October 24, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

10% OFF ALL 'INSTOCK' ORDERS OVER $50! This may be one of the last 10% off sales for the year. We have tons of new items arriving this coming week and the holiday season will be upon us soon so don't miss out on this opportunity for reduced pricing on all our in-stock product! (Pre-Order items and Vintage menu items are not included on this sale - vintage items are already 40% off and that sale works independently of this one) Just order over $50 of normal instock store items and we'll apply a 10% discount when we process your order. Please see full sales detail info here: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/10.asp All items on our Sale/Clearance menu are also included, so our low prices can go even lower with just a $50+ purchase.

SIDESHOW LORD OF THE RINGS: The very nice King Elessar - Aragorn statue has arrived! This statue is limited to only 3000 pieces and has already sold out from Sideshow. Our price is $199.99 - but after the 10% off sale it drops to $180 (This statue is going for up to $240 on ebay) I did not check all the edition numbers of what we received, but from what was on the top of the stack on our pallet of statues - most looked to be in the 180 to 300 range for the edition number, so pretty early on in the run!

TAKARA BT-06b and BT-09 - ARRIVING SOON: We've just received word from Japan that the BT-06b Blue Tracks and BT-09 Swindle Jeep will be shipping to us in around 2 weeks and arrive in mid-November. Pre-Orders are available for each figure for $54.99. The Blue Tracks figure should come with a large autobot symbol & flames hood sticker/decal similar to that of the original G1 Tracks and it will mimic the G1 tracks in its color scheme (We don't have a picture of the sticker yet)

Our Marvel Legends 7 & Two Towers 3 shipment should now be here Monday followed by two huge shipments from Hasbro on Tusday and then Thursday - so stay tuned for a bunch of great new arrivals this coming week!