HasLab Sentinel BROKEN KNEES (and stupid commenters) - Michael UNPLUGGED
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People have been asking me about the HasLab Sentinel situation. OK, here goes...
I miss the days when it was easy to find toys on the toy aisle... now it's just exclusives, pre-orders and scalpers :(
I miss those days with mail aways.
Amen to that brother!
..and THATS the BS KILLING our gig off. I,ve almost just stopped buying figs anymore. The hunt WAS a great part of this whole thing. i miss just looking for toys...
Weird how you are crying and yet the answer to scalping you already mentioned. Just pre order it. Wahhh I don't want to pre order anything and garentee one... I want to not do that and cry when I can't find it instead.
I nominate the word scalpers to be a curse word.
Michael French takes a stand, because the Haslab Sentinel can't! :)
Dayum! Not since The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's "Fire" has there been such a massive "BURN!"
🤣🤣
I have 3 of them and none of them have that issue they're actually Really great and look freaking awesome with my collection
@@mizzikedvalle2172 Well, pull up the ladder then, eh?
@@mizzikedvalle2172 just got mine today, and knees are fine. Now I just need to set up my xmen display with this big beauty as the centre piece 👍
The prototyping costs for a company like Hasbro are very small. They already have engineers on staff. They all have CAD. They have 3D printers in their office. I've worked as an engineer for 25 years and I'm telling you, prototyping plastic parts is easy, quick and cheap in 2021.
Yet they still have to charge way more because of greed
@@stoneyboyd Well, I guess Star Wars and other properties have hefty licensing fees....but, yes.
@@kichigaisensei fucking Disney and their greed
The more I watch your channel, the more I wish people would watch your channel. Thank you Michael.
While I am very well spoken, and have an extensive vocabulary...I'm also blessed with a foul temper, foul mouth and a short fuse...lol.
I misss the galactus figure 😭
Yes, his feeling match perfectly. But the more I watch him the more I realize he has no business knowledge and just wants the world to work the way he "feels" it should work
As someone who's worked 6 years in a prototyping department for a toy company. 300 to 400% markup on all toys is the norm. Just keep that in mind every time you spend 20 to 30 bucks just for one action figure.
So it costs them 5 to 7 bucks. The toys should be priced 8 to 10 bucks tops.
There are a lot of middle men between designer and consumer that need to be paid along the line. The factory that makes the toys has to make a profit, the distributors have to make a profit, the transportation companies have to make a profit, and the retailer has to make a profit.
Retail prices that are 3 to 4 times the price to manufacture are not uncommon and may actually be quite low compared to other products.
Try to make an action figure yourself and see how much that costs! (Don't forget to account for your labor! If it takes two hours to make it yourself, a $30 figure means you're only worth $15/hr! And my guess it would take more like 10 - 20 hours to design, print, and paint your own figure.)
So now, is $30/figure really overpriced?
@@BanazirGalpsi1968 LMFAO.......... so a $3 profit when they have a whole team to pay. Lets not even get into the factory full of works making these. Sit down... LOL
Copes are coming in hot and heavy. But the factories in China were over charging us 1.50 to 2 dollars a figure for their profit and we'd turn around and sell that figure for 25 to 30 dollars. Make of it what you will.
Also once molds are tooled the cost of reissues and kit bashing goes down. So those figures cost even less to make but are still sold at the same price point. Paint apps cost next to nothing. So that myth of more color the more cost is just a myth. Just like articulation cost myth.
If you like something buy it. Just understand you're paying way over inflated prices for it.
Only 3 or 4x the cost? In the tabletop gaming industry the standard is that RRP should be 6x production.
This has been a trend for a long time. You used to be able to find merchandise in stores, then you had to pre-order, then you had to pre-order (or it'd sell out) before you even could see the final licensor approved item, then collectible companies started doing payment plans on the pre-orders so you're in the hole months in advance. This isn't a surprise. Their argument would be if it went ot retail the risk would he higher and thus the cost would have to be higher. These are guaranteed sales. I don't like it, but people do it, so they will totally take advantage of it until the market collapses and people downsize... it's inevitable really. The pandemic and rising cost of living has made many reconsider their priorities... it'll only get worse until the bottom falls out of this ever bloated collectible market.
