But... and I'm just thinking dark-side here... what if they hung an ANH Vader PCR carrot out there with the intention of swooping in and getting the goods and getting rid of the nuisance that was eFX at the same time once they had accomplished the impossible... delivering the PCR ANH Vader... That level of diabolicalness would be... impressive...
Unless... they delayed filing as long as possible and liquidated as much product under a side agreement with a third-party vendor as possible... until the Disney Gestapo knocked down their door... brilliant...
Well H0llyw00d you wrote what I thought too but dared not write. I began to feel the pull of The Darkness. As someone very wise once said..
"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny"
- Abraham Lincoln
A company on the brink might resort to such a short-term money grab, but I don't think Disney would. They're in it for the long-term money grab ($4 billion just to break even). They wouldn't risk a boycott from hardcore fans like me who still have thousands of dollars to gladly hand over for products I do not yet know that I want and must have.
I ordered the ANH PCR May 22, received it May 26. Standard eFx boxing and packaging much like the eFx PCR Stormtrooper, placed between plastic pieces molded into the shape of the outside of the mask and dome. Honestly I wasn't sure what I was going to get but it's definitely eFx. And it's good enough to have a long production run I think, by someone.
This product could follow a path akin to the PCR Stormtrooper, first produced by MR and later essentially the same helmet produced by eFx. Except with a role reversal this time around, perhaps with ANOVOS taking over manufacturing with their branding. Their standard First Order stormtrooper helmet was injection molded plastic too.
That could also explain the excessive delay in getting their Darth Vader out. Which didn't make sense to me that both companies were virtually competing against each selling 1:1 scale Vader helmets. I know eFx is ANH and plastic and ANOVOS is sort of ESB and fiberglass, but the eFx ANH PCR is more screen-accurate than the ANOVOS. And the ANOVOS is priced higher! Throw PropShop into the mix... and now my head hurts. It will indeed be interesting when the full story and plan comes out.
"At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have our revenge"
- Donald Trump