May 29th, 2013
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Doctor Who 3.75″ Spin and Fly Tardis
Simply clip the TARDIS onto the clear flight cradle to make it spin and fly. This highly detailed replica electronic toy TARDIS is in scale with the Doctor Who 3.75-inch action figure collection.
Features include spring loaded doors, authentic sound FX; take-off and landing light the new TARDIS interior card. Requires 3 x AAA batteries.
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the astronaut of death
May 29th, 2013 - 7:02pmbooboo witch of the new merchandise are you getting
booboo
May 29th, 2013 - 7:03pmall of it
the astronaut of death
May 29th, 2013 - 7:06pmim getting
. the ice warrior figure
. Clara figure
. doctor figure
. cyberman figure
. spin and fly tardis
. cold war diorama set
the astronaut of death
May 29th, 2013 - 7:00pmbooboo do you think the new merchandise will be out by the end of the month
booboo
May 29th, 2013 - 7:01pmi dont know we dont get retailer info
doctorpond393
May 29th, 2013 - 6:21pmBooboo, when are you getting yours?
booboo
May 29th, 2013 - 6:55pmtomorrow probably
doctorpond393
May 29th, 2013 - 7:16pmI assume we will be seeing pics of the packaging and stuff taken by you.
booboo
May 29th, 2013 - 7:18pmyes we will, i am opening up a new section for user images as well when the figures and sets start to arrive
Doctorpond393
May 29th, 2013 - 7:36pmSounds good
Nicholas
May 29th, 2013 - 6:13pm3.75″ figures have been pushed back to May 31st
Trenzalore1502
May 29th, 2013 - 6:56pmNooooooo…
Trenzalore1502
May 29th, 2013 - 6:57pmbooboo, is this true???
booboo
May 29th, 2013 - 6:58pmno idea, so many dates going around know one knows what’s what
Nicholas
May 29th, 2013 - 7:40pmforbiddenplanet.com
The Monitor
May 29th, 2013 - 5:53pmHas anyone found the new CB “Lego” sets in a chain store yet. I have seen dealers selling them for more than 6 weeks, but have yet to see them for myself. I quite fancy the twin pack. I thought it might be John Lewis, but my one has cut back to almost nothing Who-wise.
booboo the third
May 29th, 2013 - 5:17pmjust got mine from forbidden planet in shaftbury avenue
booboo the third
May 29th, 2013 - 5:28pmwhat snapshots do you guys want
Trenzalore1502
May 29th, 2013 - 6:53pmThe doctor Clara cyberman and ice warrior please. Also, if you have the tardis, can you put that in a picture with them to please?
Trenzalore1502
May 29th, 2013 - 6:55pmSorry wrong one…
LumatTheEwok
May 29th, 2013 - 11:09amBBC Shop have this online, pre-order for 31st May
DALEKILLER
May 29th, 2013 - 3:58pmCould you send me a link, i cant find it ?
TrustmeimtheDoctor
May 29th, 2013 - 4:12pmjust type 3.75 in the search box it should come up.
the astronaut of death
May 29th, 2013 - 4:58pmhttp://www.bbcshop.com/tardis/doctor-who-spin+fly-tardis-375-inchs/invt/04660
Matthew
May 29th, 2013 - 9:38amhas anyone had there 3.75 new figures dispatched
the mr master
May 29th, 2013 - 7:44amdoes it have buttons that close the door like the 10th doctors tardis
matt9982
May 29th, 2013 - 9:08amNo sorry 🙂
Jay Ubi
May 29th, 2013 - 6:44amGary Oldman as the Doctor….now that would be one hell of a Doctor.
BaZzA
May 28th, 2013 - 4:57pmAnyone know of this is in stock at forbidden planet in Sheffield
josh smith
May 28th, 2013 - 11:48amRIP Woolworth it was 2 seconds form my house they had lodes of dr who figures my first ever set was from there ad now i have ot take an hour train to get to forbidden planet.
Still Not Ginger
May 28th, 2013 - 1:22pmR.I.P Woolworths. I miss it so much 🙁
supreme dalek
May 28th, 2013 - 5:21pmaah Woolworths i went in there when i was about 8 and my dad got me a 12″ dalek sec. i was over the moon
so many happy memories
it was the best place for doctor who toys apart from maybe toys r us
Andrew
May 29th, 2013 - 12:11amI bought my first GTA at woolworths lol, brilliant store, they need to make a come back.
