Here's what I see. That isn't a Merit catalogue, that looks like a page from a catalogue by a company called "BMM" or "Classic Warfare", depending on who's site you see.
If it's indeed that, these guys are pretty notorious for taking advance whispers of models forthcoming shown at shows, and collecting pre-orders way in advance of it ever being a reality. I've also heard, but never experienced for the obvious reason, that it can be pretty hard to get your money back- no returned phone calls or emails etc.
My own particular issue with BMM is that along with doing this, which IMO falls on the responsibility of the buyer to be aware of, is they steal and photo shop old box art from previous kits by other manufacturers, add titles and "Buy it now!" and "limited edition" banners, and collect pre-sales.
Buy it when it shows up on Freetime, Squadron, Hannants or any of the other legit sites.
I know, I want one too. Just paging through a WW2 RN crriers book last night getting "in the mood" for "The Lusty" build.
Man. that sounds weird...