Haslab

[Philip Ayres]

G.I. Joe Skystriker

16,797 Backers

Target 10,000
Funding completed

[The Doctor]

Made it to Tier 2. Blimey. That went mad in the last few hours,

-Ralph

[Toph]

Dec 7, 2021 19:47:40 GMT Pinwig said:

Dec 7, 2021 19:35:19 GMT Bogatan said:

I know it was big but it was just sooooo expensive for an oversized action figure.

VS is smaller but theres so much going on for half the price. Ditto Skystriker.

They also really failed to show how big the Rancor was. Theres like one photo of it holding a figure, but when thats the main selling point there should have been something to show how big it was in every photo.

I just hope they don't use this as an excuse to ditch Black Series from future projects.

Size is important - I was just reading the blurb for the Skystriker and it doesn't say anywhere in it how long the plane is. That's the one thing I'd really want to know.

It's not just Haslab who sucks at conveying the size of the super expensive toys.
Power Rangers ZAP (Zord Ascension Project) put up their $170 Megazord today, and the only clue to it's size is that it's "1:144 Scale."

So what, is that eight inches? Twenty-four inches?

Hasbro needs to do better with these super expensive projects.

[Philip Ayres]

Got my Haslab question answered on this week's 16bit.com QnA.

www.galactichunter.com/gh/story/qa-star-wars-han-solos-rancor-rancor

There were questions about The Rancor the previous week which were v SW focused so I wanted to put acreoss some of the wider points we made here

www.galactichunter.com/GH/story/qa-star-wars-rainbow-droids-sequel-toys-and-last-day-rancors

[Philip Ayres]

uk.hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/ghostbusters-plasma-series-spengler-s-proton-pack

Ghostbusters Plasma Series Spengler’s Proton Pack

21,615 Backers - Target 7,000
Funding completed

[Toph]

Dec 13, 2021 11:25:57 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Got my Haslab question answered on this week's 16bit.com QnA.

www.galactichunter.com/gh/story/qa-star-wars-han-solos-rancor-rancor

There were questions about The Rancor the previous week which were v SW focused so I wanted to put acreoss some of the wider points we made here

www.galactichunter.com/GH/story/qa-star-wars-rainbow-droids-sequel-toys-and-last-day-rancors

Is that just some random website guy, or something unofficial from an official source, like the old Ask Orson?
The language used seems like random website guy.

[Philip Ayres]

Adam is a 25 year+ veteran of Star Wars sites who has worked for Entertainement Earth for the last decade and a bit. He also runs 16bit.com. So while not inside Hasbro he's pretty close and an industry insider whose opinion is generally respected.

[Llama God]

Next Haslab project - Third Sister Force FX Lightsaber: uk.hasbropulse.com/products/star-wars-the-black-series-reva-the-third-sister-force-fx-elite-lightsaber A bargain at a mere £459.99! And a limit of 5 per customer - this is going to sell out instantly!

Actually, having been announced at some point last night, it so far has a massive sum of... 481 backers. I dunno why people wouldn't be clamouring for this. I mean, it's not like the character was only seen on screen properly for the first time last night or something, and so isn't really particularly beloved yet. And that this lightsaber isn't an iconic one yet. Or that this is more than the cost of Sunak's bribe to make us forget about partygate- er, I mean, help towards the cost of living. Um.

Yeah. This is a bizarre choice, and there's no way it's funding.

[The Doctor]

They've learned nothing from the Rancor rancour.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

May 28, 2022 8:55:34 GMT Llama God said:

Next Haslab project - Third Sister Force FX Lightsaber: uk.hasbropulse.com/products/star-wars-the-black-series-reva-the-third-sister-force-fx-elite-lightsaber A bargain at a mere £459.99! And a limit of 5 per customer -

No! But I need SIX!!! Well I'm definitely not buy any then if I can't have six!

[The Doctor]

Now at 546 backers! Sure to be made!

Now I have watched ep 1 of Obi-Wan and I don't remember this lightsaber at all.

-Ralph

[legios]

Haven't seen Obi-Wan ep1 yet, but this is a variant of a lightsaber used quite a bit in the first season of Rebels - apparently it is a standard issue weapon for the Imperial Inquisitors which were introduced there - and I did glimpse it in the trailer for Obi-Wan I think. Amongst Star Wars fans the Double-ended Inquisitor sabre has a certain amount of mystique to it.

