Okay, so... went to the local UPS Distribution Center yesterday afternoon (after tearing arse down 495 from Chelmsford to Shrewsbury in my freshly-mended car), and managed to pick them up... after a few tense moments of WtF when they couldn't locate the package in the holding area. They managed to find it, signed for it, and brought it home after a couple of errands.
However, due to vacation preparations (read: packing), I didn't get to open the box until later that night. Man, they are beautiful. Have to say, much more impressive than the PDFs led me to believe.
This is going to be excellent vacation reading... along with the latest tome from Lee Child.
Jack Reacher... now he would make an interesting character build...