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Why didn't GI Joe have the same "staying power" as Transformers?

Both had really cool box art, both made by Hasbro, both had ...
orange background story public bath
  03/27/26
Because libs didn't want kids thinking guns and the military...
Ruby selfie orchestra pit
  03/27/26
https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/comments/1ptweyd/just_read_th...
Ruby selfie orchestra pit
  03/27/26
Cr
sadistic alcoholic cruise ship
  03/27/26
The GI Joe movies were fucking awesome you Jewish lib
sadistic alcoholic cruise ship
  03/27/26
they were lame as fuck man. Fight me.
orange background story public bath
  03/27/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOT4MxnzIM
sadistic alcoholic cruise ship
  03/27/26
Michael Bay wasn't into Joe
deranged cerise tanning salon immigrant
  03/27/26
Cold War ended
Crystalline bateful headpube
  03/27/26
You had Shia LaBeouf who is a charming goof, a heartwarming ...
Internet-worthy jap
  03/27/26
Will be interesting when drones begin policing and harassing...
jet forum mediation
  03/27/26
I wonder what happened around 1999 where people in the 2000s...
naked legal warrant
  03/27/26
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orange background story public bath
  03/28/26


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Date: March 27th, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: orange background story public bath

Both had really cool box art, both made by Hasbro, both had extensive "libraries" of figures and add ons, and both had really popular TV series and animated films. Both had some really really cool characters.

But the Transformers modern movies are a billion dollar franchise, while the GI Joe attempts are lol.

Why is this?

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: Ruby selfie orchestra pit

Because libs didn't want kids thinking guns and the military were cool even though they shot faggy lasers rhat wasn't enough for libs. Actually in the early 90s they made new GI Joes that fought pollution (White Business Men dumping toxic waste) https://www.yojoe.com/action/subteams/ecowarriorsjoe.shtml

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fqllahe4xzy8g1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D3072%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3De9eccd660d9fd6844507dd92a1fe9250dcbf8956

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: Ruby selfie orchestra pit

https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/comments/1ptweyd/just_read_the_original_marvel_issues_with_the/nvk8l4f/

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: sadistic alcoholic cruise ship

Cr

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: sadistic alcoholic cruise ship

The GI Joe movies were fucking awesome you Jewish lib

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: orange background story public bath

they were lame as fuck man. Fight me.

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: sadistic alcoholic cruise ship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOT4MxnzIM

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:51 PM
Author: deranged cerise tanning salon immigrant

Michael Bay wasn't into Joe

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: Crystalline bateful headpube

Cold War ended

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:05 PM
Author: Internet-worthy jap

You had Shia LaBeouf who is a charming goof, a heartwarming story of a boy and his first car, and a hot chick who inexplicably wants to fuck him. GI Joe is the Rock and Channing Tatum making shitty jokes to each other.



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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:25 PM
Author: jet forum mediation

Will be interesting when drones begin policing and harassing and killing normal people in daily life. The Transformers may go the way of GI Joe at that point

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Date: March 27th, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: naked legal warrant

I wonder what happened around 1999 where people in the 2000s didn't want their 9 year old boys playing with action figures with machine guns?

Also, as far as movies go, Transformers are cool and cinematic.

Isn't GI Joe essentially just a kids war movie? You're losing 90% of your audience straight away because they'd rather watch Saving Private Ryan

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Date: March 28th, 2026 8:59 AM
Author: orange background story public bath



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