I feel like this is a cyclical argument
I understand both sides. Everyone, ordering a figure, hopes that it turns out to be a great rendition of the character.
And if it doesn’t, then it feels a bit of a wasted opportunity.
Not only because you might still really want to fill that gap in your collection but, if you cancel, they might not revisit that character they half-assed due to an incorrectly attributed lack of interest in the character.
I am a big believer in voting with your wallet. This is an expensive hobby and I’d certainly never blame anyone for cancelling if they don’t like the end result. Your money, your collection, your choice.
When I have cancelled figures, I have only done so because the final product was so crummy, so far from the original proto, that I couldn’t buy it.
Till now, those figures, only Snake Plisskin, and the DC Superman, were $90 figures they had the gall to charge over $200 for.
Especially considering what the final piece looked like.
With a HT figure. If I were on the fence and wanted to wait to see what the final piece looked like, I’d I don’t like it, it just means I have saved money. And that’s a good thing, lol.
If I’d like the character and the final piece doesn’t cut it? I never see saving money as a negative.