Mike, I agree with your assessment above: BUT, they all point to a drastic loss of profit for Y&A. They cannot reduce their line and stay in business.
We all know that Y&A listens to us. They seem to be trying hard to find that happy middle ground in reference to limited edition sizes. They even tried other products to spur parallel profit without increasing HL edition sizes (AB's for example). We certainly cannot expect the company to suffer just so our dollar investment in HLs increases.
There is no easy answer - especially with the economy - HL's and other collectibles are a luxury, not a necessity and the small gift stores are suffering.
-Joe