December 19, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

HOLIDAY SHIPPING UPDATE: We'll be handling all UPS $6.49 Ground shipments as 'rush' orders this week - so order placed by 3:00 PM Central Time will ship the same day! Those of you in zone 3 on our shipping map can order until Monday at 3:00 using the $6.49 rate for guaranteed delivery! Zone 1 and 2 on the map have even more time!

CINEMAQUETTES 1/3 SCALE MOVIE COLLECTIBLES: Cinemaquette is a brand new line of ultra high-end movie collectibles. They are limited to only 1000 total pieces each with only 50 pieces per month being produced over the course of 20 months. They feature die cast metal, silicon skin, real human hair!, polystone & metal construction, and movie accurate clothing and accessories. We've listed pre-orders for the TX Terminatrix ($999.99), the T-850 Terminator - Arnold - $1199.99, and the T-800 Terminator Endoskeleton ($1499.99) Cinemaquettes has secured licensing to create a variety of other characters from: Alien, Predator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, and Lord of the Rings!! We'll carry all the figures and list pre-orders as final pricing & availibility info becomes available from Cinemaquette.

80% OFF ALL VINTAGE ITEMS: We've raised the discount level to 80% off all items on the vintage menu please help us clear out the remaining vintage items and take advantage of the huge 80% off. We'll be restocking a variety of unpaid old orders on Monday so be sure to check then for some decent restocked items.

SIDESHOW-WETA LORD OF THE RINGS: The new Balrog - Fire of Udun statue has arrived and is available for $149.99. We've also re-opened the Sauron and Gandalf on Shadowfax statue pre-orders with limited stock of each available for pre-ordering. Mines of Moria, Haradhrim Soldier and Shelob Statue are all also available.

HALO 2: We've received another restock of the popular Halo 2 figures including Master Chief, Warthog, and Covenant Brute. Pre-Orders for Halo 2 Series 2 and Series 3 have also just been listed! The sets of 4 are each available for pre-ordering for $54.99

MASTER REPLICA: We were able to secure another AT-AT Imperial Walker, Master Replica has totally sold out of these and its unlikely we'll be able to get anymore of them. Back in stock is the Sauron One Ring, Vader Mini-Saber, and full sized Blue Luke FX Saber. Our M.R. Sales rep gave us some info about the Snowspeeder as well - its a nice companion piece to the AT-AT at 1/2 the price ($599.99) The detail of the Snowspeeder is as good or better than the AT-AT, so it will be an impressive piece.

GALAXY FORCE TRANSFORMERS: The first wave of Galaxy Force Transformers from Takara will be shipping to us from Japan in about 5 days and will arrive right around New Years! We don't have a too much extra stock coming at this point so be sure to pre-order and reserve the figures you'd like - The GC-01 Galaxy Convoy has been the hottest seller so far.

MARVEL LEGENDS 8: Our shipment will be arriving Monday or Tuesday - so be sure to check back then for one of the best-selling lines of the year. We have Marvel Legends 9, 10, and 11 available for pre-ordering as well - get the whole set without having to search for the 'one-per-case' figures!

BATMAN HUSH 2: Limited stock of this line from DC Direct is back in stock - $59.99 per set of 5 figures.

STREET FIGHTER: A new pre-order has been listed for the 11" Rotocast Sagat figure and 9.5" Rotocast Ryu Figure. Rotocast figures are basically larger hollow figures made of semi-soft vinyl and they have a few points of articulation as well.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: A new pre-order from Factory-X has been listed - the Buffy "Slayer's Stake" is a prop replica that comes in a nice collector box. The stake is available for pre-order for $89.99