4 Ways HasLab Process can be Improved 

Payment plan options would not only make it easier to get the Haslabs I'm extremely interested in, but it might also tempt me to get ones I'm partially interested in.

Jeffrey, I think your idea of having a yearly schedule is absolutely spot on! And I think pretty much everyone would agree with the idea of having a payment plan. Especially considering there are fans who collect ML, Star Wars, and GI Joe. That gets costly and if there's 3 Haslabs, it'd be great to know when to expect to have to dish out that money. But I think the single most important point is doing a poll or survey. For the life of me I cannot understand how nobody at a billion dollar company doesn't have the smarts to do market research. They foolishly locked a major and vital character (Mephisto) behind the Engine of Failure, despite the fact that a 3rd grader would have known better. Then they simply assumed that fans don't want regular figures with Haslabs and so Giantman floundered until the last moment, when Hasbro had to cook the numbers to get it over the finish line (and yes, I still truly believe that happened, as do others who were tracking the numbers). A poll would make sense, so why isn't Hasbro doing it? I think it's obvious that fans don't want VITAL characters locked behind Haslab paywalls as tiers. But do they care whether non-vital or generic characters are included as tiers? I'd bet my life that if Giantman had come with a generic Hank Pym in a labcoat and an original Ultron prototype (his "garbage can look") as tiers, no one would have complained and it would have helped it fund (without cooking the numbers). They should also ask - do fans prefer giant characters like Eternity, the Watcher, Black Goliath, Mangog, Celestials, and so on? And if so, do they prefer accessories as tiers or non-vital characters as tiers? Or, should they include vital characters as tiers as long as they're also going to release those vital figures as individual characters later? That won't hurt the Haslab because fans are buying the Haslab mainly for the main product, and Hasbro has admitted that the price of the tiers is baked into the price of the main offering. If they don't go that route, they should at least announce that if a figure is a tier and the Haslab doesn't fund, that figure can still be released. The only thing worse than permanently locking out a vital figure behind a Haslab paywall is locking it out behind a FAILED Haslab paywall. Or do fans prefer vehicles or playsets instead of giant characters? They're making Haslab vehicles for Star Wars and GI Joe and now a playset Haslab for Star Wars. Why not one for ML? Fans have been clamoring for an Avengers Quinjet. Maybe make the tiers a Jarvis figure and a prototype Ultron. Viola! It funds on day one. But until they poll the fans, they're just guessing. And that's either arrogance or laziness or both. I'm anxious to see what this year's ML Haslab is going to be. I'm hoping its something good.

My recommendation would be to scale back on the size and display/storage space required. Storage space is why I passed on Galactus, and it’s why I almost passed on Giant Man. Not every collector has a dedicated “toy room”.

Allowing the community to actually contribute to the process would be a huge step in the right direction. At that point, you're almost guaranteeing a successful campaign.

I wish the Marvel Legends team would give us options for a Haslab

I purchased several Hot Toys and Premium format figures from Sideshow. I wouldn't have been able to get them if they didn't have a payment plan. I have several 1/4 scale statues that cost over $500. I recently purchased a statue from Dark Horse Comics. PayPal paid the full amount 250 but, allowed me to play them in installments until I had paid it off. I want to get some of the Haslabs, but I can't afford to take a $400 or 500 dollar hit at once.

I like the idea of providing payment options. I agree that if they were more flexible like Sideshow Collectibles is, they could probably secure a bunch more pre-orders.

Hey, Jeff. I think maybe the previous Star Wars HasLabs were backed by some who aren't particularly TVC collectors, like myself. I backed the Starships, but I really don't need something that's a diorama because I don't have a lot of Vintage Collection figures. Just a theory.

Def Jeff what cha know now !!!! Dope AND REAL TALK VID DEFINITELY NEED A PAYMENT PLAN IN THESE HASLABS MORE WILL BE SOLD THEN #FACTS

Agreed so much on having prior HasLab in hand. I waited/missed the Dragonfly waiting on my Hiss. After I saw how good the Hiss was...kinda sad I’ll have to get Dragonfly on the second-hand market at twice the price.

I still insist, and I know others online I've discussed this with who agree, that Hasbro cooked the numbers on Giantman to avoid a 2nd straight fail. Looking at the numbers, that's a very likely possibility. Their "last minute overseas orders" does not really cut it.

I think payment plans would work good for Haslab projects. Personally, if they had payment plans. I would consider getting more Haslab projects

$683.00 + $71.13 tax + $ 47.87 shp = $746.97 Cad wow what a deal, ill take two..................................................

Payment plan is great idea. I also think they need to promote the stuff. Engine of failure seemed like they didn’t put any effort into it.

Yeah I started the payment plan for Mezco figures 4 payments over a I think it’s every two weeks and you set the draw date which is cool.

i agree a vote for haslabs would be a good idea, but it should be the customers who purchased haslabs in the past not random people who will not back them. also haslabs need to be dream projects, gijoe vehicles can sell as exclusives at a certain price point. playsets would sell easily for classified and make them modular, no need for them to be haslabs either

Great suggestions! Well done!

