October 20, 2008 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

Hi - Here is another exciting update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a ton of brand new preorders and more new arrivals. Check out the entire list below, there are a wide variety of new items from many properties. We also have just started a new inventory clearance sale!

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25% OFF SALE:
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Save 25% on everything except 'New' and 'Preorder / Backorder' items. Thousands of items are available now with this healthy discount. Our warehouse is getting close to capacity so please help us clear out the old so we can make way for more new stuff! This sale will end Wednesday, October 22nd at 12:00 Noon Central Time. Please browse through your favorite menu to take advantage of this sale.

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NEW PREORDERS:
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DC SUPERHERO FIGURINES & MAGAZINES - BY EAGLEMOSS These awesome mini-figures with entertaining magazines will finally be making it to the US. We've just listed preorders at $13.99 for Superman, Batman, Joker, Two-Face, Shazam, Starfire and 25 more of their cohorts. Also up for preorder are the display base Plinth, Collector Booklet, and several special edition figures like Bane and Doomsday. We've been receiving requests to carry these for a long time, and we are happy that they are finally being sold in the US - take a look at the current selection below, many more items will be added as they are announced.

WETA - HALO 3 - MASTER CHIEF & FLOOD STATUE Another awesome sculpt from Weta, this new piece features MC flying through the air and blasting the flood with twin blasters. The statue is a bit price at $330 MSRP, so we've helped you out with that by chopping our list price to $249.99

SIDESHOW PREDATOR 1:1 SPEAR REPLICA This awesome full sized spear is now up for preorder at $279.99 - $20 below MSRP. Sideshow won't be shipping any of these internationally, but BBTS will be - so get your orders in on this cool new item.

TRANSFORMERS - MICKEY MOUSE If you thought the merging of Nike and TF's was a strange pairing for last year's Sports Label line, get a load of the new Disney Transformer that they dreamed up in Japan. Mickey transformers into a truck - you'll have to take a look for it yourself at the link below. There will be a color version as well as a black and white version - both $44.99

GEARS OF WAR - SERIES 3 Neca follows up the first two extremely popular releases with a set of four figures that contains: new version of Marcus Fenix, a COG Soldier, a new version of a Theron, and a new Locust Drone. This set is up for preorder at $64.99 - price subject to reduction once we can confirm the case pack from neca.

TRANSFORMERS MP-08 GRIMLOCK We've added a new image showing a gray prototype of the upcoming MP-08. It looks to be an awesome piece - our preorder price has dropped to $143.99, so be sure to get your order in on this beauty.

COVER GIRLS OF DCU - WONDER WOMAN STATUE Based on the artwork of Adam Hughes, this beautiful rendition of Wonder Woman is modelled after the cover of issue #150. Preorders are available at $15 under MSRP at $84.99

STARGATE SG-1 - F-302 SHIP REPLICA Quantum Mechanix brings us a very cool new 8" ship replica of the F-302 fighter. It is stationed on a display base fashioned after the launch deck of the Prometheus. Check out this limited edition item here - priced at $114.99

KINGDOM HEARTS PLAY ARTS Square Enix brings us an awesome new 3-figure set from the extremely popular Kingdom Hearts game. Each character is dressed in special gear that they wear when visiting Agrabah, Arena Worlds, and Halloween Town from Nightmare Before Xmas. The set of 3 is priced at $69.99, and singles are available at $24.99

FANSPROJECT SHADOW COMMANDER Preorders are moving along briskly on this item. FansProject has informed me that it is more than 50% pre-sold on a world-wide level, so be sure to get your orders in early on this one. Our City Commander stock has completely sold out if that is any indication of how cool these trailers are.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA MINIMATES - WAVES 5 & 6 We've just listed the full sets of 8 that include chase figures for both waves 5 and wave 6. Check both waves out here at $24.99

V FOR VENDETTA 1/6 COLLECTOR FIGURE DC brings us a high-end 12" figure V figure with an MSRP of $125, we have it listed now at $99.99. The figure comes with daggers, mask, hat and cape.

