Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.
DarthFoozar wrote:Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.
False. HasLab does not charge anything up front. There is no deposit, and no money is expected unless the crowdfund is completely fulfilled. It is right in the agreement. I am not sure if this is a misunderstanding on the part of the poster, but it needs to be noted. Of course, you might be referring to overseas sales only, in which case I apologize for misunderstanding you.
william-james88 wrote:DarthFoozar wrote:Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.
False. HasLab does not charge anything up front. There is no deposit, and no money is expected unless the crowdfund is completely fulfilled. It is right in the agreement. I am not sure if this is a misunderstanding on the part of the poster, but it needs to be noted. Of course, you might be referring to overseas sales only, in which case I apologize for misunderstanding you.
By up front, he meant later this month if the project is a go. Australia doesnt have to pay more than 100$ until the toy is released (i think)
Heh, 100 years ago was also both the year after World War I ended, and nine years after the wizard went to Oz.
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.'
Rainmaker wrote:So, we only have to put in $100 at first but then how does the rest get paid? Do we have to immediately after it gets funded?
megatronus wrote:Burn wrote:PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.
Is this confirmed anywhere? I want to be absolutely sure this is the case.
EB Games Unicron Page wrote:EB Games in partnership with Hasbro is giving you the opportunity to preorder the Cybertron Unicron figure locally, here in Australia, with all preorders counted towards the crowdfunding 'Backers' target. For this future to become a reality, Hasbro requires 8,000 backers worldwide and every order placed counts to this target! You have until August 31st so get your preorder today!
Rodimus Knight wrote:I thought the HasLab stuff was only available for funding in the US though?
IT almost looks like there are a number of places putting together orders for if the crowd funding goes through but aren't including in the crowdfunding.
unicron1200 wrote:What numbers are people thinking that we'll get from this news about EB Games and Zing? Does anyone think that once the word gets out that we'll get an significant number of backers (like an extra 2K) from Australia?
She arrived after he did, as seen in the James Franco movie Disney made.
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.'
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.
william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.
We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?
unicron1200 wrote:william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.
We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?
BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.
They will make and sell as many units as they get orders. Like, if they get 8,950 orders, they will make 8,950 Unicrons to fulfill those exact orders.chuckdawg1999 wrote:What if they get more than 8,000 orders?
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.'
william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.
We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?
BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.
But then why such a high premium on the toy compared to places that have actually announced are dealing directly with Hasbro? What you just wrote has enough ambiguity for me to doubt that its the same type of thing happening, if they were directly linked why wouldnt they write as such in their listing?
unicron1200 wrote:william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:william-james88 wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:unicron1200 wrote:Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).
So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.
So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.
Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.
We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.
We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?
BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.
But then why such a high premium on the toy compared to places that have actually announced are dealing directly with Hasbro? What you just wrote has enough ambiguity for me to doubt that its the same type of thing happening, if they were directly linked why wouldnt they write as such in their listing?
I can't answer that, I can forward you the email response I got back from the customer support representative if you'd like. I don't have any idea as to why the markup would be so massive, but BBTS often does charge more than the average online retailer, but it is extreme.
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