Transformers Haslab Omega Prime Has Reached Funding Goal
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Exciting news, Transformers Fans! The HasLab campaign for Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime has achieved its goal with 10,000 backers! A massive thank you to all the incredible fans who made this possible – your support has truly brought Omega Prime to life!
But hold on, the journey isn't over! We've got two epic tiers to unlock:
- 13,000 backers unlocks the mighty 23.5 in (57cm) Matrix Blade – Omega Prime's ultimate weapon!
- 16,000 backers unlocks 2 combinable Global Space Bridge display stands for premium posing of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, or Omega Prime!
Let's keep the momentum going! Together, we can make these incredible additions a reality. Thank you for being the force behind Transformers history!
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Feb 9, 2024
Yessssssssssssssssss
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Comment by bluecatcinema
Feb 9, 2024
Wow, that was fast. At this rate, all the extra tier items will be added in no time.
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Comment by Dino-Snarl
Feb 9, 2024
Looks like a winning choice for 2000s nostalgia from my nephew and niece's generation. Very happy and pre-ordered from Day 1 ... 
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Comment by o.supreme
Feb 9, 2024
DS needed 17K to pass the 2nd tier, and it ultimately ended with over 27K (10K more than needed).
Omega Prime needs 16K to get the stands, 10K over that would be 26K. If it gets that many units funded (trying to temper my expectations here)... Do you think it would be out of the realm of possibility to include 3 (of the 6) spy changers at Gen Micromasters scale? I know it would be new tooling for 3 toys, (perhaps some existing Micromaster tooling could be used?) but they did 2 for DS which was less expensive. I mean I think its certainly more reasonable than a deluxe, voyager (or bigger) toy, even if form a pre-existing tool.
Just extrapolating into the future, if the Next Haslab was Devil Gigatron/Rid2001 Galvatron, then it could come with the other 3 spy changers to complete the set.
Omega Prime needs 16K to get the stands, 10K over that would be 26K. If it gets that many units funded (trying to temper my expectations here)... Do you think it would be out of the realm of possibility to include 3 (of the 6) spy changers at Gen Micromasters scale? I know it would be new tooling for 3 toys, (perhaps some existing Micromaster tooling could be used?) but they did 2 for DS which was less expensive. I mean I think its certainly more reasonable than a deluxe, voyager (or bigger) toy, even if form a pre-existing tool.
Just extrapolating into the future, if the Next Haslab was Devil Gigatron/Rid2001 Galvatron, then it could come with the other 3 spy changers to complete the set.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 9, 2024
I sure hope not. The Spychangers were little in the cartoon but they weren't tiny. They were about only a head or so shorter than the Autobot Brothers. I wouldn't want to them to be any smaller than Core class at the tiniest. Ideally, if they could bring back the old Basic/Scout class or make them short Deluxes, that'd be perfect. The old G2 Go-Bot molds they were originally made from did no justice to their in-show size.o.supreme wrote:DS needed 17K to pass the 2nd tier, and it ultimately ended with over 27K (10K more than needed).
Omega Prime needs 16K to get the stands, 10K over that would be 26K. If it gets that many units funded (trying to temper my expectations here)... Do you think it would be out of the realm of possibility to include 3 (of the 6) spy changers at Gen Micromasters scale? I know it would be new tooling for 3 toys, (perhaps some existing Micromaster tooling could be used?) but they did 2 for DS which was less expensive. I mean I think its certainly more reasonable than a deluxe, voyager (or bigger) toy, even if form a pre-existing tool.
Just extrapolating into the future, if the Next Haslab was Devil Gigatron/Rid2001 Galvatron, then it could come with the other 3 spy changers to complete the set.
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I totally get it, especially when it comes to what Hasbro is doing with Dinoking.
Comment by o.supreme
Feb 9, 2024
Sabrblade wrote:The old G2 Go-Bot molds they were originally made from did no justice to their in-show size.
I totally get it, especially when it comes to what Hasbro is doing with Dinoking.
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Then again, almost every original toy in the Car Robots line was out of scale with their onscreen depictions. The only ones who seemed to fit with their show sizes were all five Predacons, the Autobot Brothers, Skid-Z, and Tow-Line. Everyone else's sizes were out of whack between the toys and the show:
Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 9, 2024
Same with how the members of Team Bullet Train were each only Voyager height in their toys but towered over everybody in the show.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The old G2 Go-Bot molds they were originally made from did no justice to their in-show size.
