I paid last year, when they announced a Dec 2011 release. I remember the Coneheads being delayed a bit, but now we're out about 7 months.
At least I ordered when I had the money, because I'm paying off BotCon spending and still waiting for reviews once Hegemon and Cyclops come out to decide if I'm picking them up.
I agree with some posters here, each figure didn't need an arsenal of weapons (but that did increase the "cool" factor, to me). I hope that's not the sole issue keeping these figures from my hands, but still trying to be patient and wait.
Hopefully iGear can learn from this setback and prevent it from happening in the future. They've been teasing us with lots of figures the past few years and I'm still looking forward to picking up a few of them.