September 29, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

STAR WARS: We've just received 2 different assortments of brand new figures! Star Wars OTC Vintage figures including: Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Lando, Yoda, Han, Luke & More are in stock. These
awesome vintage figures are each packaged with the same style cardback used on the original 80's releases and each includes a figure protector case. The brand new Post OTC wave has also arrived - these are so new they have not even made their way onto ebay yet! All 5 of the new figures
are priced at $7.99 each. More Unleashed wave 10 sets are also available
for $49.99 each.

GI JOE: Valor vs. Venom wave 4 has just arrived. We are offering the full set of 7 figure sets for $59.99 and also a partial set of 5 figures for $35.99. The set of 5 is missing only Sand Scorpion/Razor Trooper, and Kamakura/Storm Shadow. We've received a small restock of the 40th Anniversary #14 through #17 and many other 12" Joes are in stock.

ENERGON & UNIVERSE: We've listed some great new pre-orders for new Energon figures arriving in October/November including Mega: Grimlock & Swoop (in retro dinobot form!), Wing Saber, and Beachcomber. Also listed is the Deluxe set of 5 which includes Sharkticon, Slugslinger, Towline, Energon Hot Shot and Downshift for $59.99 and a set of Sharkticon, Slugslinger and Downshift for $36.99. The new Battle in a Box Universe set has arrived (pre-orders will be processed soon) This set includes: Ultra Magnus vs. Treadshot and Smokescreen vs. Ransack. The figures are packed in an 'aquarium' style packaging and the set is $39.99

MCFARLANE NFL 9 SALE & COOPERSTOWN: After another big shipment from McFarlane, we are overstocked on NFL 9 so we've temporarily cut prices to $7.99 per figure on almost all of the figures! Here is a great chance to pick up the full set of figures for an attractive price. More Cooperstown series 1 figures have arrived including more Nolan Ryan Astros variants and all the normal figures are in stock.

VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: The vintage department has just listed a great selection of new items including very nice loose & boxed G1 transformers, US and Takara re-issue Transformers, Loose GI Joe figures, a variety of packaged Mcfarlane, Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, and various Toy Biz items. The new items above are some of the best batches we've listed
recently so be sure to take a look.

SIDESHOW-WETA LOTR: The Two Towers - Uruk-Hai Berserker statue is back in stock for $109.99! Sideshow has just completed their latest and probably final production run of this figure so this is a good time to pick it up at pricing below the MSRP! We still have Morgul Lord Statues as well as Golden Hall and Helms Deep Environments.

INCOMING ITEMS: We have a huge shipment of items on their way from Japan that should arrive around Monday including: BT-08 Meister Mazda RX-8 (sets of Red & White versions still available for pre-order) #16 Insecticons Re-Issue, SC-26 Superion Superlink Combiner Set, Microman Catwoman, Microman BM01 to BM04 figures, Microman Batman & Batgirl. Streetfighter Series 1 will be here in about 2 weeks.

SALE PRICING: Please note that the sale pricing on quite a few of the items listed on the sale/clearance menu will be raised back to normal pricing later this week - be sure to take advantage of the reduced prices now!

September 24, 2004

ENERGON: Hasbro has just delivered the latest Energon Powerlinx Battles Mega wave to us. This wave includes the very popular Cliffjumper and Shockblast figures as well two new repaints. Dreadwing is a repainted Mirage figure and Energon Ironhide was repainted with G1 Hound style paint. We still have some stock on Bulkhead and Landquake as well as Alternators Hound, Silverstreak & Dead End.

MCFARLANE PRE-ORDERS: McFarlane has just sent out their latest sales sheet for Spring 2005 and we have a bunch of great new pre-orders listed. None of them have any pictures yet, but the lineup sounds very cool. New Pre-Orders include: Spawn 27, Spawn Reborn 3, McFarlane's Dragons and Soldiers (two in-house lines that should be pretty neat) Conan 2, Alien vs. Predator 2, McFarlane Monsters 4 - Twisted Fairy Tales, and Deluxe RocknRoll figures - Elvis and Slash.

DC DIRECT - TEEN TITANS: The new Contemporary Teen Titans set of 4 has just arrived. This set of figures is priced at $47.99 and contains: Blackfire, Robin, Wonder Girl, and Deathstroke. Each figure comes with a Teen Titans logo base to stand the figure on.

MCFARLANE NFL & SPAWN: More NFL Series 9 figures have arrived and we have restocked all the normal figure including Jonathan Ogden. More chase figures have also arrived including Daunte Culpepper and Priest Holmes white jersey variants for $17.99 each. Spawn Reborn Series 2 has arrived - sets of 6 figures are available for $59.99 - this wave features repaints of some of the nicer figures from past waves.

STAR WARS: We've listed a pre-order for the new Clone Wars Animated
figures. Series 1 and Series 2 each include 4 figures and each series is
available for pre-order for $26.99. Figures include: Clone Trooper, Dooku, Durge Bounty Hunter, Yoda, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Asajj Ventress, and Mace. These should be arriving in October or November

YAMATO USA / TOYCOM: Appleseed Movie figures have arrived, the set of two figures is available for $47.99 - these are very high quality figures. Intron Depot Wave 3 set of 5 has arrived - priced at $34.99. Both are listed on the 'other' menu.

MEZCO: Living Dead Doll Mini-figure Wave 5 set of 5 has arrived and is available for $29.99. The new LDD Rag Dolls have also just arrived.