I totally get it, especially when it comes to what Hasbro is doing with Dinoking.
Then again, almost every original toy in the Car Robots line was out of scale with their onscreen depictions. The only ones who seemed to fit with their show sizes were all five Predacons, the Autobot Brothers, Skid-Z, and Tow-Line. Everyone else's sizes were out of whack between the toys and the show:
- Optimus was too tall, which made Ultra Magnus even more too tall. But to be fair, Optimus's basic robot mode was made to scale to the height of the original G1 Laser OP mold that was used to make Scourge, but he too was smaller in the show.
- All five Decepticon Commandos were much taller in the show than their G1 Combaticon mold toys were. Mega-Octane alone was much taller than both Scourge and Optimus's basic robot mode.
- The Build Team members were each pretty big dudes, though Wedge wasn't too far from the heights of the Autobot Brothers, but he was smaller than the other three.
- And Fort Max's Cerebros component was the same height as the Autobot Brothers, meaning the toy of Fort Max himself needed to be at least four times bigger.
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Comment by -Kanrabat-
Feb 9, 2024
I'm not surprised that Omega Prime was founded so easily.
And I'll be even less surprised when it will reach all of the stretch goals.
And I'll be even less surprised when it will reach all of the stretch goals.
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Comment by Emerje
Feb 9, 2024
And a vocal minority insisted this would never fund. 
Hopefully we doe get a secret third tier like Deathsaurus got. Maybe repaint Mirage into Skid-Z? They've used that mold so many time surely it would be cost effective by now. Still feels unlikely though so maybe some mini figures of T-AI and Koji?
Emerje
Hopefully we doe get a secret third tier like Deathsaurus got. Maybe repaint Mirage into Skid-Z? They've used that mold so many time surely it would be cost effective by now. Still feels unlikely though so maybe some mini figures of T-AI and Koji?
Emerje
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Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 9, 2024
I wish we could say that "10,000 in 10 days" means there was an average of 1,000 per day, but it was more like 200-300 per day after the first reached about 4,800, plus a couple of significant bumps on Monday and Wednesday boosting it up. So we'll see if the first tier can be reached three days from now or not.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime
Feb 9, 2024
I really hope this shows Hasbro just how much the fandom loves RiD/CR and we'll start seeing more representation in the main retail lines as well.
I highly doubt Spychangers will be included, they would have been announced as a tier if they were. But doesn't mean they can't be in Legacy United or whatever line comes after.
As for the next HasLab, I really hope Hasbro stays in the same vein and we get the bullet trains. Or if they don't want to, just put them as either the next Titan or sell them separately as leaders or commanders.
I highly doubt Spychangers will be included, they would have been announced as a tier if they were. But doesn't mean they can't be in Legacy United or whatever line comes after.
As for the next HasLab, I really hope Hasbro stays in the same vein and we get the bullet trains. Or if they don't want to, just put them as either the next Titan or sell them separately as leaders or commanders.
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I really wonder why they thought that? Even the Takara reissue that was sold for around DOUBLE the original retail price sold like hot cakes. Plus it's a motherfokking Optimus.
The day a Transformers HASLAB fail will be the day
push something no one care about like the Reva Lightsaber. What would be the TF equivalent? ROTF Skids and Mudflap's blaster?
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Feb 10, 2024
Emerje wrote:And a vocal minority insisted this would never fund.
Emerje
I really wonder why they thought that? Even the Takara reissue that was sold for around DOUBLE the original retail price sold like hot cakes. Plus it's a motherfokking Optimus.
The day a Transformers HASLAB fail will be the day
push something no one care about like the Reva Lightsaber. What would be the TF equivalent? ROTF Skids and Mudflap's blaster?
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They were just bitter it wasn't Primus. I guarantee Primus wouldn't have sold this well this quickly.
Emerje
Comment by Emerje
Feb 10, 2024
-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:And a vocal minority insisted this would never fund.
Emerje
I really wonder why they thought that? Even the Takara reissue that was sold for around DOUBLE the original retail price sold like hot cakes. Plus it's a motherfokking Optimus.
They were just bitter it wasn't Primus. I guarantee Primus wouldn't have sold this well this quickly.
