Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU!

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 11:32AM CDT

Category: Toy News
Posted by: Stargrave Views: 20,775

Topic Options: View Discussion · Sign in or Join to reply

This just in from Kapow's Facebook page:
"TRANSFORMERS FANS! Hasbro have heard you so the official Transformers War For Cybertron UK / EU Crowdfund will begin this week and end in line with the US date of the 6th October, bookmark the following listing for pre-sale updates and pricing alerts - https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... dfund.html
Kapow toys will be the only authorised outlet for this project within the UK / EU backed directly by Hasbro, please do not use unauthorised sellers as they currently have no confirmed way of obtaining stock based outside of the USA and no facility to offer customer support / aftersales. Your numbers will count towards the official Haslab crowdfund total so lets get this guy made!
More details including pricing to follow!"

That's right our UK friends and fellow Seibertronians the Unicron crowdfunding is now open to YOU!

Click the above link or any of the images below to head to Kapow Toys to put in your order today!

And don't forget for US fans you can put in your order for the Turquois Titan right HERE at Hasbro Pulse.

Share your thoughts in the forum and stay tuned to Seibertron for the Ultimate in Transformers news!

Credit(s): Kapow Toys

News Search

Got Transformers News? Let us know here!

Most Recent Transformers News

First Look at Lego Transformers Bumblebee Set 10338

Posted 14 hours ago

Burger King will Have a Transformers One Promo, First Look at Bumblebee Toy

Posted 23 hours ago

BWVS-08, Scartlett #1, Walking Dead #90, MOTU, Monster High Pride and more @ the Seibertron Store

Posted 3 days ago

Takara Reveals Non Exclusive Dramatic Capture Series Autobot 3-pack

Posted 4 days ago

New Stock Images of Transformers One Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee Prime Changers

Posted 4 days ago

Click here to post your comment about this news story!

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038800)
Posted by Stargrave on September 18th, 2019 @ 11:34am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:Looks like Twitter is saying Kapow toys struck a deal with Hasbro direct.

If its European orders count towards the backers goal as they are saying, you kids might get this statue made after all.

Dang we must've seen this at the same time I would have credited you Ironhidensh if I'd seen your post sorry about that ;)^

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038803)
Posted by First-Aid on September 18th, 2019 @ 12:07pm CDT

And that ought to do it. They were less than 2500 short before. That should put them over the top.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038804)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 18th, 2019 @ 12:15pm CDT

Good news for the brits that wanted him, I hope he does get made (and those on here getting him flood this thread with pictures when the anointed time arrives)

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038805)
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 18th, 2019 @ 12:24pm CDT

Cool

just need a few updates on him and if some of his unsightly bits are removable to sway me over.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038808)
Posted by Omegatron. on September 18th, 2019 @ 1:17pm CDT

Stargrave wrote:"TRANSFORMERS FANS! Hasbro have heard you so the official Transformers War For Cybertron UK / EU Crowdfund will begin this week and end in line with the US date of the 6th October, bookmark the following listing for pre-sale updates and pricing alerts - https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... cybertron-…

Your link here is broken, it should be going here.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038812)
Posted by First-Aid on September 18th, 2019 @ 1:28pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Good news for the brits that wanted him, I hope he does get made (and those on here getting him flood this thread with pictures when the anointed time arrives)

I was planning on going to various cons and charging 2 bucks to get a picture taken with him. :DANCE:

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038813)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 18th, 2019 @ 1:31pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Good news for the brits that wanted him, I hope he does get made (and those on here getting him flood this thread with pictures when the anointed time arrives)

I was planning on going to various cons and charging 2 bucks to get a picture taken with him.

