March 23, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW MICROMAN PRE-ORDERS: We have listed 3 different sets of 4 Microman items. The first 2 sets are Diamond Comic exclusives - Master Force Set of 4 and Acroyear Force Set of 4. Both sets are $27.99 each and arrive in May / June. Also available is the 'Lady' Microman set of 4 - which we will import from Japan. This set is $54.99 - nice pictures of all on the site.

NEW HALO PRE-ORDERS: Series 4, 5, and 6 have been announced and we are now accepting pre-orders for each set. Some figures will be from HALO, and some will likely be from HALO 2. Some of the figures mentioned will be further versions of Master Chief and Elite, and also Warthog, Grunt, Brute, Flood Carrier. No Pictures available on these yet.

20% OFF ALL VINTAGE MENU ITEMS: Sale Ends Wednesday at 8:00 PM Central Time. A great opportunity to receive 20% off all items on the Vintage Menu - http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/vintage/ (please read details of sale on that page) The vintage department has recently listed mint complete GI Joe 3 3/4" Figures, Beast Wars, and MOTU items.

FREDDY VS. JASON: The new boxed set from NECA has arrived and is available for $25.99. Figures stand roughly 6+" tall and comes with a flaming plastic base. Freddy comes with 2 other nicely detached heads.

STAR WARS: We have received 2 recent Clone Wars Deluxe case assortments. Figures included in these cases are: Spider Droid, Droid Army, Jedi Knight Army, Clone Trooper Army (Blue & Yellow), Durge with Swoop Bike, and Clone Trooper with Speeder Bike. The Unleashed 7 figures are now available individually for $15.99 each, or as a set of 3 for $44.99 each.

CLEARANCE & SALE PRICES: We have over 200 items with reduced or clearance prices on the clearance menu:- Transformers, Gundam, GI Joe, Saint Seiya, McFarlane and much much more - check out the full list here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/clearance.asp

FINAL FANTASY X-2: ArtFX continues to release very nice FF figures. The 2 latest releases are Heretic Yojimbo and Bahamut. The Bahamut figure is very large - the box is nearly 2 feet across!

BEAST WARS: We've unearthed a stash of BW items from our storage building. Transmetal 2 Cybershark, Scourge, Jawbreaker, and Iguanus are all back in stock on the RID/BM/BW Menu.

LORD OF THE RINGS: More Return of the King Wave 4 Sets of 4 have arrived - this set include Legolas, Haradhrim Archer, Aragorn - King of Gondor and Pippin in Armor. More RotK Sting Swords are back in stock as well and we have a variety of LotR items in stock - some of them with reduced pricing.

ANIME-X: On the 'Other' Menu - Anime-X Statue is available for $34.99

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to check out the new items and pre-orders. We have a small mountain of product in transit to us now so look for some great updates in the next 1 - 2 weeks!!