I suppose the pandemic is the reason for the delays. I'm surprised you were able to get Briar Rose and Jasmine. I decided to look elsewhere at the Ariel pop just now and the only place that even has it up for pre-order right now says it'll be available in January 2022, which makes me think more stock is coming. I believe the Ursula Throne pop has been delayed, too, since the order was cancelled by Amazon. (The same site that listed the Ultimate Princess Ariel pop as coming Jan. 2022 lists the Ursula Throne pop as coming in July 2022. That'll be a year after the pictures of it was first revealed, but I don't mind these things being spaced out to spare my pocketbook.) I'm going to try ordering it from somewhere else, too, I guess. I just think the supply issue right now is sort of ridiculous considering the worst of the pandemic was last year... They even shut down for a little while, and there were really no problems until midway through this year? Weird.unprincess wrote:oh, I was fortunate to be able to get the two I wanted from the first wave, Briar Rose and Jasmine, from Boxlunch. But I had to return Jasmine b/c she was damaged. I still haven't had the chance to get a replacement. I hope the Ariel you ordered ships soon.
It's sort of like how you still can't find a PS5 in any store despite it having come out almost a year ago now. I don't buy the pandemic excuse for that one. I think they're keeping their sales higher using the lack of availability to gin up hype, making the console seem like it's so popular that nobody can get their hands on one.
EDIT: Yeah, I think it's more likely the pops are having continual delays because of the pandemic. The Ursula Throne Pop is listed for July 2022 now on several other sites, too. I'm not going to complain if the pops are more spread out, because I was a little overwhelmed by the idea of having the buy so many at one time this Fall anyway (among the Wonderland, TSitS, the new villains / princess pops, Flynn). So I'm guessing the only things I'll end up being able to get this fall in reality now are the TSitS pops. The Wonderland ones at the end of January, then the princess / villain stuff over the next few months after that.
I was thinking of getting the Gold Ariel w/ pin at Funko.com. I mean, part of me would like to have that variant for all the princesses (the silver Snow White looked really cute and so does the gold Tiana), but I know that would be wasting money to buy simple re-colors of pops I already have like that... I usually only make an exception for variants like that when it comes to Ariel and Ursula.