What you want in a Haslab - $600 and under

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  1. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    I think you're thinking Brave Maximus. Grand doesn't have much of a night skyline.

    Honestly, I'm actually anticipating role-play renditions of these:

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  2. LSyd

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    You're correct, Brave Maximus.

    Although they should do the other insanely expensive titans too for those who missed out, and so we can get Grand Maximus' pretender shell.

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    $400 Cybertron Primus, with a choice of heads.

    $200 Grandus, Commander sized but fully kitted out and thick.

    $50 Concept Cosmos, the one they never made.

    $50 Transtech Starscream

    $250 BeastWars Unicron, the one they never mass produced

    $300 Animated Ark - Omega
     
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  4. WishfulThinking

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    Maybe when they make a new Fortress Maximus ten years from now...
     
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    For Haslab, I basically only want things that just won't work under normal retail. Given all the issues, changes, fomo, and scarcity of one-run crowdfunded projects, I don't want it to just be effectively a second titan each year with a more complicated ordering system and no chance of getting one later on. Just look at the situation people faced if they wanted a Grand Max now to go with Black Zarak - we don't need to make these toys even harder to get.

    The one thing that keeps coming to mind for me is Dinoking/Monstructor with shells. I could see them putting out each member as a deluxe/etc toy like most combiners (it seemed like retools of the POTP toys were planned at one point). I could see them releasing the combiner as a set like Cw Devastator. But I just don't think we'd get shells for them at retail, making Haslab the best place for it. Closest we might get at retail is a Legacy Iguanus approach where the shell is worked into the toy.

    Even something like God Ginrai I could see them actually making, and making well at normal retail.
     
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  6. DubV

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    They absolutely need a Haslab Primus with a marvel comics “Primus possessed” Xaaron
    as a rewards Tier though.
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    Animated Omega Supreme, Titan Class. Or High Moon Trypticon.
     
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    Would LOVE this. Bonus tier rewards could be stuff like Chicago (including the skyscraper Driller attacks) backdrop / diorama stand, the Ark engine part, maybe even a protoform troop or Aerial Assault Carrier.
     
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    Megatron-Skywarp triple changer
     
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    A 30 pack of inner deluxe sized pretenders. Updated alt modes since they aren’t fitting into a shell anymore.
     
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    Primus/Cybertron to go with Unicron.
     
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    I thought that unlikely, but with a 3P release in the offing that might spur on Hasbro's team.
     
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    Big Bang
    Hyperdrive
    Primus
    Grandus
    Animated Omega Supreme
    FOC Bruticus
     
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    Computron. Only way to ensure that he isn't gimped again.
     
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    It's not so much what I want, as much as what I want that can stay ideally at $350 or below. If a Titan sized Grandus can be done at $350, cool, I'm down. If Hasbro determines that's $500+ now, I won't be happy about that and won't back it.
     
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    Cybertron with cool glowing light features?
     
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    HasLab Tidal Wave / Shockwave
     
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    UW version is very pretty.
     
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    Liokaiser-

    No, actually, if he's a Haslab release I won't be able to get an extra Leozack easily. I doubt they'll make an entire extra figure for a tier reward. Usually those are small things that don't require a lot of extra tooling like accessories. All I could ask for in a Haslab would be Victory Saber and, well, we're getting one.
     
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    Landcross complete with the combo gimmick that inspired Superlink/Energon.
     
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