March 26, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

STAR WARS: The Deluxe wave including Jabba the Hut, Jabba's Court Denizens, Kamino Confrontation Jango & Obi-Wan has arrived. Also in stock in limited quantities is a new Saga wave with Dutch Vander, Captain Antilles, Tanus Spijek, Holographic Luke, Rappertunie and more! Clone ware multipacks are also in stock - Clone Army, Jedi Army, Droid Army and more!

GI JOE: Valor vs. Venom Wave 2 has arrived, another nice looking set of figures from Hasbro priced at 46.99 for the set of 12 figures. 12" Valor vs. Venom Cobra Commander and Wild Bill are now in stock. The Conquest of Cobra Mountain playset is in stock for $39.99.

TRANSFORMERS ENERGON & UNIVERSE: More Energon Ultra figures have arrived - Landmine, Scorponok and Tidal wave along with Unicron in the new Energon packaging. From Transformers Universe, we have the very cool deluxe sized Skywarp (yet another repaint of the original BM Jetstorm mold) Skydive, Ultra sized King Atlas, Deluxe Ratchet and Dinobot Triceredon.

MUPPETS: Two great exclusive items are available for $28.99 - Adventure Kermit - dressed just like Indiana Jones complete with hat and whip and The Ghost of Samuel Arrow Wizard World Exclusive. Series 7 Muppets figures have also arrived, we offer 3 different sets of 4 that each include a different variant version of Johnny - Gray, Pinstripe, and Purple Jackets.

VINTAGE STAR WARS: The vintage department has just listed a variety of carded vintage SW items and has listed the first 200 items from a large loose vintage SW collection. Tons of figures, many with weapons are currently listed and many vehicles and other items will be listed Monday.

STIKFAS: We've restocked the Omega Knight & Stallion, this item had been sold out for many months. More Beta Female & Jungle Cat, Omega Military Male and Chinese Warrior Monks are also in stock.

ROBOTECH: Masterpiece #4, #5, and #6 have been restocked - $59.99 to $64.99 on these great figures. Also more Appendix B & C Max and Millia armor sets are in stock for $25.99

JAPANESE TRANSFORMERS: We've restocked the long sold out Mega PVC Optimus Prime Anime version and the Mega PVC Starsaber. More Korean Starscream and BB sets have arrived as well as more of the mini-pvc Optimus vs Megatron exclusive boxed sets.

MORE GREAT ITEMS - ON THE 'OTHER' MENU:

- SKELETOR RESIN STATUE - Limited to 1250 pieces - available for $194.99
- TOY STORY - 'Lost Episode' figure sets based on unreleased episodes
- STUDIOWORKS SIC - High Quality SIC figure from Bandai
- MARILYN MANSON - Disposeable Teens figure

JAPANESE TRANSFORMERS ARRIVING SOON:

-- TAKARA MASTERPIECE PRIME - We have enough coming to fill ALL current pre-orders and any new pre-orders will ship in roughly a week, so only a short wait if you pre-order now.

-- SMALLEST TRANSFORMERS WAVE 2 - Our full order is in transit, insure yourself a full set by ordering a sealed master case of 48, or try your luck for one chase figure by ordering a box of 12.

-- BT-04 Hound - Supplies in Japan are low for this item, but we have plenty on the way thankfully. Pre-Order yours now before they sell out. The BT-03 has pre-sold-out due to the unusually low supply throughout Japan, but we will be able to fill ALL pre-orders already placed (no new pre-orders are currently being accepted for the BT-03)