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News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:12 pm

An installment plan or something would have been nice. A month and a half is a pretty short amount of time to gather an extra six hundred bucks of disposable income.

It'd still be way outside the realm of possibility for me even then, but it'd probably be helpful for someone.

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:14 pm

Zeedust wrote:An installment plan or something would have been nice.

You know what? If this was an option, I'd probably talk myself into doing this. They should really give more time for the build up of funds.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:16 pm

That ish dude wrote:
Zeedust wrote:An installment plan or something would have been nice.

You know what? If this was an option, I'd probably talk myself into doing this. They should really give more time for the build up of funds.

I 1000% agree with this. Or at the very least they should've given longer than a month notice.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:19 pm

Oh gosh, this hurts.

It is so gorgeous! It looks fantastic! I love it all and it looks great!

But, oh gosh, the want might finally have hit the price wall.

6 weeks to put together $600. That would normally be doable for me, but within 4 days of each other, I would be paying for Unicron, the Power Gauntlet, and MP ghost Prime, and I cannot afford to spend $900 in that short of span.

I really hate that, because I want to buy this, I want to back it!

But i really think they needed a payment plan, or a pay 10% or 20% once it has the numbers, and charge the rest when he is ready to ship. They gave us 9 months for MP-44, but only 6 weeks for this, and they are right on top of one another.

TL;DR: I love this and want it and plan to try to secure the funds by then, but this needed better timing, more time, and a payment plan. That would probably have helped fund it in a week.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:23 pm

Zeedust wrote:An installment plan or something would have been nice.

Yes it would have.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:25 pm

Backer #4 chiming in. I'm looking forward to it and hope it happens. I also wish it were more accessible for global collectors.

The face looks off somehow in these early models and I hope they fix it up. Needs the goatee and the robot teeth make it too busy. They're also not movie accurate! He has no discernible teeth in the movie. Even in season 3 he has four canines and that's it. That's a small change that would be a big deal to me and I hope the brand team is reading around for some constructive feedback. I think the rest looks great.

Multicolored LEDs for the planet maw would be awesome. Also, I expect closed, open, and extra open states for said maw so I can send other toys to a dark oblivion.

That ish dude wrote:That, and I hate corporate greed. Ya'll loyalists can make all the excuses you want, but Hasbro is a mega corporation. They could sell this at $300 and still make a massive profit. You talk about warehouse costs, but remember, these things are made in Asia, warehouse costs are super cheap. Still, its a free market. Their right to charge what they want, our right to tell 'em to go to hell, or fork it over

Yeah, is what it is. Been pretty civil in here with no one passing judgment to one another for backing it or not, which is nice to see ;)^

william-james88 wrote:
carytheone wrote:But IIRC it only needed 5000 backers. Unicron might have an uphill battle, but I'm feeling he's going make it.

I think it was 4000, so half. Plus, unless I am mistaken, I blieve that fan base is much larger than ours.

It is by a significant margin, but also... that was the sail barge. Meh. It'd be like if this TF project was for the Nemesis or Axalon playset or something. Unicron is a huge deal for Transformers. The Star Wars equivalent would be, well do I really need to point that out? :lol:

Flashwave wrote:One other thing to talk about: how many of you saying "600 bucks is too much!" Bought rhe Third Party Combiners? The ones at $175 each for 4 limbs and even more for the Torso? Plus accessories? And before you say "But I got 6 figures for that!" Does your 3P combiner get uncombined? Or are you really only playing with the one, really big figure you spent $900 for? Its the same thing

Yeah I'm about to be up to 17 dang 3P combiners. I can stop whenever I want. After Zeta's Raiden, of course. (Dear Hasbro I bought all your combiners too. Twice counting Unite Warriors

)

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:30 pm

ScottyP wrote:Twice counting Unite Warriors )

Good lord, that sucked me in hard too.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:12 pm

This looks really awesome, but it is an easy pass for me. I could technically make it work financially, aside of the wife kicking me to the couch for a while, but it is just too much for a single figure for me. I wouldn't really enjoy transforming it much for fear of breaking it.

Best of luck to those who are going for it. I totally want to see photos of the planet eating mouth On the Haslab one eating Armada Unicron.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:27 pm

That ish dude wrote:They could sell this at $300 and still make a massive profit.

Unlikely.

by **User897** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:52 pm

1. It's HasBeenLab.
2. The price is beyond reasonable and AGAIN too short of a time is allotted for folks to save up.
3. The eyes need to light up. Green this time. Not red LED's behind green lenses, lol.
4. There should be a tiny Galvatron included, maybe even a beat-up Megatron.
5. Still no payment plan.
6. This stupid funding "system" still exists. All it does is sh** on those of us that can't come up with the extortion money quickly.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:43 pm

That ish dude wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Twice counting Unite Warriors )

Good lord, that sucked me in hard too.

While I didnt get them all, I have 0 regrets for the ones I own. All those boxsets are solid efforts.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:03 pm

6 PAGES! That'll teach me to go to work!

This thing is amazing. I hope it makes it.

