[ToyAddict]

Well, they did have it set up to be made, they knew there was collector interest for that figure, just there wasn't enough interest to sustain the whole line at retail. They'd be kinda stupid AND jerky to have NOT included him in the sub.

And didn't they do something like this the first year of the sub? They had initially revealed like Jay Garrick, Atrocitus, and Starman I think (probably Metron too), and then when reception wasn't overwhelming like a week later they promised Poison Ivy?

So yes I think they had this planned, once the retail line was officially killed they set this up for plan B. And I have the feeling they won't do the subs for 2015 so they figured it's now or never. (That said, I'd bet the sub gets Miss Martian in 2014 as well.)