TIME TO ADD [I]EVEN MORE EARS[/I]
Just think, next year you won't get any ears (since it'll just be 2017 + 2018 things) and then you'll fondly miss them. Like others have suggested, def frag them if you don't want them. has been great about adding an item or two every week or so to the Crystal Shop. ToT items are easy peasy crystals since the change we made where they give at least 1 crystal each!
A very large chunk of items last year were those ears though. Once the second wave of items come out for ToT this year, there will be more items in each user pool group. This means the odds of you getting an ear/dwarve vs other item from 2016/2017 will be lower, because the other items will outnumber them by a lot more. You'll still get an ear or two, I'm sure, but maybe not on the same scale as now. :)