I won't know till tonight if the did ship from China or not as we are a day behind China and about 10PM central time is when I talk with them either way as always I will keep everyone posted...
Once the shipment arrives they will all be flashed and Quality Conrol/Assurance will be done on them a mass shipment will goto Europe with all European orders and shipping will commence as soon as they arrive there.
Progress still on kernel for 512MB Issue and USB OTG. File Copy System Tool making progress and work will start on system OS update portion of this tool.
The units left by courier to Hong Kong to catch there flight to America turn around from there to here is usually 3 to 5 days. As for customs delay I have no clue never had a shipment this big come into the states.