September 5, 2003 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

BBTS EXCLUSIVE: CRIMSON GUARD PYTHON PATROL STATUE: Limited to only 350 pieces and sold only at BBTS! This 6" Statue is made by Palisades and is available to pre-order for $74.99. This statue uses the same mold as the very nice regular Crimson Guard, but has been repainted in the Python Patrol uniform. A cool looking statue that is sure to be a great collectors item due to its limited production run of only 350 pieces.

ARMADA: We've received several waves of Supercons and Minicons - some in the new 'Unicron Battles' Packaging and some in the standard packaging. New items in stock include: Wheeljack, Hoist, Rhinox, Terrorsaur, Sideswipe, Airazor, Minicons: Emergency Team, Road Assault Team, Road Wrecker Team, and many more!

TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE: The Ultra sized Optimus Primal and Razorclaw figures are now in stock - on the Armada Menu (pre-orders will be processed shortly on these)

STAR WARS: We've recieved the new Multi-Pack Troop Builder sets - Droid Army, Clone Trooper Army, Jedi Knight Army, Destroyer Droid Battle Launcher as well as limited stock of new basic figures: Snowtrooper, Throne Room Duel Luke and Darth & More.

LORD OF THE RINGS: More Two Towers Series 5 sets of 5 figures have arrived and we've restocked several previously sold out series 2 figures. The LotR Mini-Figure Set - Ambush at Weathertop is also in stock and we have a wide selection of other LotR items in stock.

STIKFAS: More Beta Dragons have arrived - available singly for $15.99 or $59.99 for a case of 4.