December 28, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

15% OFF NEW YEARS SALE: As a 'Thank You' for a great year in 2004, we've decided to run our best sale yet! This sale is for 15% off orders $60 or more on all normal store items! (Pre-Orders, Vintage Items, Takara Predaking are not included in the sale) We really appreciate your orders throughout the year and we hope this special pricing on instock items will help add more great items to your collection at an attractive price! All new items listed below are eligible for the sale as well and please see this page for important sales details: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/15.asp

STAR WARS: We've received the Holiday 2004 Edition Jawa set - available now for $17.99. The 2004 exclusive Silver Sandtrooper figure is available for $21.99 and the Sandtrooper troop builder box of 4 figures is available for $29.99. A variety of newer Galactic Heroes and Post OTC figures are also still in stock.

DC DIRECT: A variety of DC Direct and Marvel Select items have arrived including - Batman Hush Two, Silver Age: Superboy & Supergirl, Batman & Robin, and Batgirl & Joker, Superfriends: Robin & The Riddler, Batman & Scarecrow, Aquaman & Black Manta, Marvel Select Black Widow and Doctor Doom.

SIDESHOW: Planet of the Apes Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Zaius are each in stock for $34.99 each. Pamela Vorhees from Friday the 13th Part 2 has arrived and Jason is also in stock. We have a wide variety of other Sideshow figures including Hellboy, Van Helsing, Buffy, Historical and more.

OTHER ITEMS IN STOCK:

MEZCO - SCARFACE: 4 different Tony Montana figures based on the classic movie are now in stock - The Rise, The Runner, The Player, and The Enforcer. Figures are $16.99 to $18.99

PALISADES - INVADER ZIM: The set of 5 figures is now available and includes one each of: Invader Zim, Gir, Almighty Tallest Purple, Ms. Bitters and Dib. Zim and Gir are also each available separately.

STIKFAS: The Spaceman & Legionnaire stifkas are back in stock for $9.99 each. 14" Black Alpha Males are also in stock

ALIEN VS PREDATOR: The AvP Chess Set from Sota Toys has just arrived, this weighs in at a whopping 32 pounds - the board is 19" x 19" and everything is made from polystone. Only 3000 units were made and they are available for $249.99 each (before discount!)

TRANSFORMERS: More of the #12 Minicars have arrived and we've done a small restock of a few alternators figures after completing an inventory count.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: GX-18 Getter Dragon, GX-03 Combattler V, GX-05R Gaiking Repaint are all back in stock!

TONS OF TRANSFORMERS COMING SOON: A huge shipment of Transformers and other items is on the way over from Japan! This shipment includes: Galaxy Force GC-01 through GC-08, GD-01 through GD-03, Robotmasters RM-18 through RM-21 and Black Robotmasters exclusives sets of 4 (The prices on these have gone up due to a pricing error from our supplier - they doubled my quoted cost so our prices were forced to go up) Also coming soon is
more Microman, Star Wars, Gundam FIX & Zeonography, Soul of Chogokin and More!