More bashing;

Q.. A follow-up to question 2. Are there plans to take this line as far as the original 80's line?

A. There is nothing we would like to see more than the anniversary line to have the same success we had in the 80's.

yeah, we're just not gonna have a comic, cartoon, the TV Commercial blitz on every saturday morning..oh, and if you own old figures and vehicles, better throw them all out and buy our new $hit, because the new ones don't fit in the old vehicles........



Q2. Will any of the 5-pack figures be released on single cards?

A: This is something we are looking at for 2008. We want to offer these figures carded but at the same time we also want to offer new figures to keep everyone involved and excited.


Like new and improved versions of Duke, Cobra Commander and Snake eyes.....oh, and we have a new Storm Shadow coming out....

Last "New" figures I saw were Major Barrage!


Q3. Since Lady Jaye & Serpentor are due out, does that mean that a character's current status in the comics doesn't matter in terms of their likelihood of being released?

A: That is true. The 25th celebrates the past 25 years. It is not meant to be a snap shot at this point in time. Nothing in the history of RAH is off limits.


Except the molds and the figures themselves! And these new figures being compatible with the old ones.....


Cool Toy Review: What are the chances of a series of single carded figures based on the comic books? I'd love a 25th Anniversary styled Scar Face, Fred, Billy, Hard Master, Soft Master, and other origin Snake Eyes characters.

Hasbro: There is a chance that some of these will make it into the comic 2-packs, but unlikely they will be single carded.

Are you serious? Why make these Characters? God, we have molds for Duke, Snake eyes, Cobra commander and as long as we keep repainting them and re-issuing them...the sheep will keep buying them! New figures...(*SKOFF*)!!


Will there ever be a realease of just Army Builders, that include six seperate yet identical figures all with the same accessories, without any Cobra Commander(s) or Storm Shadow(s)?


As announced at JoeCon we will have troop building packs at TRU. Some items will have 4 troopers and one character; others will have 5 troopers (usually 4 troopers and an officer)

Yeah, we really LISTEN to fans! the answer would have been NO! We have NO PLANS for STRICTLY ARMY BUILDER PACKS!!!








4.Ask them if there creative team ever comes to joedios.com

We check out almost all the fan sites on occasion, including dios. We
also keep an eye on the boards to hear what is going on.


yet we NEVER heard this on ANY board before;


Will there be any equipment packs, like the ones from the 1980's? With web gear, pistols, machine guns and accessories?

I think it is the Battle Packs I remember. Currently there are no plans for this. Thanks for the suggestion.

One last one......


5. How do they decide on what products and prototypes they put into production, for instance, test groups, surveys, etc. and how can you
volunteer to be a part of it?

The Joe Team works with a variety of test groups to decide what products we put into production. We also have some of the biggest Joe fans right here in the Hasbro officers. But, Thanks for the offer, we know where to find you.

Thank you very much for sharing your silly assed love of our over priced, shoddy products with us, but why on earth would we let our clueless, over paid, over educated marketing and sales research and development team be infected with a stupid idea like "What do you fans really want and what will actually sell!"??? They, unlike you are super smart, paid well and have no love of toys, therefore they will guide us in making the RIGHT decision on what to force down your throats, and line our greedy pockets, you mindless sheep....and don't forget...it doesn't have to be good, but Only GI Joe, is GI Joe...so BUY HASBRO!!!Or you're a traitor to the cause!!!


Sorry.....had to be said!!! LOL!!

Stop it Frank, you're killing me! I noticed the same thing, all of their answers seem to be non-committal, and many of them don't even really answer the question. How many times can they say "Currently there are no plans for..." or "we'll look into that" or "many new concepts are being developed". Talk about a waste of time, it's like trying to get a straight answer out of a politician!

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lol your answers were much much better frank

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Great idea!











As IF they didn't already consider this. I guess it takes a fan or whatever to mention it and H's like, "well, there must be SOME interest..." Still, I'd rather see arms that can bend further.

No shit! I took a class on "the Psychology of Creativity" in College and one thing we learned was that all good "think Tanks" brainstorm ideas first. But these guys at Hasbro have nadda clue what we want! WTF? Who do you have working in your MArketing Research department? Ben Stien? hell, he could get better results on what fans want than you! WTF?? These guys (i'll bet dollars to doughnuts!) are paid high 5 to low six figure salaries and are totally clueless.....

They say "We also have some of the biggest Joe fans right here in the Hasbro officers" GIVE ME A FRIGGIN BREAK!!! What kind of fans doesn't know we been screaming for accessory packs since they quit selling them in what? 86? You're right Craig, these PR guys are Lawyers and Politicians......

That's why the 3 out of the last 4 purchases for my collection haven't been GI Joe OR Hasbro (Chap Mei, Sub 5 figures and the Elite forces truck...the fourth was the Iron Mechs!) They don't listen...they don't care and for being in charge of a line of toys, they act like even tey don't know what's goin on!!

I wonder if they do visit JoeDios...

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Hmmm... I just checked and we have no registered members with "hasbro" in their email address.

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Just because they aint registered doesn't mean to say they don't visit.

I wholeheartedly agree with Frank & Outrider.. bottom line is if fans stopped buying the pish they released.. they'd either close the line down alltogether or go back to o-ring.
I still think the main problem here is that most fans/collectors are pushed and driven by the hype of the line and the notoriety of getting hold of certain figures.

I'm also kind of like frank in the sense my last lot of purchases hasn't been GIJOE either. I figure i'd only be supporting something financially i don't agree with or like.

I have been however working on some RAH customs.