July 15, 2004 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

TAKARA BT-09: We've received word from Japan that the next Binaltech release will be the BT-09 Mini Cooper! No official pictures are available yet, but we have a Mini Cooper Robot graphic from the advertising campaign on their website. We do not know the name or color of the figure yet, but we'll post official pictures as soon as they become available

SUPERLINK: Some huge news from the Superlink line - Takara will release in September two different 5 figure combiner sets! The SC-26 Superion and SD-21 Bruticus combiner sets are available for pre-ordering for $69.99 each. We've also listed new pictures of other Superlink pre-orders including the SC-19 to SC-25 and SD-20

SIDESHOW HIGH END PRE-ORDERS: Sideshow has announced some amazing new items, the T2 19" Endoskeleton Statue priced at $499.99 and the huge 1:4 scale Alien Queen Bust priced at $849.99. The Alien queen bust is nearly 2' x 2' x 2' including the base and extremeties.

BANDAI JAPAN PRE-ORDERS: New Pre-orders for Soul of Chogokin, Gundam, and Godzilla are now available. S.O.C. Pre-Orders include: GX-25 Garada, GX-26 Doublus, Diana, Beaunus, and Minerva. Gundam Fix 0022 - ZZ Gundam and 0023 Hyakushiki Gundam. Godzilla Diecast Gaigan 2005, Godzilla and Godzilla boxed set.

MASTER REPLICA: We've listed the full line up of Alien and Predator items from Master Replica. The lineup includes: Alien Motion Tracker, Predator Spear, Predator Helmet, AvP Ceremonial Dagger, and 1:1 Alien Grid Head. Many Starwars Sabers and Blasters are also available.

STREET FIGHTER 1 AND 2: We've increased our order with Sota toys and restocked the pre-order for the very popular series 1 set of 5. We have also reduced the price of series 2 to $54.99 (all pre-orders previously placed will be adjusted automatically)

SUPER PARTS GOD GINRAI: We'll be importing a limited number of the very limited edition Super Parts God Ginrai - limited to about 500 pieces and released only in Japan. It comes with a variety of parts not included in the normal God Ginrai set - available for pre-order for $199.99

NEW ARRIVALS:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - FAITH: The next 12" figure from this wildly popular series is now available on the sideshow menu for $35.99

TRANSFORMERS: We've restocked a variety of sold out items including: Mega PVC Starscream, Mega PVC Megatron, PVC Megatron vs Optimus, Yellow Tiger Sideswipe, Micromaster Sixturbo, Sixbuilder, Sixliner, Bumblebee & Cliffjumper Keychains

ARRIVING SOON:

BT-05 AND ROBOTMASTERS #01 TO #10: All these items are in transit to us now and will arrive next week around Wednesday. We'll be charging pre-orders Friday and over the weekend to prepare for shipments next week.