Ordered! Thanks for the heads-up! ^_^ Actually, the previous news was that the orders were to go up this week. This is word that they're actually TAKING orders for the figure now.
I already had a membership so I said what the heck and got one. Worse comes to worse, if I hate it I can always put it up on Ebay.
At least i got one at retail price. I paid 140 + shipping for another one last night (so that I can display him in both robot modes), so at least the second one isn't going to hurt as much. And agreed, this is an expensive month. Between these two, the munitioner/explorer sets and the RotF Bruticus I still need to buy, I'm looking forward to a break.
I'm gonna display him with my cons since they need some help with their numbers. LOL The $70 price tag made me wince but I had essentially put down a $40 deposit already (for membership that I otherwise would not have gotten) so there was no turning back.