trenttsd wrote:
Someone I know wants this - and pretty much only this - for Christmas this year. Any way to get it domestically before the big day?
Might be tough. I ordered one from the publisher in Germany around October 25. It arrived in the States Nov 13 (19 days later) and has been at the sort facility in NYC ever since (10 days and counting, just 30 miles from where it is to be delivered) with no movement whatsoever. :(
However, you might a) find some individual willing to part with one, or b) have better luck than me with USPS! It isn't scheduled to be in the USA until sometime during the first quarter of 2013. Have you checked with FunAgain? Sometimes they get a few copies sent to them, or pick up a few copies, in/from Essen. (But you will pay through the nose that way!)