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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

Sorry, I feel like if no one had taken me at face value, it would have saved the world 90 paragraphs. And clearly, if the current political climate were really the driving force behind the success of GI Joe, the francjise would be doing better than ever seeing as how Americans voted in the real world analogue of the Cobra organization. So let’s just place the blame for the dearth of product in recent memory on the previous years’ shitfest films and lack of any kinda mainstream presence for years outside of those stinkbombs.

Not your fault. That topic comes up every time GI Joe figures are discussed anywhere. I quoted your joke because it was easier than dissecting the seriously misinformed.

And those films actually extended the shelf-life. ROC toys sold relatively well, and Retaliation kept the toy line from being cancelled sooner. So the films aren't to blame at all. On the contrary. They let us get a few more waves out and some extra new toolings we wouldn't have gotten otherwise and some last vehicles. Otherwise retailers were ready to drop it but Hasbro was able to convince them to support that since it was a blockbuster movie.

Which from there led to the last TRU exclusive wave where TRU had to be convinced to get it to begin with. And it did sell relatively decently. But not enough for major retailers to pull it back in.

As much moaning as 'fans' do about those movies, they managed to give the toy line extra legs to last longer. If not for them, the brand would have died at shelves much much faster and we wouldn't have gotten any Renegades products either. Let alone some of the amazing TRU releases that came out of it because of ROC.