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If the Rancor had been the same price as the skystriker, for all its faults, I'd probably have backed it. But I agree, the House-of-Mouse-tax is probably staggering. Regardless, Hasbro comes of looking super-greedy. They expected it to do 25-30k just like the last couple of Marvel haslabs...

Barring a miracle, these are both dead in the water. While I'd like the skystriker to fund, I don't feel like my collection has any big holes if it doesn't get made. I have plenty of skystrikers in my life, and maybe with this not being made, my unopened spotcat will be worth even more...

What's worse, having to sweeten the pot to salvage a project on the ropes or just living with the optics of failure? Answer: Both Three haslab projects that are arguably all overpriced, all three ending during peak x-mas shopping season. What did they expect? WTF Mattel!

Really? I'm pretty ambivalent about the ground crew, as I can't imagine displaying it in a passive/grounded fashion. I'm backing the project even at the base level, but I really want that carded NF Ripcord. I think there is zero chance it hits that goal, but I'll pretend it's possible for...

With the addition of the Keeper, they're *almost* back to where the campaign was two weeks ago (!). SMH, Hasbro just doesn't get it. And last night they hinted that there *might* be a bonus item with the skystriker. The campaign has 4.5 days left, WTF are you waiting for? It's like these...

When HTS went away, I got a free pulse membership from making a purchase early on when the pulse first started. Then they extended all existing members for a year during the pandemic. I finally had to pay for the membership this year, but I've made up that $50 in free shipping and not...

BBTS has them up too, still waiting for pulse...

It gained less than 200 after the announcement. They need more than 4k additional orders in 5-1/2 days. That seems unlikely, but they have extended campaigns before, so maybe this one will go down that road. I agree, a company this size shouldn't have to crowdfund anything, but I suspect it's...

Soooo, Hasbro woke up from it's stupor and is now including the Rancor Keeper at the base funding level. It'll be interesting to see if this makes a significant difference. Waiting until after black friday/cyber monday when a lot of customers will be tapped out seems unusually short-sighted...

At this rate, it'll only take 11.64 more years to fully fund...:laugh: This thing is DOA unless it picks up steam in a hurry. Serves the greedy bastards right.

Yeah, I noticed yesterday that they have several, but they sure are proud of them. I need to find a seller on Ali or somewhere that I can make a bulk buy at a better price.

Very interesting. I don't really need the robot people, but the base/dio parts are intriguing. The metal/magnet part seems obvious, yet you almost never see it outside of high-end japanese figures. I'll be looking into some of those base units. I'm tempted to drill out the heels of a bunch...

I hope it doesn't, just to teach them a lesson. However, I fear that the lesson they will glean is that "fans are spoiled" or "fans won't support a 6"-scale haslab" rather than taking a good long look in the mirror. They can't say with a straight face that this is the best they can do, that...

Still heading the wrong way with time not on their side... Haslabs usually have a huge push at the end, but with this continuing to slide, there is speculation that a lot of people who planned to defray the exorbitant cost by selling the stretch items will be pulling out at the end if it...

Isn't it the same mold as the 2013 & 2019 TVC releases?

The slide continues...

Hahahaha And they wonder why...

It just keeps sliding down, now at 4871, roughly 270 down from its peak yesterday. I'm like you, VV, watching the meltdown is entertaining. I wasn't going to pay that much for a Rancor, as it seems like a $150 item, not $350. But we've never seen a haslab take a turn like this. I hate it...

The Rancor is now below 5k backers, and dropping. Hasbro has to be getting the message at this point. I kinda wish I had backed it just so I could cancel ;) Edit: Now below 4950, down nearly 200 backers since the livestream.

I assume that the successful funding of the Razor Crest (i.e. a medium-large vehicle that should be sold at retail) is what convinced the Joe team that they could charge $250 for a $75 skystriker.