December 10, 2003 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

HOLIDAY SHIPPING SCHEDULE: Please see our holiday shipping schedule page for information about order placement deadlines for 12/24 delivery.

TRANSFORMERS ENERGON: We have just received the new Energon Basic and Mega figures. Basics include Energon Saber, Battle Ravage, Strongarm & Skyblast - available individually or as a set. Mega figures are Ironhide and Treadbolt. Optimus Prime arrives in the next day or so. Energon Pre-orders will be processed soon.

GI JOE - VALOR VS. VENOM: The next cool line from Hasbro features 6 new two-packs of figures including old favorites like Snake-Eyes and Stormshadow. The figures and packaging are well done and this should be a good line for 2004

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE SNAKEMEN: We've received our first shipment of Snakemen - King Hssss, Venom Spitting Khan, Two-Bad and Snake Crush Skeletor are sold as a set for $44.99. King Hsss and Khan have each been selling for upwards of $20 to $30 on other sites and auction sites!

STAR WARS: More new assortments have arrived - new figures in stock with the 'Gold Bar' packaging are: Boba Fett, Anakin Secret Ceremoy, Hoth Trooper, Hoth Attack Luke, Han Hoth, R-3PO, Imperial Dignitary - Kren Blista-Vane, Achk Med-Beq, Throne Room Luke & Darth and More. We have several more waves of SW figures arriving in the next day or so as well. Pre-Orders for these figures will be shipping soon.

TRANSFORMERS: We've restocked the Smallest Transformers wave 1 box of 12 and master case of 48 - this is likely the last stock we'll be able to find on these figures. Re-Issue Takara Rodimus Prime is back in stock and the BT-01 Smokescreen is in stock - we have more of them coming in late December or January after these sell out. Hasbro's Commemorative Series 6 Smokescreen has arrived and we have restocked the Hasbro Re-Issue Ultra Magnus as well. Heroes of Cybertron wave 4 has been restocked. Re-Issue #0 Optimus Prime is back in stock.

HALO: More of the very cool Halo series 2 figures with Green Master Chief have arrived.

ZELDA: The Link and Epona boxed set has been restocked after being unavailable for nearly a year - Located on the 'Epoch Video Game Menu'