The Monitor
May 29th, 2013 - 5:51pmIt was a great British legacy, and had something of everything. There has been nothing since to touch it. When you stop to think about it, there was loads of Doctor Who stuff in there over the years. Videos/dvds, clothing, stationary, toys, Easter eggs, gifts. Some even remember Target paperbacks in there.
McGann is the Doctor
May 28th, 2013 - 10:59amWho is the 8th Doctor looking guy at the top ?
Scott the Raptor
May 28th, 2013 - 11:02amA Harry Potter Sirius Black. He is my Twelfth Doctor
BaZzA
May 27th, 2013 - 8:35pmI’ve just ordered this from forbidden planet how long do you think the delievery will take
Dylan Cameron
May 28th, 2013 - 8:36amWell, I ordered my one 4 days ago and it hasn’t arrived yet, i’m hopeful that it will arrive today!
Anonymous
May 28th, 2013 - 11:01amHopefully mine will come sooner as you ordered it over the bank holiday weekend
Dylan Cameron
May 28th, 2013 - 12:37pmActually I ordered it on 23rd which was Thursday! 5 days ago lol
BaZzA
May 28th, 2013 - 2:35pmI’ve just realised that mine hasn’t been dispatched yet brilliant
Dylan Cameron
May 28th, 2013 - 4:22pmthey’ve just sent me an email saying they have just found the order and have dispached it now.
BaZzA
May 28th, 2013 - 5:46pmMine says I have been charged but no dispatch yet hopefully it will be dispatched very soon
BaZzA
May 29th, 2013 - 10:25amIts been dispatched
DrWhoFan1
May 27th, 2013 - 3:48pmI just phoned up the Forbidden Planet International in Cardiff and they have them in stock! That’s tomorrow planned out! I’ll send some photos if you want Booboo?
RastonEd
May 27th, 2013 - 12:31pmThe back is horrific. Even less a reason to buy it. (I am not wasting money on something like this, which is in scale with the likes of the hp figures. After a couple of months, they were dirt cheap, so if I finally decide to get these ‘figures’ I think I’ll wait til they are like, three pounds or something)
Da Big Friendly Button
May 28th, 2013 - 9:47amThere would be no where else to put the speaker on the Tardis.
They had to put it somewhere.
Cybermen
May 28th, 2013 - 10:31amCould of put it on the bottom
Scott the Raptor
May 28th, 2013 - 10:33amNo they couldn’t. It would make the base too thick.
HarryReeves2000
May 28th, 2013 - 1:43pmAnd if it was at the bottom you wouldn’t hear it very well
McGann is the Doctor
May 26th, 2013 - 11:21pmInteresting, but shame about the windows not being white.
See that 11th Doctor figure ? I recommend everybody take theirs and paint the buttons white and with a cocktail stick and silver paint, colour the silver trouser button like I did 😉
the astronaut of death
May 27th, 2013 - 10:36amcan you take a pic and post a link
so I can see how it looks
McGann is the Doctor
May 27th, 2013 - 12:27pmGive me afew days, I have been meaning to do that for ages lol ! ❗
Doctor PSY
May 26th, 2013 - 8:32pmA tiny bit of subject but when are the new 3.75″ figures coming out?
CONNORTHEDOCTOR
May 26th, 2013 - 8:50pm29th of May, well that’s when Forbidden planet get them in stock.
Doctor PSY
May 27th, 2013 - 10:11amWill Argos or Toys ‘R’ Us have them by then?
CONNORTHEDOCTOR
May 27th, 2013 - 11:27amI doubt it, well i used to get them from my toys r us but i had to wait 2 months for one wave and ever since then I’ve ordered from Forbidden planet. Your’s might be different.
Doctor PSY
May 28th, 2013 - 9:27pmOh, I’m going tomorrow…
the astronaut of death
May 28th, 2013 - 9:30pmI normal get my stuff from shops like argos and toymaster
I have been starting to get a lot from the bbc shop
Doctor PSY
May 28th, 2013 - 10:46pm@TheAstronaughtOfDeath
When you shopped at Argos and Toymaster did they usually have the brand new range in stock on the day it came out?
If not I shall try Argos tomorrow and Toymaster on Thursday and if I still have no luck at the weekend I’ll go to Toys ‘R’ Us!
If not I’d just order the stuff from character!!
callum simmons
May 26th, 2013 - 3:23pmOh dear that is rather small isn’t it! I’m not really interested in the action figures at the moment but I had the matt smith 5 inch Tardis and some figures before and I can see that this is clearly a step backwards. I just wish we’d see some announcements of the release dates for the character building summer stuff: Series 7 Tardis interior, multipacks and the 11 doctor set version 2.I saw two of the new multipacks on eBay and it said they were importer preview sets. They were the dalek paradigm and angels in Manhattan farewell pack.