Me, I think it is about as silly as most double-ended lightsabres - so about the same as Light-tonfa, and less than the lightsabre's tied together to use as rope-darts/kurusigama that used to exist in the Star Wars universe. (I don't think they've been added back yet since the old-EU was declared heretical, but I could be wrong).

No, I don't want this. For less than the price of this I could buy two different display swords which I might actually be able to find somewhere to display in my flat. Unlike this...

Karl

[Llama God]

May 28, 2022 16:48:06 GMT legios said:

Haven't seen Obi-Wan ep1 yet, but this is a variant of a lightsaber used quite a bit in the first season of Rebels - apparently it is a standard issue weapon for the Imperial Inquisitors which were introduced there - and I did glimpse it in the trailer for Obi-Wan I think. Amongst Star Wars fans the Double-ended Inquisitor sabre has a certain amount of mystique to it.

I was being slightly unfair - I was of course aware that it's been used by other characters in Rebels (just not Reva, as we've never seen her before), so there'll be more than no market for this, that's true. But only slightly unfair, given the price.

The main thing with these double-bladed lightsabers is, indeed, where do you display them? I have enough problems swinging a single-bladed lightsaber in this house - a double-bladed one would be a disaster. Or end up getting me stuck. Indeed, back in the good old days when Play.com were stocking Master Replica blades for fifty quid each, I know people who got the Darth Maul blade, and then got rid of it pretty quickly when they realised it was pretty impractical indoors.

So yeah, it's nice that this exists for people that want it. But since that's only 663 people so far, that doesn't seem to be enough...

[The Doctor]

I genuinely don't understand why it costs £460. That is what puzzles me.

-Ralph

[legios]

May 29, 2022 9:05:06 GMT Llama God said:

The main thing with these double-bladed lightsabers is, indeed, where do you display them? I have enough problems swinging a single-bladed lightsaber in this house - a double-bladed one would be a disaster. Or end up getting me stuck. Indeed, back in the good old days when Play.com were stocking Master Replica blades for fifty quid each, I know people who got the Darth Maul blade, and then got rid of it pretty quickly when they realised it was pretty impractical indoors.

So yeah, it's nice that this exists for people that want it. But since that's only 663 people so far, that doesn't seem to be enough...

Yeah, that is the thing. Where do you put something like that. Short of repurposing a wall rest for a sword the options are rather limited it would see to me. Also, yes - most enclosed spaces don't really give the kind of room to use something like that "properly". (Sure, you could do some staff techniques with it, but only if you were happy grabbing hold of the bit that is supposed to be made laser and burny...). It was bad enough trying to use a Luke forceFX saber in my current flat without smacking it off the furniture. One with a blade sticking out the handle....

Karl

[Philip Ayres]

hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/star-wars-the-black-series-reva-the-third-sister-force-fx-elite-lightsaber

742 Backers

Target 5,000

Funding ends in: 42 Days 20 Hours 26 Minutes

[The Doctor]

Well, it's low but still higher than I thought it would be at this stage.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

It certainly is a rubbish looking lightsabre.

[Benn]

Cookie Monster is going to have fun with this.

[The Doctor]

IN HELL.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Currently at 1012/5000.

-Ralph

[Llama God]

There's still everything to play for! I'm sure there'll be an epic lightsaber battle in one of the two remaining episodes that'll convince people that they need this.

[The Doctor]

1021/5000.

32 days to go.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

1023/5000

31 days 6 hours 35 mins left.

I imagine there will be a bump when the Obi-Wan show finishes and end of the month when many folk get paid.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

1027/5000.

-Ralph

[Llama God]

I know there's usually a surge later on, but have any of the other projects hovered around 20% for so long, before ending up successfully funded?

[The Doctor]

1038/5000.

26 days, 17 hours, 24 mins to go.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

Hmmm, do we suspect shenanigans to avoid a 2nd Star Wars haslab failure?

[The Doctor]

Oh, something will happen.

1090/5000.

22 days, 13 hours, 6mins.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

1097/5000.

20 days, 9 hrs, 24 mins to go.

-Ralph