Monday, December 10, 2007  Musings: On Pre-Ordering Toys  Pre-
orders, pre-orders and more pre-orders......   I often wonder
how toy collectors went about their hobby during the days before
the Internet. How did they keep themselves updated on the latest
news? I can only think of postal updates and magazines.  However
now that we have the Internet, we find ourselves in a completely
different situation. In the past, we suffered from information
scarcity. Now, we have to deal with information overload.  The
Internet has not only made it easy to get information on the
latest toys, it has also made it easier to buy them. Sideshow
Toy, Hobby Link Japan and the Big Bad Toy Store are only a few
examples of online toy shops.  Although Singapore does not have
an online toy store per se, but this does not mean they are not
online. On the contrary, toy stores here are making use of the
Internet in their own ways. For them, the mailing list is their
preferred medium of communication. Sign up for their mailing
list and you