I would love to see Hasbro make the ultimate 8" figure and shrink the original style G.I. Joe body down and have the kung-f u grip!! Then they could make some new Joe figures and make new Marvel figures. That would be the best new line I could think of. I love the original G.I. Joe 12" figures. That body in the inch size would be awesome to make customs out of. The entire Adventure Team would be cool in 8". Imagine Star Wars figures with the old Joe style body.
Last edited by LonnieFisher; Jun 18, '11 at 3:58 AM.
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The 64 Joe body was designed with baggy clothes in mind, it wouldn't look good in spandex with the skinny arms and legs. Hasbro would be better off rescaling the Signature body or a generic Marvel Legends body.
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Who is to say they wont just use a nude G.I. Joe Sigma Six body and put clothes on it? Also the THOR movie tie-in merchandise had an 8" molded clothing body. I think if it sold well they would just persue that style in 8" scale rather than face he hassle of fabric clothing.
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Everyone is posting what they would like to see. Hasbro isn't a dumb toy company. If there was a huge market for 8 inch clothed super heroes...they would make them. Sad to say that the toy market is dead except with us nostalgia types. Kids don't play with action figures anymore...they play video games.
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Kids still play with action figures...every kid I know including my son has them....right now wrestling is the popular larger stile action figure and the kids want them because they are pushed by the companies that make them...if Hasbro pushed action figures made out of sticks,kids would want them.....so if Hasbro feels there is wanting for these kind of figures(remember...Mattel kept the retro's in the background for some reason,so we don't have a real sense of their popularity) they could make it work...they just have to keep hearing it
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Denys Fisher cyborgs and mutants are basically 8" Joe bodies and they are AWESOME!!Originally Posted by thunderbolt
My son and all his friends do play video games, but they also play with action figures. My son has bunches, and most of his friends do too.
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Just because they don't collect what we do, doesn't mean kids don't play with toys anymore. Action figures, dolls and other traditional toys are still very popular with kids. Somebody is buying all those Ben 10 and Phineas and Ferb toys. I think people tend to forget video games were also huge when we were kids and we still bought action figures and other toys too.
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