July 16, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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MOVIE VOYAGER WAVE 2: Four new figures are now available to order! Optimus Prime and Megatron are in stock at $22.99 each or $44.99 for the pair, or you can wait a bit and get them as part of a set of four with Prime, Megatron, Rescue Ratchet, and Thundercracker for $89.99. Check them all out.

MOVIE LEADER BRAWL: Brawl gets super-sized and is available for $47.99 or you can pair him with the hard to find Megatron as a set for $89.99 - check out the cool images of Brawl.

MOVIE DELUXE: Five new figures have just been listed including Jazz - Final Battle, Barricade Redeco, Dropkick, Payload, and Longarm. We've also listed two new case assortments that most of these new figures plus the '08 Bumblebee.

MAGNETS, PATCHES, COINS & WRISTBANDS: A cool new set of items imported from Hong Kong, we've just listed sets of magnet heads, wristbands, iron-on patches, and collector coins. Take a look at all these fun items.

UNLEASHED TURNAROUNDS: Optimus Prime & Megatron each get their own double-sided Unleashed figure featuring them in both robot and vehicle modes. These cool figures are priced at $29.99 each.

MOVIE ROBOT REPLICAS: These non-transforming figures are very nicely detailed and look to be quite articulated. We have six different figures listed at $11.99 to $12.99 including Prime, Megatron, Barricade, Jazz, Frenzy, and Bumblebee.

ROBOT HEROES: The second wave of Generation 1 figures is now in stock at $23.99 for the set of 8 figures, and we've also just listed the first wave of Movie based Robot Heroes at $23.99.

TRANSFORMERS T.E.C.H. Figures: These fun role-play type items feature everyday technology items that turn into weapons. We have 5 different figures listed.

MORE TF MOVIE ITEMS: There are even more new items including a variety of Real Gear, Movie Legends, Exclusives, and Fast Action Battlers - see the full selection.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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MCFARLANE'S DRAGONS WAVE 6: They did a superb job with this new round of Dragons, the sculpting is fantastic, paint is vibrant and the packaging even looks a little nicer. We have full sets of Series 6 in stock for $47.99, and the Deluxe Fossil Dragon Boxed Set is only $22.99.

STAR WARS MCQUARRIE STATUE: This huge boxed set features a 16" Darth Vader and 11" Luke fashioned after the concept artwork of Ralph McQuarrie. The set retails at $199.99, but we've cut $30 off of that for the final price $169.99. This one is worth a look.

SERENITY IN DISGUISE ORNAMENT: The second of three Serenity Ornaments has just arrived. Dark Horse limited this one strictly to the number of preorders they received from vendors months ago, so once these are gone they are gone for good. We have them in stock $5 under MSRP at $19.99.

MCFARLANE'S MILITARY: Four cool new highly detailed figures are now in stock at $11.99 each or $41.99 for the full set. Great items for friends or family in the service, or for the military collector.

TRANSFORMERS SOUNDWAVE & MORE: We've just received a restock of the
reissue Soundwave with double-deep cassette doors and also a small number of all these items: Arcee Statue, #19 Perceptor, BTA-01, Purple Galvatron, JBW D-23, THS-02 Convoy, Metal Monument Megatron, #08 Inferno, Astrotrain Commemorative, #14 Hound, RM-01 Convoy, Pepsi Convoy, Dirge, Landcross, JBW C-41, C-40, C-44, VS-44, and Laser Ultra Magnus

DC SUPER FRIENDS: The Deluxe figures have just arrived so we now have all of the first wave of figures in stock. Check out the full lineup.

DC DIRECT BATGIRL BUST: All the new Women of DC Universe busts have been selling out, so be sure to pick up Batgirl before they are gone, in stock now for only $39.99

WETA HELLGATE STATUES: All four of the new Hellgate statues are in stock with nice discounts off the MSRP. Templars, Hunter, and Cabalists are all.

MANY MORE ITEMS: There are too many more new arrivals to mention them all here, so take a quick spin through the site to see if anything you were eyeing has arrived.

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NEW PREORDERS:
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TRANSFORMERS - G1 BLOCK CONVOY: A Japanese company called Kawada will be producing an 11" tall Optimus Prime action figure out of building blocks that can actually transform to Semi mode without taking it apart! There has been a lot of interest in this item and we were finally able to nail down a supply of them - check the preorder out now - $79.99 each.

STAR WARS ROYAL GUARD KIT - KOTO: Another cool 1/7 scale model kit from Kotobukiya. This one has an MSRP of $125, but we have it listed at just $99.99. The Royal Guard is posed in an action stance, about to beat someone down nicely.

NEW MACROSS FIGURES & MODELS: The new all-gray Ghost Booster has just been listed, and Hasegawa has also just announced a pair of 25th Anniversary model kits of the VF-1S and YF-19 - both look very cool.

LORD OF THE RINGS - LEGENDARY GANDALF: Sideshow continues their nice work with a fairly large scale Gandalf the Grey bust. This one is priced at $141.99 and it will arrive late this year.

STAR WARS BATTLE PACKS: We don't have any images yet, but a variety of new Battle Packs have just been listed - check out the full selection.

MICROMAN: Takara has just announced seven new figure 2-packs from a variety of properties. Check out the new items from Lupin the Third, Wrecker Sigma, and Micro Action Series.

JAPANESE BEAST WARS: Takara will be reissuing the Ultra sized Megatron T-Rex and Optimus Primal Ape for just $44.99 each. These figures will come in all new packaging and a DVD will be included.

MOTU - HE-MAN STATUE: NECA & The Four Horsemen have done it again with a very nice looking 15" He-Man statue. We have them listed at $179.99 and they should be arriving quite soon.

SERENITY ORNAMENT: Inara's Shuttle is the third ornament in this fun series, and we have them listed at $7 below MSRP at $22.99. The first two ornaments are already in stock.

STAR WARS TITANIUM: No images on these yet, but we've listed a new case assortment - wave 'B001' as well as four new single figure listings. We hope to have images soon.

SAW 12" PUPPET: Sideshow brings us a cool new Saw puppet for only $19.99 - it has a slightly different look to it that is not quite as sinister

ANIME GIRLS:

-- DONNE ANONIME - This extremely attractive figure can be yours for $77.99 - definitely worth considering.

Other new Anime items include: Megachu! - Polo System Fauna, Idolmaster Xenoglossia - Yukiho Hagiwara, Shuraki - Akatsukie Mishiro, Wild Arms - Yulie Ahtriede - just do a quick search on these to find them.

SIDESHOW'S 1/4 PREMIUM FORMAT ANGEL: Angel finally gets into the 1/4 scale action with yet another impressive piece from Sideshow. Preorders are listed at $20 below MSRP - $229.99

NEW GETTER & MAZINGER: Happinet brings us two cool new T.O.P! Collection figures - check out these cool imports.