HISTORY OF DCU - SERIES 1 Another cool set from DC Direct - this one features Green Arrow, Batman, Manhunter, and Blue Devil - preorder now at $54.99

GI JOE EXCLUSIVE FIGURES We have a limited number of four new exclusives up for preorder now. Air Command 3-Pack, Sea Command 3-Pack, Firefly vs GI Joe Troopers, and Crimson Guard Troop Builder sets are listed at $29.99 and $44.99 respectively.

HOT TOYS - BATMAN COSBABY These cute mini figures are now available in the US - sets of 8 include a variety of Batman characters and friends, as well as an unknown mystery figure. Each figure is packed on a blister card and the full set of 8 is up for preorder at $89.99

STAR TREK - ULTIMATE 1/4 SCALE SPOCK Joining Captain Kirk, Spock is the 2nd figure in this cool line of large scale articulated action figures. Both of them are listed at $64.99

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - FREDDY BUST Another great sculpt from Gentle Giant. This Freddy bust is very detailed and the base of the bust is a creepy old house that looks like a likely place for some gore. Preorders available at $46.99

MARVEL SELECT - WOLVERINE Another all new sculpt from Diamond Select, Wolverine is up for preorder at $17.99 and we also have a set of two which includes the variant 'First Appearance' Wolverine at $37.99

STAR WARS - CLONE WARS MAQUETTES Gentle Giant adds two great looking new statues to the lineup. Anakin and Obi-Wan are each available at $79.99. Take a look at them all here

NECA CLASSIC ALIEN The latest Aliens figure from Neca will be the Alien Warrior. Preorders are available now at $14.99 - another great looking figure from neca.

BATMAN UNIFORMZ FIGURES DC Direct gets into the urban vinyl arena with thes highly stylized Batman figures. The Modern Batman figure is up for preorder at $44.99, and we also have a set of 3 which includes Classic Batman and Armored Batman (each of which are packed only 1 per case) at $164.99

WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST - WIZARD OF OZ Gentle Giant brings us a 1/3 scale, very green, and very cool bust. This bust is priced at $129.99 - which is $20 below MSRP

NECA CONAN - PIT FIGHER VERSION 2 A great new figure from Neca - this version of Arnold as Conan features blood covered weapons in each hand and fur pelt armor. Preorder now at $14.99

FINAL FANTASY - 14" SEPHIROTH STATUE This statue is part of the 'Static Arts' lineup and it looks great. Preorders have been listed at $139.99 - take a look here

GEARS OF WAR 2-PACK - WITH LANCER GORE This very cool set features Markus laying his lancer into the chest of an unlucky Locus. Preorders have been listed at $24.99

EVEN MORE PREORDERS There are even more cool preorders listed on our freshly expanded list of the 200 most recent preorders. Look for: James Dean, Flash Neon Sign, Legends of Dark Knight, Phantom Lady Bust, AT-AT Driver Bust, Disney's Bolt Maquette, Serenity Mal Maquette, Kingdom Hearts Riku & More.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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TRANSFORMERS EXCLUSIVE SEACON SET This awesome piece features one of the nicer display boxes ever created and nifty repaints of one of the cooler G1 combiners. In stock now in limited quantities at $169.99. We also have some of the other TF Club exclusives including Nightbeat, Airazor, and Astrotrain here

GI JOE WAVE 10 - INTERNET EXCLUSIVE CASE This case gives you a full set of the 6 new figures in wave 10, and it also doubles up on the Para Viper and Bazooka Trooper - a great case for troop building since the Wraith is also included. In stock now at $64.99

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN - GX-43 DAIMOS The latest release from Bandai has just arrived and we have stock available at $179.99. Take a look at this cool combining and transforming figure here

DARK KNIGHT - BANDAI BATPOD We've just restocked the extremely cool Movie Realization Batpod. The Batpod measures about 13.5" long and Batman is about 7.5" tall. In stock now at $114.99

HALO COLLECTOR COSTUME - RUBIES With plenty of time for Halloween delivery, you should check out the ultra high end Master Chief costume - in stock now at $699.99. It comes in a simply enormous shipping box, something this big and spendy has to be pretty darn cool