If you have him take selfies at every tourist trap you see then it sounds like a great blog! ;)^

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038824)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on September 18th, 2019 @ 3:26pm CDT

They needed this. 8000 at the pricepoint in the US was going to be hard to hit.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038840)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on September 18th, 2019 @ 6:14pm CDT

when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038842)
Posted by Stargrave on September 18th, 2019 @ 6:21pm CDT

Omegatron. wrote:
Stargrave wrote:"TRANSFORMERS FANS! Hasbro have heard you so the official Transformers War For Cybertron UK / EU Crowdfund will begin this week and end in line with the US date of the 6th October, bookmark the following listing for pre-sale updates and pricing alerts - https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... cybertron-…

Your link here is broken, it should be going here.

Called in Ratchet, now repaired.

Thanks Omegatron! ;)^

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038844)
Posted by Burn on September 18th, 2019 @ 6:33pm CDT

TrypticonCarne wrote:when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

You and 8,000 others.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038846)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on September 18th, 2019 @ 6:46pm CDT

Burn wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

You and 8,000 others.

yeah but mine will have a certain flair with his Four horsemen included

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038848)
Posted by Stargrave on September 18th, 2019 @ 7:04pm CDT

I would like to see a Hook Line and Sinker four pack that comes with a Marvel color scheme version of TR Galvatron with the Titan helmet feature better modded. Dreams are fun :lol:

after the Powerdashers though all things are possible.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038851)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 18th, 2019 @ 7:13pm CDT

Unicron would be the perfect bot to package figures of Hook, Line, and Sinker with. it's a wasted opportunity to not do that

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038853)
Posted by Burn on September 18th, 2019 @ 7:37pm CDT

TrypticonCarne wrote:
Burn wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

You and 8,000 others.

yeah but mine will have a certain flair with his Four horsemen included

Those daggy repaints of Rhinox, Airazor, Terrorsaur and Cheetor?

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038862)
Posted by Stargrave on September 18th, 2019 @ 8:56pm CDT

With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had :lol:

like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038863)
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 18th, 2019 @ 8:59pm CDT

Stargrave wrote:With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

The price they are charging, something like that is the very least they should be giving you with it.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038864)
Posted by hausjam on September 18th, 2019 @ 8:59pm CDT

"Kapow toys will be the only authorised outlet for this project within the UK / EU backed directly by Hasbro, please do not use unauthorised sellers"

Maybe if you don't wait two months to offer a chance to buy from an authorized seller, folks wouldn't have had to resort to an unauthorized seller.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038865)
Posted by Burn on September 18th, 2019 @ 9:01pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
Stargrave wrote:With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

The price they are charging, something like that is the very least they should be giving you with it.

Optional add-on available only through Pulse six months after he's released.

This is the sort of thing that concerns me about Pulse, not so much exclusive figures, but that they'll start offering add-ons for the figures only through Pulse.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038867)
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 18th, 2019 @ 9:08pm CDT

Burn wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Stargrave wrote:With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

The price they are charging, something like that is the very least they should be giving you with it.

Optional add-on available only through Pulse six months after he's released.

This is the sort of thing that concerns me about Pulse, not so much exclusive figures, but that they'll start offering add-ons for the figures only through Pulse.

Yup. That and more go-fund-mes. It's why I've found this whole deal shady from the start.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038874)
Posted by First-Aid on September 18th, 2019 @ 10:39pm CDT

TrypticonCarne wrote:
Burn wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

You and 8,000 others.

yeah but mine will have a certain flair with his Four horsemen included

Which versions? The Armada versions?

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038876)
Posted by Emerje on September 18th, 2019 @ 11:40pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Stargrave wrote:With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

The price they are charging, something like that is the very least they should be giving you with it.

Optional add-on available only through Pulse six months after he's released.

This is the sort of thing that concerns me about Pulse, not so much exclusive figures, but that they'll start offering add-ons for the figures only through Pulse.

Yup. That and more go-fund-mes. It's why I've found this whole deal shady from the start.

I really don't think that's anything to worry about, and if they do happen to do more Transformers this way I doubt it'd be anything as pricey as Unicron. I mean, if they said that to have Titans Metro Titan, Gigastorm, G2 Constructicons, Brave Maximus, or Omega Sentinel made they needed 2,000 orders of $200 to make it happen would that be a bad thing? I think crowdfunding is a great way to get things made that probably wouldn't perform well at retail. Just for the LOVE OF PRIMUS give us time to prepare, stop dropping this stuff on us out of nowhere!

