February 9, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS
- MICROMAN: New Street Fighter & Batman Micromen are available for pre-ordering. We've also listed new pictures of the Alien & Predator Figures.
- SCARFACE: Sideshow has announced 12" and 1/4 Tony Montana Scarface Figures - They are available at $37.99 and $239.99 each.
- LORD OF THE RINGS: Weta's new Galadriel Statue is up for pre-ordering.
- HALO 2: Halo 2 Series 2, 3, 4 and 5 are each available for $54.99 - We have pictures up for Series 2, 3, and part of 4 - nice looking figures.
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Series 2 and 3 sets of 3 have been listed. Series 2 features 3 characters and Series 3 has two characters and a battle Damaged Colonial Viper.
- BANDAI JAPAN: Soul of Chogoking GX-27, FIX 0025, Zeonography #3007

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK:

SIDESHOW: The 1/4 Scale James Bond figure has just arrived, this item is limited to 2500 pieces and Sideshow has sold out of them. We have them listed below the MSRP at $199.99. The next figure from Planet of the Apes has arrived - Astronaut Taylor comes with his white astronaut suit and Sideshow is also sold out of this figure.

GI JOE: Valor Vs. Venom wave 7 has just arrived. We have a limited number of sets remaining after reserving sets for those who pre-ordered. More will be shipping soon from Hasbro so if the regular listing lists as sold out we have also re-opened the pre-order listing. Two more 12" Joes have arrived - the State Trooper and Desert Marine figures, each available in several ethnic varieties.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Sideshow-Weta's latest Statue has just arrived - The Mace of Sauron statue is available for $69.99 and is limited to 3500 pieces. Sideshow has sold out of this item and this will be our only shipment.

STAR WARS: A variety of older figurs have just arrived from one of our secondary suppliers. The items include: AT-ST & Speeder bike set, Endor Troop Builder Set, Ghost of Obi-Wan Mailaway, Han Solo and Chewbacca 25th Anniversary Escape from the Deathstar 2-pack. And Star Tours R3-D3 and RX-24 Rex. These are listed at the top of the SW menu under the 'Various Older Items' heading.

YAMATO USA ANIME & MISC FIGURES: A variety of new figures have just arrived from Yamato. T2 Terminator - Judgment Day figures are available for $39.99 for the set of 6 figures. These figures are mini maquette style plastic figures of the T800 and T850 in various poses. Several Anime figures have also arrived including: Please Teacher Mizuho Repainted Swimsuit Statue, Tsukasa Nambu Statue and Guilty Gear Isuka Millia figure.

TRANSFORMERS: The yellow Landfill Gift Set from Robots in Disguise has been listed on the RID Menu - this set features all 4 figures in a yellow G2 style paint scheme and is available for $49.99. More Micromaster Sixbuilder sets have also arrived - in stock for $44.99

SPORTS PICKS: NBA 3" Figures series 2 have just arrived. Six new two-packs of figures are now in stock for $5.99 to $6.99 each.