January 16, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

Hi - Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about an entirely new clearance sale and a few new items.

JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE PART 2: We've just added hundreds more items from dozens of menus to our clearance sale! Deep discounts on Gundam, Lord of the Rings, Cybertron, Star Wars Episode III and many more! You won't want to miss the great deals on these items, check out the list here.

Our original sale is also still running, that list of items is found here.

NEW PREORDERS:

SIDESHOW 12" ARAGON AS STRIDER: The first figure from Sideshow's upcoming Lord of the Rings figure line looks fantastic! The clothing looks very movie accurate and the face mold and hair is perfect. Available to preorder now for $62.99

VOTOMS - SCOPEDOG: Two new preorders from Max Factory - the 1/35 Scale green Scopedog and Standing Tortoise figures are each available for $49.99. These figures will stand around 6 inches tall and the articulation looks great.

BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT - JAPANESE G1 TRANSFORMERS: A great assortment of hard to find boxed Japanese G1 items have just been added to the website. Figures include: Grand Maximus, Sky Garry, Dai Atlas, Galaxy Shuttle, Dinocassettes, King Poseidon & More! These and other recently listed vintage department items are listed here.

Our full Japanese G1 menu is found here:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=334