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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Tom
July 4th, 2019 - 1:20pmHI, I live in Glasgow and wentt o the B&M Store in Motherwell and noticed that mainly they had multiples of the old 9th doctor figure collector set but for anyone still looking to pick up the 4th doctor regenerated Tardis set (for those who did not managed to buy it) There were at least 5 – 6 of the 4th doctor Tardis sets lying on the top shelf?. Just thought I would post this on the forum if that is permissible and I was at the Motherwell B&M Store at 12 noon today?. Thanks and Regards Tom.
John666
July 3rd, 2019 - 9:47pmI actually messaged big finish asking when these are being released and they knew nothing, just says keep checking there website, talk about the blind leading the blind
Dominic burns
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:17pmHave you heard anything about when the character options live stream is
booboo
July 3rd, 2019 - 5:42pmnothing at all, we will just get an email fr PR with a date i would think
Dominic burns
July 3rd, 2019 - 1:57pmAre they not releasing the tardis companion set because of brexit that’s probably the answer
booboo
July 3rd, 2019 - 2:04pmI thought it was because no show this year
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2019 - 1:22pmWent into my local B&M today and chatted to a worker, who is fans of the show. He said all stores will only receive new stock unless the old ones have sold. (Basingstoke, Norfolk and Bognor) still have old stock. Once their stock is cleared, they will get the sets, but only those that are still in the warehouse meaning that if the dalek set sells out, they might not get them in.
booboo
July 3rd, 2019 - 1:54pmWhich store was this I will take it up with b@m
Sounds like scaremongering and pretty poor for customers
The new sets all have different codes precisely to avoid what that store said I thought
The tardis is set might be an issue however unless they have a plan
Any business should know you might actually move more of the old stock by bring people back to store to see the new stuff
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:03pmBasingstoke.
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:03pmIt was Basingstoke’s home store.
booboo
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:24pmOk will see what they say
DWS
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:42pmBasingstoke is my local store, it has awful staff, rude and useless so I’d take it with a pinch of salt. Hopefully someone will sweep away the old stock from Bstoke.
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2019 - 3:56pmIKR.
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2019 - 6:34pmBasingstoke has just got the revised sets in! Around 20 of each!!!!!! Noooooooo
booboo
July 3rd, 2019 - 6:41pmloads of stores have the revised sets, that was the idea of them to keep DW on the shelves and expand the range with new items.
Do you like my hugs?
July 6th, 2019 - 12:04pmHeading into Basingstoke store now, I might try to pick up a couple revised sets, see what there is etc.
TARDIS_H63
July 2nd, 2019 - 5:15pmJust to let you guys know… I went into a b&m store and they had quite a few of the last range of 3 packs reduced to £12.99.
Acefan2005
July 2nd, 2019 - 8:49pmWhich b&M
TARDIS_H63
July 3rd, 2019 - 8:05amStrood
Mark
July 4th, 2019 - 12:16pmMy local (Poole) has reduced the price too, although they only have the 9th/Rose set left
Acefan2005
July 2nd, 2019 - 8:18amIma save up this time lol
Blue Box Jackie
July 1st, 2019 - 2:52pmSo what’s the big Finnish version going to be? Same but with the corresponding CD in the back and an extra £20 on top?
booboo
July 1st, 2019 - 2:56pmno idea yet, but both figures are supposed to have slight variations over the B&M sets
Wholords2
July 1st, 2019 - 3:13pmAl confirmed on Gallifrey base that they won’t come with the CD’s
booboo
July 1st, 2019 - 3:22pmhe is referencing to the run as a whole, we don’t know what Big Finish will do with theirs, they might well decide to include a token CD or something
Efcdalek
June 30th, 2019 - 9:45pmIs it possible we can get a list of every known store these sets will be in to save going to b&m stores which do not have these?
booboo
June 30th, 2019 - 10:08pmonly B&M can supply that
Judooning
June 30th, 2019 - 7:08pmI wonder if the scalpers will have learnt their lesson this time with more stock about. I doubt it, you’ll still get people who’ll panic and pay the Ebay prices.
booboo
June 30th, 2019 - 7:43pmi would imagine so
Anonymous
June 30th, 2019 - 4:13pmWill all stores get these??
booboo
June 30th, 2019 - 4:16pmthat we don’t know, would imagine the majority
Grant
June 30th, 2019 - 11:14amAm I right in saying that CO don’t have the imperial Dalek mould anymore? I heard that years ago, not sure of the validity of it though. If true, then It’s probably not going to be included with the 7th Doctor. It could possibly be the jam jars/torch eye supreme Dalek with a slight repaint from the Genocide Machine.
