I spoke to one of the Maelstrom guys. Seems the UK distributor (Simple Miniature Games?) lacks the stock rather than the supplier (WW/Wyrd). Wyrd have a note in the News section of their site saying the things are now "back in stock" which implies that for a while at least they were out.
Guess that my timing was pretty poor. Still, given that I have not managed to get a game of anything since before Christmas a few weeks more is not going to hurt
@varangian....Indeed the shipping is a killer, with the import fees from buying outside Europe on top, plus the surcharge the PO add to the import fees makes it a non starter.