June 11, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

20% OFF INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE! We've just removed the 'new' designation on over 500 items, so tons of additional items are now eligible for the sale! We've also included 10 bonus menus with 30% to 50% savings on Star Wars, Transformers, Spider-Man 3, Doctor Who, Justice League, DC Superheroes, and more. This sale ends Wednesday June 13th at 12:00 Noon Central. 'New' and 'Preorder/Backorder' items are not included, but 500 extra items are now eligible for the sale.

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STAR WARS UNLEASHED - INTERNET EXCLUSIVE: Hasbro has once again come through with a great new exclusive figure for their internet retailers. This year's figure is the Unleashed ARC Heavy Gunner Trooper - preorders have been listed at $23.99 for this full-sized Unleashed figure.

MP-05 SILENCER & STOCK PARTS SET: Justitoys, the company who brought us the Trailer for the MP Prime has now created a parts set for the MP-05 Masterpiece Megatron. This set features the silencer and gun stock so you can disply Megatron in full G1 style glory. These parts also transform into the standing cannon as the G1 parts did. Justitoys will be manufacturing these for us with orange tips so the silencer complies with US Toy Gun Laws. Please see the listing for more info - Preorders have been listed at $54.99 and they should arrive this fall.

FOUR HORSEMEN FANTASTIC-2 BBTS EXCLUSIVE: The Four Horsemen master sculpting team is once again bringing fans an exclusive set of figures with tiny production runs. The BBTS Exclusive is called The Helm of Xaanm, and he is a vicious Warthog Warrior. Preorders will open up right around Comic-Con at the end of July.

STAR WARS EXTENDED UNIVERSE WAVE 3: Wave 2 will be arriving to us any day now, and Hasbro has just given the okay to list wave 3. Each of these sets comes with a comic book and characters include: Dark Woman and A'Sharad Hett, Darth Vader and Princess Leia, Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker. The set of three 3-packs is listed at $39.99

MARVEL LEGENDS - 12" ICONS WAVE 4: The fourth wave of nicely done 12" Icons includes Cyclops & Magneto. We have preorders listed for them separately at $23.99 each, or $44.99 for the set.

SIDESHOW EPIV OBI-WAN KENOBI: This iconic figure from Sideshow captures Obi-Wan as he first appeared in 1977. Preorders have been listed at $56.99 and this one is sure to sell out quickly.

GHOST IN THE SHELL: A new PVC statue from Good Smile Company has just been listed at $58.99. The Solid State Society Motoko Kusanagi figure looks great - check her out.

EVANGELION HCM PRO: Bandai will be applying the HCM Pro formula to several Eva figures. Up for preorder now are the EVA-01 and EVA-02 figures at $39.99 and $34.99 respectively - these figures look to be very heavy with accessories and parts.

DESIGNER TOYS - FRANK KOZIK: A big batch of new Kozik Dr. Bomb figures have just been listed. Check out our Designer Toys menu.

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE: A few import items have just been listed including the Deluxe Bumblebee that features transparent windows (instead of the painted on windows of the US version) and also the G1 Convoy Paper Figure that comes with a TF Movie Magazine (no image yet)

STAR WARS MIMOBOT - USB STORAGE DRIVES: These cool little flash drives each hold 1 gig of data and come shaped as Star Wars characters. Chewbacca, Vader, R2-D2, and Stormtrooper are each up for preorder at $64.99 - check these innovative products out.

LORD OF THE RINGS - HELM'S DEEP DIORAMA: Sideshow is once again rolling out more LotR product with the new Aragorn vs Uruk-hai statue - battling along the walls of the fortress at Helm's Deep. Preorder now at $20 under MSRP - $279.99

TOY VAULT PLUSH: You can always count on Toy Vault to make you smile, this month they roll out the Black Knight Backpack (post-fleshwound), Hallows Eve Cthulhu Plush, Godzilla - Biollante Plush, Farscape - Life Sized Rygel Plush, and a Voo Doo Doll.

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MACROSS 1/60 VF-0A & GHOST BOOSTER: A complex and expensive new valkyrie has just arrived. This set combines an already heavily loaded valk with the Ghost Booster attachment - in stock now for $219.99 from Yamato.

REAL ACTION HEROES - BRUCE LEE: The ultimate figure for any Bruce Lee fan, this RAH from Medicom is 12" tall and features heavy articulation. In stock now for $159.99

CAPTAIN HARLOCK - ARCADIA: The new Anime Export Weathering Version of Arcadia is limited to only 1800 pieces and now in stock for $144.99. This version features a blue paint scheme and it looks great.

KERBEROS PANZER COP - PROTECT GEAR RAH: Another very cool new figure from Medicom, Kerberos 01 comes with both a pistol and a heavy machine gun that pulls strings of bullets from his backpack. In stock now for $174.99

TRANSFORMERS DVD'S: We've restocked nearly all the Transformer DVD sets as well as the new 20th Anniversary Movie release. Armada Season 1 Part 2 is also up for preorder.

STAR WARS CHUBBY FIGURES: A small batch of these has just arrived and the full set of 6 figures is now available for $79.99. These nesting doll type figures turned out very well.

TRANSFORMERS RESTOCK: A shipment of various older items has just arrived including: C-307X, BTA-02, #19 Perceptor, Autorooper & Atari, Nemesis Prime, Tracks, BT-05, BT-15 Police, Alt Smokescreen, Mega PVC Starscream, #14 Hound, BT-15 Blue, Orion Pax, RM-11, Spychangers and more

WITCHBLADE MASANE AMAHA: Clad in a tight fitting yellow top and blue jeans, this 1/8 scale figure from Alter looks great - $49.99 each.

SLAVE LEIA STATUE - ARRIVING SOON: We expect the Gentle Giant Slave Leia statue to arrive in roughly 1 week. Preorders are available for this fantastic new sculpt from GG at $154.99 - $25 below MSRP.