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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 ...
Ruby Gas Station
  03/27/26
Because libs didn't want kids thinking guns and the military...
House-broken duck-like cuck
  03/27/26
https://www.reddit.com/r/gijoe/comments/1ptweyd/just_read_th...
House-broken duck-like cuck
  03/27/26
Cr
magical umber roommate travel guidebook
  03/27/26
The GI Joe movies were fucking awesome you Jewish lib
magical umber roommate travel guidebook
  03/27/26
they were lame as fuck man. Fight me.
Ruby Gas Station
  03/27/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOT4MxnzIM
magical umber roommate travel guidebook
  03/27/26
Michael Bay wasn't into Joe
Anal big codepig
  03/27/26
Cold War ended
excitant hall
  03/27/26
You had Shia LaBeouf who is a charming goof, a heartwarming ...
Hyperactive passionate sandwich incel
  03/27/26
Will be interesting when drones begin policing and harassing...
heady metal gaping
  03/27/26
I wonder what happened around 1999 where people in the 2000s...
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Ruby Gas Station
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Date: March 27th, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: Ruby Gas Station

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: House-broken duck-like cuck

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: House-broken duck-like cuck

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: magical umber roommate travel guidebook

Cr

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: magical umber roommate travel guidebook

The GI Joe movies were fucking awesome you Jewish lib

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: Ruby Gas Station

they were lame as fuck man. Fight me.

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: magical umber roommate travel guidebook

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

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Date: March 27th, 2026 6:51 PM
Author: Anal big codepig

Michael Bay wasn't into Joe

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:04 PM
Author: excitant hall

Cold War ended

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Date: March 27th, 2026 7:05 PM
Author: Hyperactive passionate sandwich incel

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: heady metal gaping

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: spectacular buff genital piercing

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: Ruby Gas Station



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