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When you look at what other action figure toylines have to offer you sometimes wonder if Star Wars survives on nostalgia and being, well “Star Wars” alone, but not because of great products or good value.
The reason I am mentioning all this is the brand new GI Joe Classified HasLab: the Rattler. And when you look at it, what it offers, its features and its price… you begin to wonder if Star Wars fans are just getting ripped off these days and with the remaining collectors even deluding themselves into thinking something like the Cantina is a great thing to have. Click through for more!
GI Joe Classified Rattler, the full package with potential bonus figures
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This is an opinion piece. It’s my opinion. I will try to explain why I think that Hasbro’s HasLab is a scam. I am not saying people who support HasLabs are dumb or idiots, there are very good reasons why collectors would want to have the HasLab offerings, most of which have been good products. What I want to achieve is that we all discuss and debate the very idea of crowdfunding by multibillion dollar toy giants and how Hasbro is pulling the wool over collector’s eyes. So please click through for my opinion piece and let’s all discuss Hasbro’s crowdfunding platform.
You want the dog? Buy 10 of these cars and you’ll get the dog for free!
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The latest HasLab campaign has concluded successfully, though it fell just short of reaching the final tier. With a shorter run than past HasLabs, would it have been met with a little more time? The final tally came in at 14,737.
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With only 23 1/2 more hours to go it’s all or, well, much less now. The Cantina currently has 10,337 backers. Greedo will soon be unlocked, probably in the morning hours or even at night, when people on the west coast pull the trigger. But the big question is: will the usual mad dash on the final day be enough to propel the Cantina all the way to 17,000? To achieve this the Cantina needs to almost match the performance of the Ghost, which added 6,827 backers on its last day and successfully unlocked all tiers, but the Cantina had unlocked tier #2 on its penultimate day and easily blast its way past 17k with time to spare on the last day – and the Cantina has not even quite reached tier #1 yet. The Cantina needs 6,663 backers now or not all tiers will be unlocked. And the penultimate day was quite a bit slower than what the Ghost had, roughly 75%. So this could be a close call.
Bite your nails and post your predictions and other thoughts in the comments! This will be the goto HasLab article and thread for the day! Have fun! And remember, it’s just toys.
Will the Cantina fly to Venus or only to the Moon?
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Earlier today the Vintage Collection collectors successfully funded the Tonnika sisters with a cantina on the side. Which means with a little more than 86 hours still to go TVC collectors can now try to get Hasbro to feed them a few more fis… I mean give them more action figures by reaching more tiers! Only a little less than 8,900 backers to go before everything is unlocked!
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We are on the finishing straight for the Cantina HasLab! Only seven more days to go! How do things look? Funding seems to be 100% secure at this point. The big question was and is how many tiers may get unlocked and how the 4th of July holidays in the US may impact backer numbers. Click through for all the details!
Stay on target!
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We are more than halfway through the campaign, only 14 days left for the Cantina! How are things? Click through for more!
Out of reach?
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As promised here is the next major update for the Cantina HasLab. Day 11 is almost over, so what are the numbers now, one week later? Click through for all the relevant data!
Update with Thursday numbers in the comments!
$399.99
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While there is virtually zero doubt that the Cantina HasLab will get funded, it is still interesting to compare the current campaign to the Ghost and the Razor Crest HasLabs. And when you do you cannot fail but notice how the 2024 crowdfunding campaign is off to a much slower start than the either the Ghost or the Razor Crest. What does that mean? How do the numbers compare? Click through for more!
UPDATED!
Not as sexy maybe?
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And to no one’s surprise (after the leak), the next HasLab will be the Mos Eisley Cantina. You can head over and start backing now! And, it WILL include the long-awaited Tonnika Sisters!
Featuring a base version ($399.99) and a Deluxe version ($499.99).
Click through for some photos and some more details!
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Hasbro is ready to ‘officially’ reveal their next The Vintage Collection HasLab today, kicking off their live stream at 11 AM Eastern. Will you be surprised? Tune in right here, or over at the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel for today’s event!
