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Why didn't GI Joe have the same "staying power" as Transformers?
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Date: March 27th, 2026 5:54 PM Author: Salmon Splenetic Ratface 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.
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:10 PM Author: Lilac Knife 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
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: Lilac Knife https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/comments/1ptweyd/just_read_the_original_marvel_issues_with_the/nvk8l4f/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774616) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: aphrodisiac misanthropic gay wizard Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774619) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM Author: aphrodisiac misanthropic gay wizard The GI Joe movies were fucking awesome you Jewish lib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774618) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:49 PM Author: Salmon Splenetic Ratface they were lame as fuck man. Fight me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774692) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:27 PM Author: aphrodisiac misanthropic gay wizard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOT4MxnzIM (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774767) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:51 PM Author: Up-to-no-good jet state personal credit line Michael Bay wasn't into Joe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774697) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:04 PM Author: disturbing disgusting center Cold War ended (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774726) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:05 PM Author: fear-inspiring range 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: Gold turdskin pistol 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 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49774766) |
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Date: March 27th, 2026 9:48 PM Author: elite passionate depressive 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: Salmon Splenetic Ratface (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5850639&forum_id=2Reputation#49775858) |