March 19, 2008 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

Hi - Here is another quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about another batch of exciting new preorders, and more cool new arrivals:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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WORLD OF WARCRAFT - SERIES 3: DC Unlimited's latest round of Warcraft figures is now available to preorder at $59.99 for the full set of 4. This wave includes: Blood Elf Paladin: Quin'thalan Sunfire, Dranei Mage: Tamuura, Undead Rogue: Skeeve Sorrowblade, and Human Priestess: Sister Benedron. The set is priced about $20 under MSRP

FINAL FANTASY VII - PLAY ARTS 2: Another new set of figures from Square Enix. This wave is up for preorder at $15 off MSRP at $84.99 and it includes one each of: Vincent Valentine, Yuffie Kisaragi, Red XIII & Cait Sith, and Sephiroth.

DC DIRECT:

-- JUSTICE LEAGE TROPHY ROOM - BAT SIGNAL: This is one of the coolest replicas we've seen in quite a while. This functioning spot-light will shine the Bat Signal up to 16 feet inside your room! It comes with a power cord and stands around 12" tall. We have it priced a whopping $85 under MSRP at $309.99

-- WONDER WOMAN 1/4 MUSEUM QUALITY STATUE: The third entry into the sold-out Museum line looks fantastic. The Wonder Woman statue features mixed media construction and plenty of detail. We have it listed $55 under MSRP at $239.99

-- SUPERMAN / BATMAN SERIES 6: This new wave features characters from the Enemies Among Us storyline: Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Despero. Preorders have been listed at $49.99 per set.

GENTLE GIANT ANIMATED STAR WARS: We've just listed two of the best maquettes in the entire series to date. Darth Maul and 'A New Hope' Obi-Wan Kenobi are each listed at $79.99 - $10 under MSRP. Kenobi looks fantastic, they have done a nice job capturing his age and wisdom with this piece. Darth Maul comes with rippling muscles and no shirt - an equally impressive piece.

IRON MAN & HULK MOVIE MINIMATES: Diamond Select has just released info about these exciting new waves of Minimates. We have full sets of 8, which include the chase figure, listed at $24.99 per set. The Hulk set does not have an image yet, but Iron Man does - and they look like some of the best minimates released so far!

NECA - 7" ALIEN - CULT CLASSICS: The original classic Alein figure is now available in both 7" and 18" sizes. The new 7" version is priced at $14.99 and will be arriving this summer.

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - SERIES 3: Diamond adds another wave of BSG figures, this time from the Razor Movie! Wave three features: Lieutenant Kendra Shaw, a retro-era Guardian Cylon, the young William "Husker" Adama, and A Previews Exclusive - the enchanting Gina Inviere. This set of 4 is priced $14 under MSRP at $49.99

YAMATO'S BUBBLEGUM CRISIS: A second cool new transforming 1/15 scale figure is now up for preorder. The Motoslave with Sylia is available here at $68.99 - very cool

CY GIRLS - MYSTERE: It's been quite some time since Blue Box released a new Cy Girls figure, the new Mystere figure looks great and is up for preorder at $39.99

NEW NECA:

-- TMNT - TUBE PACKAGING: NECA will be repackaging the wave 1 turtles into a new tube-style package. These figures will not come with the extra accessories or display bases found with the regular carded versions, but they do include the core weapons of for each characters, similar to the boxed set. The set of 4 is up for preorder at $49.99

-- RESIDENT EVIL ACCESSORIES: Neca will soon be releasing wallets, keychains, lighter, messenger bags, umbrellas, wristbands and more for Resident Evil - a lot of these items are very cool, with the Umbrella Corporation branded Umbrella being a favorite.

-- PRINCESS BRIDE ACCESSORIES: A wide variety of new products, in addition to the Dread Pirate action figure have just been listed: Baseball caps, Necklace, Keychain, Magnet Sheets, Mailbag, Wall Scrolls and more can be found here

-- UNREAL TOURNAMENT: A wide variety of hats as well as keychains, bottle openers, and messenger bags are now available for Unreal Tournament

EVEN MORE PREORDERS: A variety of other items including Vertigo Tarot Cards, two different Batman Black & White Statues, Gentle Giant Friday the 13th, Gentle Giant Hellboy Busts, Sports Picks Terrell Owens and Ladainian Tomlinson, Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight, Disney VCD 'Year of the Mouse', Star Wars Mighty Muggs Wave 3, Skelanimals, and much more!

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MASTER REPLICAS - STAR TREK: The new replicas won't be out for quite some time, but on Friday we'll be listing preorders for the new Assault Phaser LE, and Tricorder. We'll be listing these at around 10% off MSRP, so be sure to check back on Friday!

IRON MAN MOVIE FIGURES - HASBRO: The first wave of figures just arrived today. We can't put them on the site as 'in-stock' until Saturday the 22nd, so be sure to check back then - the figures look very nice.

TRANSFORMERS REVOLTECH: Starscream and Rodimus Prime should be arriving in 3 days or so! Preorders for both are available at $24.99 each, Prime and Megatron are also now up for preorder as well.

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TRANSFORMERS JAPANESE CLASSICS: Takara has just released the Henkei Classics versions of last year's Hasbro figures. These figures feature updated paint schemes. They all feature some added chrome parts, and Megatron's paint scheme has been completely changed to reflect his G1 color scheme. We have limited stock of all of these available here

METAL GEAR SOLID: Medicom's latest releases are now in stock at $17.99 each, or get the full set of 5 for $84.99 ($15 under MSRP) There are multiple versions of Snake from different releases of the game as well as Raiden and Octocamo Snake.

TRANSFORMERS ENCORE #08 - MEISTER: The Japanese version of Jazz is now in stock at $34.99, this Porsche 911 race car is just like it was back in the 80's. We have most of the other Encore line in stock now as well, so be sure to check them all out

NINTENDO ACTION FIGURES: The 2" to 4" pvc figures and collector tin figures have just arrived. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and more are available

STAR TREK COMMUNICATOR: In stock now at $24.99, the Communicator from The Original Series features electronic sound recordings from the series and is packaged in a collector try-me box.

STAR WARS - MARA JADE LE LIGHTSABER: Limited to only 750 pieces and getting hard to find, we were able to secure a few more pieces of this saber and they are in stock not at $429.99

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE - PREMIUM LEADER: The new Leader figures with redesigned heads are now in stock. Optimus and Megatron are available both singly and as a set

EVEN MORE NEW ARRIVALS: Cliffjumper Bust, For a Few Dollars More Minimates, Sinful Suzi, Spider-Man Villains, All-Spark Blasters, Speed Racer, Voltron and more are available here

Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com - be sure to check out some of the many new items listed above. We truly appreciate your business!