July 6, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

ALTERNATORS & CYBERTRON: The latest wave has just arrived from Hasbro - now in stock are Decepticharge at $37.99, Wheeljack, Shockblast, Grimlock and Swindle at $23.99 each, and Battle Ravage & Windcharger are $19.99 each. Decepticharge was packed only one per case so we have a fairly limited amount available. We've listed pictures of the packaged Supreme Starscream - which is so large Hasbro cut two holes in the top of the box window so his shoulders don't rub on the window - now in stock for $56.99

SPORTS PICKS - MLB 12: All normal figures are now in stock for the mass retail price of $9.99 each! We have: Tom Glavine, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Scott Rolen, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Mike Mussina, and Nomar Garciaparra in stock. David Ortiz variant is also available for $21.99. Many other Sports Picks from other series are also in stock.

TRAILER OF 20TH OP: This add-on to the 20th Anniversary prime is back in stock for $79.99 - this gives Prime a nice completed look and its very well proportioned and similarily painted.

DANCING SLIMER: More if this noisy and fun electronic figure are back in stock for $19.99

PRE-ORDER PERFECT GRADE GUNDAM: Bandai has just announced the new 1/60 PG Strike Rouge and Skygrasper kit. Pre-Orders are available at $189.99 and we have a decent image showing a variety of shots of the new kit.

NEW TAKARA PRE-ORDERS: We've just received brand new info about the next round of releases from Takara. No pictures are available for any of the new pre-orders at this point, but we'll update the site as soon as
pictures come in.

PRE-ORDER BINALTECH: The Toyota/Scion bB boxy mini-SUV will be the next release in the Binaltech line as the BT-17 Skids - a great modern choice for Skids - pre-order price is $52.99. Takara also announced a new Binaltech Line with slightly higher price points because of some sort of an add-on included in the box (It may be a PVC style figure, but no concrete details are available yet). The BTA-01 Alert (Subaru WRX) and BTA-02 Sunstreaker (Dodge Viper) are listed at $57.99 and $61.99 for the BTA-03 Broadblust (Scion bB).

PRE-ORDER BRAVE SERIES: Takara is giving King ExKaiser from the Brave Series the Masterpiece treatment! The King ExKaiser figure is at the same Japanese retail pricepoint as Masterpiece Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus so expect a quality piece - we have it listed at $94.99. No pictures yet, but its likely to have die-cast metal parts and tons of detail as the Masterpiece Transformers did.

PRE-ORDER MICROMAN: Six new figures were announced, the MicroSisters set of 4 is up for pre-order for $57.99 and Microman Evangelion figures Rei and Asuka are $14.99 each.

PRE-ORDER GALAXY FORCE: Another large figure release is in the works - the GC-23 Megaro Convoy is up for pre-order at $59.99 so it will likely come in a box about the size of the GC-01 and GD-01. No info yet on what this figure will look like, but we'll list pics as soon as we can.

TAKARA MIGHTGAINE: Takara will be releasing a line of Mightgaine figures - we've not listed pre-orders yet since I was unsure of the demand and we don't have any images of the figures at all. If you are interested in these please drop me a quick reply and it will help to gauge demand.