>Man I have been waiting years for these rods to get here from
>japan finally I opened my MB and there they were!

So you have one?

>Anyone know when and where there gonna be selling them and so forth. All
>I have seen is that there a St Croix rod and I only saw casting modles.

There are spinning and casting models and they're going to be announced at the ICAST show later this month. Most are of them are in the $340-360 range. Where did you see the St. Croix reference?

Played around with a sample/prototype made for the US market and it's pretty nice. It was one of the 7' hvy models and is marked as a fast action but the taper actually feels between fast and extra fast. Nice tip with a lot of backbone. It's got nine SIC Concept guides + tip and a non-exposed blank (TCS?) Fuji reel seat with metallic paint. The blank is matte black and other than the metallic accent on the reel seat assembly, it's a pretty understated rod.

You can get more info on the Japanese ones here: http://www.luckycraft.co.jp/products/0309rods/index.html