Subscription boxes on Kickstarter

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Lately I’ve been noticing there are subscription boxes on Kickstarter. If you’re not familiar with the site, it’s a crowdfunding platform where someone describes what they want to do and what it will cost, and people back the project if they think it’s worthwhile. There are a few subs up now. I’m not affiliated with any of these, I just thought it was interesting.

 
Zhestia Experience Box
Not a sub exactly, but a series of travel-themed boxes.
We are guided by a principle of Conscious Luxury. With design inspirations that are a mix of the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic and Scandinavian design, the focus is on elegant, natural, functional pieces that you will want to keep and reuse.
 
We Make Collective DIY Material Kits and Online Community
Monthly craft sub based in the UK
The kits are packed full of the very latest in DIY and craft materials you might be struggling to get your hands on elsewhere.
 
Goth Box
‘A fun monthly box service offering a smorgasbord of dark delights tailored to the Goth at heart delivered to your doorstep!’
My little dream is to create a monthly box subscription option that is all of the following: Personalized, Diverse, Interactive, Eclectic, Fun, Attractive, Clever, Quality, Kitschy, Useful and totally GOTH.
 
Beautiful Being Box
‘Bi-monthly subscription box to help you feel beautiful & see the true beauty in being!’
Our focus is on Canadian products, as we are a Canadian company, but we will at times include products from other parts of the world
 
Some funded projects
  • Lit-Cube – The monthly subscription box for readers
  • StemBox: Subscription Science Kits for Girls
  • Spice Box Co. Monthly Subscription Service
  • 24Tees - Premium T-Shirt Subscription Box
 
Sadly, the Academy of Men ‘Manliness in a box’ sub didn’t get funded, but they had the most adorable video!
 
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So what do you think? Would you ever back a sub on kickstarter? I've had mostly good experiences backing other types of projects, but I will say that nearly every project I've ever backed has delivered substantially late, in some cases even a year late. So I wouldn't recommend it unless you're prepared to wait, but some of these are intriguing. 
 
The DIY box sounds promising. A lot of tutorials will call for some weird thing that no one sells or it's one website that requires buying a case of 40. 

 
Goth Box is the only one that sounds appealing to me, especially their proposed Steampunk Sammie box.  The others trying to get funding right now all look destined to fail.  

 
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