August 11th, 2016
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SDCC 2016 New 13 Doctors Figure Set on Show
The page is live but not available to order yet, keep checking at www.toysrus.co.uk
Available to order in the USA from www.thinkgeek.com
Also available to order in the USA from www.calendars.com
You can also usually find this set on www.amazon.com #ad
Available order in Australia from www.popcultcha.com
Its that time of year again with SDCC 2016 about to start
Wednesday saw previews night between 6-9 pm, that’s 2-5am in the morning for people in the UK.
From what we can see nothing new was on show.
It starts on Thursday at 9.30am which is 5.30pm in the UK so no late night waiting for any information.
If anything is on show it should soon become clear.
The only Doctor Who items we know of so far are the 2 Titans, Ghost 12th Doctor and Glitter Tardis, Titan Comics, an electronic 20 questions Tardis, 5.5 “x 7” giant mug and Rory’s Story Cubes.
This year we have noticed the “exclusive” title has been dropped in many cases and replaced with “first to market” which means it is only sold there first.
I suspect all eyes (where Doctor Who is concerned) will be on the Underground Toys Stand where, assuming its on show, something “big” is coming (and no its not the mug)…
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Cyberdoctor42
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:50amSeems as though this set is sdcc exclusive. I’m probably wrong but that’s what it looks like to me.
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 7:05amits possible that only UT may be selling them in the USA and gut feeling its toys r us exclusive in the UK
Cyberdoctor42
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:21pmYeah, probably.
Mad Psientist
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:36amAaand I’ll almost certainly buy it if only for red jacket Pertwee.
Actually, though, I’m quite hyped for some of the other figures as well. Sepia 1st, grey haired 2nd and shades of blue 6th are all ringing my bell. And I’ve been wanting a navy or purple jumper 9 for years now. I don’t understand the other colour changes if it means the figures aren’t screen accurate, mind. Still, red jacket Pertwee. With frogging. Huzzah!
Why the secrecy, though? This is EXACTLY what Underground/Character should have been promoting in the run – up to SDCC – a definitive, updated Doctor figure set. If I manage to get hold of this, I might consider selling my orher Doctor figures. Well, with the exception of standard release NOTD 8th. I prefer the clean, unbloodied version.
I just hope the humungousness of the packaging doesn’t put FP/TRU off from carrying it.
CG
July 22nd, 2016 - 2:44amI agree! I would personally buy this set for Pertwee – what a costume, have wanted that figure for ages.
I love 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8 as 1-3 are great costume varients and missed out on the original Real Time 6th and the 8th Doctor never made it to Australia.
Great set and I hope if this sells well it may see the future re-releases of classic figures hopefully!
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:02amThe reason they used the old series five Matt smith head is because the figure is from series five, that’s hair he hard. The newer head is from series 6 and onwards. Though, I don’t see why they didn’t just repaint the series 6 11th doctor, give him the red bow tie and blue shirt, that would be simple.
Jordan Scott
July 22nd, 2016 - 8:48amYeah that’s what I thought, It’s not as if Matt’s face IRL actually looked different in S5 to how it looked in S6, it was just an improvement of his likeness which I think they got spot on!
Kal1221
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:45amThis. Looks. AWESOME!!! So many cool variants!
Jordan Scott
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:41amDid they use the old Matt Smith sculpt for cost saving reasons or just because? The paint job is improved, just seems like a step back considering he’s been released with the new head multiple times now, so I don’t see why it isn’t in here!
Luke – Explosive Cookie
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:22amIt’s Series 5 Matt, the other sculpts are S6 and S7 hair styles.
Doctor_Number 10
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:33amBooboo, Will it be for sale at retailers in the U.S. or is it a SDCC Exclusive? Do you know how much it cost? Lastly is there a release date?
Thanks Booboo.
