ToC Normal

Just saw a post by Danon about getting his first heroic - HoL - (http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=24334) - when I checked his armory, he and his team are in all blues (even with a piece from blood furnace). I've got about the same gear as him. Got me thinking about going back to my PVE team and making another attempt at gearing up (been doing all pvp and lvling toons)

ToC normal looks like its' got a ton of great gear - all 200lvl. Is this doable by a new 80 team? Do you need to be geared to run ToC normal, or is it all strategy? Just wondering if the gearing progression has changed at all (79-80 instances -> heroics -> ToC -> ToC Heroic)

*EDIT* - answer appears to be yes ... finally found it another thread (http://www.dual-boxing.com/showpost....2&postcount=30)