March 14, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

GOOD NEWS - SEARCH FUNCTION: We've implemented a 'search' function on our site, so you can now either search directly for a specific item or product line, or browse our menus normally. This function is sure to be very helpful for finding specific figures out of the thousands of items listed on our site.

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

NECA: (National Entertainment Collectibles Association)

-- KILL BILL 2: Set of 4 figures for $47.99 - includes one each of Bill, Pai Mei, Elle Driver, and a new version of The Bride.

-- CULT CLASSICS: Nicely sculpted 7" figures based on a variety of horror/action classics. Series 1 is available as a set of 4 or individually: Eric Draven from The Crow, Mohawk from Gremlins 2, Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th. Series 2 is also up for pre-order as a set of 4 figures including: Frank the Bunny from Donnie Darko, Leatherface from TX Chainsaw Massacre, The Tall Man from Phantasm, and Freddy from New Nightmare.

-- 18 INCH FIGURES: Three cool new items at the $39.99 price point, each comes with electronic lights or voice chips. Now up for pre-order are the 18" T2 Endoskeleton, 18" Patrick Bateman from American Psycho with NECA's longest voice chip ever, and 18" Captain Spaulding from the gruesome House of 1000 Corpses.

We have tons of other NECA items up for pre-order including Sin City and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

SOTA TOYS: Darkman Bust - this bust is available to pre-order for $37.99 - it's limited to 750 pieces and has a few interchangeable parts. We have many other SOTA pre-orders including HP Lovecraft, Street Fighter, Now Playing movie figures and more!

STAR WARS: We've just listed the Clone Trooper - Troop Builder 4-pack for $32.99. This boxed set comes in 4 different variations: solid white Clone Troopers in clean and battle damaged sets, and white figures with red, blue, green, and yellow highlight colors showing rank - also available in clean and battle damaged sets. A new pre-order for Star Wars items imported from Japan - a fun set of SW Helmet Magnets will be arriving in spring. We have pre-orders up for wave 1 and wave 2 boxes of 8 - each box contains a semi-random assortment of cool helmets and heads with a magnet on the back.

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK:

HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES: NECA has put out a great looking set of 3 figures based on the movie by Rob Zombie. The set is available for $35.99 and includes one each of: Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Dr. Satan with a huge number of evil medical accessories.

STAR WARS: The Super Soaker Wookiee Water Blaster has just arrived and is available for $19.99. More Playskool Jedi Force figures have arrived including Yoda, Anakin, and Darth Vader. A variety of Playskool Jedi Force and Galactic Hero items are in stock. A small restock of the Unleashed Stormtrooper, IG-88 and Aurra Sing sets has arrived.

THE CROW: NECA's Eric Draven Mini Bust has just arrived and is available for for $35.99. The bust comes with an Eric Draven tombstone as the base.

GI JOE: The Bravo level John R. Fox figure is now available. John R. Fox gave his life in WWII, there is a truly amazing story about him on the back of the figure's box. A variety of other 12" figures are in stock including more Force Recon Marines

ENERGON BASICS: We now have A3, A4, D1 and D4 Energon basic figures in stock. We have re-opened a pre-order for the D2, D3, C3, C4 figures which will be restocked in roughly 2 weeks. Many other Energon figures are in stock including a few remaining Ultra Quickstrikes

LOTR HEADKNOCKERS: A few fun items from NECA - the Gollum and Smeagol HeadKnockers are each priced at $14.99

ITEMS ARRIVING SOON:

STAR WARS EPISODE III: Hasbro has just sent me a list of all the EpIII items that we'll have in stock by the April 2nd worldwide product release date. Items we'll be listing for April 2nd include: Episode III Unleashed, Collection 1 figures, Collection 2 figures, Attacktix Boosters, Starters & Battlemasters, Force Battlers, Plush Figures, 12" Figures, 12" Villains, Action Assortment, Blasters, Battle Vehicles and Assault Vehicles. Be sure to stop by late on April 1st when the listings go live!

SPAWN 27: McFarlane has sent us a huge shipment of the Spawn 27 figures and the Spawn vs Al Simmons Boxed Set. The set of 6 includes Vandalizer 2, Clown 5, Wanda 2, and three Spawn figures from issues: 85, 131, 119. The Spawn vs Al Simmons boxed set looks like an great pair of figures for $21.99

TAKARA & BANDAI: #18 Soundblaster arrives in about 1 week. Arriving in very late March or early April is the Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and BT-12 Overcharge. Also arriving is Galaxy Force GD-07, GD-08, and GC-14. A variety of the soft vinyl Godzilla 6" figures will be restocked including some that we've been sold out of for quite some time (no pre-orders on Godzilla - we have a lot coming)