[CobraChaos]

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Originally Posted by thecamyth

How willing would you be to back two Joe Haslabs a year? I only collect Classified, so I definitely would be down for two campaigns.

My desire to get more vehicles says yes but my wallet is cringing.

[Mavrick]

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Originally Posted by WilliePete

Night Viper will be a regular wave release, it will not be part of the Walmart Nightforce exclusives.

Awesome. I'm presuming 2025 then?

[SuburbanHell]

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

Do not forget the most important thing. The file card.

Ah, yes, the bastardized version of the file card that barely says anything so it can fit five different languages of the same tiny blurb. Totally awesome.

[SuburbanHell]

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Originally Posted by IzzyTipsy

I'm very surprised we haven't seen a Toxo Viper yet. Especially with Airtight apparently coming.

Airtight has been announced? 👀

[Trigger2K]

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Originally Posted by SuburbanHell

Ah, yes, the bastardized version of the file card that barely says anything so it can fit five different languages of the same tiny blurb. Totally awesome.

Lol I don't even save these file cards. There're not much to look at and I don't think it'll affect selling them in the future if needed.

[wehrmanm]

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Originally Posted by thecamyth

How willing would you be to back two Joe Haslabs a year? I only collect Classified, so I definitely would be down for two campaigns.

I make really good money, but worry this will stretch most consumers too thin to be sustainable. That introduces a lot of risk that all tiers won't unlock - right now, there's high confidence that we will unlock all easy.

Most would be perhaps 3 every 2 years, so one per 8-9 months or so. But they have to deliver faster, the Dragonfly is bringing me down right now.

[Spidermaniac]

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Originally Posted by thecamyth

How willing would you be to back two Joe Haslabs a year? I only collect Classified, so I definitely would be down for two campaigns.

I agree that they would need to shorten the payment to delivery time if they wanted me to buy multiple HasLabs a year. The year+ delivery time on multiple high-cost items would give me hesitation. It's already very likely we are going to get charged for a Rattler before the Dragonfly ships and that just feels wrong to me. If they changed to collecting money at time of shipping, it would be less of an issue, but having money tied up without the delivery of goods on multiple items would likely scare me off and make me way more selective.

I would expect multiple HasLabs for one brand a year would see a serious drop off in the final funding numbers. People who have the budget for multiples is rare and they would be forced to pick or stop altogether. I think Hasbro would be killing the golden goose if they tried to push two a year.

[DFender]

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Originally Posted by thecamyth

How willing would you be to back two Joe Haslabs a year? I only collect Classified, so I definitely would be down for two campaigns.

Not very willing. I also only collect Classified (for the most part) and money / budget is not much of an issue for me at the moment, but two Haslabs a year is not sustainable from a space standpoint.

Honestly, I just wouldn't want two a year anyways, even if I had the space. The more of these there are, the less special they become. The current pace is adequate for me.

In my opinion there is such thing as too much of a good thing.

[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

I make really good money, but worry this will stretch most consumers too thin to be sustainable. That introduces a lot of risk that all tiers won't unlock - right now, there's high confidence that we will unlock all easy.

Most would be perhaps 3 every 2 years, so one per 8-9 months or so. But they have to deliver faster, the Dragonfly is bringing me down right now.

Im on board with what youre saying , im fine financially and the gf isnt a slouch either , but i also wouldnt want to spend way for money than i already do btwn all the collectable stuff i buy , not to mention recreational stuff as well , the shit adds up after a while and not everybody has a ton of cash to throw @ everything on the wall to buy .
Prices suck
Distribution sucks
It almost makes me want to stop for a year but then i think ill have to play catch up for the next year whilst buying the current and everything i wouldnt buy .. nah , it would be hard for me to stop collecting while joes are this hot ..

[RedAlert Rescue]

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Originally Posted by Spidermaniac

I agree that they would need to shorten the payment to delivery time if they wanted me to buy multiple HasLabs a year. The year+ delivery time on multiple high-cost items would give me hesitation. It's already very likely we are going to get charged for a Rattler before the Dragonfly ships and that just feels wrong to me. If they changed to collecting money at time of shipping, it would be less of an issue, but having money tied up without the delivery of goods on multiple items would likely scare me off and make me way more selective.

I would expect multiple HasLabs for one brand a year would see a serious drop off in the final funding numbers. People who have the budget for multiples is rare and they would be forced to pick or stop altogether. I think Hasbro would be killing the golden goose if they tried to push two a year.

I've been wondering about that... I was thinking perhaps another option is to have one of the older Haslabs be a Pulsecon item at the end of the year.

So like if not this year then next they could do an Arctic Hiss or Crimson Hiss or a Chameleon. Then the year after a Tigerfly or Sand coloured Helicopter repaint.

Then the year after that the Green Gi Joe Rattler repaint or the Crimson version.

They could just sell them 'as is' with one figure or they could do mixed pre-order thing where they'd make it anyway so long as it pass the minimum order and as it was a repaint the time to make would be much shorter than the 12-16 months a Haslab can take.

That might be a help so they don't over produce something but also so they can make a modest number for those who want them... as not everyone would want something like a Chameleon or a Green Rattler.

A second Haslab a Year might be fine if it was every 9 months and they alternated expensive with cheaper items.

So like a Persuader say could be a Haslab or it could be a normal release.
The only real advantage of it being a Haslab is they might stick lights in them I guess though - that and the bonus figures.

But over all I'm quite happy to have 1 Haslab and some other higher price items like a Thundermachine or Snow Cat in due course too.

I suppose they could perhaps justify doing a DEMON outside the normal yearly thing as it isn't Cobra or Gi Joe and so has an excuse to be made outside of a Cobra or Gi Joe Haslab solicitation.

But I guess that partly depends on if they have run out of Haslabs for marvel to have or not and it doesn't seem like they are in a hurry to rotate a new 6" line offering of in a legacy Brand like M.A.S.K. or Visionares into the abandoned Marvel slot. So if there was a gap or they feel like they don't want to keep flogging the dead horse that is Ghostbusters at this point ; then at some point they could use that slot for another Gi Joe - I think no one would complain if it was used for a Destro item.

I suppose they could push their luck with a Transformers / Gi Joe Collaboration Haslab if they really want to try that... not sure what it would be though that would be suitable for that.