February 8, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

VALENTINE'S SALE - 15% OFF + BONUS MENUS: Get 15% off ALL items from BBTS that are not listed as 'new' or 'preorder/backorder'! This sale will run until 12:00 Noon on Friday. We've also made this sale even better by including a few extra menus with boosted discounts including:

25% OFF: Transformers
25% OFF: Star Wars
25% OFF: GI Joe

70% OFF: Fantastic 4 Movie
50% OFF: Spider-Man
40% OFF: Sin City
40% OFF: Street Fighter
40% OFF: Marvel Legends 9
35% OFF: Halo 2
35% OFF: Guyver
30% OFF: Microman
30% OFF: Marvel Action Figures
30% OFF: Brave Series

Check out the sale here:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/content.aspx?content=11

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PREORDERS:
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SOUL OF CHOGOKIN - VOLTES V: We've reopened this preorder after getting confirmation from our supplier that our order will fill in full! Get this highly desireable figure for just $139.99!

NINJA GAIDEN: The previously sold-out Ryu and Ayane PVC Statues have just been put up for preorder at $38.99 and $36.99 respectively. We have the Kureha statue in stock and Rachel is also up for preorder, you can get the full set of 4 figures made by Kotobukiya all in one order.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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STAR WARS:

-- REAL ACTION HERO JEDI LUKE SKYWALKER: Imported from Japan and manufactured by Medicom, this high quality 12" figure is available now for $164.99 - it comes with Luke's cloak and lightsaber.

-- .45 SCALED LIGHTSABERS: The Weathered Obi-Wan Saber and Episode II Anakin sabers have just arrived - $34.99 each.

-- EP1 AND POTF FIGURES: A fairly small restock of a variety of Ep1 and PotF figures including Luke in Stormtrooper Disguise, Boba Fett, Battle-Droid 2-Packs, as well as the Covert Ops Clone Trooper.

BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: A variety of vintage GI Joes, Transformers and Japanese Transformers have just been added! (this list refreshes every 30 minutes or so, if you don't see the Japanese G1 items please try back later, we just published the items)

MICROMAN: Three new Godzilla based Microman figures have just arrived including KM-03 Black & White Godzilla, KM-04 Gamera Showa Version, and KM-04 Gamera Heisei Version - each priced at $16.99

TRANSFORMERS:

-- GOD GINRAI: Back in stock for $69.99, once plentiful, these are getting a bit harder to find and we now have a limited number available.

-- MEGA PVC: Anime Optimus Prime, Megatron, and the metallic Megatron exclusive are all back in stock.

KILL BILL: The Crazy 88 Director figure is back in stock for $24.99

POWER RANGERS: A few more DX Magi King and DX Travelions have just arrived - $99.99 and $79.99 respectively