There were a number of threads I could justifiably post this idea on, but this thread seemed the most fitting.
Pardon me, if anyone else has suggested this, but, we now live in a world where the people's voice (and wallets) prompted Hasbro to cater to the collecting fans of Star Wars, via crowdfunding (a'la kickstart), As a result, Hasbro developed/created a massive scale Star Wars vehicle/playset, that dwarfs anything that has come before it. I speak of Jabba's the Hut's Sail Barge, in production now, and scheduled for delivery, come Feb 2019! Any other Indy collectors out there, heard of this?
I can't be troubled to post pic at the moment, but here's a news link:
http://www.slashfilm.com/hasbros-cr...bbas-sail-barge-playset-has-reached-its-goal/
In a nutshell, Hasbro said they would follow through with it, if 5000 people agreed to put their money where their mouth is and commit to purchase said playset, that retails for $500, once it is completed. With only a month to go before the deadline, it looked as though 2500 commitments was all Hasbro had, and that the crowd fund goal was a failure.
But just as Sean Connery taught us, Never Say Never, for they were able to reach the goal before the deadline. It is worth noting that if the goal had not been reached, no money would be charged, and no one would be out of pocket.
Yes, the price tag is massive, but this is because it is 4 ft long , in about 17 in tall , and probably the most ambitious play set ever developed for any action figure series, including the original Death Star playset, which in terms of screen accuracy, doesn't hold a candle to Jabba's Sail Barge!
And at that price, Hasbro just about had to choose the crowdfunding route, so that they didn't risk overestimating the audience for this playset and making too many, that would never sell, and wind up being marked down for clearance at a loss to stores.
I bring it up on this forum, of course, because it instills hope at the possibility of Hasbro producing other desired playsets based on the demand of collectors!
I realize this is probably a long shot, considering Star Wars has an overall greater population of collectors and fans, compared to Indiana Jones. Still, apparently, it's possible then if we where to Rally enough people to commit to an Indiana Jones playset, Hasbro might listen and meet the demand, in an amazing way!
Personally, I would love to see a somewhat near scale Grail Temple play set from the Last Crusade, to be developed. Or the Chacopoyan temple from opening of Raiders! Or at least a motorized, scale vehicle of Vogel's tank!!
I haven't yet tried creating a survey for people to vote on, but if it hasn't been surveyed yet, I'd be curious if the collectors that frequent The Raven would be interested in starting a crowd fund for one of these playsets to be developed.
Do you all think we'd be able to get enough people on board for an awesome playset from Hasbro? If so, which playset would you all want the most? And roughly what scale do you think it should be? How accurate should it be in terms of scale, and what price point do you think we could realistically expect from Hasbro?