It's scheduled for mid April. Needs to be released by the 23rd to be tournament legal I think?

Scheduled? Where do you see it scheduled? All we have are estimates.

Fair enough, but is there any way to get a decent estimate? The status is currently "on the boat". I'm not sure how long it's been like that but I don't think more than 2 weeks. the "upcoming" page says on the boat lasts 4-6 weeks and then shipping to distributors takes another 7-10 days. Judging by that I'd say no, probably not out by April 23rd... But I am making a lot of assumptions. Didn't the Greedo wave come out right around worlds last year?

I would start to pay a closer attention Mid-May, about 8 weeks counted from March 10th (updated to be On the Boat). Maybe shave off a week if you're in the US.

And we will still be getting the Shipping status before they are in the shops.

It's certainly possible that it will, but the boats are slow a lot of the time. Then again, sometimes they're not ;).

I'm thinking they'll be available for purchase at FFG center for Worlds but not tournament legal.