original13 'cept that the suits were more 'modernized'. I'm cool with that. I really am.

BUT the movie, not so much...

I wouldn't go near 8" with a 10 ft pole at this point. It had it's time and it did very well and had some amazing ideas.

WE ALL KNOW THAT A TOY HAS TO HAVE CARTOON OR MOVIE SUPPORT TO MAKE IT SUCCEED. WHY HASBRO WON'T SUCK IT UP AND DO WHAT IS NEEDED IS BEYOND ME.