It should still be a decent approximation though of when to be ready for the pre-orders. As discussed on other threads, it appears that Bruce for the US customers, puts his pre-orders up at either shipment or when they hit customs. He usually has a few days lead time on the bigger orders like this from pre-orders until they are actually in stock. 


Even so, we are close with this countdown and all who score one are in for a treat when they do hit the resllers shelves! 