I still maintain there's some level of marketing to it.
Most dealers had their pre-order deadline end of last week or very early this week.
I do not believe it's an accident that some of the items "slip" right after the orders are due in. While I have no inside information, you can bet there are marketing types who think through all of this and have assigned likelihoods of orders for items based on when they indicate to the public that it should show up.
With all the griping (not un-deserved) about delays in this and other forums, I'm thinking the general model is a "indicating earlier shipment provides more orders than indicating later shipment".
For me, while I've not checked everything, at least the slip on the S-2 is welcomed. I wavered a bit when deciding to order that and I actually was a little hesitant because it could already be on it's way. (and while it's against my theory above, I feel a little less worried about an immediate blow out, since if they really were on shelves in the next month the quantities would have been decided long before orders were received).
-Dave
