SteveH wrote:llj wrote:The release dates for Harlock and Cutey Honey were just announced very recently. I don't think they will appear on Amazon until at least 3 weeks later. This is the case for most release dates in general.
Well, um, the thread and link I was reading was from MARCH, so...
See, in normal retail, video solicitations are generally 2 months ahead of the street date. So if these are supposed to be out in August the solicitations should have hit Amazon's buyers back in May.
Even saying that, Right Stuf should have the pre-order up now, and they don't.
so, I stand by my comments.
The announcement in March was more of a tentative estimate. On the main page, the March posting said Cutey Honey and Harlock "should be" coming out in August. They do posts like these all the time, but they're just ballpark estimates. There were no
specific dates in that post. When they announce something official, they will give you an exact date month/day/year, not a "which month" estimate. The official release date wasn't stamped into stone until very recently. In fact, they haven't even put the official release dates for them on their Facebook page yet; I found from a reliable online news source that August 27 is the official date for Captain Harlock just earlier this week. But until they put an actual month/day/year on their Facebook page, it would be better to assume that there is no official release date yet.
I know people here are really itching to get their hands on Captain Harlock and Cutey honey and are getting somewhat panicky at this seemingly long delay, but this is really not unusual for them. Lovely Complex was acquired by Discotek over a year ago (April 2012) and it took until February of this year before a street date was announced. Fist of the North Star also took a long time to come out after it was licensed.
