There was a dog bowl release of Mud Puppy LEs, with a couple more bowls to follow. One will probably be Bird Dog LEs. Many in the pack are looking for tan Yard Keepers in the last bowl, others are hoping for something brand new. Unless it's an overrun, I wouldn't expect a new release to be done as a dog bowl though. Also, there's a new employee on the Scrap Yard team named Renee.

Busse Combat did a very brief one-time Nuclear Meltdown Fusion Battle Mistress release (the night of 8/18/08 to 9/1/08 -- CG base price was $467.00, I recall that LEs were $300 more), followed by a transition to what they're calling the "Hack" series. The first Hack is a small knife called the Bear Cub (they're actually quite a bit smaller than a Game Warden). I went for a couple of the CG NMFBMs, but will pass on the Cubs; I think they'll be too small to be comfortable in my hands.

Eric is selling the HCLEs to non-preorder folks now.

It's great to hear that your Mom is doing well. I understand she's not out of the woods yet, but it sound like she's navigated her early obstacles very well and I hope she continues to recover.