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 7:07amthey have tagged it as exclusive but i doubt it will remain so, will try to fin out some more today
luke kelly
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:22amI can’t understand the complaints and dissappointment, this set looks brilliant!! There is no question in me getting it, we’ve got variants in it that people have wanted for quite some time, and some rarer versions ect, from specific episodes… I think this is one of the best things released in the past couple years
Trenzalore
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:08amThey should have released this before they released a 12th doctor figure on its own, a lot of people seem ok with buying lots of extra stuff just to get something new.
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:10ambut that’s the only thing that makes sets like this viable
Jamie
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:07amLooks brilliant!
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:05amAny idea when these come out?
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:07amno always a problem when things show up like this with no real info
will try to find out tomorrow
Slitheen97
July 21st, 2016 - 11:51pmI really don’t see why people are complaining, we’ve Got a new multi doctors set witch people have been asking for for years with 90% being new/improved variants. Seeming as the show isn’t even on the air this year, were quote lucky
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 11:54pmPeople always complain, its the nature of this game, far to many people getting the wrong end of the stick as well
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 11:57pmI’ve almost given up….they complain no matter what we get, this is better than nothing.
DannyTheNerd
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:28amI must admit I do complain a lot on this site about figures, it just dispoints me that we don’t get new figures anymore. They are all re releases and repaints
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:34am@ DannyTheNerd
My thoughts exactly, it irks me as well that we only get 5-6 new items a year, tops. Even worse is that more than half of that equation consists of repaints and re-releases.
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 11:43pmHas anyone else noticed the 7th Doctor comes with an umbrella AND a sonic screwdriver?
WouldYouLikeAJellyBaby?
July 21st, 2016 - 11:44pmYes and his trousers are painted to be based of the ones he wore in the TV Movie.
Luke – Explosive Cookie
July 22nd, 2016 - 1:23amThe box says Ghost Light for 7 – not TVM.
CO enthusiast
July 22nd, 2016 - 2:28amthe scarf is different also
shame its not the TV Movie version or at least straight faced with a hat (swappable head)
CG
July 22nd, 2016 - 2:45amI wouldn’t have minded a TV Movie 7th Doctor
WouldYouLikeAJellyBaby?
July 22nd, 2016 - 8:21amLuke then again the Third Doctor is wearing a bow tie with his his outfit and is supposed to be based off the costume he wore in The Three Doctors yet on the box it says he’s from The Time Monster and the picture they’ve used is from Day of The Daleks. The Sonic Screwdriver accesory included with Seven is also evident it is partially based on his appearance from the TV Movie even though it isn’t 100% accurate.
CO enthusiast
July 22nd, 2016 - 9:52amYes, there are clear gestures towards the TV movie.
Feels like a missed opportunity as we may not see such released unless there is a new on screen appearance by the seventh doctor akin to NOTD which feels unlikely.
A tv movie doctor possibly with straight face and hat (as a swappable head) would have also liberated current figure owners in one go.
There are many positives about the set but also missed opportunities, of those this is a sad one as it depicts his final on screen appearance.
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 9:57amdoes anyone know if the TV movie is covered by the licence, i thought there were issues at one time
CO enthusiast
July 22nd, 2016 - 10:07amI heard similar things, although have never been sure.
One version was that rights were only secured on ‘the doctor’ hence Paul McGann and his screwdriver which prohibited use of Sylvester McCoys image…
However, as he is also the Doctor, a doctor this seems odd unless it is based on how characters were referred to explicitly in the script.
I can’t add anything useful on this one as there has been much rumour and speculation.
However, the TV Movie did celebrate its 20th anniversary (sort of) this year, a nice route in perhaps. Something for the 7th Doctor Era would have been really nice.
100,000BC
July 22nd, 2016 - 11:28amI would imagine that the BBC managed to hold on to the rights for the eighth Doctor himself and the costume (considering Big Finish covers have used it and they don’t have a TV movie licence) – in which case they have also used the TV movie 7th Doctor as well so who knows?
100,000BC
July 22nd, 2016 - 11:32amThe main problem with a TVM 7th figure I imagine is the need for a new head and costume sculpt – given that we already have 7th Doctor figures and the movie isn’t massively popular and the costume isn’t exactly used a lot, perhaps they just don’t want to take the risk.
