There is nothing wrong with someone being critical of a company that continues to make bad decisions.If my mom had stopped being critical of my bad decisions as a child,I would still be eating paint chips and licking doorknobs.Great video Mr Ninja.
My biggest problem is the inconsistencies with accessories and laziness with still making figure with pins when they have pinless. Look at the new commander steve rogers. It has pin arms and pinless legs and only comes with a shield.
@@therealivydawg What bad decisions aren't they making? They expect us to fund things we don't want and then they lecture us in social media posts. That's just one thing.
Great point about the molds being locked away because of the crowdfund format. Had not thought as much about that. Also, while I sympathize with employees and don’t think anyone should be roasted for the actions of their employer (now, roasting them for their own actions may be different), I lose zero sleep worrying about how mega-large companies manage their risk on products. I think anyone who has worked at a big company understands that efforts like crowdfunds at a large company are all about offsetting risk and creating a marketing beat. That is not saying the toys that come out of it are not good, but the crowdfund itself is not a value-add for consumers
Michael on Retroblasting has been saying this for years. Mattel/Hasbro just uses this as a reference for how much they can push the price for "big ticket" items. If it doesn't get funded, they don't have to make it and it helps to gauge future offers.
Your videos are so good. I really like that when you’re making a point about something that you keep your voice in calm tone and not yelling and screaming about it. A calm voice goes a lot further than a yelling voice. Keep up the great work.
We don't care what is most convenient for the stores. The stores must have what we want or we don't buy anything from the store. The store is responsible for arranging shelf space to handle the different sized and shaped boxes.
Honestly bro you must be a good dad/uncle/ role model because the way you remain calm and guide these haters by the hand without insulting them is masterful. Everything you said from the get go makes sense and you having to break down everything step by step it’s really inspiring to me personally to try to be more like you in that aspect. I’m gonna pray you keep having your patience because you are a pillar in this community
Totally agree with everything!! Someone needs to call Hasbro out every time they make stupid decisions which let's be honest has been a lot here lately. If we all just ignore what their doing and just praise them even when they don't deserve it, then things will continue the way they are OR even get worse. As collectors, we have to take a stand when we see these companies making dumb decisions because it affects us. Keep speaking your mind and calling out bad decisions!👍🏽
Damn right you tell em Ninja. Coming from someone who is backing this---no way this should've been crowdfunded. I really like the character of Giant Man and wanted a good figure but he's not a dream project by any stretch of the imagination. It very easily could've been a Pulse exclusive and I absolutely hate that I have to back a crowdfund to get this. This was just an easy win in Hasbro's mind after the EOV, that's why we are seeing this crowdfunded. Even when I had heard this was going to be crowdfunded and at $200, I thought it would've at least come with a 6in version of the character, but nope just Giant Man and some pointless face plates and undesirable tiers. Also shout out to Rollie Pollie Ollie. Loved that show as a kid 😂😂
I'm not backing it cause I'm not a big Giant Man fan (plus I have the BAF), but totally get why you would if you are a huge fan, especially if you don't have the ToyBiz one. So happy for you that something you really want is coming to fruition, but obviously sucks with the way you have to get it. And absolutely it should've come with a smaller version, a tiny (10 cent to make) Wasp, maybe something like a telephone pole for them to hold with those articulated finger hands, just basic shit that we'd all want and expect for something that's $200. I mean I want this thing to back because you like some others really want it, but I hope it just _barely_ makes it. Although I don't see that remotely sending a message to hasbro in regards to what they continue to do is appalling to us collectors. More and more I'm focusing on little pieces of art, and not cheap gummy plastic overpriced toys.
@@therealivydawg I’ve never had an issue trying to get Pulse exclusives, but that’s just my personal experience, it could very well differ per person. As to quantity-if 10,000 is the magic number that they need to have to fund it why not have that number as the number for the exclusive?
I’m thinking the reason why this figure is crowdfund is because they don’t want this $200 figure to be loose in the wild and eventually drop in price because stores needs to get it off their shelves. Because it required to be backed, they will only make enough for those that backed it. Hasbro cannot let the community have a win on a large product.
@@maddrop You don't know about my life but what I will say is that if you live in first world country and can afford luxuries like toys yea life can definitely be worse. As I say in all my videos life is short. I'd say anyone with the time to make these videos and watch and comment on them cant be I'm to bad of a shape because when I was solely worried about surviving I had no time or resources to "collect" anything let alone watch videos about it.
Just yesterday Hasbro Pulse put a $200 Transformer up for preorder. Giant-Man didn't need to be crowdfunded. I don't think Hasbro is greenlighting the more interesting projects that would actually need crowdfunding because they are chasing even bigger profit margins. This Haslab is a softball choice to get more money in the door and to give the Marvel team a win after the EoV. It is a bit overpriced, gotta pay the Hasbro tax. Giant-Man isn't for me, but I hope everyone who wants one can get one
@@happybuttersblast8334 that's literally not how that works. royalty is a % of NET profit, not Gross. If Hasbro makes/reports $60 profit per figure on this and if royalty is 20%, Disney takes $12, the rest of the NET $48 still goes to Hasbro. YES, Disney gets paid, but not by the amount of money Hasbro & fan boys claims they make. Even if Disney royalty is 30% that still leaves Hasbro $42 in NET profit. The percentage increase in retail $$ doesn't match the % increase in royalty.
@@happybuttersblast8334 Not to pick a fight but they own Gi Joe and they crowdfunded the Hiss and dragonfly. I think they both cost too much, but they could have dont a small run , sold them direct and after the buzz started made and sold more.
@@happybuttersblast8334 ngl you say that it's the license but my man they pop out marvel legends like no tomorrow but not only that they literally crowdfund there own products too like transformers and gi Joe for ridiculous prices. But also then again why is marvel legends different? Because if like you said is true every marvel legends sold they would have to give Disney 40$ each as mostly marvel legends cost 25-40$ so like you said doesn't make sense to me at all unless these legends get sold in big groups then I have no idea what you mean.
Lol, this was so fun/funny to watch! I watched the The AB video also, and yes, whoever he is talking about, if it's you or someone else, he never says the name, so people speculate on who he's talking about, and like 90% of the time people say you.Whoever he's talking about might not want to say there name maybe basically because they will view the other person's channel and see there point of view, and might actually like there point of views,then his own🤷♂️ who knows. Also, on a side, XManny made a video of Haslab GM, and I have to agree with him, and you.....this could have easily been a "Pulse" exclusive and not a crowd fund project.
All of Xmannys drops have been A1 I agree with him as well and I'm glad he's getting it. And yea I'm not worried about anyone seeing anyone else's perspective or point of view if the logic is solid it will hold up as you stated.
Agreed with you 100% bro. Leaving aside the whole question about a billion-dollar company like Hasbro needing to crowd-fund *anything*, "shelf space" is a non-issue as they sell stuff online! If they didn't, they could set one up. They've more than got the resources...
Come on, dude! Don't you like fully paying one year in advance for a product, so the company tself doesn't use any of their own money? Where's your empathy? LOL
Alot of the AB guys seem cool but some of the logic over there I just can't relate to. And I'm sure we agree on other topics but this ain't one of them. It mainly the aggressive people that follow them that they have no control over but share similar views with. The extra strange hasbros are the ones that don't even get free toys from the company but love giving up their money 24/7 🤣
@@Xeallous Yeah! Think about all the money this billion dollar company spent to produce those digital renders. My heart goes out to them struggling CEOs 😥. C'mon guys, let's start a campaign to send donations to hasbro.
PREACH! Ever since Mcfarlane suddenly discovered kickstarter SO many companies jump on the crowd funding for an answer because its not their own $$$ and its low risk and no accountability if it doesn't get fulfilled . It's nuts that people throw $$ at them for some of these things. We live in a world where people act like they have some of these companies and creators on speed dial and are on a 1st name basis all because they buy some products whether good or bad or like some of their work. Its strange as fuck! You make 100% ! It's like these companies want more $$$ and actually do less. Shit...EVERYBODY that pre ordered a retro beast from Hasbro @BBTS are actually STILL waiting on that release and they are steady releasing others and onto another crowd funded project. It's NUTS. I love videos like this. We need to hold these companies accountable especially when like you are saying that none of this makes any sense but it still continues .
