August 6, 2007 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several new items of interest to collectors:

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NEW PREORDERS:
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BBTS EXCLUSIVE - TRANSFORMERS SEEKER BUSTS: Limited to only 250 pieces worldwide, we are proud to present the new Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge busts. These busts fit in nicely with the rest of Diamond Select's Transformer line and they are priced at $59.99 each, or save $15 and buy the entire set for $164.99. Due to the extremely low edition size, this should be a tough set to find in the future. Check out the coneheads below, and stay tuned for more exclusives in the future!

GI JOE 25TH - WAVE 3 SINGLES: These were on display at Comic-con so we have some early images of all the wave 2 & 3 figures! Wave 3 includes these figures: Zartan, Shipwreck, Stalker, Red Ninja, Firefly. We have sets at $34.99 and cases of 8 with a few extra figures at $47.99

DC SUPERHEROES - NEW BATMAN WAVE: Mattel has just announced a new case wave that contains 6 brand new figures. This case will be released in October and it includes one each of: Batman (Classic Black and Gray), Clayface (from comic line), Joker, Nightwing, Catwoman, and Bruce Wayne to Batman. We have preorders open at $59.99 for the full set of 6.

SPIDER-MAN UNLEASHED: Hasbro's first batch of Unleashed figures from the Marvel world look great - We have the New Goblin, Spider-Man, Sandman, Venom, and Black Suited Spider-Man up for preorder at $24.99 - in and out of package photos are available.

MARVEL LEGENDS ICONS - WAVES 5 & 6: Two great new waves that each feature variant versions of one figure. We have sets of Nightcrawler, Daredevil, and Yellow Daredevil as well as Phoenix, Colossus, and Dark Phoenix at $74.99 per set of 3.

STAR WARS ADMIRAL ACKBAR BUST: Another cool new offering from Gentle Giant, this bust is up for preorder at $43.99

STAR WARS CLASSICS BUSTS: More smaller scale busts are up for preorder at $26.99 each - Queen Amidala, Snowtrooper and Hammerhead are listed here

TRANSFORMERS - JAPANESE EXCLUSIVES: We have small quantities of the Gold Metallic Bumblebee with movie ticket, and the new Micron Booster sets. These are available at $79.99 and $84.99 respectively.

SIDESHOW TOYS - TONS OF NEW STUFF: Sideshow easily had the largest display of all new products at Comic-Con - a very impressive setup and the new figures are amazing. This is a big list - here goes:

-- PREMIUM FORMAT TOMB RAIDER - LARA CROFT: This awesome figure was one of the best at the show - up for preorder at $229.99

-- THOR VS LOKI DIORAMA: These end up being very limited and usually appreciate quite nicely - preorders have been listed at $279.99

-- BLACK CAT DIORAMA: Another beauty from Adam Hughes - $119.99

-- ROBOCOP PREMIUM FORMAT: 19 inches tall - $259.99 - very cool

-- CHUCKY - LIFE SIZE DOLL: This huge Chucky from 'Seed of Chucky' is up for preorder at $519.99

-- WARCRAFT DIORAMA: Blood Elf vs Draenei Paladin - early prototype images only, but it looks very nice - $279.99

-- 1:1 SCALE R2-D2 & C-3P0: At over $5k each, these two life sized droids are the ultimate replicas from Sideshow

-- ALIEN VS PREDATOR PROPS: Three cool new items including Predator Mask, Predator Plasma Cannon, and Predator Shuriken are up for preorder at $24.99 to $279.99

-- MUCH MORE SIDESHOW: We just don't have room to do a full listing for everything, but here is a rundown of some of the other items Sideshow produces or distributes:

• 13" Sall-Mountable Alien Diorama
• Wolverine Legendary Scale Bust
• Electric Tiki Mighty Mouse
• Electric Tiki Prince Valiant
• Disney VCD: Guitar Mickey, Tinkerbell, Tigger, Belle, Ariel
• Buffy Tooned Up Maquette
• Elizabeth Swann - Hot Toys 12"
• Prison Break - Lincoln & Michael Street Clothes
• Saw Puppet VCD
• Rambo - First Blood
• Trick 'r Treat - 15" Sam
• Star Wars - C3P0 & Wicket VCD
• Hannibal Lectur - Real Action Hero
• Alien - 16" Brown Alien Warrior
• Cosbaby - Jack Sparrow & more PotC figures
• Star Wars - Luke Skywalker Rebel Commander
• Frankenstein - 20" Figure
• Godfather - Don Vitto Corleone Premium Format
• Terminator - T-800 Life Size Bust

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVES: We had buyers at the show working hard to secure a variety of show-only items. More exclusives will be listed later in the week as our buyers get everything counted and shipped, here is the current list of items - most in quite limited quantities. The pricing is not as low as we'd like, but our buyers needed to be rewarded for the time spent and getting these is a fairly expensive process:

-- LIVING DEAD DOLLS RESURRECTION: Limited to only 400 sets worldwide, this set of 4 LDD figures is sure to appreciate nicely in the future.

-- GI JOE SILVER HEADED DESTRO: Pimp-Daddy Destro - very limited numbers.

-- STAR WARS - SHADOW SCOUT: A very cool all-black Speeder Bike Set

-- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TITANIUM: A 3-pack of hard to find figures

-- WAR WITHIN GRIMLOCK BUST: Limited to only 600 pieces - by DST $59.99

-- MARVEL LEGENDS STAN LEE: Stan finally gets his own figure & cool box.

-- SW CONCEPT YODA & OBI-WAN: Another nifty addition to the concept lineup

-- TITANIUM MENASOR: A cool dark repaint of Rodimus Prime

-- MY LITTLE PONY: A Comic-Con inspired paint job on this pony

GEKI RANGERS - DX SAIDAIOH: A huge Rhino figure with a large sword for a horn. This one is up for preorder at $144.99 - looks to be a cool set.

HOT TOYS MILITARY: The USMC II Marine Expeditionary Force - Tan Version figure, and its barrel-full of accessories is now up for preorder at $109.99. Another awesome release from Hot Toys.

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NEW ARRIVALS:
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STAR WARS ULTIMATE GALACTIC HUNT 2007: We've just received a variety of the new Gold Coin UGH figures and have them listed between $14.99 and $19.99 each. Some are on preorder, but that shipment is on the way so they should arrive next week.

HOT TOYS ROCKY - APOLLO & IVAN: We have all five of the 12" Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Rocky figures in stock now - all figures are $149.99 and they are nicely executed with cool packaging.

HOT TOYS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: Jack Sparrow and Sao Feng are now in stock for $159.99 each, and the Elizabeth Swann figure is up for preorder.

REVOLTECH: The new Saber Alter version is now in stock and we've restocked a variety of other items.

A CHRISTMAS STORY: Ralphie and The Old Man are each in stock for $10.99 - it is a bit early for Christmas, but these may sell out before it is time.

STAR TREK - RETRO CLOTH FIGURES: The first set of figures is now in stock for $29.99 - get your Kirk & Klingon now and be sure to reserve wave two: Spock & Andorian as well.

GEKI RANGERS - DX FIRE SET: Another cool mecha from Bandai, this set is in stock for $84.99 and it looks to be fairly complex, the box was pretty good sized so it's a nice big figure.

HUNDREDS MORE ITEMS: There are well over 150 other items that arrived this week, we just don't have room to list them all, so take a quick swing through your favorite menus to see if anything new has arrived.