To answer your post on the "timing" of the release ... here's a notification on the top of the new beta Object Library Page:
LAUNCH NOTIFICATION: We are on a "hold" for a short time ... Rod's Graphics Card burned up ... we had been trying to tell him the fire effect in the campfire object was way too hot ... but he just wouldn't listen. We think the fire is out and a new higher heat resistant card will get him back online soon. Stay tuned!
Once Rod is back online, it won't be long ... (I never should have given him that pack of matches!)
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