CO enthusiast
July 22nd, 2016 - 7:35pmA straight faced doctor with hat would be a quick effective compromise.
Not entirely screen accurate as slightly young perhaps based on current sculpts, then again as seen on the b&m eleventh doctor paint apps can be highly effective over entirely new sculpts.
Creates options for other figures with a choice of head.
Closure for the fans perhaps
And yes if big finish have used tv movie seventh doctor images then why not.
I can see making other characters more challenging regarding rights.
I see the point about demand, but surely this sort of set creates those sorts of opportunities; to create useful variants perhaps.
The gestures already made kind of suggests people are aware of this gap in the collection.
Failing that, make one with a jacket where the outer colour peels off, revealing the proper paint job…. Or not 🙂
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 11:42pmPeople seem to be complaining about this, but I personally think this is great, this is exactly what we’ve been asking for! Yes, I know, there’s no new sculpt, which sucks, but at Least most of these characters have been given a new paint job, (Which looks great.) But we were never going to get new sculpted figures with a box set like this. I don’t know, I just feel we should be grateful for what we get, given that we’ve hardly had anything this year.
But anyway, any idea when this comes out?
Mr J
July 21st, 2016 - 11:32pmOkay, lets all just calm down for a minute!
Yes, we were expecting something more worthwhile (new sculpts/figures) BUT who knows? If this sells well we might get a couple more figures when they release the next wave? This isn’t a bad thing, not even close. We could have had nothing at all! Yeah, they could have given us completely new figures with better likeness and articulation but at least this means we might get to see an Osgood or a new 12th doctor in red or with the Hoodie or a better Clara…? This is thirteen figures! we could see this generate enough income for the company to create a new wave of fully original figures! People really need to start seeing things in a more beneficial light! not only that, it’s also a great opportunity for those who might have missed out on the original release. So lets praise UT for actually giving us this and think about what this could mean in the future!
Jordan Scott
July 21st, 2016 - 11:38pmWell said, I hope you’re right! ☺
Game Over Man
July 21st, 2016 - 11:46pmI still won’t be buying this, but a very good point, we should really all calm down.
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 11:51pmthere is nothing to clam down over, we get the same thing over and over when anything is announced
happens all the time
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 11:13pmWho else has given up collecting figures in 2016
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 11:15pmup until a week ago there weren’t any to collect this year
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 11:15pmWell there was Missy….but point still stands….
Game Over Man
July 21st, 2016 - 11:33pmPretty close to it.
🙁
Outside of filling the gaps, (which grows harder and harder), I’ve given up on this line. Besides, it’s close to death anyway.
Antonio Zambonini
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:13amI gave up last year only when the new ones where realsed and ever since not missed on buying any sets now
TravellingTimeLord
July 21st, 2016 - 11:09pmA new photo has emerged of the set, a detailed close up one for that matter; https://twitter.com/Pertweesmith11/status/756248798708596738
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 11:01pmsomething new!
TheTorchwoodTowers
July 21st, 2016 - 11:04pmLooks cool 🙂
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 11:06pmWith this turning up, is there chance of anything else?..of course not…but one can dream…
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 11:17pmHologram? Yeah
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 21st, 2016 - 10:53pmWell seeing as Ive always wanted that 6th Doctor, and haven’t got those 8th, War or 12th Doctors, and that 2nd doctor is new, ill have to get it
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 10:44pmIf this is available now at SDCC does that mean it should be up for order fairly soon?
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:53pmgut feeling this may be toys r us only, will try to find out tomorrow
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 11:01pmThanks booboo 🙂
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 10:41pmis that it? Character Options are really lazy with the Doctor Who line now. 🙁
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:46pmWe’ll see more, just not at SDCC and they aren’t really lazy (though some choices are a tad silly) they could have just called quits on the line because to be completely frank with you, no one buys them anymore, except a select amount of collectors really and they are doing what they can with what they can afford. People have actually asked for ages for many of these variants.
