#SDCC2019 New Images of Haslab Project Transformers Unicron From Front and Back

this is how i will imagine transforming that big guy

Holy shell-former!

double post, sorry

Oook is great, big and too much priced....but he stands up without the support?

It's kind of strange how far they are into this and are asking for it to be backed by a limited number of fans. It seems they're gauging where the fandom is at in terms of what they'll pay.

Prowl4 wrote:It's kind of strange how far they are into this and are asking for it to be backed by a limited number of fans. It seems they're gauging where the fandom is at in terms of what they'll pay.

Why, it almost sounds like ... crowd funding!

Microbot wrote:Oook is great, big and too much priced....but he stands up without the support?

Dude there’s going to be thousands and thousands of people walking all over. That much traffic causes some rumbling. He can support his weight but they really don’t want him to fall over with that much movement all over. Why do you think figures usually glued to the displays at these? They don’t want them falling over

Prowl4 wrote:It's kind of strange how far they are into this and are asking for it to be backed by a limited number of fans. It seems they're gauging where the fandom is at in terms of what they'll pay.

Exactly.
Because honestly, that GIANT thing would never, ever find it's way into standard brick-n-mortar stores. Such a figure is a high risk endeavour. So the "backed by fans" plan is the most logical way to approach things.

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Aw, screw it. The more I deny it, the more I want it.

So... Instead of a 3rd Dollfie Dream...







,,,,,,aaaaaaaaaand backed.



It suck that I have to pay taxes. However, this mean that I will not have to pay the 10$CAN surcharge when the thing go through customs and I will not have any more customs to pay. Furthermore, the thing is very, VERY cheap to ship for some reasons.

Oh, and how am I gonna pay in such a short notice?

Made a gif but it's too big so here is the link

http://imgur.com/gallery/JvE4mYX

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:It's kind of strange how far they are into this and are asking for it to be backed by a limited number of fans. It seems they're gauging where the fandom is at in terms of what they'll pay.

Exactly.
Because honestly, that GIANT thing would never, ever find it's way into standard brick-n-mortar stores. Such a figure is a high risk endeavour. So the "backed by fans" plan is the most logical way to approach things.

Exactly. If they presented this to retailers they would be told "Your bargaining posture is highly dubious." And wouldn't get the "But very well."

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:It's kind of strange how far they are into this and are asking for it to be backed by a limited number of fans. It seems they're gauging where the fandom is at in terms of what they'll pay.

Exactly.
Because honestly, that GIANT thing would never, ever find it's way into standard brick-n-mortar stores. Such a figure is a high risk endeavour. So the "backed by fans" plan is the most logical way to approach things.

Exactly. If they presented this to retailers they would be told "Your bargaining posture is highly dubious." And wouldn't get the "But very well."

Plus, compared to MP Optimus Prime 3.0 that is somewhat similarly priced, Optimus would take much, much less shelf space than this insane Unicron. Plus it's Optimus freaking Prime. Not some "random nobody". Thus, why Optimus will find it's way into stores despite the CAN600$+ he will go for, but never that Unicron.

And know what? I wouldn't have it any other way. I'd even go as far as suggesting that big boxsets like Combiner Wars sets or Titans should be online exclusives only. Maybe with free shipping if they have the deals. Because those boxes sure take a lot of space on shelves and because they are big, they often get badly distributed among individual retailers of the store chain. Plus customers at some stores act like savage apes and destroy everything in their path, making those big boxes prime targets for kicks and partial thieving.

No wonder Walmart are online only for such big collectibles.

Well, I seriously did it and I'm committed. I knew deep down that this MOFO had to be mine. Space or no space. This will definitely be the BIGGEST and more EXPENSIVE Transformers in the History of the brand.

Oh and just to be sure, the planet stand will be included, right?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, I seriously did it and I'm committed. I knew deep down that this MOFO had to be mine. Space or no space. This will definitely be the BIGGEST and more EXPENSIVE Transformers in the History of the brand.

Oh and just to be sure, the planet stand will be included, right?

1) You are an absolute madman and I love you.

2) Yes indeed, the stand is included. I wonder what else could be though. I kinda want some laser eye beams, or that gravity beam for planet mode.

The more I see of this thing, the more I wish it was remotely feasible for me to own it.

Zeedust wrote:The more I see of this thing, the more I wish it was remotely feasible for me to own it.

If you really, REALLY want it and work to get it, Karma will smile upon you.

Seriously.

That's how I got my 2 Dollfie Dream dolls. Both times I plunged head first into the unknown and both times, circumstances made me happen upon unexpected money to pay the bills. Selling pricey figures or bonus work. So it will work a 3rd time for Unicron.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, I seriously did it and I'm committed. I knew deep down that this MOFO had to be mine. Space or no space. This will definitely be the BIGGEST and more EXPENSIVE Transformers in the History of the brand.

Oh and just to be sure, the planet stand will be included, right?

Congrats! And yeah, the taxes would be paid here if you found him at retail anyways so it evens out. Good thing the shipping is cheap for a 19 pound item.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, I seriously did it and I'm committed. I knew deep down that this MOFO had to be mine. Space or no space. This will definitely be the BIGGEST and more EXPENSIVE Transformers in the History of the brand.

