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Originally Posted by ghostlurk29
FOMO rising... Deathsaurus with all tiers unlocked will be tempting.
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FOMO is something I have been grappling with during this campaign as well, and I would like to share a couple of thoughts in case it helps facilitate anybody else's decision-making.
Firstly, while Hasbro marketing Haslab as your "once chance to dance" is accurate, it's also presented somewhat disingenuously. There are plenty of figures out there, Transformers or otherwise, that never see reissues once they're sold through. So, in a sense, this being a limited-time item is not
really exclusive to Haslab.
Second, and far more importantly, is a question to ask yourself. If you went into Toys R Us and saw Deathsaurus sitting on a shelf for $269.99 (roughly today's exchange rate after shipping), would you pick it up? If I'm being honest with myself, I wouldn't do it. Maybe if it were on sale, but we know that $269.99 is the lowest price we will ever see it at and Hasbro is counting on that fact to sell it to you.
Couple these points with the QC issues we are seeing with Star Saber and it makes it a fairly easy pass for me. There's a lot of stuff in the pipeline that I would be much happier to spend on, including the Legacy Prime Skyquake and Dreadwing and the upcoming Studio Series WFC figures. God forbid we ever get a scale-accurate Prime Hardshell, I'd shell out the dough for that in a heartbeat. But, in the meantime, Deathsaurus is a pass for me.
That being said, very happy for all the folks that are picking up Deathsaurus and I hope you love it; it looks like a pretty sweet toy