Cat, I agree with the TaoBao stuff making things difficult. I think though that if the thread does return, that stuff should be excluded since we don't really know how official it is. I would only want to include those things we know are coming soon from Hasbro.
Is the speed that different than the old releases? I can't remember. I know at the end of the G3 line it seemed like ponies were coming out all the time.