Haslab Omega Prime is Over 22000 Backers with Just a few Hours Left

Just backed it, but a tad disappointed that no extra stretch goals popped up like with Deathsaurus.

Maybe they'll just announce some random s#!t after the fact? Snap-on plastic replacement tires for the original Fire Convoy and God Magnus's cracked rubber ones? That Artemis minifig that was supposed to come with MP Lioconvoy? Or slightly more possible, a slew of blast-effects, some of which represent squirting water or the Blizzard-Storm?

Maybe Blue Bolts getting a robot mode was deemed stretchy-enough? That's part of what sold me, since its name and complexity had been begging for an actual personality and bot mode for over 2 decades.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Bumblevivisector wrote:Just backed it, but a tad disappointed that no extra stretch goals popped up like with Deathsaurus.

If I remember correctly Deathsaurus extra bonus didn't show up until after the window for backing closed and they blew way past the target. Too early to know for this one yet.

The bonuses (like Boater) were announced during the campaign’s backing window

Talon523 wrote:I broke down and ordered. I'm a G1 guy that has watched every series as they aired. I don't care about RID (except Scourge and Sky byte) but I really like how this turned out. I also like supporting these. If they keep doing well they'll continue.

In Japan, he is a G1 guy.

It's just smart to add a extra bonus after it ends.

It just makes sense from a marketing standpoint.

That way people in the future would speculate on the hidden stretch goal on all future haslabs.

A stretch goal you already know of and don't really care for adds little to motivate, but a mystery goal could be anything, even a thing that you didn't know you needed.

We've surpassed 28K in the final minutes! We'll have our final tally later. Currently sitting at 28,230.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:We've surpassed 28K in the final minutes! We'll have our final tally later. Currently sitting at 28,230.

Emerje

Can we say, "Most successful Transformers HasLab of them all"?

By about 800....sure.

An impressive support this time around to be certain. But honestly. I think it backed faster, not so much because it was wildly more popular than the last 2 TF Haslabs, but because Hasbro's ability to count backers, And their own Pulse website has more availability in more countries than with the previous 2 campaigns. In the end, I'm guessing there is a large percentage of fans and retailers that have gone all in on the past 3 based on the numbers being relatively close.

Still I would not be surprised if sometime very soon a congratulatory note of some sort came out announcing a"Thank you" bonus if some type.

It did also just pass the Razorcrest by 100 to be the 2nd highest supported Haslab of all ( still not quite 30K plus Galactus levels but impressive nonetheless).

Wow.. I cynically doubt Car Robots fanbase is large enough in 2024 to fund this on their own. Literally people throw money at anything with an Optimus face on it.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Robots in Disguise did sow the seed for a Transformers revival

That's a little disingenuous. A stop gap series bridging the end of the (acclaimed) Beast Era and the beginning of UT.

Don't get me wrong. I thought Car Robots (not the RiD dub) was great. I would have preferred season two over UT, in hindsight. But you can count it's original characters/figures with fingers and not run out. Even said cast thematically transitions from Beasts to Vehicles. Passing that baton backwards. It isn't a highly acclaimed masterpiece whose legacy and impact is fondly remembered. Outside of outlier weirdos like me.

I believe (as often is the case) the truth is somewhere in the middle. I believe there are some (few), who are genuine Car Robot/RiD fans. Some are just "Optimus Prime" fans... But most, I figure, just see this as a great toy and wanted it.

I've told this story as nauseum, so sorry if you've heard it before... But I really like Car Robots (even though i didn't back this...go figure) . At Botcon 2000 I traded the BC exclusives Apelinq & Shockaract for Baldigus & JRX straight up ( I don't have them anymore either, but Id do it all over again if I could).

But when those toys first came out, we as western fans knew NOTHING about the coming RiD Dub. Afterall BWII and Neo came and went without a western import, why would CR be any different? When it did show up on Fox kids however it was a huge surprise. Unfortunately 9/11 messed up its broadcast at least in the U.S., but years later that matters little since BOTH versions (original and English dub) are easily accessible on YouTube.

Honestly Armada was weird. because even with the Internet, there was very little Advertising or build up. I remember the summer of 2002 quite fondly. Aside from getting married . I was all in on the then current MOTU 2002. (still the best iteration IMHO). I was getting the toys, and had high hopes for the series. When watching CN, I was really confused when seeing ads for Armada. There were no toys (yet) . Was this a continuation of Rid? Or something totally new? Even the fans online weren't sure.

The fact is, in REAL time. Car Robots/RiD wasnt a "stopgap" or "filler" leading up to the Unicron Trilogy. It was just a different direction. If not for certain world events, there certainly could have been more CR/RiD. Cartoon Network played the heck out of Armada on weekdays, and weekends. Constant re-runs to solidify its popularity with kids. Seemingly, without explanation, the wheels on the bus seemed to fall off with Energon & Cybertron, having very erratic broadcast schedules, and random marathons. I did not see them all proper until their DVD releases from Rhino (although I had been torrenting SuperLink to see them even before Energon broadcasts on CN).