When will it begin shipping?

I pre-ordered Tales of Monkey Island before the season came out. I want to know when the DVD will start shipping. Does anybody know?
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  • edited April 2010
    Wouldn't we all like to know?
    Fact is, we're all waiting for Lucasarts to approve the DVD for shipping.
    They're taking a hell of a long time though...
  • edited April 2010
    When it's done.


    Wow that works in almost any instance, doesn't it?
  • edited April 2010
    When it's done.


    Wow that works in almost any instance, doesn't it?
    When is Duke Nukem Forever going to ship?
  • edited April 2010
    Uh...errr.....well, I did say almost any instance!
  • edited April 2010
    Joop wrote: »
    Wouldn't we all like to know?
    Fact is, we're all waiting for Lucasarts to approve the DVD for shipping.
    They're taking a hell of a long time though...

    how does that work? I've paid for something, money has been taken and yet it's not even approved yet?

    so how much cash are TT making on interest in holding everyone's cash?

    what happens if LA takes another 6 months?
  • edited April 2010
    how does that work? I've paid for something, money has been taken and yet it's not even approved yet?

    so how much cash are TT making on interest in holding everyone's cash?

    what happens if LA takes another 6 months?

    It's called 'pre-ordering', just like with Sam & Max season 3. You could also buy the season before the first episode was released.
    It helps give Telltale an idea of the amount of interest in the DVD, so they know roughly how many to make.
  • edited April 2010
    I understand that, but surely there has to be a limit to the amount of time that something can be on pre-order before you have to actually deliver it?
  • edited April 2010
    I don't know about that, but I'd rather have them take their time and make sure the DVD is as good as it can possibly be, than rush it out the door with features missing just to have it at their customers faster. I can wait :)
  • edited April 2010
    again, I understand..but how about providing an update every now and then. I ordered mine nearly 6 weeks ago and have not heard a thing from TT since.
  • edited April 2010
    I'm not helping, am I? :o

    I don't really know how far along the DVD is, but I think somebody from Telltale said LucasArts had to approve it. So maybe it's nearly done.
    I do know a Telltale employee said they're most likely being shipped in May, but that's not very specific.

    EDIT: Source!
    nikasaur wrote: »
    As for the Tales of Monkey Island items, they are still being produced and you'll get a shipping confirmation when they go out! The order was a pre-order for when they become available, we're estimating in May.
  • edited April 2010
    yeah, one might think that they had LEC watch the Bonus Stuff at least month ago allready.
    The episodes are unchanged so LEC can't say much about those.
  • edited April 2010
    All of the treasure chest stuff has to be produced as well, it's not just the DVD. It's everything combined that makes up the production time.
  • edited April 2010
    so how much cash are TT making on interest in holding everyone's cash?

    Actually, in non-preordering stuff you spend money first, then get it back plus some when you sell them. Preordering is usually made to cover the initial cost, in other words they probably would have spent that money already, as it would have gone into getting the DVDs made and stuff.

    ... And then there is the fact that it's Telltale. They don't charge you for the DVD, only shipping, which goes to the shipping company and not them. So we didn't even give them money they might get interest from.

    The money from the Deluxe Editions and others swag might have gone into their production though.
  • edited April 2010
    Just be glad you didn't pre-order Duke Nukem Forever.

    Anyway, LA can certainly take it's time, just look at the 1.0b and "high-quality Movies/Music" patches of KOTOR2. They took an insane amount of time to pass LA...
  • edited April 2010
    Personally, I hope there isn't a KotOR3 :D

    Also, I hope they ship by mid-May, treasure chest bonuses and everything!
  • edited April 2010
    Personally, I hope there isn't a KotOR3 :D
    There is, sort of. The MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • edited April 2010
    I am really bummed that its going to be MMO.. I love the KoTOT games... but I do not want to have to pay $15 a month to play a game I already bought for $60.
  • edited April 2010
    Another thread falls to KotOR. But yeah, I much rather would have had KotOR3 than TOR. MMO's? Yugh.
    BioWare does claim it will have great stories like KotOR3-10, but I don't see great story and MMO together just yet...
  • edited April 2010
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I am really bummed that its going to be MMO.. I love the KoTOT games... but I do not want to have to pay $15 a month to play a game I already bought for $60.

    You're not paying $15 a month for the game, you're paying $15 a month to maintain servers capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of players, and you're paying for the cost of constant development of the game.

    It's not like the game is the same game from the moment it launches until they decide to take the game down (which in the case of something like EverQuest or WoW may end up being never).

    Most, if not all, MMOs come out with free content updates every few months, sometimes even more often, as well as constant bug fixes and balance patches.