Man, in the last year when I've gotten more involved with collector groups and fandoms in general online, what I've realised is that a lot of people never got past primary school. You either *love* something or you *despise* it, with no room for any nuance. Companies, shows, movies, whatever it is, some people are just so invested in loving or hating something that it's just sad. For what it's worth, I think you're pretty fair with Hasbro. You call out the bad but highlight the good. That's how it should be. You and Displaying Model Behaviour are the best examples of that in the toy community.
This is why I don't engage with any collector groups or online communities. I don't have the time, energy, or patience to interact with people looking to argue. I know it's not everyone or even the majority but is more than I care to be a part of.
@unum1979 Facts. Just got kicked out of a Star Wars collectors group for "being an asshole" when I, no pun intended, 'articulated' why I didn't like the Disney+ Ashoka series. 🤣
Spot on as usual Ninja and as to Hasbro crowdfunding I thought it was supposed to be about dream projects as well. Giant man could have been a Pulse excusive easily. Hasbro wouldn't have had to worry about store space.
I’m so sick and tired of these supporters defending Hasbro’s business methods. You hit all the points. I haven’t supported one Haslab crowdfunder. Not because I didn’t like them… I just don’t believe in up fronting money to a big company. It’s total BS. Giant Man is the worse. It didn’t need to be 24in. I feel like they bumped it up in size a bit and pushed the price to $199.99 just to justify it as Haslab project.
I think it's really undersized. I mean I'm no big Giant Man fan, but I feel like it should be closer to 30". So maybe from your perspective the ToyBiz one is a perfect sweet spot. Yeah, this is only good for the major fans and ppl that want a larger version; since you can get the BAF for less than this...and best of all, you don't have to crowdfund a damn thing.
I never understand why companies need to crowdfund. It's their business to assess and make decisions on what products to make without losing money. Executives who respect and know their customers do not need crowdfunding. If they can't do things without crowdfunding, why are they taking millions in salaries and bonuses?
@@Chalor. I'm on the opposite side of the size spectrum. I think he's way too large at 22". In no way would I want him to be any bigger than Galactus. My problem with the size is that traditionally he's always been shown closer to 12' to 16' tall - rarely has he been shown growing larger than that. In vintage team drawings of the Avengers, he was always around 12'. I photoshopped the pic of him next to Cap and he looks far better at 12" (Super-Adaptoid size) to me. I'd have preferred a Pulse exclusive of a 12" Giant Man for $50 or $60 and use the Haslab to make a Galactus-sized Eternity or the Watcher. Far more exciting and far better scaled. Or even a Galactus-sized Stranger. Giant Man looks too big to me, he looks off-scale and just isn't a character that "wows!" me.
Yep. The Brachiosaurus proves what I've been saying as well since the Sentinel was announced. They can make it work at retail and not be a burden on the shelf or our wallets.
Wholeheartedly agree, Hasbro being a multi billion dollar company and this Giant Man a being crowd funding project doesn’t correlate at all. Hasbro has more than enough sufficient funds to produce a shit ton of Giant Man figures. All that being said, I love how the figure looks, the size is what’s most eye catching to me. If it does get funded successfully, I’m possibly buying it; but this is very fishy from Hasbro.
The haslab giant-man shouldn't be a damn crowfunded figure when other companies have done big size figures hell toybiz didn't need crowdfunding for their bigger figures
You need to understand that Hasbro share holders want money out of our pockets without investing any of them, the perfect business practice...for them. -_-
I think dude that commented about on and on missed it and was referring to bobby not you. I understand everything u said and know ur heart. You make it easy for us and very detailed in articulating. 🤘🏼your vidz is cooler than Kool aid it’s other certain people’s way of expressing themselves that pop my drums. I like how u and lazer are genuine and real as Hell.
Sorry for posting twice,but I just wanted to say how right you were,Hasbro could easily package a figure like this as a build a figure and make the packaging smaller for retail,most of there figures fall apart on there own anyway.
A. Ninja, once again, you held court and you didn't miss. I love what you're doing, I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. I also love what Boog & ACBA are doing too. There's no one side or the other for me. I appreciate your points on toy matters and politics as they are informative for me as a consumer to make a decision that's beneficial for me. I hate when 3rd and 4th parties get into the comments to amp things up and put gas in a situation where there's no need for a fire. Continue to stay objective, maintain your brand/business, keep it growing, and never let this toy stuff become personal. Looking forward to more 💯
Hey Ninja! Great appearance on 3POA this past Saturday- caught it on the replay…as for this video; Great analysis. I’m not going to in depth or rehash but to agree my exact sentiments. This should not have been crowdfunded. No FOMO for me on ML Giant-man.
Hasbro have been doing half assed figures all this time and when they finally make a decent one is $200. I am used to their half assed releases that it would've been better if they released a less articulated, no face plates, smaller ("12 or "18) Giant Man for $80 instead.
Hasbro: "We can't take the risk of making a mass retail giant action figure for $200 🤓" Meanwhile, Tamashii Nations: "Haha, big dragon man Kaido go brrr 🗿"
Toy Biz made the same risks Hasbro was reluctant to do with the giant 18" super-articulated Spider-Man. That was before crowdfunding was even a concept.
Ninja, you make a good point. Now that I hear your argument, I’ll be really interested to see if Hasbro takes the “easy way” of crowd funding projects in the future that should just be regular purchases or Pulse exclusives. However, I still might back this project simply because I’m liking this figure more and more. That’s the beauty, right? Like you said we can disagree but ultimately we each can make our own choices as it pertains to our own dollars spent. For me, I may end up having to pass on Giant Man because I already backed the Star Wars Ghost and I also want Valaverse’s truck (which sounds to be going in a crowd fund direction). Lastly, your action figure pictures/ videos during this video are DOPE! Keep up the good work.
Over time articulated ninja has been the only channel I watch on normal speed, I take the time to really sit and listen but maaaan this episode made me realise this dude really the dude 🤣 “the mask is just a fun aesthetic choice “ I can see some of the other points, I really felt like legends needed a win after the engine of vengeance but fr every point in this video hit 🤷🏾♂️ hasbro should do release windows and when the orders are fulfilled releases them. Personally I missed out on the first release of veteran William, I got him on the second release. Hasbro really is hurting us locking these moulds away
Great video my friend, you are definitely saying what needs to be said. You are the collector version of David Goggins to me, and I’m a big fan. Like Goggins says, “stay hard!” And thank you for being authentic and genuine. Sending you love from Harlem,NYC!
maaaan 😂 I was slick hearing the background music like "this man put on Mr Rogers??" bobbin my head to it then you started breaking out in song lmao. shit was GOLD 🏅🏅🏅
No one, and I mean no one, should be supporting a large company running crowdfunding. Crowdfunding was literally started to help small business individuals bring an idea to the table without having to sell out to big corps like hasbro. The only reason hasbro is doing it is to make a profit without taking a risk. If it wasn't, they could easily do the crowfund and not take payment until it ships. Instead, they take your $$ and sit on it for a year while it draws interest to fund other ventures.
Hasbro is looking out for themselves and minimizing their risks as much as possible including shifting all the risks on to their customers. Fans, collectors, and customers need to look out for themselves and not take on unnecessary risks. Hasbro, with thousands of employees and professionals, is able to handle the risks of manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. Fans, collectors, and customers should not be taking on all the upfront risks of these "crowd funded" projects.
Your approach is the best way, water off a ducks back, keep with your videos of not taking it personal and do your thing. Giant-man’s biggest insult is that I have nothing to say about this “dream project” I would have been happy with a 12” version on the shelves. I don’t blame people for buying it, but I will wait for the 12” version that they bring out when the Haslab is released.
Keep Spitting that Truth . I’m backing the Giant man because I’m a fan . But everything you said was true . The price could’ve been better & I don’t give a 💩 about the tiers unlock . Because they’re a joke . I predict collectors will be selling their GiantMan for a-lot less down the road . I personally would ❤ an Xmen BlackBird. Keep up the great content .
The Giant Man body mold can be re-used many times like a regular action figure body mold. There are dozens of giant sized characters that would use the same body with a few modifications like a regualr action figure.
