JoeCanuck

I would like to ask if there is a lot of retailer support for the Joe line and if the Pursuit of Cobra figures and vehicles are going to be available to Canadians.

I'm sure US post boxes would be fine.
I sent the email to their consumer affairs department at
hasbro@custhelp.com

Just curious what other Canadians think about Joes these days. Maybe it's the fact that another year has gone and very few Joes (and Joe knockoffs) have made it to Canadian toy shelves that has left me kind of disillusioned. I know that we can order online or hook up with someone in the States to pick up things for us but am I the only one who actually enjoyed walking into a store and finding something new? When I was a kid I collected the Adventure Team (waaaaaaaaaay back in the 70's) and there were tons of figures and accessory packs to be found. Even Super-Joe was easy to find after the 12" figures went the way of the dinosaur. When the 80's came and the 3 3/4" figures and vehicles came out they were everywhere. I remember the drugstore in my small hometown getting all of the figures and most of the smaller and mid-sized vehicles. Of course, with the success of the Joe figures came the various companies who made knockoff figures which sometimes were just as cool as the Joes (remember General Patch?).
These days I walk into Toys R Us and find a few leftover Corps sets which have sat in the same spot for two years and no new Joes. Actually that's not entirely true. The manager of the Toys R Us closest to me said they go in one case of the figures with Venomous Maximus for Christmas. hooray.
For some reason we are being left out of the army builder sets, the Toys R Us repaints such as the Cobra Ninjas and other six packs, almost all of the vehicles and there isn't much out there to replace it. Walmart gets a lot of Transformers and Batman figures but not much else.
After thirty-some years of collecting Joes I think I'm finally getting tired of looking anymore. Just curious if anyone else is in the same boat.

Just picked up the whole kit-and-kaboodle at Wal-Mart this morning. They were all there and $9.93 each. Also, for those of you looking for the repaints of the Transformers Energon figures (with DoomLock, the repainted Cruellock), they are at Superstore.

oops... yep, I meant Backblast. Sorry bout that. :?

I'm part of the Yahoo group for the Power Team collectors and a few months ago I asked Gordon Chin, the guy who designs the Power Team Elite figures and vehicles, if he knew how hungry we were in Canada for these nifty items. He sent me an email saying that the whole line was available at Giant Tiger in Canada but, so far, that was the only place. It's great if you have a Giant Tiger in your province but not so great if you don't. The only other option I know of is a new internet store which is going to deal with Power Team Elite items exclusively. Just go to the Joecustoms board and there is a link.