December 31st, 2011
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Yesteryear Feature – Dapol 25th Anniversary Set
Dapol 25th Anniversary Tardis Console Set
In 1988 Dapol introduced a 25th anniversary set with the infamous five sided (should have been six) Tardis console. It is now highly collectable and one of the rarest Dapol items. It retailed for £39.99 – a large sum of money back then.
A Tardis console to match the currant range of 5″ classic figures is now high on people lists of most wanted items.
The box: This set was supplied with a green K9 and Melanie with a pink top…
25TH Anniversary set comprises :
7th Doctor…
A Time Lord from Gallifrey. An articulated figure.
Melanie…
The last companion of the 6th Doctor and the first companion of the 7th. Also articulated.
K-9…
The Doctor’s personal robot-dog computer with pull back action, wagging tail and nodding head. Runs around baseboard track.
Console…
Electrically operated rise and fall centre section with flashing light and illuminated TV screen. The Console is fitted onto the baseplate centrally on the three locating pins marked A.
Tardis… ___
With flashing light and opening doors. This item opens out to form the backscene when clipped onto the supplied baseplate.
The set up: The Tardis comes apart so the interior can be used as walls. A large base is supplied…
Separate items: A base plate and top are supplied so the Tardis (with opening doors) can be used as a stand alone item plus an original Dapol advert from Doctor Who magazine dated March 1988…
Original Dapol leaflets promoting the Tardis console along with a Dapol price list…
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badwolf99
November 14th, 2015 - 11:25pmIve bought the blue mel , I really love how simple the figures are. I wish they still made them.
mark jones
August 26th, 2015 - 11:17pmI Have one of these – also I have another one and some of the toys which are still in their packaging and are signed by some of the cast and the old producer, when they went to the factory on a day out; many moons ago.
Cyberman Bill
January 25th, 2015 - 8:47pmWhy is this soooooo expensive! I want one so bad. To find one in the States is even more difficult so if you one, your going to wind up paying through the nose. 🙁
booboo
January 25th, 2015 - 8:48pmbecause its rare and long out of production
Dr who 12 doctor
March 1st, 2015 - 4:06pmHow much is it
Exterminator
August 30th, 2013 - 10:22amI have this set, it’s one of my favourite Who items. The photos above are missing the extra tardis interior wall section, which connected to the opened up tardis to make the interior bigger.
I also have the dapol millennium darleks and the davros/daleks collectors set. Very cool.
matt9982
April 5th, 2013 - 9:25amREALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT THIS SO BAD!!!!!!! 🙁
David Daley
April 26th, 2013 - 11:54pmWOW
My mum got me this when I was 12. I’m now 36 and it still works and in mint condition
matt9982
May 5th, 2013 - 6:09pmWould you be willing to sell it to me? 🙂
booboo
May 5th, 2013 - 6:14pmwe have no way of conducting sales over this site
matt9982
May 6th, 2013 - 12:22pmOh, ok… Nevermind then I will just keep looking on ebay 🙂
the 12th doctor
September 23rd, 2012 - 10:16ambut k9 is green . the TARDIS is cool.
matt9982
February 1st, 2013 - 7:51amWhen a picture of k9 was sent to the manufacturer the reflection from the grass made it look green so that’s the colour they made it 🙂
Salyavinsteapot
August 13th, 2012 - 11:43pmThe item I always really hankered after was the Third Doctor’s Whomobile. There was a prototype made but, like the promised 6-sided Tardis Console, it was never released to mass manufacture (I have a promotional leaflet somewhere showing the Whomobile).
Often thought if I had the space I could set up a museum with all the old Dr Who collectables! Which leads me on to Danbury Mint’s Chess set…but that’s another story, for another time…
Salyavinsteapot
August 13th, 2012 - 11:38pmBeing extremely ancient, I remember collecting Dapol Dr Who figures from the very beginning. I still have the 25th Anniversary set along with some of the very early and much later figures too. The excitement of having a tardis set was immense and there was always a new product being promised although they sometimes never appeared. I even have one of the rare two-handed Davros ‘mistakes’. There was a millennium Dalek set too with weird glittery paint schemes and a re-issue of the tardis with sound effects unit built in and a different light.
the doctor(doctor who site fan)
February 19th, 2012 - 1:04pmhey ive just saw the 35th anniversary set and they have got a 25th anniversery set!
Vashta Nerada comes for you!
