>>8095685>Another thing to remember is they focus tested these with kids.More like they didn't want to rile the ire of the anti-gun crowd. Hasbro wants to keep GI-Joe in the realm of "sci-fi military fantasy" for plausible deniability. That means making the guns obviously fake. Don't want some soccer mom starting an online rant about how Hasbro is selling realistic military violence to her children.
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