Dear collectors,
we would like to inform you about current events and
preparations.
We kindly apologize for the delay in the WONDER WOMAN 84 title due
to the late delivery and subsequent complete lenticular reprint. We
were not satisfied with the quality, and as we had already
announced earlier, we will release the products to you when we are
satisfied with them in all respects.
The current delivery date for lenticulars is mid-October, i.e.
around 17/10 and then if everything goes well, we will proceed to
complete WW84 and then move on to the next titles in order. We will
update the release dates on the site in the second half of October
to be more accurate than before. Unfortunately, due to delivery
shifts, we were unable to plan better. We will try to improve
it.
For the PREDATOR title, we are still waiting for the studio to
finally confirm that we can start sending out the editions. Since
communication is very slow or non-existent, which is also confirmed
with other 20th Century Studios releases like THE LAST DUEL, they
are very slow and unfortunately, this is also starting to show in
the studio's reluctance to provide regular material. We dare to
criticize this approach because it is retailers like Filmarena and
others who have kept physical media sales afloat for a long time.
And if some studios are no longer interested in these
collaborations, it will be best if retailers get this information
fairly and in front of their eyes. No hiding behind excuses and
such. Earlier cooperation with the Fox studio was completely
different than it is now, and it cannot currently be explained in
any other way than the transition to the Disney studio, increased
bureaucratic burden, and meaninglessly set criteria that do not
correspond to specific m arket situations and customer
requirements. Unfortunately, we cannot do more than this statement.
How else to explain the situation when we have approved editions
from an earlier time from the FOX studio, then the title goes under
the DISNEY studio, which after minor corrections approve the title
again, then asks to wait for the sending until it presents the PREY
title and launches the Disney + channel and subsequently hardly
responds to our communication. If this is an idea of future
cooperation, then thank you, but we do not want to continue down
this path. There are also studios where cooperation works, and we
will focus on them, at least until we start to feel other
signals.
As soon as we have any feedback from FOX/DISNEY, we will let you
know. Together with the distributor, we are trying to negotiate the
possibility of sending out at least separate E5 editions
(steelbooks in jcards) in the first wave, but again we encounter
communication that is very slow due to the strong bureaucratic
apparatus at Disney.
We are currently not ordering more steelbooks for new titles from
other studios and we are focusing on finishing work on older
titles.
The current launch schedule for pre-orders is set as follows. Next
week on Tuesday, we will launch pre-orders for the following
titles:
FAC #167 TENET
FAC #168 UNFORGIVEN
FAC #169 F9
FAC #170 A QUIET PLACE PART II
FAC #171 GODZILLA VS KONG
We will present these editions to you in the coming days
We will launch further pre-orders in November and now we want to
continuously inform you which ones they will be.
At the same time, we apologize to everyone for the recent error of
launching pre-orders only for the TENET title, which occurred due
to our incorrect setup.
Finally, we have news for you regarding our own merch, which you
are increasingly interested in. We have decided to prepare the
first round for you, which we will present and launch as part of
this round of pre-orders.
Thank you very much for your support and cooperation.
We look forward to your pre-orders.
Best regards,
Jan Cikanek for the FA and BB team
Gruß Lindy
The First Lady of Steel