Emerje

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038877)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on September 19th, 2019 @ 12:11am CDT

Burn wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:
Burn wrote:
TrypticonCarne wrote:when mine comes I shall take plenty of photos for you all.

You and 8,000 others.

yeah but mine will have a certain flair with his Four horsemen included

Those daggy repaints of Rhinox, Airazor, Terrorsaur and Cheetor?

The very same ones

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038878)
Posted by Burn on September 19th, 2019 @ 12:35am CDT

Emerje wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Stargrave wrote:With the C.O.M.B.A.T. System being such a big part of WFC how wild would it be if he had like Armada Upgrade Armor or Oblivion armor and it’s like rocket launchers in the legs and a mega canon in the chest like Armada Unicron had like how with Jetfire they gave him the Valkyrie-esque armor pieces.

The price they are charging, something like that is the very least they should be giving you with it.

Optional add-on available only through Pulse six months after he's released.

This is the sort of thing that concerns me about Pulse, not so much exclusive figures, but that they'll start offering add-ons for the figures only through Pulse.

Yup. That and more go-fund-mes. It's why I've found this whole deal shady from the start.

I really don't think that's anything to worry about, and if they do happen to do more Transformers this way I doubt it'd be anything as pricey as Unicron. I mean, if they said that to have Titans Metro Titan, Gigastorm, G2 Constructicons, Brave Maximus, or Omega Sentinel made they needed 2,000 orders of $200 to make it happen would that be a bad thing? I think crowdfunding is a great way to get things made that probably wouldn't perform well at retail. Just for the LOVE OF PRIMUS give us time to prepare, stop dropping this stuff on us out of nowhere!

Emerje

I get that it's a good avenue to get stuff out there that general retail would not be willing to accept.

That's not my concern.

I'm talking about stuff that general retail WOULD be willing to stock. It's a slippery slope. With more and more retailers starting to struggle, and some even closing, that limits Hasbros avenue for retail sales.

But if they sell direct, they cut out retailers. If they crowd fund, they can then produce near exact numbers required and jack up the price a bit by slapping a "exclusive" label on it.

Now I know people are going to come back at me and say "that's not going to happen, you're being stupid", well, you know, fuck you. I know it may not happen, but that doesn't mean I can't still be concerned.

As a collector, I've already effectively been priced out of the Masterpiece market, with all the exclusives in the last six months I feel I'm slowly being squeezed out of the general release market as well, hence why I'm concerned about where things are headed.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038880)
Posted by MeGrimlockKing2018 on September 19th, 2019 @ 1:44am CDT

I think Hasbro should lower the boom on ALL 3P Transformers makes period

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038881)
Posted by Emerje on September 19th, 2019 @ 2:07am CDT

I get that, but at least in the US your only real options, or at least the ones that Hasbro cares about, are Walmart, Target, and "the internet". We really only have those two physical locations along with a bunch of smaller ones that most of us don't have access to. It's been that way for a while now and Hasbro shifted their major sales to the plethora of web outlets when they realized nobody was picking up TRU's slack like the industry expected them to. They're bending over backwards for Entertainment Earth and Amazon now as a result.

And are we really getting more exclusives? Walmart has the reissues, but those aren't really a mass appeal type thing. Target has two Siege exclusives right now, but those come pretty few and far between. Amazon got the two Siege box sets, but a lot of it is either so obscure people can be forgiven for skipping it or things we would have definitely wanted, but wouldn't fit in the mass retail release schedule so no harm there. So far EE's stuff hasn't really been exclusive, just a tiny bit cheaper than other retailers. Walgreens does one figure, once a year, that's usually hard to get. Then there's Selects which is available everywhere online and there's no real rush to buy them, in fact you might be rewarded for waiting as they go on clearance. Meanwhile we no longer have $400+ BotCon exclusives or TRU exclusives (outside of Canada) and the SDCC and NYCC exclusives have gotten smaller and easier to get. Takara Tomy's exclusives shouldn't be a factor since they aren't Hasbro's and Hasbro is really doing a great service by giving us a cheaper source for them.

