February 1, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - News from SmallJoes.com:

Hi all,

We wanted to tell you about a few new things going on at SMALLJOES.COM.

GI JOE

Wave 2 of the single-carded figures is now in stock featuring several favorites such as Scarlett, BAT v4, Alley-Viper, and more!

The Ninja Battles five figure diorama set is now available. This is a nice set for you ninja/martial arts fans. Includes a comic book and a DVD.

The Armored Strike add-on for the GI JOE Trading Card Game has been stocked. This 78 card set add more characters, and now, vehicles to the game increasing your strategic options. These nice cards are a must have whether you collect the cards to play or just complete a set for the cool artwork.

GI JOE comic #39 is now in stock. Also available is the Tim Seeley GI JOE sketchbook, which was a GI JOE convention exclusive in 2004.

A limited quantity of the GI JOE 2004 convention exclusive toys have been listed on the site. These include the Hydrofoil, STUN, Morphing Zartan 3-pack, and Dreadnok Drivers 2-pack. Very limited quantities available.

We now have a second printing/alternate cover of Dreamwave's Transformers GI JOE II issue #1.

Since it was out of stock for a long time, might be worthwhile mentioning that we have restocked volume one of James DeSimone's Guide to Collecting GI JOE Figures.

BAD NEWS FOR GI JOE COMIC 3-PACKS

We were expecting the third assortment (#6, #7, and #8) by the end of the month. Instead, we won't be getting any. Hasbro sales has informed us that production is being "limited" on this product line, and this is a decision by "marketing".

This means that they're not manufacturing enough of this product to meet their wholesale orders and that the smaller retailers will be the first to get the shaft. We hope this is not representative of Hasbro's disposition toward their smaller retail customers for 2005, but time will tell.

We've already been warned that the fourth assortment (packs #9, #10, #11) will likely suffer the same shortages so we really have no idea if we'll be able to get any even though we've already ordered and paid for them.

Therefore, our advice to you our customer is to take your first reasonable opportunity to get these without delay - assuming such an opportunity even presents itself.

21ST CENTURY TOYS

The super-nice 1:18 scale German Panzer Ausf. IV is now in stock.

CLEARANCE

We over-bought product that you really weren't all that interested in. Our loss is your gain - so check out our clearance aisle, where you can find a lot of great deals on items we want out of our inventory. What once looked uninteresting might have a new luster at a much lower price. Most items start at 50% off! Some of the items available:

- GI Joe Sound Attack 8-Pack w/ comic book
- GI JOE Built To Rule
- All of our oldest Lanard Corps! military, rescue, and construction products.
- Space Voyagers figures
- Talking Presidents figures
- X-Joints and X-Joints: Predators

The clearance aisle is now split up into two pages, so be sure to check them both.

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Thanks for reading, and we hope you'll stop by and check out the site soon.

Regards,
SMALLJOES.COM Staff
http://smalljoes.com