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

PRE-ORDER - EPIC SCALE BALROG: The immense Epic Scale Balrog from NECA is now up for pre-order at $94.99. This figure is around 20" Tall and has a wingspan of over 3 feet! The Epic Scale Gandalf figure will be arriving in about a week and listed on the site as soon as it arrives.

MARVEL LEGENDS 10: We have a truck full of Marvel Legends making its way to our warehouse now and we expect delivery on Monday or Tuesday. We've re-opened our pre-order, the set of 7 including the huge 16" Sentinel is now available for $79.99. If you pre-order the set now, feel free to order other 'in stock' items and we'll hold it all to ship together starting Monday or Tuesday.

MORTAL KOMBAT: A brand new series from Jazwares - the Mortal Kombat Deception set of 4 figures includes Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Raiden and Baraka. The set is available at the low price of $29.99 for all 4 figures, each figure is very articulated for many posing possibilities.

FINAL FANTASY: Two more figures from the seventh installment of this game have just arrived. Vincent Valentine and Tifa Lockhart as well as Sephiroth are each in stock for $17.99. Three new Final Fantasy 7 pre-orders have just been listed: Bahamut Sin, Shadow Creeper and the Sierra Aircraft Replica are each up for pre-order below the MSRP.
New Figures
Pre-Orders

TRANSFORMERS STATUES: The new War Within Optimus Prime statue has just arrived and is in stock for $64.99. More Palisades Grimlock Statues and Shockwave Statues have also arrived. Don't miss out on the pre-order for the awesome 12" Devastator Statue and limited edition Ravage Statue also from Palisades.

SOTA TOYS: Street Fighter, Charmed, Twistid - The Street Fighter 3 Pre-Order has been re-opened and the figures are scheduled to arrive sometime in September. We've also listed a pre-order for Street Fighter Series 5, which includes Zangief, Rolento, Juni/Juli, Dee Jay and Guy. The Charmed Spirit Board replica has just arrived and is listed $70 below the MSRP at $179.99! Also in stock is the new music figure Twistid for $17.99
Street Fighter
Charmed/Twistid

CINEMAQUETTE TERMINATRIX: Now in stock with no waiting - the 1/3 Scale super detailed TX Terminatrix is priced at $999.99 and the $6.99 flat rate shipping does apply to this huge item. Pre-Orders for the T-800 and T-850 are currently available and we'll be listing the Alien Cinemaquette pre-order as soon as pricing info is released by Cinemaquette.

OTHER NEW ARRIVALS:

THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS: The first series of figures from Palisades is available for $59.99 - figures in the set include: Timmy, Wanda, Cosmo
and Vicky.

MARVEL MINIMATES 11: These are all available singly for $6.49 per set and $14.99 for the Firestar and Frosted Iceman variant set.

ROBOTECH - SCOTT BERNARD: A new shipment of Alpha Masterpiece #1 Scott Bernard is now in stock for $64.99. The #3 Roy Fokker is also still in stock for $69.99

BATMAN: We've restocked the Batman Import Wave 3 sets at $69.99 each, many other Batman and DC items are also in stock.

DIRTY PAIR FLASH: More new arrivals from Yamato USA, this set of figures is priced at $28.99 each for Kei and Yuri.