Scott the Raptor
May 26th, 2013 - 3:56pmIt’s a step forwards.
Doctorpond393
May 26th, 2013 - 5:14pmHow exactly in any way is this a step forwards?
Scott the Raptor
May 26th, 2013 - 5:43pmI have the product and here are the reasons:
1: Without the telephone, the doors can open fully.
2: Much better console insert. (You actually get to see the console this time)
3: The free spinner you get with it.
4: Better detail and more of a wooden effect.
5: When lit, the light has a more effective colour. (White rather than a purpley blue)
6: It is smaller and that means less weight when playing with it.
7: It doesn’t need those small batteries anymore. It uses triple AAA’s.
8: Less of a blue ‘glossy’ paint effect.
There you go.
doctorpond393
May 26th, 2013 - 7:06pm1. Fair enough but i always liked the little door.
2. You could never see the console when the doors were open in the series so thats down to the set designers not character. Plus on this one the console is way too close to the doors.
3. ok
4. I’ll take your word for that.
5. The light has always been white.
6. Alright but also means its more brittle and would break easier.
7. It’s always used AAA’s. Its the sonic screwdrivers that use the small batteries.
8. Again, I’ll have to take you word for it.
Scott the Raptor
May 26th, 2013 - 7:25pmThe light hasn’t always been as white as it is. The console has always been a part of the TARDIS and for the toy to miss it out wasn’t very nice. Even though you couldn’t see it in the show it would’ve been nice to include it. And it’s not too close to the doors. You just can’t see the railing leading to the console. It doesn’t break easier. It’s just exactly like a smaller Flight Control TARDIS. Only better in my opinion.
doctorpond393
May 26th, 2013 - 7:32pmAll my flight control tardises lights are white. The backdrop is too close because in the show you can see all 3 of the rings at the top of the time rotor. On this you can only see 3/4 of one of them. And if character had included the console in the 2010 one it would have been inaccurate. When the doctor opens the doors in day of the moon you cant see the console so it would have been very wrong and people would probably moan because its inaccurate. And what colour are you FCT lamps then?
Scott the Raptor
May 26th, 2013 - 7:38pmI told you what colour mine are. And also, it’s not a TARDIS if you can’t see the console. It is merely Bits’s and Bob’s car. You can’t really see any inaccuracies on the rings on the time rotor unless you are looking for them. I think this is a very good product and better than the FCT. It’s just a personal opinion though and it is OK if you disagree.
doctorpond393
May 26th, 2013 - 7:46pmYh, I thought it was stupid how in the show you couldnt see the console but i understand why they didnt put it on the toy. And i should have made myself clearer by what i meant by rings. I meant the bits at the top that have the gallifreyan text that spins
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 10:55amIn reply to Scott Raptor’s “step forward” post, ahem, interior lighting? Character have been taking steps back since 2010.
the astronaut of death
May 27th, 2013 - 11:04amyeah I agree it took them 2 years to release a Rory figure . a rather bit of the series 5 figures we did not need they were just random characters. we got barley any series 6 part 2 figures . and the 2010 flight control tardis lost loads of good feachers it had in the 2005 one . and then they change the scale ruining loads of peoples figure collections and now most people are waiting for a 2013 tardis play set witch we will probably have to wait for ever for.
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 11:09amI don’t necessarily think its the reduction in size that is the problem, I think its the reduction in detail.
Scott the Raptor
May 27th, 2013 - 1:41pmErm, Andrew, this console room shouldn’t have lighting. The light came from the sides and the time rotor in the actual BBC set.
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 5:01pmSo you’re saying it was accurate to have a bright white-blue light in the original and best Flight Control TARDIS? No, but it made it A LOT better.
And that is where you are wrong. The interior lighting in the original FC TARDIS was added to make the windows and “Police Box” lettering light up, as it does in the actual show (and as it has done on this series, so therefore your point is invalid).
Scott the Raptor
May 27th, 2013 - 6:45pmBut you see, you don’t have the product. Until you have the product, I will not reply to you. It is pointless arguing with you when you don’t have anything to talk about.
So, until you have the product, the Spin and Fly TARDIS is the best one CO have produced in my opinion.
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 9:42pmOkay first of all, how would you know if I did or did not have the product? Exactly, you don’t.