Totally don't mean this like I disagree with you at all, but I'd love to hear some examples of large characters that could utilize this body. As an OG comic fan, I just can't think of any off the top of my head.
@@Chalor. The Giant Man they've shown is just one of the Giant Man costumes Hank Pym has worn. Hank Pym had at least one other Giant Man costume. Hank Pym also used the name Goliath with another costume. Hank Pym also became a giant in a red jump suit. Hank Pym had an outfit in the 90s with bare arms. Hawkeye was a giant for a while using the Giant Man or Goliath name. Bill Foster went by the name Black Goliath and Goliath, and had at least three different costumes. The Shi'ar Imperial Guard has Titan with at least one costume There was a bad guy Goliath who also used the good guy name Atlas. There was a character named Super-Nova who was a giant. Earth Lord was a giant. There is the MCU Ant-Man/Giant Man that Articulated Ninja was talking about. Tower was an Alliance of Evil Mutants member and he was a giant. There was a giant mutant in the Earth X comic book series. The Frost Giants are giants. Raz? a comedic giant man character. Gigantus was an evil giant man. Maybe another Giant Man, Titan, Gigantus, Goliath, Gigantor character with a white body suit and a black hood/face mask. These are the characters I can think of off the top of my head. They would share many, if not all, of the body parts used to make this HasLab Giant Man figure. This is really just like a regular figure except larger. It belongs in retail and they can re-use the molds again and again.
Thanks for the video Articulated Ninja. This subject needs to be discussed further. I agree that there is no way that this product should be a crowdfund. If the Haslab finishes at the minimum backers, Hasbro will have reaped in 2 million dollars. Collecting a daily compounded interest for over a year. This is greed in its most sincerest form.
Hasbro collects our money for a year and earns interest off of it, instead of us. My hard earned money should earn interest for me, not Hasbro. DON'T LET CORPORATIONS PULL THIS SH!T
-GASP-! Fans, collectors, and customers need to be looking out for their own best interests. Hasbro is looking out for its own best interests. Everyone else needs to get smarter and do the same.
I will never understand for the life of me, why anyone would die on the hill of defending a billion dollar corporation using a crowd fund to make a product. If they’re worried about making the right amount of units, open a pre order, and make it to order. Simple. Every toy company does it, don’t know why the biggest one gets a pass 🤷🏿♂️ Supporting any crowd fund by a company like Hasbro is the same thing as donating to a gofundme for bill gates or some shit. Don’t make no sense.
A few thoughts on Giant Man and Hasbro more broadly: •An 12 to 18 inch Giant Man would have scaled better and could have sold quite easily at retail. •I have yet to go in on any Haslab. If I had been able to afford it at the time I may have gone in on the Sentinel. If the Ghostbusters Haslab had been a 1/12 scale screen accurate Ecto-1 from the first film instead of part of a proton pack, I'd have backed that. •Hasbro absolutely sucks at keeping army builders available. The Skrulls and Hellfire Club goons being excellent examples of this. •I would've preferred it had the Sentinel not been crowd funded and was still available for purchase direct from Hasbro. •Hasbro's greed is an excellent reminder of why corporations suck.
What Toy Biz & other 90’s toy makers did & gave us can never be duplicated l, Btw to the Hasbro die hards I’m sorry but Articulated Ninja is cooking right now
One of the best things that ever happened to the toy collecting community was Hasbro firing Bobby Vala. The man EXPOSED the industry AND the bootlickers that spent YEARS trying to convince Hasbro to USE THEM as free marketing. Honestly the Hasbro toytuber shills are the most embarrassing collectors in the community. We all get to watch them hoe themselves out to Hasbro FOR FREE and they can’t do it fast enough for them. Notice how Hasbro has given NOBODY an early review sample in YEARS because they don’t want the backlash anymore. Yet these shills STILL can’t help but lick that boot because they want daddy Hasbro to keep giving them pats on the head.
I would honestly think this would’ve been a home run if they just made 1 tier and it being a matching ant man at 6 inch and a backdrop showing the change to put between them
Ninja I appreciate you and everything you do for the community. I've been watching your channel for awhile and you don't hate on Hasbro every video... you speak your mind as you should. We're collectors and we don't have to like everything that is released in plastic forms from companies. Me personally for example I don't get many McFarlane figures all that often because of the size scaling and articulation (personal opinion). I'm backing Giant Man because he's one of my favorite characters, I don't feel it needed to be crowd funded and if it doesn't meet the goal oh well life goes on. I could go on but no need. Ninja much appreciation for you ✌️✌️
🙏🏽 I appreciate the kind words thanks and I'm glad Hasbro finally did a much demanded character people like you have waited forever for this figure regardless of how its made available.
A Quinjet or maybe Avengers Mansion display. Avengers Tower. That would be a dream or center piece, Giant man ? Crowd funded ? Pass. As always, a good informative video. Keep slashing
Thank you for always talking your shit and keeping it honest. These man-children gotta stop acting so sensitive when the overall goal is to make things better by calling out laziness, when companies are being trash.
100% this could of and should’ve been on toy shelves or as a pulse exclusive preorder. The only Haslabs I’ve gone in on were the GI Joe ones in hope that it would lead them to see that they were profitable enough to put out vehicles to retail; and it was good to see the Vamp announced. I wish these companies would step away from the Haslab model but unfortunately I think it was set from the point Galactus and the Sentinel came out! However with few exceptions I’m done with crowdfunding except for dream projects for independent creators
Wow this is amazing I’ve seen some of your videos from time to time but this is probably the best video I’ve seen from you yet because it’s true and has real logic behind it. I agree👍🏾 (to be honest a small part of me still wants the Giant man 😅)
Ninja and Bobby are correct in their comments and accessment of this week attempt by the legends team! There is literally no paint on his undersized Giant Man its all molded plastic typical hasbro legends. I say undersized because the largest Sentinel is 47 ft tall and Giant Man is 60-100 ft tall unless you're gonna go with this standard height of 25 ft this is tiny. The black harness is innacurate to the source material also, he should have black lines connection to a big black circle on his chest and then one black line running down. This is not his original 1st costume it resembles his 3rd costume but had individual blue stripes like the toybiz baf. They based their prices on the ebay baf prices which have now dropped to below $200 since this offer now they run $159- $199! Its a good figure, not great and the offer is weak and it's still overpriced as hasbro legends team tries to milk every dollar from the consumer they can. If you want it buy it if not don't! In the end its an action figure not a major life decision!!!
I agree with everything you said. This figure alone is 89.99 or less with the extra faceplate. Also you hit a good point about locking away molds, that alone is some serious BS from hasbro. We should just stop funding all the haslab offerings, the good ones and the bad ones. To make them stop this. If they are worried about only making enough to cover the need, then put up preorders and move forward.
Neat figure, but lacking quite a bit. It would probably been fine as a Pulse Exclusive for this price or even slightly less. Not even a 6 inch version included
I didn't think the day would come when that Kwamin dude's name would actually show up on TH-cam for what he represents. He's been doing this type of thing for the longest in my FB toy group. Only cares about the company never the consumer. Or in your famous words Ninja "...slaves defending the slave masters."
There are plenty of channels that just bash, there are even more that suckle from the teat and wouldn't say shit if their mouth was full of it. If someone can't understand that you can both love something and also be critical about it at the same time, they've obviously never been in a serious relationship. The truth hurts and we need a voice that is bigger than ours to bark when something ain't right and let it be known that we're not happy and we want change. Ninja is our elected representative who, on our behalf, let's companies know when they've messed up or crossed the line. You can't expect things to change if you're not willing to fight for what you want.
And..just to honest Ninja..your doing such unique and awesome way to make your video's..isn't it just crazy you have to defend every single word you say about a action figure so you'r covered or maybe understood by the haters (will ALWAYS be haters) ? Why? The view who are against, why bother to explain yourself for everything you say...just say it..at least 90% likes it and you know in the real world you can't be friends with everybody and this 10%..you can't change them. They are out to get you for (in their opinion) every word say wrong in their mind. You can't make these people happy regardless so just do your thing, do not apolagize but let the haters...just be haters.😊
Bro, great points. Sh#t, even 4 times the price of a regular Legend is just over $100. Giant man is over $200. 8X the price of a regular Legend. I’m now wondering if it will be funded. Right now it is at a slow crawl. It’s gotta get to 10K, it’s at 4.4K right now with 40 days to go & we already know what’s coming with him. “Things that make you go, Hmmmmm”.
