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News Credits: 1 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:48 pm

unicron1200 wrote:Can we change the name of this forum officially to “WFC Unicron Sh!%posting”?

How about unofficially?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, on 4chan's /toy/ board, TF General thread:
https://imgur.com/fqjwfDx

i don't like that

News Credits: 131 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:50 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:Can we change the name of this forum officially to “WFC Unicron Sh!%posting”?

Meanwhile, on 4chan's /toy/ board, TF General thread:
https://imgur.com/fqjwfDx

199% would back ;)^

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:04 pm

Thanks to a heads up from multiple Seibertronians, we have word that there now exists an outlet for Transformers fans worldwide to participate in and purchase the upcoming War for Cybertron Unicron figure.

Site sponsor BigBadToyStore has added a new pre-order for the upcoming Unicron figure, who up until this point could only be purchased on Hasbro Pulse, and exclusively by fans in the United States and Canada. BigBadToyStore has placed the Pre-Order up at a price of $775, which is $200 greater than the pulse rate, and requires a non-refundable deposit of $155 when you place your pre-order.

A few important things to note here:

1) This Pre-Order is stated by BigBadToyStore to be primarily for those outside the US and Canada who want Unicron. The markup was something that we had expected for overseas buyers, but there is now a definitive place to order your Unicron.

2) Should the crowd-funding goal not be reached, please note that THE NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED.

3) This option is also open to US and Canada members as well, and may serve as a good option should you not have the capability to pay $575 down in just over a month.

Well, the Pre-Order is up and the race is on. Let us know if you placed your order in the comments section below!

News Credits: 101 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:12 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:2) Should the crowd-funding goal not be reached, please note that THE NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WILL BE REFUNDED.

Well, at least there's that.

So, non-American and non-Canadian fans, are you going for it?
Sure, the mark-up is big and shipping/custom will be a bitsh, but at least, this is not Ebay.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:21 pm

When I looked at the details of our beloved Chaos Bringer I couldn't find it. So what was the estimated weight? :VEHI:

News Credits: 101 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:25 pm

Nemesis Destron wrote:When I looked at the details of our beloved Chaos Bringer I couldn't find it. So what was the estimated weight?

19 pounds!
But my male cat, who is not fat, weight at 22 pounds.
So, how much more hollow that guy wanted Unicron to be again?

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:39 pm

The further advantage of going with this BBTS preorder is that the full amount (minus the $150 down payment) will not be charged until October 2021, so this gives people two whole years to save up the remaining $625+tax & shipping, instead of a mere month and a half to save up $575.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:11 pm

Sabrblade wrote:The further advantage of going with this BBTS preorder is that the full amount (minus the $150 down payment) will not be charged until October 2021, so this gives people two whole years to save up the remaining $625+tax & shipping, instead of a mere month and a half to save up $575.

That's actually a really good point (even for domestic customers) but that 50% mark-up (spit balling) stings... but if you got an extra two years to stash away for it... then.... eh? (other than the principle of it all).

I backed on Haslab… but As much as I want it to go forward, I won't be too tore up over getting $600 in budget back... Diaclone Reboot has really be knocking it out of the park lately. (Also reminds me I should probably cancel that SS Leader Prime)

Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:21 am

Will these pre-orders count towards the crowdfunding?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:59 am

MagicDeath wrote:Will these pre-orders count towards the crowdfunding?

Sure, they still have to order them from the crowdfund after all. Yeah, there's a limit of 5 per person, but I'm sure Joel has no lack of staff he can ship them to and no lack of pre-paid debit cards to pay for them with.

Emerje

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 1:03 am

MagicDeath wrote:Will these pre-orders count towards the crowdfunding?

I don't think we know for certain, but my guess is that BBTS will periodically inform Hasbro of the number of preorders they get, and it might influence the number shown on the HasLab page, but that might not be the case until they're certain it has met its goal. I hope the TakaraTomy mall shenanigans will add directly to the HasLab page, but I doubt that that is likely, leading me to believe they'll be communicating with Hasbro in a very similar fashion to BBTS in this regard. My main hope is that they're able to keep people updated on how far along it is.

Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:10 am

At current backing rate it doesnt look like it's going to hit 8000.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:47 am

Sabrblade wrote:The further advantage of going with this BBTS preorder is that the full amount (minus the $150 down payment) will not be charged until October 2021, so this gives people two whole years to save up the remaining $625+tax & shipping, instead of a mere month and a half to save up $575.

Two years and change...
Damn.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:37 am

blackeyedprime wrote:They are running the giant sized cookie monster at the same time which may also be hurting things compared to having one campaign on the go.

Umm...If it were another Star Wars crowdfund project, I might tend to agree since there might be some crossover there...But I really don't think there are many folks out there in crisis mode, trying to decide *IF I can only back one project would it be Cookie Monster or Unicron*

Just saying the people willing to fund Cookie Monster are probably not Transformers fans as well...Although I guess, in a way, Unicron is our own personal Cookie Monster. :lol:

Also WOW, that is a bold move by BBTS. I know they have to go a long way to CTA, but there are going to be a LOT of unhappy people if this project fails to meet its goal. If I were a non-US/Canada resident, I wouldn't risk it, unless of course $150 US is something you don't mind just throwing away....

