I think you'll have some "new" sculpt fans starting to feel like RAH purists, expecially if Wave 4 never comes to pass. Munitia might join Knock-Out in cancelled Cobras Hall of Shame...yeah, you're thinking "who's Knock Out?". One of the unreleased Ninja Commandos from 1994/1995.

There's buzz outside the Joe boards over these 25th figures, so I imagine these will reel some people in and back into Joe collecting. The only major thing than can ruin this line is if they charge too much for the figures. I've seen a few post by some gushers claiming they'd happily pay $10 each for these. That's not gonna fly with many people, especially non-Joe collectors (who can get figures three time the size of Joes for $10 or less) Star Wars' VOTC is a yearly release, lots of it went on clearance last year (it's still hanging around a few stores) and Star Wars is much more well known. Hype like that might give lurking corporate types the wrong impression about Joe fans.

Anyway, hopefully the comic packs will return...though with what style figure, I wouldn't care to guess. Hasbro loves to milk older Star Wars molds for all they can, even if there's a better version of a character available. New sculpt and RAH may not be "dead". (really tired of people saying that.)

The other things I worry about is Wal-Mart's corporate bullying (by refusing to buy what Hasbro makes) and Hasbro pretty much making so many toy lines that they might be concerned about competing against themselves or something.