[Archangel]

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Originally Posted by Black Arbor

I assume we get one or two more small goals, maybe some effects pieces or another battle damaged part, but I can't imagine they toss in anymore figures haha

Second tentacle, some blast effects and I’ll be beyond happy.

[dukefett]

Really could care less about the extra figures. I would've hoped for more Sentinel parts. I like the battle damaged parts so far, but a replaceable leg or arm panel or something. Claw marks? Stuff like that. And they should just add in another tentacle.

[Harbinger]

Ha! I totally called it

[ShabbyBlue]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Second tentacle, some blast effects and I’ll be beyond happy.

Same here.

[goliathfasa]

These Bastion figures are going to pop up on ebay the second these orders get sent out.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Cookie Monster?

A failed Haslab project, it was going to be a life-sized recreation of the puppet with an articulated skeleton underneath. It didn't hit its first goal and they didn't extend the campaign like they did for Unicron. I found it highly amusing that some people reacted to its existence like it was taking the place of an alternative project that would therefor never see the light of day as if Haslab employs a "one or the other" mentality.

[Augustus10]

Unicron was interesting... bcs they missed the deadline and then decided they were going to make it regardless and kept the campaign running until the minimum PO was met.

[webz]

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

Unicron was interesting... bcs they missed the deadline and then decided they were going to make it regardless and kept the campaign running until the minimum PO was met.

I've heard rumors that Unicron plays a major part at some point in the Netflix War For Cybertron series that starts soon.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

A failed Haslab project, it was going to be a life-sized recreation of the puppet with an articulated skeleton underneath. It didn't hit its first goal and they didn't extend the campaign like they did for Unicron. I found it highly amusing that some people reacted to its existence like it was taking the place of an alternative project that would therefor never see the light of day as if Haslab employs a "one or the other" mentality.

Ooooooooooooooooooookay. I probably would have been against it not because it is taking some other project away, but it just seems so random for Hasbro to do some Sesame Street thing. Have they done anything else for that franchise before?

[Augustus10]

At the time I was 80/20 against the Jabba Sail Barge, bcs I dont really have a vast 3.75 SW collection and would be a random piece that takes up a lot of real estate... but now I am like 50/50 on whether I should have backed it or not. It really is the only toy I know that got released and immediately doubled in value. Most toys depreciate a lot and take years and a lot of luck to even maintain their value, let alone increase in value. But I predict the Sail Barge becoming a Grail collector piece in a few decades and being worth A LOT of money.

Obviously collecting toys as an investment is stupid... but that is one of the rare instances where you could actually double your money and the price is only going to continue to climb... unless Disney complete destroys the SW franchise... which they kinda already have... so who knows mb I am wrong.... like I said 50/50 on the woulda/shoulda/coulda

[GizmoTron]

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

Unicron was interesting... bcs they missed the deadline and then decided they were going to make it regardless and kept the campaign running until the minimum PO was met.

They had the numbers for Unicron they just needed more time to coordinate all of the 3P vendor orders and orders from TakaraTomy, not to mention he cost quite a bit more than even the Sail barge. But in the end he greatly exceeded the needed amount when it was all said and done.

Still, I don't think it was a particularly well run campaign on Hasbro's part, and I think Hasbro learned a lot from it given how much better operated the Sentinel campaign has been.

[MeLikeJinx]

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

At the time I was 80/20 against the Jabba Sail Barge, bcs I dont really have a vast 3.75 SW collection and would be a random piece that takes up a lot of real estate... but now I am like 50/50 on whether I should have backed it or not. It really is the only toy I know that got released and immediately doubled in value. Most toys depreciate a lot and take years and a lot of luck to even maintain their value, let alone increase in value. But I predict the Sail Barge becoming a Grail collector piece in a few decades and being worth A LOT of money.

Obviously collecting toys as an investment is stupid... but that is one of the rare instances where you could actually double your money and the price is only going to continue to climb... unless Disney complete destroys the SW franchise... which they kinda already have... so who knows mb I am wrong.... like I said 50/50 on the woulda/shoulda/coulda

I always wondered... is anyone actually buying the Sail Barge on the secondary market though? And I think years from now the people collecting 3.75" SW will be less... not more. IMO the Jabba Sail Barge is just not iconic enough for someone to spend a small fortune on it.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

At the time I was 80/20 against the Jabba Sail Barge, bcs I dont really have a vast 3.75 SW collection and would be a random piece that takes up a lot of real estate... but now I am like 50/50 on whether I should have backed it or not. It really is the only toy I know that got released and immediately doubled in value. Most toys depreciate a lot and take years and a lot of luck to even maintain their value, let alone increase in value. But I predict the Sail Barge becoming a Grail collector piece in a few decades and being worth A LOT of money.

Obviously collecting toys as an investment is stupid... but that is one of the rare instances where you could actually double your money and the price is only going to continue to climb... unless Disney complete destroys the SW franchise... which they kinda already have... so who knows mb I am wrong.... like I said 50/50 on the woulda/shoulda/coulda

Shipping alone is crazy high to, which I suspect Unicron and Sentinel will be as well due to the size...But people do pay it. I wish I didn't miss out on Unicron myself.

