January 24, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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TAKARA MUSIC LABEL TRANSFORMERS: Takara has gone to a new level of creativity with their new 'Music Label' and 'Sports Label' brand Transformers, and its great to see a new spark of innovation for the spring product lineup. Lets start with the Music Label items - The Convoy iPod Docking Bay is the same size as a G1 convoy and it features an all white color scheme in honor of the original iPod. Convoy himself features a new head mold, and is pretty normal other than the white paint, where it gets interesting is the trailer. The trailer transforms into a fully functional iPod docking bay with speakers and an AC power cord so the energon doesn't run low. This item is fully licensed by Apple and preorders have been listed at $144.99. Staying with the music theme, the next product bumps Soundwave's technology forward a few decades by integrating a fully functional MP3 Player into Soundwave's Chest. On top of this great feature, Soundwave gets an all new mold! In cassette player mode his edges look rounded and it appears to be smaller than the G1 version so it can be a functional sized MP3 player. The MP3 player is powered by a mini-SD memory card and batteries, neither of which are included. Takara is releasing both a traditional blue version, and a white version in honor of the iPod. The set of two figures is available for $174.99, single white players are $79.99. Check out all the Music Label items here.

TAKARA SPORTS LABEL TRANSFORMERS: Transform Your Shoes! Takara and Nike have teamed up to bring us 1/2 scale transforming tennis shoes, yes tennis shoes, and they look darn good! Convoy & Megatron are each available individually for $29.99 or $58.99 for the set. In robot mode they each are actually wearing the same pair of Nike shoes that they represent in shoe mode. Words won't do these figures justice so head on over to the site to get a look at them.

MARVEL LEGENDS WAVE 2: Hasbro rolls out 8 new figures for their second release of long lived Marvel Legends. This set includes the Build-A-Figure parts needed to form The Blob as well as these 8 great characters: Yellow Jacket, She Hulk, Thor, Ultimate Wolverine, Quicksilver, X3 Juggernaut, Jean Grey, and Xorn. The set is priced at $89.99 and will be arriving in April.

STAR WARS EXPANDED UNIVERSE WAVE 2: The next set of 2-packs with comics includes one each of: Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise & R2-D2, Quinlan Vos & Vilmarh Grahrk, Obi-Wan Kenobi & ARC Trooper. These come in a case with a few older figures, but we'll sell those separately so you can pick up only the three new sets you need for $39.99.

JAPANESE BEAST WARS 10TH ANNIVERSARY: Takara will be reissuing a variety of popular characters from their Beast Wars lineup this spring! We previously reported these would be all-new figures, but despite triple-checking this with our suppliers it turns out they are reissues instead of new figures. The good news is that you can now get some of the long gone and hard to find characters for just $27.99. Each will also include a bonus DVD and come in all-new packaging. Figures available are Optimus Primal & Megatron (Originally from Robotmasters), and JBW Tigatron, Cheetor, Blackarachnia, Archadis, Corhada, Rhinox, Wolfang, Dinobot, Waspinator and more!

MASTERPIECE MEGATRON MP-05 IMAGES: Color images of the new MP-05 have just been revealed and Megatron looks completely fantastic! The color scheme stays completely true to the G1 toys and how Megatron should look. The figure has tons of detail and great engineering - can't wait to see it in person.

FUTURAMA SERIES 1: With Futurama returning in 2008 with all new episodes, its about time for some figures. Toynami has just unveiled the new Fry and Zoidberg figures and they look great. The set of two is available for $23.99 and they arrive in May!

TRANSFORMERS GRIMLOCK BUST: Diamond Select is producing just 1000 pieces of a very well done G1 Grimlock bust. We have it listed $10 under MSRP at $49.99

NEW REVOLTECH: The new Dangaioh & Patlabor: Zerosiki Revoltech figures have just been listed at $19.99 each. Great articulation, extra fists, and cool weapons.

MAZINKAISER & SHIN GETTER 8" FIGURES: Great looking new figures from a company called Zacca P.A.P. has just been listed for the Mazinkaiser and Shin Getter 1. They are priced at $84.99 and $79.99 respectively.

ARMORED CORE MODEL KITS: Another new kit and the weapon sets #10 - #12 have just been listed. The kit itself is a great value at $26.99, it looks fairly complex.

ANIME GIRLS: The highlight of this round of figures is Bome Volume 20 - Otaku No Video - Misty May figure for $27.99. We've also just listed preorders for Da Capo - Otome Asakura, Utawarerumono Eruruu and Aruruu, My Hime - Mai Tokiha, My Otome - Arika Yumemiya, Tales of the Abyss Tear Grants & Natalia LK Lanvaldear. Do a quick search on the site for any of the items above to bring them up.

XTREME BEACH VOLLEYBALL: The second beach bound beauty from Koto is a very attractive Kasumi sculpture from Dead or Alive. Preorder price is $37.99 and it's definitely worth viewing.

STAR WARS BUBO CREATURE PACK: Another new set of critters from Sideshow, this set featurs Buboicullaar, Spiny Rock Wart, and Womp Rat - all for just $38.99

DC DIRECT - STARDUST: A variety of busts and a statue featuring Star, Lord Primus, Tristan, and The Witch have just been listed.

GUITAR HEROES: 9" Statues of Angus Young, Dimebag Darell, and Jimi Hendrix will be arriving soon. These statues are priced at $124.99 each and look great, more will be added soon!

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TRANSFORMING ROADBOTS & CYBERBOT: Our container of Roadbots just rolled in today and we now have stock available for ALL Roadbots as well as the Macross style Variable Cyberbot. The Roadbots are all very well constructed with fairly complex transformations, cool licensed vehicle modes and great price points. We are in the process of checking them in so they will still be listed as preorders for a few hours, but they have arrived and will ship normally soon.

REVOLTECH OPTIMUS PRIME & ULTRA MAGNUS: These exciting new figures have just arrived and are priced at $24.99 each. Ultra Magnus is basically sold out in Japan and our stock is fairly limited so don't miss out on that one. Optimus comes with The Matrix, his blaster, and some extra fists. Both figures have tons of articulation and nice styling. Megatron is up next and we can't wait to see who they make after that.

MARVEL LEGENDS 12" ICONS: 12" Thor comes with Mjolnir and features 30 points of articulation. In stock now for $21.99

NECA'S PLAYER SELECT: A great looking new line that features Lara Croft, Agent 47 from Hitman, and Kain. Sets of 3 are available for $36.99 and single figures are also in stock.

SERENITY ORNAMENT: This wildly popular item is finally back in stock for $18.99. Don't forget to preorder the limited edition Serenity in Disguise Ornament as well.

TRANSFORMER CLASSIC LEGENDS: The second wave of Legends has just arrive and we have some left in stock for $17.99. This set includes Bumblebee, Jetfire, Whirl, and Menasor.

CTHULHU PLUSH 12": Another new arrival from Toy Vault - the 12" Plush is in stock now for $18.99 and a variety of others are also here.

ROBOCOP MODEL KITS: We've restocked the cool little Robocop mini model kits including ED-209 and more - $8.99 each.