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

HOLIDAY SHIPPING: Orders placed by 3:00PM Central Time on Wednesday 12/22 via 2nd day air are guaranteed to arrive on 12/24 - so there is still plenty of time to order! UPS Next Day Air is available if you need items faster - the Next Day Air Ordering deadline is 3:00PM Central Time on Thursday 12/23.

MARVEL LEGENDS 8: Another great wave from Toy Biz - Marvel Legends 8 features: Ultimate Captain America, Black Widow, Storm, Modern Armor Iron Man, Man-Thing, Doc Ock, and Ice-Man. All the figures feature very nice articulation and come with very nifty accessories and extras. A comic and game card are included in each package as well. Pre-Orders will be processed and shipped soon. Figures start at $9.99 and some of them are in fairly short supply. Pre-Orders for full sets of Series 9, 10 and 11 are available. The Marvel Legends and X-Men Legends Giftsets are also back in stock for $29.99 and $34.99 resepectively.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Fellowship Wave 5 has just arrived (Pre-Orders will be processed shortly) This set includes Gandalf the Grey with Blue Sword, Mirkwood Legolas, the very nice Prince Isildur figure, Super Poseable Boromir, the hilarious Bilbo Transfixed figure from the scene in his home during fellowship, and limited stock of the Peter Jackson as a Hobbit chase figure. From Sideshow-Weta - the Gandalf the Grey Statue is back in stock for $104.99 - this statue was out of production for quite a while and this is the first time in about 2 years we've been able to get any.

STAR WARS: A large shipment of Galactic Hero figures has just arrived - we've restocked the wave 1 and 2 sets, and also listed 7 all new sets: Jedi Luke & Gamorrean Guard, 2 Stormtroopers, Dengar & Boba Fett, 4-Lom & Bossk, IG-88 & Zuckuss, Jawa & Tusken Raider, Skiff Guard & Lando. More
new Post OTC figures have arrived including the Cantina wave with: #6 - Feltipern Trevagg, #7 - Myo, #8 - Dannik Jerriko. Other new post OTC figures include Scout Trooper, Stormtrooper, Sandtrooper, Chewbacca and more.

TRANSFORMERS:
-- COBALT SENTRY EXCLUSIVE: A new pre-order has been listed for the exclusive repaint of Laserbeak and Ravage in Cobalt Blue. The set is $34.99 and will be released in limited quantities in Japan.
-- ALTERNATORS: A small shipment of Alterntor Tracks has just arrived and we still have a variety of the older alternators in stock.
-- RE-ISSUE RESTOCK: Our secondary market supplier came through with a small quantity of these re-issues: #01 Jazz, #03 Skids, #04 Tracks, #10 Soundwave, #11 Astrotrain, and #12 Minicars!
-- SENTINEL MAXIMUS: The last of our Sentinel Maximus Stock has been listed - $74.99 per figure
-- UNICRON STAND: A pre-order for the Unicron Stand by Unicron.com has been listed on the Energon Menu.
-- HARD HERO: More Hard Hero Optimus Prime Statues are in stock.

STIKFAS: The 14" Black Alpha Male has arrived - this item was previously released only as a promotional item in very limited quantities and was quite an expensive figure to purchase. This new production of the figure retails for $59.99 and comes with a nice Stikfas logo Base. A variety of normal size Stikfas are also in stock.

TOYNAMI - HANNA BARBERA: We've restocked all 3 of the Herculoids Boxed Sets for just $21.99 each, more Thundarr the Barbarian sets of 3, Birdman, and Dynomutt boxed sets are in stock. All of these were produced in fairly limited numbers by Toynami and we have them all available at very attractive prices.

GI JOE: Two new 12" figures - the new Military K-9 Patrol comes with either a brown or black dog. Any figures that come with animals of any type always sell quickly - we have them available now for just $20.99. The Coast Guard Harbor Security figure is also available. Valor Vs. Venom Wave 6 will be arriving to us in about 2 weeks - pre-orders are still available.

OTHER COOL ITEMS IN STOCK:

MARVEL TWIST EMS: Wave 3 Twist-Ems with Green Goblin - on Toy Biz Menu
MAZINGER: The Fewture brand Mazinger is back - on the Chogokin Menu
MACROSS/ROBOTECH: Masterpiece #5 Miria and 3 1/144 Scale Die Cast Valks
ARCADIA: The Arcadia Battleship Weathered Version - Chogokin Menu
TERMINATOR 3: The 1:1 Scale TX Head - back in stock for $419.99
BLUE BOX 1/18 SCALE: The awesome P51D Mustang - $46.99