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Hamley’s Toy Store Events & Free 3.75″ Poster


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HOT OFF THE PRESS!

It has confirmed that the brand new figure of the Twelfth Doctor in his chosen outfit, (played by Peter Capaldi) has been shipped to Hamleys especially for their event.

As this figure has only just been released this could be your first chance to get your hands on it.

Remember this new item will be in demand, so be there early to avoid disappointment!

With Thanks to Character/Evolution PR


Limited edition numbered Doctor Who collector’s posters up for grabs at Hamleys Stores across the UK

September 2014 will see a very special Doctor Who event take place at five Hamleys Toy Shops in locations around the UK, when a series of uniquely numbered exclusive posters will be available for fans to get their hands on.

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The posters are the first and only collector’s posters ever created by the producers of the official Doctor Who figures, Character Options. On each poster the entire collection of 3 ¾ inch figures they have released to date are shown. Only 250 of the posters have been produced for the five Hamleys stores (London Regent Street, Glasgow, Cardiff, Dublin and Manchester) and each is uniquely numbered from 1-250 for authenticity.

The poster has been created to celebrate the launch of the latest series of Doctor Who figures, which have been produced to commemorate the new TV series and the brand new Twelfth Doctor played by Peter Capaldi. With fans always eager to get their hands on any unique Doctor Who memorabilia, they are bound to be popular.

To be eligible fans must purchase an item from Hamleys’ Doctor Who collection. The posters will be available as a free gift with that purchase but only while stocks last. There is no minimum spend, but as the gift is so unique it is restricted to one per customer.

Grant Yuill, Marketing Manager of Hamleys commented; “Our free limited edition Doctor Who poster day is a very exciting event for our shops. Doctor Who has so many fans that like to collect the figures and other memorabilia but now with the chance of owning one of these very exclusive posters we expect there to be a huge demand. What’s more we have an added bonus of 25 goodie bags for fans that come dressed in Doctor Who costume. These will be distributed free of charge on a first come first served basis.”

The posters were available from the following stores on the selected dates;

· London Regent Street – 20th September 2014 from 9:30am
· Manchester – 20th September 2014 from 9:30am
· Glasgow – 20th September 2014 from 9am
· Cardiff – 27th September 2014 from 9:30am
· Dublin – 28th September from 10am

For more information and full the full terms and conditions check out www.hamleys.com


About the poster

The posters have been created in collaboration with Character Options, Hamleys and BBC Worldwide and depict the entire 3¾ inch figures series from May 2013 to end December 2014.

250 posters have been produced for each of the five Hamleys Toy Shops in Dublin, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and London.

Each shops posters have a different design making it completely unique. Each poster is hand finished with numbers from 1-250. Each poster will be presented in a tube and the number received will be random.

Only 249 are available for customers of the store as No1 in the series has been reserved for charity auction (details to be announced).


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389 comments

  • Dave who

    October 7th, 2014 - 6:17pm

    Got mine from London store – just noticed there is no number on it – just an empty space!
    Thanks all the same it’s great!

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    • Anonymous

      October 8th, 2014 - 1:32pm

      Got one in the post and it was blank aswell!

  • Barry

    October 2nd, 2014 - 9:05pm

    Hamley’s in London still has the poster, picked one up today at lunchtime. Also had loads of the 12th Doctor figure

    Reply
  • The Meddling Monk

    September 30th, 2014 - 7:24pm

    I just picked up two posters at Hamleys Manchester.

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    • The Meddling Monk

      September 30th, 2014 - 10:51pm

      They both have creases in the top right.

  • Sean

    September 30th, 2014 - 12:07pm

    I have tried the Cardiff store on 020 7478 3606 today to purchase an item for a poster but this store doesnot post out.

    Reply
  • Sean

    September 29th, 2014 - 7:48pm

    Does anyone know the direct phone numbers for the Cardiff and Dublin stores please?

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  • Daniel

    September 29th, 2014 - 5:10pm

    Yay I just got one from Regent Street they had loads left!

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    • Anonymous

      October 1st, 2014 - 5:26pm

      Got mine from regent street today in the post for free! I’m so happy

  • Doctorgeorgebaker

    September 28th, 2014 - 6:22pm

    Does anyone please have a spare poster, I’ve called up nearly every store and none of them will ship it!

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      September 28th, 2014 - 8:58pm

      was you gonna buy something to get the poster and they still would not let you?

    • Anonymous

      September 29th, 2014 - 7:39am

      Yes

  • PanDoricus

    September 28th, 2014 - 11:37am

    Went to London Hamleys yesterday and picked up Capaldi figure (£10.00) and got a free poster – couldn’t believe they still had them one week later!

    Reply
  • Ryan

    September 28th, 2014 - 10:43am

    Do you think there will still be spare stock from either the Manchester or Glasgow days in order to ring up and send via post?