Ninja hasbro are thieves Period with rising prices and less in the box 🤦🏻♂️.. you spit the truth… this giant man should’ve came with some lights, transformation, scene, or broken cars for that price…
Hey man thanks for featuring my comment in your video (sokudo, I had changed my username awhile ago and didn’t know my handle was still the same so I just made them match) I think it’s funny that grown adults (the shills and HasBros) have less logic in this scenario than me, a high school freshman, but hey that’s the world we live in I guess. Appreciate the fact that you keep it real on this channel and aren’t scared of sharing your opinion without hating on the people you disagree with. Most people on the internet aren’t mature enough to do that and try to directly attack the people who have a minor difference in a opinion then them. I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, we need people like you in the community who aren’t afraid defend the customers and tell it how it is, to call out HASBRO, their shills, and the people who claim anything less than praise is toxic negativity and if you don’t have positive things to say you should speak. Great vid as always, can’t wait for the next one.
As you said Ninja, it's not fit for a crowdfund project. Meaning it takes the spot of an actual "dream project." That's the worst part. Since few campaigns happen per year.
Damn that was a rant. !!!! & I loved it all. Everyone doesn’t think the same, & that’s okay. We’re all different with different opinions. So why hate on someone & they’re opinion. It’s a damn opinion. Love the review bro !!!!! I know I’m not paying $200 for it.
I can't figure out how it's a crowdfund when Hasbro puts out a Transformer Titan once a year and they just rereleased Fortress Maximus' for $199 and $205 with shipping. Can't talk about space either because they could sell it at online retail stores like BBTS, Entertainment Earth, and etc. I could understand if it came with a matching Ant Man figure and a Yellow Jacket figure. They could have also done the clear piece to show him growing in size. But if it's a dream project why not give a Super Star Destroyer or a Death Star. As far Marvel I would rather have a 1/6 scale X Man Blackbird.
Keep bringing the news and keep bringing great vids screw everyone who wants to start drama and wants to kiss booty! Hasbro do need to be called out on they bull-ish! This company makes lots of fantastical great toys but with the money they making alone in crowd funding and retail and online retail figures shouldn't have any QC issues and it should be more items made and never a shortage.... I will never support their crowd fund because none of these are really worth it to me .... Not really dream projects.... Anyways peace ninja keep up the quality and voice your opinion ✨✨✨
Damn bro!!! it's sad to see a bunch of grown ass man going gangster over action figures we are supposed to just have fun and enjoy collecting. but some of these beach access Making something bigger😂 I love your channel articulated ninja you've been doing it for a long time and I've been following you for a very long time. you are a real one about yours keep up the good work and don't worry about the haters💯
I'm not saying I'm a Hasbro suck up but compared to other Haslab's I think this is a great offering especially when comparing to the garbage that was the engine of vengeance although it definitely should come with more especially when the mile stones are just faces when the G.I. Joe Haslab had whole figures come with their milestones anyway thanks for all the amazing content and don't let some Hasbro suck ups make you feel stupid or over the top.Have a nice day.
I hear you but comparing it to trash so low as the garbage of eov doesn't make this a win compare it to the sentinel or Galactus. In essence when 2 losers fight the winner isn't a champion he's still a loser. This and the eov was bad that's why most people compare it to that but it doesn't make this great either in my eyes. I understand what your saying though
@ArticulatedNinja I definitely agree what you're saying I mean the Galactus and Sentinel are bigger come with more look better and aren't just a boring body that'll probably just be shrunk down to make an over priced figure so in turn I agree with all your points especially when this could have just been sold for like £165 and people would have bought it but oh because they chucked in a couple of face plates it makes up for that extra £35@@ArticulatedNinja
I agree, box it like a build a figure and no problem selling it in the stores. I'd be willing to bet the legs, arm, and head would fit in a normal box with a 6 inch figure considering all the room those boxes have since there's never much that comes with 6inch figures
I agree. So far as brick-and-mortar shelf space is concerned, that is a pretty lame excuse. That Giant Man figure could be packaged as a BAF all in one compact, retailer-friendly package.
What I will never understand is why does a billionaire company have to crowdfund a single thing… and also I’ll never understand why someone would want try to defend a company that doesn’t give a crap about their customers like Hasbro. Hasbro knows that their loyal Hasbros will pay for whatever junk they try to sell them.
MANNN 30 minutes of chilling, it’s great that you talk about these problems ‘cause even a soft sensitive ass collector like me can understand why a multi billion company doesn’t need and it’s an insult to small companies to crowdfund, I’m buying it ‘cause I have an attachment to giant man but I’m not okay with this strategy Edit: Hey do you guys remember when hasbro made a black series tie fighter full scale? Omg how times change XD
Keep up the great work Articulated Ninja. I've always enjoyed your videos and critiques since I discovered you last year. You always make great points and never try to be devisive, even though others claim you are. Those who are "offended" don't seem to understand that TH-camrs like you, Analog Toys, and Retroblasting are always giving fair assessments. In reality you guys are always looking from a collectors point of view, you know, the people buying the product. You guys help speak for us. Keep up the great videos.
I'm glad I chose to stay away from the social groups on the internet who share the same hobby. Addition by subtraction. Some hobbies are enjoyed in solitude.
There is nothing wrong with someone being critical of a company that continues to make bad decisions.If my mom had stopped being critical of my bad decisions as a child,I would still be eating paint chips and licking doorknobs.Great video Mr Ninja.
Paint chips lol yea I'm sure I had a few of those as well 🤣 thanks
What bad decisions are they making?
My biggest problem is the inconsistencies with accessories and laziness with still making figure with pins when they have pinless. Look at the new commander steve rogers. It has pin arms and pinless legs and only comes with a shield.
@@therealivydawg What bad decisions aren't they making? They expect us to fund things we don't want and then they lecture us in social media posts. That's just one thing.
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Great point about the molds being locked away because of the crowdfund format. Had not thought as much about that.
Also, while I sympathize with employees and don’t think anyone should be roasted for the actions of their employer (now, roasting them for their own actions may be different), I lose zero sleep worrying about how mega-large companies manage their risk on products. I think anyone who has worked at a big company understands that efforts like crowdfunds at a large company are all about offsetting risk and creating a marketing beat. That is not saying the toys that come out of it are not good, but the crowdfund itself is not a value-add for consumers
Well worded as always man that last 2 sentences spoke volumes.
Michael on Retroblasting has been saying this for years. Mattel/Hasbro just uses this as a reference for how much they can push the price for "big ticket" items. If it doesn't get funded, they don't have to make it and it helps to gauge future offers.
Your videos are so good. I really like that when you’re making a point about something that you keep your voice in calm tone and not yelling and screaming about it. A calm voice goes a lot further than a yelling voice. Keep up the great work.
We don't care what is most convenient for the stores.
The stores must have what we want or we don't buy anything from the store.
The store is responsible for arranging shelf space to handle the different sized and shaped boxes.
Honestly bro you must be a good dad/uncle/ role model because the way you remain calm and guide these haters by the hand without insulting them is masterful. Everything you said from the get go makes sense and you having to break down everything step by step it’s really inspiring to me personally to try to be more like you in that aspect. I’m gonna pray you keep having your patience because you are a pillar in this community
Totally agree with everything!! Someone needs to call Hasbro out every time they make stupid decisions which let's be honest has been a lot here lately. If we all just ignore what their doing and just praise them even when they don't deserve it, then things will continue the way they are OR even get worse. As collectors, we have to take a stand when we see these companies making dumb decisions because it affects us. Keep speaking your mind and calling out bad decisions!👍🏽
Damn right you tell em Ninja. Coming from someone who is backing this---no way this should've been crowdfunded. I really like the character of Giant Man and wanted a good figure but he's not a dream project by any stretch of the imagination. It very easily could've been a Pulse exclusive and I absolutely hate that I have to back a crowdfund to get this. This was just an easy win in Hasbro's mind after the EOV, that's why we are seeing this crowdfunded. Even when I had heard this was going to be crowdfunded and at $200, I thought it would've at least come with a 6in version of the character, but nope just Giant Man and some pointless face plates and undesirable tiers. Also shout out to Rollie Pollie Ollie. Loved that show as a kid 😂😂
Thanks vargo 🔥 you might have to bring him to a show so I can see him in person because he does look nice.
