Remember that sweet Sonic the Hedgehog Christmas sweater Yellow Bulldog put up for pre-order a few weeks back? Yeah, I do too because I pre-ordered one myself.
Well, they just sent an email notification to its customers who pre-ordered the sweater alerting them that there has been a significant change.
“We need to make you aware that the manufacturer ‘Numskull’ had initially intended to make this a knitted jumper (as advertised on our web store from 8/10/14 – 15/10/14), however as the pre-production samples did not meet their high standards, they have reverted to a high quality sublimation print – on a Cotton/Polyester garment,” the email read.
“The manufacture cost of this new Xmas Jumper is significantly higher as it is made on better quality material, with a sublimation print – however no additional charge will be passed on to any of our customers,” it continued.
The ship date for the sweater has also changed from Nov. 7 to Nov. 17, presumably due to the manufacturing change. What’s more, Yellow Bulldog issued a 10 percent coupon to affected customers to use throughout December.
As a customer, I can’t help but feel a little bummed out as I was really excited for the real knitted sweater, but I appreciate Numskull and Yellow Bulldog attempting to fix the issue and at no cost to me or anyone else who pre-ordered one of these.
I’m not sure if I’ll end up keeping my pre-order for the sweater. If you purchased one too, what are you planning to do?
Actually shattered. I pre-ordered through an alternate company (cheapest shipping to AUS) and haven’t received any notification as of yet. I was wondering what was going on, so thanks for posting! The printed version just doesn’t have the same feel. It may be more expensive to produce, but the overall effect looks cheaper.
Same, had no idea what was going on! Will be gutted if it isn’t knitted. Sublimation fades and the new sweaters look pretty shabby. Not heard from my order company yet either – a knitted version would’ve been so nice!
It’s not knitted? What’s the point then. The entire purpose of purchasing a 16bit pop culture sweater is that the translation from digital to physical is almost seamlessly transposed through the fabric; now it’s just like any other cheaply made printed monstrosity.
I got one off my mom for christmas. The wrong sized arms had been used, as well as using 2 left arms on it. The print was also missed of some parts of the sweater. Absolutely gutted. It’s having to be returned