July 1, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PRE-ORDER GI JOE - A REAL AMERICAN HERO: We've just listed pre-orders for the 'Online Only' release of Hasbro's next 3 3/4" classic style Joes. Sets of 6 are available at $31.99, we also have pre-orders listed for the 3-packs with comic, Night Ops Humvee, the awesome Cobra night watch 6-pack (all the figures are based on the original cobra soldier and officer) and a few other pre-orders in addition to these.

PRE-ORDER STIKFAS: Stikfas has just announced 3 cool new figures - the Deluxe Diver with Squid, Alpha Male Rockstar, and Beta Female Popstar. The Diver is a deluxe set so its priced at $14.99 and the other two sets are priced at $8.99 each.

MORE NEW PRE-ORDERS:

- SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: GX-04S Grendizer - Priced at $194.99
- DC DIRECT: New Batman Knightfall Set of 5 - $59.99
- MARVEL SELECT: Days of Future Past Wolverine - $16.99
- BATMAN: Awesome 1/6 Deluxe Vinyl Statue - $89.99
- STAR WARS KUBRICKS: Wave 5 boxes of 12 - $109.99
- TRANSFORMERS: Decepticon Wall Logo - $39.99

ARRIVING SOON:

- ALIEN & PREDATOR MICROMEN - These cool licensed Microman items will be arriving in around a week. We have all 3 Predator figures and 2 Alien
figures available for pre-order by the set at about $15 per figure.

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK:

TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON AND ALTERNATORS: Our shipment will be delivered on Tuesday when we resume shipping after the 4th of July holiday - this sihpment contains the Cybertron Supreme Starscream - priced at $56.99 and a new case wave of Alternators - which contains Grimlock, Swindle, and the brand new Swerve. Swerve is packed only one per case and is priced at $37.99. Grimlock and Swindle are each $23.99. Cybertron Leaders, Ultra, Voyager, and Deluxe are all in stock as well.

YAMATO USA ANIME FIGURES: Another big mix of Anime and Video Game based figures has arrived including: Ikki Tousen Kanu and Sonsaku, Dominion Figure Collection Set of 7, Orion Figure Collection set of 6, Konami Suikoden figures set of 7, Konami Metal Gear Solid 2 Set of 7, and another figure from Bome - this time its the Bome Tenjho Tenge-Maya for $16.49.

DC DIRECT BATMAN: More of the very popular 13" Batman Begins have arrived and are priced at $74.99. We've restocked the Bisley Black and White Batman statue and the new Imported Japanese Batman series wave 3 has just arrived - this set is priced at $69.99.

STAR WARS: We've restocked a variety of long sold out Episode III figures after receiving another case wave from Hasbro. Back in stock and at lower pricing than before are: #33 Clone Commander, #34 Clone Pilot, #35 Palpatine, #36 Grievous, #41 Clone Trooper, #42 Neimodian Warrior, #43 Wookie Warrior, #44 Destroyer Droid. The 500th Darth Vader figures have been streaming out, but we bought long term stock on this item so they are still available at $19.99 each. I've just re-ordered and increased existing orders on all the Evolution, Battlepacks, and M-pire figures so we'll have a nice supply of all when Hasbro releases more of them.

OTHER ITEMS IN STOCK:

LORD OF THE RINGS: The large Gothmog on Warg statue is now in stock for $279.99 - $20 below the MSRP - another nifty looking Statue.

FAMILY GUY: The Giant Chicken vs. Peter boxed set has just arrived and is priced at $20.99

LIVING DEAD DOLLS: The previously sold out Series 9 set of 5 has been restocked at $97.99 per set

SPORTS PICKS: New 12" Derek Jeter and Barry Bonds figures have been listed at $29.99 each

MOTU MINI-STATUES ARRIVING SOON: We should have this cool set of statues from NECA within the next week or so - pre-orders are still available at $57.99 per set of 3 including Hordak, Clawful, and Snout Spout

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to have a safe and fun 4th of July weekend!