[RamenRider]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

These type of reveals make me wonder why HasLab even exists...

I hope people get the things they want, but if they can willing release an almost $300 lightsaber at retail then I don't know why any of the previously offered Haslabs needing to be funded...

I'm not saying the lightsaber isn't cool, I'm just confused on how mass retail can support these releases and not others??

The one at retail belongs to the second biggest name in the franchise. A character well known through pop culture for a long time, with a huge fan following; and the saber can be appreciated as a piece of cinema history. There are now generations of children all around the world who grow up wanting nothing more than this saber.

The other is, well, a controversial design to begin with. Then they brought it to live-action, and took a gamble on how well the character using it would be received. Worst case? It doesn’t get backed; prototype tooling and marketing costs are wasted. Best case, people absolutely love it, they sell a ton, and now know they can sell more stuff like this later.

To make it short: With this, they know it will sell. With Haslab projects, they don't.