Haslab Unicron Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by octobotimus, Oct 9, 2019.

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Where are you going to be displaying him?

  1. Lower solid shelf/table

    108 vote(s)
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  2. High above the collection

    56 vote(s)
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  3. On the floor

    34 vote(s)
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  4. Eh screw it, I'll just plop it down somewhere. If it falls, it falls

    28 vote(s)
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  5. Detolfs forever

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  1. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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  2. Seanprime

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    haha Unicron is there protector
     
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  3. firmpulse

    firmpulse milliradian practitioner

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    Unicron would lose. Especially once your cats figures out the spikey bits are fun to chew on (Ask me how I know)

    CONGRATS! Welcome to the club!
     
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  4. Seanprime

    Seanprime Well-Known Member

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    Hahaha that’s hilarious, thank you!
     
  5. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    That reminds me that it's been a long time since I had Unicron in planet mode. Maybe it's time to transform it again.
     
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  7. bearytrek

    bearytrek Unicron Backer #1...

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  8. Turbine027

    Turbine027 Boys or Toys? BOTH!

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  9. bearytrek

    bearytrek Unicron Backer #1...

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    continues to serve as an excellent backdrop
     
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    Deathsaurus’ head is the hottest new mistransformation. It’s even in most of the original photos on the HasLab page.
     
  11. firmpulse

    firmpulse milliradian practitioner

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    How so? I do not have him.
     
  12. mouschi

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    So, how are we feeling about Hasbro putting up more for sale??? (It is apparently sold out already)
     
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    His blue horns can pinch inward to fit better inside the alt mode. In robot mode, the inner surfaces of the two horns should be parallel. If they’re pinched together with a visible angle, then they were never positioned for robot mode. In almost all of the photos on the HasLab page, the horn on his left is pinched, and the horn on his right is not. Only the photo with the sword is correct.

    If you point this out on Reddit, the responses will be:

    * I don’t care.

    * You shouldn’t care.

    * It’s bad that you noticed this.

    * You’re bad.

    * I don't see it.

    * You're wrong.

    * I like it better when it’s wrong.
     
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    There were so few it might as well be a rumor we tell future generations around the campfire. I tried to buy one and missed. Probably for the best with how much I’ve spent this month. Pulse trying to bankrupt me.
     
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    Why can't Hasbro just sell this normally? If LEGO can sell a giant Millennium Falcon that costs 800 bucks in retail shops all over the world Hasbro can sell this anywhere too if they really wanted
     
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    Doesn’t that undermine HasLabs entire business model?

    I mean, it sucks as someone that wasn’t collecting back when it got funded, but I get it.
     
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    To be fair Reddit is only slightly less of a cesspool than Txitter.
     
  18. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    Because people actually buy expensive lego sets unlike expensive transformers. Titans already struggled to sell at $160-$200, why would a $500-$600 figure ever be a good idea to sell at retail? They struggled to get the crowdfund funded, it wouldn’t do well at retail.

    You also have to keep in mind that lego has its own physical and online stores all over the world to sell those sets. Hasbro has Hasbro pulse, and that’s it. Otherwise they need retailers to accept a massive dishwasher sized box to eat up shelf space.
     
  19. Cheddar56

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    And legos are more or less interchangeable. Not sure how many new pieces went into the Falcon box.
     
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  20. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    Yeah it’s pretty much at most around 10 new exclusive pieces in a set plus exclusive prints for figures. Beyond that, they mass produce 90% of the pieces to be used in other sets.
     
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