All in all it just feels like the same situation we've had for years, just spread out in a different way. The best part is that most of it doesn't feel "limited", very few have sold out entirely. Lancer sold out instantly on Pulse, but she's still available elsewhere for slightly more (and to be fair those retailers sell all Siege figures for slightly more than MSRP). I'm sure it's an entirely different situation if you're overseas, say, in Australia, but here it just feels like business as usual.

Emerje

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038882)
Posted by Burn on September 19th, 2019 @ 3:34am CDT

Emerje wrote:And are we really getting more exclusives?
...
and other stuff

Yes. Because you listed a whole bunch of things that aren't readily available outside of the US.

You, and I mean this with no disrespect, like many others, seem to forget about the rest of the world.

So while your Walmarts and Targets are getting "exclusive" figures, those figures aren't getting a world wide release.

This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038886)
Posted by Emerje on September 19th, 2019 @ 7:42am CDT

Burn wrote:You, and I mean this with no disrespect, like many others, seem to forget about the rest of the world.

Did I?

Emerje wrote:I'm sure it's an entirely different situation if you're overseas, say, in Australia, but here it just feels like business as usual.

Has your access to exclusives really changed that much because it seems just as limited as ever? And aside from Skywarp, Bluestreak, and maybe Soundblaster, what exclusive characters do you think would have seen regular retail in the past? I doubt the Powerdashers or Rainmakers would have. Maybe Nightbird? Greenlight and Lancer feel like a bonus they couldn't fit in anywhere easily after noticing the demand to for a finished fembot team. As it stands Hasbro claims they're giving us an extra wave of figures due to the popularity of Siege, they seem to think there's room for more figures on the market so I wouldn't expect anything to change in the next series.

Emerje

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038887)
Posted by megatronus on September 19th, 2019 @ 8:28am CDT

Burn, that’s not going to happen, you’re being stupid.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038888)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:23am CDT

Burn wrote:
Emerje wrote:And are we really getting more exclusives?
...
and other stuff

Yes. Because you listed a whole bunch of things that aren't readily available outside of the US.

You, and I mean this with no disrespect, like many others, seem to forget about the rest of the world.

So while your Walmarts and Targets are getting "exclusive" figures, those figures aren't getting a world wide release.

This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I’m sorry bro

it sounds frustrating as hell being a TF fan in Australia. The internet is cool and all but I wish you got more of that excitement of having the stuff more readily available, on shelves or pegs or otherwise.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038890)
Posted by william-james88 on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:27am CDT

Burn wrote:This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I'm not sure about this. Many of these figures seem to just make up for the defunct club and those figures were impossible for most to get. We are getting more mass release generations toys now than 5 years ago. Does anyone else remember when one out of two waves of deluxes only had 2 toys?

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038909)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 12:54pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I'm not sure about this. Many of these figures seem to just make up for the defunct club and those figures were impossible for most to get. We are getting more mass release generations toys now than 5 years ago. Does anyone else remember when one out of two waves of deluxes only had 2 toys?

Yikes when was that??

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038910)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 19th, 2019 @ 12:58pm CDT

Stargrave wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I'm not sure about this. Many of these figures seem to just make up for the defunct club and those figures were impossible for most to get. We are getting more mass release generations toys now than 5 years ago. Does anyone else remember when one out of two waves of deluxes only had 2 toys?

Yikes when was that??

Back the original Generations line first started in 2010-2011.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038912)
Posted by william-james88 on September 19th, 2019 @ 1:08pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Stargrave wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I'm not sure about this. Many of these figures seem to just make up for the defunct club and those figures were impossible for most to get. We are getting more mass release generations toys now than 5 years ago. Does anyone else remember when one out of two waves of deluxes only had 2 toys?

