August 23, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PRE-ORDER PEPSI OPTIMUS PRIME: Takara has just announced today that once again Optimus Prime will be released as a Pepsi edition. This version of Prime comes with the standard reissue G1 cab and an all new flat bed trailer. The trailer is equipped with 4 supports so you can take a 16 oz Pepsi bottle and set it on the trailer and turn Prime into a tanker truck. (Pepsi bottle not included) We have these priced very attractively at $61.99 and they are set to arrive in December.

PRE-ORDER TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE: The very nice Green & Purple Universe Devastator set is now up for pre-order for $44.99. This set will come in two boxed 2-packs. Also available is the Overbite and Repugnus set - which is a repaint of several older Beast Wars sets.

PRE-ORDER TRANSFORMERS BATTLEFIELD STATUE: The first statue in a new series from First 4 Figures a UK company, is now up for pre-order. This statue is 13" tall and features Optimus and Megatron battling each other. The statue is priced at $189.99 and future statues will interlock with this statue's base to form a larger battle scene.

STAR WARS EVOLUTIONS: The Clone Trooper to Stormtrooper and Sith 3-pack Evolution sets have just arrived. Each of these brand new sets is available for $25.99. A varity of deluxe sets including red and green variant Clone Troopers and Rebuild Vader are in stock as well.

HALO 2 SERIES 4: This new wave just arrived a few hours ago and the set features five cool figures. Priced at $13.99 are the Green Master Chief, Red Spartan, and Banshee, at $14.99 we have the very nice Elite Ranger and ODST. We have all the series 3 figures in stock alwo - $13.99 each or $48.99 for the set.

XEVOZ: The hard to find Hyper Guardian, Franken-Punker, and Infil-Traitor figures are now in stock for $11.99, $9.99 and $9.99 respectively. These were initially canceled by Hasbro and months later finally released in small quantities.