Just ordered a Monsters Premium. Sounded like Pro still available, too. Was told they are scheduled for the line end of this week (not sure if that is any prior orders too or just like this current batch).

I was tempted to wait and see how GoT Premium turns out, but I figured it was probably my last chance at a NIB Metallica. If GoT does turn out to be awesome it will be around awhile.

Weird, because I've been waiting for my monsters premium for over a month. So they didn't sell as many as they anticipated, but are still way behind on producing them?

Well they are probably sold out of their allocation, but that doesn't mean Stern built and shipped them all yet. Last update from a few days ago was that my distributor had just asked about them about Metallica without an answer, but also that Stern was behind.

For what it's worth, I ordered a Monsters premium on Sep 28 and it was delivered Dec 3 (build date of Nov 10). It was the standard premium price at the time, not inflated.

There seems to be a lot of confusion but I think one thing is clear: if you want a NIB Metallica, get on it ASAP.