February 23, 2006 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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DARTH MAUL FX LIGHTSABER - MASTER REPLICAS: This immense lightsaber measures over 7 feet in total length and is now up for preorder at $20 below the MSRP! The Double Bladed Twin-Pack features two full size sabers that join end to end to form the ultimate FX saber with two sequential LED light sources and two sound chips. If you preorder with us now at the low price of $179.99 - we can guarantee that your order will fill from the very first wave Master Replicas ships out, no backorders and no further waiting!

TRANSFORMERS & GI JOE STATUES & BUSTS: A huge batch of new entries into this genre from First4Figures - and the results are impressive! We don't have too many images yet, but upcoming release include the following:

--TRANSFORMERS GENERATION ONE STATUES: Scourge, Swoop, Bludgeon, Jetfire, Galvatron
--BEAST WARS BUSTS: Dinobot, Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Depth Charge, Megatron, Rattrap, Ravage, Rhinox, Scorponok, Terrorsaur, Waspinator
--GI-JOE & TRANSFORMERS: Awesome Baroness & Ravage Statue, and Optimus Prime & Snake Eyes
--TRANSFORMER BATTLEFIELD: The initial Optimus vs. Megatron statue has been followed up by: Hot Rod vs. Ravage & Rumble, and Soundwave vs. Jazz.
--GI JOE BUSTS: 1/4 Scale Zartan, Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, Beachhead
--GI JOE STATUES: Destro, Duke vs Cobra Commander, Serpentor on Air Chariot, Wraith, Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes.

STAR WARS BUSTS & BUST-UPS: Gentle Giant has announced their next wave of products - this time around we get a nifty Bounty Hunters Bust-Up set of 6 for $27.99 and three different versions of the EpIII Clone Trooper busts. We have the full set of three (white, blue, orange) for $149.99 and we also have the blue and white listed separately for $59.99 and $47.99 respectively. A new Qui-Gon Jinn Bust is also available for $44.99.

CLASH OF THE TITANS: A new series of large scale (8" to 10") figures from Gentle Giant. This cool set of 3 figures based on Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation is available to preorder for $89.99, Kracken and Medusa are also listed singly.

HARRY POTTER BUSTS: Two new Gentle Giant busts - Death Eather and Nearly Headless Nick are available to preorder at $44.99

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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HUGE VINTAGE DEPARTMENT LISTINGS: The vintage department has just listed about 1000 packaged 'retail' items in the past week. There are way too many items to even begin giving you a list, but be sure to check around the menus that contain Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, and Comic figures from the past 10 years. They will continue to list and restock a huge number of these older items as we continue to expand the volume of items they deal with! As always - if you are looking to sell items like this, email the vintage department for a cash or credit offer: [email protected]

STAR WARS KOTO 1/7 MODEL KITS: We've restocked a variety of these cool kits at $89.99 or less! Figures back in stock include Boba Fett, Chewbacca, Clone Trooper, Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Jango, Sandtrooper and Scout Trooper. There are 16 total kits in stock or arriving soon

CORPSE BRIDE MOVIE POSTER 2-PACK: This cool boxed set features Victor and the Corpse Bride looking at each other and holding hands within the window. His head is swiveled to face her and her eyes are painted looking to her right. In stock now for $19.99

MACHINE ROBO MUGENBINE: We've received a small shipment of a few different items from this fun line, and we have more on order in Japan that should be arriving fairly soon.

MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES 12: The rest of our shipment just came in and we were able to restock the variants as well as the single figure listings. Sets of 6 are also still available at $59.99, but still moving out steadily so they won't last forever.

FANTASTIC 4 CLASSIC: A small restock of wave 1 has just arrived - sets and singles are in stock

MAX GOHKIN GO DANNER: A nice beefy robot from Max Factory with a giant sword about twice as tall as the figure itself! Lots of extra hands and parts make this a fun item.

GUYVER GIGANTIC FIGURE: The latest release from Max Factory - this cool figure is available for $83.99, tons of accessories and very high quality.

GUNDAM MASTER GRADE NEMO: An all new MG 1/100 kit with cool undersea blue & green colors - in stock now for $36.99