Yikes when was that??
Back the original Generations line first started in 2010-2011.

And it kept going well into 2014, right before the Prime trilogy. About half the waves only had 2 new deluxes (Rattrap/Tankor, Chromia/Arcee, Hoist/Thundercracker) and there was only 1 leader released in the first 4 years of Generations toys.

So yeah, we have more general release toys now than 5 years ago.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038917)
Posted by Counterpunch on September 19th, 2019 @ 2:26pm CDT

At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038920)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 19th, 2019 @ 2:37pm CDT

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

So what you're saying is, Unicron needs a miracle or a big influx of backers.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038923)
Posted by Counterpunch on September 19th, 2019 @ 2:48pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

So what you're saying is, Unicron needs a miracle or a big influx of backers.

Frankly, I've had very little to say on the whole event.

I don't much care for how it came about. I don't much care for the price or timing. While it should be a really cool thing to be a part of, nothing about the entire news cycle of Unicron or the conversations surrounding it have brought me a bit of joy.

My opinion on the toy is that it looks really cool.

The yellow color should be more orange and it should only have 6 abs instead of 8.

Also, the incentives to participate in the whole crowdfunding process have been utter ass.

There. >:oP

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038924)
Posted by o.supreme on September 19th, 2019 @ 2:52pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:So what you're saying is, Unicron needs a miracle or a big influx of backers.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038928)
Posted by Burn on September 19th, 2019 @ 5:14pm CDT

megatronus wrote:Burn, that’s not going to happen, you’re being stupid.

I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?
It's early and I have the beginnings of a head cold and I'm at work so that's the best I can come up with.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038937)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 19th, 2019 @ 6:32pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Stargrave wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:This is why I say I feel like I'm being priced out of the general releases, because five years ago, those figures would have seen a more mass release.

I'm not sure about this. Many of these figures seem to just make up for the defunct club and those figures were impossible for most to get. We are getting more mass release generations toys now than 5 years ago. Does anyone else remember when one out of two waves of deluxes only had 2 toys?

Yikes when was that??
Back the original Generations line first started in 2010-2011.

And it kept going well into 2014, right before the Prime trilogy. About half the waves only had 2 new deluxes (Rattrap/Tankor, Chromia/Arcee, Hoist/Thundercracker) and there was only 1 leader released in the first 4 years of Generations toys.

So yeah, we have more general release toys now than 5 years ago.

I actually miss those days. There is so much product out right now, i miss the days of a wave having 5 figures total between size classes I wanted.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038939)
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on September 19th, 2019 @ 6:53pm CDT

3b0ssf.jpg

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038951)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:16pm CDT

5682

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038952)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:18pm CDT

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

Hey if it’s anything you sure made my day by not having to do math. So thanks that’s all win for me at least :lol:

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038953)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:24pm CDT

Do any of you ever think how Unicron would be the perfect weapon against Null the Living Darkness? You’d just have to throw him and you could take out all those eyes in one go. So spiky sheesh.

Sometimes I think I think about Unicron too much but most times it feels like the proper amount.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038957)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 19th, 2019 @ 9:52pm CDT

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I actually miss those days. There is so much product out right now, i miss the days of a wave having 5 figures total between size classes I wanted.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that, D-Max, I would rather be inundated with new figures to where I have to make a financial plan to get them all than have only a few figures trickle down every now and then. Sure, it's better for the wallet, but not for the soul.

As for this whole Unicron fiasco, I've been quiet about it, but I pretty much agree with what Counterpunch said. It's an impressive figure, but Hasbro seriously dropped the ball on everything else from promotion to timing to financing options.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038960)
Posted by Stargrave on September 19th, 2019 @ 10:19pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I actually miss those days. There is so much product out right now, i miss the days of a wave having 5 figures total between size classes I wanted.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that, D-Max, I would rather be inundated with new figures to where I have to make a financial plan to get them all than have only a few figures trickle down every now and then. Sure, it's better for the wallet, but not for the soul.

