HasLab 2025: Liokaiser

LordGigaIce

Another babka?
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34,000+
That has to be a new HasLab record. It beats Omega Prime's 28,000
 

LordGigaIce

Another babka?
Citizen
I believe it is. Was Galactus the most successful?

They must have held back a big bunch to have it jump 10,000 after the end of the campaign.
I just find a lot of stories mentioning Galactus got "over 30,000."

Liokaiser ended up with 34,329. I have to think Liokaiser got more, because "over 30,000" to me reads as "30,000 and some change"
 

Gizmoboy

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I preordered two immediately and then a third last night. I'm big into Japanese stuff and combiners, so this was a no brainer.

So I've bought one Unicron, two Star Sabers, three Deathsaurus, one God Fire Convoy, and now three Liokaiser.

I suppose the extras I may sell some day, but likely to always have two Liokaiser.
I really thought about picking up a second one. If it wasn't for all the stuff I currently have on preorder, I probably would have. These ones are so cool that having a copy to display as individuals and a copy to display combined would have been justifiable. Just a lot of up-front investment to make that happen.
 

Sabrblade

Continuity Nutcase
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He's the most successful, but which HasLab funded all the way through its tiers the fastest?
 

Exatron

Kaiser Dragon
Citizen
The solid trend here appears to be that HasLabs in general just keep getting more successful as time goes on. A lot was said about how Omega beat out the Victory leaders due to being an Optimus Prime who had media presence outside Japan. Well, Omega just got stomped by an even more expensive Victory team. I don't know if you should chalk it up to wider knowledge of and comfort with HasLab, growth of Hasbro Pulse, streamlining of the HasLab process, growing speculator markets, or something else. But regardless, the relative strength of the particular project, at least within TF projects specifically, appears to be a relatively minor factor at this point.

In that frame of context, Unicron's supposed near failure continues to become less and less relevant. I've already said before that his funding struggles were overblown, and that there's plenty of reason to believe he still would have funded without the campaign extension. If his campaign was started now, I'm sure he'd still come nowhere near the numbers put up by the other TF HasLabs, but I'm confident he would easily fund by an even larger margin than he did.

With that in mind, I'll say now that I really hope Primus does finally happen as a HasLab, preferably next year to tie in with AotP. Yeah, he probably isn't as desirable as Unicron. Yeah, he'll be a lot more expensive than any of the other options. I really don't think that will matter. I think the data we have suggests he'll still fund comfortably. And I would love to have him!
 

Platypus Prime

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I'm glad it made it! I won't get one though. I thought I had everything arranged but all at once:
-Septic Field and Bathroom repairs needed
-Got x-rays, may have broke my foot
-Thousand buck car repair (NOT the new one! Old one, thankfully...)
And the sales I had set up to compensate simply couldn't keep up, and what I had sold already was tossed into the down payments for the above. While I do have a job and income it's not enough to cover everything at once, and aftermarket is right out, so I look forwards to seeing all the pictures later! It was just the worst possible timing, I wound up just having to cancel pretty much every preorder at once, within hours of this closing. Financial recovery is going to take a while, and I need transport, bathroom, and a working leg more. Bright side, at least it didn't happen AFTER the close, and I'd really have had to scramble.
 

Gizmoboy

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I have already said that if they start a new campaign for a reissue of Unicron but this time he's $675.00 to account for cost adds since he was released, I'd seriously consider it. He is a piece of Transformers history that I'm sad I missed out on.
 

LordGigaIce

Another babka?
Citizen
I don't know if you should chalk it up to wider knowledge of and comfort with HasLab, growth of Hasbro Pulse, streamlining of the HasLab process, growing speculator markets, or something else.
Probably all of them playing some role.
I'll add in... more knowledge of JG1. This isn't the early 2000s where there's like two blurry pics of a Star Sabre toy and a bad fansub of Victory.

This stuff is widely known in the West, and widely and easily accessed. James Roberts seemed genuinely shocked that there was a large contingent of Western fans upset with how he handled Star Sabre in IDW, and I have to think that was the first sign to Hasbro and their partners that JG1 isn't "niche" anymore.

Not only did the two Victory leaders have successful HasLab campaigns, but the most expensive Victory set yet became the most successful HasLab of all time.

I hope this sends the message that JG1 is VERY viable in Hasbro's markets, and they start treating it as such. Three successful campaigns. You have all the data you need.
I better be able to buy the Road Caesar team at Walmart.
 


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