From Big Chief:
Dear customers,
October has been a very busy time here at Big Chief, with literally hundreds of items being shipped out to eager customers.
Our Third Doctor and Thirteenth Doctor sixth scale character replica figures have proven to be a hit with fans and we are thrilled to deliver the quality that collectors have come to expect.
More recently we have taken delivery of additional items from our classic comedy gift lines including premium money banks and keychains, plus a re-order of the series 1 Bobble Buddies that have been so popular with our customers.
The next items due for release include the James Bond Dr. No and Flash Gordon sixth scale character replica figures. These figures were originally scheduled to have shipped from China and to have arrived by November. Having been delayed first by the knock on effects caused by the global pandemic, production has been further impacted by the energy crisis.
As you might well be aware it is not only the UK that has been affected by the ongoing energy crisis, China too is suffering with governmental enforced restrictions on electricity consumption, resulting in factories only able to operate for a reduced number of days per week. In fact our factory was already only able to work for four days per week and that has now been reduced to just two days.
We know that this will be frustrating for our customers and we can only apologise for the ongoing delays. Rest assured we are doing everything we can from our side to get as much work done as is possible in the reduced working week. We are yet to receive a final completion date, but we have been advised that the factory hope to complete production around the end of November, although we feel that it will likely slip into December.
Of course this means that these figures will not make it to our shores for us to ship out in time for the Christmas holiday. We anticipate that the figures will now arrive around the end of January 2022. Of course should this change we will update you.
Given the current circumstances and the unavoidable domino effect on our schedule, all of our outstanding products have been affected in one way or another. We are focused on getting the delayed figures through the tooling process and into mass production as quickly as possible.
At this point we are unable to provide confirmed release dates for any of the outstanding items. All we can say is that these items will certainly not be released until early 2022 onwards. We appreciate that many of you would ideally prefer a more detailed release schedule, right now we do not have that information and the last thing we want to do is to promise something that we cannot guarantee.
Please stay tuned for further updates and thank you for your loyal support and custom.
BCS
The items affected are:
Sixth Scale Character Replica Figures
James Bond
James Bond Dr. No - expected end of January 2022
Dr. No - expected end of January 2022
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon - Saviour of the Universe - expected end of January 2022
Ming the Merciless - Emperor of Mongo - expected end of January 2022
Flash Gordon - King of the Impossible - expected end of January 2022
Doctor Who
Fourth Doctor Definitive Series
The Master
Sixth Doctor
K-9
Captain Jack Harkness
Peaky Blinders
Tommy Shelby
Arthur Shelby
Laurel & Hardy
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - Classic Suits
Thunderbirds
Lady Penelope
Captain Scarlet
Captain Scarlet - Spectrum Edition
Captain Blue - Spectrum Edition
Captain Black - Spectrum Edition
Space 1999
Commander Koenig
Giftware
Only Fools and Horses
Bobble Buddies series 2 - Boycie, Trigger, Grandad - expected end of January 2022
Dad’s Army
Bobble Buddies series 2 - Pvt. Frazer, Pvt. Walker, Pvt. Godfrey
