[ToyAddict]

Barring a miracle, it looks like the subscription will fail. Time for my rant. . .

Mattel manages a subscription for Ghostbusters. . .4 core A-list characters and a few dozen supporting cast.

They've got MOTUC. . .more A-listers in this but, man, have you seen some of the figures they've put out? I was an avid watcher of the He-Man cartoon in the 80s, but I have no idea who Count Marzo, Gygor, or Megator are, for example.

The DC Universe has hundreds of characters. Granted, we've got a great many of them by now, but there is still a LOT that could be done that would be a shame if it didn't happen.

Seems like the biggest complaint is not cost, but character selection. Personally, I have no desire for Atrocitus nor for Starman. "Meh" for Golden Age Flash. I think I saw that Poison Ivy is supposed to be in it too -- for me, that's a must-have.

I suggest they split the subscriptions into several smaller broad-themed subscriptions.

1) Batman Legacy. If they don't continue this at retail that is. Still need several characters here -- Poison Ivy, Mad Hatter, The Ventriloquist, Black Mask, Hush, Alfred, Oracle, Huntress, Damian, Zsasz (that would make a great SDCC exclusive, hint hint), Firefly, Ra's Al Ghul, Talia. . .the list could go on for a long time. That's not even counting any of the movie-verse (how about a Batman with Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney heads, Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman, Jim Carrey Riddler, Arnold S Mr. Freeze, Michael Caine Alfred, Liam Neeson Ducard. . .but no thanks on a Christopher Walken figure) or the video-game-verse.

2) Cartoons & Comics -- have a subscription for cartoon-versions we haven't seen yet. JLU-style Vigilante, Despero, Aquaman (fish-hook hand), Dove (Don Hall) and Toyman; Super Powers Kalibak, Orion, and Penguin, etc. And anyone else who appears in the show that isn't a toy yet. . .Aztek, The Shade, Live Wire, Vixen, Fire, Shining Knight, Circe, Mirror Master, Morgaine La Fey, Volcana, Mxyzptlk (need both a Super Powers and a JLU version) etc. This could be where we get those last figures to finish out sets, like the Golden Age Flash. Throw in supporting cast here too: Steve Trevor, Jimmy Olsen, Hippolyta, and sure even Marvin and Wendy.

3) Lanterns -- yeah they tried it for two waves in GL Classics and DCUC wave 17, but they could go all out and do a bunch of other members of the Green Lantern Corps (Arkkis Chummuck and the other GL's that appeared in episodes of JLU would make me happy) and then there's all the other characters in all the other colors. I can see how this would have failed at retail (too many obscure characters) but possibly could thrive in a subscription. Or maybe do these in big box sets of teams, like they're doing for LOSH.

I think there are enough characters there for each group, and a big enough fan base for each, that they could pull it off. I really can't imagine that the fan base for Ghostbusters or possibly Voltron (heck, maybe even MOTU) is bigger than the fan base for any one of these groups.

Crazy as it may sound, I'd buy subscriptions to 2 or 3 of these groups, but I don't plan on buying a sub to Club Infinite Earths. The first few figures revealed, nor any of the Fans' Choice oversized figure possibilities, don't have me interested enough. So long as Poison Ivy gets a home in the retail line of Batman Legacy.

Rant done. I welcome any critiques of the idea, and anyone who might actually have the ear of someone at Mattel to bounce this off them. I love DCUC and don't want to see it die.