As for this whole Unicron fiasco, I've been quiet about it, but I pretty much agree with what Counterpunch said. It's an impressive figure, but Hasbro seriously dropped the ball on everything else from promotion to timing to financing options.

Man I hope you guys haven’t felt like you couldn’t voice your opinions before. I think all opinions have been interesting, just saying ;)^

You know with how they’ve continued to try to modify this throughout I’m sure your points are going to be on their minds with whatever they do next, if they even keep going with the idea. They obviously want to keep hammering this peg till it fits for people. I do genuinely hope they find something that works better out the gate. The initial excitement was for me at least pretty tasty I dug it I gotta admit.

It falling quiet has been a bummer I mean Tyler Bleszinski has been tweeting Devastator stuff even just little things but doing it every day leading up to Galaxies and interviews and signings I mean he’s marketing his book like a madman I love it. They have to be proud of this where are the Uni-creators reminding us every day you know?

One thing ScottyP said that made sense just with how my brain works was the ‘we’ve made this many units and no more, come one, come all, while supplies last.’ idea. Crowdfunding while a contemporary notion and interactive feels risky. I’ve never won at gambling so I don’t gamble. This is a chance project, technically a gamble. A big disappointment to get over if it doesn’t fly.

Those are the thoughts that bug me about it.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2038980)
Posted by Counterpunch on September 20th, 2019 @ 9:39am CDT

Counterpunch wrote:At the moment of posting this, approximately 134 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

At the moment of posting this, approximately 141 new backers per day are required to reach the goal.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2039014)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 20th, 2019 @ 1:05pm CDT

As a word of caution, anyone here who placed a preorder for Unicron through TFSource better double-check to make sure that you preorder is still good and intact. Mine disappeared recently but has now been restored after contacting TFSource about it. Check to see if Unicron is still in your Stack.

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2039041)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 20th, 2019 @ 5:12pm CDT

Re: Kapow Toys Opens Unicron Crowdfunding to UK / EU! (2039063)
Posted by Stargrave on September 20th, 2019 @ 10:32pm CDT

Thanks to an update from the Transformers Official YouTube page we have a cool Friday treat for you disciples of Unicron out there. In this short video you get to see the breakdowns and making-of the official poster for the HasLab Unicron project done by none other than Marcelo Matere!

Here's the word from Hasbro on Unicron:
"UNICRON stands alone as the most menacing figure in TRANSFORMERS lore, capable of devouring entire worlds and civilizations. He debuted in the 1986 film Transformers: The Movie and his insatiable appetite nearly brought the entire universe to its knees. But his legacy transcends both space and time.

The gigantic UNICRON would be the largest TRANSFORMERS figure ever created, taking the title from the previous record-holder, FORTRESS MAXIMUS. Artists and designers from Takara Tomy and Hasbro are working to capture the intricate details and features of the relentless Chaos Bringer to make this the most accurate UNICRON fans have ever seen.

In his immense robot mode, this version of UNICRON is over 27” tall and has more than 50 points of articulation. Includes fine pose-ability, such as movable eyes, fingers, mouth, and even teeth. He converts into a terrifying planet mode that is a stunning 30” in diameter. The planet mode features the iconic planet-eating jaws, geared to open so UNICRON can devour unassuming worlds. The planet mode also features a series of posable planetary rings. Comes with a stand for posing both planet & robot mode."

Unicron is on his way to our planet as we speak Seibertronians! Only the combined power of our fandom united can convert this planetary threat into a child sized toy ready to dominate our collections. Till all are one!

If you haven't backed this project yet there's still time but not much - just click HERE to head to Hasbro Pulse and put in your order for Unicron today!
If Unicron does not meet the 8,000 backers needed HE WILL NOT BE MADE!

Enjoy the view and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Click here to view additional comments about this topic at the Energon Pub Forums ...