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Manga

Most of you have already heard about Manga. He has returned to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross to help those in need as a result of the Tsunami and Earthquake. I have ordered myself, and despite the challenges of the language barrier, have found the responses to be courteous & helpful. A few friends have received their Manga beads already, so I feel confident that I can share this link with you now.

ttp://www.trollbeads.jp/manga_english.html

The on-line shop is here, and it takes a little fiddling with the options to make sure you add your Overseas Country option so that appropriate shipping charges are added before you pay. They accept Paypal payments.

http://mangabeads.shop.multilingualcart.com/

Two more days until the Swiss World Tour beads are released! You can probably see them here on this Swiss webshop first. I have not found any information on what the beads actually are.

http://www.beads4you.ch/trollbeads-worldtour.html

Cat & Mouse

It's always a game of cleverness with Trollbeads HQ. They plan new releases. We try to find them. Especially pictures of them. A sneak peak of a new release before it's officially announced is enough to send any Trollie into euphoria, which is almost as good as.... - ahem - chocolate. ;)

Switzerland - apparently they are not releasing pictures to dealers until almost release day. They really want to keep this quiet - what fun!

USA - there is discussion that US dealers will be able to place orders for their World Tour beads beginning June 15th ish. This doesn't mean that they will know in advance what the beads will be, but it does look favorably upon the rumored July 4th release date.

I have seen pictures of some of the new Universal Uniques. There are some really stunning designs & colors in the mix, beautiful enough that I think you will quickly forget the $43US price tag. Well at least once or twice!

If you are in the market for a beautiful Old Antique Flower (one of my personal addictions), there are at least 5 on ebay at the moment. Make sure you tick of the WORLDWIDE option in your search to make sure you see them all. And since I have no interesting pictures, I leave you with a photo of my own OAF bracelet.

June News

The Universal Uniques are coming out this month. For those that remember the Haiti beads, they are basically Haiti beads without the Haiti. For newbies, they are OOAK glass Trollbeads that sport a larger silver core size so that they can fit on competing brand bracelets, like Pandora, Chamilia etc etc. So now is your chance to get some Troll onto the bracelets of all of your misguided friends, relatives, and co-workers who might be clinging onto their non-troll ways. ;)

Opinions are divided on the larger core size. Larger core can mean larger glass size, and for some collectors the smaller core size of Troll is one of it's endearing hallmarks. For Troll's marketshare, it may open up opportunities to creep onto the wrists of new customers. And most of us know that once you have Troll glass you really can't go back to the other brands. Clever of them, and if you think it isn't clever then you still have the option of staying with your small core beads.

Sometime in June the next World Tour release will come out, this time featuring Switzerland. I have not come across any sneak peaks, leaks, or rumors about what they might be. I'm sure The Baltic States release will be a hard act to follow.

One last tidbit: http://www.diamonds4ever.dk/ has a special running this week on Trollbeads. Check out their website & log-in to see the details.