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News Credits: 226 · Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:40 pm

Reducing his size to that of a Titan would be pointless.

He's not a Titan.

He's Unicron.

He's a class unto himself.

Titans are the biggest of Transformers.

This guy is a GOD.

News Credits: 122 · Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option. >:oP

News Credits: 122 · Sat Aug 24, 2019 11:58 pm

Burn wrote:Reducing his size to that of a Titan would be pointless.

He's not a Titan.

He's Unicron.

He's a class unto himself.

Titans are the biggest of Transformers.

This guy is a GOD.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:02 am

megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option.

It's especially good since TFSource, unlike other options, has no down payment for their preorder.

News Credits: 122 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:08 am

Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option.
It's especially good since TFSource, unlike other options, has no down payment for their preorder.

"$150 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. If the project is not fully funded and the product is cancelled, the deposit will be refunded."

?

News Credits: 3 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:18 am

Again, would if I could, but it's beyond me. I'm a highschooler only barely managing to budget in my collection. I won't be able to get together the money in time, and with my current situation saving up for over a year isn't a good alternative either.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:30 am

megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option.
It's especially good since TFSource, unlike other options, has no down payment for their preorder.

"$150 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. If the project is not fully funded and the product is cancelled, the deposit will be refunded."

?

Meaning that if you cancel the order yourself, you won't get the deposit back.

News Credits: 340 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:43 am

Burn wrote:Reducing his size to that of a Titan would be pointless.

He's not a Titan.

He's Unicron.

He's a class unto himself.

Titans are the biggest of Transformers.

This guy is a GOD.

Thank you!!

They already made a smaller Unicron if you want one. Making Unicron a Titan would be a sleight against Titans.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:56 am

Burn wrote:Reducing his size to that of a Titan would be pointless.

He's not a Titan.

He's Unicron.

He's a class unto himself.

Titans are the biggest of Transformers.

This guy is a GOD.

Pfft! I’d settle for Leader class. I don’t need something that big to appreciate it.

It’s too big and too expensive. I commend anyone contributing but I can’t justify it. You can’t play with something that big. Dust collector

News Credits: 10 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 12:58 am

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but I'm curious.. I put in an order for 2 Unicrons - does this mean that I am counted as 1 backer or 2 backers?

News Credits: 340 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:01 am

Did the number of backers change when you ordered your second one?

News Credits: 3 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:11 am

transformers_va wrote:Perhaps this is a stupid question, but I'm curious.. I put in an order for 2 Unicrons - does this mean that I am counted as 1 backer or 2 backers?

I believe it counts as two from what I've heard. I may be wrong though.

News Credits: 340 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:17 am

I was being facetious. I believe as it says on the page ‘number of backers’ they’re counting units as backers. I would categorize that as a laypersons understanding we’re all thinking 8,000 Unicrons.

Limit five per transaction, or units total, not five per backer.

They’re waiting for 8,000 Unicrons.

News Credits: 122 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:18 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option.
It's especially good since TFSource, unlike other options, has no down payment for their preorder.

"$150 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. If the project is not fully funded and the product is cancelled, the deposit will be refunded."

?

Meaning that if you cancel the order yourself, you won't get the deposit back.

I'm not asking the literal meaning. I'm noting that, contrary to Sabr's statement, TFsource does appear to in fact require a down payment.

Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:44 am

Re: Haslab Unicron At 3000 Backers, Needs Our Help to get the Final 5000 (2035682)
Posted by Wireless_Phantom on August 25th, 2019 @ 12:18am CDT
Again, would if I could, but it's beyond me. I'm a highschooler only barely managing to budget in my collection. I won't be able to get together the money in time, and with my current situation saving up for over a year isn't a good alternative either.

Dragologer- Um...I'm a highschooler. I got the money together. all depends on your priorities.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:20 am

megatronus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The high price and short notice are exactly why I opted to go with the more feasible route of preordering Unicron from TFSource and saving up the money over the steady course of a year and a half.

Seems like people are constantly forgetting that this is an option.
It's especially good since TFSource, unlike other options, has no down payment for their preorder.

"$150 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. If the project is not fully funded and the product is cancelled, the deposit will be refunded."

?

Meaning that if you cancel the order yourself, you won't get the deposit back.

I'm not asking the literal meaning. I'm noting that, contrary to Sabr's statement, TFsource does appear to in fact require a down payment.

Pretty sure that was a late addition. There was a lot of talk about TFSource being the better option since they didn't require a deposit while BBTS did.

BTW, Unicron already added 29 orders since that last article went up overnight. That's a little promising way to start the week.

Emerje

Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:45 am

I am not going to back this, it is too expensive. The transformation is basic, for this price there should not be all that kibble hanging from the botmode. Let your wallet speak and don't back it.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:47 am

NeonPrime wrote:Wow...I would LOVE to help on this but it's just way too expensive If only Hasbro could scale it down to Titan scale.

