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Marvel Legends Haslab - Ghost Rider - Fall 2022
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09-26-2022, 10:04 AM
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UpDog
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Man this whole thing is just a giant bummer.
Ghost Rider is my favorite character in all Marvel, in all comics. Robbie isn't my favorite Ghost Rider, but I do really like him, and think he's really come into his own in the most recent Avengers run, I very much want a Legend of him.
We don't really get many Ghost Rider Legends or even much Ghost Rider related. There's the 2015 Rhino Wave, the 2018 Rider, and I guess depending on how you count it Cosmic in 2020. All of which sell well and retain a pretty high demand in the after market. At this point we've gotten the same number of Dazzlers. I know Ghost Rider isn't necessarily an A-lister, but GR and really the whole magic/occult area of Marvel sort of seems like an after thought despite having what I would consider a very strong following for a character who hasn't really appeared in the MCU.
I was, maybe foolishly, hoping for something cool for the 50th anniversary. Nothing crazy, maybe a boxset or at the very least a new figure. Best we got was a repaint without a motorcycle on a 10 year old body. Which admittedly feels better knowing that they were planning this, but if that's all we get that really sucks.
I'm excited for the Haslab. Is it worth $350? I'm not really sure, to me it is, and I think for most people here, they'd pay more than what they'd usually be comfortable for a definitive edition of their favorite character. I'd happily sit out the next 20 legends or whatever is equivalent, because it was worth more to me than those. If all the tiers got unlocked, we'd be looking at a pretty cool car, and a makeshift Ghost Rider mini wave. Definitely worth the price for me, and even without the tiers, it's worth it for me, I don't buy many legends anymore anyway. I don't expect anyone else to make the same calculus that I did, but that was my reasoning.
The way everyone has acted around this thing is just depressing. Price aside, Hasbro doesn't seem terribly interested in making the argument for this thing or that it's worth the price to anyone who isn't like me. I think hyper detailed large vehicle plus more or less a boxset of wanted characters that haven't been able to be made is a pretty enticing pitch, it worked well for Galactus, I don't know why they aren't doing it here and pulling out all the stops.
At the same time watching significant parts of the community all turn into forensic accountants overnight and take active measures to take this thing down, berate everyone involved and moreso revel in it failing is disheartening and frustrating. I ultimately couldn't justify Galactus financially, but I didn't want it to fail, if it was worth it to those collectors, I wanted them to have it, I want everyone to have every character they love for their shelf. I understand not thinking it's worth it, or being frustrated with the way it's been handled, but the outright hostility towards this thing blows my mind.
This whole thing seems to have brought out the worst in everybody.
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