October 11, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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TRANSFORMERS REISSUE SKY LYNX: We've just received confirmation from Japan that Takara will be reissuing Sky Lynx in February. Its great news to see that Takara-Tomy is continuing on with the reissues. Its been over a year since they have reissued anything new, and hopefully they will continue on with more classics in the future. We have Sky Lynx up for preorder at $89.99 here

SERENITY REPLICAS: We've just started carrying products from a cool company called Quantum Mechanix. They have licenses to produce collectibles for Serenity, Battlestar, Stargate and more. We've listed a variety of cool items including: Mal's Pistol, Serenity Ship Papers Replica, Blueprints, Bank Heist Money, Posters, and Postcards. Quantum Mechanix has put a lot of time into getting the details just right - take a look at their cool stuff

STAR WARS 30TH - WAVE 10 SETS: We've just listed 8 new figures for $69.99. These figures will come with a character display stand instead of the coins and figures include: Obi-Wan (In Lava), Darth Vader (In Lava), Lava Droid, Commander Gree, Kashyyyk Trooper, Tri-Droid, 2-1B & Po Nedo.

STAR WARS TITANIUM - 2008: We dont' have any images available yet, but the first wave of Titanium figures for 08 sound promising. We have cases at $69.99, sets of 6 at $38.99, and singles starting at $6.99. Figures include: Battlestar Classic Galactica, AT-OT, Clone Scout Speeder Bike, Millenium Falcon, Saesee Tiin's Starfighter, Tatooine Skiff.

TRANSFORMER CLASSICS - ASIA EXCLUSIVES: We have a limited number of Asian Market exclusive TF Classic 2-packs up for preorder at $64.99. These two sets include nifty double-flapped gift boxes of Grimlock & Jetfire, and Ultra Magnus & Prime.

GIANT 3" TALL MAZINGER FIGURES: Four new figures ranging 32" to 36" from Art Storm have just been listed. From Mazinger & Grendizer we have: Great Mazinger, Mazinger Z, Garada, and Grendizer. Each of these beastly figures is $289.99

YAMATO MACROSS: We've been able to secure inventory of quite a few previously sold out valkyries. Preorders are now open for the 1/48 VF-1S Roy, VF-0S, VF-1A Hikaru, VF-1J, Hikaru, VF-1J Stealth, VF-1S Hikaru and more

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE BUMBLEBEE SET: Get both the classic and 08 Camaro figures in this cool exclusive 2-pack. Limited numbers are coming in from suppliers and they are priced at $39.99

THE GOLDEN COMPASS: Tonner Character Figures will be rolling out a variety of Golden Compass figures to coincide with the upcoming movie. The first two figures are Lord Asriel at Oxford, and Lyra at Oxford listed below MSRP at $149.99 and $114.99 respectively.

DOCTOR WHO: Four new items have just been listed: Sanctuary Base Gift Set, Flight Control Tardis 3-Figure Giftset, Utopia Set with Professor Yana, and The Last Time Lord LCD Handheld Game.

GURREN LAGANN - COOL MECHS: A few very cool new items from Konami have just been listed - check out the Gurren Lagann figures.

ANIME GIRLS: More hot new figures have just been listed including: Mai Kawasumi in Pink & Red versions from Kanon, Melancholy - Tsuruya-san, Ikki Tousen Shimei Battle Nurse, Ikki Tousen Sonsakue Cerberus, and also Demonbane Al Azif Nendoroid, Nao Nendoroid from Mabinogi.

BLUE BOX 1:18 - BLACK DEATH: A cool new helicopter is up for preorder at $34.99 - check out the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.

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GI JOE 25TH - COBRA 5-PACK #2: The second five pack (and also more of the first GI Joe 5-pack) will be arriving in under 2 weeks! Our shipment is at the port and is waiting to be processed. Get your preorders in now for what is sure to be another hard to find set.

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THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS: McFarlane has done a nice job capturing one of the all time great holiday cartoons. We have sets of 4 figures in stock for $49.99 and also the Mt. Crumpit boxed set for $23.99. Its a bit early for Christmas items, but you can be on the safe side and reserve a set now before they fly out the door during the holidays.

GWEN STEFANI FASHION DOLLS 2: We now have 4 new Gwen Fashion dolls in stock at $22.99 each. Figures include: Orange County Gwen, Yummy Gwen, Wind It Up Gwen, and Wonderful Life Gwen. These figures are made by Huckleberry Toys, the packaging is high-end and there are plenty of
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SPORTS PICKS - NBA LEGENDS 3: Just $10.99 for all the standard versions of McFarlane's latest batch of NBA Greats. Figures include Bill Russell, David Robinson, Dominque Wilkins, James Worthy, Moses Malone, and Earl Monroe.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN - GX-38 IRON GEAR: Another beauty from Bandai, this one comes in a fairly large attractive box and is priced at $179.99. It has cool transforming action and lots of extra bits and pieces

TRANSFORMERS ULTRA MAGNUS VS SKYWARP: Small numbers of the exclusive Classics Skywarp vs Ultra Magnus are in stock at $44.99 each - with a second round of Classic figures coming in the next year or two, you'll want to be sure to have the full set of wave 1 before they get really hard to find.

300: We've received more of the very popular 300 action figures as well as a variety of other collectibles and more of the 300 Spartan Helm.

STAR WARS BOBBLE-HEADS: Funko's new line of figures has finally started to arrive. We have the Yoda and Boba Fett Bobble Heads in stock at $9.99 each and the Darth Vader with TIE is $19.99

SIDESHOW'S BEAST & WHITE QUEEN STATUE: Another great looking sculpt from Sideshow, the X-Men vs Sentinel Beast & White Queen statue is in stock now at $284.99 ($15 under MSRP)