The hole in their argument is if it went to retail it would be more units at a lower price for mattel hasbro etc. Its only true for much smaller runs from much smaller non billion dollar companies. Basically, they lie to our faces.
Haslab drove me to selling my entire collection. I just cant kep up. Its too expensive and too stressful.
That Fortnite car is now shooting up in value online, with prices going as high as $100 on eBay.
I got one and I won't even be opening the box. This was my first and last Haslab backing.. and their complete lack of addressing has probably cured me of buying Marvel Legends completely. Another great vid!
Michael French: Sentinel of truth. Protector of collectors' wallets. Eternally vigilant against the excesses of the giant toy and media conglomerates. And unlike plastic Sentinels, Michael's knees actually function, allowing him to stand for truth, justice and the American way.
It's the same thing as the video game market. Pre-paying is a disincentive to the seller creating a quality product because they already have your money 🤷🏻♂️
Hasbro is killing the collector base
You may have some good points, but the fact that these HasLab items keep selling for 2x or 3x original price means no one has made a mistake, unless maybe they paid a reseller. If buyers start loosing money, then things may change. Otherwise it's pointless to try and discourage people.
Bravo, sir! So much truth in your video!
Michael has some good points when it comes to his not wanting to support Haslab. The question I have is this: would a retailer be willing to acquire a vehicle the size/price of the sailbarge as an exclusive? I always thought that answer being, 'NO' is the reason Haslab was created? To bypass that issue w retail(ers).
This is 100% on point, Michael.. why this isn't obvious and you therefore have to make a video about, I'll never know. Good work.
This reminds me of companies that promise to donate one dollar for every dollar spent. It's like...dude, you're a billion dollar corporation, JUST DONATE IT. Don't rely on us.
That's what's commonly known as "virtue signaling" it's empty and is using the "feel-goods" to get that dollar out of your pocket. I agree, why don't they just donate it if they have it to donate?
The companies who say “One dollar of every purchase made goes to X” jacks up their prices two bucks so they make one buck on top of the donated dollar plus normal price pull. (Edit: i would do it that way if i was unscrupulous)
The idea is that they will match what you put in to get people involved in the cause. Sounds good on paper but silly peer pressure games like that seldom work. So yeah, companies should just donate themselves and let others do so with respect to personal circumstances.
The knees were done like that on purpose as a tribute to the original 90s Toy Biz Sentinel's fall down action feature!
Underrated comment.
Revisiting this. I agree with everything you’re saying. I feel bad though because I ordered that Razor Crest. I ordered the Ghost. If they had offered that Andor haulcraft I would’ve ordered it in a heartbeat. I want the Cantina, but NOT for 499 dollars. I HATE that you don’t get the product for a whole year. I love all the excitement it generates in the community, but it does seem a little nefarious. I went to pre order the E-wing because I finally had the money, and it was sold out. They definitely make doing business with a pain in the ass…
Remember how good the Sentinel that was in 3"3/4 scale? Even came with a Wolverine figure.
I own it, the Haslab Sentinel is way better. Just tighten the knees and it’s good to go.
I have the Toy Biz BAF version.
@@loumonoph You're exaggerating.
@@juansanchez209 cope more. You shouldn't have to make fixes on a hundred dollars figure.
@@Press_X_to_doubt This comment section is an echo chamber. Anything contrary to "Sentinel bad!" isn't being tolerated lol
Friends don't let friends pre-order things. Games, toys, etc.
great video, and what makes me most infuriated with Hasbro, Mattel and etc is the difficulty of finding products to buy in stores, thus leaving us in the hands of Ebay scalpers
Multi-billion dollar corporations have no business e-begging.
