Haslab Victory Saber

[christalcase]

That is kinda strange mentality towards this…. Many of us enjoy the way zing can do the preorders. Sure it’s 10 now, but I’ll be putting 20 on each of mine at least every month. Will be paid off long before it arrives, so 10 or 100 down who really cares?

I prefer keeping money in my own account if possible. Sure, the chances of Zing running away with your money is low, but it's still higher risk than me keeping it in my bank account and paying it at the end. I've seen many companies go bust and the people with gift cards or money on preorders always get the shaft and not getting it back (some are lucky with credit card chargeback). I also don't like a company holding my money when I can hold it myself and do whatever I want with it, and I will budget for the lump payment instead. My own personal preference.

[Tha_Phantom]

I wouldn't blame you if it was one of those amateur stores that sell Transformers, but EB/Zing are a pretty safe risk.

On that note, I placed my order with EB last night. Still can't say I'm super keen on Star Saber (never have been), but I don't want to regret it if I change my mind later.
That said, I do genuinely want to see this get funded for those who have been waiting for this to happen for a long time, like Vairn and Shadow Maru.

[Krayt]

I prefer keeping money in my own account if possible. Sure, the chances of Zing running away with your money is low, but it's still higher risk than me keeping it in my bank account and paying it at the end. I've seen many companies go bust and the people with gift cards or money on preorders always get the shaft and not getting it back (some are lucky with credit card chargeback). I also don't like a company holding my money when I can hold it myself and do whatever I want with it, and I will budget for the lump payment instead. My own personal preference.

Only time i've regretted for these reasons is the bloody Lego Starwars Skywalker Sage..... That things so MIA it's not funny!!!

[JJJ]

It's a true pre-order (as opposed to the vast majority of things that get called pre-order these days). I won't mind if EB wants that extra $90. I don't think I'd even mind if the full amount was required. We're kinda lucky to be getting it the way we are.

[DELTAprime]

Only time i've regretted for these reasons is the bloody Lego Starwars Skywalker Sage..... That things so MIA it's not funny!!!

Steam still is listing it as coming in 2021. From what I understand it's been stuck in development hell for technical reasons. Not sure what is different about this Lego game vs the million previous ones, but that's what I've heard.

[valkyrie_76]

Zing/EB taking the money and running away?

Wasnt these the same comments not long ago when Unicron came about when there was talk of EB US was going into receivership?

[griffin]

Considering the Americans, the English (and most likely again the Japanese) wanting this toy will have to pay the ENTIRE amount a year before release (like with Unicron), we are really really really lucky to not have to pay for 70% of it until next year (if they want to charge the rest of the $100).
There was no way I would have bought 1 Unicron, let alone 2, if we weren't able to spend 18 months slowly paying it off... something most other people now owning Unicron around the world were unable to do.

[christalcase]

Zing/EB taking the money and running away?

Wasnt these the same comments not long ago when Unicron came about when there was talk of EB US was going into receivership?

Just saying that there is always the risk no matter how strong financially the company may seem. I'm a pessimistic person, and since it is not something I must have or else, I'm okay to not get it than have the company hold onto my money for a while when I get no benefit for doing so (this is only my opinion and preference).

[griffin]

Some more grey prototype images from the Transformers instagram page.

[Handsprime]

So it's been a week and we're already at the halfway point, so it's looking likely we'll be getting this figure.
Be interesting to see if the 3 tiers at hit.