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Hasbro will officially launch their latest The Vintage Collection HasLab this Friday, June 7 at 11 AM Eastern. You can check back here on Friday or tune in over at the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel at 11 AM.
The Force is calling on you, StarWars fans, to tune into the Hasbro Pulse Star Wars Fanstream for the reveal of the next Star Wars The Vintage Collection HasLab! Join the Hasbro Star Wars team on our YouTube channel this Friday, June 7th, at 11:00am ET as they give you the first look at this must-have for your collection, including all the exciting details and news you need to know to make sure you don’t miss out!
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Long story short… It’s not happening this week, but it’s coming! Two word-play hints now that it might be the long-awaited Death Star. The Hasbro Pulse live stream announcement (…keep your comlinks open…) and Mr. Stevie’s Almost There posted on Instagram. You can head over to his full post for the HasLab update.
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Hasbro Pulse is celebrating 100 years by opening their ‘HasLab Vault‘ and making a limited number of previous HasLab projects available to Pulse Premium members.
Update: No Star Wars offerings
We’re celebrating Hasbro’s 100th by making a charitable donation to Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and by cracking open the HasLab Vault! For a limited time only, Hasbro Pulse is offering a chance to purchase previous HasLab product by opening its reserve vault exclusively for Hasbro Pulse Premium members.
While supplies last, get ready to snag exclusive access to very limited quantities of select, fan favorite HasLabs from the past! Act fast! The HasLab Vault only opens for a limited time, beginning TODAY, December 18th at 12:00PM ET through December 19th at 12:00PM ET*.
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After a massive push in the closing hours, the latest The Vintage Collection HasLab featuring The Ghost closed with 21,526 Backers. After reaching the threshold for the final tier at 17,000, the final 8 hours tacked on another 4,500+ backers. Congrats to all who secured this piece for your collection!
Tags: Ezra Bridger, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, HasLab, Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, The Ghost, The Vintage Collection
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Backers of The Ghost can rest easy now that the third The Vintage Collection HasLab is fully funded, unlocking all tiers with just over 8 hours remaining. Now it remains to be seen as to how Hasbro plans to offer the final two Ghost crew members on the mural cards.
There are still a few more hours to back if you are on the fence…
UPDATE: and the final number of backers is 21,526! Not as much as for the Razor Crest, which had about 6,600 more backers, making the Ghost the 2nd most successful Star Wars HasLab. However, the Ghost is more expensive so all in all the Ghost brought in almost $1 million more in total money than the Razor Crest.
Tags: Ezra Bridger, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, HasLab, Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, The Ghost, The Vintage Collection
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Tier 2 UNLOCKED! With 1 day and 8 hours left (as of this posting) the HasLab The Ghost sits at 14,189 (and counting) and has unlocked the second tier (Kanan Jarrus). Zeb sits waiting at 17,000…
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Our friends at Jedi News were in with a roundtable Q&A today with Chris and Jing from the Hasbro Star Wars team and it was revealed that if the HasLab Ghost project reaches 17,000 backers they would round out the mural carded figures with Sabine Wren and Chopper… for an additional purchase. We currently stand at 11,300 with just under two weeks to go. Currently, Hera and Ezra are locked in. It remains to be seen just how they will be offered. They will post the full interview tomorrow.
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That didn’t take very long, after launching the campaign on Friday the Ghost just reached the first target of 8,000 backers which unlocks the HasLab and means the Ghost will be made!
Congratulations to the Star Wars team who finally came up with a well thought out Star Wars HasLab after two failed campaigns that suffered from various issues. But this proves Star Wars collectors are absolutely willing to back a Star Wars HasLab if the HasLab is any good. Even if it’s pricey.
So now we will have to see how far this can go. At this point I am pretty confident this will reach 17,000 backers, which means all the tiers will be unlocked. As usual things will slow down a bit now, only to pick up speed again in the final week and especially last few days.
So to anyone who already backed the Ghost: you can look forward to receiving the ship in about a year from now! Now you can plan where to actually put it!
You can still back the Ghost on HasLab!
Success!