I completely agree with you, but the problem is that people want it, so most are gonna take the abuse and then moan about it. Or will resell their broken piece of junk for 1200 dollar on ebay... I try to look away, cause I'm mainly a Vintage collector, but this kinda stuff you just can't explain to any "normal" person that isn't into the extreme collecting world...
It is indeed difficult for "normal" people to understand all this bellyaching from adults about toys and toy companies. To see adults complaining about something as trivial and unnecessary as toys is baffling.
@@wheelsofchaoticdoom8946 You nailed it. It only took me a couple of months of collecting to become addicted to acquiring the "plastic crack."
@@wheelsofchaoticdoom8946 well said. It’s become crazy.
It just shocks me a $400 action figure didn't even have good QC.
Well.. all i can say is this video aged extremely well considering the eov haslab
20:42 "a robot... a giant robot... a jumbo machinder of the Marvel persuasion" Haha! Thanks for the logic, huge wit and warm heart, Michael.
I can totally understand backing a small independant project like Valaverse Action Force but why the hell would a multi-billion dollar company like Hasbro need to crowd fund anything? Surely they could release this stuff for a reasonable price at retail and it'd still do well.
Collectible action figures are a small category in the toy industry as a whole, as in very small. They don’t move the units that things like dolls and outdoor items such as NERF consistently do. The big shareholder companies, be they manufacturers or retailers, know this and as a result don’t want to risk a loss on a certain dollar per square foot calculation for items that they know very well enough of those people will wait to go on clearance and thus cut into the profit margin. They’ve been burned a few times on this, especially with things like the Black Series TIE Fighter. Not saying it’s ideal or right, but it’s the current reality. The big companies who make the toys for this specific customer base needs to better understand the customer they are selling these items to first, which to me seems to be the biggest issue. If they actually listened more and took fan input to heart, they’d find better support. Unfortunately, the cold hard reality as of now is that the bottom line is king and until the dollars stop flowing from the consumers into their coffers, they’ll keep on the same track.
The preorders thing drives me insane. Like how the fuck does a PRE-order sell out? The whole idea of pre-order is so you know how many you need to produce. That should be the absolute base line starting point for fucks sake. Makes me so angry. =/
agreed. call it a limited stock item, not pre order. i don’t usually need to wake up at 9am & wait for the site to refresh for a pre order
nice video. I jus started collecting Star Wars the Vintage Collection figures again and I never knew about Haslab stuff, and I've been very skeptical of it since I've learned of it. The prices for figures and vehicles are CRAZY expensive. It should not cost that much for a damn piece of plastic lmao I remember before Disney bought Star Wars and mainly during the Prequel Era when I was a kid, the figures were only like 5-6 bucks lol shit is like double the price and rising. I only collect 3.75 inch figures.
As a model builder loose joints are a ez fix but seeing a super expensive figure coming with joints so loose they are basically non existent that’s horrible
So, in a world with no Toys R Us, no FAO Schwarz, and very little shelf space at Targets and Walmarts, you’d like a $300 Sentinel on the shelf? Or are you asking for Hasbro to blindly make this item just for online sale on Pulse and hope that they can sell enough to meet manufacturing costs? Btw, Epic Games could buy Hasbro in a heartbeat, 100x over, because no one is buying toys, they’re playing games on their phones. And just tighten some screws on your Sentinels! Give the factory workers that are making pennies an hour a break.
No they could have made it.....put it on Hasbro pulse and it would have sold out in minutes no 30 day Kickstarter
And tightening the sentinel screws is not a permanent fix - especially if you plan on posing the figure in more than one way overtime. The screws will eventually strip the plastic and you’re going to end up with loose knees anyway. for the amount of money spent on this product I should’ve gotten a flawless result. I did not intend to buy a statue here. I have not opened mine yet so I will send it back to Hasbro for a full refund, and if they refuse to pay for the shipping costs then I will simply contact my credit card company and tell them that this manufacturer is refusing to cooperate over a defective product, And will get a refund that way as I have in the past. Not including a ratchet in the joint for a figure of this size is a colossal oversight.
