May 16, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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GENTLE GIANT STAR WARS: Up next in the hugely popular animated maquette series is Darth Vader for $73.99. This is another nice sculpt that will go well with the Boba Fett and Leia / R2 maquettes. Also up for preorder from Gentle Giant (no images yet) are the Royal Guard Statue and Darth Maul Mini-bust at $149.99 and $44.99 respectively - both under the MSRP.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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DC SUPERHEROES WAVE 2: Mattel has just delivered a bunch of the new Wave 2 Superhero figures, we have sets of 4 available for $39.99 and Superman, Supergirl, Bizarro are each available singly as well for $7.99 to $9.99.

STAR WARS:

-- VINTAGE LIMITED SET OF 5: Just in from Hasbro, this set of 5 includes vintage packaged Tusken Raider, Luke X-Wing, Han Endor, Scout Trooper, and Greedo. Mail in the proofs of purchase from these figures and get a George Lucas Stormtrooper figure in matching vintage style packaging. In stock now for $54.99

-- GREATEST HITS SERIES 1: Get twelve of the most popular figures from Episode III for just $82.99 including Clone Trooper, Commander Bacara, ARC-170 Clone Pilot, Chewy, Grievous, Mace & More!

-- SIGNATURE SERIES DARTH VADER TIE: Code 3 brings us the new battle damaged Signature Edition Darth Vader TIE Fighter high quality replica. This piece is hand signed by James Earl Jones himself, and limited to only 500 pieces worldwide! We have only a couple pieces left at $439.99 each (MSRP is $495)

-- SAGA BASIC FIGURES: We've restocked a variety of previously sold out single figures from various Saga waves including Scorch, Clone Trooper, Boba Fett and more.

-- STAR WARS TITANIUM: Quite a few 3" Titanium vehicles are now available starting at $4.99 - we have nearly 20 different ships in stock.

LORD OF THE RINGS - ARAGORN AT THE BLACK GATE: One of the last, and coolest, statues from Sideshow - this new statue is limited to 5000 pieces and Sideshow has sold out already - get yours now for $299.99.

GI JOE SIGMA 6: The Wave 3 Soldiers have just arrived, this cool new set features Firefly, Long Range with Desert Gear and Snake Eyes with Night Ops Gear.

GI JOE 3-PACKS WITH COMIC: While we did pre-sell-out of the Lady Jaye with Cobra Trooper set, we do have the Oktober Guard 3-pack in stock now for $11.99. Other 3-Packs are also available.

TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON ULTRA: Sky Shadow and Wing Saber are now in stock for $29.99 and $31.99 respectively. Sky Shadow is a cool repaint of Jetfire, and Wing Saber can combine with Prime so neither of these should be missed.

LEGENDS OF CYBERTRON: We've just restocked the wave 2 set of these cool minifigures at the low price of $12.99 for the full set of 4. Our wave 3 shipment will be here in roughly 10 days and wave 4 is also up for preorder.

TOY VAULT PLUSH ITEMS: The first portion of our new offerings from Toy Vault have just arrived including a bunch of awesome Godzilla based Plush figures as well as some Monty Python items. Check them all out.

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS: Otis, Baby & Spaulding are available in the 'Bloody Showdown' boxed set for $36.99.

ZORRO STATUE: Weta's new 22" Zorro statue is in stock for $75 under the MSRP at $274.99. Zorro sits atop his horse Tornado in this cool new statue.

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COMING SOON:
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DARTH MAUL FX LIGHTSABER: Our shipment will be here in a week or less! We still have preorders available for this incoming wave of product at $179.99 each! Also - the OBI-WAN FX LIGHTSABER will be going up for preorder on our site on Thursday! Another awesome release from Master Replicas.