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Whooz RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 412 Age : 54 Registration date : 2017-04-24
| Subject: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:53 pm | |
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Beamus RANK: UNIT Trooper
Number of posts : 25 Registration date : 2019-09-04
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Fri Oct 01, 2021 5:37 pm | |
| I'm still amazed we are getting new classic Doctor Who figures. I just wish the folks in the UK appreciated their US customers a little more. |
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SeaDevil RANK: Keeper of Traken
Number of posts : 7000 Age : 57 Registration date : 2009-08-11
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:16 pm | |
| Just the Pertwee set for me.
Not impressed by the Davison set. Don't need another "An Unearthly Child" Doctor and TARDIS set, and don't really need the Daleks. |
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thebreen RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 879 Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Sat Oct 02, 2021 12:02 am | |
| I’m surprised to see these so soon!
I love all the sets, though I’m a little disappointed in the Earthshock set. Maybe they could have done Cyberleader instead of another 5th Doctor figure? Still a cool set though!
The Pertwee “Five Doctors” set is awesome, with a red jacket and ruffled shirt, sans tie!
I LOVE the dark metallic grey Daleks!
I dig the silver and blue Dalek with pupil.
I was going to pass on the Hartnell/TARDIS set, until I realized that the TARDIS has some newly sculpted elements.
I just wish these were a little easier to get stateside. |
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Thun RANK: Time Lord Commoner
Number of posts : 1301 Age : 60 Registration date : 2007-04-04
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:14 am | |
| I missed the Unearthly Child set before, so I'm very happy to have a shot at it now. |
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Whooz RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 412 Age : 54 Registration date : 2017-04-24
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:42 am | |
| I just read that the Five Doctors set MAY have a 50/50 split of Cyber Leader and Soldier in the packs released. So, if that happens you can get more than one Cyberman. |
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FUNCHOMCLALA RANK: Time Lord Commoner
Number of posts : 1378 Registration date : 2007-02-06
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Sat Oct 02, 2021 2:22 pm | |
| - Whooz wrote:
- I just read that the Five Doctors set MAY have a 50/50 split of Cyber Leader and Soldier in the packs released. So, if that happens you can get more than one Cyberman.
That was my one complaint! I will totally get multiples of soldier, only one of leader. |
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:50 am | |
| Anyone else have a feeling they will eventually do a 6th Doctor Tardis release with the red tie? He's the only classic doc without a Tardis set now, and the Trial red tie is the only remaining variant they have for him. |
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Whooz RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 412 Age : 54 Registration date : 2017-04-24
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:20 pm | |
| - digby wrote:
- Anyone else have a feeling they will eventually do a 6th Doctor Tardis release with the red tie? He's the only classic doc without a Tardis set now, and the Trial red tie is the only remaining variant they have for him.
That is how I am hoping we get him. Of course you can do a regeneration 7th using that outfit also, although he would be shorter, although I think the figures are about the same height. |
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squishy RANK: Time Lord Council Guard
Number of posts : 2483 Registration date : 2008-07-16
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:58 pm | |
| While lots of members on other forums are unhappy about what we didn't get (Adric, etc) I think these sets are pretty good. It's a budget line that started off as all straight repaints. I skipped all those 10th and 11th Doctor repaint sets from a few years ago. But these days CO is getting very creative in order to give us new characters. Rather than bemoaning that we didn't get Adric, I'm quite thrilled that I'm going to get the androids from Earthshock. Sure, I too would have preferred another Cyberman or Adric/Tegan instead of yet another 5th Doctor. I've got a bin full of duplicate 5th Doctors. I would also have enjoyed a "generic lady in bodysuit" that could have been the basis for a "female" android and a female Axon. Just no budget to cover those. Maybe in the future. And the Eaglemoss Raston Warrior Robot does look a bit better than the CO version, but once again this one is still pretty good. It just seems like CO fired up the "Axon Male" body and put it to very efficient use in 2021. Happy with all these sets. None are perfect, but there is something in each that will get to to purchase them all. And isn't that the best way for CO to sell these? Getting fans to buy them all so the line continues? Oh, and the other rumor I've heard is complaints about no Dalek Supreme in the Planet of the Daleks Set. Al Dewar of CO has stated on other forums that this is only Set #1 of Planet and to keep an eye out for Set #2. So you've got an excellent army builder pair of Daleks coming soon and more than likely another shot at the funky black & gold Supreme Dalek coming next year. I've got my original version of this dude, but I hope this is true for anyone coming to this line later on. |
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Whooz RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 412 Age : 54 Registration date : 2017-04-24
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:41 am | |
| I missed out on the September wave completely. I was in between jobs and couldn't commit money to them. Plus I am told that they are spotty in being found in the UK anyway. |
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Iron-Cow RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 410 Age : 50 Registration date : 2007-02-01
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:36 pm | |
| Huh. I didn't realize until now the boots are different on the Cyberman figure, compared to the Earthshock version. (I'm sure I read it before, but only now noticing it when looking at the figures)
Wishing I could get the cloaked Hartnell loose (for a custom project), but glad it's getting rereleased. |
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JJJason RANK: UNIT Sergeant
Number of posts : 247 Registration date : 2008-11-08
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:14 am | |
| What’s different about that Hartnell headsculpt? It feels new, or differently painted…or something.
I thought for a second it might be a David Bradley First, which I would have loved, but no. |
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:55 am | |
| - JJJason wrote:
- What’s different about that Hartnell headsculpt? It feels new, or differently painted…or something.
I thought for a second it might be a David Bradley First, which I would have loved, but no. Its definitely a lighter skin tone, maybe that's what you're seeing? The older Hartnell's -- and most all the figures actually -- had warmer skin hues in the past. This is looking more like the ghostly skin tones we first saw in that 13 doctors set. |
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doc272 RANK: UNIT Sergeant
Number of posts : 148 Age : 52 Registration date : 2007-02-06
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:50 pm | |
| Still waiting on a classic console room. |
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:07 am | |
| - doc272 wrote:
- Still waiting on a classic console room.
I've got one!!!! Oh ... wait .... wrong scale.... |
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Whooz RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 412 Age : 54 Registration date : 2017-04-24
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:00 am | |
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doc272 RANK: UNIT Sergeant
Number of posts : 148 Age : 52 Registration date : 2007-02-06
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:47 pm | |
| That's the dapol one right |
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:35 pm | |
| - doc272 wrote:
- That's the dapol one right
Yeah, from back in 1987ish. I've never put a modern figure next to it, to see how off it would look! |
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DWFAN1974 RANK: UNIT Trooper
Number of posts : 34 Registration date : 2018-05-14
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
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DWFAN1974 RANK: UNIT Trooper
Number of posts : 34 Registration date : 2018-05-14
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Fri Oct 29, 2021 5:48 pm | |
| didn't, it was during a move from Louisiana to Chicago it got stored in a box in the summer heat quote="digby"] - DWFAN1974 wrote:
it works
Ha! Well, you should never wash your console in hot water....[/quote] |
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digby RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 600 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-09-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:22 pm | |
| - DWFAN1974 wrote:
- didn't, it was during a move from Louisiana to Chicago it got stored in a box in the summer heat
Ah man, can't beat the heat! |
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Newton Gimmick RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 335 Age : 41 Registration date : 2009-01-28
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:53 pm | |
| I wish I could have gotten a few of these other sets. I do wonder why the support isn't where it once was. |
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Thun RANK: Time Lord Commoner
Number of posts : 1301 Age : 60 Registration date : 2007-04-04
| Subject: Re: October B&M sets - a mixed bag Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:32 am | |
| Any word on that Unearthly Child set?
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