I am dumbfounded how far Hasbro has fallen, and how they grovel for money yet bitch and moan how much materials cost to make toys; and they’re flush with cash! Hasbro needs to call it a day, and I can’t believe this is the company that gave us G.I. Joe back in the day.
It's Hasbro in name only at this point, unfortunately. They need people passionate about toys at the wheel, and, it looks like that might never happen.
The sad part it's that neither the consumer or hasbro will learn. It's like a vicious cycle. I guess it's a good example of a monopoly.
Totally hear you about the Hasbro gouging. Here in Canada we pay $40 for a 6inch Star Wars Black Series figure. In the same aisle Mattel charges 15$ for a 5.5 inch He-Man action figure. There is no reason for the SW figures to be the as expensive as they are. Come to think of it TVC 4inch line is actually $5 more than the He-Man action figures. It makes no sense.
To me, the worst part are the channels that compel people to back these projects. Bunch of enablers.
The reality is pop off a screw cover, tighten a screw a bit, pop the cap back on.
Yep, keep that screwdriver handy. You'll be doing that fix again and again. Just don't be one of those people that overtightens, otherwise you'll be the one that is screwed.
@@retroblasting see that's the Sarcasm I Miss in your videos. Take that, stretch it into 30 mins and replace this video. I know there's a lot of issues in the toy industry that don't favor collectors, but it's to the point I see your thumbnail and just know your miserable about something.
After hearing Tony talk about why Hasbro or Super 7 etc wants to do backers and pre-order a year in advance just blew my mind.
I’ve fallen off from (conventional) toy collecting, but a Mask reissue/relaunch done right would tempt me.
As always there is good logic in what you say. Good points one by one.👍
It doesn't help that many toy reviewers call these crowd funding.
I always tell them it's pre-orders.
HAS your money, BRO. 1000% agree with everything said. I haven't swallowed their bull either. The only thing about this "business model" of theirs that is attractive to me is the pre-order where I have my hand on it already. I was at Target yesterday where a reseller had his wife on the phone having her cleaning the shelves. The new NECA TMNT Chrome Dome was on the shelf. 3 in the box, sitting right there. Dude made his wife buy all 3 of them and was even rude to her. I am absolutely sick of these stupid people. I wasted gas to drive down there to find something in particular, to which I was unable to locate because of people like this. I asked if he was a reseller. She stuttered and couldn't admit to it and I knew she was full of it. "My husband is a collector. He opens one and keeps one in the box". Cool, so why are you buying 3 of them? That fact alone is what makes the pre-order so attractive to me.
However, Hasbro is already overpriced. Every year the toy companies complain about how prices of plastics is always going up. It's just fluff to expand their profit margin. How else do you explain that $20 Fortnite toy? How else do you explain the dollar store having articulated 3.3/4" figures at $1 each? Don't piss on my leg Hasbro and try to convince me that it's raining. These $450 products only cost them probably around $50 to produce on each piece when everything is said and done. It's molded plastic, a few screws, paint and stickers. Again, a softball shaped amount of plastic, a package of screws, a sticker sheet and a few dabs of paint. Yeah, they pay the engineer, the sculptor, the merchandising artist, etc. as well, but at $450 a piece? "Oh guys, we don't make any money on these products actually." Bull. There's a hefty profit margin in there already. We're not dumb consumers.
The shameful thing is the interest accrual under the guise of crowd funding. I'm not drinking that Kool-Aid either. What it boils down to is there is an idiot born every minute and if they see said shiny object they want, they don't care how it shows up on their doorstep. Nobody wants to see how their hamburger winds up on their plate. They don't care that their Nestle chocolate bar made it to them using child labor. They simple don't care except how the toy gets into their hands. Don't care otherwise.