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  • Ieuan Jones

    September 28th, 2014 - 9:16am

    Why doesn’t the poster feature the 11th doctor in tweed and 12th doctor regenerated in wave 3! Because I recently picked up the 12th doctor regenerated from wave 3 and it looks far superior to the wave 2 version!

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    • Ieuan Jones

      September 29th, 2014 - 1:39pm

      anyyone?

  • Ian

    September 28th, 2014 - 8:17am

    Went to Hamleys, about four 12th Doctors and once Ice Warrior. Not easy to find if you didn’t know where to look, stuck on the bottom of the shelf unit.
    I was given a hand drawn painting of the Tardis which was drawn by one of the staff.

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    • booboo

      September 28th, 2014 - 9:16am

      is that all they had?

    • Ian

      September 28th, 2014 - 1:25pm

      That is all as well as the 9th Doctors sonic, a few packs of Wave 3 of Display Brix and a Paradigm Dalek back pack.

  • Cyberman Bill

    September 28th, 2014 - 4:16am

    I live in the USA…. I really want (NEED) one of those posters. I try and collect one of everything “new” Who. Do you think Hamleys would deliver to the states? Would someone possibly pick one up for me and I’ll pay for shipping. Anything!! Thanks.
    ** ALONSY **

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    • Jared

      September 28th, 2014 - 5:45am

      Lol, I did a long distance call and apparently they don’t ship BFPO.

    • dalek time

      September 29th, 2014 - 5:16pm

      i’d sell mine it is mint in tube

    • Anonymous

      July 18th, 2015 - 7:15pm

      Dalek yes please how much

  • Doctorgeorgebaker

    September 27th, 2014 - 10:47pm

    Does anyone please have a spare poster, I live miles away from any of the stores

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    • the astronaut of death

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:51pm

      try ringing up hamleys

      they are sending them out

    • Anonymous

      September 28th, 2014 - 2:41pm

      Just tried but apparently they’re not allowed to ship! Tried 3 stores

  • toptimelord

    September 27th, 2014 - 9:36pm

    My Twelfth Doctor figure with Doctor Who figure poster came this morning from the Manchester branch of Hamleys. AND I AM SO HAPPY!

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  • Nobody in particular

    September 27th, 2014 - 5:57pm

    There was a Dalek in Hamley’s Cardiff today. Were there Daleks in all the events, or just Cardiff?

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  • StetsonDoctor

    September 27th, 2014 - 4:33pm

    Lol, guys check out this photo I made: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stetsondoctor/15183248450/

    🙂

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    • Hello Rusty

      September 28th, 2014 - 4:21pm

      Great picture !!!!!!!!

    • Ian

      September 29th, 2014 - 8:54am

      That looks a lot better.

  • StetsonDoctor

    September 27th, 2014 - 3:26pm

    Got mine today via Manchester mail order. My poster has the same problem as mentioned below with the blue-chested Cyberman-must be just on the Manchester ones.

    Also, the design is different. On the Glasgow picture here, it has 12 and the TARDIS with ‘Am I a good man?’ And mine has 12 crouched down with ‘I am the Doctor’. So again, must be different on Manchester poster I supposed?

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    • Chris

      September 27th, 2014 - 3:59pm

      Each Hamleys has its own unique Capaldi image in the bottom right corner. The blue chest piece problem seems to be exclusive to Manchester unfortunately.

    • StetsonDoctor

      September 27th, 2014 - 4:02pm

      I didn’t realise that at first (probably me being slow!). Do you know any of the other designs apart from Manchester/Glasgow?

    • Chris

      September 27th, 2014 - 5:33pm

      London’s is the Doctor in that pose from the first publicity shot of his new costume, back in January. The one with his hands and fingers outstretched.

    • StetsonDoctor

      September 27th, 2014 - 5:46pm

      Thanks.

  • doctor whoooooooooo

    September 27th, 2014 - 3:21pm

    we were first in cue at cardiff queued since 8, got there a bit early, but got picture taken and got poster no. 12 which was the exact one I wanted yay.

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    • alexanderop

      September 27th, 2014 - 3:26pm

      Was the queue very big then or not really?

    • davros is king

      September 29th, 2014 - 5:14pm

      I was there too
      no.61

  • Tom

    September 27th, 2014 - 2:42pm

    My figure arrived today with its poster which is a check list poster 🙂 had a look on ebay as well and cant believe that people are selling them for nearly £60

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  • Where In Time And Space

    September 27th, 2014 - 11:42am

    I got a 12th doctor figure, a poster NO. 73, and a goody bag. It was quite busy.

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    • Nathan

      September 27th, 2014 - 1:28pm

      What do you get in the goody bag?

    • Where In Time And Space

      September 27th, 2014 - 2:16pm

      A deep breath DVD, a micro figure, a file binder

    • Nathan

      September 27th, 2014 - 2:28pm

      Cool – is the deep breath DVD worth getting or should I wait for the box set?

    • PaintingCoder12

      September 27th, 2014 - 2:40pm

      I wouldn’t know but I know personally im waiting for the box set

    • Welshjules

      September 27th, 2014 - 3:08pm

      Posters still being given out??

