I've already put in my order, I can't afford to buffer a pre-order at the moment and I was after the plastic pieces rather than rubber, so whilst the $50 postage is expensive, the overall cost for new, reproduction pieces is worth it.
If anyone else on here can afford to organise a group-buy, or at least verify committed purchases to TwosRUs so he goes ahead with the pieces, feel free to organise in this thread.