I'm not backing it cause I'm not a big Giant Man fan (plus I have the BAF), but totally get why you would if you are a huge fan, especially if you don't have the ToyBiz one. So happy for you that something you really want is coming to fruition, but obviously sucks with the way you have to get it. And absolutely it should've come with a smaller version, a tiny (10 cent to make) Wasp, maybe something like a telephone pole for them to hold with those articulated finger hands, just basic shit that we'd all want and expect for something that's $200.
I mean I want this thing to back because you like some others really want it, but I hope it just _barely_ makes it. Although I don't see that remotely sending a message to hasbro in regards to what they continue to do is appalling to us collectors. More and more I'm focusing on little pieces of art, and not cheap gummy plastic overpriced toys.
When you say pulse exclusive all I hear is scalpers exclusive. And how many Giant Man figures should Hasbro make for this exclusive? Ball park range?
@@therealivydawg I’ve never had an issue trying to get Pulse exclusives, but that’s just my personal experience, it could very well differ per person. As to quantity-if 10,000 is the magic number that they need to have to fund it why not have that number as the number for the exclusive?
I’m thinking the reason why this figure is crowdfund is because they don’t want this $200 figure to be loose in the wild and eventually drop in price because stores needs to get it off their shelves. Because it required to be backed, they will only make enough for those that backed it. Hasbro cannot let the community have a win on a large product.
Personally I'm just happy that my life is going well enough that I have the time to "worry" about any of this kind of stuff.
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Yup, articulated ninja life is good. He has the time for all this drama.
@@maddrop You don't know about my life but what I will say is that if you live in first world country and can afford luxuries like toys yea life can definitely be worse. As I say in all my videos life is short. I'd say anyone with the time to make these videos and watch and comment on them cant be I'm to bad of a shape because when I was solely worried about surviving I had no time or resources to "collect" anything let alone watch videos about it.
@matrburwe facts I agree for everyone that can collect or watch for entertainment.
BRO!!! Had me dying "guess who designed this" lmaooooo Love these videos! keep keepin on bro!
Just yesterday Hasbro Pulse put a $200 Transformer up for preorder. Giant-Man didn't need to be crowdfunded. I don't think Hasbro is greenlighting the more interesting projects that would actually need crowdfunding because they are chasing even bigger profit margins. This Haslab is a softball choice to get more money in the door and to give the Marvel team a win after the EoV. It is a bit overpriced, gotta pay the Hasbro tax. Giant-Man isn't for me, but I hope everyone who wants one can get one
Hasbro owns transformers........ they have to give 20% of this 199.99$ so 40$ goes straight to Disney for each figure sold.
@@happybuttersblast8334 that's literally not how that works. royalty is a % of NET profit, not Gross. If Hasbro makes/reports $60 profit per figure on this and if royalty is 20%, Disney takes $12, the rest of the NET $48 still goes to Hasbro. YES, Disney gets paid, but not by the amount of money Hasbro & fan boys claims they make. Even if Disney royalty is 30% that still leaves Hasbro $42 in NET profit. The percentage increase in retail $$ doesn't match the % increase in royalty.
@@happybuttersblast8334 Not to pick a fight but they own Gi Joe and they crowdfunded the Hiss and dragonfly. I think they both cost too much, but they could have dont a small run , sold them direct and after the buzz started made and sold more.
@@happybuttersblast8334 ngl you say that it's the license but my man they pop out marvel legends like no tomorrow but not only that they literally crowdfund there own products too like transformers and gi Joe for ridiculous prices. But also then again why is marvel legends different? Because if like you said is true every marvel legends sold they would have to give Disney 40$ each as mostly marvel legends cost 25-40$ so like you said doesn't make sense to me at all unless these legends get sold in big groups then I have no idea what you mean.
You referring to Maximus?
Lol, this was so fun/funny to watch! I watched the The AB video also, and yes, whoever he is talking about, if it's you or someone else, he never says the name, so people speculate on who he's talking about, and like 90% of the time people say you.Whoever he's talking about might not want to say there name maybe basically because they will view the other person's channel and see there point of view, and might actually like there point of views,then his own🤷♂️ who knows.
Also, on a side, XManny made a video of Haslab GM, and I have to agree with him, and you.....this could have easily been a "Pulse" exclusive and not a crowd fund project.
All of Xmannys drops have been A1 I agree with him as well and I'm glad he's getting it. And yea I'm not worried about anyone seeing anyone else's perspective or point of view if the logic is solid it will hold up as you stated.
“I don’t live in Australia I’m in New York as well” 😮💨😶🌫️
@@freakshow1890 Boog we all know you’re from New York already bro
Glad it funded.
Definitely excited to display this big bastard.
Anyone who didnt back it can enjoy the toybiz version. 😂
Agreed with you 100% bro. Leaving aside the whole question about a billion-dollar company like Hasbro needing to crowd-fund *anything*, "shelf space" is a non-issue as they sell stuff online! If they didn't, they could set one up. They've more than got the resources...
Agree times 10,000!
Ninja, you are an absolute TREASURE to the action figure community! Don't ever let anyone tell you different!👍💯
The way these Hasbro's let the big corporation bend them over is astonishing.
Come on, dude! Don't you like fully paying one year in advance for a product, so the company tself doesn't use any of their own money? Where's your empathy? LOL
LMFAO BRO.@@Xeallous
Fr. All Haslab makes hasbro look desperate and in decline.
Alot of the AB guys seem cool but some of the logic over there I just can't relate to. And I'm sure we agree on other topics but this ain't one of them. It mainly the aggressive people that follow them that they have no control over but share similar views with. The extra strange hasbros are the ones that don't even get free toys from the company but love giving up their money 24/7 🤣
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Yeah! Think about all the money this billion dollar company spent to produce those digital renders. My heart goes out to them struggling CEOs 😥. C'mon guys, let's start a campaign to send donations to hasbro.
PREACH! Ever since Mcfarlane suddenly discovered kickstarter SO many companies jump on the crowd funding for an answer because its not their own $$$ and its low risk and no accountability if it doesn't get fulfilled . It's nuts that people throw $$ at them for some of these things.
We live in a world where people act like they have some of these companies and creators on speed dial and are on a 1st name basis all because they buy some products whether good or bad or like some of their work. Its strange as fuck!
You make 100% ! It's like these companies want more $$$ and actually do less. Shit...EVERYBODY that pre ordered a retro beast from Hasbro @BBTS are actually STILL waiting on that release and they are steady releasing others and onto another crowd funded project. It's NUTS.
I love videos like this. We need to hold these companies accountable especially when like you are saying that none of this makes any sense but it still continues .
Thank you 🙏🏽
Man, in the last year when I've gotten more involved with collector groups and fandoms in general online, what I've realised is that a lot of people never got past primary school. You either *love* something or you *despise* it, with no room for any nuance. Companies, shows, movies, whatever it is, some people are just so invested in loving or hating something that it's just sad.
For what it's worth, I think you're pretty fair with Hasbro. You call out the bad but highlight the good. That's how it should be. You and Displaying Model Behaviour are the best examples of that in the toy community.
This is why I don't engage with any collector groups or online communities. I don't have the time, energy, or patience to interact with people looking to argue. I know it's not everyone or even the majority but is more than I care to be a part of.
Exactly people just need to buy what they like and what they don’t like just don’t buy it and that’s it
@unum1979 Facts. Just got kicked out of a Star Wars collectors group for "being an asshole" when I, no pun intended, 'articulated' why I didn't like the Disney+ Ashoka series. 🤣
Spot on as usual Ninja and as to Hasbro crowdfunding I thought it was supposed to be about dream projects as well. Giant man could have been a Pulse excusive easily. Hasbro wouldn't have had to worry about store space.
Haslab needs Avon Barksdale and Stinger Bell to push their PRODUCTS
I’m so sick and tired of these supporters defending Hasbro’s business methods. You hit all the points. I haven’t supported one Haslab crowdfunder. Not because I didn’t like them… I just don’t believe in up fronting money to a big company. It’s total BS. Giant Man is the worse. It didn’t need to be 24in. I feel like they bumped it up in size a bit and pushed the price to $199.99 just to justify it as Haslab project.
