[Scarecroodle]

I think it's more excitement all at once like this? Or multiple forms of excitement? Seeing a few waves at a time is pretty epic and, in this day and age, it's definitely preferable to waiting until your locals *might* get a specific wave in (as many skip waves).

It's certainly nice to know what to expect so you don't miss out on entire things if you never see any of it at retail. The older system might have more worked back when we weren't seeing as much merchandise hit store shelves.

At any rate, I'm still excited at least twice: one for the announcement and one for finding it at retail (assuming I can get it at retail which is a smaller & smaller thing). And I can't say that my excitement has been any greater lately when I wasn't aware of a specific item hitting shelves.

Also, those Kenner booklets were awesome. I probably enjoyed them more than the toys at times =p Used to carry the Action Fleet or whatever ones with me.