I think it's a good move overall, and timing, though not optimal considering that they missed the Xmas season in the US, isn't disastrous -- I don't quite understand winter introductions of new photo gear -- good for Southern Hemisphere countries though. . .
This is something I thought they should have done at initial introduction, when they offered them in Japan. As special orders, 4-6 weeks delivery, there would be no need to inventory them in the US. All it would have cost them would have been to set up the ordering process.and logistics to get them to the customers, which should not be too much of a problem for an international company.
I'd have been more inclined to get one if they had been available before the blowout sales of the Q, but now I already have 2 Q bodies and some Aki-Asahi skins. . .
I would have seriously considered getting one, then paint my Fotopro twin arm flash bracket and one of my little Metz flashes to match for a custom painted macro kit. It would be fun to tell people that it's a custom camera kit I had commissioned to be made to order to shoot Jumping Spiders.
. . . still might do it. . .
Scott