Emerje
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Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 10, 2024
HasLab Unicron failed. The original backer window didn't get it funded. It required an unprecedented extension to get it made, because Hasbro couldn't afford to let Unicron fail. It was a gamble they lost, so they changed the rules to make it win.-Kanrabat- wrote:The day a Transformers HASLAB fail will be the day
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Comment by o.supreme
Feb 10, 2024
Hasbro.has the advantage of owning GIJoe & having a competent partner in TT with Transformers. Since Marvel and Star Wars are Disney licenses, there obviously was some influence there on the last 2 failed Haslabs. Hasbro I think had to push back and finally make them understand it's classic stuff that sells , not modern, this the return to form and the successful results.
Any Haslab,if poorly chosen could fail. Even Transformers. Adventure play accessories would probably be a hard sell. Costumes etc. as long as they keep making actual Transformers that are complimentary to the main line, and aren't too expensive, it should work.
Unicron was unique in that it was only the 2nd Haslab ever, so they were still trying to figure things out. The black series Rancor is still puzzling. It came so close at the very end, even a 1 day extension would have allowed it to fund. It was almost like someone wanted it to fall. The others I get because the backers needed wasn't even close, but that Rancor was just an odd situation all around.
Any Haslab,if poorly chosen could fail. Even Transformers. Adventure play accessories would probably be a hard sell. Costumes etc. as long as they keep making actual Transformers that are complimentary to the main line, and aren't too expensive, it should work.
Unicron was unique in that it was only the 2nd Haslab ever, so they were still trying to figure things out. The black series Rancor is still puzzling. It came so close at the very end, even a 1 day extension would have allowed it to fund. It was almost like someone wanted it to fall. The others I get because the backers needed wasn't even close, but that Rancor was just an odd situation all around.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 10, 2024
As of this typing, the count is just 11 backers away from 11,000, in less than a day after being funded.
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Ah yeah. That did count. But unlike The Rancor, maybe the initial investment was too much.
Given Unicron's history, I really doubt that a 600$ Primus would be funded.
Unicron at least had the advantage to have appeared in the 1986 Movie and Armada (Prime counts a bit too.) Primus is only a Cybertron one-shot. So if the "popular" Unicron had to be cheated into being funded, the less popular Primus could be a sureshot failure that couldn't be cheated.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Feb 10, 2024
Sabrblade wrote:HasLab Unicron failed. The original backer window didn't get it funded. It required an unprecedented extension to get it made, because Hasbro couldn't afford to let Unicron fail. It was a gamble they lost, so they changed the rules to make it win.-Kanrabat- wrote:The day a Transformers HASLAB fail will be the day
Ah yeah. That did count. But unlike The Rancor, maybe the initial investment was too much.
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:And a vocal minority insisted this would never fund.
Emerje
I really wonder why they thought that? Even the Takara reissue that was sold for around DOUBLE the original retail price sold like hot cakes. Plus it's a motherfokking Optimus.
They were just bitter it wasn't Primus. I guarantee Primus wouldn't have sold this well this quickly.
Emerje
Given Unicron's history, I really doubt that a 600$ Primus would be funded.
Unicron at least had the advantage to have appeared in the 1986 Movie and Armada (Prime counts a bit too.) Primus is only a Cybertron one-shot. So if the "popular" Unicron had to be cheated into being funded, the less popular Primus could be a sureshot failure that couldn't be cheated.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Feb 10, 2024
To be a little fair to Primus, he appeared in robot mode in the Cybertron cartoon for 10 episodes, whereas Unicron only appeared in robot mode in Armada for just 4 episodes. Same with his head only appearing in 4 episodes of the G1 cartoon, but that was only his head and not his full robot body. In Energon, he was in planet mode for most of that series, but his robot mode appearances kinda blurred together since, by that point, the show became so unmemorable. And Prime never depicted him with a full planetary robot mode, just avatars made of dirt and rock.
Counting the few minutes Unicron's robot mode appeared in TFTM, Primus has had more cartoon screentime in his planetary robot mode than Unicron had in both TFTM and Armada combined.
Counting the few minutes Unicron's robot mode appeared in TFTM, Primus has had more cartoon screentime in his planetary robot mode than Unicron had in both TFTM and Armada combined.
