JOYFUL! People are freaking out everywhere about this. So here is what I know:
1) If you can't wait, buy one now from: http://www.acotis.co.uk/trollbeads-joyful/md11502/p_65713/ Joyful has been released in the UK as a Ltd Edition timed to correspond with their Mother's Day. But you may pay more than in your country, and there is shipping too.
2) If you are like me and prefer to dance on the knife's edge, (well, I like to think of myself as a daring & risk taking Trollie,) put your faith in the rumors that this bead will be coming to the US, Canada, South Africa, Denmark, NL, Germany, Italy & other places soon. For North America, it will coincide with our Mother's Day in May, so late April release is probable.
3) If you are absolutely annoyed that Trollbeads HQ in Denmark did not take the advice from my past Blog post, http://trollgirl2.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-things-trollbeads-needs-to-do.html and time Ltd Edition releases to be the same date WORLDWIDE, then email them or post on their FB site to let them know. Why bother? Because our local dealers lose business when everyone orders their Joyfuls from the UK, which makes it harder for Trollbeads retailers to be in business, which makes it less likely they'll keep carrying Trollbeads, which means we can't pick our beads in real life, which would make us sad, which would make me sad, etc etc etc.
So let's not let Joyful make us all SAD, and contact TBHQ and your TB distributors to let them know your opinions. This is the internet age, we all shop online, PayPal and international shipping options are our best friends & we all are on International Forums. Trollbeads, please dig your heads out of the sand & stop treating us like we don't know how to turn on a computer. Sigh....
