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Jmacq1 · 11-29-2011, 12:16 PM

It won't be Kwinn.

If Kwinn were the 13th figure, Hasbro wouldn't "be looking" for a place to release him. He'd basically be in production for his Club order now.

If Kwinn were the 13th figure, the Club would have had to have "bought/rented" the Kwinn tooling from Hasbro before Hasbro even knew the Joe movie was being bumped up (which is what bumped Kwinn off the schedule). The timelines don't match up.

Hasbro also isn't going to give that much new tooling to the Club before they've gotten a return on their investment.

If it were Kwinn, the Club would be complete freaking idiots not to advertise that he's coming as part of the subscription, because his presence would likely cause more Joe collectors to buy subscriptions. No sensible business is going to avoid advertising a mostly-new figure of a long-demanded (among many Joe fans) character.

(For the record, Hasbro and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club are NOT one and the same. The Collector's Club is a separate company that works closely with Hasbro (and is "officially endorsed" by them), but is NOT part of Hasbro.)

It ain't Kwinn.

11-29-2011, 12:16 PM	#5
Jmacq1 Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 697	It won't be Kwinn. If Kwinn were the 13th figure, Hasbro wouldn't "be looking" for a place to release him. He'd basically be in production for his Club order now. If Kwinn were the 13th figure, the Club would have had to have "bought/rented" the Kwinn tooling from Hasbro before Hasbro even knew the Joe movie was being bumped up (which is what bumped Kwinn off the schedule). The timelines don't match up. Hasbro also isn't going to give that much new tooling to the Club before they've gotten a return on their investment. If it were Kwinn, the Club would be complete freaking idiots not to advertise that he's coming as part of the subscription, because his presence would likely cause more Joe collectors to buy subscriptions. No sensible business is going to avoid advertising a mostly-new figure of a long-demanded (among many Joe fans) character. (For the record, Hasbro and the G.I. Joe Collector's Club are NOT one and the same. The Collector's Club is a separate company that works closely with Hasbro (and is "officially endorsed" by them), but is NOT part of Hasbro.) It ain't Kwinn. Last edited by Jmacq1; 11-29-2011 at 12:23 PM..