February 1, 2008 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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200 ITEM CLEARANCE SALE:
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Our warehouse is filling up so we've cut prices on 200 older & overstocked items - most of them with price cuts 50% or more. There are a variety of items including key brands like Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers as well as many more obscure item. We've created four separate menus with 50 items per menu. Be sure to browse through all of them, there are great deals to be had on each menu. Links can be found near the top of the home page.

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ARRIVING SOON: Big Shipments are on the way!
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GI JOE WAVE 5: Grab 2 Crimson Guards along with the new Destro, Snow Job and other great figures for $49.99 - arriving Friday!

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SCREEN BATTLES: Cool Boxed Sets with key scenes from the Movie will be arriving tomorrow. Most priced at $24.99

GI JOE WAVE 6: This case will be arriving in about a week - preorders are still available at $49.99

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NEW PREORDERS:
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GI JOE WAVE 8 SET: Hasbro rolls out yet another nice new wave of figures. The eigth set of figures includes Major Bludd, Cobra Viper, Snake Eyes V7 with Parka, Roadblock V2 - City Assault, Cobra Commander with M.A.S.S. Device Crystal, Cobra Officer - Python Patrol, Baroness and Flint - Tiger Force. This set is up for preorder now at $49.99

HOT WHEELS - BATMOBILE ASSORTMENT: Mattel has just unveiled an awesome new set of 1:50 scale Batmobile figures. This case of 8 figures is up for preorder at only $44.99 and includes various incarnations of the Batmobile from a variety of years.

Don't forget about the 1/18 Batmobile found here.

GI JOE EXCLUSIVE BOXED SETS: Seven brand new exclusive sets have just been listed on the GI Joe 25th menu. There are 3 3-packs including: Cobra Infantry Command, G.I. Joe Command, Crimson Guard Command, and four trooper builder packs including: Cobra Crimson Guard, Night Watch, Firefly vs Greenshirts, and Snake Eyes vs Red Ninja Troopers.

MD-22 INCINERATOR: Incinerator is one of the cooler TF Movie figures, this new Japanese Black & Blue paint scheme makes him look even tougher. These will be arriving in about a week - get yours now at $49.99

NINTENDO ACTION FIGURES & PLUSH: Master Replicas brings us a batch of new figures based off the classic Nintendo characters. Choose from Mario, Luigi, Toad, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and a variety of others in a variety of scales and mediums. Take a look at the full line

MARVEL LEGENDS - VARIANT CASE: An exclusive mix of Hasbro Marvel Legends variants is now available. This case comes packed with variant Quicksilver, Yellowjacket, and Jean Gray figures. The very popular Thor figure is also included - cases are up for preorder at $114.99

TAKARA'S APPLESEED - COOL GIRL: This 1/6 Scale Duenan Knute figure looks fantastic, Takara has done a very nice job with it. Preorders have been listed at $199.99 and will be arriving fairly soon

STAR TREK - ORIGINAL SERIES - BRONZE PHASER: The Bronze handled Phaser is going back into production. Preorders have been listed at $25.99.

ZOIDS: The new Japanese Evo Drive Zoids figures are now up for preorder. Made by Takara-Tomy, these great looking figure kits are a nice addition to our product catalog

DC CUFFLINKS & WATCH: We've found some very fun high quality DC accessories that could legitimately be used with real business attire. High quality Batman and Superman logo cufflinks have been listed at $46.99, a Superman Watch is $194.99, and we also have a Green Lantern Belt Buckle & Ring set at $38.99.

SIMPSONS QEE FIGURES: Two new Qee listings have just gone up - the second series of Bart Mania figures is available as a case of 24 for $159.99, and the Halloween Bart set is listed at $49.99.

BATTLESTAR - PROPAGANDA POSTER SET: A very nice new set of mini-posters from Quantum Mechanix has just been listed at $28.99. These have a very retro Cold War feel to them

SIDESHOW TOYS:

-- RESERVOIR DOGS: New 12" figures from a new Sideshow license include Mr. White, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Blonde - up for preorder at $57.99 each.

-- STAR WARS QUI-GON, MAUL & KENOBI STATUE: This cool 3-way statue features Darth Maul hovering in mid-air as he kicks at the Jedi. Preorders have been listed at $279.99

-- RED SKULL PREMIUM FORMAT: Another great looking large scale figure from Sideshow, Red Skull is up for preorder at $264.99

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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MACROSS SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS MOVIE VERSION: If you missed out on the original release a few years ago, here is a chance to pick up the new Movie Colors version for the same $149.99 price. This piece is fully transformable

TRANSFORMERS EXCLUSIVES: Robo Vision Optimus Prime is now in stock at $44.99 and we also have 3 new basic figures in stock: Storm Surge, Crosshairs, and Warpath at $14.99 - view all the exclusives

PLAN B TOYS - WORLD WAR II FIGURES: Four new figures, an accessory pack and a Jeep have just arrived. Plan B has done a nice job with these, and production runs are usually faily small so be sure not to miss out on this set.

HOT TOYS ELDER PREDATOR: Another superior release from Hot Toys, we have limited stock of the Elder Predator availale at $149.99. This figure comes with a variety of movie accurate accessories and is extremely detailed.

BALROG LEGENDARY SCALE BUST: Limited to only 1000 pieces, this bust is very large & heavy, and in stock now at $379.99.

MADBALLS: After delays and cancellation rumors, the Madballs have finally been produced and just arrived. The first series of figures is in stock for $34.99, and the deluxe 'Sick' set of 3 is in stock for $19.99

DC AME-COMI BATGIRL & CATWOMAN: Sizzling new anime flavored statues of Batgirl and Catwoman are now in stock at $34.99 each. Check out the full line of beauties.

BBTS VINTAGE DEPARTMENT: This week the vintage department has listed a variety of vintage GI Joe, and many more Transformers including: Alternators, G1, Reissues, Exclusives, Botcon, Classics and others. Take a look at their recent listings.

DC STARS - TONNER 17" BATMAN: Tonner's latest DC figure is now in stock at $144.99 - $15 under MSRP. The figure features a removeable caped hood and is limited to 3000 pieces.

NHL SPORTS PICKS 17: Ovechkin, Malkin, Blake, Miller and Linden are each in stock at $10.99. We have the Ovechkin and Malkin variants available at $19.99 and $24.99 respectively.

SERENITY - INARA'S SHUTTLE ORNAMENT: Another cool ornament from Dark Horse has just arrived. The shuttle is in stock now at $22.99

TRANSFORMERS: We've just restocked the following transformers:
-- Encore Starscream - $39.99
-- X-9 Ravage - Japanese Beast Wars - $174.99
-- Star Convoy Reissue - $69.99

GEARS OF WAR: Neca has just delivered a variety of hats, beanies, bags, lighters and key chains to us - take a look at those and the cool looking figures

SWEENEY TODD: A wide variety of items have just arrived including: keychains, flask, ID case, necklace, locket, beanie, messenger bag, and wrist cuff. The upcoming Razor Props are not here yet, but they have been extremely popular so be sure to get your preorders in

HELLGATE ACTION FIGURES: Dark Horse has just delivered 4 new small-scale figures from Hellgate. Cabalist, Hunter and Templar figures are each priced at $17.99

REVOLTECH FRAULEIN: The very first figure in Kaiyodo's new Fraulein series of female figures has just arrived. Rei Ayanami from Evangelion is in stock now at $19.99