I’ll admit… I was feeling pretty lukewarm about the majority of the FSS 6 reveals, with the first half of the figures shown feeling somewhat lackluster.

But over the past week or so, the Collectors Club has shown the back half of the latest Figure Subscription Service and things have taken a decided turn for the better.  While not all home runs, there has been a distinct upward trend which is nice to see.

We all know who this guy is, and why he must not be named…interesting choice for the head sculpt and I do like the armored torso, though the scarf looks a little sketchy.  It will likely look better in production, but this one isn’t wowing me.

Okay, this one is a head scratcher.  I’m not entirely sure why Windmill was tops of anyone’s list for an FSS figure anyway, but especially not the Funskool deco version.  I’m not crazy about the parts here and the dated 25th Anniversary vest leaves me cold.  The dual purpose head sculpt for BattleForce: 2000 and Windmill makes a certain amount of sense, but again, I can think of several characters that needed revisiting before this guy.

Now Rampart looks pretty great.  The Collectors Club is further developing the 1990 roster nicely, and I’m glad to see this guy here.  I will not rest until Captain Grid-Iron shows up though. #GridIronForLife

Ehh…  I dunno.  I love the classic WORMS, it’s one of my all time favorite COBRA vehicle drivers, but the modern officer style jacket just seems broad and bloated.  I get what they were going for here, but not real wild about the final execution.

Excellent.  More love for new Devil’s Due characters is always good.  Yes, I realize she’s not really a new character, she’s just Oktober Guard’s Daina in a new outfit, but it’s still a nice looking figure, and I dig the parts choices.  It’s a shame there wasn’t a way to include her unique hat, but I still think the figure as a whole looks pretty great.

Yes.  Yes.  YES.  I’m pretty sure I’ve put The Plague down on my convention survey nearly every year since they first debuted, and Guillotine is a fantastic place to start.  I’m desperately hoping this is an indication of more Plague members still to come and if so, this is a heck of a nice start.  Great looking figure and a nice way to round off the FSS reveals.

And in case you missed it, the Club also threw a new vest and scarf on Cross Hair, which I am fully in support of:

So… FSS 6.0 ends up strong, though I’m still not sure I can justify the expense.  With shipping we’re talking around $450 which is far from pocket change, especially as newly tooled parts continue to be reduced.  Many of the figures shown here lack that “collector” mentality of extra paint decos or new parts which were used as justifications for higher prices in the past.  Yes, I realize that everything costs, and producing these things aren’t cheap, but seeing costs increase while our bang for the buck decreases doesn’t leave the best taste in my mouth.

That being said, if you like what you see, more power to you, hit up the Figure Subscription Service page to buy ’em up!  Then let me know if you want to sell your Guillotine afterwards…  😉