2018 HasLab - TVC Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna)

[Rob]

It’s still moving.  Seems like about another 200 overnight and it’s sitting at almost 5,800.  3 days left.

Quite frankly as someone who doesn’t procrastinate often, I don’t understand all the waiting.  Maybe if it’s indecision it makes sense... but I never imagined there would be that many people compared to the first 40 days ready to jump in at this stage.

[Nicklab]

Oh, Paul.

I guess he has to be responsible, because it was all our fault a week ago for it failing. Or something. I never know with that kid. He's really all over the shop. On everything. Ever.

He's quite the insufferable douche.  And yeah, Hasbro using their media connections to USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and appealing to celebrity collectors did NOTHING at all to bring the campaign home....

Right.   


That aside, now I'm legitimately wondering just where am I going to put this thing?  But then I do have another 11 months to sell off a lot of the extras in my collection and work on getting the room together.

And FWIW, if anyone is interested in vintage Transformers, GI Joe ARAH, Marvel Secret Wars, DC Super Powers, Marvel Legends, McFarlane Sports Picks or Matrix stuff, PM me.

[GrandMoffNick]

I fully get the waiting. People wanted the 45 days to be sure to go in on this $500 ginormous toy.

[Darth_Anton]

I'm both excited and horrified to be getting the bill next month.  Pretty amazing that it'll break 6K now, no sweat.

I said it when this was announced, genius on Hasbro's part.

[Rob]

Pretty amazing that it'll break 6K now, no sweat.

That's done already, I'm betting it cracks 7k by the end, maybe even closer to 7,500.

[Nicklab]

Over 6300 and still going?  All I can say is WOW...

[Rob]

Over 6300 and still going?  All I can say is WOW...

Just a few shy of 6,500 and I'm sure it'll be well past that when I wake up.

Last day should be interesting, and might tell us something about how future offerings will go.

[Scockery]

I'll buy mine from the Chinese grey market.

 (I'll live with that lie for as long as possible )

[Rob]

It's gonna hit 7k within the hour...

I'm debating whether it would be smart to buy an extra one or not... I probably won't, but it's tempting.

[Mister Skeezler]

I called Hasbro because I didn't see any hold on my Paypal account and wanted to make sure the order didn't get canceled by Paypal (I saw some alarmist bull**** over at JTA). For any of you that paid with Paypal, the hold does fall off, but they checked my account number and everything is fine. What will happen is the hold will get reauthorized on Wednesday as they start processing orders. Definitely gave me peace of mind to hear that the order was still good.

[Jayson]

Hasbro actually paid Mark to promote this. Seems like a waste of $ 

[Rob]

Hasbro actually paid Mark to promote this. Seems like a waste of $ 

In terms of getting it backed sure, but in terms of dollars... if they paid him less than they'll make on new sales...

[Darby]

I'm guessing the PR budget was separate from the Barge costs, but I also wonder - why not involve Mark and folks earlier? Great idea. He's perfect for it. Still sitting on this fence. Probably won't pull the trigger. Will definitely regret it.

[JediJman]

BARGE BACKER TRACKER: 7,091

Wasn't this barely at 3k a week ago?  I'm not surprised to see a surge, but I never imagined this thing would get past 6,000, let alone 7,000.  Incredible.

[Rob]

BARGE BACKER TRACKER: 7,091

Wasn't this barely at 3k a week ago?  I'm not surprised to see a surge, but I never imagined this thing would get past 6,000, let alone 7,000.  Incredible.

7,000?!  We're going to be closer to 8,000 by the end of tomorrow.

Nearly half of the backing happened in the last week.