In an email I recieved on the 21st from Casey on a ticket I put in mainly about other questions I slipped in one on this very subject
The best I can give you is what she told me below:
Proteges are still in production- updates will be posted at twitter.com/puresmoker.
I am still in the (quote from website here) "Availability: Usually Ships in 2 to 3 Weeks" period so it is within advertised wait time still for me
Casey, thank you for the reply, I did not want to clog things up there by replying to your email, and I hope posting this prevents this question from being asked again for at least a day or 2...
By the way,
any updates on the Protoge?!!!!!