April 5, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PRE ORDER 15" THOR STATUE: A new offering from Hard Hero - The Mighty Thor statue stands about 15 inches tall and is priced at $174.99

NEW ITEMS IN STOCK: (Pre-Orders will be processed shortly on all these items)

TAKARA TRANSFORMERS:

MP-02 ULTRA MAGNUS - The new Masterpiece Ultra Magnus is a white repaint of last years immensely popular MP Optimus Prime. Ultra Magnus comes with Energy Axe, Matrix, Blaster, a black version of the mini Megatron Pistol and an elaborate cardboard trailer that actually is fairly close to the G1 trailer in its design. We have a limited number of these remaining and they are priced at $114.99

BINALTECH & ROBOTMASTERS - The latest figure from the Binaltech series - Overdrive, a Honda S2000 convertible has just arrived. Overdrive is available for $54.99. Two new RobotMasters figures have just arrived. The RM-22 Lio Convoy and RM-22 Metallic Lio Convoy with DVD are in stock for $21.99 and $26.99 respectively. The RM-14 Gigant Bomb has been restocked.

GALAXY FORCE - The new GX-01 Noisemaze is now in stock for $29.99. We have also restocked the GC-03 Vector Prime, GC-02 Exillion, and GC-10 Nitro Convoy. A variety of other Galaxy Force figures are in stock as well.

TRANSFORMER PVC FIGURES - We were able to find a few discounted offers in Japan on the Transformer KT figures, Transformer History figures and Micron Legend Booster Wave 2 boxes. The KT box is $29.99, History Box is $24.99 and Wave 2 Booster box is $37.99

GUNDAM: The new HCM Pro #10 Hyakushiki, #11 Force Impulse Gundam and #12 Zaku Warrior Gundam are all now in stock. From Gundam Seed Destiny, the new MSIA Gaia and Abyss Gundams are available for $21.99 each. We have a huge variety of other MSIA, FIX, Zeonography and other types of action figures and model kits available.

MASTER REPLICA: The blue Luke FX Saber is back in stock for $113.99 and we also have the red Darth Vader EPIV saber in stock for the same price. Be sure to check out all the EpIII pre-orders including the new Clone Trooper and Special Ops Troop Helmets.

MCFARLANE DRAGONS: We were able to get what likely will be our final shipment of McFarlane Dragons series 1 and the sets of 5 are now available again. The Komodo Clan and Sorcerers Clan dragons are also available singly.

STAR WARS EPISODE III: A few more new arrivals including three Battle Arena sets that feature two figures on a moving/rotating pedestal. The EpIII basic lightsabers are now in stock - most of them $9.99 each. We've also recieved a very small restock of the #33, #34, #35, and #36 figures along with a refill of other earlier numbered figures. The ArtFX Scout Trooper snap together model kit has just arrived from Japan. This kit is priced at $104.99 and we have a variety of other ArtFX Star Wars kits in stock.

GI JOE: More of the 1/35 Scale "GI Joe's GI Joe" figures have arrived - these tiny figures are scaled so your 12" Joe can have his own 1/6 scale figure - only $6.99 each and there are a variety of figure types.

ARRIVING SOON - TRANSFORMERS: The exclusive repainted Cobalt Cassettes set and Black Victory Saber sets should be arriving in around a week! We have some pre-orders remaining for both items.