SHIPPING DETAILS Orders received by 11am generally ship the same business day.  Please note that giftwrap can delay shipping by 1 business day.  Orders that select Standard shipping at checkout will ship via either USPS, Fed Ex or UPS services.  Orders shipping to PO Boxes will ship via USPS. If you are not able to accept delivery by any of these carriers, please use the comments box at checkout to let us know.  We also offer expedited shipping options at checkout. *Orders shipping to Alaska or Hawaii do not conform to teh shipping charge below.  Such orders will incur a flat $12.95 shipping fee at checkout.  These orders will ship via USPS Priority Mail.  Significantly oversized orders shipping to AK/HI may incur additional charges.  STANDARD SHIPPING FEES FOR DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES*   TOTAL ORDER AMOUNT SHIPPING FEE $5.99 and under $2.49 $6.00 to $7.99 $2.99 $8.00 to $9.99 $3.49 $10.00 to $12.99 $3.99 $13.00 to $15.99 $4.99 $16.00 to $19.99 $5.49 $20.00 to $29.99 $5.99 $30.00 to $39.99 $6.49 $40.00 to $74.99 $6.99 orders over $75.00** FREE **Free Shipping: Our current site-wide free shipping offer is $75. However, we do sometimes run various special promotions that offer lower free shipping thresholds. Please look to the graphic at the upper right corner of our site which displays your current free shipping offer that will be applied at checkout. Expedited Shipping: We discount UPS 3rd Day Select, 2nd Day Air & Next Day Air.  You will automatically be offered appropriate classes of expedited service at checkout in addition to standard shipping option.  All charges are based on your order's specific destination Zip Code.  Consequently, our rates are very reasonable.  If you choose to expedite, you will know your exact cost before final Checkout. We make every effort to ship Expedited orders received by 1pm the same business day. Free Gift Wrap: We gift wrap boxed items at no charge. If gift wrap is specified for non-boxed animals & figures, we will package them together in a gift box & wrap them according to your choice of wrapping paper.  Opting for gift wrapping may delay the processing of an order by up to one day. Some oversized items are noted as being ineligible for gift wrapping. We do not use misleading sales practices, such as: Displaying large numbers of products, which we do not regularly stock, at artificially low prices. Displaying items, that are known to be out of stock, at prices lower than our regular selling prices. Displaying products that will take from 2 to 6 weeks to ship. Accepting orders for products that we do not have on hand as of the time the order is received.