Well, we have some good news.

Our CF IMRC covers have arrived in the states, which means the CF hoods can't be too far off- they were put in for manufacture not too long after the CF covers.
In addition, the new factory they're working with doesn't take a month off for Chinese New Years, and has a much tighter production schedule, so we should see things whipping along just fine.
At the very least, I'm going to make sure we can throw in free hood pins with every hood purchase... all you guys have to do is tell me if you want silver or gunmetal.

I'm working on what else we can do for you for your trouble waiting, but as you can see from the picture of our CF IMRC covers, the hoods should be a SUPERB quality.
If the IMRC covers came out this good, imagine what the hoods will look like.