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Maybe Primus "beat" Unicron with minutes of on-screen appearance, but Unicron was the main threat for a movie and two huge seasons and a half of transformers shows. That leave a deeper mark. Then, his Armada toy were more produced and repainted than Primus by a large margin. Furthermore, Unicron got a lot of random figures after, transforming or not. That leave an impression that Primus could never achieve.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Feb 10, 2024
Sabrblade wrote:To be a little fair to Primus, he appeared in robot mode in the Cybertron cartoon for 10 episodes, whereas Unicron only appeared in robot mode in Armada for just 4 episodes. Same with his head only appearing in 4 episodes of the G1 cartoon, but that was only his head and not his full robot body. In Energon, he was in planet mode for most of that series, but his robot mode appearances kinda blurred together since, by that point, the show became so unmemorable. And Prime never depicted him with a full planetary robot mode, just avatars made of dirt and rock.
Counting the few minutes Unicron's robot mode appeared in TFTM, Primus has had more cartoon screentime in his planetary robot mode than Unicron had in both TFTM and Armada combined.
Maybe Primus "beat" Unicron with minutes of on-screen appearance, but Unicron was the main threat for a movie and two huge seasons and a half of transformers shows. That leave a deeper mark. Then, his Armada toy were more produced and repainted than Primus by a large margin. Furthermore, Unicron got a lot of random figures after, transforming or not. That leave an impression that Primus could never achieve.
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Not to mention Unicron had a 15 year lead as an icon over Primus. Sure, Primus appeared in the comics as a being and got a few mentions in the cartoon, but not very many people even remember that. Plus even after Primus did appear in the Cybertron cartoon, I think most people will agree that Unicron has the more visually outstanding design. The wings/rings, the horns, the maw in planet mode, the beard, the clawed fingers and feet, he's a very unique looking bot compared to generic looking robot that turns into a simple ball.
The Rancor was a victim of timing. For starters they were doing that one simultaneously with the G.I.Joe Skystriker campaign which made things really tough, there was a moment when it seemed like neither would fund. As it is the Skystriker is one of the few (or only?) campaigns that got funded and didn't get all of its stretch goals. The other problem with the Rancor is if they had waited a month they would have passed the episode of the Book of Boba Fett that features him riding a Rancor and would have given them some additional stretch goal options. It wouldn't have been screen accurate, but they could have included a saddle and maybe a Boba Fett figure. Shame the show wasn't very popular so I don't know if it would have really helped but it would have ridden the hype. And then there's that people seemed to really want it to be in 4" scale not 6". Hasbro got way too ambitious having stretch goals that were too many and too far apart (every 3,000), which people were complaining about being regular retail figures to begin with.
Emerje
Comment by Emerje
Feb 10, 2024
-Kanrabat- wrote:Maybe Primus "beat" Unicron with minutes of on-screen appearance, but Unicron was the main threat for a movie and two huge seasons and a half of transformers shows. That leave a deeper mark. Then, his Armada toy were more produced and repainted than Primus by a large margin. Furthermore, Unicron got a lot of random figures after, transforming or not. That leave an impression that Primus could never achieve.
Not to mention Unicron had a 15 year lead as an icon over Primus. Sure, Primus appeared in the comics as a being and got a few mentions in the cartoon, but not very many people even remember that. Plus even after Primus did appear in the Cybertron cartoon, I think most people will agree that Unicron has the more visually outstanding design. The wings/rings, the horns, the maw in planet mode, the beard, the clawed fingers and feet, he's a very unique looking bot compared to generic looking robot that turns into a simple ball.
o.supreme wrote:Unicron was unique in that it was only the 2nd Haslab ever, so they were still trying to figure things out. The black series Rancor is still puzzling. It came so close at the very end, even a 1 day extension would have allowed it to fund. It was almost like someone wanted it to fall. The others I get because the backers needed wasn't even close, but that Rancor was just an odd situation all around.
The Rancor was a victim of timing. For starters they were doing that one simultaneously with the G.I.Joe Skystriker campaign which made things really tough, there was a moment when it seemed like neither would fund. As it is the Skystriker is one of the few (or only?) campaigns that got funded and didn't get all of its stretch goals. The other problem with the Rancor is if they had waited a month they would have passed the episode of the Book of Boba Fett that features him riding a Rancor and would have given them some additional stretch goal options. It wouldn't have been screen accurate, but they could have included a saddle and maybe a Boba Fett figure. Shame the show wasn't very popular so I don't know if it would have really helped but it would have ridden the hype. And then there's that people seemed to really want it to be in 4" scale not 6". Hasbro got way too ambitious having stretch goals that were too many and too far apart (every 3,000), which people were complaining about being regular retail figures to begin with.
Emerje