I think it's really undersized. I mean I'm no big Giant Man fan, but I feel like it should be closer to 30". So maybe from your perspective the ToyBiz one is a perfect sweet spot. Yeah, this is only good for the major fans and ppl that want a larger version; since you can get the BAF for less than this...and best of all, you don't have to crowdfund a damn thing.
I never understand why companies need to crowdfund. It's their business to assess and make decisions on what products to make without losing money. Executives who respect and know their customers do not need crowdfunding.
If they can't do things without crowdfunding, why are they taking millions in salaries and bonuses?
@@brianng8350You'r giving the answer to your own question😉
@@Chalor. I'm on the opposite side of the size spectrum. I think he's way too large at 22". In no way would I want him to be any bigger than Galactus. My problem with the size is that traditionally he's always been shown closer to 12' to 16' tall - rarely has he been shown growing larger than that. In vintage team drawings of the Avengers, he was always around 12'. I photoshopped the pic of him next to Cap and he looks far better at 12" (Super-Adaptoid size) to me. I'd have preferred a Pulse exclusive of a 12" Giant Man for $50 or $60 and use the Haslab to make a Galactus-sized Eternity or the Watcher. Far more exciting and far better scaled. Or even a Galactus-sized Stranger. Giant Man looks too big to me, he looks off-scale and just isn't a character that "wows!" me.
Yep. The Brachiosaurus proves what I've been saying as well since the Sentinel was announced. They can make it work at retail and not be a burden on the shelf or our wallets.
Wholeheartedly agree, Hasbro being a multi billion dollar company and this Giant Man a being crowd funding project doesn’t correlate at all. Hasbro has more than enough sufficient funds to produce a shit ton of Giant Man figures. All that being said, I love how the figure looks, the size is what’s most eye catching to me. If it does get funded successfully, I’m possibly buying it; but this is very fishy from Hasbro.
For 200$ ... im to broke to even start a collection. I'm just going to live vicariously through watching these videos lol
This video is potentially the best take on this "project"
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@@ArticulatedNinja thank you.
The haslab giant-man shouldn't be a damn crowfunded figure when other companies have done big size figures hell toybiz didn't need crowdfunding for their bigger figures
You need to understand that Hasbro share holders want money out of our pockets without investing any of them, the perfect business practice...for them. -_-
Yup could’ve been a baf or mega fig. Hasbro doesn’t believe in these anymore
I can hear Shao kang laughing wuhaaaaa FLAWLESS VICTORY ARTICULATED NINJA TURTLE WINS😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 after this video ended
I think dude that commented about on and on missed it and was referring to bobby not you. I understand everything u said and know ur heart. You make it easy for us and very detailed in articulating. 🤘🏼your vidz is cooler than Kool aid it’s other certain people’s way of expressing themselves that pop my drums. I like how u and lazer are genuine and real as Hell.
I appreciate that thank you 🙏🏽
Sorry for posting twice,but I just wanted to say how right you were,Hasbro could easily package a figure like this as a build a figure and make the packaging smaller for retail,most of there figures fall apart on there own anyway.
For real. It could be in a box not much bigger than the Hammond Collection T-Rex...and sold for $100 at retail.
Remember mail away? That could be an option too.
A. Ninja, once again, you held court and you didn't miss.
I love what you're doing, I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. I also love what Boog & ACBA are doing too. There's no one side or the other for me. I appreciate your points on toy matters and politics as they are informative for me as a consumer to make a decision that's beneficial for me.
I hate when 3rd and 4th parties get into the comments to amp things up and put gas in a situation where there's no need for a fire.
Continue to stay objective, maintain your brand/business, keep it growing, and never let this toy stuff become personal. Looking forward to more 💯
Hey Ninja! Great appearance on 3POA this past Saturday- caught it on the replay…as for this video; Great analysis. I’m not going to in depth or rehash but to agree my exact sentiments. This should not have been crowdfunded. No FOMO for me on ML Giant-man.
Hasbro have been doing half assed figures all this time and when they finally make a decent one is $200. I am used to their half assed releases that it would've been better if they released a less articulated, no face plates, smaller ("12 or "18) Giant Man for $80 instead.
Hasbro: "We can't take the risk of making a mass retail giant action figure for $200 🤓"
Meanwhile, Tamashii Nations: "Haha, big dragon man Kaido go brrr 🗿"
Toy Biz made the same risks Hasbro was reluctant to do with the giant 18" super-articulated Spider-Man. That was before crowdfunding was even a concept.
Ninja, you make a good point. Now that I hear your argument, I’ll be really interested to see if Hasbro takes the “easy way” of crowd funding projects in the future that should just be regular purchases or Pulse exclusives. However, I still might back this project simply because I’m liking this figure more and more.
That’s the beauty, right? Like you said we can disagree but ultimately we each can make our own choices as it pertains to our own dollars spent. For me, I may end up having to pass on Giant Man because I already backed the Star Wars Ghost and I also want Valaverse’s truck (which sounds to be going in a crowd fund direction).
Lastly, your action figure pictures/ videos during this video are DOPE! Keep up the good work.
Over time articulated ninja has been the only channel I watch on normal speed, I take the time to really sit and listen but maaaan this episode made me realise this dude really the dude 🤣 “the mask is just a fun aesthetic choice “
I can see some of the other points, I really felt like legends needed a win after the engine of vengeance but fr every point in this video hit 🤷🏾♂️ hasbro should do release windows and when the orders are fulfilled releases them. Personally I missed out on the first release of veteran William, I got him on the second release. Hasbro really is hurting us locking these moulds away
And hurting themselves they could make so much more long term I believe people want this stuff. Oh and thank you for the positive words 🙏🏽
I agree .
The Sentinel , Galactus , the Engine of Vengeance , and Giant Man could all be sold on the Hasbro Pulse Site .
Great video my friend, you are definitely saying what needs to be said. You are the collector version of David Goggins to me, and I’m a big fan. Like Goggins says, “stay hard!” And thank you for being authentic and genuine. Sending you love from Harlem,NYC!
maaaan 😂 I was slick hearing the background music like "this man put on Mr Rogers??" bobbin my head to it then you started breaking out in song lmao. shit was GOLD 🏅🏅🏅
No one, and I mean no one, should be supporting a large company running crowdfunding. Crowdfunding was literally started to help small business individuals bring an idea to the table without having to sell out to big corps like hasbro. The only reason hasbro is doing it is to make a profit without taking a risk. If it wasn't, they could easily do the crowfund and not take payment until it ships. Instead, they take your $$ and sit on it for a year while it draws interest to fund other ventures.
Another banger from a real one. Had to join and support off of that alone.
Yoo 🤜🤛 🙏🏽 thank you
Hasbro is looking out for themselves and minimizing their risks as much as possible including shifting all the risks on to their customers.
Fans, collectors, and customers need to look out for themselves and not take on unnecessary risks.
Hasbro, with thousands of employees and professionals, is able to handle the risks of manufacturing, marketing, and distribution.
Fans, collectors, and customers should not be taking on all the upfront risks of these "crowd funded" projects.
Worded 10x more professional than me good stuff 🔥
Your approach is the best way, water off a ducks back, keep with your videos of not taking it personal and do your thing.
Giant-man’s biggest insult is that I have nothing to say about this “dream project” I would have been happy with a 12” version on the shelves.
I don’t blame people for buying it, but I will wait for the 12” version that they bring out when the Haslab is released.
Same here. I'm really hoping for a 12" version. I think he scales far better at that size.
I love all of your content ninja! Always preaching truth!!! Keep up the amazing work!!! Thank you for all you do!!!
Ninja, well thought out and presented video. Keep up the good work!
Keep Spitting that Truth . I’m backing the Giant man because I’m a fan . But everything you said was true . The price could’ve been better & I don’t give a 💩 about the tiers unlock . Because they’re a joke . I predict collectors will be selling their GiantMan for a-lot less down the road . I personally would ❤ an Xmen BlackBird. Keep up the great content .
You make a lot of valid points. Really made me think about the Haslabs. Thanks for posting this video.