Maybe the lack of figures on the store shelf is an artificial problem created to shift the demand to a solely online marketplace where these companies have more control over the distribution? Abusing the crowd fund model and take your money to accrue the insane interest. I would wager that at some point in the next 10 years that Hasbro will even pull out of retail altogether. With middle men out of the way, they have no one to answer to or cut a check to. I bet you the prices will rise because "We made this very difficult decision to pull out of retail because we wanted to fix things by making sure our fabulous products went directly to you the consumer. This decision hurt us financially but it was what we had to do in order to survive. Retail was just suffocating our business model. That meant having to produce smaller quantities of the toys you want most, which means higher production costs for us, etc. That made plastic prices rise again cos companies produce less plastics now. Our new 5" Boba Fett action figure is $75 because tooling costs are insane in today's marketplace and combined with plastic production, we're lucky if we make a dollar off each piece. We have babies to feed too, guys." Meanwhile, they post their yearly profits with a jump going from an 11bn company to a 60bn company.
Same thing the video game industry tried to do. Abuse the pay to play market with popular titles on mobile apps. "You guys have phones, right?!?" Luckily those asshats were boo'd and nothing became of it. I could argue that this video is you spitting in the wind as well. However, this is that boo'ing that Hasbro needs to hear loud and clear. The can smirk and give us the finger, but as long as you open your wallet up, they not only have you over the barrel, but they're not bringing any lube either. They won't finish you off, but keep you breathing long enough until the wallet replenishes. Economics, the science of greed. "The grabbing hands grab all they can. All for themselves, after all it's a competitive world."
Michael is on the right side of history.
It’s seems like a lot of companies are doing this. That’s what all the pre-orders for everything are about. Get the money up front, No risk for the companies. I ordered thunder cats a year ago and still not ready, meanwhile they announce and set up pre orders for all kinds of other lines.
I gave up with super7 even though I like their figures. But I was spending more and more money, pre-order after pre-order and seeing nothing.
What I find insane is the people paying 3 times the price for these items after the fact on eBay. A Sentinel going for over $900 is nuts.
Sentinels never sold for that much. They are typically selling in the $500-$550 range.
@@badmoonknight5009 I guess asking price and selling price are two different things. People were definitely asking that much but I don’t know what they were actually selling for.
@@geraldlaboone9741 I do because I bought one at auction. I got mine for $500.
Well, I am not so sure that they know that all of the products will actually sell. There have been Haslabs that have failed before, and the current Rancor looks to be another one to fail.
I love my Sentinel but every one of your criticisms are correct
I wish I could pay $400 for the Sail Barge.
This reminding me of video games corporations
I watched your “Has-BROs” video when it first came out but I didn’t follow Hasbro or Haslab too closely at the time. After following the situation with the Haslab Sentinel’s knees and reading a lot of the comments I can now appreciate just how spot on that video was. These guys are something else.
Thank you for taking the time to explain all the red tape and incentive devices that are in play with these companies. And yes, i.too dig the Lancia B type car and a Wheel Jack would be rad!
Came for the quality analysis and acerbic delivery, stayed for the quality analysis and acerbic delivery. Thank you for taking the time to say exactly what folks need to hear.
The biggest shame with HasLab is the Unicron they did. I'm not a huge Transformers fan but I love Unicron's design and I'd totally pick a up a Unicron if they released one at retail.
The reason it's a Hadlab is because it's made only for collectors and retail stores will not carry something so big that takes up so much space and not made for kids. Also parents wouldn't spend that much $ for a toy.
I wish I got that unicron
That unicron is awful, it's a shambly mess of panels sandwiched on its back. So, it's big, and it looks like a planet, that's it.
I understand taking a preorder to make sure there is interest and to make sure everyone who wants one is able to get it. Then you pay when it ships.
HasLab doesn't do that. This is pathetic on Hasbro's part.