Ben Delany
July 29th, 2019 - 9:13pmDue to cost, no new moulds were made for them main body of the emperial dalek, are you talking about the head lamp, gun and plunger moulds?
BlackKaiser
June 30th, 2019 - 9:03amAny predictions for the other two sets? I’m thinking one will be the War Doctor and the Dalek Time Strategist, hopefully they won’t just give a Supreme Dalek a paint job though. I’m hoping it’s a new Seventh Doctor figure, maybe his New Adventures or movie costume, but I have no idea what Dalek they’ll use.
booboo
June 30th, 2019 - 9:09amanything they do will be just a repaint, anything else would be way beyond the budget of these sets. Suspect we will get a white gold with the 7th, probably a sought after re-releases and another repaint of a NSD with the War Doctor. Not seen them so don’t really know just guesses
BlackKaiser
June 30th, 2019 - 11:06ambooboo, yeah I assumed they’d just be repaints. Thing is if this is a partnership with Big Finish, I’d assume that the Dalek would be from one of those stories. But I can’t think of any distinctive Dalek they could use from the Seventh Doctor era. If they did other waves it would cool if they did
The Sixth Doctor and the Dalek Time Controller from Patient Zero
Eighth Doctor and Dalek Overseer from Planet of the Ogrons
Eighth Doctor and Emperor Dalek Davros from Terror Firma
Acefan2005
July 2nd, 2019 - 8:12amI want the overseer so badly also the glass Stained Dalek would b great
Boo Boo do u k if there will b anymore sets with Daleks After this?
booboo
July 2nd, 2019 - 8:22amif these sell OK (and i think they will) then perhaps a few more but there is a limits to how many variants, especially of Doctors can be done now.
New sculpts are out of the question with the cost and quantities involved
There had been a lot of talk about that stained glass Dalek but the paintwork would be a nightmare to duplicate.
Bob James
June 30th, 2019 - 1:18amThis is awesome! I once thought we’d never see a release like this. I’m good for two!
Freddo01
June 29th, 2019 - 10:30pmAny release dates for this set?
Will they arrive in every b&m store?
Dominic
June 29th, 2019 - 5:57pmDo we have envy news on the tardis conpanion set because I an worried that it’s cancelled
booboo
June 29th, 2019 - 6:30pmhopefully next year
The 14th doctor!
June 29th, 2019 - 10:49pmPersonally I think it would make sense if each companion is released separately.
Anonymous
June 29th, 2019 - 5:19pmIs that Dalek accurate to how it’s described in the audio story?
SJF
June 29th, 2019 - 5:34pmIt isn’t described in the audio story.
But CO worked with Big Finish to come up with the design for it, so it’s accurate in the sense that Big Finish agree that that is what it looks like.
The Werewolf
June 29th, 2019 - 4:29pmSince these have a different packaging and are two-packs rather than three-packs, is there any chance a store still drowning in the Ninth Doctor sets from before being able to get some of these in?
booboo
June 29th, 2019 - 4:33pmdifferent codes so they should do, the new 3 packs are also individually coded now so again shouldn’t be an issue, New Tardis’s maybe an issue if some stores have loads
The Werewolf
June 29th, 2019 - 8:29pmThanks booboo, I look forward to seeing something new for a change
Donovan Allison
June 29th, 2019 - 4:59amWill these sets be released in America cause i live in america and i’m working on a Eighth Doctor action figure web series i really need this Dark Eyes 8th Doctor
booboo
June 29th, 2019 - 8:41amnot at the Moment, only seven20 can manufacturer/distribute in North America right now, before seven20’s go it alone stance you might have got these.
