[Mobb One]

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Originally Posted by Comedian

So….this thing keeps going backwards. Sadly, it now seems like the cool thing to be “against” this. I don’t see this being funded and if by a miracle it funds at the end I definitely don’t see the stretch goals happening. 9,000 is no longer the target. The value for many is in obtaining every stretch goal. If that looks impossible, then many won’t back at all.

I was “toying” with the idea of getting this. I had figured out how to secure the funds this month and then…….Master of the Universe origins Eternia playset is announced to go for sale in a week. I had a lot of toys growing up, mostly garage sales and such, we were not that well off as a kid, but we did fine. Eternia was always that grail that was to far away. I remember seeing the upper wall in the toy section at our “Hills” department store was filled with Eternia. I never had it nor did I know anyone that had it. To buy an original complete in working order could be as high as $5,000. The $550 for the new version is steal, compared to the original.

So after discussing with the wife, we decided Eternia is a must and can’t back ghost rider. Shame too, I just found a spot for the charger.

I hope this funds for those that want this, even more so for those stretch items.

Good luck.

Saw you post this in the Ghost Rider thread.

If I collected He-Man (sold off all of mine as a kid over 20 years ago), this would bump up to #1 in terms of collecting purchases for the year. I think it's a no-brainer when considering the two projects, from the standpoint of which purchase would hold more significance for your collection. Marvel has never had an iconic "headquarters" playset but the 80s are dominated with them, Cat's Lair, USS Flagg, Fortress Maximus, and basically all the He-Man playsets.

Marvel's strength are characters and for this Haslab they've contemplated things from the standpoint of "vehicle/playset" first and the figures as the incentive. At some fundamental level they knew this and anticipated that collectors would-on the whole- consider the hell charger as a sunk cost and the real value in the figures/tiers themselves. I just think there's far more utility in the Eternia playset, even at $250 more. There's even a part of me that wants to back this. The main 2 reasons: 1. I can't go down the path of collecting He-Man (lack of space) and I would be compelled to buy everything needed to compliment Eternia 2. I'm holding out for Super 7 to do a Cat's Lair, no matter how slim.