November 2, 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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BANDAI'S 1/350 SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO: This is the mother of all motherships! At $499.99 this kit packs a lot of features into its hull including electronic lights and sound, and a hand held controller that you can use to move the turrets and other features on this ~30" kit. We have only preliminary images right now, but there reports back from the latest show in Japan say this kit will be amazing.

MARVEL ATTACKTIX: Booster Boxes for the upcoming Marvel versions of Hasbro's popular Attacktix game are now up for preorder at just $5.49 each. We also have the Ghost Rider and Spider-Man Origins sets listed.

IMPORTED GUNDAM MODEL KITS: Another new round of kits from Bandai have been listed including: HGUC GM Striker, EX Model White Base, Master Grade Strike Freedom Gundam, Master Grade GM Sniper, High Grade 1/144 Stargazer Gundam, UCHG ESEF MS Team Briefing Set, 1/400 Dendrobium vs Neue Ziel

STAR WARS RADIO CONTROLLED R2-D2: Imported from Japan, these fun little ~4.5" droids come with a mini lightsaber that functions as the remote control - only $29.99 each and we offer regular and battle damaged versions

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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ALIEN CINEMAQUETTE: 24 inches of pure evil at only $62.50 per inch! The new Alien Cinemaquette is an ultra high-end collectible limited to 1000 pieces worldwide, and each piece is hand signed by H.R. Giger - in stock now for $1499.99

SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: The new GX-02R Great Mazinger and GX-12 Venus A 2-Pack has just arrived and is available for $114.99 in somewhat limited quantities. Also in stock is the GX-31, GX-08, GX-24, GX-26, GX-01R, GX-03 and many more high quality figures from Bandai

ROBOCOP AUTO-9 PROP REPLICA: This 1:1 life sized prop replica comes in a shadowbox with plexiglass front. We have it priced $15 below MSRP at $99.99

TRANSFORMERS: Many items have been restocked as well as a new arrival:

-- KISS PLAYERS RODIMUS - This new figure will be arriving tomorrow, get your preorders in now and they will ship out asap - $69.99 each.

-- ALTERNATORS NEMESIS PRIME - A very small restock of this extremely popular figure has arrived - in stock now for $89.99 each.

-- REISSUE TRANSFORMERS - We've just restocked #18 Sound Blaster, #19 Perceptor, #13 Hot Rod, #11 Astrotrain and also have others available.

-- BINALTECH TRANSFORMERS - Back in stock are the BTA-01, BTA-02, BTA-03, BT-05, BT-08, BT-13, BT-15, and BT-16 + more already available

-- MASTERPIECE MP-01 CONVOY - The original MP Convoy is back in stock for $119.99, if you missed it the first time here is your chance

-- ROBOTMASTERS - The RM-01 Convoy, RM-11 Beast Convoy, RM-24 Reverse Convoy, RM-21 Burning Convoy and Skywarp & Thundercracker 2-Pack are all back in stock along with a variety of other Robotmaster figures.

-- HASBRO COMMEMORATIVES - Jazz, Dirge, and Astrotrain are now available

-- BEAST WARS 10TH: The awesome BWR-01 giftset with prime and megs in their original beast forms is back in stock for $149.99 - this set is getting hard to find

-- EVEN MORE TRANSFORMERS: Other new arrivals include Sixtrain, Sixturbo, Mega PVC Metallic Megatron, Mega PVC Starscream, Japanese Minibot Keychains, Superlink Repaints & look for a ton of Japanese G1 vintage department listings tomorrow

FINAL FANTASY MASTER CREATURES ASSORTMENT: Kotobukiya brings us five different monsters from the hit series of games including: Bahamut, The Magus Sisters, Leviathan, Ifrit, and Cefca Palazzo - available as a set of 5 for $79.99 or singly for $16.99 (Save $5 by buying all together)

BLUE BOX 1/18 F-18 HORNET: This giant fighter jet is now in stock for $94.99 - tons of detail at a reasonable price