I fail to see how it's a good idea to discontinue pretty much every color on many lines without announcing the new ones. If the dealers don't have some in stock, what do they tell the potential customers? Unless they or EBMM have a plan for that (or the dealers can already order from the upcoming line up), I would guess that the sales have been pretty screwed for at least 2 weeks. My initial guess was that EBMM wanted to do a staggered rollout with new announcements every week. It could have been a good way to keep the buzz going and pierce through the other manufacturer's releases. It could still be the case, but I think there is a missed opportunity to capitalize on the anticipation.
Anyway, I excited to see the JP line since it will be their 20th anniversary. I hope the Majesty 8 strings will be released this year as well. I heard that they made a multiscale prototype, I'd love to see that!