>>5496947You have seriously seem to be trying here I'll give you that.
I also am pretty sure you are wrong and also don't think that you will think I'm right.
A shadowed block of ink instead of blood doesn't mean "pulling away from violence.
And ya, none of the TRU's in my area have Joes... but Call of Duty (zombies and otherwise) are sailing off the shelves.
ditto the Walking Dead stuff.
the (not) Megablock sets are in the LEGO section (you know, the sets where you can build the Governor's house with the heads in fish tanks) The larger figures are with the wrestling toys and Turtles.
and yup.. looks like traditional cartoons to me.
Joes are (if there is nothing constant to keep them in the public) effectively dead. a loss leader. a dumping ground of "we will get to it right aways"