It says membership does not provide a guarantee to purchase any of these products, as purchase depends on product availability. So what am I paying for? A chance to get an exclusive figure maybe? This is bullshit.

Finally, a way for Mattel to release the already tooled Keclar figure we missed out on with the ETERNIA crowdund.

*crowdfund*

Posted by: @kraken

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It says membership does not provide a guarantee to purchase any of these products, as purchase depends on product availability. So what am I paying for? A chance to get an exclusive figure maybe? This is bullshit.

Remember when we thought Mattel turned a corner with Wun-Dar and Grizzlor?

Back from the land of the dead. Good thing my collecting days are over.

Posted by: @sshook27

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Finally, a way for Mattel to release the already tooled Keclar figure we missed out on with the ETERNIA crowdund.

I'm not thrilled by this "awesome offer". Not one bit. Moreover, I have a limited list of characters in which I'm interested, so the mysterious action figure is surely not on my list.

LAME

I thought it was going to be Vultak… but I’m cool with a surprise figure also lol

This seems to be their model for many of their other brands as well… I don’t know if it’s their response to slower sales on Creations or to test the market but I am more than ok with made to order exclusives for members only - might breathe some much needed frenzy back into the brand… def signing up!

They said some figures and items would be made to order and members are guaranteed the opportunity to purchase those within a window of time - so that’s not altogether horrible… what we are not necessarily guaranteed is early access if we don’t hustle lol but early access is like an early shot at getting something that’s going to be released again - whereas a guarantee of made to order for members only is pretty darn special imo..

MOTU will be on overdrive for the next year and a half. 

Maybe with this new iteration of 'Club Eternia' I'll get a chance at a Masks of Demons 2-pack for the New Eternia Masterverse line. But I have a feeling it'll mainly be Origins related stuff. 

With Mattel, things are always a gamble...

However, I figure that $0.83 a month is worth it just to see what is coming down the line.

I really wish that the company had more faith in the brand and didn't need to resort to gimmicks like a membership... but, this is the world we live in. Mattel execs make questionable decisions that essentially kill the retail side of Origins, and now use a sub model to lure in the old-guard to keep the line going.

Oh well, I'm down for whatever this experiment yields.

Ooh, the potential!

What happens when you join? Is there a secret website you get access to?

@samuel The only thing I got was an email telling me they are processing my order.

@samuel right now I think they just have a forum which I don’t really care to look at. Otherwise we will receive emails when ever they have a vote or pre sale

I'm excited about this "Club"! I'm pretty much a completionist when it comes to MOTU & POP, so if this helps me avoid potential quick sellouts and gets me some exclusive figures/goodies, I'm all for it.

As someone who purchased everything, I was all for the sub model in Classics and this is even better because people aren't going to be forced into buying things they don't want, other than a yearly charge that is literally less than 84 cents a month.

I can understand people who are cherry picking the line not being too pleased but if there's an exclusive figure that they want, paying $9.99 for a yearly membership is much less than what they'll pay getting it on the secondary market.

If this is the key to FINALLY getting actual deep cut characters instead of the same predictable shit over and over, I'm all in.

why would a yearly 10 bucks be the KEY to getting deep cuts? I could see monthly fee doing that, but yearly? No, there’s something else behind this and it stinks.

This is mattel making money off the scammers who will buy multiple memberships, and multiple figures at a time from each account, because these are now behind a paywall and EXCLUSIVE!!!! So its screws us, multiple ways. Fee, and they are already WARNING that not enough might go around for the members.

Like I mentioned in other thread, go read about the monster high membership. Its not pretty.

I'm down to buying a figure or two a year from Mattel Creations, so I doubt I will join.   I'll be annoyed if they release Origins 80s figures this way since those are almost done.

It is less than $10 for the entire year. I do not really collect Origins or Masterverse, but I subscribed anyway.

Yeah, it's only US $10, I'll give it a shot. 

It will depend on whether customers have a limited window to subscribe or not. Otherwise, I'll just wait until the subscription has its first related offers before I make a decision.