@tetragene but there was a hate campaign.
In addition to many, many, many, MANY other things. I think that was the point, to ignore that a hate campaign did exist is like saying people didn't complain that the figure Madelyn wasn't showing enough underboob.
There was negativity, absolutely -- calling it a campaign (as in a concerted, planned effort) is going a bit overboard. If people sharing their gripes & bitching about the project was enough to sway other grown ass adults to not buy it then they weren't that invested in it to begin with. I mean its Ghost Rider so that's a given anyway. Some people were negative just for the sake of it (as with any discussion), but some people were also breaking their back to justify things that couldn't be justified (also pretty typical -- see also Dorkside handlings here) -- it ran the full swing of typical online nerd communities discussing products for their collector fandoms.
@plorp Yeah no, bud. If there was something I really wanted but didn't feel like it was worth it to me or cost more money than I had to spend on it - I just wouldn't buy it. No complaining. No being insufferable for a month and a half. Just... not buy it. Vibes.
You know... like an adult would. I say that realizing that some of you are, in fact, children. Life comes at you fast. That's the lesson.
@tetragene It was sustained, daily. Whenever a (fuck me, with this term) Influencer posted something negative, it was a rallying cry for the outspoken group "breaking their back" to show other collectors why it should not be worth it to them... a real 'if I don't want it, neither should you' mentality. We don't have to call it a hate campaign... buuuuuut it kinda was. And it happened.
For real - can we not? Is there not enough negativity around this current campaign that we have to resurrect negativity and hurt feelings from a year ago? Just put it away. There is no reason to drag this thread about this current campaign through the muck that the previous HasLab thread turned into.
in before the thread locks
The power of Haslab to make multiple people re-register just to solely complain about, and continue, the previous Engine of Vengeance wars.
Original combatants too!
I'll declare that I'm firmly in the camp of the Hasbro White Knights (this term is almost as cringe as people who say woke unironically btw), who get on with life and enjoy what they can out of the line, as opposed to the usual suspects who exclusively come here to complain about every facet of the line and revel in it. Get a hobby.
A different hobby!
@plorp Yeah no, bud. If there was something I really wanted but didn't feel like it was worth it to me or cost more money than I had to spend on it - I just wouldn't buy it. No complaining. No being insufferable for a month and a half. Just... not buy it. Vibes.
You know... like an adult would. I say that realizing that some of you are, in fact, children. Life comes at you fast. That's the lesson.
Lookie here at the guy who posted huge rants about fellow collectors being too poor to afford the overpriced EoV insisting people should just act like adults. Funny how you still haven't wrapped your head around the other issues inherent in the campaign. Please, continue shaking your fists at "the damn children who got too roudy resisting a company charging an effective $400 for a plastic car!!!"
For what it's worth (not much, because the project was doomed irrespective of what influencers had to say about it). many people, including you, insisted that haslab prices wouldn't be affected by the failure of the EoV. Yet all subsequent Haslabs have been more reasonably priced?
First, I think this will fund in the end.
Next...I originally thought I was an outlier, but seems that there may be more who share my perspective than I thought. That is, I think this is a beautiful execution and (more or less) appropriately priced. However, I am just personally not interested in an enormous Giant Man for $200. If I didn't have the ToyBiz one, maybe I would be.
If this was $200 for a ~18" Giant Man and one or two regular sized exclusive figures (either GM in multiple sizes or Yellow Jacket, or Jan in a rare costume, or whatever) I almost definitely would have bit.
But I do understand how, for Hasbro, that execution becomes closer to a box set than a "HasLab".
I don't know the solution. Even though I predict this will fund, it is beginning to seem like there aren't many Marvel Legends "HasLab-able" things that have the draw of Galactus or Sentinel. The HasLab model maybe just doesn't lend itself to the Marvel property after Sentinal and Galactus. So maybe the thing is to focus on more deluxe figures.
as opposed to the usual suspects who exclusively come here to complain about every facet of the line and revel in it. Get a hobby.
A different hobby!
Amen, man.
For real - can we not? Is there not enough negativity around this current campaign that we have to resurrect negativity and hurt feelings from a year ago? Just put it away. There is no reason to drag this thread about this current campaign through the muck that the previous HasLab thread turned into.
I keep seeing people repeat this phrase about "negativity" around the current campaign and I just don't see it. I don't care what anyone on YouTube says and aside from the usual BS happening above, there was and has been very little negativity on this board regarding GM. I'm not sure why this fallacy keeps getting repeated as fact.
@plorp Yeah no, bud. If there was something I really wanted but didn't feel like it was worth it to me or cost more money than I had to spend on it - I just wouldn't buy it. No complaining. No being insufferable for a month and a half. Just... not buy it. Vibes.
You know... like an adult would. I say that realizing that some of you are, in fact, children. Life comes at you fast. That's the lesson.
Lookie here at the guy who posted huge rants about fellow collectors being too poor to afford the overpriced EoV insisting people should just act like adults. Funny how you still haven't wrapped your head around the other issues inherent in the campaign. Please, continue shaking your fists at "the damn children who got too roudy resisting a company charging an effective $400 for a plastic car!!!"
For what it's worth (not much, because the project was doomed irrespective of what influencers had to say about it). many people, including you, insisted that haslab prices wouldn't be affected by the failure of the EoV. Yet all subsequent Haslabs have been more reasonably priced?
It's subjective. This campaign is much more streamlined, to keep the cost lower. But I'm psyched that you feel your life has purpose in keeping the price of toys lower for the rest of us. That's great man. Thank you for your service.
@schizm There's nothing this year. It's a harmless release that is (seemingly objectively) good value, but too much/not enough to back yet for many.
We're stuck in last year. Old wounds. That whole thing.
@plorp Yeah no, bud. If there was something I really wanted but didn't feel like it was worth it to me or cost more money than I had to spend on it - I just wouldn't buy it. No complaining. No being insufferable for a month and a half. Just... not buy it. Vibes.
You know... like an adult would. I say that realizing that some of you are, in fact, children. Life comes at you fast. That's the lesson.
Lookie here at the guy who posted huge rants about fellow collectors being too poor to afford the overpriced EoV insisting people should just act like adults. Funny how you still haven't wrapped your head around the other issues inherent in the campaign. Please, continue shaking your fists at "the damn children who got too roudy resisting a company charging an effective $400 for a plastic car!!!"
For what it's worth (not much, because the project was doomed irrespective of what influencers had to say about it). many people, including you, insisted that haslab prices wouldn't be affected by the failure of the EoV. Yet all subsequent Haslabs have been more reasonably priced?
It's subjective. This campaign is much more streamlined, to keep the cost lower. But I'm psyched that you feel your life has purpose in keeping the price of toys lower for the rest of us. That's great man. Thank you for your service.
Honestly, if you had your way, we'd just be writing blank checks to Hasbro and if we don't like that, we should quietly shut up so that the boat doesn't get rocked.
@plorp Nope, you just wouldn't buy things you don't think are worth it. Pretty reasonable.
My take is that he's too tall, but I'm getting him anyways. The actual figure looks fantastic.
I think this is going to fund no problem.
Then there's going to be a fair amount of FOMO once people get these in hand and realize this figure can do all kinds of things that the Sentinel or Galactus can't.
It's going to be a really good toy, and the price seems fair for what you're getting, imo. Can't be mad at that.
@swordagent Agreed, I know I'll be psyched to have this. If it's starting to look like this will fund, you'll see the FOMO kick in and this will do numbers. I think a fair amount of people are sitting back hoping (quietly, very rationally) it won't fund and they won't be missing out on anything. If it's looking like others will get this, you're gonna see some activity in the numbers.
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