[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Awesome... doesn't really give me a lot of time to put money aside for it.

Well, at the very least you're not having to pay all up front.
I believe it's $30 USD to subscribe, they charge you half then, and half when the first figure starts to ship.

Toyaddict:

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I think it more hangs upon 1) price, and 2) character selection. If they raise the subscriber price much from $15 + shipping, it'll price me out of the market. And if the characters are dumb, then of course no one will want them.

I will say though, so far the sub figures I figured I'd unload, I've decided to keep. Except Starman, still pretty sure he's going.

And maybe a 3rd factor -- 3) how cool is the club exclusive figure.

They'll raise the price, but it'll probably be to $20.
As for the rest, the thing most DCUC collectors cited as their reason not to join was the retail line. Now there isn't one, even after they assured us there would be. Now they're assuring us there will be one next year, but this year's retail line underwent three, maybe four changes before it was virtually flat out cancelled.
Those of use who subscribed are now just about the only ones getting new DCUC toys.
Combined with the figures so far being much better quality than we were expecting, then I feel that will inspire a lot more people to sign up. I don't think there's going to be anywhere near trhe drama there was last year about it.
There's also the new fear factor that even if mattel says there will be retail toys, there still might not be.
Fear of not having goes a long way in the toy collecting community. (It drives up Ebay prices on rediculous things like Prime Soundwave and Vehicon to rediculous levels on ebay, when if people would be patient, they'll find them easily enough a few months later)