Even doing this over a couple of avengers themed waves as a baf for the 60th anniversary would’ve been cool and probably make them more money
The Giant Man body mold can be re-used many times like a regular action figure body mold.
There are dozens of giant sized characters that would use the same body with a few modifications like a regualr action figure.
Totally don't mean this like I disagree with you at all, but I'd love to hear some examples of large characters that could utilize this body. As an OG comic fan, I just can't think of any off the top of my head.
@@Chalor. The Giant Man they've shown is just one of the Giant Man costumes Hank Pym has worn.
Hank Pym had at least one other Giant Man costume.
Hank Pym also used the name Goliath with another costume.
Hank Pym also became a giant in a red jump suit.
Hank Pym had an outfit in the 90s with bare arms.
Hawkeye was a giant for a while using the Giant Man or Goliath name.
Bill Foster went by the name Black Goliath and Goliath, and had at least three different costumes.
The Shi'ar Imperial Guard has Titan with at least one costume
There was a bad guy Goliath who also used the good guy name Atlas.
There was a character named Super-Nova who was a giant.
Earth Lord was a giant.
There is the MCU Ant-Man/Giant Man that Articulated Ninja was talking about.
Tower was an Alliance of Evil Mutants member and he was a giant.
There was a giant mutant in the Earth X comic book series.
The Frost Giants are giants.
Raz? a comedic giant man character.
Gigantus was an evil giant man.
Maybe another Giant Man, Titan, Gigantus, Goliath, Gigantor character with a white body suit and a black hood/face mask.
These are the characters I can think of off the top of my head.
They would share many, if not all, of the body parts used to make this HasLab Giant Man figure.
This is really just like a regular figure except larger.
It belongs in retail and they can re-use the molds again and again.
Man…. I love y’all. But I ain’t going back 3 months on none of y’all’s channels 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the video Articulated Ninja. This subject needs to be discussed further. I agree that there is no way that this product should be a crowdfund. If the Haslab finishes at the minimum backers, Hasbro will have reaped in 2 million dollars. Collecting a daily compounded interest for over a year. This is greed in its most sincerest form.
Hasbro collects our money for a year and earns interest off of it, instead of us.
My hard earned money should earn interest for me, not Hasbro.
DON'T LET CORPORATIONS PULL THIS SH!T
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Fans, collectors, and customers need to be looking out for their own best interests.
Hasbro is looking out for its own best interests.
Everyone else needs to get smarter and do the same.
I will never understand for the life of me, why anyone would die on the hill of defending a billion dollar corporation using a crowd fund to make a product. If they’re worried about making the right amount of units, open a pre order, and make it to order. Simple. Every toy company does it, don’t know why the biggest one gets a pass 🤷🏿♂️
Supporting any crowd fund by a company like Hasbro is the same thing as donating to a gofundme for bill gates or some shit. Don’t make no sense.
🤣 bro good a$$ example gofund me for Bill Gates 🤣 leave it to UNC lol
A few thoughts on Giant Man and Hasbro more broadly:
•An 12 to 18 inch Giant Man would have scaled better and could have sold quite easily at retail.
•I have yet to go in on any Haslab. If I had been able to afford it at the time I may have gone in on the Sentinel. If the Ghostbusters Haslab had been a 1/12 scale screen accurate Ecto-1 from the first film instead of part of a proton pack, I'd have backed that.
•Hasbro absolutely sucks at keeping army builders available. The Skrulls and Hellfire Club goons being excellent examples of this.
•I would've preferred it had the Sentinel not been crowd funded and was still available for purchase direct from Hasbro.
•Hasbro's greed is an excellent reminder of why corporations suck.
dang, man. This video is pure gold!!.. keep the hard work, man.. you have a new suscriber. Greetings from México!
What Toy Biz & other 90’s toy makers did & gave us can never be duplicated l, Btw to the Hasbro die hards I’m sorry but Articulated Ninja is cooking right now
One of the best things that ever happened to the toy collecting community was Hasbro firing Bobby Vala. The man EXPOSED the industry AND the bootlickers that spent YEARS trying to convince Hasbro to USE THEM as free marketing. Honestly the Hasbro toytuber shills are the most embarrassing collectors in the community. We all get to watch them hoe themselves out to Hasbro FOR FREE and they can’t do it fast enough for them. Notice how Hasbro has given NOBODY an early review sample in YEARS because they don’t want the backlash anymore. Yet these shills STILL can’t help but lick that boot because they want daddy Hasbro to keep giving them pats on the head.
Transformers collectors are the absolute worst! GI Joe 2nd. Marvel 3rd.
17:03 😂😂😂😂 LOOOOL!! With a “ding” too! 🤣
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Speaking STRAIGHT FACTS!!! Crazy how people can't have a opinion! If you have a opinion your a hater SMH
The fact that they will never reuse the molds is batshit insane. You gotta love the people who have the smell of corporate tool on their breathe.
If this video gets taken the wrong way the 2nd great toy war will finally begin😔DAMN YOU HASBRO‼️
That would be an easy win for me. Let it begin I got bombs saved up on stand by.
@@ArticulatedNinja trust me I know cuz💯🥷🏾✊🏽
I would honestly think this would’ve been a home run if they just made 1 tier and it being a matching ant man at 6 inch and a backdrop showing the change to put between them
Ninja I appreciate you and everything you do for the community. I've been watching your channel for awhile and you don't hate on Hasbro every video... you speak your mind as you should. We're collectors and we don't have to like everything that is released in plastic forms from companies. Me personally for example I don't get many McFarlane figures all that often because of the size scaling and articulation (personal opinion). I'm backing Giant Man because he's one of my favorite characters, I don't feel it needed to be crowd funded and if it doesn't meet the goal oh well life goes on. I could go on but no need. Ninja much appreciation for you ✌️✌️
🙏🏽 I appreciate the kind words thanks and I'm glad Hasbro finally did a much demanded character people like you have waited forever for this figure regardless of how its made available.
A Quinjet or maybe Avengers Mansion display. Avengers Tower. That would be a dream or center piece, Giant man ? Crowd funded ? Pass. As always, a good informative video. Keep slashing
Thanks Alex 🙏🏽 avengers tower Dio scene would be sick
Thank you for always talking your shit and keeping it honest. These man-children gotta stop acting so sensitive when the overall goal is to make things better by calling out laziness, when companies are being trash.
100% this could of and should’ve been on toy shelves or as a pulse exclusive preorder. The only Haslabs I’ve gone in on were the GI Joe ones in hope that it would lead them to see that they were profitable enough to put out vehicles to retail; and it was good to see the Vamp announced.
I wish these companies would step away from the Haslab model but unfortunately I think it was set from the point Galactus and the Sentinel came out! However with few exceptions I’m done with crowdfunding except for dream projects for independent creators
As a grown-ass Man-child, I'll say this. Thanks for the video
Wow this is amazing I’ve seen some of your videos from time to time but this is probably the best video I’ve seen from you yet because it’s true and has real logic behind it. I agree👍🏾 (to be honest a small part of me still wants the Giant man 😅)
It would be cool if we got an 1/12 scale MCU Avengers Building with The Hall of Armors inside as a dream project
Definitely
Ninja and Bobby are correct in their comments and accessment of this week attempt by the legends team! There is literally no paint on his undersized Giant Man its all molded plastic typical hasbro legends. I say undersized because the largest Sentinel is 47 ft tall and Giant Man is 60-100 ft tall unless you're gonna go with this standard height of 25 ft this is tiny. The black harness is innacurate to the source material also, he should have black lines connection to a big black circle on his chest and then one black line running down. This is not his original 1st costume it resembles his 3rd costume but had individual blue stripes like the toybiz baf. They based their prices on the ebay baf prices which have now dropped to below $200 since this offer now they run $159- $199! Its a good figure, not great and the offer is weak and it's still overpriced as hasbro legends team tries to milk every dollar from the consumer they can. If you want it buy it if not don't! In the end its an action figure not a major life decision!!!
I agree with everything you said. This figure alone is 89.99 or less with the extra faceplate. Also you hit a good point about locking away molds, that alone is some serious BS from hasbro. We should just stop funding all the haslab offerings, the good ones and the bad ones. To make them stop this. If they are worried about only making enough to cover the need, then put up preorders and move forward.
