got my stuff as well and it's amazing. I think a few logistical lessons will have been learned from this. However it is really difficult to get stuff of this quality at low volumes (these realease are in the low hundreds) a) make any money b) get suppliers to prioritise your jobs. Also from what I've heard there were serious software issues with the distribtion software and ordering system that even product support could not fathom.
I would hope this would not put off the band from repeating this release model for future albums and I would assume the lessons learned will make it a lot smoother next time. There is also the issue of instant gratification and entitlement that ails modern society. We seem to want everything now with no care or understanding as to the logistics of putting stuff together.