OK despite the "Out of Stock", and the fact that I didn't put in an order till like last month, seriously, my order shipped... So I'm guessing the pre-orders weren't THAT heavy on this, if they can go out of stock like that and I still got mine despite a super late order for them...
Actually, they were really heavy-- our first shipment was enough to fill all pre-orders as of the day we had units in stock, plus a decent chunk for new orders. (Or so we thought, turns out they went a little faster than expected this time of year. I was a little surprised by how fast they went after the "in stock" message appeared.) I believe units may still be processing so if your cards were charged, they should be on the way. (I just got mine on Friday.)
Very much digging it so far except my Rav Bralor seems to have a bad eyebrow for some reason. (The black ARC Troopers are a lot better than I expected.)
I know this is OT, but I just found out that all of my TAC preorders with EE have been pushed out to January 2008! Waves 7-9 and Legends 4...
Keep in mind that these are estimates based on information from the manufacturer-- it could show up earlier, it could show up later. The manufacturers ship things as they become available and we send out our cases first-come, first-served. Some of the items may ship sooner as cases trickle in, like the first shipment of wave 7 and some of those later Saga Legends cases. (So even though it says one ETA date on the sight, keep an eye on your order status, just in case, as items will continue to arrive all December long, and in January, and, if last year was any indication, more units might show up in February too. [Saga Collection figures still pop in from time to time, I have no doubt this TAC assortment will have some legs as well.])
If for any reason you should change your mind, don't forget you can remove an item from your pre-order at (pretty much) any time as long as it hasn't shipped, and if it has shipped, we have 90-day returns. It's our intent to fill your order as quickly as we can, and because of the luck of the draw, sometimes this will be before you see figures elsewhere and other times it will be after (or around the same time).