Efcdalek
June 29th, 2019 - 2:51amWill the set arrive on the day it is announced for every b&m store or will some be delayed
When would you say it’ll arrive in stores
booboo
June 29th, 2019 - 8:38amthey are sent to the central warehouse, then to regional distribution centers then to stores so bound to be variation as when stores get them
Anonymous
June 28th, 2019 - 5:45pmI wonder if the interior will be a sort of set like the 4th Doctor and TARDIS set from earlier this year…
Colin Jupp
June 28th, 2019 - 4:48pmi must get one looks Absolutely fabulous ❤️❤️
Subzaltys
June 28th, 2019 - 3:22pmHow disappointing, this isn’t even the right Dalek, this is an eternity circle dalek from the Engines Of War book, and that Doctor is from Dark Eyes but the box says it should be the time war, the dalek interrogator prime was the one on the front of the Planet Of The Ogrons cover as seen here: https://indiemacuser.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/dw8dtw0202_planetoftheogrons_1417.jpg
I’m pretty sure
Kenny
June 28th, 2019 - 4:03pmYes it IS the correct Dalek. The designation came from writer Guy Adams. It was meticulously checked.
You are thinking of the Sec-like Dalek on Planet of the Orgons.
BlackKaiser
June 30th, 2019 - 9:05amThe Dalek in Planet of the Ogrons is called the Dalek Overseer. That would be a cool figure too though.
Ollie
June 28th, 2019 - 2:22pmSo this is the Eighth Doctor in his ‘Dark Eyes’ costume but the Dalek Interrogator Prime is from ‘The Time War’ series of stories? Have I got that right?
I would have thought, in terms of marketability, they would have released some repaints of the classic Dalek moulds, e.g. the 60s Daleks from ‘The Chase’ and ‘Enemies of the First Doctor’ sets and then repainted them in line with the ‘Dark Eyes’ covers.
SJF
June 28th, 2019 - 11:17pmI’m gonna be that guy and say that actually it’s a Doom Coalition/Ravenous Eight because of the Time War era hair.
Pjd94
June 29th, 2019 - 8:37amWhat if you swap the head on this figure for the McGann head that came with the original War Doctor figure? Would that make it correct?
SJF
June 29th, 2019 - 5:37pmIt would but I’m not sure the Dark Eyes would be compatible with that Ninth Doctor body.
Grant
June 28th, 2019 - 2:13pmThis looks great! Nice packaging too! So glad we are still getting 5 inch figures after all these years!
Pusher
June 28th, 2019 - 1:14pmOk, this can do. I REALLY love the design of this dalek and packaging. I made a custom of that dalek years ago but I’m happy to lay hands on an officially released one. It looks swell.
Pusher
June 28th, 2019 - 1:43pmi also really hope they draw an ID tag below the eyestalk, they skipped that on the Imperial guard dalek with the 9th doctor. It was achieved on the accurate sculpted dalek sec and all the bronze daleks
Anonymous
June 28th, 2019 - 11:45amWhen will we get pictures for the other sets?
booboo
June 28th, 2019 - 11:50amnot until the live unveiling video sometime in July
Anonymous
June 28th, 2019 - 12:33pmWhy don’t we get new sculpts any more?We used to get one every month
booboo
June 28th, 2019 - 12:40pmbecause they were Part funded by Underground Toys for the USA market with Character dealing with the UK.
Underground Toys changed to seven20 and wanted to do their own figures for the USA with a split licence (and you have seen the result of that, one figure who know one seems have a clue as to where it is),
That means that, at least at the moment CO only serves the UK market and retailers are just not interested enough at the moment.
That said sets like this would never ever had happened if not for B&M, some compromises yes, but unachievable otherwise.
Landi Demukaj
June 28th, 2019 - 11:29amIm a bit confused are the B and M sets different and are they also limited
booboo
June 28th, 2019 - 11:33amthe pictures are of the B&M sets and they are “limited” in the sense that they will probably be a one of run and when they are gone they are gone, but there will be 1000’s of these sets so no need to panic.
its only the variant set that Big Finish will get to sell online that restricted to 150 units.
Marcus
June 28th, 2019 - 10:59amAlright, may be able to buy them after my birthday then hopefully lol
Marcus
June 28th, 2019 - 10:56amAny idea when this set and the others could be out?
booboo
June 28th, 2019 - 10:57amLate July/ poss August, a while yet