Two of the greatest cartoon and toy lines of the 1980s had to be G.I. Joe and Transformers. Although I enjoy both lines, I came up with a list of why G.I. Joes are better than Transformers. For time purposes, I’ve narrowed it down to 10, because frankly, the whole list could take days.
1)Joes had names like Snake-Eyes, Roadblock, and Shipwreck while Transformers had names like Slag, Arcee, and Ratbat.
2)Rodimus Prime ?!? So does that mean when Serpentor took over Cobra, he should have been called Serpentobra Commander?
3)Forget about the Terrordrome, Defiant, or USS Flagg; even the Skystriker was bigger than the Autobot city, Metroplex.
Its not small! No, no, no!
4)Sgt. Slaughter and The Fridge were G.I. Joes
5)The Joes never released a Pretenders or Jumpstarts line.
6)The Joes killed Bumblebee!
7)Using their superior technology, the Joes rebuilt Bumblebee into Goldbug.
8)Seaspray. Nuff Said!
9)The Joes taught us a lesson at the end of every episode. Those Transformers big shots didn’t give an ass circuit if we ate our vegetables, touched downed powerlines, or talked to strangers.
10)The Joes know how to party!
What a great list. I must say that it was pretty hard to narrow the list down to just ten, but sometimes you have to make the tough decisions. Although I will admit that the Transformers are pretty good partyers on their own right. For example, here is a picture of Metroplex getting down with Tryptacon.
