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10-28-2021, 05:14 PM | #291 |
Crimson Guard
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^ Exactly. As we enter the slog weeks and backers slow to a crawl, you have to keep in mind that the majority of backers show up the first and last 48 hours.
Getting near 50% so early is a great sign. Likewise, clearing every unlock would be a great sign that this won't be the last retro HasLab. I don't think any of us want it to be. |
10-28-2021, 06:34 PM | #292 |
Crimson Guard
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I’d be a happy collector if we could score a Command Center, an improved WHALE, Terrordrome, Rattler & Dragonfly out of these HasLab’s.
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10-28-2021, 06:56 PM | #293 |
Crimson Guard
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I would love to see the Command Center, and I would think given the construction it would be "fairly" cheap. Add-ons will probably raise the price, but think of what they could do with it, especially with interchangeability. Perfect item to include green shirts, some sunbow cartoon specific rooms that connect to the core playset. They could be the back wall of the set, or even a roof! lol.
Didn't it have a roof in that one comic where they captured Cobra Commander. I loved how the comic made it into a pre-fab base. But for me, before they do the Flagg, or Terror Drome or the Command Center. I'd love to see them finally make the Cobra Heli-Carrier. I've wanted that since 1983. Back to the Skystriker, I think it'll get funded no problem. But getting to 18k will probably be a challenge. But if it'll get to 10k fairly soonish. That will give enough time for people to get antsy and the old "fear of missing out" bug will bite them. It will atleast reach 4500, maybe even 4600 before this week is out. Maybe even 4500 before the day is over. I expect it'll start really slowing down next week. But it should still hit 5k sometime by next weekend. My prediction is 10k by Thanksgiving. |
10-28-2021, 07:17 PM | #294 |
Iron Grenadier
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10-28-2021, 08:40 PM | #295 |
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Man, the proton pack blew past 50% funded in under 12 hours. Dangling that "Premium Members" exclusive within the first 48 hours gave that a nice pop.
The Skystriker will pop if Hasbro comes out and says some of the figures will be carded. Unlikely since the box dimensions are already worked out, but there's always a chance. |
10-29-2021, 01:31 AM | #296 |
Iron Grenadier
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I backed this for one Skystriker, but all this chatter is making me think I might need another one... but funds are tight.
I had the Whale as a kid, so it would be cool to have that again, but I can think of a lot of vehicles and play sets that would be great... MCC, Terror Drome, Rattler, BUGG... As cool as a Flagg is, that's one thing I just don't have space for. Up to 4,511 now. |
10-29-2021, 02:40 AM | #297 |
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I was actually wondering how well this Ghostbusters HasLab would do after seeing so many Ghostbusters toys peg warm at every store. So did Hasbro somehow produce and distribute enough Ghostbuster toys for them to peg warm but can't do it for any of their other brands or are there not that many Ghostbuster fans out there?
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10-29-2021, 02:46 AM | #298 |
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Side note:
The Rancor HasLab will be active when The Book of Boba Fett trailer drops on Nov 10th. I would not be shocked if a Rancor showed up in that trailer. The Proton Pack HasLab will be active when Afterlife drops Nov 19th. The Skystriker...? Well, we've had Sunbow running continuously on YouTube, and Snake Eyes recently came out on home video. But no big EVENT is happening during the campaign like the other two have. In that respect the Skystriker is at a bit of a disadvantage for a mid-campaign pop like the other two might get from their events. Even so, I remain very confident it will fund to at least the first unlock. |
10-29-2021, 09:11 AM | #299 |
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I was actually wondering how well this Ghostbusters HasLab would do after seeing so many Ghostbusters toys peg warm at every store. So did Hasbro somehow produce and distribute enough Ghostbuster toys for them to peg warm but can't do it for any of their other brands or are there not that many Ghostbuster fans out there?
I realize it's just anecdotal but for example, my best friend from high school is an enormous super fan of both Ghostbusters and Star Trek. On display in his house, he has many prop replicas from both properties, but exactly zero toys. It's just not his thing. In my mind, toy fans are much more likely to support the offerings that Hasbro has shown in the other HASLAB campaigns, but for Ghostbusters this prop replica makes more sense. |
10-29-2021, 09:39 AM | #300 |
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Ghostbusters is a line that doesn't have a great deal of depth to it. Sit and name all the potential figures you could have - once you get past 10 names, you're left with the EPA guy who shut everything down and are starting to admit to yourself that ehhhhhh maybe that's not a figure people would really want. Compared with GI Joe, where we're at 32 figures released, 11 on the horizon and we're just scratching the surface. I can absolutely picture focus group or behavioral research coming out of Hasbro saying "people want to *play* with Joes, but they want to *become* Ghostbusters." Surely the sales (both good and bad) are informing us of that.
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