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

A failed Haslab project, it was going to be a life-sized recreation of the puppet with an articulated skeleton underneath. It didn't hit its first goal and they didn't extend the campaign like they did for Unicron. I found it highly amusing that some people reacted to its existence like it was taking the place of an alternative project that would therefor never see the light of day as if Haslab employs a "one or the other" mentality.

Didn't realize that Hasbro owns the rights to Seasemee Street, I saw the mention of Cookie Monster failing, but didn't really realize it was actually that haha.

[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Both excellent suggestions. I also wouldn't mind a second tentacle in case you want him catching two muties at once.

I feel this thing should have some with two tentacles as a default so hopefully they put it in. Some blast effects or a shield would be cool but I think the shield is a fairly new things. Maybe some "mutant target" clear cards or something.

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

Don't bother with him. Early on when The Rona was first designated as a "pandemic" he was VERY vocal about going to Target and other stores to go Toy Hunting because he was SOOOO bored and didn't see how a "pandemic" should change the way he lived his life in any way. His tone deaf lack of empathy about anything other than his own wants/needs are legendary here. Your best bet is to ignore him.

It's almost like Doomtron got reincarnated.

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

but it just seems so random for Hasbro to do some Sesame Street thing. Have they done anything else for that franchise before?

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Didn't realize that Hasbro owns the rights to Seasemee Street, I saw the mention of Cookie Monster failing, but didn't really realize it was actually that haha.

Hasbro owns Playskool (it's a subsidiary of Hasbro) and Playskool has made Sesame Street products, so then it stands to reason that Hasbro has access to the license. I think the main reason that project failed to meet its goal was really just because if you want a good Cookie Monster there are already some nice sizeable plush options out there.

[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Hasbro owns Playskool (it's a subsidiary of Hasbro) and Playskool has made Sesame Street products, so then it stands to reason that Hasbro has access to the license. I think the main reason that project failed to meet its goal was really just because if you want a good Cookie Monster there are already some nice sizeable plush options out there.

Just looked it up, yeah $300.00 for a plushie is a bit much...considering it probably doesn't cost that much to make it since it's a plushie...

[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Just looked it up, yeah $300.00 for a plushie is a bit much...considering it probably doesn't cost that much to make it since it's a plushie...

Even factoring that it was going to be large and feature a fully articulated metal "skeleton" frame it was still an expensive pill to swallow when significantly cheaper alternatives exist.

[OriginalFire]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Are you serious? Because I have 3 of those Sentinels and if I could sell them off to buy one or two of these new ones...



Yeah, this confuses me. Why do they look so small there, but then so big in other pages?

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Originally Posted by darthschroeder

Straight up! That's the Sentinel design I've been waiting for. I halfway expected this to be what we were going to be getting from Haslab, but I wasn't surprised to see a more modern take on the Mutant Hunting Robot.
If it was the John Byrne design, I'd have been in for 3 or 4, but since it is a modern design I'll probably sit this one out and wait to see what the next Star Wars Haslab project will be (hopefully it won't be a boring Sandcrawler).

The Sentinels are only supposed to be 20 feet tall.

[hoang51]

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

Alrdy raised $2,835,000.... Todd's Spawn KS closed at $3,447,390...

*Edit* Actually may already have beaten Todd. I have heard conflicting reports about whether 1 backer = 1 unit sold or 1 backer = 1-5 units sold.

Has HasLab clarified 1 backer = ? yet?

[dukefett]

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Originally Posted by hoang51

Has HasLab clarified 1 backer = ? yet?

The number you see on the site is units, not backers.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by OriginalFire

The Sentinels are only supposed to be 20 feet tall.

So the new Hasbro figure is right then.

Someone said they base their Sentinel height on the cartoon series and you know what, that is probably the best way to go about it.

[ShabbyBlue]

Past 10,000 now but so far no indication if they plan to offer anymore Tier rewards. It wouldn't cost them any additional tooling to simply throw in an extra tentacle with every Sentinal. That's the least they can do for how far this thing has surged.

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by ShabbyBlue

Past 10,000 now but so far no indication if they plan to offer anymore Tier rewards. It wouldn't cost them any additional tooling to simply throw in an extra tentacle with every Sentinal. That's the least they can do for how far this thing has surged.

I think including an extra figure, two extra heads and a hand are the least they can do, and they've already done that...

[Thor Laserpunch]

Entitled punk kids smdh...

They may not have been prepared for this many backers and had to review options for further tier incentives. Even as it is now, the deal is pretty damn impressive.

[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

Entitled punk kids smdh...

They may not have been prepared for this many backers and had to review options for further tier incentives. Even as it is now, the deal is pretty damn impressive.

Seriously, each time they reveal a new add-on I see people going "is that it?", do you guys want another Sentinel thrown in for free?