I may just consider getting an HRAP EX instead of waiting on the TE. if the buttons are as easy to mod as you guys say they are, then i might go that route. And I love the all-black look on the HRAP EX as opposed to the SF IV art on the TE fightstick.
add Gamecrazy to the list. Just got off the phone with the two stores I preordered from and they said they their first shipment will not be enough and every pre-order will not get one at launch. they both basically said Mad Catz and/or Capcom effed up.