July 30th, 2019
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Doctor Who B&M Exclusive 2019 8th Doctor / Dalek Set
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Character Options presents a set of three unique Doctor & Dalek Twin Packs, inspired by the Doctor Who audio series from Big Finish.
Sets will be available in B&M stores from Late August
This includes a brand new take on the Eighth Doctor, plus the Dalek Interrogator Prime. The two additional Doctor and Daleks sets to be released from this range will feature the Seventh and War Doctors respectively.
There will be a second and much more limited version of each set with slight variations and exclusive to Big Finish. These will arrive shortly after the B&M stock and there will only be 150 of each.
Images shown here are of the mass market B&M Sets. The will be 1000’s of these available in stores
Both the B&M set and the Big Finish sets are marked as Limited Editions.
Following the announcement earlier in June of this summer’s Big Finish-inspired Doctor Who merchandise from Character Options, a first preview image has been made available as a taste of what is to come.
The image released is that of the Eighth Doctor and Dalek set featuring a new version of the Doctor action figure in his ‘Dark Eyes’ inspired costume, along with Interrogator Dalek.
Steve Berry, Head of Marketing at Big Finish said: “We are delighted to be working with Character Options on this project and cannot wait to see the items in store. Since the news broke that the sets will soon be available, we have been inundated with requests for an image. We hope that this small taste will add to the excitement of the Character Options online reveal taking place in July.”
The new Big Finish items will be all part of a wider line-up of Character Options Doctor Who figures and accessories coming to B&M retail stores this summer.
Al Dewar, Creative Director at Character Options commented: “As you can imagine we’ve been keeping this inventive collaboration under wraps for a while so it’s fantastic to be able to release this first image of these unique additional sets to the B&M store range. As announced previously we plan to do a full unveiling live, which will take place ‘unboxing style’ on Character Options’ own You Tube channel in July; details of the time and date will be announced soon.”
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Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 6:47pmI wonder what they did with all the 9th Doctor heads…no doubt put them a side for the next B&M special…9th Doctor head on War doctor body.
EndlessTimelord
June 27th, 2019 - 6:36pmWow, this is amazing! I wasn’t expecting them to do 8 in this costume! Love the way they have done it and wow… after so long- it feels amazing to see an NSD slimmer sculpt Dalek being released again and I love the paint apps (nicely surprised by some weathering too) ahhh cannot wait to see the rest!
The Packaging is looking great too! 😀
Still not ginger
June 27th, 2019 - 6:28pmAre we still expecting photos of the others tomorrow or was this it only?
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 6:33pmNo this was bought forward for good reason.
Dan Fellows
June 27th, 2019 - 6:37pmWhat was the good reason? Any hints 😉
The 14th doctor
June 27th, 2019 - 6:27pmWell, well how disappointing!
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 6:33pmas a matter of interest what were you expecting?
The 14th doctor
June 27th, 2019 - 6:38pmNothing much really
prototype dalek
June 27th, 2019 - 6:11pmMight be a minority here, but I really love this set and will certainly pick this up and hopefully the limited 150 edition as well
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 6:32pmmost people seem more than happy, just those few that expect far to much from these sets
Tyler Prescott
June 27th, 2019 - 5:57pmThe one in the box actually looks very different, the sculpt and paint are much sharper
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 6:01pmyes these maybe early samples i suppose.
Colin Forever
June 27th, 2019 - 5:54pmI’m surprised they didn’t use the Eighth Doctor head from the War Doctor figure. That looked more like the Dark Eyes version
Mark Belsom.
June 27th, 2019 - 5:48pmAm I reading right that there are two releases of these sets ?
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:53pmYes, a B&M version where there will be 1000’s, and 150 slightly tweaked versions exclusive to BF
Mark Belsom.
June 27th, 2019 - 6:11pmExcellent.
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:48pmDalek is good but the doctor is a bit disappointing
Dr who fan 2019
June 27th, 2019 - 5:40pmOMG look at this set
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:30pmMy Guesses for the rest are
The War Doctor and The Dalek Time Controller
TV Movie 7 (wishful thinking) and Dalek from Daleks Among Us or Remembrance 7 and Dalek
5th Doctor & Tardis
4th Doctor & season 14-17 Tardis
Invasion of Time set with Tom, Time Lord and Sontaran
Battlefield with McCoy, Ace and Brig
Two Doctors Set with Hawaiian Waistcoat 6, Peri repaint and old pat
plus the sonics but I have no interested in them.
the Dalek/7 set is the most unlikely the rest are possible though not very exciting.
TARDIS DUDE
June 28th, 2019 - 5:23pmActally movie 7th is possible with a bit of mix and match… basically using the talons fourth doctor torso (from the 70’s set) and the arms and legs and head of the 7th painted in the movie colours… doubt it will happen but is more or less possible. Yeah the hair will be wrong but if they use the hated 7th sculpt then it probably won’t look so bad. But doubt it will happen this time but who knows…
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:29pmThat’s just lazy. I get they don’t make new figures anymore, but they could at least give him his bag and screwdriver. I’ve seen customs better than this.
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:31pmNO new tooling B&M sets, go buy you customs and leave others to appreciate whats coming.
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:36pmAye, sorry for my opinion
Dan Fellows
June 27th, 2019 - 5:41pmWhy no new figures made? For all the reasons previously stated. It’s not lazy at all! This is a good way to have variations for those who haven’t the skill or time to customise. Personally, I haven’t seen a decent customisation of this.