Oh and just to be sure, the planet stand will be included, right?

Congrats! And yeah, the taxes would be paid here if you found him at retail anyways so it evens out. Good thing the shipping is cheap for a 19 pound item.

It's surprising, really.

Not to go off topic, but everywhere I look, it would cost 60-70$US at the bare minimum to ship this 1/8 figure from Japan via EMS. The box is big, but will no way be near as big as Unicron. That's why I always nope'd over this 100$ Hatsune Miku Love is War DX.



And how many times did we saw a paper clip on sale on ebay for 30$ of shipping? Plus I'm sure that if I buy a normal deluxe TF off Pulse, it will be 30$ of Fedex shipping anyway, like for the old HTS. So, that Unicron basically ship for the price of a Deluxe. It's baffling but I will not protest in that case.

(Also, screw you, custom fees with your 10$CAN extra "just because". I already paid all taxes!)

Forgot to ask, Will, are you getting that Unicron? I remember you said that Metroplex was "too big" so how about this one?

Just to restate my question, is it each Unicron that's ordered which adds to the 8,000 or is it each person that backs it ISIS and added to the 8,000?

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Just to restate my question, is it each Unicron that's ordered which adds to the 8,000 or is it each person that backs it ISIS and added to the 8,000?

its units, not people

william-james88 wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Just to restate my question, is it each Unicron that's ordered which adds to the 8,000 or is it each person that backs it ISIS and added to the 8,000?

its units, not people

So for once the people who are buying these just to sell them on the secondary market are on our side?

Although some have speculated live video of Unicron himself is impossible due to the gravitational shear affecting the ability for electronics to capture light waves our own troops on the war room, ahem, show room floor of #SDCC2019 have braved the front lines and secured actual video footage of the Chaos Bringer himself! That's right Seibertron is bringing you the first video coverage of Unicron!

With about six and a half minutes of pans around the entire bot you get a great view of the amazing engineering that had to have gone into what is essentially a child sized Transformer. A very, large, child. With fangs. You know the kind I'm talking about. Ok maybe that's just my neighborhood. Alas! On with the show! And make sure and stay tuned to Seibertron for the latest in #SDCC2019 Transformers news!

Nice to see the stand can still work for the bot mode. However, is it mandatory? I wonder if he can do some nice poses and stand on his own? Guess we will have to wait to find out.

As for the backpack, eh it could be worst. That perfectly ROUND planet mode have to go somewhere.

I have Armada Unicron (with Throne of Chaos) and "Amazon" Unicron. But I never expected that my 3rd Unicron would be this crazy GIANT thing!
I mean, damn, it is a few dollars above CAN900$ for me, factoring shipping and taxes. At that's the regular normal, non-scalper price. At least compared to Optimus 3.0, I will have LOTS of bot for my bucks!

If you look closely, it looks like the bulkiness of the backpack is being exacerbated by the fact it's lifted up to make room for the stand to plug in, without the stand I'd imagine it'd fold down at least a bit more.

With regards to the stand, I don't think the final figure will need the stand to stand up in robot mode, it's just that this is a prototype that is probably less sturdy and less finished than the final figure, and it's displayed where hundreds if not thousands of people will be walking around near it constantly vibrating the ground, so it needs support to stay standing.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:it's just that this is a prototype that is probably less sturdy and less finished than the final figure, and it's displayed where hundreds if not thousands of people will be walking around near it constantly vibrating the ground, so it needs support to stay standing.

Yup. I think that's probably it and also why he's in such a static pose.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:If you look closely, it looks like the bulkiness of the backpack is being exacerbated by the fact it's lifted up to make room for the stand to plug in, without the stand I'd imagine it'd fold down at least a bit more.

With regards to the stand, I don't think the final figure will need the stand to stand up in robot mode, it's just that this is a prototype that is probably less sturdy and less finished than the final figure, and it's displayed where hundreds if not thousands of people will be walking around near it constantly vibrating the ground, so it needs support to stay standing.

It does look that way but who puts there toys on shelf facing wall unless you have 360 turn table , put toy as center piece middle of room lol at it all angles back pack isn’t much important I will defiantly like to see this get made for people but as time frame they gave us fans preorder him be made I don’t see them making there goal 44 days left there not half way to there goal I will defiantly like to be wrong

Thanks for that video, Ryan!

I'm getting kerflempt over here.

My serious side wish for the campaign to fail so I don't have to spend that CAN900$+ on Unicron.

But my frosty side want him to succeed so that I can have a GOD at home.

So finally chiming in, even if unicron is in my top 3 fave characters, I find myself feeling nothing towards this figure; even if I had the money and patience, I have so many important memories towards the armada figure being my first 'big' purchase as a child that I could never replace it in my heart; but this thing definitely rocks

Hellscream9999 wrote:So finally chiming in, even if unicron is in my top 3 fave characters, I find myself feeling nothing towards this figure; even if I had the money and patience, I have so many important memories towards the armada figure being my first 'big' purchase as a child that I could never replace it in my heart; but this thing definitely rocks

Oh, rest assured, even if I were to scrounge up the money for this bad boy, I wouldn't be replacing either my Armada or Amazon Unicrons. In fact, I'd actually like to get my hands on both the Energon and Takara 2010 Unicrons and have all four Supreme class Unicrons in robot mode positioned underneath this Unicron in planet mode as though they were all trying to hold up this big one like so:

Did i miss the link to back the figure?

