December 22, 2003 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

SPORTS PICKS: NBA Series 5 and NFL Series 7 have arrived! Most regular figures are priced at $9.99 with a few at $10.99 and we have a variety of variants in stock from $15.99 to $24.99. McFarlane continues to do a great job with this line and they have refreshed their packaging style as well.

TAKARA TRANSFORMERS: BT-01 Smokescreen is now in stock! (Pre-Orders for these processed soon) We have guaranteed stock arriving around New Year's for: Takara 20th Masterpiece Prime, BT-02 Sideswipe Viper, #11 Re-Issue Astrotrain, and Micromaster re-issue Landcross. Pre-Orders available for all these great items and we'll ship as soon as they arrive at the end of the month.

MATRIX BOXED SETS: Both the Sentinel and APU boxed sets have arrived, both are extremely detailed and are dead on replicas of the movie characters. Each set is $24.99 and in stock now - Neo in Chateau and series 1 matrix figures are also in stock.

SPAWN: Series 25 is now available for pre-order - a second round of 'Classic Cover' figures. Series 24 Boxed Set - Spawn the Dark Ages - with Horse has arrived and is in stock for $19.99

GODZILLA: Another Die Cast goodie from Bandai: GD-57 Mecha Godzilla 2004 has arrived and is available for $59.99. Die Cast metal parts and 'clickable' joints make this a very nice figure. Many other rotocast soft plastic Godzilla & Mothra items are also in stock.

LORD OF THE RINGS HELMS: Sideshow-Weta's 4th series of helms - packaged in the blue Return of the King packaging. There are 6 new helms available for $19.99 each: Uruk-hai Berserker, Uruk-hai Scout, Easterling, King Theoden, Rohan Royal Guard, Galadhrim War Helm.

MOVIE MANIACS 6: We have restocked the ever popular Alien and Predator 2 figures from MM6 - each priced at $9.99 to $10.99

BATMAN KUBRICKS: A DC comics exclusive Batman Kubrick Gift Set is available on the Kubrick menu for $18.99 - it includes 5 Batman Kubricks and a nice display box. Many Star Wars, Marvel and Matrix Kubricks are also available.

HARD HERO: The third Insecticon statue has arrived - Bombshell - $49.99. Hard Hero's long awaited 12" Megatron Statue will be arriving in a few days, we have a limited number of pre-orders remaining.

MACROSS: A cool new pre-order from Yamato - VF-1J with a nifty new armor design is now available for $99.99 (for both the armor and the valk) and the armor is also available separately for $46.99

VINTAGE MENU: A variety of Transformers, Star Wars, Comic, TV, Movie and many other items have been added to the vintage menu. More great items will be listed this week so be sure to keep looking on that menu.

HOLIDAY SHIPPING: Need a gift delivered on 12/24? We ship 2nd day and Next day orders out the same day they are placed up until 4:00 PM Central Time. 2nd day Air deadline is Monday 12/22 at 4:00 CST. Next Day Air deadline is Tuesday 12/23 at 4:00 Central Time.