#SDCC2019 Interview with John Warden and Ben Montano and HasLab Unicron Image Gallery Updated

Sabrblade wrote:

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Why does Hasbro insist on making Unicron that sickly yellow orange when he has ALWAYS been a very saturated orange?

The final product might be a little different as this is a prototype, have hope!

It's already been confirmed that these colors are as close to resembling the finalized deco as possible.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Why does Hasbro insist on making Unicron that sickly yellow orange when he has ALWAYS been a very saturated orange?

The final product might be a little different as this is a prototype, have hope!

It's already been confirmed that these colors are as close to resembling the finalized deco as possible.

You know, if you think about it, Unicron might be yellow. In most of the scenes in which he appears in the movie, he himself is the dominant source of illumination, and that illumination is sparing. He looks dark orange in those scenes, but the lighting conditions are very dim. This toys colors would probably look amazing in a dimly lit room with sinister red accent lights pointed at it. At the very least NOT being under fluorescent lights or white LEDs would help.

Burn wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Why does Hasbro insist on making Unicron that sickly yellow orange when he has ALWAYS been a very saturated orange?

The final product might be a little different as this is a prototype, have hope!

It's already been confirmed that these colors are as close to resembling the finalized deco as possible.

You know, if you think about it, Unicron might be yellow. In most of the scenes in which he appears in the movie, he himself is the dominant source of illumination, and that illumination is sparing. He looks dark orange in those scenes, but the lighting conditions are very dim. This toys colors would probably look amazing in a dimly lit room with sinister red accent lights pointed at it. At the very least NOT being under fluorescent lights or white LEDs would help.

And now I'm going to be compelled to build a custom case with specialised lighting for him.

Good thing I'll have 18 months to do this seeing as I can barely cut straight.

Stargrave wrote:Are you in Burn?? Did I miss that??

blackeyedprime wrote:The new cropped angles hide the fly paper look but makes the way his wings protrude from his shoulders (rather than armada versions back) is a bit of an eye sore too. If the spike strips can be removed like armadas planet plates it will look a lot better, the more I see of it, the less I'm liking it.

Burn wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Are you in Burn?? Did I miss that??

Strewth lad, what bloody rock have you been hiding under?

$100 deposit, then nothing to pay for 18 months? Be a bloody drongo to pass on that one.

ScottyP wrote:Mini-Dinobots with a butt damaging action feature would send this over the top. Just sayin'

megatronus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Mini-Dinobots with a butt damaging action feature would send this over the top. Just sayin'

Me Grimlock kick butt!

YRQRM0 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Mini-Dinobots with a butt damaging action feature would send this over the top. Just sayin'

Me Grimlock kick butt!

He doesn't have a butt, it's covered by the giant backpack

Dr. Caelus wrote:Ultimately, I just don't really want it. Even setting aside the unemployed-with-a-newborn thing, it's just the notion of spending $600 on a single Transformer that won't scale with any other Transformer in my collection. Even if it were the same price as Piranacon, I'd rather have Piranacon.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Ultimately, I just don't really want it. Even setting aside the unemployed-with-a-newborn thing, it's just the notion of spending $600 on a single Transformer that won't scale with any other Transformer in my collection. Even if it were the same price as Piranacon, I'd rather have Piranacon.

Then spend $150 now and save up the rest to pay it off a year-and-a-half from now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Ultimately, I just don't really want it. Even setting aside the unemployed-with-a-newborn thing, it's just the notion of spending $600 on a single Transformer that won't scale with any other Transformer in my collection. Even if it were the same price as Piranacon, I'd rather have Piranacon.

Then spend $150 now and save up the rest to pay it off a year-and-a-half from now.

Dr. Caelus wrote:The part that sucks is that I missed the preorder deadline for Snaptrap and Skalor yesterday, so I guess I'm not getting them, either, and I really did want them.

o.supreme wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:The part that sucks is that I missed the preorder deadline for Snaptrap and Skalor yesterday, so I guess I'm not getting them, either, and I really did want them.

