Anovos is Outta Business and Star Trek Fans SOL

[Notsubway]

True but it gives me a huge amount of pause in terms of viability. You have McFarlane barely doing anything when it had the Trek license. I see model kits still sitting on the shelves at Walmart. I occasionally see the Mego style action figures for sale but not a lot, even in specialty stores. Anovos obviously had a pretty poor business model but Eaglemoss also gives me a lot more pause.

I'm not saying I know for sure but it's a lot of data points that I can't help but be skeptical of the viability of the merchandise market.

Eaglemoss had a 10 year run with the Star Trek license, which I would say was a success all things considered. Keep in mind, it's been stated that Eaglemoss was at one point generating £68 million (~$80-90 million) a year in revenue. Not bad for selling a bunch of metal & plastic ships and the such.

From the information that has come out, it sounds like Eaglemoss managment overextended the business and put it in a poor position to survive an ecomonic downturn. I wouldn't be surprised if the final nail in the coffin was the pound's recent weakness against the dollar as I would imagine the US was their largest market.

 

[fireproof78]

Eaglemoss had a 10 year run with the Star Trek license, which I would say was a success all things considered. Keep in mind, it's been stated that Eaglemoss was at one point generating £68 million (~$80-90 million) a year in revenue. Not bad for selling a bunch of metal & plastic ships and the such.

No, it's not. But, again, it's a an interesting data point in a series of data points that point towards something I feel strange uneasiness about it.

 

[publiusr]

Hot Wheels, you’re my only hope.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Hot Wheels, you’re my only hope.

Have they released any StarShips recently?

 

[publiusr]

No—but maybe they could buy the molds?

 

[fireproof78]

Depends on how the UK works it. I can imagine that the assets will be auctioned off. Hopefully someone will use them.

 

[KennyB]

All I know is I scored a Rocinate from eBay last night for a good price........that secondary market tho!

 

[Paul H]

I am shocked! I ordered an NX-01 cap from Anovos in October of 2018. After finding this thread I gave up hope and filed a claim with Discover to get my money back, which I received after they investigated the situation. I decided to order an NX-01 cap from the Shuttlepod Show a few weeks ago. I got back last night from a couple of weeks out of town and while I was gone I received the one from the Shuttlepod Show AND the one from Anovos. I'm amazed the the Anovos cap showed up, especially after getting my money back from Discover, but the irony of getting both hats at the same time is hilarious to me.

 

[The_Ghosts_of_Wolf_359]

No—but maybe they could buy the molds?

Hi All, IXO Collections picked up the Eaglemoss Enterprise D model. Go on YouTube and look for the "World of Wayne" channel. He had a short video with a link to put in information about the last shipment received, as well as your address and order number, so they can know what still needs to be sent to you. The link is also on google mail, supposedly, as well? I have the form I summitted in-hand? I put my information in on October 6 of this year. Good Luck?

 

[Obsidian_Phil]

I’m amazed - I just had the pips (meant to go with the Bomber Jacket) that I ordered from Anovos about 3 years ago arrive in the post today.

 

[Fenric]

Looks like my DS9 baseball jersey has just turned up, I’m completely shocked as I had written off ever receiving this, think I ordered it back in summer 2019

I’m based in the UK so just assumed all the remaining stock had gone .

 

[STEPhon IT]

Any new discoveries recently? I haven't heard much so far, I thought I'd come back and ask?

 

[startrekkin58]

I’m SOL. Paid in full for a Kirk bomber jacket June 2018. 5 years later, I’m out $322. My credit card company says it’s been too long to be reimbursed which I don’t understand. I’ve paid for a product I never received and apparently there’s no recourse for that.

I asked Anovos several times in 2021 in their help desk what was happening and they fed me BS about how their company is changing blah blah blah. Now that Zen ticket website is gone. Thank god I have screenshots but that’s all I have.

 

[STEPhon IT]

My credit card company told me the same thing and I was pissed off, so much so I terminated my relationship with them. I have emails and screenshots as well, I was hoping I could join a lawsuit chain where I could share my situation with lawyers. Facebook had something but I'm not sure if anything happened???