$550 appears steep, but once you take off the tax (which doesn't get applied to stated price in the US), the prices are about $15 USD difference. A 5% markup to accommodate EB's efforts and the benefit of a lower deposit is alright in my book.
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$550 appears steep, but once you take off the tax (which doesn't get applied to stated price in the US), the prices are about $15 USD difference. A 5% markup to accommodate EB's efforts and the benefit of a lower deposit is alright in my book.
Ordered... 7 combiner figures for $550 is abit much, but it does look good
I haven't had a chance to look into set yet. Do we know how large the individual bots are? Deluxe? Voyager? Dare I hope old school Ultra?
The boilerplate listings say 5.5 inches, which has got a few people worked up, but the Hasbro staff have said that they are taller (they proclaimed them voyagers, as if that helps with the height these days :) ). And if you look at the size of the (non-partsforming) limbs and compare them to the Aerialbots (which we know are average-height deluxes that come apart in the middle to fit on the Superion frame), you can work out that they are indeed larger. So I would hazard a guess of average, perhaps even slightly above-average, height for a 2025 voyager-price-point toy.
Over 3000 preorders in the first few hours at Hasbro’s China Taobao store, makes me think that China is a HUGE underdeveloped market. Also that a ‘small deposit only’ model makes a lot of sense (Taobao, Zing/EBGames) for crowdfunding models. If Hasbro Pulse offered a financing or installment plan (outsourced) they could likely sell a substantial number more and are leaving money on the table.
Funded now after 10 days.
Lets hope we get some nice stretch goal bonuses added like some unexpected Micromasters.Quote:
Originally Posted by valkyrie_76
DeathCobra is a go