Bucky,<br><br>I no longer publish expected production dates for new products unless they show actual production items. Nobody ever meets their announced production dates. <br><br>New Leatherman products typically show up in stores early Summer, but given this is so radical, I'd expect easily could be Fall.<br><br>No argument about the colors, but I don't expect anything like the Gerber program anytime in the near future. As for weights, they didn't offer any such info. based on handling them, I'd say they were on par with similar sized SAKs. Not light, but not as heavy as current tools. <br><br><br>Doug Ritter<br>Editor<br>Equipped To Survive