I mean, I understand why Hasbro would want it that way. Let's say you're Hasbro and this thing gets funded. You make your molds...pop out your 8000+ piece initial run...everybody gets their toy...and everybody is happy. Then a couple years go by and hundreds or thousands of people are screaming for another run of this guy. Presumably they would still have the molds and I have to believe they would churn out some more copies. Maybe with a different color scheme or some other kind(s) of revision(s). This is all just speculation on my part...but after looking at the terms, it appears they could do just that.

 

Someone should frame this post and send it to Hasbro HQ. Totally accurate. Amateur hour is the word.

Even the PR (which should be controlled and a great weapon) has now gone against them - a number of sites are now reporting that the campaign is “in trouble” which won’t help.

Why didn’t they have someone essentially earmarked to communicate with fans and answer questions? Or engage an experienced crowdfunding consultant (Ivan Askwith or someone)?

 

for those speculating on a rerun of this guy if it gets funded, i'd say its most likely that the current intention is that this is 1 and done, so you shouldnt bank on a rerelease, however hasbro would be absolutely stupid to not have a provision in their terms that would allow them to do a rerelease

 

Or it could be something Hasbro legal said they had to put in the print. Guess we will see down the road?

 

Yeah...reads like lawyer-speak to me. Hopefully we actually do get see it. I'm still on the fence about it myself, but I really do want to see it get made.

 

Yes, me too. I got my order in last week when I finally got the money together. If all the scuttlebutt that is going around is true, saying we're in the ballpark of the 8,000, or within distance once all the orders are in from everyone. I got to believe it will make it, but if not I know exactly what I can use my $623.00 for.  

 

i wonder what kind of repaint they could do if they re-release it...obviously if they redo it exactly as before it would have limited interest as opposed to being different enough...

 

So another 5000 left for like 6 days eh?I guess this wont see the light of day...sad

 

Just thought of something, since Unicron has the head removing gimmick. Will he also have his leg detatch like in the movie when he ripped his own leg off!!  

 

Even if it doesn't get funded, it'd be absolute bonkers for Hasbro to just go "uh oh guess we'll never do this again." Not like they'll just destroy the molds or blueprints when the money doesn't come in. Case scenarios that 'may' happen;

1. Backers are refunded, but the collective interest of this figure all over the world will get it made for a VERY LIMITED release on late 2020. Quantity is 500 or less and the price will be either the same as it was asked for in the backing or slightly less.

2. People who still backed it will still get it, but that's it. No if's or but's about it.

 

Ok with my totally awesome skills in Paint I've updated the graph to reflect the current numbers as it has just recently passed 3k.

As you can see, that's a rough official trajectory. If we add in the 1500 extra that Hasbro mentioned from their affiliated sellers it will kick the line up to about the "trend forecast" line, which is far better but still is going to rely heavily on a massive spike at the end. And has been pointed out before, being that the official numbers are so far below what is required, Hasbro runs the risk of dissuading potential backers who might conclude there is no way it can pick up 5k in less than a week.
And before one of you smart asses says "But, duhr, the Barge got 5k in a week," remember that the Barge was only 1k away from it's goal when headed down the final stretch. 1k is significantly less imposing than 5k for someone debating whether or not to get involved.

 

If a 12 month payment plan were offered I bet more people would sign up. This toy looks awesome but just too pricey to roll out a crowdfunder for only six or so weeks.

 

Yeah they should have announced this guy sooner so people could have put some money aside.

 

Cookie monster just bit the dust and things are not looking good for Unicron.

 

Oh wonderful. Will you give those of us who couldn't back it now the chance to own one these for a "reasonable" markup down the road?

What's all this talk of cookie monster I see?

 

Fixed that for you.  

 

Here's hoping those "few surprises" are some amazing stuff. Monday has got to be the day for surprises!

 

It’s like we’re all waiting for the calvary.

I hope they send a lot of horses.

 

Bahahahahahah

That dog don’t bark in the collectors market

 

If numbers were lower price would be drastically higher. No matter how many are made, they need the cash to cover steel tooling (one hell of an expense) and R&D.