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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 535701" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Carl's correct. Hasbro are requiring a minimum of 6,000 backers paying $349 each up front, but the cut off for buying one is 09/11/20, after which date you would be forced to buy one on the secondary market after its release if you wanted one. According to the Haslab website, this total has already been reached with (as at 17:36 on 28/09/20), 7,437 backers:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-razor-crest" target="_blank">https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-razor-crest</a></p><p></p><p>I have no idea if this is an official partnership with Hasbro to enable UK distribution (I would guess not), but you can also order this from Zavvi for £349.99:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.zavvi.com/merch-action-figures/haslab-razor-crest-hasbro-star-wars-the-vintage-collection-the-mandalorian-limited-edition-vehicle/12702183.html" target="_blank">https://www.zavvi.com/merch-action-figures/haslab-razor-crest-hasbro-star-wars-the-vintage-collection-the-mandalorian-limited-edition-vehicle/12702183.html</a></p><p></p><p>The Khetanna was limited in the same sense, in that if you didn't pay your money up front by the cut-off date, you were forced to look on the secondary market later.</p><p></p><p>More people seem to be willing to back this new project more quickly than was the case with the Khetanna (although that was more expensive and even larger of course at $500), but I don't doubt many Razor Crests will be flipped (or attempted to be) once it is released. I suspect that whilst The Mandalorian is undoubtedly very popular (it is fab, after all!) and hence many of the backers will be fans wanting to own this piece, I am also quite certain that there will be plenty of people amongst the backers who took one look at the current resale value of a Khetanna, and are simply trying to cash in on the Razor Crest in a similar fashion. Will this flipping of the Razor Crest work? Only time will tell, but I suspect the returns will be a lot smaller than was / is the case with the Khetanna, simply because of the lower initial price point and the (likely) much higher number of backers and hence pieces made by Hasbro.</p><p></p><p>In answer to your questions:</p><p></p><p>1 & 2) I will not be buying this. These days I only buy modern items from the OT and PT trilogies, and even then only if I like the item. I was tempted by the 'Rogue One' toy line, and even more so by 'The Mandalorian' one, but in both cases I held my nerve and have not succumbed.</p><p></p><p>3) Hypothetically, if I were to buy one, I would display it... even if it meant building another cabinet! :-D. Mind you, the toy is 30 inches long, and 20 inches wide (and 10.5 inches tall), so whilst the cabinet wouldn't need to be all that wide, it would need to be even deeper than my Khetanna one (if displaying it side-on; it would be even more massive face-on! :-D), and you've seen how far that whopper sticks out into my room! The Razor Crest's box would be carefully wrapped and put in the loft alongside the Khetanna's box... Hypothetically, of course ;-)</p><p></p><p>4) Value after 2 years? I reckon it probably will be worth more than the original asking price, because all modern line boxed ships seem to appreciate, but I can't see it reaching the stratospheric Khetanna values for the reasons stated above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 535701, member: 7379"] Carl's correct. Hasbro are requiring a minimum of 6,000 backers paying $349 each up front, but the cut off for buying one is 09/11/20, after which date you would be forced to buy one on the secondary market after its release if you wanted one. According to the Haslab website, this total has already been reached with (as at 17:36 on 28/09/20), 7,437 backers: [url]https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-razor-crest[/url] I have no idea if this is an official partnership with Hasbro to enable UK distribution (I would guess not), but you can also order this from Zavvi for £349.99: [url]https://www.zavvi.com/merch-action-figures/haslab-razor-crest-hasbro-star-wars-the-vintage-collection-the-mandalorian-limited-edition-vehicle/12702183.html[/url] The Khetanna was limited in the same sense, in that if you didn't pay your money up front by the cut-off date, you were forced to look on the secondary market later. More people seem to be willing to back this new project more quickly than was the case with the Khetanna (although that was more expensive and even larger of course at $500), but I don't doubt many Razor Crests will be flipped (or attempted to be) once it is released. I suspect that whilst The Mandalorian is undoubtedly very popular (it is fab, after all!) and hence many of the backers will be fans wanting to own this piece, I am also quite certain that there will be plenty of people amongst the backers who took one look at the current resale value of a Khetanna, and are simply trying to cash in on the Razor Crest in a similar fashion. Will this flipping of the Razor Crest work? Only time will tell, but I suspect the returns will be a lot smaller than was / is the case with the Khetanna, simply because of the lower initial price point and the (likely) much higher number of backers and hence pieces made by Hasbro. In answer to your questions: 1 & 2) I will not be buying this. These days I only buy modern items from the OT and PT trilogies, and even then only if I like the item. I was tempted by the 'Rogue One' toy line, and even more so by 'The Mandalorian' one, but in both cases I held my nerve and have not succumbed. 3) Hypothetically, if I were to buy one, I would display it... even if it meant building another cabinet! :-D. Mind you, the toy is 30 inches long, and 20 inches wide (and 10.5 inches tall), so whilst the cabinet wouldn't need to be all that wide, it would need to be even deeper than my Khetanna one (if displaying it side-on; it would be even more massive face-on! :-D), and you've seen how far that whopper sticks out into my room! The Razor Crest's box would be carefully wrapped and put in the loft alongside the Khetanna's box... Hypothetically, of course ;-) 4) Value after 2 years? I reckon it probably will be worth more than the original asking price, because all modern line boxed ships seem to appreciate, but I can't see it reaching the stratospheric Khetanna values for the reasons stated above. [/QUOTE]
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