How does G.I. Joe always win?

[Stevy Maximus]

yea but It would Make a hell of a Toy Playset. Id Buy it

 

Technically, that WAS made into a toy. But it was for a minifigure line, I can't even remember the name of it, but I had that very toy when I was a kid, used it as a Cobra Hq

 

But it wasn't big, the core part minus the snake head was a little larger than a HISS 2

[Straight Edge]

I can't say as much for the comics, but the cartoon rarely ever showed any of Cobra's "special" forces (H.E.A.T.-Vipers, Night-Vipers, etc.). It was always just Vipers and Blueshirts. Blueshirts were described as "well trained" (including martial arts skills) while later troopers were described more as riff-raff (the Motor Viper, for example, was described as being roughly the same as a Dreadnok), implying less training. Why give intensive training when the cannon fodder can be easily replaced?

 

 

Well, considering only Bats and Vipers were available in 1986, when Sunbow ended, I think we were lucky to have seen any diversity, with Motor Vipers and Strato-Vipers at least providing a little bit of specialization.

 

In the DIC series, however, many of the Cobra troop types got screen time. Operation: Dragonfire featured a Crimson Guardsmen turned Alley Viper (explain to me how that's a step up), and Frag-Vipers, TARGATs, Annihilators, and Night-Vipers were all included in Cobra's ranks throughout the miniseries.

[Three Storms]

yea but It would Make a hell of a Toy Playset. Id Buy it

 

Technically, that WAS made into a toy. But it was for a minifigure line, I can't even remember the name of it, but I had that very toy when I was a kid, used it as a Cobra Hq

 

But it wasn't big, the core part minus the snake head was a little larger than a HISS 2

 

 

It's the base from Starriors. That was a cool and under-rated line.

[Cyclonus8]

The Joes won because they always cheated!

 

But seriously, the issues in the comic where those joes got killed was a bit of a victory for Cobra, but come on now. It took them ten years just to kill a handful of Joes.

[PhoenixSword]

i never, NEVER, liked the fact the joes always won. but hey, as it has been said, thats what the toys are for. thats why in my joe verse Cobra almost always wins

 

as a great and wise man once said, "now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb. ..."