Quick!
WOULD YOU RATHER!

Would you rather pay $575 dollars for this, or eat an entire planet?!

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:42 pm

I'd back him if I had the money.

User897, the funding system exists because Hasbro got sick of taking losses on mega expensive fan-pander items, so now they want to guarantee that they'll actually see a return on the investment.

Flashwave, re: Model trains. I was talking about seeing that kind of price for secondhand '80s or older model trains, or those that don't have the expensive electronics.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:50 pm

HOLY MOTHER **** SHIT-BALLS!!!

That’s frikkin insane. Size-wise and price wise.
I mean, I get it. I don’t hold it against Hasbro for trying to make dat money. But hot damn...

99% I won’t be getting this guy, but of course I’ll be following the production with interest.

by **Megaprimatron** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:55 pm

Absolutely stunning sculpt, God be pleased! However challenging collectors to come up with $575 pre-paid in less than 2 months for something they won't receive in almost 2 years leaves a sour taste in my mouth. A longer lead time which allows for better financial planning would have been more reasonable and honorable. It would have been a joy for me to plan for such an investment (and the space/place to display it) but I fear that my love and desire for such a version of one of my favorite characters on such short notice would influence me to do something irresponsible, but I'm trying to choose dignity over desire for once. The weakness is real.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:15 am

What would make me want to buy this even more is if there will be a Primus/Cybertron accompanying it in the near future. Yes, the price is up there, but it's only about $100 more than the new MP Prime, which is not even half its size. Now that is mindblowingly ridiculous. The only thing I don't like about this Unicron is the face. It's not even close to accurate.

News Credits: 1 · by **Epsilon Delta** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:24 am

And I thought the Siege figures were overpriced (still really awesome, but expensive). The only way I could justify that price tag is if it was in scale with the Titans. It looks amazing and everything you could ever want in a Unicron, but come on, $575? I'm sure plus taxes and shipping making it closer to $650-$700. I hope you rich people post pictures and videos because that will be the only way I'll enjoy it.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:59 am

If it doesn't get to production, I wonder if that prototype will ever see an auction, and how much it will go for. I know the G1 prototype that's out there somewhere would cost an arm and a leg, this one might actually cost your first-born if you want it that bad.

News Credits: 1 · by **The_Cryptid_Person** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:03 am

Unicron is consumption embodied.

You see? Hasbro is DONE forcing new gimmicks onto old characters. ;)^

News Credits: 1 · by **Epsilon Delta** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:27 am

Latebrus-K wrote:You see? Hasbro is DONE forcing new gimmicks onto old characters.

I can only hope so. Looking at you Dinobots and Galvatron.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:39 am

Epsilon Delta wrote:
Latebrus-K wrote:You see? Hasbro is DONE forcing new gimmicks onto old characters.

I can only hope so. Looking at you Dinobots and Galvatron.

There is NOTHING wrong with TR Galvatron or] the PotP Dinobots. :evil:

Or were you perhaps talking about the idiotic "halfassed Earth mode" and "aborted spider tank" gimmicks from Universe Galvatron?

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:53 am

Well, it looks like from what people are saying you have to pay up front, I'm out. Also Flint Dillie announced on Facebook he will be unveiling Unicron at SDCC, that's a nice touch and kinda makes me a little sad I can't get this.

by **Jeddostotle7** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:13 am

This looks gooooood, my only problem (aside from it not being open to international fans, which sucks but I get why) is, as others have mentioned, giving us very little lead-time to scrounge together the money to get it. They should've given a little bit of time between the unveiling and the start of the backing period, and made the backing period itself a bit longer.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:49 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Epsilon Delta wrote:
Latebrus-K wrote:You see? Hasbro is DONE forcing new gimmicks onto old characters.

I can only hope so. Looking at you Dinobots and Galvatron.

There is NOTHING wrong with TR Galvatron or] the PotP Dinobots.

Yeah apart from the wrong placement of the cannon and the bad mask gimmick on Galvatron that limits movement, is undersized, and overall doesn't look good and then the dinobots being too small and with all of them having compromised alt modes. For the record I own all these figures and I like them in their own ways but to say that there is nothing wrong with them is a complete exaggeration.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:59 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
Epsilon Delta wrote:
Latebrus-K wrote:You see? Hasbro is DONE forcing new gimmicks onto old characters.

I can only hope so. Looking at you Dinobots and Galvatron.

There is NOTHING wrong with TR Galvatron or] the PotP Dinobots. Or were you perhaps talking about the idiotic "halfassed Earth mode" and "aborted spider tank" gimmicks from Universe Galvatron?

So Galvatron's abysmal "mask" gimmick and poorly placed cannon blocking his elbow articulation with no side-mounting option are A-OK? And the POTP Dinobots being too small and heavily hampered for the sake of the combiner gimmick (poor Slag, they made him into a frog...) with a combined mode only marginally better than Menasor is fine?

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