January 30, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS - We have listed the upcoming STIKFAS Omega Super Hero, Villian, and Phantom - set of 3 available for $24.99 and a case of 8 for $59.99. The new Toynami ROBOTECH Masterpiece Alpha Scott Bernard has been listed for $79.99

SPORTS PICKS NHL & 3" NBA - More NHL 7 figures have arrived including some new variants and all 9 of the normal figures are currently in stock for $10.99. Variants include Peter Forsberg in the Nordiques Uniform, MacInnis and More. The 3" NBA 2-packs have arrived and are available for $5.99 per 2-pack

KINGDOM COME SERIES 1 - We sold through our initial shipment of these very quickly a few months ago and were glad to get more. The set of 4 is available for $49.99 and includes Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. Series 2 is also in stock - the set of 4 is $42.99

20% OFF ALL VINTAGE / SINGLE QUANTITY ITEMS - The recent vintage sale went so well we decided to do it again this weekend! All items on the Vintage Menus will be discounted 20% off the normal listed prices (prices will be reduced manually as we process your orders - please read the notes on that page for more details)

TRANSFORMERS PRE-ORDERS - We have re-opened a pre-order for the Takara BT-01 Smokescreen at $54.99 each. More of them arrive in under 2 weeks! We have more Takara 20th Primes coming in March as well as the #12, #01, #02, #03, #03, #07, #00 Takara Re-Issues arriving in roughly 7 - 10 days. BT-03 to BT-06 Takara figures are also available for pre-order

ALIEN & PREDATOR - The new Palisades Micro Busts have arrived. Alien Queen and Predator 2 Microbusts are pint sized versions of their normal bust lines and are priced attractively at $24.99 each. We have several other Alien and Predator busts & statues in stock as well.

MAXIMO, INTRON DEPOT, BAD BOYS II - The Maximo set of 6 figures is based on the popular video game and the figures are very well done. The Intron Depot set of 6 mini-figures is available for $32.99 and comes with 2 variations of the Maple Figure. We have received from Dragon Toys, the very cool Bad Boys II Boxed gift set of 12" Figures based on Will Smith & Martin Lawrence - includes a VCD disc.

SIDESHOW LORD OF THE RINGS - We've done an inventory count on our remaining LotR statues and busts and have relisted those items, only 1 or 2 of each item is in stock for the most part. We will be re-ordering many of these items shortly but there are a variety of previously sold out items back on the site now.