May 11, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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YAMATO MACROSS VALKYRIES: The latest transforming Macross fighters have just arrived and we have limited stock remaining on all of them. The awesome 1/60 VF-0S with skull & crossbones on the body and tailfins is now available for $184.99. We also have the very cool 1/48 Stealth VF-1J and Super Stealth VF-1J with added armor and weapons packs at $169.99 and $219.99. Two new 1/48 display stands - black and chrome versions are available for $44.99 each. Its been a while since Yamato has released Macross items - so get your fix now before they run out.

STAR WARS TRANSFORMERS: The third wave of this very popular series has just arrived and we now have the Clone Trooper ARC-170, Emperor Imperial Shuttle, and Jango Fett Slave 1. More of the Darth Maul Sith Infiltrator have also arrived. Check out the new figures here and be sure not to miss out on the upcoming super-sized Millenium Falcon figure.

STAR WARS TITANIUM: This line has been a great addition to Hasbro's Star Wars lineup and we've just received even more new figures. Ultra vehicles now in stock include the Snowspeeder and Slave 1. High end die-cast action figures available for $16.99 include Bossk, Sandtrooper, and vintage finish versions of both figures.

MICROMAN 2006: Six new figures from Takara have just arrived - the Assassin Force and matching Acroyear figures are each available for $16.49. All the figures come with a variety of weapons and accessories as well as more elaborate paint schemes - very nice figures overall.

SPAWN 3" TRADING FIGURES: Get your box of 18 various trading figures now for just $64.99 - a variety of all the coolest figures have been miniaturized just for you.

BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: The vintage departement has listed a ton of new items including loose G1 Transformers, GI Joe figures and Vehicles from a variety of years, and a ton of carded older X-Men and Star Trek figures. Browse through your favorite menus to see if something new has popped up.

GI JOE 3-PACKS: We've restocked the very popular wave three 3-packs. The Dreadnok set and Scarlett, Breaker, Cobra Commander sets are each available for $11.99. Wave 4 three-packs will be arriving early next week.

STAR WARS 1/7 MODEL KITS: The previously sold out first version of Darth Vader is back in stock in limited quantities for $94.99

STAR WARS HELMETS: From Tomy & Gentle Giant - these mini-helmets are available in single random 'blind box' packages for $5.49 each. Possible helmets include Vader, Stormtrooper, C-3PO and a variety of pilots and troopers.

GUNDAM: The new Extended MSIA Freedom Gundam has just arrived, a great looking figure from SEED priced at $20.99

CORPSE BRIDE: The enormous Pastor Galswells figure is now available for $94.99 - the box on this item is nearly 2 feet tall and Galswells' head comes detached from the body because it is too large for the box!

PREMIUM FORMAT OBI-WAN KENOBI: After filling all preorders we have just a few pieces of this 1/4 scale figure left over. Get your own Jedi Master for $289.99 - it stands just under 2 feet tall.

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN GX-30 BATTLE FEVER ROBOT: Our second shipment of this awesome Samurai Chogokin has just arrived and we have open stock available for $69.99 each.

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STAR WARS SAGA VEHICLES: Hasbro unleashes a new wave of awesome new vehicles this fall with the Hailfire Droid Starfighter, Droid Federation AAT Tank, and Darth Vader's Black Starfighter. Each of these cool new items is up for preorder at $24.99 and we'll have images early next week.

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DARTH MAUL FX LIGHTSABER: By the end of the month we'll have enough sabers in stock to fill all our current preorders as well as room to fill new preorders for the next ~40 or so people in line, so be sure to act soon if you'd like to get your Maul FX for $20 under MSRP at $179.99

STAR WARS VINTAGE LIMITED WITH LUCAS MAILAWAY: This awesome set will be here on Monday or Tuesday. Get your set reserved today for $54.99 and we'll ship it out to you early next week, don't forget to fill out the mail-away form to get your George Lucas as Stormtrooper figure.

ARAGORN AT THE BLACK GATE STATUE: One of the final LotR statues from Sideshow, this awesome statue is in transit to us now and we have a limited number of preorders left at $299.99