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:47pmI understand the B&M sets don’t have new figures, but I just miss the days when we got brand new figures on a regular basis. We’re lucky if we get one a year anymore.
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:56pmYes but that’s not B&M’s fault, you need to take these for what they are. If its not for you then fine, esides if it weren’t for their commitment there would be nothing at all.
I’ve seen a lot of good customs and even repainted figures that look brilliant but people spend hours doing it, you can’t have that for £20
Anonymous
July 13th, 2019 - 3:28amThey could’ve used that rare Primeval bag and given him his TV Movie sonic. Not entirely accurate but hey it’s something.
James
June 27th, 2019 - 5:28pmHe’s a doctor. Although probably not the one you were expecting. Lol good to see he is the first one to be released.
Nicholas
June 27th, 2019 - 5:26pmNow I just pray my store gets these in…
Totalbritish25
June 27th, 2019 - 5:26pmso wait I am confused are only going to be 150 of these for b&m
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:29pmno, 1000’s for B&M, Big finish will only have 150 of each which will have slight variations over the B&M ones.
Gareth Pugh
June 27th, 2019 - 5:31pmTotalbritish25 – no. BMI should have a few thousand of what you see here. Big Finish will have exclusive ultra limited runs 150 of each Doctor/Dalek set with some ‘slight tweaks’ (don’t know whether that is in the packaging or actual slight variations on the figures themselves) compared to the standard BMI sets. Hope that helps.
Totalbritish25
June 27th, 2019 - 6:41pmah that’s good then cause I really want all these b&m set’s don’t really care about the big finish slight change ones if I can at least get the b&m ones I will be good
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:25pmI’m like never excited for anything Figure related. But this puts a smile on my face
Omega63
June 27th, 2019 - 5:20pmI know these aren’t aimed to mass market as such but I do worry that if mainstream TV stuff doesn’t always work then will niche audio do any better? Either way I’m very glad it’s being released!
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:26pmJo public probably doesn’t follow the same ins and outs of this costume / that Dalek as forums do, they will just see a Doctor Dalek set which they haven’t had before which is enough to sell it, add to that the core collector market and perhaps a new market with Big Finish followers and they should do fine
Omega63
June 27th, 2019 - 5:31pmThat’s a fair point. As long as they stick with mainstream villains and existing TV show characters that ALSO appear in Big Finish. I imagine they wouldn’t afford new sculpting for characters like Lucy Miller etc.
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:33pmJust can’t see that. B&M as well, this is big investment for them so they will want a good return, CO have probably had to put these together for peanuts. Packaging look great as well
Dan Fellows
June 27th, 2019 - 5:10pmAh I guessed right then re the 8th Dr figure. 🙂 A neat twist that doesn’t look cobbled together.
Wonder if it be right about the Two Drs set? Perhaps 6th Dr without jacket by using shirt & waistcoat of YANA/ Master?
Daz
June 27th, 2019 - 5:03pmI don’t know “Dark Eyes” as I don’t listen to the audios but this looks like a nice set for people who follow those adventures, also nice to see more 8th Doctor stuff.
Mark Belsom.
June 27th, 2019 - 5:01pmYes please,a very simple but looks the part.
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 4:54pmWill it come with a sonic screwdriver
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 5:02pmi don’t think so
BrunoB
June 27th, 2019 - 5:30pmThe sonic that goes with that doctor is very different. There’s many 3D prints of it available online
Mark
June 27th, 2019 - 4:54pmI’ll be continuing my collection with this… it’s going to be a fantastic summer
SamWho
June 27th, 2019 - 4:49pmLove it very inventive
Prydonian
June 27th, 2019 - 4:49pmI don’t get they are calling that blue/silver Dalek an ‘Interrogator’ when it’s obviously the Eternity Circle Dalek from Engines of War?
Anonymous
June 27th, 2019 - 5:05pmHuh yeah you are right, perhaps they wanted two war doctor dalek figures and this was the only way to get them to agree with two by pairing it with 8 and a different name.
Anonymous
July 13th, 2019 - 8:41amYou do realise that Engines of War is a novel, don’t you?
R1ch1e
June 27th, 2019 - 4:49pmThese look so cool. It’s such a shame that by the time I get to B+M they will all be sold out
Whofan44
June 27th, 2019 - 4:47pmI so need to get this. Not a normal figure buyer so does anyone know what the normal price for this would be.
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 4:50pm£19.99 a set, there will also be some Big finish exclusive sets which will have slight differences, not sure on cost of those they will be very limited as well
Whofan44
June 27th, 2019 - 5:01pmHmm might be a push to be able to afford it as starting to struggle to afford all the releases as it is.
Jamie
June 27th, 2019 - 4:40pmOoh nice!
Whovianpop93
June 27th, 2019 - 4:40pmThe doctor looks like a primeval figure with a head swap. The dalek is a simple repaint. Im dissapointed.
Jamie
June 27th, 2019 - 4:41pmI knew we would see comments like this…. We always knew there would be no new sculpt.
booboo
June 27th, 2019 - 4:42pmyou shouldn’t be, everyone was told that’s what they would be, people setting the bar to high again. These are B&M sets but at least people are getting something totally different
DoctorOsgoodTARDIS
June 27th, 2019 - 4:49pmIt’s the 9th doctors body and is practically a perfect depiction of the 8th dark eyes costume with its repaint, I think its brilliant, can not see the issue
Sons of Skaro
June 27th, 2019 - 4:38pmCool
RTMM
June 27th, 2019 - 4:35pmLooks fantastic!