October 25, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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ARRIVING SOON: All these items arrive either Wednesday or Thursday!
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MCFARLANE MONSTERS - FEMMES FATALES SET: This exclusive set of three of the best female sculpts from the Monsters series will be here Thursday morning. The set of three includes Red Riding Hood, Elizabeth Bathory, and Dorothy for $39.99

STAR WARS EXCLUSIVE KIR KANOS & CARNOR JAX: This cool set is priced at $19.99 and comes with a Crimson Empire comic book as well as the two all new sculpt figures - arriving Wednesday morning and ready to ship.

KOTOBUKIYA SUPERMAN VINYL STATUE: An awesome 1/6 scale vinyl masterpiece, this statue is priced at $89.99 and is imported from Japan.

GUNDAM CHOGOKIN GD-53 HYAKUSHIKI: This high-end die-cast figure is about the same size as a typical 4" to 5" MSIA figure, but is constructed as though its a Chogokin item with lots of metal parts and high quality $57.99 and it arrives Thursday.

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NEW PREORDERS:
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MEDICOM REAL ACTION HEROES (RAH) - Medicom has added three new items to the RAH lineup that will be coming out in March. The three very different properties include Bruce Lee, Kerberos, and Phantom of the Paradise. Extremely poseable and always popular, RAH figures rule.

MACROSS 1/5000 SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS - TRANSFORMER MODEL KIT: We are not sure of the exact size of this kit, but given the price point its bound to big and a lot of fun to assemble. This kit actually transforms between ship and mecha, and is priced at $159.99 - great images are available.

GHOST IN THE SHELL - STAND ALONE COMPLEX: We have seven brand new listings for Tachikoma figures as well as a Motoko Kusanagi PVC. Tachikoma figures include a pull back motorized version, for different 1/24 scale figures that also include a character PVC, and the 1/20 Perfect Piece Tachikoma by Vice.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN SHIP REPLICAS: NECA brings us two different versions of the awesome Black Pearl - Captain Jack's trusty steed of the seas. The 22" replica is priced $30 under MSRP at $119.99 and for those who prefer their ships in a bottle, we have the mini version priced at $19.99 - the entire piece including bottle and stand is around 9" tall.

STAR WARS METAL DIORAMA & FIGURES - 300 LBS!!: This is by far the heaviest and largest item we've ever listed on our site. Attakus has just approved the Millenium Falcon and Death Star Hall Diorama for sale in the US. This item is made entirely of metal and weighs in with a shipping weight over 300 pounds! (it ships in two separate boxes) This much metal doesn't come cheaply, at more than $10 per pound its even more than the good stuff at the deli. Only 400 pieces will be produced at the wallet crushing price of $3199.99 per set. We also have a set of 8 metal mini-figures listed at a mere $749.99

TRANSFORMERS PALISADES BUMBLEBEE STATUE: Formerly an exclusive, this item is now available for $54.99. Bumblebee stands about 4" tall and is in-scale with the rest of the Palisades statue lineup.

CHILDS' PLAY 2 - LIFE SIZED CHUCKY DOLLS: For only $94.99 you can get your very own 'Good Guys' doll, which were creepy enough before Chucky appeared on the scene. These dolls should stand somewhere around 2.5 feet tall and should be here in time for the holidays.

NINTENDO SOUND DROP KEYCHAINS: We had these about a year ago and hundreds of them flew out the door immediately. They are finally going to be produced again in both the original Super Mario Brothers versions as well as the new Nintendo DS 'New' Super Mario Brothers version (great game by the way) These keychains are $2.99 each and mimic the game sounds perfectly.

NARUTO - KAKASHI LIGHTNING BLADE STATUE: Toynami is only producing a limited number of these statues and we have them listed $25 below the MSRP at $104.99 - be sure to check out the other Naruto Statues as well.

MORTAL KOMBAT 3: Jazwares brings us a new wave of MK figures that includes Kano, Reptile, Noob, and Johnny Cage - $34.99 for the full set.

GI JOE DESTRO STATUE: Diamond Select Toys has unveiled the first of their new Joe statues, this one features Destro sitting on a crate, going over some joe blueprints, and generally looking ready to shoot someone - very nice item priced $20 below MSRP at $129.99

ICE AGE SCRAT STATUE: Part Squirrel, part Rat, and one of the best characters of either of the Ice Age movies. Attakus brings us the 5.5" Scrat Statue priced at $104.99. The acorn is also included.

RAMBO LEGENDARY BUST: Sideshow cranks up the licensing machine again and out comes an awesome 11" bust of John Rambo with a quiver of arrows on his back - we have this priced at $169.99

ANIME GIRLS:

-- EVANGELION: A softer 'Summer Version' of Asuka - very cool

-- QUEENS BLADE: The busty Hired Guard Ekidona and new Iron Princess Cormil have been listed at $59.99 each.

-- CAPCOM GIRLS: The 7" Ingrid PVC statue is available for $46.99

-- SHAKUGAN NO SHANA: A 5.5" PVC figure priced at $37.99

-- PIN-UP GIRLS: Angela on Horse statue by Attakus - $549.99 - limted to only 399 pieces worldwide

MARVEL ATTACKTIX: Hasbro has big plans for the Attacktix series and we can catch a glimpse of the upcoming items with the first announcements - Spider-man Starter Set and Ghost Rider Battle Masters set.

EVEN MORE PREORDERS: Just do a quick search on our site to see these items: America's Army military figures, Skelanimals Back Packs - cat and rabbit versions, Gundam F91 Harrison Type, McFarlane Dragons wave 5 with new images, Monty Python 10" Wooden Trojan Rabbit.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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STAR WARS GALACTIC HEROES: The latest wave of figures has arrived and we now have a variety of new and previous 2-packs in stock - most $4.99 to $5.99 - don't forget to check out the upcoming G.H. cinema scenes as well.

ATTACK OF THE LIVING DEAD: We've had to restock this popular series
several times already, Mezco did a great job with them. Lots of gore and cool sculpts. Sets and Cases are available.

BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: The vintage dept has been hard at work listing a variety of Transformers including G1, Binaltech, RID, G2, and more. Check out their current handywork.

BRAVE GOKIN DIMENSIONAL PLIERS: Your dad could probably have used a pair of these at some point - in stock now at $49.99

REVOLTECH INGRAM: The key distributor of these items has already sold out so this one may get harder to find. We have limited stock available for just $19.99

STREET FIGHTER ROUND 4: Back in stock for only $39.99 per set of 5 - get the latest round of figures well under MSRP - figures include: Akuma, Birdie, Remy, Fei Long, and Ibuki