December 20, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

The BBTS Vintage Department is currently hiring people from the Minneapolis/St. Paul/Western Wisconsin area - see details at the end of this message.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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D-62-S REISSUE GALVATRON: Takara's awesome purple Galvatron reissue has just landed and its a very impressive piece. Vintage Galvatrons suffered from electrical problems so here is a chance to get a new one with functioning light and sound features (2 'AA' batteries required, but not included) Galvatron is painted with a light purple color scheme to better match his G1 appearance. The box comes with cool artwork on the front and has the 'Scramble City' designation on the upper left. In stock now for $77.99

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE STATUES WAVE 2: NECA and the Four Horsemen have put together another great line of mini-statues. This wave features Clamp Champ, Stinkor and Grizzlor - who has a ton of 'real' fur attached to the resin statue! The set of 3 is available for $55.99

GI JOE - ARAH WAVE 3: Another restock of this very popular wave of figures. Sets of 6 are in stock for $33.99 and we have backorders up for the next shipment of comic-3packs as well as backorders for a few soldout vehicles.

KILL BILL 2: NECA's new series of figures on the last Quentin Tarantino film has just arrived - sets of 4 figures are available for $47.99 each and we also have single Bill and Beatrix figurs at $12.99 each.

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE: McFarlane's 6" figure set and the cool 12" Napoleon with brown prom suit figures have just arrived. Each figure stands on a base that includes sound clips from the movie. The set of 5 includes Pedro, Kip, and three versions of Napoleon. Pedro was packed only one per case and is available only in the set of 5, the other four figures are also available separately.

BLUE BOX 1:18 JOLLY ROGERS: We've restocked this huge and highly detailed Jet - available now for $79.99

CHOBITS - CHI: Toynami's second installment to the Chobits line is Chi in Pink Party Dress. In Stock now for $10.99

MARVEL BARBIE: Mattel has just released a few Barbie figures based on Marvel characters. We now have Invisible Woman and White Wedding Mary Jane in stock for $16.49 each.

HALO 2 - WAVE 6: The first figure from wave 6 has just arrived, the Tan Spartan is available for $14.99, the rest of wave 6 should be arriving to us fairly soon, we'll let you know when they do arrive.

MINI MACE WINDU SABER: Master Replicas has just delivered more of the .45 scaled Mace saber to us, available now for $33.99

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NEW PREORDERS
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TAKARA LASER ULTRA MAGNUS: A nifty repaint of the Laser Optimus Prime tanker truck, this new version of Ultra Magnus is exclusive to E-Hobby in Japan and we have it listed for $89.99. Only the cab portion is currently pictured, but the full tanker trailer will be included and we'll post images once we have them.

TAKARA BINALTECH GINRAI & BLACK CONVOY: The next round of Binaltechs will both be Dodge Ram Pickup trucks! These will likely be slightly larger than normal Binaltechs because they are keeping it to scale. We don't have any pictures yet, but will list them as soon as they become available

NECA PREORDERS: A ton of new items from NECA have just been listed including:

- Sin City Boxed Sets
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2, 3, boxed set
- Cult Classics 3 & 4
- Cult Classics 12", 18" Boxed Figures
- Muhammad Ali 18" Figure
- Cornholio Headknocker
- DEVO action figure
- Devil's Rejects Boxed Set
- 18" Music - John Lennon & Freddie Mercury

BRAVE / MIGHTGAINE SERIES: The BR-05 Great Goldran and Masterpiece MP-B02 Dragon Kaiser by Takara have just been listed, no pictures yet however.

ARRIVING SOON: Alternators & Cybertron Scout. All the new Alternators and Cybertron Scout figures will be here around Thursday or Friday - preorders are still available.

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BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT HIRING - MINNEAPOLIS & WESTERN WISCONSIN
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BBTS customers have always been one of our greatest assets, so before posting ads in the local papers I wanted to see if anyone living in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul and Western Wisconsin area who receives our newsletter was interested. We are expanding our vintage department and are looking for people with a passion for action figures. The main focus of these positions is sorting, grading and listing action figures, both vintage and modern, on our website. We are looking for individuals who are self motivated, responsible, organized, and have a good basic knowledge of action figures (and are willing to learn a lot more) Hourly wage is $10+, more depending on experience and qualifications. If you live within a reasonable daily driving range of Somerset, Wisconsin 54025 and want to work in an exciting and growing company, please email us back to set up an interview. -- Thanks! Joel