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Numbers are quite abstract, so how big is the HasLab Ghost really? How does it compare with the Razor Crest? I created a comparison photo that compares the Ghost, Razor Crest and Khetanna with photos of Luke and Leia to give you an idea how bulky the ship is. Click through for the image!
UPDATE: I added the BMF to the comparison
UPDATE 2: more comparison images added that show you how big a true to scale 1/18 scale Ghost and a 1/12 scale Ghost would need to be!
So how big is that compared to a human being?
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It is surely no surprise to anyone anymore that Hasbro revealed the brand new The Vintage Collection HasLab at SDCC just now!
And it is… The Ghost! This is, according to Hasbro, the biggest TVC ship yet! It comes, out of the gate, with the Ghost of course, the Phantom II shuttle and a carded Hera Syndulla (based on the Ahsoka series, so Mary Elizabeth Winstead likeness) figure. Chopper will only be a mini-bust, i.e. his head, he can be inserted into the droid port on the Phantom II.
The ship has a fully detailed interior and a cockpit with four seats for the full crew.
Tiers have already been announced!
Tier 1: carded Ezra Bridger figure – exclusive HasLab version – 11k backers needed
Tier 2: carded Kanan Jarrus figure – exclusive HasLab version – 14k backers needed
Tier 3: carded Zeb Orrelios figure – 17k backers needed
Sabine Wren will be a mainline TVC release! So you have a chance to get the full crew!
Price is $499.99! 8k backers are required to unlock the Ghost. If the Ghost reaches 17k backers the final tier will be unlocked!
You can back the Ghost right now, on the HasLab page! Deadline is September 6th! There are currently 601 backers after just a few minutes.
UPDATE: I added a hands on video of the Ghost at the Hasbro SDCC booth where you can get a detailed look at an actual (3D printed and hand painted) model! To give you a better idea of the dimensions and look of the spaceship and figures!
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Hasbro posted an image on their Social Media accounts teasing their upcoming Haslab announcement, making it look more likely that the long-rumored Ghost will be announced as the next Haslab. The translation:
Ship diagnostics – Complete
Laser cannon turret: Ready
Forward cannons: Ready
Rear cannons: Ready
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With the second failed Black Series HasLab in a row the question is what could be next. To put the blame for the two failures on the Black Series as a toyline is shortsighted, since both HasLabs were either half-baked lazy attempts (Rancor) or mindboggling choices (Reva’s lightsaber, really???) to begin with.
It’s a moot discussion about who’s to blame here, it’s most likely Lucasfilm in my opinion – with some assistance by the Hasbro Star Wars team. The big question is if Hasbro should give the Black Series one more try at HasLab.
We will not talk about potential TVC HasLabs here, since TVC has several no-brainers that would almost certainly be a success, like the Death Star Playset, the Cantina from A New Hope, maybe a Sandcrawler or even the Ghost from Rebels (with crew). It would be a good idea to have the next Star Wars HasLab be a TVC item and only after that Hasbro should revisit the Black Series.
So what would be some good choices (for a change!) for a Black Series HasLab? Click through for my ideas and then add your own ideas and suggestions in the comments. Lucasfilm and Hasbro seem to be in dire need of some help here!
The Black Series can do better!
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Hasbro learns lessons by taking in additional feedback from its customer base by blocking them from giving additional feedback on their social media post. (more….)
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And that’s it… The Reva Force FX Lightsaber HasLab ended with a resounding “thud”. Final backer number is 1,413, which is not even close to the 5,000 people who were needed. That is the second failed Star Wars Black Series HasLab in a row. Hasbro and Lucasfilm should do some deep soul searching and evaluate the situation.
Why did the Black Series ever get these extremely lackluster HasLabs to begin with? The Rancor looked merely “ok”, but not great, the tiers were a bad joke (a cardboard backdrop, really? Repacked figures?) and Reva’s lightsaber was dead in the water right from the start. Whoever thought people might want that? Either Lucasfilm or Hasbro (or both) need a reality check. Well, they got one for free now with a failed HasLab that only convinced a little more than 1,400 people to back a Force FX lightsaber for a brand new Star Wars character that is maybe not as popular as Lucasfilm would like it.
Cue sad trombone sound
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