Here's an honest question, why doesn't the JoeCon ever come to the west coast?
Because most JOE collectors have historically gathered around the East Coast (New England, NYC, D.C., Atlanta,...). KC and Dallas are like the furthest west any huge JOE event has ever been.
And Hasbro DOES deserve some of the blame for the crap film. They're either enablers or directly complicit in its suckitude.