Never mind, back to race condition as my only guess.
I just rebooted and I'm stuck with the crappy non-Ambiance theme.
** Changed in: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
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Unable to use Ambiance theme after first boot (on main admin user). Theme set
to very plain Gnome default.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658632
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