October 22, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

40% OFF ALL VINTAGE ITEMS: We've raised the discount up to 40% off ALL vintage items - every last item listed on our vintage menus is on sale! More and more good items are beginning to move out so be sure to take advantage of the big 40% discount while the items you want are still available! Please see the vintage menu page for full sale rules.

HALO 2: The first series of Halo 2 figures have arrived. Master Chief is back in his standard Green armored suit along with the Warthog vehicle and the very large Covenant Brute figure. We have sets of 3 available for $44.99 as well as singles of the Warthog and Master Chief.

MCFARLANE: H.R. Giger's long awaited McFarlane release is finally here - the Li II Sculpture is classic Giger art and a very nice piece for only $22.99. The 12" Wings of Redemption Spawn has also arrived and is available for $32.99. Many other Spawn & McFarlane items are available.

TOYCOM / YAMATO USA - New items on the 'Other' Menu:

-- Cowboy Bebop: PVC Statues of Faye and Julia - each $23.99
-- South Park: Boxed Set of Cartman, Stan, Kyle & Kenny - normal 5" figures - available for $34.99
-- Capcom's Steel Battalion figures - 5 great looking robot walkers priced at only $29.99 for the set of 5

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: Three new items have just arrived from Palisades. The AvP Grid Alien and Scar Predator Statues are $89.99 each and the Captive Alien Queen bust is available for $69.99 - we still have stock of a few other Alien & Predator items from Palisades, but most are nearly sold out.

INCOMING SUPERLINK: Our shipment of SD-19 Starscream, SD-20 Galvatron and SD-21 BRUTICUS - will be arriving in about 7 days. Here is a chance to get the full Bruticus combiner figure before any of the individual figures are availalbe domestically from Hasbro!

SIDESHOW-WETA: Cave Troll Busts in stock - we missed these back when they were originally released, so this is our first offering of the cave troll bust - priced at $61.99 each

INCOMING MARVEL LEGENDS & LOTR: Our shipment of Marvel Legends 7, Two Towers wave 3, and RotK wave 3 should be arriving tomorrow (friday) so be sure to check back tomorrow for a bunch of hot new figures!

MOTU: We've received limited stock of the She-Ra exclusive figure - available for $24.99