Totally!!!!!!!!!!! Agree with you Michael!!!! Why others can’t see this and understand that they’re stealing from us while taking advantage of us consumers
I've noticed this now with "In Stock" items from places like Mattel Creations. I ordered "In stock, ships in 4 to 5 days" figures about 45 days ago. I requested a cancellation 7 days ago and they replied saying: "sorry but it looks like your order has shipped, its too late to cancel. Here's the tracking #". Only thing, the tracking just shows a "request for shipping" being created after they sent me the "sorry" message. Nothing shipped or picked up. Another week has gone by with nothing but a created tracking #. It seems there is a strategy to holding money without delivering goods for as long as possible. Alienating customers doesn't seem to matter to them in the slightest.
Haslab needs to be shut down. I remember when we had zero Mandalorian toys in 2019 only for the following year to have an announcement of a razor crest that was online exclusive and priced at $400. The razor crest is the staple icon of the Mandalorian besides the exploitive money mascot grogu. It makes no sense whatsoever where they get these prices from, and why they make these things more exclusive. The fans of these projects that are online exclusive would’ve loved for these things to come to retail, and it would’ve cleared shelves. Plus they would’ve made much more money than an online exclusive.
I really like this channel. You doing anything else?
And this is why I follow this channel
Funny you mention Playmobil, the other Day i was visiting a toy store and i walked through the Playmobil section. I tell you, i was amazed by the amount of playsets and toys they have to offer, and for reasonable prices. I don't like Playmobil figures but i also found myself regretting i wasn't a Playmobil collecter...
I just started collecting for me and my son, and now no stores carry them around me anymore.
I had a bunch when I was little. The pirate ship I had was huge and played with it in the pool. Always nice stuff.
In terms of kickstarters, what does it matter if you pay now, or when the item is released? If you want something, you’re going to have to pay for it. I honestly couldn’t care less what a company does with the money they make from their products. If paying upfront guarantees me the item that I want, then I have no problem with that. I can pay for it, and then just wait for it to show up. That being said, the knee issue shouldn’t have happened, and I’ll have to wait to see what mine is like, and if need be I’ll tighten the screws so it stands. Will that keep me from buying other haslabs?, hell no, I’ve backed galactus and am waiting to back the rancor. These items are cool as shit, and will be awesome on my shelves.
Because if you pay in advance, than Hasbro is earning a return on your money instead of you.
Again, I’m not concerned with what Hasbro does with the money they get. The money I spend on toys was always going to be spent on toys. Spend a couple of hundred now and wait for the release, or spend a couple of hundred later when the product comes out, it makes zero difference to me because I was going to buy it anyway. No one is saying you have to support any company, you can spend your money how ever you want. I don’t see any sense in getting all butt hurt over a company making money, or what they do with that money.
An excellent video. I stopped buying Hasbro products six years ago and don’t regret it one bit.
I never realized why Haslam was wrong until you explained it! Thanks Michael!
Hasbro asking for people to back their toys is such bull. . . Even more bull is the frickin price points on these laslab projects. 400$ for a 100$ sentinel toy
The acerbic delivery is lovely. Michael, you are the man. More sarcasm please 😅😎
😂🤣😂 He's the type thats fuming inside but his tone and intonation even-keel. I love it.
@@meg-k-waldren he is always measured, considered and on-point with his remarks.
Kids playing with computer generated cars.
Adults purchasing physical, tangible model cars so they can look at them.
It’s sad that most people are gonna miss the entire point of your video!
Bro I must be one of them. I personally think he just doesn't understand how the corporate world works, or kickstarter for that matter. Don't use kickstarter because your too big? Really? Why wouldn't a corporations whose bottom line is to maximize their profits while decreasing risk use kickstarter.
That car proves and shows a ton about the toy industry!
Maybe my memory is faulty, but didn't my Matchbox Vehicle Voltron have ratcheted joints in the shoulders? In 1984? I mean, that was an expensive toy back then, but at least they knew to engineer the shoulders right...
No excuses for Hasbro.
Yes, the core Black Lion had ratchets in the shoulders and hips to ensure the main robot would be stable.
@@retroblasting Thanks for replying! I knew about Lion Voltron; I had Vehicle Voltron.