It's like this: It doesn't matter if this Unicron is funded or not. There will always be another one. This one will simply end up alongside the G1 and BW Neo counterparts. The Mega Corporation will likely pay for the next one themselves too, like the rest of the line >:oP

I mentioned before, several pages back probably. A Unicron in the Titan Class would have made more sense than a crowd funding oddity. Titan Class represent the Big Boys. Those at the end of the spectrum, that scale doesn't really apply to. So far it has been 3/4 City Bots and maybe, the new SIEGE Omega Supreme (although I don't know the specifics on his new height offhand).

How I would justify it, are they bigger than a Gestalt? If Yes, they go in Titan Class. It would be asinine to make a further class beyond that as realistically it would only apply to one figure - Unicron, and potentially two retool/decos, in Primus/Cybertron and Atlas/Earth. That in itself would lead to the pricing issue that has emerged with this figure. As long as he is an inch or two taller than Fort Max he will look much bigger anyway, due to his Planet Mode. Trying to assign any kind of grander scale to him is really silly.

News Credits: 340 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:54 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
NeonPrime wrote:Wow...I would LOVE to help on this but it's just way too expensive If only Hasbro could scale it down to Titan scale.

It's like this: It doesn't matter if this Unicron is funded or not. There will always be another one. This one will simply end up alongside the G1 and BW Neo counterparts. The Mega Corporation will likely pay for the next one themselves too, like the rest of the line

I mentioned before, several pages back probably. A Unicron in the Titan Class would have made more sense than a crowd funding oddity. Titan Class represent the Big Boys. Those at the end of the spectrum, that scale doesn't really apply to. So far it has been 3/4 City Bots and maybe, the new SIEGE Omega Supreme (although I don't know the specifics on his new height offhand).

How I would justify it, are they bigger than a Gestalt? If Yes, they go in Titan Class. It would be asinine to make a further class beyond that as realistically it would only apply to one figure - Unicron, and potentially two retool/decos, in Primus/Cybertron and Atlas/Earth. That in itself would lead to the pricing issue that has emerged with this figure. As long as he is an inch or two taller than Fort Max he will look much bigger anyway, due to his Planet Mode. Trying to assign any kind of grander scale to him is really silly.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:58 am

DMSL wrote:I am not going to back this, it is too expensive. The transformation is basic, for this price there should not be all that kibble hanging from the botmode. Let your wallet speak and don't back it.

Unfortunately some people do have more money than sense. This crowdfunding, if successful, paves the way for exclusive figures-on-demand, which is a dangerous road to go down. Some still don't see it...

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:04 am

I don't see why people are wishing ill on the project, it will either go forward or not. People have expressed their wish to own it and let that be that. You may not like it but no one is forcing you to buy this, so let those who want it go in peace. Not saying you can't state why you don't want it, just remember that it's only your prefence.

I think there would be worse compromises made to a titan unicron, especially to make it a perfect sphere alt and have it's robot mode be accurate.

News Credits: 6 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:14 am

ZeroWolf wrote:I think there would be worse compromises made to a titan unicron, especially to make it a perfect sphere alt and have it's robot mode be accurate.

How so? You make it sound like a perfect sphere is something previously impossible to shellforming, at a lower price point, which it isn't. Shellformers exist at every level of the line, albeit it to varying degrees of success.

Plus, other than the Armada Unicron, there still isn't an accurate Robot Mode, even with the HasLab one.

^ That, still doesn't look like this:

You're doing a disservice to the already impressive updates that exist within the Titan Class line, especially Generations Trypticon, by somehow saying they aren't good enough. When all of them are superior in every way to the slabs of plastic they came from originally.

Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:26 am

Burn wrote:Reducing his size to that of a Titan would be pointless.

He's not a Titan.

He's Unicron.

He's a class unto himself.

Titans are the biggest of Transformers.

This guy is a GOD.

By this logic, we ought to be getting a 12 foot tall (at the minimum) Unicron.

News Credits: 1350 · Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:40 am

I'm thinking more of the logic that the last perfect sphere tf we got was Primus in the supreme class, who got the benefit of being designed knowing that the planet pieces had to go somewhere, unlike the original unicron designs which just cheated from the get go. Armada unicron wasn't a full planet, cheated with those two shell pieces which was only accurate to the Armada cartoon itself. Just as you say I'm decrying the work of the titan class, I think you're decrying the work of these designers who made this unicron an unrivaled toy, something he should be, not to be outdone by the next years titan class.

I really don't get why you continue to rag on it, AllNew, I know you dislike the preordering system here but it makes perfect business sense and I think your fears are unfounded, especially since star wars toys are still doing fine after the barge. I think you're being a wee bit paranoid

Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:56 am

I remember saying back when the sail barge was announced that I just wanted a giant battle damaged Unicron head playset for my classics. I think Hasbro would have been better off going that route instead.