It doesn't look like they will hit 8000, at least not 8000 unique US orders. Hasbro shot too high with a character that just isn't on enough bucket lists.

I could afford Unicron easily, if I wanted it. I just dropped $800 on Arcade1ups. But this figure is too big for any display I have. Plus it is way too expensive and complicated to give to my kid.

Unicron represents too many of the childhood destroying memories of Transformers the Movie. If I think to myself about what I'd drop $600 on for something Transformers related, Unicron is probably close to the bottom.

There seems to be a few thousand collectors out there that think differently, and that is fine. However if Hasbro decided to release a G1 crashed Ark playset with a complete cast of in scale and high quality transforming Legend class figures close to New Age 3rd party for $400, I might bite.

 

i lot of people are saying thats even if they don\'t reach this goal they are going to go ahead with it anyways. but we will see 
 

 

Your state tax will be applied there as well so it would be $825 at TCP. Just a heads up robo

 

As someone who outright cannot afford this, I feel the price really is too much for what\'s being offered, it\'s really not much bigger than the titan\'s, at most 160% the mass. I think that the price is honestly to do with the limited run than anything else. I could never afford the Botcon stuff because the limited run meant more than a 200% increase in price. this feels more of the same. I honestly wonder what the price would be if this was a retail release.  

 

I’ve backed it, I’m supporting it but I don’t see it making it. They’re definitely not working through the weekend trying to push it. There’s been zero new activity on Hasbro social platforms this weekend (just saw official @hasbro Instagram hasn’t posted once about it), so one of two things is going to happen. Either it will just fail (which will be fascinating - let’s see how it’s characterized) or the total will miraculously shoot up on Friday from unknown sources. I’m fine either way.

 

Just going to put his picture on the wall next to the display.lol
Did the same with BW Neo Unicron.

 

I don't have space for this, but if they increase the price by 10x and make it scale with my MP G1 collection, I'll find the space.

 

Thank God we are in the last week of this nonsense. What a disgrace and fiasco.

 

Crap....really?

I've got other things for pre-order there because taxes weren't shown in my totals when I checked out. Do they add the taxes at time of payment?

 

Well they could have called Taylor Swift, but then they'll have to raise the minimum to 16000.

 

A lot of people are also stupid

 

I agree, earlier in the thread I compared it to buying precious metals. Of course, I wouldn't expect to pay less than $17 for an ounce of silver. That's what it's worth. This thing has $500+ of plastic in it, it's heavy as hell, but I don't think that weight actually adds value like some people say. Sure, it justifies the cost, but does it make it a more enjoyable product? Maybe it helps the look in some places with hollowness, or adds a touch to the engineering, but it isn't really making it more of a toy. It's just making it heavier, in my opinion.

 

He looks great but Nope Hasbro. That price is disgusting in bot the US and most certainly in Canada

 

It's only on this item afaik.

 

That's the thing, it's still the basic transformation scheme as the Armada toy, with a new ball shell and the cool teeth mechanism. Even then, the teeth mechanism is on single panel that folds up into the large pile of ball-kibble on his back. He's got all of the details of the Siege line, and that took a lot of effort, but I just don't see this Unicron as being $600 impressive.

They're never going to be able to make him in scale with other figures by nature of him turning into a planet. Since that's the case, give me a Unicron at a manageable size and a manageable price with scaled extras, like a surface of Cybertron to stand him on and little ships and little Titans to attack him. I'll be much more in awe of his size if he comes with a Fortress Maximus Micromaster.

As it stands, I already have that Takara G1-colored Unicron from a while back fighting the Takara Primus, and I'm pleased with them.

 

or the other way around, if it gets backed: two years more of this back-and-forth

 

Thing is, even if I could afford this, I have to ask myself, would I ever bother doing anything with it? Or would it just sit on it stand in the corner of the room?

 

i have to wonder if they made it a functioning puppet as well if it would have made a difference...

I remember getting my niece a gigantic Elmo plush that was about a yard tall...admittedly it wasn't photo-real as far as the show goes but it was recognizable enough and didn't cost $300...

 

That is a disturbing thought. Either way, I think I’ll be done with this thread on 9/1.

 

If ppl dont going to buy it and think this thread is crap..just dont go into it.