September 15, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

HASBRO ALTERNATORS & TRANSFORMERS: Our shipment of Alternators Dead End, Hound, and Silverstreak has just arrived! Pre-Orders will be processed shortly and they are available for $25.99, $24.99, and $22.99 respectively. Die Cast versions of all these are available from the Takara Binaltech line for $49.99 to $54.99 each. Energon Ultra Bulkhead and Landquake have been selling quite quickly, but we still have some left for only $29.99 each! A few more 12" Palisades Megatron Statues have also arrived.

YAMATO JAPANESE BATMAN WAVE 2: Imported by Diamond Comics & DC - this great series of Batman figures includes The Penguin, Batman, The Joker, and Poison Ivy, The figures are a bit more expensive than the standard releases due to the higher base price of Japanese toys, but these molds can't be found elsewhere and are very attractive - listed on the DC menu for $72.99 for the set of 4

MCFARLANE - BEATLES, ALIEN, PREDATOR: McFarlane's new Beatles - Yellow Submarine set of 4 is now available for $39.99 - the set features John, Paul, George & Ringo along with characters from the Yellow Submarine Movie. The 12" Alien and 12" Predator figures are finally available, our initial shipment was taken up entirely by pre-orders. Each figure is $29.99 and comes with a base and attractive packaging.

STAR WARS: Galactic Heroes wave 2 has just arrived and features 6 'playskool' style figures including Yoda, Clone Trooper, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padme, and Jango Fett. The 6 figure set is priced at $17.99 and we also have the wave 1 set of 8 figures available for $23.99.

MASTER REPLICA: Master Replica has announced 2 more high-end releases, the first is the 3/4th Studio Scale Rebel Snowspeeder which is about 16" in size and limited to only 1500 pieces. The Snowspeeder is priced at $589.99 and is the 2nd studio scale vehicle in the series (The first being the $1200 AT-AT - which has pre-sold out) From Alien vs. Predator - they
have created an awesome Alien/Predator Hybrid Chestburster, the statue is about 14 inches tall and is only $189.99

SIDESHOW COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVES: We've acquired limited stock of the 12" Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Vampire Angel figure and 1/4 Scale polystone Hellboy - 'The Samaritan' mini-prop replica. These were originally only available at the 2004 San Diego Comic-Con.

PLAN B TOYS: The new Call of Duty set of 6 WWII figures has just arrived
and is available on the 'Various Figures' menu for $48.99. Plan B also recently released the Ladder 49 figures based on the upcoming movie.

NEW PRE-ORDERS - EMILY THE STRANGE & ROBOTECH: Toynami has announced its first releases from the Emily the Strange line - A collection of 5 Plush figures is available for $39.99 for the set and 2 action figures - $18.99 for the set. Toynami will be producing more Appendix A Rick Hunter Armor - available for pre-ordering for $27.99

A variety of other items have arrived as well:

CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: Riddick & Hell Hound Boxed Set and the set of five figures is in stock. On the 'Various Figures' Menu

PALISADES FREAKABLES: Another In-House license from Palisades that features 6 figures and a few assorted repaints - Palisades Menu

SIDESHOW-WETA: Elven High Infantry Busts are Back In Stock, Don't miss out on the Morgul Lord)

OTFCC: Convention Exclusive Energy Spears are back in stock on the main Transformers Menu - $39.99

TOY BIZ TWIST-EMS: Cases of Marvel Series 2 and Lord of the Rings Series 1 'Twist-em' figures are available for $54.99 each - 1 full set + extras in each case.

XEVOZ: We've restocked the Deluxe sized figures including Sky Grinder, Crypt Curse, Inferno Fury and Sledge Trooper, many other Xevoz and Stikfas are also in stock.