cinderbike
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Without doing any actual factchecking, it does seem like they bumped most (if not all) products out of this quarter.
Well the FO armour update’s finally here, but you’re gonna have to wait a bit longer! Nice pics. Though!
Yea yorkie..the pics do look great! That said, 2019 [emoji849]
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Where is this update with pics?
I'll post them in a few minutes. Stand by....
If I had ordered these items, these pictures would just make me more upset that I'd have to wait an eternity to actually get the product.
Yeah, wasn't sure. *heh* Needed more context.
Do you think there's any chance of someone, anyone doing a run of film accurate chest/yokes in the correct flex urethane? Or would that be waaay to expensive for the average prop collector/cosplayer/etc?I'm not going to post the entirety of the mailed update, but the bullet points are:
- New steel bucks are done and approved. First test-pulls... well... pulled. A couple last-minute tweaks underway. [From additional tidbits not in the update, those tweaks are aiming at correcting the couple issues that popped up int he test pulls -- amount of heat, the manner in which the sheets are removed from the bucks, etc. -- I.P.]
- Because of their own self-acknowledged hesitations, shipping is getting bumped back a quarter, but all pre-orders will be shipped before Celebration in April. [One of the things I know they were trying to do -- and ultimately failed at -- was seeing if they could get the whole shoulder yoke as a single piece, as with the movie costumes. But without that material in negative moulds, it just wasn't working with vac-forming dies and thermoform plastics. So they ended up going with the two-piece version. I just wish they'd admitted defeat on that sooner. -- I.P.]
- Armor can be finished to either TFA or TLJ spec. Just looking at the pics, it seems a bit more TLJ as it comes. Granted, 99,9% of the populace wouldn't be able to spot the differences, but still.
Paid by PayPal --> file a complaint right awayFWIW - I was finally told to return my Han Solo gun belt as they had the small size I was looking for in stock now and could ship it to me once my return was received and I paid the shipping for the replacement. I packed the return up and sent it in - they received it a couple days later. In between that time they invoiced me for the shipping which I paid IMMEDIATELY. It is now 4 weeks later and still no shipping information on the replacement. I have been told that my support rep "checks daily to see if it has shipped." He's not sure what the issue is... He originally quoted me their stated policy that in-stock orders ship in 10-14 days. They are clearly now in violation of that so he can't even use that as an excuse anymore. I'm trying to figure out my next step. How can I escalate this to someone who can actually get something to happen?
Cheers
Steve
What really p***** me off is the fact they sent emails out saying ‘look here, 20% off Imperial gear, blah, blah, blah...in stock and shipping’.
Now I was actually caught by the email and reeled in- it was actually an impulse buy, had done some overtime and thought it would look great on a mannequin, so I thought what the hell!
So well done to the Anovos marketing team, really earning their money, but don’t believe the crap in the emails they churn out!
@Nocternus, that's because for a decade (since before they got the Star Wars license) I've had good dealings with ANOVS and continue to do so, despite having to wait for some items. I know a lot of the people there. I know they love these properties, are fans, love costuming and research and all of that. I know they are having more issues now than before between more-demanding/micromanaging licensors and a lot more back-and-forth to foreign manufacturing than previously with their Star Trek and BSG stuff. I know they hate missing their projections at least as much as us, and that they're not doing it on purpose and those projections are set based on where they are with stuff before factors they can't control interfere.
As impatient as I am, I know I will get the stuff I ordered eventually, and as soon as they can manage. I don't have a single costume I've hung all my happiness on, or even a single intellectual property. And over the years I've had to learn to work on what I can control, and be patient for what I can't. In the eternal equation of time/cost/quality, remembering you can only ever have any two... I want quality and ANOVOS ticks that box much more than they miss. Their costs are reasonable for the product, helped by their payment plan setup. So I accumulate paints and adhesives and accessories and accurizing elements, work on the things that I'm patterning and sewing, various Black Series items, eBay purchases, scratch-built items, and so on and so on.
I've had good dealings and delays with pretty much every vendor I've bought from over the years -- the delays always because Stuff Happened™. Patience is key. I've always waited and they've always come through. So that's my advice for anyone who buys from anyone. Expect to wait, regardless of what they say, have stuff to work on/distract yourself with in the meantime, and be pleasantly surprised if whatever it is shows up sooner than you expected. I've never had to put it to the test beyond two years. I look at eFX's Scout helmets, which I passed on for several reasons, and wonder if I'd still be hanging in. Tough to answer, because they failed to engage me enough to take the plunge in the first place.
I have seen some folks on here get out of the hobby after years in it for one reason or another. I imagine some concern among people having to wait for product is the fear they won't care any more by the time they get it. Frankly, I can't wrap my head around that. I'm in my 40s now (how that happened, I have no idea). I have loved Star Wars since conscious memory. I have loved Transformers since I was 9. I have loved Star Trek since I was 11 (I didn't dislike it before, but it hadn't "clicked" yet). I have loved Warhammer 40K since I was 16. Comics and anime and video games and such... *shrug* So much of my self-identity is interwoven with all of that, I can't conceive of ever not wanting to be doing this. Part of why I accept waiting is because I plan to do this for the rest of my life.