July 21, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PRE-ORDER STAR WARS KITS: We've listed new pre-orders for the Darth Vader #2 kit arriving in October and Luke-Stormtrooper kit arriving in August. Each kit is priced at $87.99 ($12 below MSRP) and they are 1/7 Scale.

PRE-ORDER NECA: A new line of Resident Evil figures will be arriving in October, the set of 4 includes Ada Wong, Leon Kennedy, Verdugo and Chainsaw. Sets of 4 are available to pre-order for $47.99 each. Also up for pre-order is the 25th Anniversary Friday the 13th Boxed Set with Jason, his mother Pamela and a shrine - priced at $27.99

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: In addition to the awesome AvP Micromen figures that arrived (found here) - the brand new McFarlane Alien Vs. Predator figures just came in an hour ago. Birth of the Hybrid boxed set is available for $20.99 and the AvP Playsets set of 4 is available for $41.99. The Playsets are very nicely done with each figure being slightly smaller than a typical McFarlane figure yet still highly detailed. The Alien Queen figure and Predator figure fit together to form a diorama and the other two sets are standalone pieces - (Celtic Predator attacks Alien, and Alien attacks Predator) Pre-Orders will be processed shortly on these items.

TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON & GALAXY FORCE: The Scout (basic) sized figures have arrived and the first 6 are now in stock from $7.99 to $9.99 each - figures include: Overhaul, Scattershot, Ransack, Hardtop, Clocker and Recon Mini-Con Team. Cybertron All-Stars are also in stock for $14.99 per set of 4. The GC-18 Live Convoy is now in stock for $39.99 - a very cool looking rescue helicopter figure. More T.H.S. Hybrid Style convoy are back in stock for $54.99 each.

BANDAI JAPAN GUNDAM: Zeonography #3007 Act Zaku / Flipper Zaku is now in stock for $44.99. This figure comes with a variety of armor and add-ons to make either the Act Zaku or Flipper Zaku. MSIA Hi-Zak, Destiny Gundam, Windam and Extended MSIA Zeta Gundam have all just arrived.

BANDAI POWER RANGERS: Here is an unusual find from overseas - from the Gao Ranger line we have the chrome version of the Power Animals PA12, PA13, PA14 featuring a huge alligator and two other animals.

MEDICOM REAL ACTION HEROES DARTH VADER: A superior piece in both detail and quality. Darth Vader is available now in limited quantities for $239.99 - features include a removeable helmet and facemask, lightsaber that displays well with the light blade on or off, 2 extra sets of hands, very nice cloth cape and a fake leather suit with high quality stitching.

MICROMAN: We've received the rest of our shipment of Road Spartan Micromen. Sets of 4 are available for $91.99 and all four of the vehicles combine to form the larger Road Spartan.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: In addition to more GX-27 Gaiking arriving, we have restocked the GX-10 Boss Borot, GX-03 Combattler V, GX-05R Gaiking repaint, and from Soul of Popynica - the Space Battleship Yamato.

TAKARA TRANSFORMERS: No new arrivals, but we've restocked the popular Robotmaster RM-01 Convoy and RM-12 Starscream - each of which have been sold out for quite a while. Also back in stock is the BT-08 White Meister. The BT-15 Street & Police versions will be arriving in early August.

OTHER COOL ITEMS IN STOCK:

COMIC-CON BLOODY MARV: This exclusive figure from Sin City series 1 is priced at $24.99 and comes with Kevin's severed head and a ton of Blood.

18" PATRICK BATEMAN: From American Psycho we have NECA's latest 18" figure with an extensive sound chip - $39.99

GI JOE - ARAH 2005: The Night Ops Humvee has arrived and is in stock for $16.99. For those of you who pre-ordered it we will hold until the rest of the ARAH items arrive to ship together.

VOTOMS: Chirico Cuvie is back in stock for $31.99