    For me, I find MMOs to be worth $10-$13 a month (I typically buy multi-month plans when I'm playing one, thus cheaper rates), but your mileage obviously may vary.
    Another thread falls to KotOR. But yeah, I much rather would have had KotOR3 than TOR. MMO's? Yugh.
    BioWare does claim it will have great stories like KotOR3-10, but I don't see great story and MMO together just yet...

    It's Bioware, and it's going to be the first MMO with 100% voice acting. That's enough to get me on the edge of my seat in anticipation.
  • edited April 2010
    Pale Man wrote: »
    Most, if not all, MMOs come out with free content updates every few months, sometimes even more often, as well as constant bug fixes and balance patches.

    Unless you're Cryptic, in which case you try to charge your paying subscribers additional fees for minor content updates. :\
  • edited April 2010
    By the way...

    When does the next free shipping offer come out? I want Imp shirt, Surfing the Highway and free DVDs.
  • edited April 2010
    Just be glad you didn't pre-order Duke Nukem Forever.

    What? Has there been an update?
    I've been waiting since 1998...
  • edited April 2010
    They laid off the dev team last May and Take2 sued 3D Realms for not finishing it. According to T2, DNF was supposed to go gold April 1st, 2010. Said it would have been hilarious. Ironically (which doesn't even begin to describe the whole situation), it still is.
  • edited April 2010
    Hmmm... I wonder if they'll give me a refund... I payed 100 Guilders back then... :S
  • edited April 2010
    Pale Man wrote: »
    It's Bioware, and it's going to be the first MMO with 100% voice acting. That's enough to get me on the edge of my seat in anticipation.

    It's gonna have conversation and quest choices, too. I know Tabula Rasa had that, but ... well ... they kinda got rid of Lord British without his approval and killed the game right after... So that makes TOR pretty much the only MMO out there that will have 'morality choice' options.
  • edited April 2010
    It's gonna have conversation and quest choices, too. I know Tabula Rasa had that, but ... well ... they kinda got rid of Lord British without his approval and killed the game right after... So that makes TOR pretty much the only MMO out there that will have 'morality choice' options.

    Aye, forgot to mention that, but it is another thing that gets me excited about TOR.
  • edited April 2010
    Are there any news when it will start to ship?
  • edited April 2010
    When we know you'll know. Which is Telltale's stance as well, I'm sure.
  • edited April 2010
    I'm really surprised that it takes so long.
  • edited April 2010
    The only thing that annoys me is that I bought the Sam and Max animated series DVDs, and since it was the same order, apparently those won't ship until the rest of the order does. :(
  • edited April 2010
    I got SBCG4AP in the mail today. I ordered it on Monday. So that's awesome.

    I ordered Tales on March 11th. Really hoping to hear about that soon.
  • edited April 2010
    YAY!!!

    Sam & Max Season Two Case File
    Sam & Max Surfin' the Highway (Paperback)
    Sam & Max Freelance Police - The Complete Animated Series
    Your order shipped on April 29, 2010!
  • edited April 2010
    But no Monkey Island?
    Did they split your order or something?
  • edited April 2010
    It would really be nice to get status updates from Telltale from time to time.

    "We don't know when we will ship it" does not count as an answer.

    I wonder if there are some Terry Pratchett fans in here too..
    Since there was this issue with a publisher called HillHousePublishers who made people pay 420 bucks in advance for 12 books issued over a period of 2 years and then completely "vanished" after the second book (with the money of course) i'm a bit well...
    nervous when there are no status updates. this kinda sucks. (not to say that these have been my two most expensive books ever.. ) :]
  • edited April 2010
    There have been status updates though. They're estimating around May. It's been taking a bit due to checking in with Lucasarts and whatnot, but it's definitely coming.
  • edited April 2010
    Irishmile wrote: »
    YAY!!!

    Sam & Max Season Two Case File
    Sam & Max Surfin' the Highway (Paperback)
    Sam & Max Freelance Police - The Complete Animated Series
    Your order shipped on April 29, 2010!

    Wah? I ordered Surfin' the Highway too but mine hasn't shipped yet.
  • edited April 2010
    When I ordered Surfin' the Highway, it arrived two days later. But then again I live just a state over...
  • edited April 2010
    Depends on what you ordered with it.

    ^ Just the book, then immediate shipping
    ^^^ Freelance Police serie hold it up, back in stop, so shipped now.
    ^^ Likely combined it with an item on hold (MI merchandise).
  • edited April 2010
    Anybody know if the DVD will be Mac compatible?
  • edited April 2010
    Sixkiller wrote: »
    Anybody know if the DVD will be Mac compatible?

    I believe they have said that it will be.
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