Sabrblade wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Emerje wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:And considering an Animated-style Omega is a long time dream for many, and considering the way titans are going/selling in this line, I doubt it would shelfwarm.
I don't know. For it to make any real sense it would have to be done in Animated style and that just isn't going to happen in Generations. I feel like too many people would disregard it as being for a young children's line without a proper companion line in stores to go with it.
Where I think this would be more successful is as a HasLab project.
Emerje
Nah, we've had our Haslab project, and it went poorly.
The fully funded and currently in-production Unicron figure went poorly?
They had to extend its deadline at the last minute to make sure it would get made since they didn't have enough orders by the time of the first deadline, and they really wanted it to succeed after Cookie Monster failed to meet its own quota (which was partly due to its running at the same time as Unicron). Otherwise, without that extension, Unicron would have failed to meet its own quota, and it nearly did.
This.
Just because something succeeds doesn't mean it couldn't go poorly. If it weren't for that 6 week extension, it would not have made it, not even close. And there was so much bungling going on at the same time, with lack of info, lack of world wide shipping, lack of clarify on if pre-orders elsewhere counted, lack of any real incentives to pay that much, etc.
Not to mention TFs are like the 1 thing a Haslab project has involved so far that has such a large unofficial section. That 3P Uni threw all kinds of kinks in, and still got made, and people cancelled orders when it was revealed and then eventually released. That process made our fandom look HORRID, no joke.
So in short and on topic: No more TF Haslab projects, please. They can make a great Animated Omega Supreme Titan if they would choose to finally give us that. They can give us a great Tidal Wave of Titan or Commander size if they choose. FOC Metroplex and Cyberverse Iaconus also fit in.
And you can't say those are "obscure things few would buy" if the titan next year does end up being a Last Autobot styled figure.