February 17, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NOW IN STOCK:

STAR WARS UNLEASHED: The lastest wave of unleashed figures has just arrived and sets of 3 are now available for immediate shipment. This wave features IG-88, Stormtrooper, and Aurra Sing - each figure is very well done and is packaged in the standard unleashed style packaging.

SLEEPY HOLLOW: The hefty 'Axe of the Headless Horseman' has just arrived, this prop replica is basically a real axe, the box weighs at least 15 - 20 pounds! The axe is priced at $169.99 and listed on the Palisades Menu

YAMATO USA ANIME: We've restocked the Cowboy Bebob Faye and Julia PVC Statues at $26.99. The new Noir resin statues of Mireille and Kirika have arrived - each is priced at $99.99 - available on the 'various items' menu.

TRANSFORMERS ITEMS: We've restocked the Soundwave and Arcee 6" Statues from Palisades as well as a few Lazerbeak Statues (more of those are in transit as well) The Transmanual Series 1 and Series 2 books have been restocked at $25.99 and $29.99 respectively (these are located towards the bottom of the main Transformers menu.

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

STREET FIGHTER: We've just listed a variety of exclusive items - The Round 2 exclusive set features: Yellow Ken, Pink Cammy, Black Vega, Translucent Blanka, and White T.Hawk. This set is limited to only 1500 pieces so its sure to be hard to find in the future - available now at $59.99. The standard Round 2 pre-order is still open, but filling up fast at $54.99. The exclusive 9.5" Evil Ryu rotocast figure has also been listed for $27.99. We expect Round 2 to arrive in 2 - 4 weeks.

1/4 SIDESHOW BROSNAN BOND: Now up for pre-order at $209.99 is the Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 18" figure. We currently have the 1/4 Scale Connery Bond in stock for $199.99 as well.

HALO 2: We've listed Halo 2 Series 6 and Series 7 sets of 4 figures for pre-order. There are not any pictures of these figures yet, but the names have been announced and it sounds like there will be some cool figures in this wave - details of each listed on the pre-order page.

ITEMS ARRIVING SOON - PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE:

MCFARLANE DRAGONS & NBA 8: McFarlane has just shipped the Dragons Series 1 figures and boxed set to us! This has been the best pre-selling McFarlane line for us so far this year and it looks to be a fantastic set of figures. NBA 8 will also be arriving in 1 - 2 weeks as well.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: The 7" Pirates of the Caribbean set of figures should be arriving to us tomorrow 2/17. Sets of 4 figures are available for $46.99 and they are listed at the very top of the pre-order menu.

TRANSFORMERS ENERGON MEGA: Hasbro should be shipping Energon Mega: Wingsaber, Grimlock & Swoop, Alpha Quintesson, and Sixshot to us within a week - pre-orders are still available on all 4 of these great figures. This will be the last case assortment wave that Grimlock and Swoop are available in.