What happend , hasbro forgot about gunho , crimson twins , air tight , quick kick , cover girl , falcon , doc come on theres more characters that will kick ass with a new head design ...

Considering they cancelled DTC's fourth wave of single-pack figures to make way for the 25th anniversary crap, wouldn't surprise me if comic packs are on indefinite hiatus too.

Besides, the molds for Gung-Ho, Doc, Falcon and Cover Girl have been lost for over a decade (Doc's mold was lost BEFORE 1988! ) so I wouldn't expect comic pack figures for them anyway.

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That's just such a pi$$er......................................

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Hasbro would make a killing if they did 3 packs with the original 13 Joes in a darker, more realistic green version. I.E. Flash, Grunt, Doc, etc. Just an idea Hasbro.

Once again, the mold for Doc has been lost since the mid-80s, and Flash's mold has gone AWOL too, why do you think he got left out of the Stars & Stripes Forever set in 1997 and the dead Breaker took his place?

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WTF?!?!?!?! Why do they keep the most obsure, ridiculous crap around & lose or misplace things that would actually make money??



Aaaahhhh yes----because that would make sense...........

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It's not like they do it on purpose. The mold becomes too worn out to be used, or it's lost during a transfer from a factory to Hasbro's creative team, or something happens to it and it gets misplaced...
There are rumors that a sunken ship has cost the molds of a large amount of Battle Corps figures including Dr. Mindbender, who re-used the waist and legs of the original 1986 Vipers. This is why every single Viper since 1997 has been using the 1986 BAT's waist and legs instead.

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I hear what your saying Jay, but still I have a hard time understanding WHY they LET things like this happen. I mean, if you know that the mold is getting worn down, manufacture a new one!! If you have to transport them, do it by FedEx or UPS Ground or Air.......something that is traceable.

I mean, it's like such a common sense thing to me...........but I am a woman after all.................
So give them to me!! I won't lose 'em & I'll make sure that new molds are cast BEFORE they get too worn out!!!

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Manufacturing new molds costs a big chunk of money. Money Hasbro isn't willing to put into GIJoe because simply put, it's not a very popular line, by comparison of lines like Justice League, Transformers, Power Rangers and whatever anime happens to be the trendy thing at the moment.

Lost molds is no recent thing. Both Hasbro and Takara have lost countless molds for old Transformers, even Mirage and Sunstreaker. I'm pretty sure every single mold for Super Powers has become a thing of the past.

These molds change hands so often and are so often moved around that there's always a strong risk they'll get lost.

Heck, the 1983 Original 13 waist and legs were used back in 2003 on a figure, yet by 2004 when the comic packs were released, they were lost and Hasbro had to make up for it by using a 1986 Roadblock waist and 1991 General Hawk legs...

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