April 4, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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TRANSFORMERS REISSUE #21 BLASTER & STEELJAW: In stock now for $46.99! This excellent reissue comes in a slightly larger box than the typical TF Collection figure. Blaster comes with his giant gun, fully functional opening cassette bay, and Steeljaw. This one presold extremely well and our stock will probably go pretty quickly. Another item of interest is the Twincast exclusive repaint of Blaster - Twincast is pre-sold-out in Japan and sure to be a hot item in the future.

GX-03 GALAXY FORCE SOUNDBLASTER: Its been quite a while since we've had a new G.F. release arrive, and this one was worth the wait. The GX-03 is a limited edition exclusive Toy's Dream Project and is a cool black repaint of the G.F. Soundwave figure complete with black Laserbeak & bombs. It is unknown if this figure will make its way to the US through the Cybertron line. The box is a special black and white edition as well.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN GX-30 BATTLE FEVER ROBOT & AQUARION: Our resident Chogokin expert was thrilled when he opened up this item - lots of metal, great joints, and tons of weapons - most of them metal as well. The GX-30 is sure to please, and reasonably priced at $69.99 Be sure to catch up on past Chogokin releases with the GX-01R, GX-02R, GX-08, GX-12 preorders that are currently listed! More of the repainted Aquarion figure also just arrived - in stock now for $215.99

MARVEL MILESTONES DR. DOOM STATUE: This cool statue of the bad dr. upon his throne is now in stock way under the MSRP (by $45) at $154.99!

MCFARLANE 12" STEALTH PREDATOR: This limited edition clear repaint of McF's Predator figure is very well done, although the figure is clear, they have disguised the joints and assembly points very well so does look quite clear and organic overall. In stock now for $29.99

TAKARA MASTERPIECE BRAVE MP-B02 DRAGON KIZER: Another very nicely done Masterpiece item from Takara, the Dragon Kizer is in stock now for $94.99. The Brave King Exkaiser is also in stock for the same price.

HOT TOYS CELTIC PREDATOR - AVP: Standing around 14" tall, this Celtic Predator is as good as it gets for large scale AvP collectibles. A huge display box with shiny foil cover, the Celtic Predator comes with a variety of weapons and armor. The Scar Predator is also in stock now - each $184.99

GODZILLA: A few new vinyl figures have just arrived from Japan, three new versions of Gamera as well as Hyper Gyaos are all in stock for $9.99 each.

LED ZEPPELIN 3D ALBUM COVER: Get your own mini-exploding-Hindenberg for just $16.99 - this really is a cool item for the money and the sculpting is very well done.

MOTU TRI-KLOPS STATUE: This statue has been in the works for a very long time and its finally here! We have limited stock available at $179.99 and the Sorceress statue is also available.

SEX PISTOLS KUBRICKS: Medicom's take on the historic punks is now in stock for $44.99 - the set includes all 4 band members in a small window box.

GUNDAM: A variety of new gundam arrivals: Cosmic Region #7004 Destiny Gundam, HCM Pro #24 Hamburabi, EX-28 Magella Attack Kit

STUDIO HALF-EYE GETTER ROBO: These ultra high-end figures are quite small for the price, but have tons of detail and are very high quality. The Getter Robo 1 and Getter Robo 2 are in stock now for $289.99

SUPERMAN RETURNS: More new items from Mattel - the Superman and Lois Lane Barbie versions are each in stock for $16.99, also in stock is the 10" Roto-cast Superman and Disc Shooting Superman.

BEAST WARS 10TH - BWR-01 OPTIMUS VS MEGS SET: This item was in very short supply at the time of release, but we managed to get more of them, back in stock at $89.99 are the 'ultra' sized redone BW Leaders - packed in an oversized box.

LASER PRIME & LASER ULTRA MAGNUS: The rest of our Laser Prime shipment has just arrived and both figures are in stock for $69.99 and $89.99 respectively.

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NEW PREORDERS:
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JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED: Mattel just listed a few new case waves for their mid to late 2006 releases. New figures include: Demon Etrigan, Copperhead, Metamorpho, Atom, Ray & More!

40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN: PlaygroundManiacs gives us another cool talking figure - Andy is up for preorder at $14.99 and he speaks 9 phrases from the movie. Andy stands about 8" tall with chest hair not included.

MASTER REPLICAS DISNEY ITEMS: Four new high-end replica items have just gone up including the Red Mark I Monorail, Jungle Cruise Boat Replica, Studio Scale Nautilus, and Rocketeer Helmet.

DC SUPERHEROES: We've learned of more new case assortments from Mattel and updated our preorders a bit. Single figure listings have been added for several figures including the new Variant Superman and Variant Supergirl. Our previous shipment sold out immediately, so get your preorders in to ensure you can get full sets of these cool items - the upcoming figures are even better than the first two waves.

STAR WARS UNLEASHED: The 4th wave of Unleashed figures is centered around Hoth once again - each is available for preorder singly.

NECA HEADKNOCKERS: Over 60 new preorders have gone up for the full lineup of Headknockers from NECA. Tons of properties are represented including: MAD, Alien, Betty Boop, Christmas Story, DBZ, Ghostbusters, Homies, King Kong, and dozens more. NECA's products are all listed here.