November 7, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

NEW ARRIVALS:

HALO 2 - SERIES 5: Joyride Studios has just released the latest series of figures from the X-box masterpiece by Bungie. This is one of the better waves to be released in a while with four great looking figures: Steel Spartan, Spectre, The Arbiter, and Spec Ops Elite. Sets of 4 are available for $54.99

1/4 PREMIUM FORMAT PIERCE BROSNAN BOND: Limited to only 1250 pieces, this huge figure stands around 18 inches tall and captures the likeness of Pierce Brosnan in his black tux quite well. Bond is priced at $209.99

STAR WARS FIGURE DISPLAY DIORAMA: This vintage style figure display is priced at $64.99, and comes in a cool retro style box that fits in very well with packaged toys from the first few movies. 50 figure stands are also included.

NEW PREORDERS:

We have a huge list of new preorder items - with great images available on nearly all of them. Many of the figures are available singly instead of by the case or by the set. For our complete preorder menu please click here.

STAR WARS TRANSFORMERS: Hasbro did quite a good job combining their two franchise lines into one new hybrid line. Star Wars Transformers feature popular Star Wars ships & vehicles that transform into their pilots. Figures up for preorder are the Darth Vader TIE Advanced, General Grievous One Wheel Bike, and Obi Wan Kenobi Jedi Starfighter. Take a look at these three figures, they really are pretty ingenious!

STAR WARS GALACTIC HEROES: Seven new sets of Galactic Heroes are now up for preorder at the low price of $6.49 each. Sets include Dark Side Anakin & Clone Trooper, Vader and Holographic Palpatine, Obi-Wan & Clone Trooper, Yoda and Kashyyyk Trooper, Luke Hoth and Han Hoth, and my favorites - Luke with Speeder Bike and Scout Trooper with Speeder Bike, all in all a very nice lineup of all-new Galactic Heroes.

STAR WARS ATTAKUS STATUES: We'll now be carrying the full lineup of Attakus brand Star Wars Statues. These statues are quite limited with the typical run being only 1500 pieces. Quality is high and detail level looks great. The first statues we have up for order include the Tusken Raider at $359.99 ($40 below MSRP) and Wicket W. Warrick at $259.99 ($20 below MSRP) We are working to get a variety of the current and older releases from Attakus and we'll list all their future releases as well.

STAR WARS FORCE BATTLERS: Four new Force Battlers have just been listed for preorder between $11.49 and $12.49. These figures include the first version of Jango Fett, and second versions of Chewbacca, General Grievous, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

STAR WARS CUSTOM CHOPPERS: Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Boba Fett each get in on the recent 'chopper' craze as Hasbro comes out with this crossover line. Each figure rides a bike thats been customized to their portion of the Star Wars universe.

ANAKIN & VADER FX LIGHTSABERS: We have more FX sabers arriving in December from yet another production run by Master Replicas. Each saber is priced at $97.99. The Mace Windu FX Saber has just arrived and is available now for $113.99

GI JOE SIGMA 6: Hasbro has just annouced a set of figures with lower price points than the original 'Commando' wave. This new wave comes with less extravagent packaging and just a few less accessories, and the price has dropped significantly to around $11 per figure! The Soldier wave 1 set of 4 is priced at $44.99 and includes one each of Sea Ops Duke, Tunnel Rat, Ninja B.A.T., Kamakura.

A few new Commando wave figures are also up for preorder along with the Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow 2-pack with DVD

GI JOE - ARAH SERIES 3: This wave features the best troop-builders yet with the Cobra Trooper and Cobra S.A.W. Viper, other figures in the set include Med Alert, Monkey Wrench, Low Light, and Grand Slam. Sets of 6 are priced at $32.99 and the two troop builders are also available separately. Two more sets of Comic 3-Packs have also been added. These sets include: Courtney Krieger, Hannibal Barca, Spirit Iron-Knife & L. Wilkinson (Sgt. Stalker), T.Arashikage (Storm Shadow), CLASSIFIED (Snake Eyes) - each priced under $12.

TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON: Hasbro will be releasing several new case waves that are very heavy on all new figures, this gives us the chance to price the new figures very attractively. Three new Deluxe figures: Brimstone, Crosswise, and Thunderblast are up for preorder at $11.99 each. Six new Scout figures are available at $8.99 to $9.99 each - figures include: Backstop, Brushguard, Street Speed Mini-Con Team, Wreckloose, and two figures that Hasbro did not provide names for yet. Also up for preorder is the first of the Mini-Con two-packs, we have 6 sets of Mini-Cons listed for under $6/set. Sets include: Kobushi & Landslide, Payload & Ascentor, Razorclaw & Steamhammer, Scattorbrain & Monocle, Shockwave & Tankor, Sky Lynx & Thunderblast.

TRANSFORMER ALTERNATORS: We now have new packaged photos uploaded for Alternators Sunstreaker, Skids, Prowl, and Tracks - this is the new 'fishbowl' packaging and it looks very sharp!

DOOM - BFG: First4Figures brings us a mini prop replica of the famed BFG, from the first person shooter that started it all. The BFG is priced at $73.99 and sits on a nice display stand.