Hasbro has Revealed Digitally Coloured Renders of Haslab Deathsaurus

Oh good, I said last week that we should see colored renders this week, glad I was right. Looks like the only gold chrome is on the lion wings, everything else is painted gold. His bot mode head crest may also be chromed, but it's too small to tell easily. I was hoping they'd thin down the base to match VS's, but maybe he's too heavy and needs a thicker base.

Emerje

Damn, he looks really good in color. And that throne and cannon look super good too! Man he looks better than Victory Saber!

Also, on the pulse shipping note, I find it funny because several people on this site are part of the reason the $50+ free shipping went away. Hasbro caught wind to all the people buying $50 worth of stuff then cancelling to keep the free shipping. Unfortunately, the punishment hurt everyone, they could've kept the $50 free shipping and prevented cancellations, but they went this way. It sucks, but I knew it would happen

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Damn, he looks really good in color. And that throne and cannon look super good too! Man he looks better than Victory Saber!

Also, on the pulse shipping note, I find it funny because several people on this site are part of the reason the $50+ free shipping went away. Hasbro caught wind to all the people buying $50 worth of stuff then cancelling to keep the free shipping. Unfortunately, the punishment hurt everyone, they could've kept the $50 free shipping and prevented cancellations, but they went this way. It sucks, but I knew it would happen

Or, shipping is charged before one is able to cancel

I guess I'm just so used to seeing fan-digibashes that I thought the pics were the real painted/chromed deal for a minute when I first saw them this afternoon.

Really looking forward to this guy, since he's one of the few major players from Victory that I don't have the G1 or reissue version of. Hope to be able to back it in the coming week.

I always hoped that instead of a regular chain for flail weapons, that they would use posable material that looks like a chain so it can be posed mid swing instead of just limp.

Asepticon wrote:I always hoped that instead of a regular chain for flail weapons, that they would use posable material that looks like a chain so it can be posed mid swing instead of just limp.

You could always weave a very small copper bendy wire inside the chain. This would be challenging to do without ruining the look.

skipping this one. good luck with those tiers

I really wish they weren't doing this during Christmas. Those colors will almost win me over but other purchases are going to take precedent if they end up delivering g next month

Flashwave wrote:I really wish they weren't doing this during Christmas. Those colors will almost win me over but other purchases are going to take precedent if they end up delivering g next month

This thing will likely take years to deliver, just like Unicron and Victory Saber did.

Funny you mentioned that as the news with the website in Mexico for pre orders had a February 2023 Delivery date.They probably meant February 2024. ( Or Spring 2024 which is the date I figured Pulse would state)

But Pulse themselves is setting a pretty tight deadline, possibly the quickest turn time on any Haslab.

Unicron was about 18 months to deliver IIRC. VS will be about 14 months when it's all said and done.

Pulse shooting for "Fall 2023" with Deathsaurus gives it only about 11 months at most to deliver. Of course if this was originally planned as a CC for a Generations line, them some of the R&D prep work could have already been done.

o.supreme wrote:Funny you mentioned that as the news with the website in Mexico for pre orders had a February 2023 Delivery date.They probably meant February 2024. ( Or Spring 2024 which is the date I figured Pulse would state)

But Pulse themselves is setting a pretty tight deadline, possibly the quickest turn time on any Haslab.

Unicron was about 18 months to deliver IIRC. VS will be about 14 months when it's all said and done.

Pulse shooting for "Fall 2023" with Deathsaurus gives it only about 11 months at most to deliver. Of course if this was originally planned as a CC for a Generations line, them some of the R&D prep work could have already been done.

I'm sure they work out all the details long before the campaign goes live. I'm guessing they went full on HasLab mode in designing this as soon as they saw the Victory Leo numbers so that still makes for a 2 year turnaround which seems to be the norm these days for Transformers.

Emerje

Flashwave wrote:I really wish they weren't doing this during Christmas. Those colors will almost win me over but other purchases are going to take precedent if they end up delivering g next month

Don't forget that it's your only chance to get it at the normal price.

Looks like another online order must have come in. It was approaching 9400 this morning. Now past 10,200 this afternoon. A bump of 800 and now Less than 800 to go.

Even though I have backed this, I am disappointed at the lack of sharp edges on this.

This is meant for adult collectors and not children.
We know how to take care of ourselves and not to hurt others with our toys.

optimeow wrote:Even though I have backed this, I am disappointed at the lack of sharp edges on this.

This is meant for adult collectors and not children.
We know how to take care of ourselves and not to hurt others with our toys.

Speak for yourself. I just cut my hand opening a microwave-pizza box the other day. I don't need my own toys piercing my skin too.

Is this Haslab any "less sharp" than the original Victory toy from 1989?


