They weren't supposed to come out at any time. They never had a specified launch date. They were being tested at Fashion Week, just like the liquid lips are. Tested. Seeing as they haven't launched yet, that probably means that there was an issue with the product (formula, packaging, colour, etc.), so they may be revising it before it's being released. But again, there was never any specific launch daye mentioned for the pencils. People only guessed that they were gonna come out last fall because they were "velvet" pencils. ANY time of the year this would be amazing!!! Not just for Halloween.