March 9, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

STAR WARS: Kubrick Wave 4 and Medicom 'Real Action Heroes' Darth Vader
GAO GAI GAR: CM Company's Gao Gai Gar DX figure - $224.99
INUYASHA: Figurine Set of 6 and Collection 1 Set of 5 Pre-Orders
H.P. LOVECRAFT: Sota Toys brings C'Thulu, Dorag & Ghoul to life
NOW PLAYING: Sota's movie figures series 2, 3 & Box set up for pre-order
CHARMED: Sota's 2nd set of Charmed figrues - new set of 4 for $49.99
ALIEN: 19" Alien Queen Statue from Palisades - $249.99
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE: Meatwad - $24.99 from Palisades
TRANSFORMERS: The War Within Optimus Prime Statue from Palisades
MARVEL SELECT: Emma Frost, Phoenix, Spidey & Doc Ock, Symbiote SpiderMan

ARRIVING SOON:

#18 SOUNDBLASTER WITH RAVAGE & BUZZSAW - arriving ~3/18
BT-12 OVERDRIVE - arriving late March / early April
MASTERPIECE ULTRA MAGNUS - arriving late March / early April
ROBOTMASTERS - RM-22 and RM-23 - arriving late March / early April
MAGI-RANGERS - DX Magi King - mid to late March
STREET FIGHTER 2 - mid to late March

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK:

ENERGON: We've received the final Energon Ultra figure - Quickstrike, a nice repaint of the Bulkhead helicopter figure. We've also opened short term pre-orders for an Energon basic shipment arriving on Monday. These hard to find combiners are now available to pre-order: A3, A4, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D4. We will have another shipment arriving in about 10 days if these sell out quickly. Cool new energon megas are also still in stock.

STIKFAS: Its been about a year since we've had so many new stikfas arrive at one time! Just arrived are the new Beta Female and Red Dragon, Blue Samurai, all new Alpha Male Pirate with Skeleton, Yellow Delta Boy Extreme, and Blue & Purple Lite Hockey Players. We've recently restocked the Legionnaire and Spaceman figures, and we've also just listed new pre-orders for the repainted Fireman and repainted Beta Female with Jungle Cat. We'll continue to carry every new Stikfa released so you can keep your collection current with BBTS. (Pre-Orders will be processed shortly and shipped Thursday)

SPORTS PICKS - COOPERSTOWN SERIES 2: The second set of Hall of Fame players has just arrived. All 6 standard figures are available for $10.99 each - including Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Willie Stargell, Cal Ripken Jr., Catfish Hunter and Mike Schmidt. We also have the 'Newsprint' variant of Babe Ruth. Tons of other Sports Picks are also in stock.

TAKARA TRANSFORMERS: The brand new exclusive 'Overcharge' figure has just arrived, this is a dark green repaint of the #17 Blitzwing figure and is now available for $49.99. The #17 Blitzwing, #16 Insecticons, and repainted Insecticon Clone Army figures are all back in stock. We have a a variety of other re-issues and imported transformers in stock. Including the new Bt-11 Ravage Corvette and the hugely popular Predaking
re-issue.

YAMATO USA - ANIME & GAME FIGURES: A very cool set of !StoryImageFigure! items has arrived. This set features 7 figures based on Giant Robo - The Animation and includes 4 Giant Robo versions and 3 versions of GinRei in swimsuit, and dresses. Also from Yamato USA is the Capcom Girls Collection - Chun Li and Cammy each come in high action battle poses and are available for $26.99 each. These are all listed on the 'various items menu'

GI JOE - VVV - A few Valor Versus Venom adventure packs have arrived. Figures include Depthcharge with Wave Crusher, Sand Viper with Air Assault, and Kamakura with Ninja Lightning Cycle.