Ramen Toys Ramen Economical Vans 1/12 Scale Vehicles Pre-orders

On 9/17/2024 at 2:19 AM, memocromatico said:

Im half a mind on this, if not for Frank, for my Tracksuits!

I'm picturing the same thing. Tombstone or Mr Negative with their thugs, Tracksuits ect. Piling out of the back. It'll be cool when I don't have Frank and some street levels in there.

Im half a mind on this, if not for Frank, for my Tracksuits!

Steep price otherwise I would be down for a punisher battle van

On 9/16/2024 at 1:24 PM, Reno said:

Just proving to myself that I probably won't ever find vehicle prices justified, even this seems extremely expensive to me for what it is. Perhaps a sign that I'm just out of touch or that I just don't value vehicles at the same rate as others. However that's also coming from someone that has bought the vast majority of the vehicles (pretty much all bat related) that McFarlane has put out for their DC Multiverse line... and I don't even really like McFarlane that much. I haven't allowed myself to buy any Joe Classified vehicles and wouldn't pay this price for this either. That pretty much tells me all that I need to know about anything Hasbro could release for Legends (for myself). I had no problem paying $400 for Galactus, $350 each for Multiple Sentinels, $200 for Giant Man or $85 for Dragon Man but I wouldn't even consider paying $150 for this.

Very well put my friend. Even though I did cave to get this very cool looking van IMO. I often refer to the recent Mattel WWE set with Rey Mysterio and Lucha Low Rider that's going for $40 dollars retail. Of course the Rey Mysterio is from the less articulated figure line and I suspect the Low Rider is probably a bit less detailed than the Hellcharger would have been but it is to scale and it has working lifts for the tires. I don't see why Hasbro can't do something similar with a figure somewhere in the $100 to $120 range. And the same old tired argument about how Hasbro has to offset the cost to carry the Marvel license somewhere just doesn't hold that much water because Mattel has to pay for the WWE license as well.

Just proving to myself that I probably won't ever find vehicle prices justified, even this seems extremely expensive to me for what it is. Perhaps a sign that I'm just out of touch or that I just don't value vehicles at the same rate as others. However that's also coming from someone that has bought the vast majority of the vehicles (pretty much all bat related) that McFarlane has put out for their DC Multiverse line... and I don't even really like McFarlane that much. I haven't allowed myself to buy any Joe Classified vehicles and wouldn't pay this price for this either. That pretty much tells me all that I need to know about anything Hasbro could release for Legends (for myself). I had no problem paying $400 for Galactus, $350 each for Multiple Sentinels, $200 for Giant Man or $85 for Dragon Man but I wouldn't even consider paying $150 for this.

Not a bad price tbf, considering it's Ramen (as opposed to the big companies)

Finally the "Punisher van"!! So cool

The price on the Racer was indeed rough, but I was pretty bummed about the failed Haslab. To overpay to a small company and an essentially "handmade" to order item was justifiable to me. Almost as a thank you to Ace for doing it for those of us who wanted the car. It looks really cool with Widow shooting out the back, Cap hanging his shield out the other window, Robbie driving, Blade hanging out the passenger side and Panther on the roof. I am happy I got it. I'm really jealous of Joe fans, cause that bridge layer is perfect, my favorite toy as a kid.

These are cool man!!! Never heard of them before this either! Lord, they even make tanks?? Those are literally the Joe MOBAT and Wolverine! I'm all over these man! Thanks for the heads up @toynewman!

I did support the EoV but I did think the price was ridiculous. Had it fully funded and all the tiers been reached with the figures it would have been a slightly better deal but I think that whole Early Bird thing just poisoned it from go time. Bad bad experience all around but it was what it was. Equally so was the Ramen Racer ridiculously priced and had zero figures. A shop owner friend of mine bought it and it was good but not $250 good. And then another $30 if you wanted the accessories. But this actually puts Hasbro on the hot seat as to how it's possible for a small company like Ramen to produce a product like this compared to a huge company like Hasbro who pretty much has unlimited resources. I did order this directly from the manufacturer which does come in a tad less than if I'd gotten it from BBTS. No shade to BBTS. I still have many many pre-orders with them. It's just that these days ever single cent counts.