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Joe the mirror.
“Almost from his birth at the dawn of the Vietnam War, G.I. Joe was as much a symbol as a toy.”
Joe at war.
“And as tensions escalated in Vietnam, public opinion turned against all things military in nature …”
Anti-Joe.
“There were kids whose moms wouldn’t allow them to buy Joes … Their moms didn’t want military things around the house.”
Joe the war profiteer.
“In fact, the biggest years for G.I. Joe were during the height of the Vietnam protest, from ’69 to ’73.” (See the Collectible Toys & Values scans.)
Kirk Bozigian on the G.I. Joe File Cards.
“This was at a time when baseball cards were really hot, and I felt this was one of the easiest ways of telling kids who our characters were …” (See the Action Figure News And Toy Review scans.)
Toy packaging online.
“… the decision to pick up a particular product and engage with it at retail is quite impulsive. … It’s clear that showing multiple views of a toy’s packaging within its online listing is key. Simply showing the front panel isn’t enough when there’s a level of complexity to the product’s attributes …” (Pages 94-95.)
Gene Pelc, Marvel’s man in Japan, interviewed.
“(Stan Lee) said that in all his experience of writing for people, if they could see (Sun Vulcan) in America on Saturday morning, it would wipe out anything because it’s full of action and very entertaining.” (See also.)
Haim Saban interviewed.
“I’m laying in bed in my hotel room in Japan. … just three channels playing game shows … All of the sudden there were these five kids in spandex fighting monsters. Don’t ask me why, but I fell in love. It was so campy!”
The woman who saved Power Rangers.
“Despite Super Sentai enduring in its native Japan, no one on Loesch’s side of the Pacific saw the potential.”
Saban sells, buys, sells Power Rangers.
“Over the years, the franchise has spawned more than 900 television episodes and billions of dollars in sales of toys and other merchandise.”