May 24, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PRE-ORDER MASTER REPLICA - EPISODE III: We've listed new pre-orders from M.R. including the EpIII Darth Vader LE Lightsaber for $351.99. New Scaled Yoda & Darth Sidious sabers are up for pre-order for $33.99. We've also listed a pre-order for the Mace Windu FX Saber at $113.99 and EpIII Anakin and Darth Vader Sabers are available for pre-ordering for our summer shipment.

EPISODE III DELUXE - HASBRO: We've received a restock of the very popular Deluxe wave of figures including: Yoda on Can-cell, Vultur Droid, Rebuild Darth Vader and Clone Trooper with backpack. Each is available for $12.99 to $14.99

GI JOE - VALOR VS VENOM 7: This popular set is finally back in stock - it features an awesome Snake Eyes with Timber set and a variety of other nice figures. The set of 6 is available for $46.99

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: The GX-27 Gaiking pre-order has been restocked and these will be arriving to us in about a week. The GX-28 Zambugle is available for pre-order and we've just listed the awesome GX Aquarion -
the Aquarion set comes with 3 cool ships that each transform into a highly detailed robot, this is one of the better looking Chogokin items to be released for quite some time - the set is priced at $224.99

BUFFY - THE SWORD OF ANGELUS: A new release from FactoryX/Palisades - The limited edtion sword is life sized, high quality and made of real metal - priced $20 below MSRP at $179.99

JOYRIDE STUDIOS: Halo 2 series 3 and Battlestar Galactica Series 2 sets are in stock for $54.99 and $34.99 respectively. Single figures are also available.

SIDESHOW TOYS: The 1/4 Scale Phantom of the Opera and Planet of the Apes Slave Taylor & Nova 2-packs have arrived. The Phantom is priced well below MSRP at $189.99 and the PotA set is as well at $63.99. We have a huge variety of other 1/4 Scale and Sideshow items in stock.

NEW MCFARLANE PRE-ORDERS: McFarlane has just sent out the fall offerings and we have pre-orders listed for all of them including a new license - Napoleon Dynamite. Pictures are not available for these yet, but we'll list them as they become available. All are listed at the top of this menu:

-- NAPOLEON DYNAMITE: Set of 6 with several versions of Napoleon including Tetherball Champ, Kip & Pedro. A 12" Napoleon in prom suit is also up for pre-order.

-- SPAWN: 12" Gunslinger Spawn from series 27 and 12" Spawn 5 from series 17 are each available for $29.99

-- MCFARLANE MILITARY: Wave 1 has been redeployed as a new set of 6 with updated sculpts, packaging and paint. A second wave of figures is also coming in November with 6 all new figures.

-- DRAGONS 2: The boxed set for series 2 has been announced, this set is a repainted version of the Eternal Clan dragon and the boxed set is a limited edtion.

-- ROBOCOP: This was by far the most popular figure from recent Movie Maniacs releases and a new battle damaged 12" Robocop will be released in the fall - pre-orders are available for $29.99

-- WALLACE & GROMIT: The WereRabbit boxed set has been added to the lineup - we have all the other Wallace and Gromit items up for pre-order as well.

-- 3D ALBUM COVERS: These are 3D sculptures of famous album covers. The first two pieces announced are Guns 'N Roses Appetite for Destruction and Led Zeppelin 1 - each piece is $12.99

NECA ARRIVING SOON: Our shipment of Sin City Black&White and Color sets of 6 will be arriving within a week and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6" Figures will be arriving as well - be sure to check back soon for these.

COBALT SENTRY: We've restocked the site with a few remaining sets of Cobalt Sentry at $49.99 - these are completely sold out in Japan so this will be our final stock.