Y'know, this topic comes up every now and then on the JBL when things are low. Like when VvV came out! (LOL!) Seriously tho, what DOES keep people into this franchise? I mean, we both see so many people griping about things, we know Hasbro will never do right in the end.

I guess I'm just a GI Joe fan. However, JoeDios is an isolated community in that we are in the game because we enjoy taking pictures of our figures in action. (well, most of us do). I like the hunt, unfortunately. I LIKE the figures too. Seeing what's coming gets me, for the most part, excited too. THe next couple of selections aren't all that great, imo.

Y'know... I think I like the updated molds simply cuz I like to see old stuff updated. I mean, I'd love it if Metallica went back into the studio and redid Ride the Lightning and Kill 'em All cuz man, James's voice is just horrible, y'know? Or like, Iron Maiden playing The Prisoner live and putting it on a cd. Maybe it's just modernization? I'm sure KMFDM would love to go back and redux their material so it doesn't end up sounding half-@$$ed and dated!

I actually like Devils Due's comic...a little too fatalistic, maybe, but it's gritty and raw like real military. The 25th sucks......if the movie doesn't suck, it's gonna be a Miracle!

The thing that's keeping me in is the fact that Mastercollector will get wave 4 DTC!!! And eventually, Hasbro will change things to something other than the 25th stuff (remember the 2000 collectors stuff, the abysmal 2001 junk, the arguments about new sculpt, Spytroops, Valor vs Venom, Sigma six) and HOPEFULLY make something;

1.) that's not so delicate I'm afraid to take it out of the package

2.) that isn't on Version 1,987 (Really...new Duke, Cobra Commander, Snake eyes or Storm Shadow anyone????)

3.) That hasn't been done before

It's like Video game consoles with these guys.....as soon as you get a few figures, they change the line and you gotta start all over again Try playing Halo 3 on Sega Genisis!) .....well SMACK YOU HASBRO! I'm done collecting until you get back to "making ARAH-like NEW figures!" until then, make mine MasterCollector!!!

For me, it's the 25th. I love them. I was prepared to never buy another G.I. Joe item when VvV ended, and we all thought 3-3/4" was done forever. But the 25th has reignited my interest in G.I. Joe more than anything else in the past several years, and I find myself looking forward to new 25th merchandise with far greater anticipation than any of the other toylines I currently collect!

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I'm pretty well covered by what Frank said. If it was just the 25th garbage I'd be long gone. I haven't read the DD comics for years. The upcoming movie holds no appeal for me from what I've heard about it. The lack of a cartoon doesn't bother me, because I was never into the 'toons anyway. Like G said, at the end of it all I'm a Joe fan. This year's con set has been a breath of fresh air that has certainly revived my interest in the line, and the promise of wave four is a carrot on a stick that will sustain my interest. But the main thing keeping me in the hobby is this site. The great pics which inspire me to improve my own work, and the great folks who hang out here and make it all worthwhile!

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Just to echo what others have said --

I'm a comics freak so I'm well into the DDP stuff; even if I don't like all the creative decisions I still follow it as the GI Joe continuity canon. And the current World War III storyline has me stoked.

25th would have me if the mid-torso joints looked properly attached instead of the figure-8 look most have (Serpentor and Zartan seem OK; apparently body armour is necessary to save them) and, most importantly, if they actually were at a 3.75" scale. That said, I do feel like I have all the figures already -- I miss the updated costumes and new characters, and I'm sad we're not likely to see more DDP-design figures any time soon, if at all. The stuff from MasterCollector, though, I really do like a lot. The only problem for me is the price; bad enough it's basically $20 per figure for the smaller sets and over $200 for the main Con boxes, but the Club charges truly extortionate fees for international membership that are way above the cost of mailing 4 newsletters and a figure.

It basically is JoeDios that keeps my interest up. I have all these toys lying around and taking up storage space, but my collection is validated by coming on here and getting inspired to do something with them now I'm all old & grown up without the imaination to just play like I used to!

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For me it is the potential. I mean I've always been a fan. I was 13 in '82 and the StarWars thing was very big, but everything was based on the movie line (EVERYTHING). GI Joe had always been the 12" series and suddenly there were these tough looking guys (and girl) out there who could fight anything from a horde of stiff stormtroopers, to exploring an ancient temple, to defending against the Micronaut threat (anyone remember these guys?).

As I didn't have access to the comic line until later and while the cartoon series that followed was OK but not the beat all end all, I fought in the backyards of my neighborhood against any threat and in any kind of environment. To me, these guys (and later, girls) allowed me a chance to explore my imagination - where were the Joes going to be next? What were they going to be doing? Who were they fighting?

I love the DDP comics, Stormer and I have talked many an hour away about the happenings in there. I'm going to get to meet one of the artists who did most of the issues with the Phoenix Guard at an upcoming Comic Book Convention here. I will ALWAYS love G.I. Joe. I might not be taking as many pics right now, with work and the fact that 90% of my stuff is still in Nova Scotia at SilentDusty's house. Work has been REALLY hectic and I come home WIPED out. But I am really going to try to get some more photos done, i'm just sick of lookin at the same 20 Joes I have with me here.

For me, first of all, it has been & always will be the cast of characters & they're chemistry that were created for them in the Sunbow & Marvel Comics. I Love the DD comics (Just wish they wouldn't have killed all those characters, especially Lady Jaye), Love the Cartoons, I Love what I've seen so far with the 25th stuff(Just wish it would come to my area faster) & I Love JoeDios(you guys make it fun & interesting with all of your creative ideas, also so many different ways to look at G.I. JOE)!!!!

On a personal note: One on the Most important reasons I'm into G.I.Joe so much is my GREAT friendship with my partner in crime General Scarlett!!!! We have been friends longer than ARAH's been around, we've created this Awesome Joeverse of our own for the past 25 years and still going strong(which were starting to post our story on the dios here)!!!! So here's to another 25 YEARS, Let's hope were all still here wishing they would make more stuff we all want!!!!!!!

YOJOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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