(...) They certainly were available. And the US even had sufficient stock unlike Australia where they sold out of most Toy Stores in less than a week. Tim (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
(...) Actually, that's not true. A number of Target stores here in .au still have plenty of stock of Series 1. (14 years ago, 30-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
