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There is no way this campaign will hit ANY of the Tiers.
That is why Hasbro added Malakili into the base price. The final product is going to be a Rancor and the Malakili.
If the campaign ended with no tiers unlocked, and it's just a Rancor, people would be even more pissed than they already are. Likely backing out last minute as it's barely approaching the finish line.
Malakili was the number one requested addition to the campaign. With that added they are hoping to at least push people over the finish line.
Chances are they will never re-release the Malakili figure to increase its value tremendously. Which adds the necessary monetary compensation most collectors want to justify the cost of a Rancor and one figure for $350. If at some point Malakili is worth at least $100 then the Rancor had a cost of $250. Which is what people said should have been the price to begin with.
It's the first smart thing they have done with this campaign. If they thought this all out from the beginning it would have been a great campaign because all the other decisions for tiers would have followed suit. $350 would look like a bargain.
Oh, and the Rancor should be smaller, that's just me sayin'...