Either way, 37 years later, there's no reason why Hasbro can't do better. Like I said over on Analog Toys's video, Mr. Sentinel needs to hang out with MattyCollector Voltron. Maybe if you face them toward each other, they can both fall into each other after an epic staredown? Or be having too much to drink together? Can we rig up some 3rd-Party in-scale beer steins?
I would 100% agree with Michael here IF these HASLAB items were going to be on the shelf at Target or online afterwards. So far, the Sentinel or the Sail Barge have not and they are in essence "made to order". So this is why I see these items as more of a collector item pre-order that will retain their values just like Mythic Legions or Super7 items (and in some cases NECA - as it can seem when you never see them in stores).
I never backed any Haslab projects, but the current one for Star Saber from Transformers has my interest, since the character is Ultra obscure in the west since he's from one of the anime shows I do agree with alot of the video however, is they do Haslabs for obscure characters/brands I can see why they have them as projects rather than regular retail/retail exclusives. Star Saber being a large figure as well as a obscure character would mean he wouldn't make the profit at retail to justify him. anyway Love your stuff Michael
Star saber, as a generations figure, is likely to be pretty much flawless.
Backing if you can afford it is a pretty good idea.
@@TheSonOfRyan I intend to soon
There's already Masterpiece Star Saber
@@Armageist because the budget of a commander class is too high to treat like a takaramail retool of a generations toy
The only one who said the true.
What you say makes a lot of sense I've come to those conclusions myself When I considered Any kickstar From whatever company is offering But I also came to the realization that if I wanted a specific item that no retail store is willing to put on the shelf because of the price range and size of the product and they didn't want to take a chance on it sitting on the shelves or not selling as much at all then It's pretty obvious that the only reason why Hasbro made it a kickstarter It's to get it into the hands of the people that were willing to buy it.
Haslab are too expensive for me, and a lot of people. I'm a 27 year collector, 1700 figures. I can't afford any figure over $50! There are $100 figures I would like that I can't afford! And even if I could afford a $400 figure, I would much rather have 20 regular figures than 1 big figure! I don't even like the BAF concept! I have been collecting so long, and I have so many figures, that I usually only need about 3 figures out of every Wave. It's like I always say, how many Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man figures does anyone need? I don't need 40 or even 4 Spider-Man!
Spitting truth like a volcano.
I know this is an old video, but I agree wholeheartedly. But I’m curious what you think of McFarlane’s Kickstarter for the Spawn figure that came out in 2022
Fwoosh made a video about the Knee, there is one easy accessible screw under a round piece of plastic that you can tighten and the knee SHOULD work fine after that (i mean it is a sample size of one, so no guarantee that it fixes it for everyone).
I agree it is an issue that shouldn't exist in the first place but worse it is super bad PR, but at least it sounds like an easy problem to fix.
I've never done a Kickstarter, period.
That $20 car though... wtf... If that was a Star Wars Black Series X-Wing it would be $125 or so.
That's not a sample. That's Robo's Sentinel that he paid for...
@@craighofmann638 huh? ... oh! no, uhm, you say "sample size of one" if you have only one test subject. Means that isn't conclusive evidence only because it worked in one case.
Hasbro ain't sending free shit out to popular youtubers that review their stuff all the time, that would be like trying to do viral marketing or something, they barely can pull a stream of their own off by the looks of it. (i mean, could those 3 marketing people in the last stream at least have cameras that don't pixelate like hell so you can see what they are trying to hold into the camera... yikes.)
@@ZeroB4NG Gotcha, my confusion. But chances are that fix should work on others. However, Robo did mention that a ratcheting mechanism would've been appreciated in the knees, as they're included in the elbow joints...
I've heard from a few people over on reddit that this still didn't fix their issue with the knee or not completely and it's still partially loose. YMMV.
This could, and probably will, only be a short term fix. Time will tell if it holds up or continues to get worse until it's unfixable or requires a more involved fix.
Hasbro definitely dropped the ball on this one.