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:45pmWow! I’ve always wanted these!
Mr_Moley
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:57amI had one of these back in the day… I was about 12 at the time!
It was sold on eBay a few years back and raised quite a bit more than the original £39.99… Still not sure if I should have sold it or not, but I’m sure it made someone very happy 🙂
droneclaw
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:04pmdo you know theres a new one the 35th dapol.
dec is ace
January 1st, 2012 - 6:50pmso what are they bringing out then a classic tardis console room
booboo
January 1st, 2012 - 7:13pmwell we hope so one day, this is an old product.
alex
January 1st, 2012 - 5:33pmi have got this!
Twelth Cyber Legion
January 1st, 2012 - 12:18pmTHIS IS A MESAGE FROM THE CYBERLEADER:
Happy New Year
stetsonsarecool
January 1st, 2012 - 9:10amCharacter Should make a 50th aniversary set with the first doctors tardis interiour with six sided console and flashing lights and sounds retailed at £39.99 .at argos free damadged 1st doctor.sounds like an advert!!!
booboo
January 1st, 2012 - 9:17ami would love a classic console, a company was doing one (sixteen12) but it was cancelled through lack of demand – i was expensive though but looked fantastic . As any new one wouldn’t be made in huge quantities you will probably get a basic painted mould for 39.99
stetsonsarecool
January 1st, 2012 - 9:08amHappy Who Year!!
droneclaw
January 1st, 2012 - 5:04pmha ha ha happy who year insted of happy new year.
dec is ace
January 1st, 2012 - 4:18amso r they bringing the dapol 25 anniversary set out again or the figures sum 1 pls answer me coz i really want one
booboo
January 1st, 2012 - 9:07amno there will be no more Dapol, this is just a yesteryear feature
roloboy97
January 1st, 2012 - 3:03ambooboo is this coming out again?
MasterKasterborous
January 1st, 2012 - 12:31amThere’s one on ebay now for £249.99!!!
Nicholas
January 1st, 2012 - 8:13pmand it used to be £15
Doctor Who Crazy Ross Muscroft
December 31st, 2011 - 9:01pmIt’d be nice to have a few dapol figures, It would be good if they released a console set for the figures today with this, a bit like the scale scale the Junkyard Tardis, a bit bigger though and with an ‘exclusive’ Ace, Melanie and Brigadier figures!
Doctor Who Crazy Ross Muscroft
December 31st, 2011 - 9:01pmoh and, happy new year everyone!
The Silence :D
December 31st, 2011 - 9:32pmHappy new year From TheSilence
BOOBOO JR
December 31st, 2011 - 10:23pmHappy new year everyone from BOOBOO JR!!!!!
Anthony
January 1st, 2012 - 9:44pmyeh now that sounds awsome and cool id love an ace figure from servival or the greatest show in the galaxy or remberance
MasterKasterborous
December 31st, 2011 - 8:51pmWHAT!?!?! The TARDIS only has 5 sides!!!!!
Justininferno
December 31st, 2011 - 8:29pmI have this set – the box id worn sadly, but the contents are mint. I also have the promtional material. Think I may have to think about selling it if its collectable!
the astronaut of death
December 31st, 2011 - 8:20pmhappy new year
Anthony
December 31st, 2011 - 8:00pmhappy new year for tonight and i wish theyed released this in scale with co figs and have ace and the doc and mell and hat stand u no proper tardis i have stopped gettin classics been stickin new series but i have to have ace and the 7th doc hes my second favriote doc matt number 1 mcoy 2nd
tardisfan101 (dwfan101) (torchwoodfan101)
December 31st, 2011 - 7:36pmI didn’t enjoy McCoy’s episodes so this set is not for me. and since when was K9 green?
stetsonsarecool
December 31st, 2011 - 7:24pmdo the figures come with this?
booboo
December 31st, 2011 - 7:27pmin the anniversary set yes
bradley
December 31st, 2011 - 7:11pmI really hope Character or underground toys make a new one in scale with the 5″ classic series figures !
droneclaw
January 1st, 2012 - 5:08pmhay bradley is bradley you rell name.
the astronaut of death
December 31st, 2011 - 7:05pmi might get this
C@A
December 31st, 2011 - 7:18pmWell, you’ll need to have a few hundred pounds you’re willing to spend first, astronaut of death!
crazy guy
December 31st, 2011 - 7:04pmthis looks awsome happy new year