Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
I wonder if this will gain much scalper interest.
They are made to order, so aren't going to run out (a scalper's dream), and they are so expensive for a Deluxe toy in a bag (remember, Deluxes in America are $10-15 IN packaging). If any figures are high demand and others are really low demand, it will also make it difficult to offload a lot of extra figures if a scalper buys up several sets. (kinda like a retail case assortment with half being Bumblebee - online stores have to sell those cheap, while charging more for the remaining figures to offset it)

They also mention that the extras will be sold on their site for considerably more (as an incentive to pre-order all six). Just how much more can they charge for a Deluxe in a baggie.
I can definitely see scalper interest here. Remember whilst they are producing according to demand, they have a ridiculous cut-off date that's scarcely 3 weeks from their announcement date (10th Sept 2012). So far out of all the figs they've sold, the only one that's really shelfwarmed for them is Animated Cheetor. Botcon Spinister/Octopunch has surprisingly been up for a a while now. Seems like anything Classics related sells like hot cakes, so I can only see that they will stand to make an ginormous profit even from the excess that they'll list on their website.

Secondly, see:
Quote Originally Posted by TFCC Website
5. The figures will be shipped in random order. All members receive the same figures each month. So if you don’t mind, when you get your shipment each month, PLEASE do not go online and tell what you received. We want each shipment to be a surprise for as many members as possible.
Subscription figs are shipped once a month at random. We can already observe some figures showing more demand than others. If somebody was lucky enough to score a Slipstream or Ultra Mammoth on their first month, I'm sure it will fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market - as with what happened with the recent FP Steel Core shipments.

There's always the possibility that even after paying FunPub's asking premium, you may not receive that one fig you truly want until 12 months later. That would be incredibly unlucky - like 0.1% chance unlucky (1/6 * 1/5 * 1/4 * 1/3 * 1/2), and maybe a sign that you should invest in a lottery ticket