UK Anime Christmas Sales for 2025 [Anime Ltd's 12 Days of Xmas + More]

roughly 3700 order numbers more than order 1
Now that's interesting. I've never had an idea of how many sales AL rack up via their own web store. I'd assumed they might have received a few hundred orders during a Christmas sale, so to see it way up in the thousands is surprising.
 
Whilest it was kinda standard, that items included in the Mystery Boxes won't be on sale, that usually included other variants of the same anime as well.
However this year I see several CE/UE in the Mystery Boxes, with the Standard Editions included in the same sale as well - thus increasing the riscs for duplicates.

Guess I'd stick with my 2.99 Standard Edition and not try to hunt the UE
 
I would be curious to see a breakdown of the status of everyone's sales orders between All the Anime and Anime-on-Line. If I exclude orders that included unreleased pre-orders (since those wouldn't ship yet regardless), here's how it looks now that fulfilment centres are closed until next month

From Anime Limited

Order 1 - 17 items - Ordered 2nd of December - NOT SHIPPED
Order 2 - 2 items - Ordered 2nd of December - SHIPPED on 20th of December
Order 3 - 2 items - Ordered 3rd of December - SHIPPED Today
Order 4 - 3 items - Ordered 5th of December - SHIPPED today
Order 5 - 1 Item - Ordered 7th of December - NOT SHIPPED
Order 6 - 1 Item - Ordered 12th of December - NOT SHIPPED
 
Order 1 (technically cheating but this one annoys me more) - 3 items - Ordered September 10 - 2 instock items and Eizouken! Pre-order (IE the thing they said was a priority) - NOT SHIPPED

Order 2 - 14 items - Ordered 2nd of December - NOT SHIPPED

Order 3 - 3 items - Ordered 6th of December - NOT SHIPPED
 
I ordered 3 CEs, 2 Stocking Fillers and 2 BOGOF items at 00:27 on 2/12 that hasn't shipped. Not needed for Christmas but I'm warming up to the fact that it adds to the backlog and I don't really need the entire order 😆
All this backlog chatter on this forum, clearly people are not putting it in a visible (or visible enough) place (ideally under the telly!) so it's always staring back at you. Shaming you. 😂

With a bigger than expected order (I planned to buy nothing!), I have started my Xmas backlog early (last year it was Nadia, this year it is Evangelion. Yes I've never seen it, I'm a greenhorn still with my paltry 63.6 days watched) but I'm in danger of clearing the Pile of ShameTM before my order even ships!
 
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From AlltheAnime
Order #1 2nd December, 12:02 (6 Items + 1 mystery box) Not Shipped, Number: 181***

Order #2 2nd December, 12:19 (12 Items) Not Shipped, Number: 181***

Order #3 2nd December, 19:57 (5 Items) Not Shipped, Number 182***

Order #4 3rd December, 11:02 (6 Items + 2 Mystery Boxes) Not Shipped, Number 182***

Order #5 5th December, 17:10 (1 Item + 2 Mystery boxes) Not Shipped, Number 183***

Order #6 10th December 17:12 (1 Item) Shipped 19th December, Arrived 22nd December, Number 184***

From AOL
Order #1 1st December (All Mystery Boxes), Shipped 2nd December, Arrived 3rd December
 
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All this backlog chatter on this forum, clearly people are not putting it in a visible (or visible enough) place (ideally under the telly!) so it's always staring back at you. Shaming you. 😂

There isn't a TV that big! I've been sorting my anime today, and I currently have 175 unwatched retail releases
When it comes to non anime, I have 36 retail releases to watch. But when you consider that one of them comprises the entire original Magnum PI series on Blu-ray, another the complete Farscape, it's not doable in 36 evenings.

A Yuen Biao movie was dispatched today from Rarewaves, I've got two anime on order, with two more I've got to order for next month, and that's before I get to the 20 I'm waiting for from this 12 Days sale.

Don't ask me about review check discs.

And in the past week, I've watched one backlog movie (harmonie, 25 minutes, not really a challenge), and I'm working my way through two series releases, around one or two episodes a night.

Give me five years without access to a credit card, and I'll have watched all of this.
 
There isn't a TV that big! I've been sorting my anime today, and I currently have 175 unwatched retail releases
When it comes to non anime, I have 36 retail releases to watch. But when you consider that one of them comprises the entire original Magnum PI series on Blu-ray, another the complete Farscape, it's not doable in 36 evenings.

A Yuen Biao movie was dispatched today from Rarewaves, I've got two anime on order, with two more I've got to order for next month, and that's before I get to the 20 I'm waiting for from this 12 Days sale.

Don't ask me about review check discs.

And in the past week, I've watched one backlog movie (harmonie, 25 minutes, not really a challenge), and I'm working my way through two series releases, around one or two episodes a night.

Give me five years without access to a credit card, and I'll have watched all of this.
just need to cut out sleep, thats 8 hours a day!
 
In my case, I would have much preferred if my order on 2nd December wouldn't have shipped yet, because I wanted to add another title to my order. I received an email from them on the morning of the 3rd, just after I left for work, telling me I would need to cancel and reorder to do that, and then they proceeded to ship my package 4 hours later while I was still at work, so it was already on it's way before I even had a chance to get home to see the email and do a re-order. :(
 
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Personally I don't mind the wait as my backlog is massive. I still haven't even watched a fraction of what I got last year. And already incoming with new shows and films. Im likely tied up for next six months. That said though im going to have immense satisfaction seeing Gundam Universal Century finally on my shelf.
 
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