February 15, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

SIDESHOW & WETA: Now available for pre-ordering is the 1/4 Scale Han Solo, 1/4 Scale Scarface, and 1/4 Scale Punisher - each is priced at $239.99 and they will all be produced in quite limited numbers. The new Attack Troll of Mordor statue is up for pre-ordering for $174.99 - this is another fantastic statue from Sideshow, limited quantities available and Sideshow has not yet announced the edition size of this statue.

PALISADES: The latest products from Palisades are now available for pre-ordering includeing the Mega Log with 0 points of articulation from Ren & Stimpy, the Fairly Odd Parents Set of 4, and Elder Predator Microbust and plush Alien Facehugger & Egg.

MCFARLANE: We've listed new images of McFarlane's Soldiers, Dragons, Spawn 27, Conan 2, and Twisted Fairy Tales - all of these figures live up to the expectations. The Twisted Fairy Tales figures are very well done and should be quite popular and the Dragons line is awesome given their low price points. New McFarlane pre-orders include: Dragons Series 2, AVP Box Set, Conan Box Set, Spawn 28 Set and Box Set, The Simpsons box sets(which is a new license from McFarlane and should spawn a great series of figures) Wallace and Gromit, All upcoming sports picks available by the sealed case, Motley Crue, The Beatles, and from Tim Burton's upcoming new stop motion film 'Corpse Bride' - McFarlane has the master license for this film and is producing a variety of figures, dolls, bobbleheads and plush figures.

PRE-ORDERS ARRIVING SOON: Star Wars unleashed Stormtrooper, IG 88, Aurra Sing wave will be arriving on Thursday or Friday. The following items will be arriving in early March from Japan: Transformers #18 Soundblaster with Ravage and Buzzsaw, Binaltech BT-11 Ravage Corvette Convertible, Microman Godzilla & Kingidora, Microman Megaro & Jetjaguar, Microman Street Fighter Chun-Li & Sakura.

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK NOW:

GODZILLA: The enormous Godzilla 50th Anniversary Memorial Boxed set has just arrived - we have only 10 of these sets in stock and they are basically sold out in Japan. The set includes 20 various 6" Godzilla and enemy figures - some of the figures are exclusive repaints available only in this set and each figure comes with a collector card. The set is priced at $349.99 - we had to pay nearly $50 per set to ship them over so that added a good chunk to our costs. Godzilla Microman figures and a variety of other 6" and 9" Godzilla figures are in stock.

STAR WARS: The Animated Clone Wars season 3 figures have just arrived. They are each available separately - figures include: Clone Trooper, ARC Trooper, General Greivous, Durge, Anakin Skywalker and more. A few Playskool - Jedi Force items have also arrived including the X-Wing and Luke with Speeder Bike.

MICROMAN: We've received our 2nd and final shipment of the AcroyearX-2 figures: AL-21 Acroelsa, AL-22 Acroplana, AX-21 Acrophantom and AX-22 Acromedalg are each in stock for $16.99 per figure. A variety of other Microman figures are in stock including Military Force, Biomachine, Batman, Devilman & More

TRANSFORMERS: A very cool new Transformers Book from Japan has just arrived, this book is listed on the main Transformers page along with all the Takara re-issue figures. The book features all the latest Takara re-issues as well as images of all the other G1 toys. The book is entirely in Japanese, but was still quite enjoyable to look through. More #17 Blitzwings have arrived, we have only a small amount remaining and are working on getting more, but not much luck yet. The BT-07 and BT-08 Binaltechs have been restocked in small quantities and more Universe Ultra Depth Charge figures are back in stock. Predaking Note: We are down to the last ~10% of our Predaking stock, I've inquired with Japan about getting more and it does not look like we'll be able to at this point so don't miss out on this classic re-issue.

GUNDAM: The 1/200 HCM Pro #09 Red Rick Dias figure is in stock and we've received more of the huge perfect grade GP-01 kits. Be sure to check out the wide variety of FIX and MSIA figures in stock and we have pre-orders up for upcoming FIX and MSIA figures as well.

SIDESHOW: A few very large items just arrived from Sideshow. The 1:1 Scale Kroenen Mask prop replica is now in stock for $229.99 - this prop comes with a display stand and can be also worn as a real mask. The Planet of the Apes Lawgiver Statue is now in stock for $124.99 and all 5 of the 12" POTA figures are currently in stock.

OTHER ITEMS IN STOCK:

STIKFAS: Spaceman and Legionnaire are back in stock for $9.99 each - be sure to see all the new Stikfas pre-orders as well

GI JOE: Many 12" Joes are in stock including the brand new MK47 Advanced Grenadier - we have the Caucasian, Hispanic, and African American versions

HALO: More of the Series 4 Red Covenant Elite figures have arrived

TOY PRESIDENTS: We've restocked Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington, Carter, and Nixon, and the new Franklin D. Roosevelt figure has also arrived.

STREET FIGHTER: More Evil Ryu exclusives have arrived - $22.99 each.

MASTER REPLICA: limited stock of the Snowspeeder, AT-AT, and Neuralyzer remain!