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I still don't see the problem with their methods, I highly doubt they will abuse this (especially after how much dragging this campaign has gone on)

Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade found a note from Kapow Toys, the exclusive retailer for the Haslab Unicron in the UK, saying that the deal to get Unicron in the UK was in the works for a while. They offer reasons why it could not be offerred earlier and Brexit is explicitly mentioned, as you will see below. For those unaware, Brexist reffers to the vote done by British citizens who chose in favour of Britain seperating from the European Union.

Sabrblade wrote:Red leader of Kapow Toys posted to TFW to chime in on why it has taken so long for Kapow to get in on the Haslab Unicron action:

it's genuinely been in the works for a while now, the reason its taken so long is it needs to be signed off by the USA which happened yesterday ( 17th ) the brexit thing is a pain for this project and its something we're discussing with them at the moment.

And yeah in days gone we weren't geared up for EU and we def cannot please everyone, everyone has good and bad to say about all retailers but I promise you this we'll try our best to help out Europe with this project via the official channels and have already been in contact with an EU based business with regard to the assisting us.

So, yeah, blame Brexit.

For people in the UK, they can get Unicron here while those in the US and Canada can get him here.

Kapow Toys Blames Brexit for Unicron not Being Offered in UK Earlier

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Kapow Toys Blames Brexit for Unicron not Being Offered in UK Earlier

Don't be mistaken, Brexit has been playing havoc with a lot of companies in, and doing business with, the UK with some at the point of collapse (the already struggling Thomas Cook being the latest victim). Breaking off from an economic zone to (re)start your own is not taken lightly.

Also remember unicron would release after Brexit had happened which could complicate matters when it came to sending them home.

ZeroWolf wrote:I don't see any reason other then unfounded pessimism to not take what Kapow said at face value. Plus Brexit hasn't happened yet but it will have by the time unicron is released, so all those ducks need to be lined up first. I know you don't want this made but please try to think of the people who do want this beast made. Also never assume anything i.e. Deadline extension, as you know what they say about assumptions

We might be back in EU by the time Unicron arrives :p

ZeroWolf wrote:Also remember unicron would release after Brexit had happened which could complicate matters when it came to sending them home.

Think import duties and when they should be applied, for example.

Also, you Scottish lads keep us updated on the whole independence thing, you hear?

Not sure what happened this morning regarding this. Apparently the story was reported incorrectly and has nothing to do with Brexit. Received an email from Kapow Toys this morning. It's apparently late as an offering because of legal loopholes.

Seibertron wrote:Not sure what happened this morning regarding this. Apparently the story was reported incorrectly and has nothing to do with Brexit. Received an email from Kapow Toys this morning. It's apparently late as an offering because of legal loopholes.

Ohhh cool ok. I saw their post on line and thought the legality was to do with Brexit. I misread Kapow’s statement then. Well shoot I’m just glad thy got it sorted out one way or the other and EU/UK fans have another avenue to get this rad-io Dadio. All hail Unicron!

As I said, if HasLab had got the 8000 backers from the US alone, I doubt any other region would have been thought of. Other than maybe Japan, via Takara, after the fact.

blackeyedprime wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I don't see any reason other then unfounded pessimism to not take what Kapow said at face value. Plus Brexit hasn't happened yet but it will have by the time unicron is released, so all those ducks need to be lined up first. I know you don't want this made but please try to think of the people who do want this beast made. Also never assume anything i.e. Deadline extension, as you know what they say about assumptions

We might be back in EU by the time Unicron arrives :p

Or probably never left it amyway.

Also, Kapow reached out. They said the comment Sabr posted is being misinterpreted (their fault). Brexit is a problem fir when it will be released not for this particular delay.

So it turns out their rather poor wording meant we couldn't take what we read at face value.

william-james88 wrote:So it turns out their rather poor wording meant we couldn't take what we read at face value.

I'm noticing a running theme for this whole initiative

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

william-james88 wrote:So it turns out their rather poor wording meant we couldn't take what we read at face value.

I'm noticing a running theme for this whole initiative

Or rather, as a whole we have a bit of an annoying habit of jumping the gun. True, it's great that we're being corrected, but sometimes I feel they shouldn't have to, instead explaining everything beforehand.

Probably didn't want to mention it incase something fell through.

Stargrave wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Not sure what happened this morning regarding this. Apparently the story was reported incorrectly and has nothing to do with Brexit. Received an email from Kapow Toys this morning. It's apparently late as an offering because of legal loopholes.

Ohhh cool ok. I saw their post on line and thought the legality was to do with Brexit.

Me too, it seems everyone did.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Or rather, as a whole we have a bit of an annoying habit of jumping the gun.

Blame our human nature and this click-bait internet culture where only the headlines matter.

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 141 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 150 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

At the moment of posting this, approximately 160 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 141 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 150 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

At the moment of posting this, approximately 160 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

What's the point of these posts?

william-james88 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 141 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 150 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

At the moment of posting this, approximately 160 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

What's the point of these posts?

To keep people up to date.

william-james88 wrote:What's the point of these posts?

Nails-biting anticipation?

Would make more sense on the last day of the campaign though.

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 141 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 150 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

At the moment of posting this, approximately 160 new backers per day are required to reach the goal

What's the point of these posts?

To keep people up to date.

Wouldnt just the current tally make more sense? Thats all that matters. I dont see how presenting a hypothetical linear equation instead of that helps when the tally never went up that way.

It is rather a, well, more of defeatist countdown than a rally to arms I'll give you that. But the desperation he paints is palatable!

I mean NO 8,000 backers, NO Unicron...thousand...ok I know that doesn't rhyme but I wanted that catchy rhyme punch to it.

You know gang, I was just seeing if there was any murmurs of news around about 'ol Unicron and I noticed something, or the lack of something.

Any of the sponsors where he's available? He's pretty buried in there. Certainly in no way featured. If anything I feel like I'm seeing a surge in 3P ads and products being prominently featured. Probably a coincidence but, just something that I noticed.

It kinda bummed me out though. Like he's not in a banner rotation or set as an image for a category to click through to even? If he's on a page he's far down the page. It's like, this is a huge event! Ah, to me, at least. I know it's not the same for everyone and that's totally cool, but for places where you can buy it? Come on get that sucker up there!

And another thing I noticed is none of the other TF sites have featured Unicron articles very much either which is also kind of a bummer. I don't get how what has been newswed here can be considered so un-newsworthy, to me I just feel like hey fellow TF maniacs this is what's going on with Unicron we just want you to know! I can see how some people see it as trying to create click bait drama or something but come on, let's be real here I just hope our fellow newsers out there find some cool angles to share with their readers as the clock ticks down.

I don't know any thoughts anyone? Maybe I'm seeing this from just from too cursory an overview perspective or...? What do you think?

Sorry to ramble. Unicron has me eating Angolmois sandwiches my brain's been taken over.

Oh, and all I really meant to say was, 5711 as of this writing

You can't exactly report on Unicron when there's nothing to report on.

Burn wrote:You can't exactly report on Unicron when there's nothing to report on.

Hence my bored diatribe. where better to gripe about my Unicron woes.