I am in the exact, and I mean exact, same situation as you.
I'm a little worried, I'm still in backorder, but I haven't gotten any progress at all since day one. I don't even have an email telling me it will ship in october. The only email I got stated it will arrive the 21st, but we all know that we can't take their word for that. hmmm. Anyone else just not have any info at all? Also im in the 1612 order group.