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Via IGN @ MSN, confirmation that LioKaiser will be the next HasLab figure!

From the renders, it looks like the set will include not just the core 6 members of the team with their respective Breastforce Chest-Force animal partners, but also the first official toy of Deathcobra. The product images show Deathcobra forming a shoulder-mounted weapon for LioKaiser, and the HasLab page confirms that he WILL also be able to take Hellbat's place as the left arm.

The HasLab page is now live with a 45-day countdown and a price of $299.99 / £299.99. The estimated ship date is Fall 2026.

Per the Pulse page, the six combiner members are all listed as (distinctly small) Voyager scale figures at 5.5 inch height, with the combined figure standing 12" tall. The base set includes the 6 core members, with the additional Deathcobra figure being the first unlockable tier (at 13,000 backers). Liokaiser's Electromagnetic Nunchaku (16,000 backers) and the 3 display stands (18,000 backers) are the remaining two tiers.

Gallery post!



LioKaiser



Leozak



Gaihawk



Hellbat



Jaruga



Killbison



Drillhorn



Deathcobra



Accessories

Technically it's IGN on MSN.

That really looks incredible. I can't believe they're doing Deathcobra for the first time ever. He Does appear to have a bot mode despite it not being shown, you can see the black feet underneath and a white elbow joint on the side.

Now... would they do Lyzack? Imagine if they retooled her from Leozack and we got an alternative female Liokaiserin. (Yes, I looked up what a female kaiser is called, it's kaiserin)

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Technically it's IGN on MSN.

Thought I'd fixed that...

Updated the top post with HasLab details as the campaign page is now live.

Nice to see that the original Victory names for the characters have returned, losing the "Ironbison" and "Fellbat" from the Combiner Wars version and using the "Gaihawk" and "Jaruga" spellings.

But Hasbro seem to have settled on "Chest-Force" as the name for the team.

That is a pretty cool haslab, but for some reason, i'm not as into this one? I will get it, but I feel... disappointment in it somehow

This looks absolutely rad, but I'll not be backing for 2 reasons.

#1 is that money is tight and I don't have much of an emotional attachment to the characters.
#2 is that if I get a HASLAB, I must have the original. Because the original G1 Liokaiser cost thousands, it's a big nope.

The reveal video:



Four names misspelled, though one is to be expected due the use of "Hell" in the name, though both his name and that of Guyhawk were spelled correctly in the Hasbro Pulse email announcement (yet spelled as "Ellbat" and "Gaihawk" on the Hasbro Pulse order page), while Leozack is "Leozak" and Jallguar is "Jaruga" in the video, email, and order page.

Leozacks head wouldnt look out of place in a Bettlejuice cross over, way too tiny.

Something about this Liokaiser just screams needs upgrade parts to make it look good yet nothing seems to be missing.

Not sold on the jet modes though Jarguga looks good. If I was going to drop a chunnk of cash on Liokaiser I'd go for one of the other options even it meant having to spend more. Glad to see he is finally getting an update. I might be tempted for a Rescue force repaint

Thanks so much Glyph, you are a life saver. I'll get this front paged.

Separates into 6 Voyager-scale, 5.5-inch

Voyager? If they're talking Voyager scale instead of Voyager price point that's more like "tall Deluxe". Yeah, SS86 Voyager Hot Rod and Ironhide are also 5.5" or so, but they're also very dense figures with a ton of folding parts while these are very simple figures with hollow forearms. I just don't know why the felt the need to justify it by calling them Voyagers when the measurement is right there, it wouldn't exactly change the price.

Anyway, I'm only ordering one this time. I only have one of all the other combiners, don't really feel the need to buy two this time (I doubled up on Victory Saber, Deathsaurus and Omega Prime, though).

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Separates into 6 Voyager-scale, 5.5-inch

Voyager? If they're talking Voyager scale instead of Voyager price point that's more like "tall Deluxe". Yeah, SS86 Voyager Hot Rod and Ironhide are also 5.5" or so, but they're also very dense figures with a ton of folding parts while these are very simple figures with hollow forearms. I just don't know why the felt the need to justify it by calling them Voyagers when the measurement is right there, it wouldn't exactly change the price.

Anyway, I'm only ordering one this time. I only have one of all the other combiners, don't really feel the need to buy two this time (I doubled up on Victory Saber, Deathsaurus and Omega Prime, though).

Emerje

Doubling up didn't work for me in the past. The market for these turned out to be pretty small, so prices didn't go up for these sets on the secondary market.

william-james88 wrote:Doubling up didn't work for me in the past. The market for these turned out to be pretty small, so prices didn't go up for these sets on the secondary market.

Yeah, I regret buying two VS sets.

I'll have to wait at least 20 years for it to be worth selling.

william-james88 wrote:Thanks so much Glyph, you are a life saver. I'll get this front paged.

NP

Emerje wrote:Voyager? If they're talking Voyager scale instead of Voyager price point that's more like "tall Deluxe".

Yeah, they explicitly said "Voyager-scale" but I'm giving it the Inigo Montoya side-eye. I guess a Deluxe plus an accessory makes a Voyager in the same way a Voyager with an accessory makes a Leader...

To buy or not to buy is the question.

Mr.MicroMaster wrote:To buy or not to buy is the question.

The answer is of course 42.

No backing form me, even if I could. no attachment to LeoKaiser, though Killbison looks great and Loving Deathcobra. But not enough to spend $300 bucks on them.

I like it, but I don't think I $370 like it, especially since I don't have VS or DS and comparing its looks to the Iron Factory version. It's a shame - if it wasn't quite so high-ticket, I might have swung for it as I do really like the characters.

Fantastic stuff. Especially the idea that we may get an actual Deathcobra figure.

been wanting these guys, and have a bit of spare cash, so I purchased. First Haslab experiance, we'll see how it goes.

It looks like the combiner thighs aren't integrated into the component robots, which is an unfortunate step backwards if that is the case.

From what was shown off at Megacon, it looks like the crotch & thighs clip on top of Jaruga's vehicle mode missile launchers to make a much bigger, comically unwieldy missile launcher.



Which is a shame, yeah, both from the perspective of Liokaiser historically being a fully-integrated combiner, and also for "Oh Hasbro, so you CAN make a cartoon-styled combiner where the bots actually form the limbs and don't just clip on to a pre-existing frame?"

So they finally roll this out after I've long given up and started collecting the Iron Factory versions, and then add insult to injury by Haslabing it. I swear, it's like Hasbro just doesn't want my money anymore.

They all honestly, look like the blocky knockoffs I see on Amazon. They look so much like brick formers. I can't unsee the inner leg pic. Sorry hasbro, for that much money, I expect larger than deluxe guys. I wanted the omega prime, I hated ultra magnus. For this kind of money, 1 nope makes me pass.

Between SS86 Devastator, AOTP Superion, the Primes, SS86 Megs, and reissue SS86 Magnus, I’ll pass. I’d like this, but the backing price is beyond my limit.

Committed to buy only this and the Devie set. All good.