July 26, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW PRE-ORDERS:

SIDESHOW - A variety of new high-end pre-order items from Sideshow - all below their MSRP pricing:

-- 1:1 Scale 6' 2" Tall(!!) T2 Endoskeleton - a mere $5899.99 - $500 deposit due when ordering this item, it ships in 5 boxes and needs basic assembly

-- 1/4 Scale Predator Statue - $919.99 - full body statue.

-- 1:1 Scale Darth Maul Bust - $559.99 - with cloth hood/cape

-- 1:1 Scale Legend Bust - $849.99 - 3 feet tall - huge horns!

-- 1:1 Scale T2 Plasma Rifle - $474.99 now you can battle your 1:1 Endoskeleton

-- 1/4 Scale Dr. Doom Statue - $279.99 - cool statue with his throne

-- 1/4 Scale X-Men vs. Sentinel Statue - $289.99

PRE-ORDER YAMATO MACROSS: Yamato will be rereleasing the 1/48 VF-1S Roy Fokker, and 1/48 Scale Super Parts Set - which fit on all the 1/48 valkyries. 1/48 Roy is priced at $169.99 and the Super Parts set is available at $64.99

PRE-ORDER TAKARA BINALTECH & MIGHTGAINE: We've just posted preliminary images of all the new Binaltech figures - the BTA figures each come with a small PVC figure. We also have images of the Mightgaine and Masterpiece ExKaiser figure posted.

PRE-ORDER 6' TRANSFORMER CARDBOARD CUTOUTS: A company in England called CardboardCutouts will be producing officially licensed ~6 foot cutouts of both Optimus Prime and Megatron. We have them available for $49.99 each. The cutouts each come with a fold out bracket in the back so they are self supporting

PRE-ORDER DARTH VADER FX LIGHTSABER: We have a limited amount of Vader FX sabers arriving in early August - these are up for pre-order now for $99.99 each

PRE-ORDER - WEDGE ANTILLES INTERNET EXCLUSIVE: Hasbro is only selling this figure to select online stores - it won't be found at mass retailers. The Wedge Antilles figure is available to pre-order for $11.99

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK:

18" WILLIE WONKA - Based on Johnny Depp with motion activated sound - $42.99

CAPCOM VS. SNK - Exclusive version sold at Comic-Con featuring repainted versions of Mai and Chun Li - $25.99 each

LORD OF THE RINGS HELMS: We did not offer this helm for pre-order but they are now in stock and ready to ship - the 1/4 Helm of a Battle Troll is priced at $44.99

TRANSFORMERS: We have very limited stock of the Magnificus & Gamede exclusive in stock now for $79.99. More Superlink SC-01 Grand Convoy are also in stock.

TWIST-EMS: We've restocked the Lord of the Rings Twistems Case

STAR WARS: A few older items back in stock: Ep1 Two-Packs of Obi-wan with battle droid and R2-D2 with battle Droid. Also 25th Anniversary packs of Obi-Wan & Vader, and Chewy with Han.

STAR TREK: We have a small restock of four different Bandai Japan snaptogether model kits: NX-01, NCC-1701, NCC-1701A, NCC-1701E