It's perhaps worth noting that a couple of other pretty big game products with pre-orders have had MAJOR delivery issues over the last couple of months too (specifically, Gloomhaven's expansion), so I'd be pretty surprised if it was anything other than shipping.customs issues.

5 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

It's perhaps worth noting that a couple of other pretty big game products with pre-orders have had MAJOR delivery issues over the last couple of months too (specifically, Gloomhaven's expansion), so I'd be pretty surprised if it was anything other than shipping.customs issues.

ASOIAF TMG has also had trouble recently getting any stock. They are also distributed by Asmodee. I imagine there is something somwhere in Asmodee's distribution model that is not setup correctly to handle large scale, worldwide releases.

6 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

I'd be pretty surprised if it was anything other than shipping.customs issues.

Customs saw a box labeled as “Hyena-Class Droid Bomber” aaand that was it. They’re now going through each and every box to find the bombs. B&N used their aggressive negotiations to get through the trade blockade.

Since Amazon just keeps piddling along with X-Wing Wave IV (and since FFG has not released the next preview for a Wave IV ship today), I've just used my Amazon money that I had been saving for other things while I've also gone ahead and purchased the Wave IV ships that appeared in the main movie series at the Barnes & Noble website. I must say that this has definitely been one of the most frustrating releases for X-Wing for a combination of reasons.

Last minute point change wishes:

Dark Courier = 51 (don't think they want four running around, otherwise they'd reasonably be like 44)

O-66 = 51 (as above)

Autopilot beezlebubble = 34/35

Impervium = 3/4

Soulless 1 = 6

Vulture whatever prototype = 22

Dfs-311 = 22

Precise Hunter = 24

Dfs-081 = 24

Discord Missiles = 3

And maybe charges cells at 3

Make it happen!

Okay, folks, they've now finally put all of Wave IV's ships "on the boat" along with the Wave V ships that have already appeared "on the boat" (with the exceptions of the Geonosian Nantex-class starfighter from Episode II and the Punishing One from the expanded universe, both of which are still "in development) at the "Upcoming" page while the Deluxe Movement Templates and Range Ruler are still listed as "at the printer." Oh, and the Millennium Falcon expansion is now also on the page and it, too, is "on the boat." Really, though, they might as well have put them up as "in stores now" because of what we all discovered about how yeah, they're at Barnes & Noble, but again this has been the most frustrating X-Wing wave release on record. Still no preview of any remaining ships, though.

19 minutes ago, railwayman001 said:

Still no preview of any remaining ships, though.

All the remaining ship expansions have the contents listed on the X-Wing Second Edition product page in their sub pages last I checked.

Oh man, I wanted this thread to be filled with "BOAT" memes. Where are they? 😢

If I remember correctly, the boat only has a RED 1-straight, which is why it takes so long.

5 minutes ago, Dengar5 said:

Oh man, I wanted this thread to be filled with "BOAT" memes. Where are they? 😢

If I remember correctly, the boat only has a RED 1-straight, which is why it takes so long.

So... it gets to do a white 2-straight every turn after the first? 😛

The boat has a green stop and a red 1 straight.

Okay, by "on the boat" I mean that the product is traveling to the FFG warehouse from the factory printer, but it doesn't matter. The ships in question that I ordered, all of which are the movie ships that appear in Wave IV, have arrived at my house. FFG's website may be inaccurate, but hopefully they'll issue a statement about why this wave took so long and why it still hasn't "officially" been released.

Can shops close to B&N sell Wave 4 stock already given the availability nearby?

34 minutes ago, Scarloochie said:

Can shops close to B&N sell Wave 4 stock already given the availability nearby?

My local store was joking that they were going to go to B&N, buy all there stock and sell it, then when their shipment arrived ‘return’ their purchase.

(the state has no sales tax so this would financially work)

All right, so all of Wave IV's ships are officially "shipping now" according to the site's upcoming products page. Meanwhile, the deluxe movement tools and range ruler are still being listed as "on the boat" along with four of the ships for Wave V (the Galactic Republic BTL-B Y-Wing from "The Clone Wars," the Ghost and the Phantom II from "Rebels," the Inquisitor's TIE Advanced V1 also from "Rebels," and the Black Sun M3-A Interceptor technically from the "Legends" canon). The only two holdouts that are still being listed as "in development" are the Punishing One (also technically from the "Legends" canon) and the Geonosian Nantex-class starfighter from Episode II: Attack of the Clones. So, yeah, July 11th will be the "official" release date even though Barnes & Noble has gone ahead and started selling the ships in question.

