It seems like GI Joe doesn't sell very well, How much longer does everyone estimate the life of the toys, comics, movies, and tv shows to last before they fall out and get replaced?

I think she's still going strong...

It's going strong in some areas, weak in others. All this means is that some of the line will get reworked down the road to work better. Considering what they've got coming though, it looks promising for a resurgence after a brief quiet time.

So not dying anytime soon, but the aspects that aren't selling, like some vehicle packs, and filler figures from the first waves, may finally work their way gone.

Even when you look at Ben 10 which seems to never move, it's still doing well enough to stick around. GI Joe does better than Ben 10 at least, so it'll be around just as long if not longer.

I don't think GIJoe is going anywhere. There's another movie on the way. It'll stick around in one form or another. And like anything else, it could disappear and make a comeback later, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

Besides, when there are peg-warmers that go on clearance, that's the time when I can pick up more of it!

i think if they keep the price under $7 and the accessories plentiful it'll keep on truckin'

I have cut down my joe budget. I feel that Hasbro is taking Joe further away from the 25th line than I would like it to be. I orginally started purchasing for nostalgia but now I have no reason to purchase other than having another Duke, Snake Eyes, or Storm Shadow.

I would say G.I. Joe is hurt...not dying

Well from what I can gather of what is coming, we're going to see an upgrade in some machine artillery, and robotics as I'd assume the 'movie/resoluteish' molds key up for some of that. Which will then probably slack off to focus on other in aspects later like all the ninja characters that seem to fall to the wayside like jynx, or whatever else they feel will be popular and integrate it into the line or push towards a new line.

So my predictions at least? Going strong with a lot of potential here thanks to the ashiko mold and bike. Counting the other prototypes, all we're missing is some battle suit-ish soldiers, hopefully accel suits with character(Ninja snake eyes stealth accel suit with multiple swords etc). Which will then either do well or flop, which could lead to more character driven classic aspects. Or something of this nature. But that depends probably on how well the mechs do as well, which will hopefully make them reintroduce BATS into the line, especially ninjabats. (Think late 80s to modern with in space, eco warriors, fliers, ninja line, valor vs venom, the BATS war, sigma 6 and more. Now hasbro has their own channel, brand name recognition +tv show +kids +merchandise=money )

It's either that or they go resolute and comic figures or back to 25th influenced figures.
The problem is in the conveyance of the enemy's capabilities, and since cobra is a high tech capabilites combatant, the resources are endless for the story directions or 'toylines'. Especially as they escalate their means of operation.

So GI Joe as a whole will always be around for now due to brand name recognition, but it's demeanor and conveyance may change. The movies help push recognition even higher as well. The movie recognition and expansion also gives them room to continue doing and redoing movie-stylized classic iconic characters in all sorts of means to fill gaps between series if needed, or even just expand the line in general. (Tomax Xamot, among all the other characters still left un-modernized.) Movie shelf space stops, new toon starts, cycle repeats until oversaturation exceeds audience expansion from mainstream exposure. The new channel also garnishes possibilites of GI Joe pretty much becoming like a soap opera too eventually, or any other form of media programing they feel can best compete in timeslots while still being recognizable to a modern audience... GI Joe the other meat of spinoffs and show nods for an in universe feel...

It's like Transformers in that way. =)

Down, but not out.

At least we have the Resolute 7 packs to look forward to.

I will definately consider these...IF they have a Flint! and a Lady Jaye!

I don't see that happening, as they weren't in Resolute, but I wouldn't mind them in Resolute form.

you mean in the cartoon? they were there... flint had a lot of lines with dataframe. but anyway he doesnt look much different from the 2nd 5pack version. lady jaye had a very small appearance though. just a quick camera pan.. she was wearing that cap that the toy fig has..

anyway i think Gi Joe is indeed dying out right now. the movie kinda killed it IMO. but hasbro mentioned something like a new cartoon coming very soon so there's a chance for it to be strong again. there's a also the search for cobra thing in the movie toyline that looks promising.

And hopefully a movie sequel will make things better...and not worse. Either way, I think we've got some cool toys ahead.

There are 2. New 26 episode series, and then OPERATION HISS. OPERATION HISS is this year.

I live in an area that's struck by the GI Joe movie toyline curse - I haven't seen ANYTHING beyond Wave 1 ever since the toys came out...

Since the 2002 relaunch the line has been preoccupied by Duke, Snake Eyes, Storm shadow, Cobra commander, ect., ect. While we all realize these are the central characters at the same time Hasbro keeps going overboard with them and each incarnation (which hasbro insists doing every year now) requires new versions of each. Point is even the hardcore fans are bored to tears. Sure every now and again something new is brought out but most times the charactes are cookie cutter, uninspired, and bland. The few new characters in ROC are a testiment to this. The vehicles are repaints or in the rare case of a new vehicle, an uninspired mess with a lack of imagination. There just isn't anything captureing attention in all this.

Repitition, blandness, and lack of imagination are what make this line falter. I;m not even going to get into the "exclusives" that are just repaints and cost an arm and a leg, while not officially hasbro it definatly doesn't help the matter much.