Haslab

[The Doctor]

Also, the Master once commandered an ambulance.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

That's where it went!

[Philip Ayres]

Galactus has finally funded

[The Doctor]

I smell shenanigans.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Haslab Marvel Legends Galactus

17,735 Backers

Target 14,000
Funded
Crowdfund ends in: 3 Days 4 Hours 0 Minutes

Tier 1: Marvel Legends Frankie Raye (Nova) figure unlocked at 16,000 backers

Tier 2: Marvel Legends Series Silver Surfer figure unlocked at 17,000 backers

[Philip Ayres]

21,000 passed: Morg unlocked.

next tier at 22,000 is an alternate Doctor Doom head for Galactus

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/posts/4738592782840292

[The Doctor]

I deeply dislike action figures having alternate heads or hands.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

23205. Doom head funded

Finishes Midnight

[Llama God]

Went to the Pulse page to check out pictures of these new tier rewards, only to find that there's nothing about them there - it's only on the Facebook page. Which... is a choice.

[Philip Ayres]

This is the only picture of Morg I've been able to find there!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hasbropulse/posts/4738590869507150

[Jaymz]

Some Morg pics, which really should be on the Haslab page.
https://twitter.com/preterniadotcom/status/1431379683476660232
https://twitter.com/DanYunIsTrying/status/1431392500405702658

[Philip Ayres]

Coming up on 25K at just under 5 hours to go

[Benn]

Morg is a big draw, huh?

[Philip Ayres]

A few shy of 26 with an hour and 20 to run

[Philip Ayres]

Marvel Legends Galactus

30,879 Backers

Target 14,000

Funding completed

[Benn]

Just as a thought, what's a standard run for a toy? How limited are these?

Cuz even 14, 000 isn't a small number to me, but for a worldwide audience it probably is?

[Llama God]

Aug 31, 2021 7:01:21 GMT Benn said:

Just as a thought, what's a standard run for a toy? How limited are these?

Cuz even 14, 000 isn't a small number to me, but for a worldwide audience it probably is?

I was wondering the same a couple of days ago, just in relation to the Victory Saber release. 11,000 doesn't seem like a lot, but it's essentially a Titan class toy (given that these days cost dictates class - onward the revolution, comrades!), and I was wondering - were there ever more than 11,000 Trypticons or Omega Supremes made? It doesn't sound like a lot, but also... it is a lot. Would be interesting to know.

[The Doctor]

11k is huge compared tp how many Botcon/fan club toys were made.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

I've chatted with folks in the know about this sort of thing before in the past and I think it was 10k was the lowest run for a mass market retail toy. BC was lower, but I am struggling to remember the quantities discussed.

[Bogatan]

I think people at FP said similar, in order to sell something at close to retail price you need 10000+.

FP generally existed in the 3000-6000 range, hence the higher prices.

When those videos leaked about the conditions on the factories making Transformers (or maybe it was info from somewhere else), I did some maths to work out how many of the deluxe movie bumblebee featured had been made.

I cant remember what figure I came up with, it'll be on here somewhere. 100,000 rings bells but I cant remember if that was total or from one (of multiple) production line or a particular time frame or maybe Im completely mis remembering.

[The Doctor]

It was always quite damning that official fan club toys had such low production runs considering the club was advertised wordwide.

-Ralph

[Toph]

Aug 31, 2021 10:55:47 GMT Bogatan said:

I think people at FP said similar, in order to sell something at close to retail price you need 10000+.

FP generally existed in the 3000-6000 range, hence the higher prices.

Which made double bullshit of the price gouging they did of their own troopbuilders.

[Philip Ayres]

As much rumoured, the next Haslab is Star Wars Black Series (6 inch human scale) Rancor

uk.hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/star-wars-haslab

[The Doctor]

Yes, Hasbro confirmed this a while ago. Seems to have drawn a 'meh' reaction.

-Ralph

[Toph]

Is the rancor the big orange thing that ate the green chick that I liked?

[Philip Ayres]

Yes, in Return of the Jedi

starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rancor

[Toph]

Oh don't mind me. It's just an inside joke around that scene.

In the nineties, the only part of star wars i actually liked was Oola (now Clone Wars, Rebels, and Mandalorian are things, so she's not the only Star Wars thing I like). I had a crush on her.
That didn't bother my best friend/girlfriend who was biiiig on star wars. But what did bother her was that I didn't know what anything was called. Particularly the rancor.
So calling it "The big orange thing that ate the green chick that I like" became something I'd say to irritate her.

(Well, while it's a joke, I still don't always remember what it's called and mix it up with the dewbacks and the brachiosaur things.)

[Pinwig]

It's a logical addition to the other recent releases - if you put that with the sail barge, the skiff and Jabba's Palace you've got one heck of a playset for the opening act of Jedi. Not something I have a burning desire for. I'll be in trouble if they do 6" scale playsets for Ep4 or anything Hoth related. I think an AT-AT is probably too big, but a proper AT-ST would be amazing. As would be the Mos Eisely cantina.

[Philip Ayres]

The Rancor is a different scale to the other three! He's intended to be in scale the larger black series figures

[Pinwig]

Oh, I hadn't clicked that was the case.

Well that's just bloody silly then.