I stopped in at the Chandler, AZ LEGO Store today, and with my friend's help, we were able to find all 16 of the minifigs. Thankfully, it was 16 per person limit, like other people have mentioned. They were even nice enough to lend me scissors after I bought my minifigs so I could make sure I had all 16.
Once we had them all opened and verified, my friend was able to pick up a couple he wanted, and I helped a nice woman that was getting some for her nephew identify a couple. I asked the manager on duty if they had been shipped more this round. He said they recieved 1000 units on Monday, and they'd already sold about 3/4 of them.
I also went ahead and picked up the Castle Advent calendar, since I love the advent calendars and I REALLY wanted the blue wizard. I'll probably go back and pick up the City advent next month. Gotta keep earning VIP rewards to be ready for the Harry Potter sets on Oct. 1. My fiance is super excited for those.