Deathsaurus1 wrote:Did i miss the link to back the figure?

Page 1.

i realyl can't help but feel they could've handled the kibble better. having a big ol' bugshell on his back and legs makes his look worse than the armada guy. that being said, he still looks increadible, and goddamn do i wish i could get him.

Can we consider this Unicron a "Masterpiece Unicron"?

Because it kinda feel like it is.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Can we consider this Unicron a "Masterpiece Unicron"?

Because it kinda feel like it is.

I feel like this thing a unique entity that transcends even the Masterpiece label.

I don't think there will be another unicron at this level

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Can we consider this Unicron a "Masterpiece Unicron"?

Because it kinda feel like it is.

I feel like this thing a unique entity that transcends even the Masterpiece label.

"Divorce Class" Unicron

ZeroWolf wrote:I don't think there will be another unicron at this level

This make me wonder. Will the units produced be limited at the initial 8K+ backed, or will they make more afterward?

BTW, 8K unite minimum mean they need to raise 4.6 millions dollars to greenlit production. This is kinda epic.

Burn wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Can we consider this Unicron a "Masterpiece Unicron"?

Because it kinda feel like it is.

I feel like this thing a unique entity that transcends even the Masterpiece label.

"Divorce Class" Unicron

I saw what you did there.


On my end, I'm full "MGTOW" so it's of no issue for me! Seriously, I dodged so many bullets this way that you could call me "Neo".

-Kanrabat- wrote:BTW, 8K unite minimum mean they need to raise 4.6 millions dollars to greenlit production. This is kinda epic.

ummmm...that's exactly what it means. It's just Hasbro's version of a Kickstarter.

What has me curious, because he's not getting a retail release, does he still fall under all the toy production rules? Does he have to pass a drop test etc?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I don't think there will be another unicron at this level

This make me wonder. Will the units produced be limited at the initial 8K+ backed, or will they make more afterward?

How did things turn out for the Jabba sail barge? Did they make more of that or just the initial number?

Burn wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:BTW, 8K unite minimum mean they need to raise 4.6 millions dollars to greenlit production. This is kinda epic.

ummmm...that's exactly what it means. It's just Hasbro's version of a Kickstarter.

What has me curious, because he's not getting a retail release, does he still fall under all the toy production rules? Does he have to pass a drop test etc?

I'm pretty sure if that thing would drop on anyone's head, it would kill.

I have to admit I was skeptical of the price, but I just saw this thing in person at Comic-Con. It is absolutely massive. I don't think the images on HasbroPulse do it justice. My first impressions were in this order:

1. Where is anyone going to have the space to display him? The planetoid part of his alt mode is slightly larger than a basketball and the ring clears the surface by about four inches. The stand is huge, and it has to be. I can see why it weighs 19 lbs.

2. Why couldn't they have made him about 2/3 the size? This is probably due to the Armada version already being out there and HasTak wanted something that is more of a spectacle.

3. $574 dollars does not seem that exorbitant now that I have seen it in person. I think it is fair, but you get what you pay for. A positively gargantuan toy.

Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

DarthFoozar wrote:Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

I was too. But I found a way and it will be GLORIOUS!
At worst, he could still stand on the floor.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DarthFoozar wrote:Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

I was too. But I found a way and it will be GLORIOUS!
At worst, he could still stand on the floor.

He will be the son you never had.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DarthFoozar wrote:Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

I was too. But I found a way and it will be GLORIOUS!
At worst, he could still stand on the floor.

He will be the son you never had.

Damnit Will! I have 4 kids, all girls. I was a solid no until you said that!


Still a no however

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DarthFoozar wrote:Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

I was too. But I found a way and it will be GLORIOUS!
At worst, he could still stand on the floor.

He will be the son you never had.

Among my two daughters!

Seriously, what's up with me and getting all those 1000$CAN toys lately?
Lo and behold, next time I'll get a complete vintage G1 Masterfore Metalhawk while being at it.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DarthFoozar wrote:Quite frankly, I was on the fence due to the price. Now, I am on the fence due to the size.

I was too. But I found a way and it will be GLORIOUS!
At worst, he could still stand on the floor.

He will be the son you never had.

Damnit Will! I have 4 kids, all girls. I was a solid no until you said that!


Still a no however

HAHAHAHA, its a no for me too. I just dont know what I would do with it or where to put it, let alone how I could spend that money elsewhere.

Burn wrote:"Divorce Class" Unicron

Somewhere, carytheone referred to him as Unicron, Destroyer of Marriages!

Does anyone know if this includes shipping or what it will be?

ZarenPRIME wrote:Does anyone know if this includes shipping or what it will be?

You can pay for shipping but there is a free option (which I chose because $630 is already painful).