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Originally Posted by Jay
I just want to know what the head beneath the helmet looks like.
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Scott Bernard
(except I think I read that it's a woman...)
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Originally Posted by Lava Boss
I totally understand Hasbro's marketing plan, ride the movie style's and lead characters, but I think you'll see some of the 25th "modern era" fans, the fly-by-night-only-in-it-for-nostalgia-crowd, lose interest and dump their past 2 1/2 year purchases on ebay. That's become a cycle for GI JOE anyway.
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I'm trying to figure out where I fit in this spectrum. I'm certainly not fly-by-night -- I've been into G.I. Joe for many years, and I have no intention of ever getting rid of my 25th stuff (just as I never got rid of my ARAH stuff when JvC started, and I never got rid of my JvC stuff when 25th started).
However, at this point I really only care about Joes that look like the originals. I have minimal interest in anything movie-related, aside from certain new characters (I bought Sgt. Stone, and I plan to get Helix if I ever find her). Really, my only interest is, and always has been, new/updated versions of the 1982-85 cast -- the stars of the cartoon and the best years of the comic. Anything else, I can take it or leave it -- and I usually leave it!
So what does that make me? I think if I had to label myself, I'm loyal to the
characters from my favorite years of the line, rather than to the line itself. I'm the same way with Transformers, too -- I have barely a passing interest in most things post-1985 (except for the core '86 characters), but I am a
huge fan of anything that falls into the years that I like!