Posted by ARH about 3 hours ago as a reply to a customer on their Facebook page:
I would strongly recommend it! The reason why we stopped the AP production was basically that we were not able to make those statues as good as in the factory unless Arahom himself would do the whole thing, casting, finishing, painting, packing... But, unfortunately, this was not an option either. We tried, but we failed! The AP phase was a disaster that contributed for a long and painful phase of late deliveries. We are working hard now to make it up to everything. The new Valkyrie we are making now will look every bit as good or better than the ones we made here as AP. Please contact our customer service if you still have an order for the original Valkyrie and it was not delivered yet.
Posted about 2 hours ago on the ARH Facebook page:
The VALKYRIE is back! Check our website forum on the link below! https://www.facebook.com/ARHStudiosfans
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Looks like they gave up on in house made statues and this "new version" will be made in China.
If history is repeating itself this Valkyrie will not be shipped early in 2019 since ARH will probably want to ship the 2019 statues in one batch to save shipping costs. My guess is maybe late 2019 at best and maybe even pushed to 2020 for the statues that we were promised several years ago.......
Given Marvel isn't doing a Valkyrie this may be my best bet. Curious about details of ordering as never dealt with ARH before.
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Originally Posted by Augen
Given Marvel isn't doing a Valkyrie this may be my best bet. Curious about details of ordering as never dealt with ARH before.
Ordering from them will take a lot of patience, expect delays, they do deliver products. Keep in mind that this piece unless this revamped one is shorter which it doesnt look to be. It is 3 feet tall from base to tip of the spear. Way bigger than i thought it was going to be. I got the first one in production and it needed repairs. I let them know about the issues and they redid it again and the sculpting is better and paint app was better.
This upcoming version seems to have more detail in the hair, armor, etc. Idk, I enjoy the piece but its 3 feet tall. I had to rebox it up for space constraints few pics i did take:
I really love this piece... I missed the initial order window on ARH's site, and looked around for a long time trying to find a place that had any available to order... I eventually was able to secure an order for one at Secret Compass - they are supposed to be getting an allotment from the ones being produced in China... Crossing my fingers that these eventually show up.
