Yep, perhaps they learned from the Indomitus boxed set release. And this is striking me as being a healthy release from what we can see.
Hadn't heard about the scalpers, and it reminds me of "caveat emptor".
40K seems to have a culture where there is a process of players buying and having more than one army. Not sure if this exists in W:AoS yet, although this concept hadn't seemed to be as strongly ingrained with WFB when many folks had one army and they'd only buy for it, and not moving into another as often as such seems to happen with 40K. If the previous trend is still in with W:AoS in any way, than it means this might be affecting purchases, although not positive.
As for inventory in storage ... it'll all depend on how much they have, and the space that's available. I'm hoping that some of the local stores haven't over purchased, because this might affect them as well.
Yep, not a Cursed City repeat is very good.
And glad I can get a box, if I want one.