I don't have a part in this run, but I'd say: as long there is "some" communication, you have to consider this as a spark of hope. If MIMIC just wanted to take the money, why would he even do the trouble posting anything? It doesn't make sense. I fully agree that communication is very, very bad, but at least there is some communication.
I've been on the RPF for quite some time, and most of the time, communication just stops completely and the seller is gone with RPF members money. What benefit would MIMIC have from putting time in occasional updates, when his intention is to abandon this run anyway? That would just be a waste of energy. In my opinion this is just a matter of very, VERY bad communication and planning, but there is still an intention of delivering (when exactly, that's another question, off course).
Anyway, I'm following this thread with great interest and hope that in the end people will actually get great quality armour. If this would be the case, I'd advice MIMIC that he would only sell what he has actually in hand in the future. He did runs of Mars Attacks guns, Sankara Stones and a small run of Gizmo Mogwai's, and these all went fine (maybe the Sankara Stones not in the end), so I really hope this run will turn in a good direction in the end. Good luck to all of you! And MIMIC, as a previous regular customer, take my advice: communicate, mate! Communicate!