I got my shipping notice last Friday. It's scheduled to arrive Wednesday here in New Jersey. As far as I remember, I preordered the evening it came up for order. I almost had a conniption fit when I saw the shipping fee, but then I went to the Fedex site and saw how much the shipping would cost retail due to dimensional weight (close to a hundred lbs due to the size of the box --actual weight is 42 lbs), and figure Sideshow might be eating some of the cost to avoid giving some of the more delicate amongst us a heart attack. Still, for a big ticket item like this, free shipping would've been nice...