According to Traxxas they will be in stores November 29th and that's always been the case, so I don't know why your dealer told you what they did or where they got their info. At this time I wouldn't rely on it, other than all of their allocated trucks being sold. At this point in time I would bet that the first batch is on U.S. soil and that the youtubers already have theirs or will get them next week. I wouldn't be surprised if stores start getting their demos in 7-10 days. I'm sure back in July there were only 5 pre-production models. Maybe your dealer got confused with info about when the second batch is going to be shipped? Wouldn't surprise me at all if the first batch is completely sold out.