It was still out when iOS was released. I got the forerunner gear and I didn't start playing until a week after iOS release. It was available in the store up until the dead city expansion.
Edit: NVM, I guess you were talking about the second set of pics. I never saw those before, so I guess it was early on. They look pretty similar to the founders, and for the mage I prefer the shiny look of the founders, so I'm not disappointed anyway. I just hope they let us convert these to vanity at some point.