May 1, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

#13 RE-ISSUE TARGETMASTER HOT ROD: The latest re-issue from Takara has just arrived to us (pre-orders will be processed and shipped by Monday or Tuesday) Hot Rod features more great artwork on the cover of the collector box and comes with the his Targetmaster weapon.

2004 OTFCC CONVENTION EXCLUSIVES: We have listed pre-orders for 2 of the upcoming exclusive toys from OTFCC. The first is a Mega PVC Skywarp - repainted from the Mega PVC Starscream mold released by Takara a few years ago - pre-orders available for $14.99. The 2nd item is MegaZarak - a repainted version of Armada Megatron - pre-orders available for $64.99. These items are always produced in limited numbers and sometimes hard to find if you can't make it to the convention (In Chicago this year)

LIVING DEAD DOLLS WALPURGIS: The German exclusive Walpurgis has just arrived! Pre-Orders will be processed and ship by Monday or Tuesday. We have some extra figures available at $54.99 each on the Mezco Menu.

TAKARA 20TH PRIME: More of these will be arriving Monday or Tuesday - available for ordering now for $104.99. A variety of other great recent releases are also available from Takara including BT-04, BT-02, BT-01, Soundwave, Astrotrain, Minibots and more.

DUSTY TRAIL TOYS - SERIES 2: Dusty Trail continues its detailed 6" figures with the Series 2 lineup including: US Marshall - Tombstone, Samurai, British S.A.S., WWII Marine, Army 3rd Infantry in Iraq (which comes with a mosiac background of Saddam that was commonly seen in news reports) and a current Marine 1st M.E.U. figure - a nice set of 6 figures priced at $54.99 for the set.

JASON VS. FREDDY: The boxed set of action figures from NECA is back in stock for $24.99. We also still have limited stock of the 12" Freddy figure from Sideshow for $34.99

VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: The vintage department spent half the week listing
hundreds of opened, returned, defective, and incomplete items that we have been building up for 18 months or so. A wide variety of items we at one point carried in the main part of our store are available at discounted prices due to the minor flaws they have - all listed throughout the vintage menu

GUNDAM: We've been working on some inventory counts of old Gundam items previously at our other storage building. A variety of Master Grade Kits, MSIA, Domestic Figures and other Gundam items have been restocked on the various Gundam Menus.

OTHER COOL STUFF IN STOCK:

PULP FICTION GEOMS: From NECA - on the Other Menu - 4 sets of 4 from classic scenes in Pulp Fiction
STAR WARS: Episode 2 TIE Bombers back in stock - $59.99
STAR TREK: Sideshow's Commander Riker Bust - $34.99
ART ASYLUM STAR TREK: Some figures restocked after inventory count
DARK ALLIANCE: Exclusive Hellfire Lucifer - on the 'Other' Menu

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to check out the new items, we have a few shipments coming in from Japan this coming week so look for an update mid-week.