2025 Haslab - Liokaiser

[DELTAprime]

I wonder if the negative feedback around the price of Fire Convoy and God Magnus forced their hand with this price on Liokaiser

[JJJ]

I'd like to think so, yes. Can't imagine why else EB would choose to not make money on it. I don't know if Hasbro will have offered a reduced price as a partner, or some other beneficial arrangement, but EB won't have just volunteered this...

[reillyd]

I’m just glad it’s available, and that you don’t pay the full price upfront like you would with haslsb. Zing deserves a little profit for the service

[Seraphim Prime]

$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.

[MayzaPrime]

Ordered... 7 combiner figures for $550 is abit much, but it does look good

[DELTAprime]

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?

[JJJ]

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.

[reillyd]

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.

[valkyrie_76]

Funded now after 10 days.