>>11164864Yeah, no. You're thinking about Transformers.
A toy company doesn't release massive amount of figures like they did if what you're trying to imply is true.
Again, GI Joe had its second biggest year in the 90s. More sales than every year but 87 or 86. Go look at how much shit was being made year after year after year at
yojoe.com. They really didn't let up, where even the low points in the early 90s are only as big as the early 80s.
When the GI Joe line was killed in the mid-90s, it's because they wanted to sell even more figures and tried to emulate the superhero stuff, not because it was selling poorly. Good sales is why they already were ready to produce brand new molds when the line was killed for the larger scale line, instead of a bunch of redecos and retools like other lines that were suffering from poor sales and ready to be canceled.
Hell, the DIC cartoon got two seasons, because the first season was popular.
And yes, Hasbro is retarded for trying to revamp GI Joe in the mid-90s despite sales becoming big again, but they did the same shit with Sigma 6 in the 00s. They wanted to grow sales (revenue and popularity) and this is why the story of the Golden Goose exists and is well known to this day.
>>11164883GI Joe sold a massive amount of vehicles too. GI Joe took up a lot of shelf space because of them and retailers gave them that shelf space thanks to its sales.
pic of how many figures GI Joe was releasing at its supposed low point vs the 80s. You can ignore the SF stuff... even though it's a clear example of a licensed line existing in the same toyline to capitalize on the popularity of GI Joe still had in the 90s.
