Personally I think the Mod tools are too little too late..
This is a bone to keep the community happy and they can also claim later that they actually released the mod tools.
It will take weeks and weeks for real quality maps to appear and by that time there will be some new titles released so players are going to move away from Blops and real quick once these new titles hit the shelves..

But then again both Treyarch and Activision knew that would be the case.
For the mod tools to have a serious impact January or early Feb would have been the ideal time..

I think they believe its time for them to move onto this years COD..Blops has run its course..So don't expect an aweful lot after these tools are released..

my patience is just wearing thin and its starting to stress me out, if i do'nt get a set date for patch 1.07 modtools or dlc in a week i'm scrubbing the game from my hard drive, i know i'm only one player , but i'm sure theres more like me.