March 23, 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 another big lump of new preorders, items arriving soon, and new arrivals!

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NEW PREORDERS:
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MASTERPIECE OPTIMUS PRIME: Hasbro UK will be releasing the 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Prime this summer and we are importing some for everyone who missed out on the US release! Hasbro USA won't be releasing any domestically from what we've heard. Preorders for the 20th prime, one of the most popular items we've ever sold are open at $99.99 (The retail price in the UK is around $80 to $90) The packaging will be updated and some sort of a display stand may also be included, but we don't have any final details yet - reserve yours now here.

REAL ACTION HEROS - SUPERMAN RETURNS: Medicom keeps the RAH figures rolling out with this new entry. Preorders for Superman have been listed at $149.99, be sure to check our site for the other RAH items in stock.

GI JOE MANIMALS - FUNSKOOL INDIA: Our man in India gave me a call about this cool new set of figures they will be releasing this summer in fairly limited numbers. The figures and packaging should both be quite similar to the stock Hasbro images we have posted. Sets of 6 are available to preorder for just $39.99.

CLASSIC TV TOYS: We've just listed over 30 new preorders from Classic TV Toys - a company we just started dealing with. They produce 8" figures for a variety of shows: Married with Children, I Love Lucy, Happy Days, The Munsters, Brady Bunch, as well as novelty items like Mad Clowns, Mad Monsters, Knights, Robin Hood, Wrestling, and American West.

VOTOMS - SCOPEDOG: Three new 1:12 scale Scopedog items are up for preorder: Weapons set #2, Red Shoulder Scopedog, and Space Battle Version Scopedog.

DC & MARVEL STATUES AND BUSTS: A big mix of new items - 4 new Hard Hero Statues, 4 new Superman Returns statues from Weta Workshop - well under MSRP, Black & White Batman (Mike Mignola and Kelley Jones versions) Women of the DC Universe Busts, X-Men 3 Movie Busts and more. DC items are spread throughout a variety of menus.

BOME: The upcoming Natsume Sisters - Aya and Maya are each up for preorder at $16.99 per figure - very nice items

VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS:

SIMPSONS BUST-UPS WAVE 3

CORPSE BRIDE VICTOR STATUE - $149.99

MAZINGER Z SAYAKA YUMI FIGURE - $54.99

STREET FIGHTER MICROMAN - RED CHUN LI

KINNIKUMAN TRADING FIGURES (MUSCLE)

BUFFY: Vampire Buffy & 3 more

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ARRIVING SOON: These items are in transit or will be shipping to us soon:
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STAR WARS BASIC: About six different case waves of Saga Basic wave 3 and wave 4 figures will be arriving soon. We have preorders open for most of these items, look for new 'Galactic Hunt' listings soon as well!

ALTERNATORS: The first portion of our shipment is on the way! Pre-orders are still available for Ricochet, Rollbar, and the Full Case listing!

LASER ULTRA MAGNUS EXCLUSIVE: Scheduled to ship from Japan next week, this cool repaint of Laser Prime has been very popular so far. We are about 75% pre-sold-out on this item so don't miss out on it - $89.99 each.

MCFARLANE DRAGONS 3 BOXED SET: This great new set should be arriving very soon - preorders available at $19.99 each.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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TAKARA G2 LASER PRIME / BATTLE CONVOY: In stock now for $69.99 - this new reissue comes packaged in a Japanese G2 style box with tons of weapons including a big energon sword - another nicely executed reissue.

SUPERMAN RETURNS: The first wave of new figures has just arrived, we now have 5 various basic figures in stock for $7.99 each, including Clark to Superman, Super Breath Superman, Kryptonite Smash, Wall Busting, and X-Ray Alert Superman. Other toy items in stock include the Superman Action Cape, Krazy Kryptonite Compound, and the fun Superman Swingshot Figure - all set to throw around the house.

GI JOE SIGMA 6: The latest wave of 8" Commando figures has just arrived - now in stock are Duke with Jet Wings, Cobray Commander, Heavy Duty with Flamethrower, and Snake Eyes with Ninja Armor.

20TH PRIME TRAILER: Grab a trailer for your 20th Anniversary Prime, these are becoming a bit harder for us to get a hold of - available now at $69.99

SUPER ROBOT MONKEY: A big variety of SRM items have just arrived, we have singles, sets, vehicles, and oversized figures in stock at a variety of prices, most of them have electronic sound & light features!

VINTAGE DEPARTMENT JAPANESE G1: A nice shipment of ~20 or so high-end Japanese G1 items has just arrived - many rare figures are in stock, including: Good-Bye Megatron, Browning, Abominous Giftset, Road Caesar, Sixliner, Victory Leo Mechabot-01 Gray Omega Supreme, many 3.75" GI Joes and more!

DC SUPERHEROES: Wave 1 recently arrived, and a portion of our Wave 2 shipment has just landed (with the rest arriving next week) We have limited stock available now for Wave 2 Superman and Bizarro.

INUYASHA PVC STATUES: Three cool PVC Statues of your favorite Inuyasha figures available as a set for $57.99 - Figures include Sango, Sesshomaru, and Miroku.

STAR TREK ENTERPRISE E: Our third shipment of this hot release from Art Asylum and Diamond Select - in stock now for $32.99

MARVEL LEGENDS 10 & 11: We've restocked all the wave 10 single figures and the wave 11 set. Our wave 12 supply is running lower and keep an eye out for wave 13!

TRANSFORMERS PVC, BINALTECH & ROBOTMASTERS: Mega PVC Megatron, Hot Rod, Rodimus, and Optimus are back in stock, the RM-01 Anime Convoy from Robotmasters is also back in stock along with a variety of Binaltech

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: A small restock on a variety of previously sold out sets.

CORPSE BRIDE PIANO BOX SET: A very large deluxe set imported from Japan, we have it in stock now for $159.99 - it comes with Victor and the Corpse bride ~15" dolls - very high quality.

STAR WARS TITANIUM: A handful of 3" Titanium ships now have open stock available for order - most of them at $4.99 each! Many more will be arriving next week as well.

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to check out some of the new preorders and recent arrivals. Our 110 item clearance sales are still running as well.