[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Sadly, I have to agree with your quoted post, much as I would like to see the sets happen.

Hopefully Hasbro at least learned their lesson with the Rancor. I saw tons of posts and videos citing the absolutely poor implementation of the stretch goals, from both what was included and the order of their inclusion, as the leading factor for so many backer cancellations. I will be curious to see how they handle HasLab on general moving forward, no matter the line in question.

It makes no sense for me to rehash that Rancor debacle having no horse in the race and being little more than a spot Black Series collector. That said, I was personally satisfied with the Rancor itself and would have purchased it were I a collector on that level. I think the severity of the outcry took on a life of its own turning valid criticisms into a raging conflagration of hyperbolic deal breakers. "Oh, the offense!" "Hasbro has gone too far this time!" I even read some complaints suggesting that the Rancor might be too big. lol

While I do little toy related (or otherwise) social-media outside of the Ark, there almost seemed to be a deliberate counter-campaign to derail the effort that felt somewhat akin to the GameStop stock hilarity (in reverse). Which is all fine and good as I'm definitely a fan of sticking a thumb in the eye of corporatists with deep pockets. However, Haslabs are opportunities for fans to get something cool that otherwise wouldn't be available and the projects aren't compulsory - in or out, end of story.

I bought the Sentinel for the Sentinel, Bastion and the Sent-ettes were just gravy. I bought Galactus because I need a Marvel Legends Galan before I stop collecting, having passed on the Toy Biz version because it was too small IMO. While I am very happy with Nova and Morg (very, very happy about Morg) I would have grabbed Galactus on his own without any stretch goals. It feels counterintuitive to have the tail wag the dog and be more invested in the stretch goals than the main attraction, but the people have spoken and they gets no'es Rancor.