Ok, based on what I've read so far your two posts have been you complaining about how duke should of been killed off and you don't like him because he's been the constant face for 20+ years.. the top of the matter as you put it is that he should die.. well.. sorry to really rub this in.. but he wont die.. clearly hasbro thought enough of duke to include him in their plans for the 25th Anniversary.. I don't see a rock n roll figure in there.. or say lady jaye?

Again.. your two posts that you contributed have said you hate the figure/character of duke because theres nothing to him?

I'd like you to elaborate.. nothing in his character?

If your attacking duke's character I'm going to be massively surprised.. he has alot more panache than say a rock n roll or grand slam.. both of which have been redone. Duke is a classy character and the v1 figure was picked as the forefront of the ultimate guide to gi joe!

Just because he's a recogniseable person and hasbro keeps reusing him doesn't mean you should hate him.. if anyone you should be hating the design and marketing people at hasbro!!
Rich

there is a lady jaye figure. i think there should be a rock n roll, but he never got any time because of characters like duke and snake eyes. but i think the few comics he was in with clutch made him a fan favorite.

dude lady jay is in the 25th Anniversary. sooner or later duke will be gone. it seems that just about every one here dont like duke. and why compare rock n roll to duke. you got to be kidding me. rock n roll will make monkey meat out of duke.
there a hell of a lot more to roll and other joes. then duke.
and as for the ultimate guide to gi joe. with duke on the cover. the book is cool and all that. the book would have been 10 more better with flint on the cover.
hasbro will see it,sooner or later. keep putting ths in every thing.the line will die again and again till thay see it. like i said before thay need to treat the line like star wars.

Yes, I tend to take offense to "pretty boys". I can't stand Jeff Gordon, Oscar De LaHoya, Grant Hill, Kevin Costner or any of the other "Poster boys". Why? Because you have people who are better in the sport, comic, team etc that work harder and are all around better than these guys, but the press loves them because of the pretty faces! I hate the politics of press. We sold the american dream down the toilet with these guys. I mean, why work your @$$ off being the best at what you do when a mediocre knock off will grab all the attention because he's a pretty face! I never liked Superman because he only has ONE weakness...Kryptonite. Yet every enemy he comes up against knows this and never defeats him. I prefer guys like the Punisher and Batman, vigalantes who are just human.

And FYI, I never was about the tall Blonds. I prefer chicks like Jeanne Garafalo, Selma Hyack or Dana Delaney. I wouldn't touch Paris Hilton with my ten foot pole! LOL!


It's not that I don't like Duke as a Character, I just hate him being the "posterboy" for GI Joe.

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(ender098)I never liked Superman because he only has ONE weakness...Kryptonite. Yet every enemy he comes up against knows this and never defeats him. I prefer guys like the Punisher and Batman, vigalantes who are just human.


ender super man die in the hands of doomsday. even thou he came back. and as for Punisher and Batman, these guys rock. and lets not for get nick furry.

wow, i agree with everything you just said, and i mean everything from jeff gordon to paris hilton (hate them darn skinny chicks who act like food is an enemy). people like the ones mentioned get the fame because its embedded into our minds that tall underweight blonds are what we are supposed to think is attractive. girls think that looking like the hilton of any other unhealthy girl is what boys like. and yes it is unhealthy, also studies have shown that one a scale from 1 to 10 girls see themselves as a 7 in the weight class. their actually around 5, they think guys like a 3 and want to get to a 4, when guys like a 6.and this is not my opinion, it is a psychological fact. i havent saw many girls these days who want the blond poster boy either, everyone knows girls dont like the goodguy, never really have and never will. thats why i will always like the gritty characters like letherneck, gung-ho and beach head, and the odd funny guy like jackie chan and quick kick. take flint, i hated him in the toons because he was like duke, just with dark hair. now, with his kill all tude and scar, hes my fave character in the comics.

You also have to account that looks sell,
this is another reason why rock n roll or armadillo or grunt aren't the poster boys of G.I.JOE
As for lady jaye being in the 25th Anniversary.. I dunno.. i didn't see her mentioned but if she is i could think of probably 5 or 10 other figures/characters more deserving to go in there..

like it or lump it duke will be around for a while.. no matter what type of complaints you have about him.. there must be more people that like him than hate him.. otherwise nobody would buy him and he'd drop out of the order of core characters.

Duke is a popular character and he's a leader and he's classy.. so go ahead hate all you want on him..
Rich