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Old 01-05-2011, 11:32 PM #4
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It's pretty much the same thing here in the UK. No new gi joe movie, no new gi joe toys. GI Joe just does not have a large enough market in Europe. GI Joe is so America-centric, and large UK toy store chains aren't likely to sell PoC since it has no media tie-in, like RoC toys had with the movie. Star Wars and Transformers are always more popular in Europe and will sell regardless, since a) they are more science-fiction and b) they are not tied to one specific nation state, as GI Joe usually is.

The irony is that the more international flavour of the RoC concept did the European joe fan a big favour; there would have been no toys without the movie for us.

This is all my humble opinion, by the way.
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