Understanding World Events and Trends - Plain Truth Staff - November-December 1985

Plain Truth Staff

Toys and Violence * Disarmament Research Institute * Quebec Still Canadien * Dangers of IUD Use * Young People Postpone Marriage * The toy industry has ended its late-1970s disarmament movement, and the G.I. Joe doll and a host of new, other worldly warriors have invaded toy stores around the world. In 1976, when G.I. Joe only earned $6 million for his manufacturer, Hasbro Industries, he was retired from active duty. But he's back now and heading up a band of mercenaries that hit consumers for about $100 million in 1984. G.I. Joe's stated enemy is a group of villains known as "Cobra." But everyone knows the real struggle is between toy companies fighting for a spot in an industry that did nearly $12,000,000,000 worth of business in the United States alone in 1984. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library