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Not to mention running Cookie Monster's campaign at the same time, which itself failed to fund.Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Not to mention running Cookie Monster's campaign at the same time, which itself failed to fund.Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
Sabrblade wrote:Not to mention running Cookie Monster's campaign at the same time, which itself failed to fund.Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
I think part of Galactus' reason for having a higher backing goal is Hasbro's insistence in him having electronics. There's a major silicon and chip shortage right now that's effecting everything from computers and video games to automotive. It's even more expensive if they're doubling down and using blue LEDs, which cost more, under that blue plastic. I'm thinking 14K might have been the minimum order their supplier was willing go with and that's still a pretty small bulk order for custom electronics like this.
Emerje
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Not to mention running Cookie Monster's campaign at the same time, which itself failed to fund.Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
I dont see a giant overlap there in terms of fandom
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Railbomb wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Not to mention running Cookie Monster's campaign at the same time, which itself failed to fund.Emerje wrote:Part of the issue with Unicron getting funded was that they were going to collect the funds the same week MP-44 was going to be released. Expecting fans to shell out $1,100~ at basically the same time for Transformers would have been too much for most people. It was terribly timed.
I'm convinced the Cookie Monster campaign was designed to fail as a threat. As a way to show people that if a campaign doesn't reach funding it won't be made. Sure, a full sized Cookie Monster is cool but I don't understand how Hasbro could've gotten the market data to say enough people want to buy something like that to even develop a prototype to show. Assigning a team to throw something together to have something to show on a website and conventions certainly isn't impossible. Then make it something simple enough to engineer for mass production quickly if by an off chance it does succeed. It was even pruned off before Unicron ended to show people "if the goals aren't met these things will NOT be made".
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