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Originally Posted by CMIII

The problem with this logic is that everybody wants something different. There really is no such thing as a "Filler Character" for argument sake to me Phantom Stranger was nothing more then a Filler but to others he's Important while I wanted Captain Marvel Jr he was a Filler to someone else. So doing the Preorders would be Flawed because you may get 900 preorders for Damien Wayne and the exact same number for Dr. Light just different people would preorder so no matter what you would be stuck in the same situation.

The fact that different people will want different figures is exactly the point and the problem with their current model. If enough people want a certain figure then it gets put into production. Maybe that means that less popular characters get skipped or they only make a minimum number but that's perfectly fair. There just aren't enough people willing to buy what they don't want. People "vote" with their wallets and right now they are clearly saying no to a subscription for figures they don't care about. If somebody still wanted all the figures then they could preorder them all.

Basically, if you force people to buy 10 figures in order to get 2 or 3 or 7 figures they actually want then you are asking them to subsidize the other figures for people that do want them. If the popularity of every figure isn't then same then why should they all get the same production run? There is a reason that companies make more of some figures for retail than they do other figures in the same wave. Getting the figures to the right people is what it should be about. It shouldn't be my job to buy a figure I don't want and then sell it to someone who does want it, all the while hoping I don't lose money.