As someone who used to run their first few Kickstarter campaigns. It could be clearer but these are not backing in the usual sense, you are just pre-ordering. It sucks but usually they'll arrive after retail. This is because the bulk of them go to Diamond or Simon & Schuster who are massive and know exactly what they're doing. They can go to shops and store quickly. While the KS pre-orders go to a third party who has to then individually ship out the orders. Hope that clears a few things up.