2) Still in neogtiation. Hopefully we'll hear something in the next coupleof weeks or so (but that's just a hope, not a fact *sigh* WotC is a big company and as such, they're slow. )
Do you have a feal for whether these decisons are being made at WoC or higher up? If someone from Hasbro has to sign off on them that's likely to add a fair amount of time.