April 4, 2008 - (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 another awesome round of new preorders, many more new arrivals, and a new feature from our Vintage Department.

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NEW PREORDERS:
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GI JOE 25TH - VEHICLES: We've just listed preorders for some extremely exciting new Hasbro figures. The first wave of 3.75" scale vehicles features the HISS Tank, Vamp, Armadillo & Serpentor's Chariot, and Ram & Trouble Bubble. Each of these sets not only brings back the 80's in a big way, but also includes an action figure as well. We have all 4 vehicle & figure sets available as a set for $64.99. We can't wait to see the other vehicles they will be adding to this line, wave 1 looks fantastic

GI JOE 25TH - DVD BATTLE PACKS: Hasbro will be applying the 'Battle Pack' formula so popular in the Star Wars series to the GI Joe line as well. Each battle pack contains 4 figures and a DVD. There will be 5 total Battle Packs, each containing a part needed to build the Cobra MASS Device! The first two sets, based on classic cartoon episodes, are 'The Mass Device' and 'Weather Dominator / Revenge of Cobra'. These are $44.99 for the set, or $23.99 individually.

NECA'S TMNT - BLACK & WHITE FIGURES: We have received initial confirmation that the Turtles will be released in black and white, to honor their true comic book roots. These will be individually packaged and we assume they also come with the display bases. The set of 4 pieces is up for preorder at $54.99

STAR WARS - CLONE WARS: The first products available to preorder for the highly anticipated fall blockbuster are 7 new Bobble Heads from Funko. Each figure is available at $9.99, and the lineup includes: Captain Rex, Anakin, Grievous, Obi-Wan, Asajj Ventress, Battle Droid, and Ahsoka Tano.

INDIANA JONES - MEDICOM RAH: The masters at Medicom have been hard at work creating cool 1/6 figures for Indiana Jones. Indy and his father Henry are each up for preorder at $139.99 - $10 under MSRP. There will be a limited supply of these, so be sure to get orders in quickly

HULK MOVIE - HASBRO: The first wave of product for the upcoming Hulk movie starring Edward Norton have just been added to our site. Items include a wave of Basic sized figures, Superhero Squad, vehicles, and a variety of Role-Play items.

GUNDAM ACTION FIGURES: Five cool new figures have just gone up for preorder. The GFF Metal Composite Psycho Gundam is up for preorder at $129.99, and it promises to be a complex and high detail / high quality piece. Four new HCM Pro figures, #53 through #56: Tieren Space Type, Fundam Deathscythe, Gundam Wing, and Gundam Heavyarms are also available

HOT TOYS MILTARY: Hot Toys and Sideshow have teamed up for a US Domestic Exclusive US Army Special Forces Sniper. Preorders have just been listed at $114.99 and this figure comes with all the gear you expect from Hot Toys.

SERENITY FRUITY OATY BAR LITHO: Quantum Mechanix rolls out more Serenity collectibles with this limited edition full color lithograph. This one measures 36" x 24", and be sure to read the interesting background story

DOCTOR WHO FIGURES & ELECTRONICS: Another big batch of Doctor Who items has just been listed including: Voyage of the Damned Gift Set, Screwdriver LED Flashlight, Wall Clock, Cookie Jar, Topper Alarm Clock, Micro Fridge, Key Chain, and the full sized - very cool - Dalek Voice Changer Helmet. The complete list is near the top of this link

MANY MORE PREORDERS: A variety of other preorders have also just gone live, including: Hot Toys Marlon Brando, Horton Hears a Who, Apocalypse Legendary Scale Bust, Shooting Game Historika, Nintendo Light Mascots, Giants NFL Sports Picks 3-Pack, 1:1 Vampyre, Magical Girl, Pia Carrot, To Heart, Lucky Star, Kimi ga Aruji, Littlest Pet Shop, Rocky, Rambo, Moetan, and much more.

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VINTAGE DEPARTMENT:
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We've just started a new feature that will allow you to view ALL the new packaged items the Vintage Department lists each day. There are hundreds of items added per week, many in single quantities. The link below will show you what has been added each day, and we plan to update this link every afternoon around 2:30 to 3:00 Central Time on weekdays. You'll also notice that there are some links to a Warehouse Buy. We purchased a truck-full of inventory from a store that has closed down, most of it a bit older and previously sold out on our site. We apologize in advance if the item you are looking for has already sold, this will happen quite often since there are so few pieces of each, but with up to 1000 items a week being run through, you'll have many choices

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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NECA'S TMNT - BOX SET: The Box set has just arrived and the individually carded sets should be here in 4 - 5 days. These look good in the pictures you see online, but in person they are even more impressive. We have figures and gift set pictured here - in stock now at $44.99

MEZCO'S CINEMA OF FEAR: The second wave of Cinema figures have just arrived as well as the very cool 9" Stylized Jason figure. The 9" Jason is priced at just $19.99, and set of 4 figures is in stock at $59.99

TRANSFORMERS I-POD CONVOY: The G1 color version of the iPod Convoy is now in stock at $149.99. This fully functional docking bay comes with a power cord, and it will recharge your iPod as well as put out fairly good sound for what is primarily a toy.

MARVEL LEGENDS - HYDRA SOLDIERS: A great troop-building set is now in stock at $27.99 for the regular and variant versions of the Hydra Soldier. Give all your heroes some cannon fodder

GREEN ARROW - 13" DELUXE FIGURE: Another cool figure from DC Direct, Green Arrow is in stock now at $69.99. He features a collapsible bow and quiver of arrows, not to mention stylish green tights

STAR WARS FX LIGHTSABERS: The Vader, Luke, and Yoda FX Sabers are now back in stock at between $97.99 and $109.99.

SAINT SEIYA: More Saint Myth Cloth figures have arrived, including Zeta Robe, Libra Myth Cloth, and Siren Sorrento. We also have a vareity of other Myth Cloth figures available

POWER RANGERS GO-ON RANGERS: The first wave of Go-On Ranger items has just arrived from Japan. Choose from DX Engine Oh and a variety of role play style toys.

TRANS SCANNING OPTIMUS PRIME: This cool import item features a skeletal Optimus Prime that you can attach bits and pieces to - to form either the protoform prime, or prime in truck mode. These are selling out in Japan and we have limited stock available at $49.99

STAR WARS KOTO - YODA VS PALPATINE: The latest Koto Statue is another big one. The box is huge on this item, and the figures look to be nicely sculpted. In stock now at $35 off MSRP @ $139.99

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE DELUXE: Stealth Bumblebee, Premium Barricade, Premium Jazz, Jungle Crusher, Overcast, Salvage, Stockade and more are now in stock.

TONS OF OTHER NEW ARRIVALS: Many more items have also just arrived including: Revoltech Megatron, Cool Girl Batman, other Revoltech, Bible Black, Marvel Magazine & Figure, 18" Robocop, Sideshow Premium Format Speeder Bike, X-Men & Sentinel Statue #3, Cartamundi Star Wars, Superhero Squad, GI Joe 25th Exclusives, Marvel Bearz, Dead or Alive Leifang, and much more. Here is the list of the 75 most recent arrivals