Originally Posted by Lava Boss
As far as the toys go, Extreme showed arrogance on the part of Hasbro's Kenner design team. For years those bozos designed new toylines that got their butts handed to them at retail by A Real American Hero. Anyone remember Bone Age, Bill and Ted's toy line, Swampt Thing, Police Academy? Their only post-Super Powers hits were GHOSTBUSTERS, and the had-to-be-a-hit-because-the-movie-was Jurassic Park ? Then they got their chance to do their take on GI JOE and surprise, surprise, it bombed like so many Kenner lines before it!
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