The deal with the reserves was alot of people reserved Halo 2 long before Microsoft announced there was going to be a special edition for 5 bucks more. So when they announced the special edition, rather then deal with 100k people having to change their pre-orders, they just changed the SKU on all pre-orders up until that point to be special editions and from then on customers could choose which they wanted to pre-order. If someone comes in with an early ticket to pick it up, and they don't want the special they can get the regular edition instead, provided the store has enough on hand.
As for first shipment thats totally dependent on the store, best just check the ones near you if you want it, each store will probably be getting its own e-mail telling them when to stop taking first shipment reserves.
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