I wouldn't call my combinations common. I wouldn't call them exotic either though, really. Even my Apex MB order at the end of last year (longer, flatter, heavier, etc) only took a couple weeks. I think that was shortly before they ran out of Z Softs and a whole bunch of shafts.That is incredible in my mind, unless the manufacturers have a stock of pretty common combinations and then just apply a bend here or there to get them out the door!