Hasbro Pulsecon Update: Pay For The Opportunity To Try To Get Exclusives

Just when you thought Hasbro couldn't get any dumber, they go and do something like this...I wish I could make a Dumb and Dumber reference and follow that up with, "And totally redeem themselves!" Sadly, that's not the case.

If you had an inkling of hope that you'd stand a chance of obtaining one of the San Diego Comic Con 2020 exclusives, now turned Hasbo Pulse exclusives, this year, you may want to go sit down. Hasbo has found yet another way to give you, the average collector, the finger.

It wasn't bad enough that we'd all be competing against the scalpers and other rabid fans on September 24th, 2020. Now, as it turns out, product may not even be available that day. Why? Because Hasbro is selling early access to the exclusives to anyone willing to pay $50.00 to join Hasbro Pulse Premium. With your purchase of their annual membership, you'll also get early access on September 23rd, 2020 to try and buy the exclusives.

Here in lies the next problem. That fifty dollar fee doesn't guarantee you anything in terms of the actual items. Just the opportunity to shop one day earlier. You still have to sign in, grab the item, get through checkout and get your pre-order confirmation before they sell out. Not only that, but there's no limit to how many Hasbro Pulse Premium memberships are being sold. In fact many, if not most, Hasbro Pulse customers already have a Premium account for the free shipping benefits.

"But Hasbro is limiting one (of each) exclusive per customer," you say. Okay, fine. But, simply do the math in that equation.

If there are five thousand memberships to Hasbro Pulse Premium, but only two thousand pieces of each exclusive, that still means they're going to be sold out instantly on the 23rd. In fact, I pretty much guarantee it. I'll be incredibly surprised if this isn't the case.

The only thing Hasbro is going to accomplish here is angering thousands of collectors who had no chance unless they wanted to be extorted for an extra fifty bucks. Mark my words, the internet will be ablaze on September 24th with angry rants directed at Hasbro, and Hasbro Pulsecon will be labeled an utter failure.

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