Haslab Projects General Discussion

[philtastic]

Fuck it. I want a Black Series Millennium Falcon.

[Marvellegendsguy]

Originally Posted by philtastic

Fuck it. I want a Black Series Millennium Falcon.

I think that would be 9 feet. Might as well put it up there with a true 1/18 scale USS Flagg (60 feet based on Kitty Hawk class).

[Arishikage]

Originally Posted by Marvellegendsguy

I would love an AT ST but I think the legs might sag and I think it would be difficult to engineer with strong enough joints. Such skinny legs.

Fair, but I imagine a HasLab budget could find a way around that or use some metal to reinforce them. My vintage ATST is still standing without trouble, and that was designed a long time ago...

[philtastic]

Originally Posted by Marvellegendsguy

I think that would be 9 feet.

I am well aware.

[canprime]

Update:


970/5000 (+30)


Roughly the same increase as the previous day, so it seems to be moving along at a steady pace with lots of time to go until it finishes.


19.4% of the way there. Should pass the 20% mark by tomorrow.

[canprime]

D'oh, forgot to do the update for a few days. Anyway here is the latest:


1005/5000 (+35 over 3 days that is barely 11 units per day)

So far that puts it at 20.1% of the way to the goal.

[Zeroflamez]

It will be interesting to see what would happen if this didn't get funded. Would Hasbro just surrender to only doing Haslabs for 3.75 vintage?

[Marvellegendsguy]

Originally Posted by canprime

D'oh, forgot to do the update for a few days. Anyway here is the latest:


1005/5000 (+35 over 3 days that is barely 11 units per day)

So far that puts it at 20.1% of the way to the goal.

This is a weird Haslab. This is just a Fx lightsaber. How are they getting this collector market so wrong? Sentinel and Galactus are good. Why can?t they get SW right?

[Napseeker]

Different teams. The Marvel and Joe departments seem to understand their customerbase and what would appeal to them way way better than the SW team does.

[canprime]

Well I give the Joe and SW teams a pass for the last Haslabs I don't know if they had a say in when they were put up for pre-order. However there was clearly some idiotic thinking behind the idea that 3 Haslabs running concurrently, at Christmas time, was a good idea. I think all of them were cannibalized to some degree by the others if they were all released separately, and not at Christmas time they all would have done better numbers. I think the Skystriker would have unlocked all tiers and passed 20,000 if they had released it alone at some other time.

Granted the Rancor was not a great design, and the tiers were an absolute joke. However it would have funded if it was the only Haslab running at the time, and not so close to Christmas.

Reva's lightsaber is a weird choice for a Haslab. As someone pointed out, the price is not that far off of 2 FX Lightsabers to begin with. I guess they couldn't break it up like Darth Maul's saber. Anyway, not having any tiers is also not good, in my opinion, and I don't see it being a Haslab worthy product.

The SW team is making some weird choices, including the decision to release Jabba's Throne Room as a limited preorder instead of a Haslab. I guess we'll see how Reva's lightsaber does in the end.

I can also see them releasing another retail version for one of the other Inquisitors after this one. I think that would hurt this version's exclusivity but Hasbro could claim they aren't the same, just like every other lightsaber.