2025 HasLab Mos Eisley Cantina

[Rob]

I have just one.  I always wanted to buy them all but figure they’re basically the same figure and cost $50 each, which is a lot.

[Dave]

That is cool.  I don't think I ever even knew they existed.

Yeah, they should have made a small riser with a sound chip like they did on that carded figure.

[P-Siddy]

Backed my first Haslab.

[Nicklab]

That is cool.  I don't think I ever even knew they existed.

Yeah, they should have made a small riser with a sound chip like they did on that carded figure.

Mr Skeezler set up a diorama with a sound clip - I think it might have been the Sail Barge, and used an mp3 player that looped the audio.

Something similar would be great for this set.  "Mad About Me" is readily available for download.  But the song "Cantina Band 2" is a little more difficult to come by.

[Jeff]

I have already started looking into LED options for lighting and found some really small bluetooth speakers that you could disguise as a small round table.  My plan is to do a playlist of the cantina sounds on a loop that I can play from my phone to the bluetooth speaker when showing off the table/room.

I am planning to put my modal nodes in that second alcove on the DLX side sort of like that image Scott posted.  That seems to be the most likely spot for the band to be.

I'm sure someone will come up with some kind of cheap 3rd party band riser that will fit in an alcove.  I also expect a certain someone will come up with a nice cardboard floor piece and something to close off those three open doors/arches at the back and behind the bar. 

I'm sure I'll be rewatching youtube videos from old Celebration "behind the cantina scenes" type videos for inspiration and to figure out who goes where.

[P-Siddy]

But the song "Cantina Band 2" is a little more difficult to come by.

I suppose ripping an MP3 of it would work (I own the discs).

[Nicklab]

I have already started looking into LED options for lighting and found some really small bluetooth speakers that you could disguise as a small round table.  My plan is to do a playlist of the cantina sounds on a loop that I can play from my phone to the bluetooth speaker when showing off the table/room.

I am planning to put my modal nodes in that second alcove on the DLX side sort of like that image Scott posted.  That seems to be the most likely spot for the band to be.

I'm sure someone will come up with some kind of cheap 3rd party band riser that will fit in an alcove.  I also expect a certain someone will come up with a nice cardboard floor piece and something to close off those three open doors/arches at the back and behind the bar. 

I'm sure I'll be rewatching youtube videos from old Celebration "behind the cantina scenes" type videos for inspiration and to figure out who goes where.

Matthew Cohen, the photographer who shot the glam shots of the Cantina shared with me that they used balloon LED's.  He said they're readily available on Amazon. 

Amazon - Balloon LED's

[Mister Skeezler]

I'm so excited for this Haslab, and I already love my custom cantina. Oh well, I'm in for 2 of these, one deluxe and one base.

The thing that's annoying me is the backlash on social media from collectors saying they're going to boycott this for some reason or another. Generally it's like "I've been a collector for years and have all sorts of Star Wars tattoos and no one talks about the Cantina at all," or "I'm not backing this until Hasbro guarantees they'll be making Shin, Baylan, [the list of new media demands goes on from here]." The Star Wars fan community never misses an opportunity to shoot itself in the face I suppose.

[Dave]

I have already started looking into LED options for lighting and found some really small bluetooth speakers that you could disguise as a small round table.  My plan is to do a playlist of the cantina sounds on a loop that I can play from my phone to the bluetooth speaker when showing off the table/room.

Please post what you figure out for the LED lights and bluetooth speaker. 

I checked out Nicklab's balloon light suggestion, but I'm hoping to find something more permanent.

[Nicklab]

I think the balloon lights will minimize the footprint without requiring wiring.  But they have a finite lifespan. 

[Rob]

This one just hit the halfway point - 4,002.

[Ryan]

I am a sucker and backed two sets as well - One "deluxe" for me, and one "standard" for the extra figures. I wonder what the best option to sell the second playset to recoup some of the cost will be - 1) whole, minus the carded figures or 2) break up each of the modules so that people who didn't want to go for the full cantina can get just a piece?

It might be time to officially rename this thread, too.

[Rob]

After the way the Barge went I did that with the Razor Crest and ended up storing a giant box for two years to maybe make $150 more than I paid. 

So I didn’t bother with the Ghost, and don’t plan on bothering with this one unless we get to the last minute and the numbers are comparatively low.  If there are 25,000 or
30,000 of these out there I just don’t think they’ll have much resell value.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I'm definitely not expecting to pull a profit on the second set (unless I keep it forever, I don't have the space for that). I am just hoping to get as much back as I can to help offset the cost of having one set of loose & carded figures. If I can get $325-$350 total for the rest of it I'd be ecstatic.

[tmanthegreat]

I’m probably in the minority here, but I’m not entirely interested in this set and it’s a fairly easy pass for me... Don’t get me wrong as it looks FANTASTIC and the potential for diorama setups and photography are near-endless (particularly given all the accessories) just it’s not as interesting to me as a larger spaceship or vehicle would have been. The set will also command a bit of shelf space I don’t really have and I can’t exactly hang the Cantina from a wall or the ceiling, although that would make for an interesting display