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Thread: Transformers vs GI Joe
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Old 09-10-2012, 09:02 AM   #5
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From an objective perspective, this is very tough choice for me. But as an 80's kid, I have to go with my one true love and that is Transformers.

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In the end, I have to go with GIJoe. For one thing, the articulation on many of the g1 toys were junk and the size discrepencies of many of the figures didnt match up well. while the gijoe toys had the freakin USS FLagg, Terrordome, Defiant, and an Army of cheap yet awesome figures and characters. the Joes had a plethora of vehicles to choose from, and one could turn their back yard into an entire warzone.
Joes had their issues with scale too, especially when it comes to the Flagg and the Defiant. And regarding articulation, you also have to consider the Joes only had one form: a soldier. Every single TFs had at least two: robot mode and alternate mode. The Joes' POA was based on Hasbro's 12" figures (around since the mid-60's), only scaled down. TFs were based on designs only a few years old at the time (20+ years of engineering later and modern TFs rival Joes in articulation and posing. Plus TFs still transform ).

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the real problem with transformers is just redecos/repaints; if hasbro makes remolds, they change something at least. maybe that's the reason of some 3rd party companies success: those guys dare going forward to salvage classics icons but they do something new, like all these new combiners... we really needed them!
Redecos, remolds and reusing parts have been a staple of both Transformers and G.I.Joe since their respective debuts, so I consider that a moot point.

And 3rd party companies don't really factor in here, since this poll is supposed to be about the toy lines as they existed in the 80's. So even the excellent Renegades/30th Anniversary Joes and TF Classics/Generations technically don't count.
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