October 26, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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MCFARLANE'S TWISTED X-MAS TALES: This awesome new set of figures won't be available at most big-box stores due to Todd's graphic take on the holiday traditions. After seeing Mrs Claus, its fair to say that she'll definitely be the highlight of Santa's year. Enraged Reindeer, murdersome elves and more are available now as a set of 6 for $69.99

WORLD OF WARCRAFT - SERIES 1: The full set of 4 figures is in stock now at the low price of $49.99 - $14 under MSRP. The Blood Elf, Orc, Dwarf, and Undead figures are also available for $14.99 each singly - check out the beginning of this great series

GI JOE 25TH ANNIVERSARY: The Cobra Legions 5-pack is now in stock for $29.99, more of the Joe 5-pack have also arrived - $27.99 each on those. Hasbro is shipping the new figures out in waves and we now have extra singles on hand for Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Hooded Cobra Commander, and Cobra Officer.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON: A recent arrival from Majestic Studios, the long awaited Cylon comes with several alternate hands, and is reasonably articulated. These are listed at $64.99 and we most likely won't be able to get anymore of them.

TRANSFORMERS GALVATRON MODEL KIT: Extremely limited and standing roughly 6" tall after completion. This model kit is made by a new company call Arianhod and is in stock for $124.99. The model is unpainted, but with a little fun work it will look great.

STAR WARS OBI-WAN VS ANAKIN STATUE: Another great statue from Sideshow, this version captures their battle at Mustafar. It is 13" tall and 14" side to side

SHUNYA YAMASHITA: The new Creator's Labo #12 statue and the beautiful new Shion bust have both just arrived - check out the complete Yamashita collection here - its some of the best done import product out there

REVOLTECH MACROSS: The VF-1S Roy Focker comes with Strike gear and super poseable joints. In stock now for $22.99 along with the VF-1J. The VF-1A will be arriving soon.

NECA'S RESIDENT EVIL 10TH WAVE 2: This wave is all baddies with the Crimson Head Zombie, Hunter, Licker, and Tyrant. These are available individually as well as by the set.

DC MINIMATES WAVE 6: Just in and available for $29.99 for the set, the minimates keep rolling and look as good as ever.

MOVIE MASTERPIECE RAMBO III: A great release from Hot Toys - tons of detail including a nice rifle and his signature bow with exploding arrow tips. This piece is listed at only $92.99 - a fairly good bargain for Hot Toys imports.

GENTLE GIANT - SARUMAN BUST: Another nice sculpt from Gentle Giant, this piece is limited to around 3500 pieces and in stock now at $44.99

GOD OF WAR KRATOS: We've just restocked both the 7" figures and also the 13" Kratos figure, don't forget to preorder the next release as well

QUANTUM MECHANIX - SERENITY REPLICAS: A variety of the very cool Serenity replicas from the imaginative people at Quantum Mechanix have just arrived - check out the full selection

HARD HERO DAREDEVIL STATUE: Limited to only 1000 pieces, Hard Hero has done a nice job with this piece. It stands over 17" tall and features Daredevil balancing on one hand.

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DISNEY CARS 2008: Mattel has just released information about the many assortments that will be arriving early next year. They have 35 new versions of the popular 1/55 scale die-cast figures, new Mini-Adventure figure that are even smaller than the 1/55 scale figures, racing sets, Movie Moments and more. We have a few images listed and a variety of new Cars cases. Our sales rep told me the assortments are likely to contain a few of the older items, but be heavily weighted to the all-new figures. Get your preorders in now to reserve from our initial shipment.

TRANSFORMERS UNLEASHED: Hasbro continues the Unleashed Turnaround line with two new figures, currently available through only a handful of Hasbro's accounts, including BBTS. These sets feature Ratchet & Jazz, and Blackout & Barricade - available as a set of $57.99, or $29.99 each.

NEW REVOLTECH: Kaiyodo brings us 3 more new Revoltech figures to bolster this fast-growing line. From Patlabor we have the Helldiver and Brocken, and from Yotsuba Kiowai we have Danboard. Check out all the new Revoltech

SIDESHOW STAR WARS - YODA VS DOOKU STATUE: Another entry into the nicely done series of battle statues. This statue is around 10" tall and features Yoda floating in mid-air battle against Dooku - priced $10 under MSRP at $189.99

HALO 3 ACCESSORIES: A company called Changes will be producing a variety of cool keychains, pins, and a belt buckle based on various weapons and themes from Halo 3. Check out the Energy Sword, Shotgun Shell, Sniper Rifle and other items

HOT TOYS MILITARY: Two more extremely detailed figures have just been announced at $104.99. The Private Military Contractor and C.I.A. Commando - Group of Operations in Iraq figures are found at this link

ANIME GIRLS & BOTS: A huge variety of new entries this week - take a look at all these great offerings from Japan - first the Ladies:

-- TSUKASA BULLET - Excellent Model 02 Hanako-San Figure in cow-skin bikini

-- ONEECHANBARA - AYA RED BIKINI VERSION - $64.99 - very nice

-- TANDEM TWIN - Leopard Girl Momo has just been listed at $62.99

-- IKKI TOUSEN - Dragon Destiny Koumei & Ryuubi by Griffon - $91.99

-- SATSURIKU NO JANGO - Franco Il Nero in a revealing pose - $76.99

-- ROCKET GIRLS - Yukari Morita PVC - with mini rocket - $74.99

-- DEAD OR ALIVE - Ayane Leifang - in bikini with inner-tube - $44.99

-- TO HEART 2: Sasara Kusugawa Maid PVC Statue - highly requested $44.99

-- DA CAPO II: Yume Asakura & Nanaka Shirakawa PVC - only $26.99

On to all the cool bots & mechas:

-- YAMATO'S GROIZER X - MANGA VERSION: Only available from one distributor in Japan, we'll be bringing some over at $164.99

-- TOP COLLECTION MAZINGER: Fifth in this cool series from Happinet

-- TOP COLLECTION GRENDIZER: Over 8" Tall - $79.99

-- ARMORED CORE: CR-C98E2 Nine Ball Model Kit - $31.99

SAW 20" AND SAW BEARBRICK: We've just listed a 400% Billy the Saw Puppet Bearbrick at $59.99, and NECA brings us a 20" plush version of Billy for just $37.99 - check out all the Saw items here, and enjoy Saw IV.

DISNEY STATUES: About 15 more new statues have just been listed including Lenox figurines, Pooh and Friends, Disney Traditions, and Classic Collections - the menu now has 100+ items listed

MCFARLANE SPORTS PICKS HOCKEY GOALS: None of the future Goalie figures will include nets, but McFarlane has addressed that situation by making both a modern net and classic net available. These come with a generous amount of ice and a variety of holes to peg your figures. The nets are $7.99 each