@@Armageist I haven't heard of anyone trying this, although I've seen it suggested along with Loctite. I also haven't received mine yet and not sure if I'm going to open it or even keep it. Gonna wait to see what develops as of now.
This is why I love this channel , no ass kissing !
Once again Hasbro has found themselves on their knees literally, but that’s par for the course at this point and deservingly so.
Hasbro has some of the biggest pieces of shit working there.
Great video! Couldn't have explained it any better. We, as consumers in this country need to unite and STOP giving these greedy, self centered companies our money. They need to eat some humble pie, come back down to earth and realize that we, the customers are the ones who are really in control here.
Another excellent video and a great companion piece to Analog Toys’ video. I find it funny that they announced the Transformer Victory Saber to save their reputation after this debacle.
Michael I value your opinion and happy that you did the video. I feel the same way about haslab and Hasbro
I just checked eBay, and even the cheap looking Sentinel figure from the 1994 line is going up in price. There are custom heads for this thing for sale. No. Just…no.
Man I’ve never seen fort nite vehicles in my local store, I wish they did ! That car looks great!
Your totally right .
Hoping to see that Wheeljack custom one day.
As an anti-corporate edgelord myself, I totally agree with your stance on how corporations today provide less/worse products & services and expect you to pay unreasonable prices for them. These slimy Wall Street mfers wear their greed, apathy and incompetence on their sleeves XD
More of the toy collecting world needs to see your videos.
Correction Bandai is the biggest action figure company, though theirs you need to put the figured together
“Layup” is the best term for these Marvel Legends HasLab products, because that is absolutely what the Sentinel and Galactus are. Those would have flown off of the shelves.
Oh, hell yeah they would. Especially at a decent price too. Hasbro could have made a 12 inch Sentinel and Galactus and still would have got their money back and then some. The Haslab scam is just them being greedy and wanting to play with other people's money.
The current World of Halo toy line is similar quality and price to those Fortnite toys. $10 for an articulated figure with a weapon and figure stand. The vehicles are pretty well priced too. I highly reccomend checking them out if you're a fan of Halo.
I collect (but not in a completist fashion) GI Joe Classifieds, specifically the Cobra side, but I refuse to join HasLab/Hasbro Pulse for the exact reasons you cite. I will not pay $50 just to have the OPPORTUNITY to MAYBE buy something. Awful. If I can't get it in store or on Amazon or wherever, I don't need it.
* stands up and claps vigorously * I needed to hear that after the crap yesterday with Mattel. Agreed on all points, as usual, and, I always appreciate your willingness to just say things as they need to be said, brother. Well done, and thanks for weighing in.
" Stands up and claps vigorously! " Says Jim, rubbing salt into the Sentinel's knees! :)
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So what happened with Mattel?
@@slycooze150 Welp, they are going down this same road with Masters of the Universe, ala Mattel Creations. It's a mess. If you want more details, I did a video on it yesterday.
The funny thing about that fortnite car is that it is actually only $10 because the figure by itself is $10
The bone crushing truth in this video is making Hasbro stans WEAK IN THE KNEES
Wow Michael! That car really you showed from fortnite is beautiful and it’s only $20 that is the most impressive! They can make a nice vehicle for there figures and it comes with a figure is unbelievable! I just bought Star Wars blue leader x wing with blue leader action figure for over 100 ?? Man that really put things into perspective!
Thank you for your insight.
I am curious about your thoughts on the Super7 TMNT van. Paint apps and miscellaneous do-dads aside, $500 seems a little steep.
Absolutely true Michael.
Great video I totally agree with you and how you feel.
Im a big star wars fan but since 2 years I kinda stopped collecting I went to gi joe and Transformers (lots of old Gi and formers toys found in fleas markets) and some new got into the new motu original I just pick what I like
Its not as fun anymore since there isn’t much on the shelves and scalpers kinda turned me down.
I redirected my hobby of collecting
Hasbeen are really squeezing the lemon with their Haslab and normal toys now star wars figs are 20$-21$ while he man cost 15$ guess what im buying?