June 1, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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EXCLUSIVE 'USA CONVOY' BY TAKARA: This new exclusive is limited to around 3600 pieces and made for the Japanese retailer Toy's Dream Project by Takara. It is a nicely repainted Armada Supercon Optimus and preorders are now open for $29.99 each.

STAR WARS STATUES BY ATTAKUS: Three new statues have just been announced by Attakus! The new Bib Fortuna and Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight statues are $389.99 and the very cool Gamorrean Guard is $439.99. General Grievous has also just arrived - check them all out.

TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS COMING SOON: Hasbro has just announced these on their website, we are currently waiting for the official 'okay' to put them up for sale - hopefully this will happen in the next few days. This awesome new series features the return of the rubsign, and 100% new molds that very much honor the G1 tradition in both vehicle & robot modes, as well as familiar and accurate paint schemes. Stay tuned for more news! We'll get Voyager sized Optimus & Megatron, and Deluxe sized Starscream, Astrotrain, Bumblebee, and Rodimus listed as soon as we can.

LORD OF THE RINGS 12" BOROMIR: Sideshow's third entry into the 12" LotR series features Boromir, son of Denethor. We have preorders listed at $62.99 - this figure comes with a ton accessories and there really are not too many Boromir figures out there compared with the legions of other 'main' characters. Check this new figure out.

NEW ANIME PREORDERS: Another new round of Anime ladies for your enjoyment:

PLEASE TEACHER: MIZUHO KAZAMI DESSERT TYPE

AMAENAIDEYO: CHITOSE NAMBU - One of 6 jaw dropping nuns

BURST ANGELS: JO 1/8 FIGURE - Meg 1/8 is also back up for preorder.

TO HEART: Lucy Maria Misora 1/8 PVC Figure

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON: We received a wide range of figures yesterday including many newer figures and restocks of a variety of sold out items. New arrivals currently in stock include: Mini-Cons wave 4, Legends of Cybertron Wave 3, Nemesis Breaker, Soundwave, Dark Crumplezone, Defense Scattorshot, Crosswise, Downshift, Override GTS, Repugnus, Giant Planet Mini-Cons, Scrapmetal, Shortround and a variety of others

STAR WARS GENERAL GRIEVOUS STATUE: This 16.5" highly detailed statue from Attakus is now available at $50 under the MSRP at $529.99. They have produced only 1500 pieces of this cool statue - check it out.

ANGEL CHROMOSOME XX: The girls of Eva take charge in Wave's beautiful series of Angel Chromosome-XX PVC statues inspired by the popular anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. Each of these winged figures is available for $22.99

STAR WARS EPISODE II VEHICLES: Back in stock are the EpIII Droid Tri-Fighter, Obi-Wan's Starfighter, Anakin's Starfighter, and the Grievous' Wheelbike - each is $22.99 to $24.99

GREMLINS: A new Gizmo plush from NECA has just arrived - get your own fuzzy little Gizmo for $7.99, or the headband version for $8.99

MOVIE ICONS: Laurel, Hardy, and Charlie Chaplin are back in stock at $24.99 each - very cool figures with a collector tin

TOY VAULT PLUSH: New items include Spider Slippers, Valentino Cthulhu, Tim the Enchanter Hat, and the Mini Black Knight.

BUFFY EXCLUSIVE: The new Buffy Cheerleader exclusive is now in stock for $12.99

MORE ANIME ITEMS:

-- TSUKASA NAMBU - a very popular figure finally back in stock

-- EXCEL SAGA TRADING FIGURES

-- VOTOMS: 1/12 Red Shoulder Version Scopedog

-- CAPCOM FIGURES - RIVAL SCHOOLS TRADING FIGURES

-- CAPCOM FIGURES - FIGHTING EVOLUTION TRADING FIGURES

NEW STIKFAS ARRIVE SOON! We'll have the new Egyptian, Assault Force, and Outdoor Adventurer along with a restock of about 25 sold out Stikfas items in just over a week. Get your preorders in now for the 3 new items and we'll ship as soon as they arrive.