April 9, 2008 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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GI JOE 25TH - WAVE 9: Hasbro has just announced 6 more new figures in the hugely popular 25th Anniversary series. New figures include B.A.T., Snow Serpent, Hawk, Bazooka, Barbeque, and a black version of Storm Shadow. There are three different case-packs available, as well as sets and singles. Here is a link to our favorite case assortment - it contains the full set of 6 plus an extra B.A.T. and Snow Serpent

TRANSFORMERS ENCORE #11 & #12: Takara keeps the Encore line rolling out at one per month with #11 Skywarp & Thundercracker arriving in August at $69.99, and #12 Metroplex arriving in September at $84.99. Its great to see more all-new reissues, we can't wait to see what is next. We have a variety of other Encore figures in stock here as well

YAMATO MACROSS - 1/60 STRIKE VF-1S: Yamato is bringing back the 1/60 scale Roy Fokker valkyrie with all the added armor and weapons. If you missed this one ~5 years or so ago, here is a good chance to bring your collection up to speed. Yamato has raised the prices quite a bit since the original release, but its still a very cool figure at $154.99

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE - ULTRA: The exclusive Jetstorm and Wingblade figures are now available to preorder in limited numbers for those of you without a TRU in your area, and for international customers. Each is listed at $44.99 and they look pretty cool - nice repaints of previous Cybertron molds.

BUBBLEGUM CRISIS - MOTOSLAVE: Yamato adds two more Transforming Motoslave figures to the lineup with the addition of Linne and Nene. Each figure is priced at $68.99 - take a look at the full selection

FUNKEYS - SPEED RACER & MORE: Fun new items from Radica, these figures are not only collectible, but they feature online interactive & expandable games and features that grow as you add more figures to the collection. We've just listed the Speed Racer Funkeys as well as Funkeys Town and Dream State collection figures.

JAPANESE TF CLASSICS: Jetfire / Skyfire and Dirge have just been added to the Henkei Classics menu. Each will presumably receive some sort of chrome paint job upgrade, and be packaged in the cool Japanese boxes.

MORE NEW PREORDERS: Take a look at the list of most recent preorders, there are a variety of other items including: Kung Fu Panda, Melancholy, Galaxy Cyclone Braiger, Nendoroid & More

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BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT:
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-- NEW VINTAGE - RETAIL ITEMS: We've added a permanent link near the top right side of the home page that brings you to a variety of lists showing you every retail item the vintage department has been listing lately. This list will be updated every week-day in the afternoon, so be sure to check back frequently for first shot at many single and low quantity items.

-- MORE WAREHOUSE BUY ITEMS: We continue to work through pallet after pallet of older inventory from a store that went out of business. We've added 3 more large lists of items including a variety of: Transformers, Star Wars, Micromen, Ultraman, LPS, Bome, McFarlane, Little Apple, Mezco, Anime, Marvel & More. We'll keep adding new lists of ~100 items as they are completed - take a look at the first 5

-- VINTAGE TRANSFORMERS & MORE: The Vintage Department worked through a nice G1 Transformers collection this week, a variety of boxed and complete loose figures are available. There are many other lines also added this week - take a look at the most recent vintage items here

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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TF ENCORE - GREEN RATCHET: This mail-away Japanese exclusive is now in stock at $149.99. This is sure to be a tough figure to find once initial stock is gone, so be sure to consider it if you'd like your Encore collection to be complete

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: Our shipment of single carded TMNT figures just arrived a few hours ago and we have just a few sets left remaining. Michaelangelo and Leonardo are also available separately at $14.99 with fairly good stock levels of each. The TMNT Box Set is moving quickly, but some are still left at $44.99

POWER RANGERS - GO ON RANGERS: Bandai's latest import line has arrived and we have 17 different items in stock. Choose from role play, vehicles, DX figures, soft vinyl and more

E-HOBBY EXCLUSIVE BLACK IRONHIDE: The companion piece to the Green Ratchet mentioned above, this E-Hobby exclusive is in stock now at $69.99.

BINALTECH BT-16: We've come across a small quantity of BT-16 and they are now available at $74.99 each. This one sold out fairly quickly back in 2005 when it was first released.

SPEED RACER MOVIE TOYS: Mattel has recently delivered a wide variety of new figures from the upcoming movie. Around 20 different items including small, medium and large vehicles, figures, and role-play items are available

TRANSFORMERS PLAYING CARDS: Grab a deck of TF Movie playing cards at $5.99 each - these cool cards feature a variety of characters with images that take up nearly all of the space on the card.

REVOLTECH: Two miniature Evangelion Revoltech figures have just arrived at $8.99 each, and we've also restocked Megatron, Black Getter OVA, Macross VF-1S, and Ingram figures, plus there are many others already in stock

MASTERPIECE MP-04 CONVOY: Now available at $249.99, the MP-04 with trailer is the ultimate Optimus Prime collectible.

MANY MORE ITEMS: We've received a wide variety of other items including: God of War Kratos, Airwolf Die-Cast, 18" Neca T2 Endoskeleton, Saint Seiya, Bible Black, Cool Girl Batman Begins, Japanese TF Classics, and much more - check the list of latest arrivals