You people are too funny. EA says to you that they'll release toons at crazy high prices, later cut them to a fraction of the cost, then further down the road make them free, and then you complain because of your complete lack of self control or because of your insane sense of entitlement?
I can't think of a single product on this earth that's worth paying 10x for it just to have get it a month or two before anyone else (for now we'll ignore the fact that this item has absolutely no tangible value, and will be outdated in the blink of an eye).
You've got a 'preview' of a character; you got to give him a test drive around the block, and in a short period of time you and your buddies will be able to pick him up for the same cost as most other characters in the game, and if you wait a little longer then the company selling their product will give up on making money on that character and let you have 'em for free.
Reading these threads is so comical. Yeah, having exclusivity is expensive and for the same price of that exclusivity you can go out and buy a new phone, iPad, a new game system and a whole library of video games, yet EA is wronging you because you lack the ability to do simple math?
I don't know which group is funnier, the ones who actually spend thousands of dollars for their month or two of exclusivity, or the ones that spend a couple hundred and have nothing to show for it. Oh wait, no... the funniest will always be the people who think everything in the world should be completely free.
Thanks for the entertainment! Sorry you have such a 'bad taste' in your mouth over their prices; maybe you should go ahead and quit playing cause you don't want to support such a 'greedy' company; oh wait, you can't quit, you've already sunk too much money into the game!
Lol!