December 7, 2005 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

PREORDER STAR WARS: We have just listed preorders for the first three waves of the 2006 Saga Collection coming in February and March from Hasbro. For your convenience we've listed the figures as sets so you won't need to buy a full case and receive duplicates. The Wave 1 set of 6 is priced at $44.99 and Wave 2 and Wave 3 sets of 8 are $62.99. Wave 1 centers around Jabba's Lair, Wave 2 is all Hoth, and Wave 3 features Geonosian figures. We have nice pictures of all the figures available and some of them are also available singly for $7.99 each.

PREORDER TAKARA GALAXY FORCE SOUNDBLASTER: We've just uploaded a picture of this highly anticipated exclusive. Preorders are available for $64.99 and this is a fairly limited edition release. The GX-02 Soundwave was extremely popular and we expect this one to be as well.

CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES: We are extending the 15% to 55% off clearance sale a bit longer, many items have been moving out, but we are extending the sale to help you stretch those holiday dollars. Take another look through the huge sale menu for deep discounts on a variety of cool items.

NEW ARRIVALS:

GI JOE - SIGMA 6: The first wave of Soldier figures has just arrived and sets of 4 figures are available for $44.99 each. These figures do not come with the 'carry case' style packaging that the commando wave figures included, but they are the same size/scale, include cool weapons and are priced quite a bit less per figure. New figures include: Sea Ops Duke, Kamakura, Tunnel Rat, and Ninja B.A.T.

GI JOE - ARAH WAVE 3: The brand new Comic 3-packs features a Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Cover Girl and more before they assumed their role in GI Joe history - these are priced at $11.49 and $11.99 each. Also in stock is the Wave 3 Single packed figures. We have full sets of 6 in stock for $32.99 - Wave 3 includes Cobra Trooper, Cobra S.A.W. Viper, Grand Slam, Med Alert, Monkey Wrench, and Low Light.

STAR WARS GALACTIC HEROES: A huge shipment of the ever popular Galactic Heroes has arrived. We have 7 brand new figures and we've also restocked 10 older figures, some of which were previously sold out. All the new figures are priced at just $6.49 each, highlights include Luke on Speeder and Scout Trooper on Speeder, Luke and Han Hoth, Dark Side Anakin, Holographic Palpatine, Orange and Blue Clone Troopers and more!

INTERNET EXCLUSIVE WEDGE ANTILLES: This figure won't be found at the local big-box store this holiday season, we have Wedge in stock now for $11.99. Wedge is packaged in the Original Trilogy Collection packaging and includes a removeable helmet and rebel blaster.

GUYVER I: The most popular of the Guyver figures is back in stock for $49.99 - Guyver I is the blue version from the Bio Fighter collection and based on past sales won't last too long!

SCARFACE: Sideshow's 1/4 Scale Scarface Premium Format figure has just arrived and we have it listed well below the MSRP at $224.99. Sideshow describes it well: This 1:4 scale mixed media figure of Scarface is pain-stakingly reproduced in polystone & high-quality fabrics - a museum-quality piece perfect for any home theatre, office, or collector's display. The figure features an authentic Al Pacino likeness, including the trademark scar and tattoo. Each figure includes a hand-numbered display base.

HASBRO ELECTRONIC LIGHTSABERS: We now have nearly all the different Electronic Lightsaber versions that Hasbro has released in stock for $23.99. Yoda, Darth Vader, Anakin, Jedi (Green), Luke Skywalker, Mace Windu and also a variety of basic lightsabers are in stock.

REISSUE SOUNDBLASTER: One of our secondary overseas suppliers was able to find a small number of Soundblasters at aftermarket pricing in Japan. We now have them back in stock at $104.99, which is a bit spendy, but much better than not stocking them at all. I would expect this figure to further appreciate as they become more and more scarce, as Soundwave did.

ARRIVING SOON:

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE STATUES - WAVE 2: We could not keep wave 1 in stock when they first arrived to us and NECA has limited all vendor orders for wave 2 as equal to what was ordered for wave 1. While we do have a nice quantity of these coming, they may not last too long and we can't order more of them. Clamp Champ, Grizzlor, and Stinkor are ready to preorder now at just $51.99

GENTLE GIANT SCOUT TROOPER STATUE: This large statue features a 'hovering' Speeder Bike and a Scout Trooper resting on it. I've just knocked the price down from $189.99 to $174.99 as a special incentive for you, this is sure to be a hard to find piece a few years down the road so be sure to pick one up now at the new low price of $174.99

VOLTRON MASTERPIECE EDITION: Toynami has just updated us with final shipping info on the long awaited Voltron Masterpiece figure. We'll be receiving a portion of our order in very late December or early January, and the rest of them in mid to late January. We still have a few preorders spots open for our first shipment.