[ToyAddict]

CJ, man I hope you don't mean me! I expect that if the subscription fails, that's the end of the line! And that would be sad! I likes me some DCUC!

If the new line they carry on with goes together like DCSH did going into DCUC, great! DCSH had only Batman and Superman characters packed with comics or dioramas. DCUC expanded to all DC characters with CNC pieces.

Maybe realizing that the price point was going too high for retail, they've sacrificed the CNC piece. Maybe they'll include a figure stand if we're lucky. An alt-head or accessory when appropriate. They usually aren't skimpy on supplying those (though yeah it would have been nice if Martian Manhunter had had all that in one package--they did it for Bronze Tiger here later).

Anyhow, I'm thinking that there's plenty of folks that would be okay with more expensive IF it meant getting figures they want, or even the hope of it. Mattel's stated commitment for Voltron is $290, MOTUC is $510; DCUC "only" $255. Yet it appears they are getting enough business to let those other clubs go forward.

At four waves per year, we've been looking at spending over $400 per year. The Club is actually cheaper!

I guess maybe they chose just a bad assortment of figures to dangle out there as the teasers for the club. Probably almost everyone that would even consider subscribing to the club likes at least one of the figures they've mentioned; possibly even two. Some may like three. Rare for four. I doubt anyone likes all five. Had I liked three, I might have bought in. Four definitely. Then sure, maybe I could have ended up hating the rest of the figures that ended up in the subscription and I wouldn't renew for the next year. They'd have my $255 and that would be it.

Like I said before, if they split it up into sub-families, I'd buy more. If they did a Batman subscription, I'd buy it. If they did a C and D list sub, I'd buy it. If they did a Lantern Corps sub, I wouldn't buy it, but you probably would. So they'd get over $500 out of me each year for multiple years. But as it is now, since I happen to not like more than half of what they've shown, and it's all-or-nothing, looks like for me it's going to be nothing. I'll have to settle for filling in the gaps with DC Direct.