I would think that they would/should be showing stuff off at Toy Fair. "Strike while the iron is hot," for the movie anyways, if you will. With the next wave having a "summer" release (they should probably try and get this out earlier), I would hope they would want to be showing off something at Toy Fair.
You know, what? I am going to go and email them and ask if they will be at Toy Fair and if they will have some of the next wave to show off. They were pretty responsive the last time I emailed them.
<insert time me writing an email>
my email:
Hello, I want to start off and say thank you for the awesome Hobbit line your company has created - I love these toys! With that said I just wanted to see if I could possibly ask you if there is any info you can share on the future of this line. The last collectors heard was that the next wave/series will have a "summer" release, is this still the plan? Also, will you be at Toy Fair in one month and will there be any/all of these figures from the "summer" wave to show off then?
Finally, any update to whether or not you will start giving the figures peg holes on the bottoms of their feet?
Thanks again and keep up the great work!
maybe I will send them follow up questions if they send me a decent response.
if any of you would like to contact them to ask other questions (perhaps about why certain characters were/were not released), here is where to go to contact them:
http://www.thebridgedirect.com/contact.php