I bet you if they had done the vote thing for Galactus and offered us a choice between the Doom Head or His Punishers guard Bot

good topic video bro schedules, expect problems with China s tensions, it could get worse it s pretty much aimed at Dynasty people who are comfortable online I thought the rattler won a vote, no? I don t like the over consumption concept of + backers = more stuff I d rather see + backers = lower price point... like the vamp, min = min price so now you know... good show bro

I really want a Sentinel but was surprised to see they're $700ish on evil Bay.

Its gonna be tight to get to the base goal by look of how things are going. I don't know much about how these operate...is there normally a late surge to push them over the line? I am not a black series collector right now (debating with myself whether to get some "core" characters, they look cool) but this set as a while seems like a huge investment and would only appeal to a small fraction of the fan base...based on size alone.

Cantina could be $100 less on each option without the Guido, 4Thumbs and wolfman. Most people would have gone into the deluxe or backed 2+ regular and maybe deluxe. May Force and even Marvel Legends took over all of Joe June, they pushed into the Joe Haslab so many would rather wait to back 2 or more Rattlers, I'm pretty sure they will cook the numbers to hit Guido. imo Cantina is not a dreamlab, it's just more limited fomo retail offerings with fomo cardbacks. If people miss out on $100 to $150 profit on some baked in extra figures (that will be released anyway) there will be hundreds of cancelations.

I like some of your ideas. Others I don’t agree with. Such as the idea to have a Haslab rushed. I rather they take their time and get me a $300-500 items right so there aren’t issues later. I’m left unhappy and complaining. I do agree with you on the payment options. If they did a monthly based on how many you back with the no refundable down payment. That’s fair. I wonder how many items need to be a Haslab and is it necessary for it to come out every year? I don’t believe so. I’m not a SW toy collector. So maybe that fan base wants one every year. I collect the Joe line and to me I don’t think we need a new Haslab every year. At this rate the vehicles will only get larger. No one is going to be able to display a full on fighter jet. I know people want the whale but the reality is that’s just so large. It doesn’t seem doable nor reasonable to make for a fair price. I would like them to consider their fan base wallets when making these waves. It is just too much coming out at once. Especially when there are troop builders. Exclusives etc etc. I’d like it as a fan if they dialed it back and made four figures a wave four times a year, including exclusives in that number. I don’t know why the race to get it all out at once. I don’t know if it would be a good idea to let fans vote on what they put out as not everyone would be onboard on the same item. It could fund in the end but some people would have sour grapes. As I am sure you know how this toy collecting community works. Interesting topic. Glad you brought it up.

Has lab Joe I would like to see a hydrofoil or hovercraft. It a great set to put on a shelf. As for legends. A devil dinosaur or fing fang dragon. Or a smaller set of 3 12 inch sentinels.

If you are going to take a year to get a figure to us... we should be able to pay a little bit at a time. Yes!!

That 399.99 is a tad high and I not in too vintage the only Vintage figure I have is Paz Visla and I only got that because it was a mistake I was thinking it was a carded Black series

I can get by without a Cantina, I can't pass on the ghost or the razorcrest

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With a year to wait I don't understand why you couldn't pay in installments.

15:21 A private company bringing transparency to the public?!?!?? 😳 I think from a psychological perspective, if people have that future schedule, they'd have more time to talk themselves out of spending the money. The pseudo-surprise of announcing the actual haslab and providing a window to get onboard triggers some FOMO sensors in people, likely producing a higher number of backers than a future planning announcement. A solution, for the collectors, is rather simple, albeit an approach requiring discipline. Plan for $700 for haslabs the upcoming year and budget, plan, save accordingly. That should provide a buffer for two, and if nothing announced tickles your fancy, trick of some of the savings on BF/CM and other EOY holiday sales... and/or roll some of the _"haslab reserved funds"_ into the planning for the following year.

A: Make things people want, B: Deliver on time. I can't see payiong $500 for Wuher's dream house. At least I can pretend Hera's Dream House can fly. A TVC Chopper would have been great...I shoudl have skipped the Ghost and bout more Dragonfly's

I think they should Throw in something. Not talking about the baked in tiers. Like give us an extra figure. We are spending $500ish on toys. Throw in a $25 figure.

Fingers crossed for 1/12 scale figures for Haslab, start with 4, then add more for every tier

I wish they would have give us a choice with the Giant man I would much rather prefer the Skrull head to the Zombie head I hate horror and don’t like watching horror movies has to do with my big brother making me watch horror movies when we where kids,

1 payment plan 2 before items are crowd funded talk too buyers about future goals and plans towards items that are funded 3 give buyers their items before dropping another haslab crowd fund 4 when customer ask Hasbro questions about items their trying too get crowd funded stop ignoring questions and trying too change the subject

Vintage Star Wars toy collectors are real fans that support the products that Hasbro makes. Black series, and marvel legends fans need a year or two hiatus at a minimum from HasLab projects. Clearly they are not interested in supporting these projects and Hasbro should focus on successful, supportive fan bases like GIJOE, and vintage Star Wars collectors. Nothing pleases marvel legends fans or black series “fans.” I hope Hasbro focuses on where the money is Transformers, Star Wars vintage, and GIJOE. The most supportive and lucrative fan bases for Hasbro by far.

Payment plan lacking, not looking complete for the price, I don't care about the excuse that they used the blueprints from the movie set, we want it to feel like how it was represented in the film so there needs to be a place for the band regardless of it was an extra cut in scene, quit insulting the customer base's intelligence and start asking us what we want.