*wrong thread I know*, I just checked, and they are still up.......

o.supreme wrote:I've stated that from the time the backers fell *behind pace* that I personally thought this project will not achieve it's goal. Even though I am not personally participating, I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see a swarm of 2-3K backers in the last couple days pull this off, but I have my doubts.

Looks like it did get a huge *bump* either from a large submission of online retailers submitting their orders, or from International orders finally being counted (whichever one wasn't, hopefully will be soon).

But I do have a couple of other thoughts. Although Hasbro isn't extending the deadline, I'm sure when the price and number of backers was discussed, they weren't using a borderline number. For example, lets say it ultimately gets 6000 backers. That would be 3.45 Million Hasbro would be walking away from (even if only a sliver of it was profit), it would still be profit. I don't think they came up with those parameters with zero margin of flexibility.

I think if it doesn't get 8K backers, it comes back again at some point, in a slightly different form. I mean the bottom line with Hasbro is profit. But how much would it suck, even for line managers like John Warden for the next 20 years to see a Unicron prototype at conventions on display that could have been, but isn't.

Rodimus Prime wrote:If the preorders do surpass the minimum required, will HasLab make only as many pieces as were ordered by the end of 8/31? Or will they continue to take orders?

Stargrave wrote:

Burn wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Are you in Burn?? Did I miss that??

Strewth lad, what bloody rock have you been hiding under?

$100 deposit, then nothing to pay for 18 months? Be a bloody drongo to pass on that one.

The best bloody rock where all the best bloody parties are at ya bloke

Yes! I’m stoked for you dude.

You know me I’m a goofy bogan up in here I can barely keep track of my own tail feathers.

Omegatrion84 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:If the preorders do surpass the minimum required, will HasLab make only as many pieces as were ordered by the end of 8/31? Or will they continue to take orders?

Hasbro stated on the Pulse page for Unicron that no orders will be accepted after the 31st. All support must be received by 11:59 PM EST on August 31, 2019.

ThunderThruster wrote:

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.

God Sunstreaker wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:

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.

Unicron should just be bigger than the titans. That's what I get from that statement and I agree.

megatronus wrote:

God Sunstreaker wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:

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.

Unicron should just be bigger than the titans. That's what I get from that statement and I agree.

Indeed - it's not about scale, it's about status.

Stargrave wrote:- They remind us that Blaster and Astrotrain are still coming down the tracks

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Stargrave wrote:- They remind us that Blaster and Astrotrain are still coming down the tracks

Did anyone else notice that pun?

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:

Stargrave wrote:- They remind us that Blaster and Astrotrain are still coming down the tracks

Did anyone else notice that pun?

PadForce wrote:I hope it fails so Habro realise that people outside the US want this without having to go through a 3p at great cost and risk.

Just do official distribution to other fan hubs and I'd be surprised if that didnt slap on an extra 500 - 1000 orders straight away.

o.supreme wrote:So a thought just occurred to me, if Hasbro plans to remove all plastics from it's toy packaging, how will this giant of a figure be shipped? In a large paper bag . Or even if it's in a solid cardboard box, like Titans are now, without any clips, tape, or tie-downs to hold it in place, I guess it's just going to flop around loosely in the box.

Cobotron wrote:Also I'd bet they would move back to the raffia ties instead of wire or the plastic ones they use now. There was a time when They used raffia ties and I'm not sure why they stopped.

Sabrblade wrote:There's always the old Styrofoam method.

o.supreme wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Also I'd bet they would move back to the raffia ties instead of wire or the plastic ones they use now. There was a time when They used raffia ties and I'm not sure why they stopped.

Interesting, that must have been during the time I wasn't purchasing toys

ZeroWolf wrote:If this doesn't make it why do you think hasbro would jump to make it titan class? There would be horrible compromises, as already explained else where in the thread by people more versed then me. If you want a smaller unicron then I suggest getting one of the many versions of Armada Unicron.

ZeroWolf wrote:If this doesn't make it why do you think hasbro would jump to make it titan class? There would be horrible compromises, as already explained else where in the thread by people more versed then me. If you want a smaller unicron then I suggest getting one of the many versions of Armada Unicron.