Hiya! Welcome to one of the best Carrara forums on the net. Kixum is the moderator and he knows his stuff! try out his Light Saber tut it is a lot of fun! This forum rocks, especially for inexperienced people like me. From what I understand, Carrara 2 is release ready and has been sent to be stamped. The boxes and things are finished and Eovia has stated that they will begin shipping it, to the people that order it from the website, on June 5th. I ordered it the day it was announced as did most pople on this forum, so I hope to see it in time for the weekend! Welcome onboard! Regards, -Paul