  • NCC1701D

    September 27th, 2014 - 10:07am

    Just been to the Cardiff one, bought 2 12th Doctor figures and got give 2 posters for the privilege, numbers 14 and 70 out of 250, number 14 and one of the Doctor figures will be remaining in their packs but I have taken out the others. Also, since I went dressed as the 11th Doctor from series 7 part 2 I was generously given one of only 25 goody bags, in case they’re different between stores I’ll tell you what it contained: Character building figure (in my case a Vashta Nerada figure) a Doctor Who A4 ring binder and, best of all…

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    • NCC1701D

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:08am

      cont. …A Deep Breath DVD. It was brilliant and thanks very much to all at Hamleys.

    • booboo

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:09am

      that’s good, many people there?

    • NCC1701D

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:33am

      There were between 20 and 25 of us queued up waiting to go in before they opened, so there was a fair few but not as many as I might have thought, although I suppose more people will be going in throughout the day. By the way, do you know where they post the costume photos they take?

    • booboo

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:36am

      have seen some on their facebook pages from other events

      keep an eye on here https://www.facebook.com/Hamleyscardiff

    • Where In Time And Space

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:36am

      about 60 people queuing out side the store

    • NCC1701D

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:38am

      There was never that many…was there?

    • Where In Time And Space

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:41am

      well 50 to 60 when the store opened ish

    • NCC1701D

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:50am

      Fair enough, and thanks for the link booboo, for some reason I didn’t notice it at first.

    • BowtiesplusFezequalsCool

      September 27th, 2014 - 3:57pm

      I was queuing when it opened I had a Tardis hoodie on. I got the twelfth doctor figure and the poster. I also found a rare dalek with black dome figure in a shop nearby, awesome day

    • Doctorgeorgebaker

      September 28th, 2014 - 6:24pm

      Please can I have the spare one! My nearest store is 50 miles away

  • Chris

    September 26th, 2014 - 9:34pm

    Has anyone else’s poster got the wave 1 Cyberman with a blue chest piece? I’ve looked up several images of the poster and they’re all grey as the figure is.

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    • Chris

      September 26th, 2014 - 10:10pm

      It seems odd that just one would have the chest piece printed blue…

    • Anonymous

      September 27th, 2014 - 8:56am

      I believe the blue chest piece one was a rare variant

    • Chris

      September 27th, 2014 - 9:16am

      Yes. It has a blue chest piece and fun on its right arm in the rares section. That doesn’t explain why the regular wave 1 version has a blue chest piece.

      Someone would have taken the time to colour the piece in during the design stage; it’d be very odd if it’s just mine which is like that.

    • booboo

      September 27th, 2014 - 9:38am

      very odd

      I have seen several posters and i have 3 here and none have the blue chest plate in the std figure

      i have not had my poster from Manchester yet though

    • booboo

      September 27th, 2014 - 10:24am

      my Manchester posters just arrived and they have Blue chest plates like yours – very odd

    • Anonymous

      September 27th, 2014 - 11:38am

      Both the standard and rare figure?
      What number of 250 is yours? Seems strange that just the Manchester posters are slightly inaccurate.

    • booboo

      September 27th, 2014 - 12:01pm

      yes both have blue plates

    • Where In Time And Space

      September 27th, 2014 - 12:03pm

      why is it like that, I thought they would use the same pictures except for where you got it.

  • mick

    September 26th, 2014 - 3:29pm

    mine came today from the Glasgow store. love how they are just thrown in the blister packs with bent arms and legs!

    Reply
  • Tom

    September 26th, 2014 - 11:32am

    bit worried still no figures was supposed to get them on Wednesday

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    • Anonymous

      September 26th, 2014 - 3:10pm

      I wouldn’t worry Tom just spoken with Emma at hamleys in Manchester they sent a boat laid out yesterday and have now sold out

  • Ian

    September 26th, 2014 - 12:13am

    I’m popping back to Hamleys in Manchester on Saturday Ill see what they have. I need to replace a Genesis Dalek, eye stalk broke off.

    Reply
  • TheOncomingStorm

    September 25th, 2014 - 6:41pm

    that phone number is not real…

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    • booboo

      September 25th, 2014 - 6:44pm

      yes it is

    • TheOncomingStorm

      September 25th, 2014 - 7:03pm

      I just tried the Manchester one about half an hour ago and it said “Welcome to a BT phoneline, please leave a message after the beep” or something along those lines

    • TheOncomingStorm

      September 25th, 2014 - 7:05pm

      if it had been Hamleys, surely it would have said “This is Hamley’s Manchester” or something like that

    • booboo

      September 25th, 2014 - 7:09pm

      this is a direct number, they might be busy, i once got that message trying to call

      loads of people have used this number and got through

    • TheOncomingStorm

      September 25th, 2014 - 7:11pm

      cheers, will try again, do you know what time the line is open to?

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