April 14, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

20% OFF SALE - ENDS SOON! Our 20% Off sale will end at Noon Central Time on Saturday 4/15, thousands of items are on sale!

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TAKARA TRANSFORMERS - MP-01 PRIME & MORE! The freshly merged Takara-Tomy company is showing great signs of promise with info that has been released recently. Besides confirming the MP-03 Masterpiece Starscream, and entering into another production run for the red hot THS-02 Convoy, they have confirmed the continuance of the Binaltech line with the BTA-04 Convoy & Melissa figure - the die-cast version of Hasbro's Alternators Optimus Prime Dodge Ram. The also have just announced that a new production run of none other than the MP-01 MASTERPIECE CONVOY will be released in June! It looks like they fully intend to keep us all happy with awesome new releases as well as producing more of the popular past releases.

Preorders for the BTA-04 are available here for $59.99.

Preorders for the awesome MP-01 Masterpiece Convoy with tall smokestacks and cardboard trailer are listed here.

More info and a preliminary picture of the 'Atari' figure are listed here.

ROBOCOP - MOVIE MASTERPIECE EDITIONS: Hot Toys brings us the best Robocop items released to date with large scale versions of Robocop as well as ED209. Both look highly detailed and very high quality. Robocop is available for $129.99, ED209 is $199.99.

STAR WARS - NEW GENTLE GIANT STATUES & BUSTS: Just listed are the new Animated Princess Leia & R2-D2 Maquette, The 16" Rancor & Handler Statue, Chewbacca Mini-Bust, and Mos Eisley Cantina Bookends set - with Han and Greedo sitting at a table thats split down the middle to hold your favorite books, DVDs or CDs. We have an image for only the Leia maquette right now, but should receive high quality images next week. The Rancor & Handler Statue is fantastic - 16" tall x 17" wide x 11" deep. All are priced below MSRP.

SOUNDWAVE WALL STATUE WITH LASERBEAK, RAVAGE, RUMBLE: Another very nice release from Diamond Select Toys. We have this one listed $15 under the MSRP at $84.99. No image on the site yet, but this statue will not disappoint - Soundwave and crew are bursting from a Cybertron style base and all are sculpted in the G1 animation style.

KISS PREMIUM FORMAT 1/4 SCALE FIGURES: The ultimate action figure tribute to Gene & Company. Sideshow brings us all four band members dressed in Destroyer era costumes. We have each listed at $20 below the MSRP at $229.99. The face sculpts are dead-on and costumes look great.

X-3 MAQUETTES: These high-end pieces are limited to just 300 pieces total production, so there won't be many to go around and the supply is sure to dry up fast. Available to preorder now are the Beast and Juggernaut Maquettes at $284.99 and $304.99 respectively.

GI-JOE COMIC-3PACKS: Images have recently surfaced for these cool new sets. The Oktober Guard and Lady Jaye with 2 Cobra Troopers are each up for preorder at $11.99

BOBA FETT SIGNATURE SERIES BLASTER: Master Replicas will produce only 1000 pieces of Boba Fett's Blaster signed by Jeremy Bulloch. This beefy replica is made with die-cast metal, machined aluminum & brass, and it comes with a high quality display case with mirrored bottom and acrylic cover.

MCFARLANE'S HANNA BARBERA: Images have just been listed for the series 1 set of 6 figures. Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones and more are part of this cool set.

REAL ACTION HERO SPIDER-MAN: Sideshow will be distributing this nifty figure from Medicom - preorders are now available for the upcoming shipment at $109.99 each.

FUNKO BOBBLE HEADS: We've listed about 70 different Wacky Wobbler Bobble Head items from Funko - from a variety of licenses including: Family Guy, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Hanna Barbera, Betty Boop, The Simpsons, Peanuts, Looney Toons and more!

Here are a few more new listings from Hasbro:

STAR WARS SAGA WAVE 6: We are selling wave 6 both as a set of 5 figures for $44.99, as well as singly with figures starting at $7.99 each. Wave 6 features a Death Star Gunner, Chief Chirpa, Moff Jerjerrod, C-3PO Ewok Deity, and Emperor Palpatine.

TRANSFORMERS 6" TITANIUM: Optimus Prime and Megatron are now up for preorder at $16.99 and $16.49 respectively. These metal figures will fully transform (the 3" versions do not) and they are based on the War Within. We look forward to more announcements from Hasbro about this promising line! Better images will be uploaded soon.

TRANSFORMERS 3" TITANIUM: Six new listings for the 3" series, no pictures yet, but it sounds like another great set - new figures include: Optimus Primal (Beast Wars), Autobot Shuttle "Ark", Bumblebee, Alternators Smokescreen, G1 Megatron, and another version of Optimus Prime, possibly G1, but they have not given exact details yet.

STAR WARS GREATEST HITS WAVE 2: The next round of Greatest Hits figures includes the 501st Clonetrooper, AT-TE Gunner, Royal Guard, Several 'Sneak Preview' figures and more! The full set of 9 figures is available to preorder at $69.99.

STAR WARS & TRANSFORMERS ATTACKTIX: Transformers join the fray in the summer releases for Attacktix along with more all new Star Wars figures. No pictures yet, but there should be a lot of good additions to your army.

STAR WARS UNLEASHED: The Battle Bases have just been listed and we now have nice images posted for every Unleashed figure including the new Hoth wave.

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DC DIRECT LOONEY TOONS: Bugs, Sylvester, Elmer, and Daffy introduce this new series from DC - sets of 4 are in stock now for $57.99

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WAVE 3: Sets of 4 are in stock for $44.99 and single Jack Sparrows are listed for $12.99 each. Series 1 is also back in stock.

FAMILY GUY TALKING PENS: These hilarious talking pens speak some of the better phrases uttered by Peter, Brian, and Stewie - $6.99 each.

STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION: Commander Riker, Lieutenant Worf, and Lieutenant Riker Variant are all in stock now - very nicely done.

MARVEL SELECT: The She-Hulk Exclusive and The Watcher are both back in stock for $16.99 and $15.99 respectively.

JLA CLASSIFIED SERIES 1: This set features Martian Manhunter, Aqua Man, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash - $59.99