(1) Addressing AEW Australia / NZ wave #1. Yes. It was cancelled. No. It's not permanent. Here's the issue and the fix. The issue... We moved to wave 2. We ran wave 1 at factory max capacity. All allocated to achieve existing demand. We left folks out. Not going to do that.
(2) Wave 2 shares some wave 1 parts, but mostly new tooling. Regardless, even some sharing estops wave 1 temporarily. And, at max capacity, a bottleneck ensues. That's the issue. That's not the solution. Next the solution.
(3) We don't want to over manufacture wave 1. But, because we did not implement the running change on skin tone, there is a reason to do one more run of wave 1, AFTER wave 2. This will be made available online. And, we're going to update the packaging so that it's clear this...
(4) is variant (B) of wave 1. It will be made available online in the US at our exclusive launch partners in tandem with the future waves. So there is no disruption in future waves. It will be made available at retail in Australia / NZ...
(5) The packaging update will be apparent but subtle. The skin tone update apparent but subtle. Up to you whether you want both. The objective wasn't to create a situation where you have to purchase both. This is to solve a wrong to Australia / NZ, and to give other collectors...
(6) An option to participate. One last note. We are also going to work with a 2nd factory to reduce future bottlenecks and to achieve a higher demand than anticipated. There you go. The best solution we have... But, keeping you aware as we attempt to solve issues in real time.
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