I don't see how Haslab is a "paywall".  This isn't a phone game that is gating progress based on paying for the exclusive new item.  Anyone is able to purchase a Haslab item and they make as many as are sold if they hit the funding goal.  Yes, you are paying for a large item to get a pack-in figure, but I seriously doubt a "casual" collector on an extreme budget is clamoring for the Tonnika sisters.

I'm still a little surprised that Hasbro would put the Cantina behind a Haslab pay wall.  And I'm seriously wondering if this situation might evolve into something like the Jabba's Palace sales model.  Could that be the reason behind the delay?

I was thinking something similar.  It was rumored that they were going to offer the Jabba set as a Haslab, but then went the preorder route.  Possibly something similar could be going on here.

I'm still a little surprised that Hasbro would put the Cantina behind a Haslab pay wall.  And I'm seriously wondering if this situation might evolve into something like the Jabba's Palace sales model.  Could that be the reason behind the delay?

I found a bunch of recent 6” figures in the Clearance aisle at Walmart yesterday…including $10 HK droids (the red one), $5 Hunter, $10 Holiday K2-SO, $10 Krssantan, etc. picked up a few just because 

Maybe they’ll lower the price by then.