News Credits: 1350 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:04 am

o.supreme wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:They are running the giant sized cookie monster at the same time which may also be hurting things compared to having one campaign on the go.

Umm...If it were another Star Wars crowdfund project, I might tend to agree since there might be some crossover there...But I really don't think there are many folks out there in crisis mode, trying to decide *IF I can only back one project would it be Cookie Monster or Unicron*

Just saying the people willing to fund Cookie Monster are probably not Transformers fans as well...Although I guess, in a way, Unicron is our own personal Cookie Monster.

Also WOW, that is a bold move by BBTS. I know they have to go a long way to CTA, but there are going to be a LOT of unhappy people if this project fails to meet its goal. If I were a non-US/Canada resident, I wouldn't risk it, unless of course $150 US is something you don't mind just throwing away....

The $150 isn't thrown away as if the project fails you get it back.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:08 am

Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... :???:

Oh well....

News Credits: 17 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:10 am

You can't cancel your order to get your money back. It's only refunded if the product itself is cancelled.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:11 am

o.supreme wrote:Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... Oh well....

What it means is that cancelling your order will NOT give you a refund. Ever.
The only way you get your 150 back is if the project fails to be done.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:11 am

o.supreme wrote:Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... Oh well....

What it means is that cancelling your order will NOT give you a refund. Ever.
The only way you get your 150 back is if the project fails to be done.

News Credits: 56 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:37 am

william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... Oh well....

What it means is that cancelling your order will NOT give you a refund. Ever.
The only way you get your 150 back is if the project fails to be done.

I mean, I guess that makes sense. It's just that, if *I* were going to go that route, there's no way I'd cancel my order anyway, so it seems superfluous.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:40 am

o.supreme wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... Oh well....

What it means is that cancelling your order will NOT give you a refund. Ever.
The only way you get your 150 back is if the project fails to be done.

I mean, I guess that makes sense. It's just that, if *I* were going to go that route, there's no way I'd cancel my order anyway, so it seems superfluous.

There's 2 years between ordering it and getting it, anything can happen in 2 years time.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:45 am

o.supreme wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:Then I guess it really isn't non-refundable... Oh well....

What it means is that cancelling your order will NOT give you a refund. Ever.
The only way you get your 150 back is if the project fails to be done.

I mean, I guess that makes sense. It's just that, if *I* were going to go that route, there's no way I'd cancel my order anyway, so it seems superfluous.

It's just a general precaution, letting people know that, unlike their other preorders, the down payment for this one is absolutely non-refundable (unless the 8000 backers quota is not met).

While you, personally, would be dead set on not cancelling, others may not be so decisive. Or, suppose that someone chooses to preorder via BBTS, but then a couple weeks later something bad happens that would otherwise force that person to cancel their preorder and put that $150 towards a greater need, but in this case that $150 is non-refundable and said person just lost that money needed for the aforementioned emergency. In other words, BBTS is telling people to make absolute certainty that they can drop $150 on this preorder without any negative repercussions.

News Credits: 19 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:59 am

o.supreme wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:They are running the giant sized cookie monster at the same time which may also be hurting things compared to having one campaign on the go.

Umm...If it were another Star Wars crowdfund project, I might tend to agree since there might be some crossover there...But I really don't think there are many folks out there in crisis mode, trying to decide *IF I can only back one project would it be Cookie Monster or Unicron*

Just saying the people willing to fund Cookie Monster are probably not Transformers fans as well...Although I guess, in a way, Unicron is our own personal Cookie Monster.

Also WOW, that is a bold move by BBTS. I know they have to go a long way to CTA, but there are going to be a LOT of unhappy people if this project fails to meet its goal. If I were a non-US/Canada resident, I wouldn't risk it, unless of course $150 US is something you don't mind just throwing away....

Star wars fan base isn't as big as people think these days, they lost me at milli wotsits just before the new films that fail to do even half a decent job as the expanded universe (even the poor stuff of it) Star wars figures don't even sell at £3.75 anymore (our shops are full of them) which is the ideal price/similar to the 90's power of the force figures. Kind of wish the market had dropped out on transformers so that we could pay the old prices too

News Credits: 56 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:08 am

Although I'm not the biggest fan of the newer films myself, or their merch, anything that evokes the feeling of the original films is still immensely popular, thus the reason that Sail Barge was a huge success. I mean, I would expect a crowdfunded *Starkiller Base* to probably not do so well. But man, anywhere Mark Hamill goes, he is practically worshiped, like how we feel about Peter Cullen. Sure SW fans may be jaded towards the new stuff, but they still love the old stuff, or anything that hearkens back to it.

News Credits: 131 · Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:27 am

o.supreme wrote:Umm...If it were another Star Wars crowdfund project, I might tend to agree since there might be some crossover there...But I really don't think there are many folks out there in crisis mode, trying to decide *IF I can only back one project would it be Cookie Monster or Unicron*

Just saying the people willing to fund Cookie Monster are probably not Transformers fans as well...Although I guess, in a way, Unicron is our own personal Cookie Monster.

Huh, never really thought about it that way, but they both have insatiable appetites :lol:

I know HasLab doesn't do stretch goals, but a Unicron head cookie jar would be pretty awesome.

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