I watched the cartoon as a kid and it brought the figures and world to life for me in a way the comic book never did. I didn't read the comic much as a kid and to this day I still haven't read the whole series. The comic's obsession with Snake-eyes and Storm Shadow to me seems stupid. It completely departs from what GI Joe is all about. At least for me anyway. I like the cartoon because it brings to life the world of GI Joe without saddling me with limitations like dead characters, love interests, and ongoing storylines.

It seems like most people forget that the comic and cartoon were invented to sell toys. Its not like a movie franchise like star wars where figures were sold to cash in on the movie's success. In GI Joe the cartoon and comics the story lines were designed to showcase the figures and toys that were on the shelves at the time. Hasbro is not limited, or driven in its product design by the mythos created by the comics. With that in mind I don't understand how people can expect Hasbro to make figures of obscure characters from past comics. That's totally backwards. People are wondering if Hasbro will make 25th Anniv. style figures of "dead characters." Hasbro doesn't care if Lady Jaye or Quick Kick died in a comic book 15 years ago. If they can make money selling the figures, they will.