It means that the only thing keeping a copy out of it out of our grimy gamer hands is the amount of time it will take them to pack the beehotches into boxes and ship them to stores.
-"Don't touch that!!!!!" -ZAPPPPP!- Hehe yet another excuse to upgrade-
I think it has to do with the fact that the first master copy of the game (or product) is burnt onto a gold colored CD. This is the one they use to produce other ones or something like that.