ANOVOS issues (ANOVOS ONLY discussion)
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ABE
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today in my mail
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Cry-Lo Ren
Active Member
holy **** that is this monday!! dude thank you so much for letting us know I had no clue, I just bought my tickets and now to call my boss and let him know I will not be coming in on Monday
Blue Batmobile
Member
I ordered a TIE Pilot costume back in June. Shipping date was estimated to be sept. I got an update a few weeks back saying they are still waiting on material approval, and are redoing the armor molds etc etc. I'm done. Shipping date was now updated to June 2016! I cancelled my order and got my money back. I'm disappointed.
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Mr Mold Maker
Master Member
Honestly it's a win-win situation. Either you get the armor, or you get a nifty prison sentence to pass the time waiting for your real order to ship!
Lichtbringer
Master Member
All guesswork has been posted, now people just have to wait until delivery. 
I'm a little annoyed with the terms of their license. They say they can't ship to locations (like here in Australia) because their license doesn't cover all regions. Does anyone have any further info on this? Terms like these are usually because an existing licensor is covering the region. Would that be EFX?
Pretty annoying getting these Anovos newsletters with about half a dozen products I would have preordered by now. (Not saying I would have received them by now...)
Pretty annoying getting these Anovos newsletters with about half a dozen products I would have preordered by now. (Not saying I would have received them by now...)
Lichtbringer
Master Member
It's not new with Lfl to have to buy the license per region and tier (toy, costume, prop......).
And if a license decides not to spend the money for a certain region, then there is only the second market to get the stuff. Think Finemolds, license only for Japan, every other country you needed to import yourself or buy at higher prices by unlicensed importers.
And if a license decides not to spend the money for a certain region, then there is only the second market to get the stuff. Think Finemolds, license only for Japan, every other country you needed to import yourself or buy at higher prices by unlicensed importers.
Merchandising licenses(like distribution licenses) are split up by regions and sometimes countries. They are further divided by product type, sometimes down to separate licenses for the seemingly similar products(e.g. 6" figures vs. 12" figures or metal prop replica vs. plastic). License holders have absolutely NO control over how these divisions are made or how they are limited. All they can do is pay the licensing fees and release product as instructed.
Thanks for the reply. I have some experience with distribution licenses; I guess I'm asking whether anyone on the RPF has knowledge about the terms of this specific license. Not that I imagine there's anything that can be done about it.
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
It is now 12 December and I am going to say that my concern with their estimate was valid.
I think a problem is that the ones coming up with their ETAs are overly optimistic. I am not sure how they come up with their dates but they need to take a lesson from Scotty and start padding their times. I would rather them had said January and be pleasantly surprised with a December delivery.
Lichtbringer
Master Member
One way or the other - it arrives when it arrives, not sooner nor later.
Patience, young padawans.
Patience, young padawans.
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
One way or the other - it arrives when it arrives, not sooner nor later.
Patience, young padawans.
It's not about that at all. It's my concern for Anovos and those we know who are a part of it. They have established a process which rewards buyers by pre-purchasing early on in the concept/prototype phase with cheaper prices. However I believe that this discount price benefit will be tarnished by customers who will not receive their items nowhere near the ETA.
Now for me, I am going take my item and just sit in on display so whether I have it now or later, it has no impact. But there are those who rely on ETAs for costuming reasons and events. Regardless of why you purchase an item, I have often found that people will be comfortable with a long wait if they know what to really expect. Remember that this holster was slated for a Fall 2014 delivery... then May 2015... then November 2015. Adding insult to injury, until recently updates were few and far between. So at this point the damage is done, not with just the holster but the same with other items customers are waiting for. IMHO, this may sour people to repeat purchase or for those aware of the delays to refrain from purchase. These individuals may turn to fan produced items instead. We are seeing this with Efx and the Biker Scout helmet.
I really don't want anything bad to happen to Anovos which is why I am making this plead for them to develop better delivery timelines.
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Mr Mold Maker
Master Member
One way or the other - it arrives when it arrives, not sooner nor later.
Patience, young padawans.
That business model worked very well for eFX....
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