Looookout man!!! You have a fistful of unicorns!
LOL a bunch of stuff, that's for sure!
Anyone can buy the pulsar, no secret handshake required, but restocking delays can take a couple of weeks.
We in the US are even more fortunate because we don't pay VAT, so the price went from €299 to €249. Shipping is DHL whether you like it or not, and that's €30.
For the quality and thought put into the device, I have to say it's the top-fire squonker that has been missing in my life since the Reo days and I doubt there's something similar (and available) in the same price point that could touch it.
Now as for the Haku:
Steven is a man of integrity and he has always stuck to his idea that everyone who wants a Haku will have one, at RRP or less (if he had anything to do with it) and there wouldn't be any of the bullshit you see with armor, solo, m atty, the like.
Trust that the project is still gaining steam and the team is working at full capacity to make the vision happen, but for now it's an ugly necessity to have lists and random drawings until enough of them get into circulation to make the masses say "ahhhhh" and chase the next unicorn they see in the bushes.
Steven is a dear friend to me from well before he dreamed up the Haku project and it is truly humbling to hear him speak of the real love he has for the community and his project. He lost countless hours of sleep worrying if it would be well-received and still loses sleep today because he just wants everyone to be happy with a Haku in their hand, but an operation like his with the QC and logistics involved is no easy task to accomplish in the timeframe most people have become accustomed to.
I'm not here to tout my relationship with Steven or claim that I have some insider information not available in the group at large, but it should be well-known among the non-facebookers here that there is a plan with Haku now and in the future, and that plan doesn't involve slowing production or limiting batches, but quite the opposite. You'll have your wonderful toys, boys and girls!