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Originally Posted by ToyAddict

Sooooooooo. . .back full-circle to hoping that they do it a different way than the subscription.

They could "complete" the Secret Six by doing a boxset. I'm not big on the history of this group, but it appears that there are several members from various eras that have not been made (quickly glancing at Wikipedia). Same for the Doom Patrol. Also need Lead, Tin, and Platinum for the Metal Men. Or they could do a whole subscription of team-completers.

It seems to me the problem is they are trying to please everyone with one subscription and in doing so they are alienating a great many. I'd subscribe to a cartoon-styling figure subscription (JLU and Super Friends). I'd subscribe to a Batman line. Maybe even a team-completer line. Personally, I have no interest in getting the whole run of all the different Lantern Corps but I'm sure there's several people that would be.

Look at what's been promised: Starman (team completer), Poison Ivy (Batman), Jay Garrick (team completer), and Atrocitus (Lantern Corps). I mean not to offend any but I'm going to guess there's not a whole lot of interest in this Starman. The rest, individually, probably have a great many collectors who'd want them, and everyone that surrounds them. People want one, maybe two of them.

I still say several subscriptions is the way to go, because the DC Universe is so vast. And I think Mattel would make MORE money doing it. Anyone agree with that?

But, then again, I'd be happy if they went and finished the Super Powers line, but that's a discussion for another thread :P

I've never signed up for a Mattel subscription before, so I'm a little ignorant on this part of how they work. So I'm wording things under a certain assumption.

I always assumed that they worked just like any subscription. After your year is up, you have to resubscribe to continue it.
However, the wording on the perchase page when I signed up was a little vague. It made me check a box before I completed the billing information that indicated to me I was perminantly subscribed. it may have ment that I was automatically signed up for the next figure, and the next figure after that,, and so on. But it made it sound like I was automatically resubscribed when the subscription ran out.
So, I'm going off the original assumption that you have to re-up every year.

Instead of having multiple subscriptions like you suggested earlier, I would suggest themed years. Which would allow some people to drop out if they don't like a certain theme. it would also atteact attention of others if they were a specific collector.
This year is a hotpot of various characetrs to get everyone interested. Next year however, they announce that they're going Rogue, with a heavy, if not exclusive focus on villains. The year after that, they change their theme to Green Lantern. After that, Secret Identities. After that, Cartoons (Characters that may be promenent or exclusive to the various DC cartoons through the decades). After that, a heavy focus on obscure characters.
Even if they don't reveal much to get people in, they sorta already know what they're gonna be in for.
I will say the comparison to the Lions and GB was valid in that those lines you *already* have a good idea of what and who to expect. While with the an entire DC Multiverse to choose from, it's a huge mystery. I mean, if they're offering up Shaggyman, who the hell else can they possibly pull out of their ass?