Neat figure, but lacking quite a bit. It would probably been fine as a Pulse Exclusive for this price or even slightly less. Not even a 6 inch version included
Thank you for talking about the mold, the nerve to make a 2 ft tall Marvel legend figure and labelling it a haslab project is crazy to me.
I didn't think the day would come when that Kwamin dude's name would actually show up on TH-cam for what he represents. He's been doing this type of thing for the longest in my FB toy group. Only cares about the company never the consumer. Or in your famous words Ninja "...slaves defending the slave masters."
There are plenty of channels that just bash, there are even more that suckle from the teat and wouldn't say shit if their mouth was full of it. If someone can't understand that you can both love something and also be critical about it at the same time, they've obviously never been in a serious relationship. The truth hurts and we need a voice that is bigger than ours to bark when something ain't right and let it be known that we're not happy and we want change. Ninja is our elected representative who, on our behalf, let's companies know when they've messed up or crossed the line. You can't expect things to change if you're not willing to fight for what you want.
And..just to honest Ninja..your doing such unique and awesome way to make your video's..isn't it just crazy you have to defend every single word you say about a action figure so you'r covered or maybe understood by the haters (will ALWAYS be haters) ?
Why?
The view who are against, why bother to explain yourself for everything you say...just say it..at least 90% likes it and you know in the real world you can't be friends with everybody and this 10%..you can't change them. They are out to get you for (in their opinion) every word say wrong in their mind.
You can't make these people happy regardless so just do your thing, do not apolagize but let the haters...just be haters.😊
Well said my brother, well said. 🙏🏾🦾🥷🦍
Bro, great points. Sh#t, even 4 times the price of a regular Legend is just over $100. Giant man is over $200. 8X the price of a regular Legend. I’m now wondering if it will be funded. Right now it is at a slow crawl. It’s gotta get to 10K, it’s at 4.4K right now with 40 days to go & we already know what’s coming with him. “Things that make you go, Hmmmmm”.
Ninja hasbro are thieves Period with rising prices and less in the box 🤦🏻♂️.. you spit the truth… this giant man should’ve came with some lights, transformation, scene, or broken cars for that price…
Hey man thanks for featuring my comment in your video (sokudo, I had changed my username awhile ago and didn’t know my handle was still the same so I just made them match) I think it’s funny that grown adults (the shills and HasBros) have less logic in this scenario than me, a high school freshman, but hey that’s the world we live in I guess. Appreciate the fact that you keep it real on this channel and aren’t scared of sharing your opinion without hating on the people you disagree with. Most people on the internet aren’t mature enough to do that and try to directly attack the people who have a minor difference in a opinion then them. I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again, we need people like you in the community who aren’t afraid defend the customers and tell it how it is, to call out HASBRO, their shills, and the people who claim anything less than praise is toxic negativity and if you don’t have positive things to say you should speak. Great vid as always, can’t wait for the next one.
As you said Ninja, it's not fit for a crowdfund project. Meaning it takes the spot of an actual "dream project." That's the worst part. Since few campaigns happen per year.
Damn that was a rant. !!!! & I loved it all. Everyone doesn’t think the same, & that’s okay. We’re all different with different opinions. So why hate on someone & they’re opinion. It’s a damn opinion. Love the review bro !!!!! I know I’m not paying $200 for it.
The crowdfunding scene has gotten ridiculous because we are not getting dream projects such as the Danger Room or a classified USS Flag
I can't figure out how it's a crowdfund when Hasbro puts out a Transformer Titan once a year and they just rereleased Fortress Maximus' for $199 and $205 with shipping. Can't talk about space either because they could sell it at online retail stores like BBTS, Entertainment Earth, and etc. I could understand if it came with a matching Ant Man figure and a Yellow Jacket figure. They could have also done the clear piece to show him growing in size. But if it's a dream project why not give a Super Star Destroyer or a Death Star. As far Marvel I would rather have a 1/6 scale X Man Blackbird.
Thanks for keeping it real and being a grown man, I'm done with these men with playground behavior over a hobby, they all have to grow up!
Thanks 🙏🏽
Love your videos! Thanks for a few minutes of pure entertainment
Not gonna lie I loved that intro, best intro on rant video ever.
🙏🏽 thank you
Keep bringing the news and keep bringing great vids screw everyone who wants to start drama and wants to kiss booty! Hasbro do need to be called out on they bull-ish! This company makes lots of fantastical great toys but with the money they making alone in crowd funding and retail and online retail figures shouldn't have any QC issues and it should be more items made and never a shortage.... I will never support their crowd fund because none of these are really worth it to me .... Not really dream projects.... Anyways peace ninja keep up the quality and voice your opinion ✨✨✨
Damn bro!!! it's sad to see a bunch of grown ass man going gangster over action figures we are supposed to just have fun and enjoy collecting. but some of these beach access Making something bigger😂 I love your channel articulated ninja you've been doing it for a long time and I've been following you for a very long time. you are a real one about yours keep up the good work and don't worry about the haters💯
Grown ass men who collect toys makes sense they are childish
Bro loved the video, well said. Hope this unnecessary drama dies down within the community. Keep doing you!
appreciate when people can handle drama/differing opinions in an adult way.
I'm not saying I'm a Hasbro suck up but compared to other Haslab's I think this is a great offering especially when comparing to the garbage that was the engine of vengeance although it definitely should come with more especially when the mile stones are just faces when the G.I. Joe Haslab had whole figures come with their milestones anyway thanks for all the amazing content and don't let some Hasbro suck ups make you feel stupid or over the top.Have a nice day.
I hear you but comparing it to trash so low as the garbage of eov doesn't make this a win compare it to the sentinel or Galactus. In essence when 2 losers fight the winner isn't a champion he's still a loser. This and the eov was bad that's why most people compare it to that but it doesn't make this great either in my eyes. I understand what your saying though
@ArticulatedNinja I definitely agree what you're saying I mean the Galactus and Sentinel are bigger come with more look better and aren't just a boring body that'll probably just be shrunk down to make an over priced figure so in turn I agree with all your points especially when this could have just been sold for like £165 and people would have bought it but oh because they chucked in a couple of face plates it makes up for that extra £35@@ArticulatedNinja
@articulated ninja I love your content . I think we all need to start asking hasbro when they tell us it’s a dream project “ WHO’S DREAM “ 😂😂
I agree, box it like a build a figure and no problem selling it in the stores. I'd be willing to bet the legs, arm, and head would fit in a normal box with a 6 inch figure considering all the room those boxes have since there's never much that comes with 6inch figures
“ stupid ninja, always making stupid sense” lol
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I agree. So far as brick-and-mortar shelf space is concerned, that is a pretty lame excuse. That Giant Man figure could be packaged as a BAF all in one compact, retailer-friendly package.
Articulated Ninja 🥷 WINS!
Flawless Victory. 🐉
What I will never understand is why does a billionaire company have to crowdfund a single thing… and also I’ll never understand why someone would want try to defend a company that doesn’t give a crap about their customers like Hasbro. Hasbro knows that their loyal Hasbros will pay for whatever junk they try to sell them.
MANNN 30 minutes of chilling, it’s great that you talk about these problems ‘cause even a soft sensitive ass collector like me can understand why a multi billion company doesn’t need and it’s an insult to small companies to crowdfund, I’m buying it ‘cause I have an attachment to giant man but I’m not okay with this strategy
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Hey do you guys remember when hasbro made a black series tie fighter full scale? Omg how times change XD
Yooooo amazing point I forgot all about that huge ass thing 🤣
Keep up the great work Articulated Ninja. I've always enjoyed your videos and critiques since I discovered you last year. You always make great points and never try to be devisive, even though others claim you are.
Those who are "offended" don't seem to understand that TH-camrs like you, Analog Toys, and Retroblasting are always giving fair assessments. In reality you guys are always looking from a collectors point of view, you know, the people buying the product. You guys help speak for us. Keep up the great videos.
Yeah, as for the texture and paint apps., it's not outside the realm of possibility if one or both doesn't make it on the final product.
I'm glad I chose to stay away from the social groups on the internet who share the same hobby. Addition by subtraction. Some hobbies are enjoyed in solitude.