I don't think we know. When the 997 was first mentioned, with a December/January timeframe as the earliest arrival date, the R-972 was considered a possibility for November I think - so maybe March '09? It's all still guesswork, though.

The 990's box picture was shortly before the announcement, when we had no idea it was even in development and right about the time they loaded the first batch of production units onto a freighter in Korea. That was a pretty slick one...