In any event, I guess there will be a special Pulse Livestream next Tuesday Nov 29th. They will show off the actual colored sample of Deathsaurus. This is impeccable timing if ( as predicted) another jump of pre orders will occur next Monday, and the funding goal will have been met. They will also probably announce that VS is shipping ( since the cut off date for address verification is the 28th)

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRcjRpvdUA/

optimeow wrote:Even though I have backed this, I am disappointed at the lack of sharp edges on this.

This is meant for adult collectors and not children.
We know how to take care of ourselves and not to hurt others with our toys.

Get Knight Morpher Screecher then.
You'll have your fill.

optimeow wrote:Even though I have backed this, I am disappointed at the lack of sharp edges on this.

This is meant for adult collectors and not children.
We know how to take care of ourselves and not to hurt others with our toys.

When people get hurt, especially parents with children, they'd much rather make money with a lawsuit than admitting their own guilt. That's any company's main concern. I mean "Contents may be hot" on a cup of coffee has got to be the ultimate example of that.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I mean "Contents may be hot" on a cup of coffee has got to be the ultimate example of that.

To be fair, that case with the woman and her scalding McDonald's coffee cup was legit. That coffee was a zillion Kelvin hot and she suffered 3rd degree burns on her legs.

This doesn't dismiss the cases when stupid people and opportunists are involved, obviously.

o.supreme wrote:Is this Haslab any "less sharp" than the original Victory toy from 1989?


In any event, I guess there will be a special Pulse Livestream next Tuesday Nov 29th. They will show off the actual colored sample of Deathsaurus. This is impeccable timing if ( as predicted) another jump of pre orders will occur next Monday, and the funding goal will have been met. They will also probably announce that VS is shipping ( since the cut off date for address verification is the 28th)

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRcjRpvdUA/

This is such a well written post that it's going on the front page.

Just a bit more that 500 backers needed to get things started. 19 days to go. Deathy will be backed, that's a no brainer.

Now, will it reach the 17K needed to unlock everything? If wouldn't had "nerfed" their shipping policy, that number would have been more easily attained.

Tier 1 I'd say is almost a certainty with TT Mall orders not being added until about a week left in the campaign, those should be good for at least 2K. But yeah Tier 2 is not a guarantee at this point.

Early this morning DS was about 225 away from.its funding Goal. The Monday Bump has been added however, so it blew past the goal, and is sitting just short of 12,300 ( well on our way to Tier 1). The bump added just about 1500 to the total. As opposed to the bumps of the last 2 weeks (2000 on 11/14, and 800 on 11/21).

Next Monday 12/5 hopefully TT Mall totals will be added. If the first tier can be reached before then,TT Mal orders alone should push us past the 2nd tier, I hope.

Funded! Wooo!

Personally, there's nothing at the highest tier that appeals to me, but here's hoping we get there nonetheless!

Early this morning Deathsaurus was about 225 away from its funding goal of 11000. The Monday bump has been added however, so it blew past the goal, and is sitting just short of 12300 ( well on our way to Tier 1). The bump added just about 1500 to the total. There are still 14 days to go and it is assumed the Japan numbers have not been added yet, so the 17000 mark for all tiers is well within reach.

In other Haslab news, fellow Seibertronian bvzxa got a response from Hasbro when he asked to ship his Victrory Saber. He documented the response in this video below, where the shipping date is said to be December 5th from Pulse.

bvzxa wrote:Shipping date for the US is 12/05/22

If Hasbro ships VS on 12/5 most fans in the continental U.S. and Canada will probably receive them before the deadline. ( Not sure how Pulse works in Europe).

Unfortunately where I live in Northern CA. The shipping for FeDex ground from Pawtucket or Atlanta ( depending on where they ship from) takes anywhere between 7-10 days. So it's not a guarantee for me. But having VS in hand won't be a determining factor for me to back DS.

Very excited to see Deathsaurus has fully funded. And we are well on our way to the tiers. I'm confident we will get them. So stoked for the kaiju dude

So, I just watched the Pulse livestream. The fully colored render of Deathsaurus and the weapons/throne definitely look good. While they didn't confirm an exact date for shipping Victory Saber, they said "early December", which seems to correlate with the December 5th date, and again they emphasized "hoping most fans will have VS" (not a promise that all fans would have him by the time the Deathsaurus campaign ends).

Also, they confirmed the large jumps that occur on Mondays are a combination of orders from ALL international retailers, including . So while there wont be a "massive dump" towards the end as I and others expected, we can still expect pretty good jumps probably for the next 2 Mondays that the campaign is still going, hopefully enough to get us past the tiers.

Currently at just over 12,500 Tier 1 is a little less than 1,500 away! Tier 2 is 4,500 away 13 days, 12 hours, 40 minutes. Lets say GO!

