January 5, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

Hi - Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a wide variety of new arrivals. Pre-Orders for all the items listed below will be processed later today and ship out on Thursday or Friday.

TRANSFORMER STATUES: The Hard Hero Bumblebee Statue, Palisades Arcee Statue and Palisades Paradron Medic (Arcee Repaint) Statues have all arrived! The Bumblebee statue is limited to 2000 pieces and Hard Hero has already sold out! Our exclusive metallic Bumblebee Statue is a nice companion piece to the G1 paint scheme statue.

GODZILLA & MICROMAN: A variety of new Godzilla items have arrived including the KM-01 First Godzilla & Microman, and KM-02 Final Wars Godzilla & Microman. The Microman figure fits inside the vinyl Godzilla figure as a full body costume and the Godzilla hands and feet attach directly to the microman limbs! The very nice GD-76 Gaigan from Bandai has arrived along with the Kaiteigunk Angotengo 2005 Ship. A few new vinyl figures have arrived including the Power Up version of Gaigan 2005 with huge chainsaw hands, and the three headed Kaiser Ghidora figure.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: GX-26 Doublas M2 has arrived - another great looking release from Bandai. The Minerva X figure has also arrived. We have all 4 of the Mazinger Angels in stock right now: Minerva X, Diana A, Venus A, and Aphrodai A. Other Chogokins in stock include: GX-25 Karada K7, GX-01R Mazinger Z, Tetsujin 28 and more! A misc. robot arrival is the Tobikage Ninja Robot, listed towards the bottom of the chogokin menu.

GUNDAM FIGURES AND MODELS: The FIX 0022 ZZ Gundam and FIX 0023 Hyaku-Shiki figures have just arrived, they are priced at $44.99 and $59.99 respectively. Also in stock is the Zeonography #3005A and #3005B Zaku II F2 figures - available in Tan or Green for $44.99 each. The Master Grade Mobile Ball Pod Ver.Ka has arrived and is available for $33.99

SIDESHOW: The third figure from the popular X-Files series has just arrived - "Cigarette Smoking Man" is priced at $34.99. From Brotherhood of Arms - Legendary Icons: President Abraham Lincoln. Also just in is the Sean Connery as James Bond set from Thunderball. This set comes in a larger box than the standard Bond releases and includes his wetsuit and full scuba & personal submarine accessories.

STAR WARS: One more Master Replica AT-AT is available for $1199.99! Just in from Japan - the ArtFX vinyl snap together 1/7 Scale model kits have just arrived. These kits are fairly spendy, but we put a few together and the detail and quality is very impressive! Figures include: Yoda, Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Stormtrooper, Jango Fett, Boba Fett, and Han Solo - on the main Star Wars Menu.

STREET FIGHTER: Series 1 Street Fighter sets are back in stock! This is going to be the last shipment Sota Toys will send out of series 1. Sets of 5 include: Ryu, Chun Li, Sagat, Sodom, and M. Bison - available for $54.99 per set. Series 2 figures & 9" Rotocast figures are available for pre-order as well.

PALISADES: The ALIEN QUEEN chestburster and ARMY OF DARKNESS figures have just arrived! The Alien Queen statue is available for $54.99 and full sets of 8 AoD figures are available for $59.99

TOYPRESIDENTS: We've just received the full lineup of talking ToyPresidents - each figure is priced at $24.99, is dressed in clothing correct for the era of their presidency and speaks 25 historical phrases. These Presidents are available on the 'various' menu: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton & Bush.

OTHER COOL ITEMS IN STOCK:

HELLRAISER: Dr. Channard Statue - limited to only 500 pieces, a few older Hellraiser items are also in stock in small quantities (various menu)
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Series 1 - Cylon, Cylon Raider, Colonial Viper
SPORTS PICKS: Series 2 NHL 3" Figures - each available indiviudally
FUTURAMA: Holiday Ornament Set of 3 (various menu)
GUILTY GEAR XX: I-No figure - $24.99 - (various menu)
LORD OF THE RINGS: Two new Helms from Sideshow-Weta
HALO: Series 1 Weapons Pack & Series 5 Red Grunt
DC DIRECT: Silver Age Bat-Girl and Batwoman