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{{Infobox figure
|image= Level52-SirDanielStatue.png
|line = MediEvil
|amount = 750<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/medievil-sir-dan-fortesque-level52-studios-905480|site=Sideshow Collectibles|title=Sir Dan Fortesque Statue by Level52 Studios|retrieved=June 7, 2021}}</ref>
|scale = 1/8th
|manufacturer = Level52 Studios, LLC
|height = 9.25 inches
|material = Polystone
|sculpt = [[Other Ocean Emeryville]]
|concept = Level52 Studios, LLC
|release = Unreleased
|paint = Hanna Myers
|price = $249.99 (sans shipping)
|post = Level52 Studios, LLC
}}
The '''MediEvil - Sir Dan Fortesque Limited Edition Statue''' was a planned polystone collectable manufactured by Level52 Studios. It was unveiled on October 26, 2019, one day after the release of the [[MediEvil (2019)|''MediEvil'' remake]].<ref name="unveiling">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1187879013483610112|title=PlayStation|site=Twitter|published=October 26, 2019|retrieved=June 7, 2021}}</ref> Pre-orders for the statue opened the following week on November 2, 2019.<ref name="unveiling"/> It was set to feature the hero of ''MediEvil'', [[Sir Daniel Fortesque]], as he appeared in the 2019 ''MediEvil'' remake. However, the statue failed to materialise after years of delays.
==Delays==
Originally estimated to ship out in Q2 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20191116200725if_/https://shop.level52studios.com/products/medievil|site=Level52 Studios|title=Sir Dan, MediEvil|published=November 16, 2019|retrieved=June 7, 2021}}</ref> the statue had been delayed numerous times due to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20201206004400if_/https://shop.level52studios.com/|site=Level52 Studios|quote=Due to Covid-19, what we currently have in production has been delayed. We are sorry for the delays, but know we are trying our best to stay on top of any changes. Please use the status updates shown below as the most up to date information. If this information updates we will also send out emails to inform customers. Everyone at Level52 Studios thanks you for your patience in this matter.|title=Shop|published=December 6, 2020|retrieved=June 7, 2021}}</ref> On December 31, 2021, Level52 Studios released a "Comprehensive Covid Delay Update." This detailed their struggles with manufacturing statues and communicating with customers, as well as their hope of finally shipping out all their delayed projects in Q3 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Update Page|site=Level52 Studios (archived version)|published=December 31, 2021|retrieved=January 5, 2022|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105032141/https://shop.level52studios.com/update-page}}</ref>

The next update on their projects came out on October 19, 2022, promising either a 2023 release for projects or a full refund if they are cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123110134/https://shop.level52studios.com/update-page|site=Level52 Studios (archived version)|title=Update Page|published=October 19, 2022}}</ref> On May 1, 2023, Level52 Studios released yet another update, detailing a planned acquisition of the company by a bigger manufacturer and promising individual project updates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Crt09nvvL_J/|site=Instagram|title=LEVEL52 STUDIOS|published=May 1, 2023|quote=Hello statue community.<br>We understand it has been awhile and our communication has been sparse. We have had our heads down trying to solve all of our production issues. We have struggled deeply with all of our direct to customer licensed statues as they all were incredibly low run, highly limited pieces. This was impacted greatly by covid and the factory we chose for the vast majority of these statues has not been able to come back online as fast as we had hoped. Along with that they prioritize larger runs and ours have constantly been placed in the back of the queues over and over again. We had to scale back our business a significant amount and made some pretty big layoffs late last year.<br>With all that said we have a path forward. We are being acquired by a larger collectibles and statue manufacturer. This will help expedite production on all delayed projects and hopefully deliver most projects this year. We will be updating each project individually over the coming weeks with as much info as we can add.<br>We apologize for our lack of communication, we have been trying to get through these issues the best we can while making good on the projects you all ordered. We will be delivering this year and the quality will be what you all expect from us. Thank you for your support, your kind words in our email and most of all your understanding as we move to complete each and every delayed project we have.|retrieved=May 31, 2023}}</ref> However, these updates never materialised. The next update came near the end of 2023. This one revealed that the acquisition fell through and promised further updates to come.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy5u_tpLsQ_/|site=Instagram|title=LEVEL52 STUDIOS|published=October 27, 2023|retrieved=December 10, 2023|quote=It has been awhile since we last posted. We have been dealing with a tremendous amount. We had to move our studios as we could afford the last. We also went through quite a massive layoff. All of this due to the fact that our merger fell through. A lot of what we had been planning around collapsed on us and we have been trying to pick up the pieces since then. We have been working on sorting all of the delayed projects and figure out how we will be doing production or if we even can do production on each one. We are assessing each project individually to figure out if they can even be produced at their current numbers as we have had a large amount of cancelled orders. We will be cancelling and refunding projects that we cannot get produced. Some projects are however currently in production like Jay and Silent Bob. And we will begin email updates for those items in production soon and we will email all customers whose items are cancelled as well as soon as we know. Thank you all again for your patience and support through all of this. This is not the update we had hoped for, and we are trying to do better. This has been an extremely rough year, and we are working to find solutions for everything.}}</ref> As of July 2024, no further updates had been released.
==Gallery==
===Videos===
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVT2QoH46Pc|alignment=left|dimensions=260|Official Trailer.}}
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Icon|L52}} [http://web.archive.org/web/20191116200725if_/https://shop.level52studios.com/products/medievil Sir Dan Statue] on the Level52 Studios website (archived version).
*[https://www.bbb.org/us/wa/auburn/profile/collectibles/level52-studios-llc-1296-1000142277 Level52 Studios] on the Better Business Bureau website.

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