Here's the stream:

Hasbro had a short pulse livestream today to show fans the new painted model of Haslab Deathsarurus that they received. This being a painted model means that some of the painted areas will be in coloured plastic on the final model but it will be the same colour placement, be it plastic or paint. We also got confirmation that there will be vac metal on the finished figure in the chest area and the robot helmet.

Speaking of the chest area, the gimmick was shown where both animal partners can integrate into Deathsaurus' chest as well as what it looks like when none of them are attached. We also saw that there is a storage area for the mace (the mace itself is not yet funded). There were other fun tidbits as well. Evan made a comment regarding how freeing the design/engineering process was for Deathsaurus since none of the molding had to be shared with any other bot, which shows us how that's a big part of planning for mainline toys and accounts for the decisions made. We also got a confirmation that the backing numbers you see for Deathsaurus count ALL orders, so that means the Japan numbers as well. Another tidbit, while there will be another Haslab project after this one, it will likely not be a character from the Victory series. It was stated that the next Haslab project would be to coincide with the 40th anniversary to the Transformers line as a whole.

They're also already teasing the next HasLab figure. We already know it wont be Optimus from previous comments, but they also said it wont be gun Megatron and wont be another Victory character, but did imply that it might be another Japanese character (sounds like they're winning over the higher ups with these HasLab order numbers).

Looks like Victory Saber is taller than Deathsaurus now, does that solve some of the scale complaints?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Looks like Victory Saber is taller than Deathsaurus now, does that solve some of the scale complaints?

No, he is just ever so slightly taller.

Emerje wrote:They're also already teasing the next HasLab figure. We already know it wont be Optimus from previous comments, but they also said it wont be gun Megatron and wont be another Victory character, but did imply that it might be another Japanese character (sounds like they're winning over the higher ups with these HasLab order numbers).

Looks like Victory Saber is taller than Deathsaurus now, does that solve some of the scale complaints?

Emerje

Liokaiser redux? I'd back that in a heartbeat.

I mean I'd prefer it to be six retail deluxe/voyager figures but that's a tall order.



By the way, a few weeks ago someone posted a chart showing the funding over time for Deathsaurus compared to Victory Saber and Unicron. Does anyone have an updated version of that? I feel like we're ahead of the curve compared to the others as VS didn't cross the minimum backers line until the last week.... but they're also adding international orders throughout the campaign instead of all at once.

Well, looks like I'll cancel my order.
Victory Saber will be enough in my collection. I have no money, and no room for Deathy. Especially because, like for Victory Saber, I'll want to hunt down the G1 original and that ain't happening.

Maybe the next project will be Overlord.

They also hinted at the next HasLab being something to celebrate the Transformers brand's 40th anniversary, so it'd have to be something extra super special (also not an Optimus, not Gun Megatron, and not a Victory character).

Dark Nova-to-Star Giant or a Majin Zarak would be amazing, but I don't see either of those being 40th anniversary-worthy.

God Ginrai would be appropriate, but he could be considered too close to an Optimus, and he might feel a little too soon after the Legends figure. Same for Dai Atlas having likewise gotten a good Legends figure.

I still want Primus from the Kingdom Rodimus Prime mold, but I'm sure a straight redeco as a HasLab figure would feel like a ripoff to a lot of people.

A character that have never, ever being done before could be a nice HasLab. Something iconic, of course.
But WHO would be worthy of such an honor and would it sell?

-Kanrabat- wrote:A character that have never, ever being done before could be a nice HasLab. Something iconic, of course.
But WHO would be worthy of such an honor and would it sell?

A proper Last Autobot would be interesting, but we did just get that Ark with a head inspired by him.

Is there anyone else from either the Marvel comics or the Sunbow cartoon who never got a toy, and was reasonably big enough to require a HasLab release?

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A character that have never, ever being done before could be a nice HasLab. Something iconic, of course.
But WHO would be worthy of such an honor and would it sell?

A proper Last Autobot would be interesting, but we did just get that Ark with a head inspired by him.

Is there anyone else from either the Marvel comics or the Sunbow cartoon who never got a toy, and was reasonably big enough to require a HasLab release?

Well, there is Cybertron itself. Make it exactly as it appears in the G1 cartoon, huge hole with lighting features and all.

Then, make it transformable with a unique, never before seen robot mode that will be featured in the fiction of the current Generations line.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, there is Cybertron itself. Make it exactly as it appears in the G1 cartoon, huge hole with lighting features and all.

Then, make it transformable with a unique, never before seen robot mode that will be featured in the fiction of the current Generations line.

Majin Zarak would be amazing.

Also a "Primus", whose alt mode was heavily inspired by the Sunbow interpretation of Planet Cybertron (and was as big as Haslab Unicron) would be great as well.

Its just that... Unicron cost $575.00 back in 2019, and required 8K backers (and needed extended time to meet the goal).

