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Community => Other Toy Lines => The Bullpen => Topic started by: Nicklab on July 16, 2021, 10:25 AM
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Check out the reveal of the next Marvel Legends Haslab campaign - Galactus!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZAmT6t5kl/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Looks amazing, but I’m almost more curious what the sweeteners could be for this thing. Terrax? Another herald?
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The campaign goal is 14,000. At $399 per figure it's pretty steep, so the sweeteners had better be pretty good. Galactus looks really impressive - the hands alone are pretty amazing, and I think each hand has 20 POA.
Right now they're at 10,000 backers with a month to go. I think they're going to hit the mark, but this doesn't look like the kind of runaway that the Sentinel was. The goal of 14,000 seems like it's been influenced by the Sentinel campaign - that goal was 6,000 and it wound up topping out at over 21,000. I think a goal of 10,000 or 12,000 might have been more achievable, and then Hasbro could start playing around with stretch goals in order to drive interest. But from what I've seen it took a while for this campaign to get from 9,000 to 10,000 backers. Stretch goals of the various heralds of Galactus seem likely. A Silver Surfer would be the most obvious choice. Terrax is another. But the only other one that I can think of would be Firelord. After that I really have to start doing research.
I'm curious about how this is going to unfold. Because even though both the Sentinel and Galactus are big, the nature of the characters is very different. The Sentinel has always had an army building appeal, so that's a big difference from the get-go. And there are collectors who actually expressed an interest in having more than one Sentinel for that very purpose.
Will people buy more than one Galactus with the express intention of flipping it? Probably. The Sail Barge is fetching close to $2K (about 4 times the original price). Unicron sells for around $1400 (close to 3 times the original purchase price). People are already trying to sell their extra Razor Crests for at least double the original price. It's as if people are fine with tying up even more pre-order money because they think that flipping the extras will not only pay for themselves, but also the one that you're going to keep.
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I’m kind of tempted, although I don’t know where I’d put it. I passed on the Sentinel, as cool as it looks, because I had already backed big ticket stuff like the barge and Crest….and I have the two previous ones they had done. At this point it feels like I buy more Marvel than Star Wars, and Galactus would be a great centerpiece to that collection. I do have the previous version, which is nice as well, but not as grand as this new one. I’ll have to see.
I do think it will reach its goal, and there are already teases for Frankie Raye Nova and Surfer as stretch goals, so that will help the numbers as well. It was a lofty goal though.
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So I guess they are stretch goals now, not sweeteners, so they won’t show any of that stuff off until they hit 14k backers. Agree that was a lofty goal, and it has been slow moving lately.
I think I’m in but no idea where I’m going to get that money from up front. When I backed the barge I used PayPal and had six months to pay it off, which was easy. But I don’t think they offer that option anymore.
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Not going to get this one, but it sure looks cool.
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I don't collect Marvel Legends, but wow do their recent Haslab projects look impressive! The Sentinel looked cool and this Galactus is absolutely amazing!
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The campaign broke through the 14k goal, and has already powered through the 16k threshold for Frankie Raye. The next goal is 17k to unlock the Silver Surfer. A little over 650 more backers to go to that, and there’s still over 4 days left to go.
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They got to 16,000 really quick! They must have opened up some more international orders. They should make the 17k goal to get the surfer.
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Currently at 19211 backers, including me. ;D
It cost a pretty penny, but I know I’ll be happy when it arrives. Especially with 3 new 6” figures to go with it. (Assuming they hit 20k) and an all new Morg at that. That really surprised me, but I love it.
We need a multipack of the other heralds now for sure.
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They blew through 20k and they set a new stretch goal for 22k. That’s an alternate head for Galactus - that of Doctor Doom. The total stands at 21k with over 24 hours to go.
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Amazing how much this exploded at the end. 13 hours left and they're at 23,920 backers.
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Amazing how much this exploded at the end. 13 hours left and they're at 23,920 backers.
You said it, over 28,000 now with time to go still…
That’s double their original goal, pretty impressive late pop.
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I wonder if the Sail Barge caused people to buy multiples for the sole purpose of reselling?
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I think you're getting people buying multiples to resell, a subset of that are buying multiples to display with the different faceplates.
I'm sure there are a lot of people who purchased the Razor Crest with the express purpose to sell later.
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Holy FOMO!!!! 32,427?!?!?!? They seriously got an additional 10,000 backers in the final 12+ hours?????? That's a record for a Haslab campaign.
I think the resellers got in at the last minute in a big way. The Marvel Legends Sentinel is set to come out soon and the reselling has been underway for a while. I'm looking at eBay SOLD listings up around $900, and the sellers don't even have them in hand yet. People seem to think that they can just double or triple their money right out of the gate. The same goes for the Razor Crest - those are selling for between $600 and $800, and we don't even have a solid indication of when they're going to ship.
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I love it! I'm more of an Avengers guy and just couldn't swing the price tag on this guy, but I'd be willing to buy him and/or some of those add-on figures at a discount. The more of these that sell and the more people are buying on speculation, the more likely it is that these will end up going for less or sold off in parts at some point down the road. There were what, 8 or 9 thousand barges made? 32k is an insane number and its not even an army builder like the Sentinels could be.
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Finally, an update!
Hasbro released a new unboxing video on their Pulse channel. Droolworthy! ;D
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Just got a “Your item has left the building” email from Hasbro about this guy, and an official FedEx tracking number. IT’S HAPPENING PEOPLE!! :D ;D
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The Devourer of Worlds is now one state away and due to arrive tomorrow… :D
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The Devourer of Worlds is now one state away and due to arrive tomorrow… :D
He. Has. Arrived! :D
It only took me about five minutes into opening everything to realize this is now the best toy I own. Not just the biggest or most expensive, but the best. Along with the 6” TIE it’s the centerpiece of my whole collection now.
Now the fun part…setting up all my other Legends figures around him in an epic battle scene… ;D
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Picked up the Diamond Select Uatu today at its original retail price at a local comic shop. Super happy about that one! Amazon unceremoniously canceled my preorder and it has never come back in at the original price since. A definite upgrade over the What If? BAF version. He is already chilling on my big Galactus display…
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I have heard so many raving reviews of Galactus. I am happy that it turned out so nicely for all those I know who plunked down the cash for it.