And why should I need to have bought this product to know what is has and doesn’t have? I can read. I can see pictures. I can watch videos. I know exactly what this product looks like and what features it contains, I don’t need to buy it. That was a very dumb statement.
Its easy to see that this is just the 2010 Flight Control TARDIS but smaller and with a new interior background. That’s it.
Scott the Raptor
May 27th, 2013 - 9:53pmBut you don’t have this product, do you?
You need to have the product in hand to see the wooden effect. It is much better than the previous TARDISes.
And altogether, calling me dumb is very stupid. I don’t mean to be offensive, but I don’t really care about those pointless remarks or yourself acting like a little child. I don’t know why I am wasting my time squabbling with you like we are two years old to be honest.
And how is this ‘just the 2010 Flight Control TARDIS but smaller)?
1. This comes with the spinner
Scott the Raptor
May 27th, 2013 - 9:57pm(Continued)
2. A different font for the ‘Police Public Call Box’ sign
3. A more wooden effect
4. A different kind of blue paint
5. I don’t know what it is, but this TARDIS seems to have a much better feel to it.
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 10:07pmWhile that all looks nice standing on a shelf while its doing nothing, you gotta admit that it looks boring after a while when switched on and all that lights up is the lantern, when in the show (if I recall correctly, I could be wrong and the windows may not have been lit up since Series 3 or 4) the windows are lit up as well.
Scott the Raptor
May 27th, 2013 - 10:12pmAlthough you are right, I think CO had a certain budget to stick to on this. For what it is, I think it’s a good product.
matt9982
May 27th, 2013 - 10:17pmI agree with scot the raptor
doctorpond393
May 27th, 2013 - 10:23pmI agree for the size its good but the step backwards is the scale change.
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 10:26pmAlthough you are right, personally I feel that CO should allow bigger budgets to create better quality toys. Maybe I sound like I’m clinging to the past, but I’m sure that most people would rather buy the 2005 TARDIS control room over the 2010 TARDIS control room, purely for the fact that the 2005 one was electronic, and the 2010 one wasn’t.
Again, personally I feel that the original Flight Control TARDIS was far superior to the later ones purely due to the interior lighting. Maybe its just me, and other people can take it or leave it,
Andrew
May 27th, 2013 - 10:27pm(continued)
but I feel that the original is truly superior to the later two.
TARDISTIME
May 28th, 2013 - 1:56pmyou but its silly now coz in TBOSJ you see that it still has a phone just in a different way
Andrew
May 28th, 2013 - 5:56pmJust reading these comments from yesterday makes me wonder why we are acting like little children in a childish squabble over something as minor as the aesthetics. I apologise for my behaviour.
On another note, why have they removed the phone? Considering how it was used in TBOSJ, it seems silly to not include it.
Scott the Raptor
May 29th, 2013 - 9:00amI also am extraordinarily apologetic.
the astronaut of death
May 26th, 2013 - 10:57amim disappointed in them changing the scale but im still getting this
any way their is still loads of 5 inch figures I have till not got
Hello
May 26th, 2013 - 2:20pmYeah Same need to collect all of the series 6 digures
the astronaut of death
May 26th, 2013 - 10:35amim going to try to get this in shops e.g. Argos, toy master or bbc shop
p.s their is review on this on youtbe
Nathan Hancock
May 26th, 2013 - 10:30amHopefully getting this from forbidden planet in cardiff today
Nathan Hancock
May 26th, 2013 - 9:39pmGot this today its very good
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 9:36amIt soooo anoying!
I live in Tewkesbury and non of the shops have any dr who stuff 🙁
booboo
May 26th, 2013 - 9:37amwell its no better in Cheltenham where we are
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 9:43amthe thing is every bodys ordering online and no one is buying from the shops any more :sad:.
But maybe be the end of the week stuff might be easier.
booboo
May 26th, 2013 - 9:50ami would happily buy in a shop -if there was one, like you i would love to go out today (or yesterday) and buy one but there no where to get on from, its rather sad
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 9:58amyeah iv always shopped in shops and 7 years ago
you would have dr who in all the big shops e.g Tescos,Argos it not the same:sad:
p.s id luv a dr who shop! a permanent one!
The Ice Warrior is
May 26th, 2013 - 10:27amIts no better in gloucester too cant find it at all
76 Totters Lane
May 26th, 2013 - 1:01pmRIP Woolworths, great stockists of ‘Doctor Who’ merchandise.
the living shadow
May 26th, 2013 - 1:10pmI miss Woolworths! I remember a day where i could walk down the street and Woolies would be there. I would go straight to the Dr who section at the back and i could just, simply buy a figure. Now i have to take the train and go to Forbidden Planet
(Not that i don’t like Forbidden Planet, it’s just a lot further to go)
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 1:18pmi miss the good old days e.g 2005-2010.
it was better personaly.