Another part of the success of VS and DS are the lower price points I'm sure. Cybertron/Primus in 2023 for a late 2024/early 2025 delivery would probably have a 12K backer requirement and cost $650-$700 because of increased cost of materials and labor. I'd sure be interested, but I just dont think it would fund.

Also, while Transformers is mostly about figures. a 40th anniversary celebration could also be something like an Autobot Matrix statue (I know they've been done), or some other sort of novelty. I certainly hope not , but where Reva's lightsaber failed miserably, the Ghostbusters backpack was very successful.

Maybe a massive box set re-release of every 1984 Autobot? Who knows.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:A character that have never, ever being done before could be a nice HasLab. Something iconic, of course.
But WHO would be worthy of such an honor and would it sell?

A proper Last Autobot would be interesting, but we did just get that Ark with a head inspired by him.

Is there anyone else from either the Marvel comics or the Sunbow cartoon who never got a toy, and was reasonably big enough to require a HasLab release?

Well, there is Cybertron itself. Make it exactly as it appears in the G1 cartoon, huge hole with lighting features and all.

Then, make it transformable with a unique, never before seen robot mode that will be featured in the fiction of the current Generations line.

I could also think of Spanner the first space bridge, but he might be too obscure. Maybe making him a multi-form for different space bridge designs would raise the appeal?



I'd also love a Solomus that could turn into a human-scaled Matrix. Or heck, just the Matrix with lights, sounds and the neck chain.

Love those classic starry night backgrounds.

It's a long shot, but maybe something from post-G1. The Unicron Trilogy, the movies (specifically something that Studio Series would never do), Animated (Omega Supreme would be wonderful, but we already got both Siege Omega and Kingdom Ark), or Prime.

Rescue Bots High Tide would be fantastic, but I don't see that happening.

King Kuuga wrote:By the way, a few weeks ago someone posted a chart showing the funding over time for Deathsaurus compared to Victory Saber and Unicron. Does anyone have an updated version of that? I feel like we're ahead of the curve compared to the others as VS didn't cross the minimum backers line until the last week.... but they're also adding international orders throughout the campaign instead of all at once.

Someone provides Haslab charts for the Youtube channel Geek Dad Life (Sundays at 6pm PST/9pm ET). Unfortunately they tend to focus on MOTU, Ghostbusters, TMNT, GI Joe etc... Basically they are by their own admission NOT big Transformers fans (Though Jay has a pretty good original collection, you can see Omega Supreme in a case behind him), but they try to cover any relevant news. They actually covered the Robosen Transforming Optimus pretty extensively. Jay purchased one, but then proceeded to trade it for a Haslab Galactus. . I actually reminded them in the chat during the show because they almost forgot to post the chart

But yeah Deathsaurus is out pacing Victory Saber currently. But I'm not sure if it will have the same big spike in the last few days, especially with no 3rd tier, but we shall see.

o.supreme wrote:

King Kuuga wrote:By the way, a few weeks ago someone posted a chart showing the funding over time for Deathsaurus compared to Victory Saber and Unicron. Does anyone have an updated version of that? I feel like we're ahead of the curve compared to the others as VS didn't cross the minimum backers line until the last week.... but they're also adding international orders throughout the campaign instead of all at once.

Someone provides Haslab charts for the Youtube channel Geek Dad Life (Sundays at 6pm PST/9pm ET). Unfortunately they tend to focus on MOTU, Ghostbusters, TMNT, GI Joe etc... Basically they are by their own admission NOT big Transformers fans (Though Jay has a pretty good original collection, you can see Omega Supreme in a case behind him), but they try to cover any relevant news. They actually covered the Robosen Transforming Optimus pretty extensively. Jay purchased one, but then proceeded to trade it for a Haslab Galactus. . I actually reminded them in the chat during the show because they almost forgot to post the chart

But yeah Deathsaurus is out pacing Victory Saber currently. But I'm not sure if it will have the same big spike in the last few days, especially with no 3rd tier, but we shall see.

Thanks! There's a lot of good information to be found here.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Looks like Victory Saber is taller than Deathsaurus now, does that solve some of the scale complaints?

No, he is just ever so slightly taller.

It's a half head difference which doesn't sound like much, but looks like a lot side-by-side to me.



Emerje

Towards the end of the latest Deathsaurus promotional stream on YouTube last Monday it was mentioned that the hand painted model they were showing off was going directly to the photographer after the stream. And now we have those photos all over the HasLab order page replacing the colored CG models revealed nearly two weeks ago. The new gallery brightens up the colors considerably and likely represent our closest look to the final figure. Enjoy the new photos and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub Forums.

I've only just noticed that they articulated the toes on the alt mode so they don't stick out from under his arm. That's a ridiculously cool detail that I doubt we'd have seen on a retail version.

Emerje

I didn't realize the tail partformed

Very excited to get my hands on this big lad.