Get a load of this, Leshreh. People didn't want gritty Joes! I know, it sounds unreal but DD tried that with Reloaded and it bombed! Reloaded was also a redux of GI Joe, trying to start it over, which didn't quite work. GI Joe the comic sells around 20k. There's probably less than a thousand on the Joe boards combined. It's those OTHER guys who made Reloaded fail. (well, DD too, but uh, you get the idea. lol)

The game is, if you make a toy, it needs an outlet. 3.75" Joe simply didn't do well these last few years due to lack of cartoon and lack of marketing. Imagine if Hasbro pushed GI Joe as hard as the guys who did Pokemon back in 98? So the problem now is, EVEN if Joe is in B&M, how are they gonna market these to the non-internet kids? We already know that the online Joe thing didn't quite pan out (the collector base was not enough to make it 'successful').

Let's keep in mind that there are 15 OTHER figures to show up. We know Hasbro's TOP 10 and most likely that is THE CORE. You almost can't question it if this is considered a CLASSICS line by most people. (And if they punk us and repaint people, WE have every right to be pissed off. Cobra Officer the exception, of course.)

There is no reason why Shipwreck, LowLight (he was 85, right?) and Leatherneck (85 also? Or 86?) wouldn't be made. Hasbro cut the date at 1985, that's already been stated by them. Hasbro knows that people will recognize a duder like Duke or Snake Eyes or Cobra Commander before Leatherneck and LowLight, no matter HOW cool the latter two are. Personally, I'd like them to push till 87 so Falcon and Tunnel Rat could be made.