September 4, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

This newsletter is a bit heavy on Transformer items - they just keep making more! We'll be processing pre-orders for all the new items listed
below over the weekend and ship them out starting on Tuesday so look for an email about your pre-orders over the weekend.

TAKARA #15 STEPPER & BT-07 SMOKESCREEN GT: A vintage Stepper figure can run as high as $1000 on ebay - here is your chance to pick up the re-issue of an extremely rare figure for only $33.99! Stepper is a black Porsche repaint of Jazz with a Targetmaster (Nebulon) and gold chromed weapons. The BT-07 Smokescreen GT is an updated version of the BT-01 with hood and roof air inductors and other new features. The racing car markings have changed to the #1 and #2 versions with new driver names and sponsor logos - including Corona Beer!

NEW TAKARA BINALTECH HONDA S-2000 & ALTERNATORS: We've listed the new Takara Honda S-2000 Binaltech (presumably BT-11) figure for $54.99 - the picture is a prototype, but should be similar to the final version. Hasbro Alternators Grimlock Mustang and Swindle Jeep have also been listed for $24.99 each. Pre-Orders for Hound, Dead End, Tracks, and Mazda RX-8 are all available. The Takara BT-08 Mazda RX-8 set of 2 has been re-opened so you can now order both the red and white figures for $107.99 total!

STAR WARS PRE-ORDERS: We'll be carrying Sideshow's new 1/4 Scale Star Wars line - an exciting new license for Sideshow that will be bring us a bunch of detailed high end figures. The first figure up for pre-order is the 1/4 Scale Luke Skywalker. MSRP is $250 - we have listed the pre-order at $229.99! Darth Vader and Han Solo will be added as soon as Sideshow announces the final pricing. Unleashed Wave 12 pre-orders have been listed - another re-issue wave with Darth Vader, Mace Windu and Count Dooku is available for $49.99. Another new pre-order is the Post OTC basic wave 1 set of 5 - we have pictures of 4 of the 5 figures including the Wookie Senator figure.

ROBOTMASTERS & SUPERLINK: Takara's Robotmaster #11 Beast Convoy and #12 G1 Starscream figures have just arrived - these are some of the best figures of the line so far and we have limited stock of each. A variety of Superlink figures have been restocked: SC-01 Optimus Prime, SC-17 Wing Saber, SD-14 Laserwave (which is the same as the US Shockblast), Overdrive, Wheeljack, Magma Dinobot and more are back in stock.

VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: The vintage department continues to work through an immense Transformers collection we recently purchased. A variety of Japanese G1, JBW, Beast Wars, G2, G1, variants and other transformers have been added to the vintage menu. Many more will be added next week as well.

OTHER ITEMS IN STOCK:

- E-Hobby Clamp Down and Deep Cover exclusives - $119.99 per set
- E-Hobby Black Hot Rod and Clear Hot Rod Exclusives - available singly!
- Books: Transmanual TF resource books
- God Ginrai Re-Issue - only $49.99 - originally it was over $100

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

- 1/4 Scale Marvel Logan and Green Goblin figures from Sideshow - The Green Goblin figure looks fantastic and our prices are $20 below MSRP

- XEVOZ: Wave 4 Basic set of 3 is available for pre-order and also a pre-order for new Deluxe and 2-pack figures.

- Price Cut on the Gothmog on Worg Sideshow Statue to $279.99! (Pre-orders already placed will be adjusted to the new price)

- ENERGON: Omega Sentinel pre-order for $59.99 - this is a nifty repaint of the Omega Supreme figure - coming in November/December

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to check out the new items!

Thanks and have a great 3-day weekend!