The Supreme Dalek
May 26th, 2013 - 5:39pmOh I remember Woolworths. The one near me had loads of Doctor Who Figures! I remember seeing Series 1 and 3, I bought the Slitheen/Spacepig and Dalek Thay. I was very sad when they closed down. 🙁
McGann is the Doctor
May 26th, 2013 - 11:27pmMy first ever Doctor Who figures were from woolies.
I remember in 2011 it took ages before the 2011 figures appeared in stores, now, normally there is a delay in my town, but this was rediculous.
Finally I got a Silent in argos, and Cybermatt’s in sainsburies for 3.99, but that was after January and they were the only stores but FP and TRU who had them.
The CyberNestene
May 26th, 2013 - 2:29amI have that Anakin figure!
Jamie
May 27th, 2013 - 4:06pmCool! Its a good figure.
Doctorpond393
May 25th, 2013 - 11:11pmOh, character have annoyed me very much! First they tell me that there is a door release button on this when there isn’t and then they go and call the doctor figure “doctor who” on their website. False advertising
charliec3po
May 25th, 2013 - 11:23pmits annoying indeed btw glad you liked my vid 🙂
Doctorpond393
May 25th, 2013 - 11:28pmYh it was good and informative.
charliec3po
May 25th, 2013 - 9:12pmjust to let you know i have uploaded i review of this on my other youtube channel.if you are intersted,my channel name is charlieclaridge100
booboo
May 25th, 2013 - 9:16pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gBBGS3VL5k
Pug in a kilt
May 25th, 2013 - 9:23pmWHERE DID YOU GET IT
ITS SSOOOOO AWSOME!
TARDISTIME
May 25th, 2013 - 9:29pmgreat review, I agrre lights would have been better and for it the spin the flight control tardis did without that base thing
Doctor 909
May 25th, 2013 - 9:30pmBrilliant review I really want this now
charliec3po
May 25th, 2013 - 9:50pmgot this at collectormania 19 in milton keyens tody for only 12.99 glad you all liked my vid 🙂
Doctorpond393
May 25th, 2013 - 10:50pmGreat vid. And I have a question. When I emailed character asking about this they told me there was a button on the interior for the spring loaded doors. Is there and if so where is it?
Jamie
May 25th, 2013 - 11:01pmThere is no button inside for the doors, you have to pull the doors themselves.
Doctorpond393
May 25th, 2013 - 11:03pmThanks. Character. The little….. Daleks!
Pug in a kilt
May 25th, 2013 - 9:04pmNow the figures shall rise soon.
A dawn of a new age!
(iv made 3,75 inch Clara house it looks awsome now it needs Clara).
run you cleaver boy
May 26th, 2013 - 12:15pmput up a picture
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 12:27pmDont know how.
Doctor 909
May 26th, 2013 - 12:31pmEmail it to BooBoo
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 12:33pmre how to do that 😕
Pug in a kilt
May 26th, 2013 - 12:34pmNOT sure
(soz)
HalfPintOfInnes
May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pmPicked mine up this morning, really impressed with it! Tempted to buy another for mt desk at work. Love it a lot, just needing some figures to go along with it and I’m sure I’ll love it even more!
booboo
May 25th, 2013 - 9:09pmwhere did you get yours?
Pug in a kilt
May 25th, 2013 - 9:12pmyeah,
WHERE
WHEN
WHO?
Dylan Cameron
May 25th, 2013 - 9:38pmI have ordered my one from Forbidden Planet.co.uk, and it says it’s in stock but It hasn’t been dispached yet.
HalfPintOfInnes
May 26th, 2013 - 12:51pmMy independant toy store just in the city centre, it always seems to get stock in early, got the End of Time wave early when it was released as the store got them in, hoping the same is going to happen with the new figures. But the guys that run it are lovely fellas, and are more than willing to order figures in for me, which I really love!
booboo
May 26th, 2013 - 1:17pmwhere is this?
HalfPintOfInnes
May 26th, 2013 - 8:08pmUp here in Aberdeen 🙂
TARDISTIME
May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pmthey should have made the tardis phone like it was in The Bells Of Saint John
Pug in a kilt
May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pmWOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!
SOOO COOOL!!!!! :SMILE:
Pug in a kilt
May 25th, 2013 - 8:56pm🙂