Now imagine if the boat had a red 1 reverse and had General Leia as crew.

Oh lord that is terrifying.

2 hours ago, KiraYamatoSF said:

Now imagine if the boat had a red 1 reverse and had General Leia as crew.

Oh lord that is terrifying.

Two steps forward, one step back.

On 6/27/2019 at 7:35 PM, railwayman001 said:

FFG's website may be inaccurate, but hopefully they'll issue a statement about why this wave took so long and why it still hasn't "officially" been released.

Yeah, fat chance that'll happen.

The best explanation we got was on their Points Update Livestream. They wanted to have a world-wide simultaneous release date, and thing fell through the cracks.

At least you have your launch party when the game was released. Your Resistance A-Wing and your Arc-170 because here we don't have them and the game look dead thank to the really good management of Asmodee...

Okay, so Wave IV's ships have finally now been "officially" released (including at Amazon) even though Barnes & Noble started selling them early and there are still no previews of the Wave IV ships that don't have any. Meanwhile, we still have another week before the Deluxe Movement Tools and Range Ruler Kit is "officially" released. The majority of Wave V's ships (the Ghost, the Galactic Republic Y-Wing, the Inquisitor's TIE Advanced, and the M3-A Interceptor) are now "on the boat" with two holdouts (the Punishing One and the Nantex starfighter) still "in development." Finally, it was announced today that Epic Play is about to return to X-Wing with re-releases of the CR-90 (the Tantive IV) and the C-ROC Cruiser (without its M-3A interceptor escort, unfortunately, since I guess the M-3A is technically a "Legends" canon ship now) on the horizon as well as an Epic Play Deluxe Campaign Expansion that functions as the Epic Play equivalent to the core set. Oh, and a conversion kit for all Epic ships of the original edition will also be available.

All right, so the release of Wave IV's ships was "officially" announced today. However, even though this does include the Deluxe Movement Tools and Range Ruler Kit, that product is still listed as "shipping now" at the "upcoming" page even though it is now available for purchase here at the FFG website. Yeah, we all surely now know better than to trust the "upcoming" page. Of course, it's still not available at Barnes & Noble OR Amazon even though Wave IV's ships are available at both outlets. Meanwhile, the majority of Wave V's ships remain "on the boat" with the Punishing One and the Nantex starfighter remaining "in development" along with the new Epic Play products (including re-releasing huge ships).

Trying to rely on the "Upcoming" page for accurate information is a recipe for disappointment.

8 minutes ago, railwayman001 said:

All right, so the release of Wave IV's ships was "officially" announced today. However, even though this does include the Deluxe Movement Tools and Range Ruler Kit, that product is still listed as "shipping now" at the "upcoming" page even though it is now available for purchase here at the FFG website. Yeah, we all surely now know better than to trust the "upcoming" page. Of course, it's still not available at Barnes & Noble OR Amazon even though Wave IV's ships are available at both outlets. Meanwhile, the majority of Wave V's ships remain "on the boat" with the Punishing One and the Nantex starfighter remaining "in development" along with the new Epic Play products (including re-releasing huge ships).

1 minute ago, Hiemfire said:

Trying to rely on the "Upcoming" page for accurate information is a recipe for disappointment.

The Sentry Box, in Canada, has supplies of it all, including the Deluxe Movement Tools

Ours arrived in North Alabama as well.

I do recommend running a small metal file (I used what is called a small jewellers file) down the sides and edges of the tongue of each range ruler section.

I slightly rounded the edges and avoided the bump near the end.

They were still "hard" to get in but nothing like out of the box tight.

Some needed more work than others and I tried each section in all the other sections.

As a final prep, I lightly ran the file in the hole which the tongue slides into. I did round the bump slightly.

The plastic used is very unique. It does bend slightly but feels like it will snap quite easily as well. The range ruler tongues especially.

All in all a nice addition, better if the plastic used was more flexible, and makes life so much easier to carry range rulers to meet ups using my storage solution.