Hasbro have just made a fast live-unboxing of the highly anticipated HasLab Victory Saber direct from San Diego Comic Con 2022.
We are sure all of you will be really impressed with the colorful and detailed box art (courtesy of artist Guido Guidi) featuring a fantastic reversible slip cover (one foil side and the other side in retro G1 box style). The box is really nice with a top inner box containing the Autobot stand parts, some of the guns and blast effects. You take it out to reveal the main box which contains both Star Saber and Victory Leo, Micromasters Holi and Fire. and the rest of the parts. It will also include a nice poster with Deathsaurus in the background!
See the video after the jump as well as our usual screencaps gallery and share your impression on the 2005 Boards. LET’S SAY GO!
Stepper
I will only pray hard that they will release a Masterpiece Victory Leo since Star Saber is already release in the Masterpiece series.
Kenneth Robertson
Can't wait to get mine
Jmaster99
I poked a sleeping bear with some wording… I would do it again
WishfulThinking
I can easily see them doing a simplified Star Saber in the Earthspark series, without the smaller robot components. A 10-inch $30 version for kids where it takes all of 4-5 steps to transform, essentially.
ze collecter
The only way a new VS would happen would be a new mold in mainline down the road. I'm sure after a few years Hasbro is going to want to do a new Victory Saber, especially if they plan on doing more of the Victory cast in mainline.
Hicks_Royel
Exactly.
WishfulThinking
Someone brought up the idea. I'd be against the idea if it were a switch out of the regular product. I wouldn't care if it were plated in solid 24K gold. I'd want the product I ordered.
But make a Tier 5 as a lottery item that comes in addition to the regular product you would receive – as in you'd get normal VS AND the redeco together…yeah, I could see that being an incentive.
Foster
Boredom
SPLIT LIP
Why are we even considering the notion of a chase figure in a crowdfunding campaign?
Missing Sunset
I would not have backed Victory Saber if there was a chance-based aspect that changes the figure in the slightest. Even supplementary stuff; I don’t respect the business model.
Hicks_Royel
Of course. I didn't think we were discussing the idea of a last minute surprise scenario once orders started getting filled.
TickTockGoesTheClock
I think the chase idea is rightfully awful and has no place in a campaign like and will continue to think so till I have one in my hands. However from a purely legal standpoint, the only way this would make sense to any backer would be for the chase concept to require opting in with the knowledge that if you receive a chase, you do not get an original unless you bought more than 2.
Fenrys
Chase variants like that, especially in this scenario, could open them up to lawsuits because they would not be delivering the product that was ordered and didn't disclose the possibility of chase variants during purchasing. It would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
WishfulThinking
I do think there might be some merit in the idea of a Tier 5 additional chase redeco that exists as a lottery to the backers, as long as it's fair.
Foster
I'd go to customer service immediately and complain that I didn't get the figure I backed and they needed to send the actual G1 character (and no, I'm not returning the incorrect one)
Hicks_Royel
True but, again as it is these days, you could probably still buy three of the regular version aftermarket for what you sell the chase for.
Don't misunderstand me, I think a chase piece in a crowdfund is a dumb idea but the silver lining for profiteering is still there.
Autobot N
But then I'd have to drop a bunch of money to get the actual Victory Saber that I wanted in the first place
Hicks_Royel
But you could turn around and try to sell it for a stupid amount of money because that's the world we live in now.
Autobot N
Yeah I would be pretty pissed if I got Nemesis VS instead of, y'know, the one I ordered
WishfulThinking
The only way a chase figure could work in Haslab is through a lottery system and in addition to the regular figure. If you randomly selected 100 people to send Nemesis VS to instead of the regular edition, there's probably going to be about 90 pissed off fans who will want their money back.