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:49pmpretty irrelevant statement being as this is from an Underground Toys sales stand at SDCC
they are clearly not displaying any future products from any franchise there
Game Over Man
July 21st, 2016 - 11:37pmThank you Booboo, for that optimistic and hopeful statement about the future of this toyline (sheds silent tear).
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 11:46pmyou miss understand, they are only showing items you can buy from them right now, they are not displaying any item you will be able to buy in the future that amy not be ready for market yet (as in the collectors series last year)
its a sales stand not a preview stand
It looks a different set up.
The real master
July 21st, 2016 - 10:33pmThis should be £50, no more, they are having a laugh if they think this is worth 150, that means for a couple of repaints and two extra figures, we have to pay £100 more, these figures are not worth £15 each, the sooner character learns, over pricing and creating a limited number of a product is a bad way to make money
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:34pmIt’ll be $150 but around £50-60 we reckon due to the price differences with the B&M set.
The real master
July 21st, 2016 - 10:35pmThe better
The real master
July 21st, 2016 - 10:36pmThank goodness for that, I really want this set
Jordan Scott
July 21st, 2016 - 10:36pm“No more” lol.
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:38pmI think that they should bite the bullet with a companions set, half of them could easily be straight rereleases and the whining about classic companions could easily be stopped, most people just want at least one companion per Doctor (and a Sarah Jane)
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:39pmwhy is everyone saying 150, do you no know the difference between a dollar and pound sign
the last one was £50 with only 11 figures and made in much bigger quantities
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:41pmI honestly think that we are just milking it, I knew it would be less in the UK but I think 100 is still pretty bad, though it will likely work out the way the B&M sets are. I just don’t trust it because the Lego dimensions packs for example, a standard fun pack costs 11.99 in the US which is about £9 here, yet we pay £14.99
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:46pmUS dont pay 20% Vat ro start with, and it makes a big difference where stuff is imported to / from / how and where the company is based
look back at any past tos r us exclusive product and then look how much its cost in the USA
Bruno B
July 22nd, 2016 - 4:50amI’m expecting the price to be more like £70-£80.
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DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:29pmOh great….I don’t want a dirty 8th Doctor…
Jordan Scott
July 21st, 2016 - 10:31pmIt’s nice to know that not one of them is a re-release and they’re all different!
toths06
July 21st, 2016 - 10:41pmI just wish we got a properly articulated 10… Still hoping we will one day 🙂
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 10:48pmThanks for posting this – thats just what I was after. Straight from the horses mouth.
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:51amThanks its great to get the descriptions
Ryan
July 21st, 2016 - 10:22pmI am of two minds about this set, there are some lovely reprints in there, I just hope each figure is tweaked in some way that we can’t see because of the image quality. I hope the Fifth Dr is the muddied version because it’s hard to tell from the image, and the same goes for 9’s navy jumper: I just hope there’s some form of repaint on 11 because the original series 5 version has been re-packaged and re-released to death.
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:23pmApparently every figure is a variant as they all have an altered Art Deco, I can spot this for all of them but 12 though, it might just be different colour in though.
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:19pmtake a look at the UT stand, it looks a bit sparse BUT, unlike last year, it looks like everything there you can actually buy.
there are no future products form any franchise on show
On that basis i dont think we can say “that’s it”
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:22pmDo you think there’s a chance of anything showing over the next few days or do you think anything new will simply be something that is announced later in the year?
booboo
July 21st, 2016 - 10:24pmI think that will be it, looks more like a sales stand than a showcase stand
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:27pmI guess we’ll get more when Doctor Who is back on, I think it’s safe to say that they should have no excuse for not having a Bill figure there for SDCC 2017
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 10:40pmThis was on the Outpost Who forum from one of the guys behind the Doctor Who line (he’s a sculptor for Design Work’s Windsor)
“So I just had confirmation that some production samples of something pretty awesome are in the post, so I expect you’ll all get an announcement pretty soon…. #stillmakingdoctorwhotoys”
This 13 Doctors set is clearly not a production sample if there are sets there available to buy, so something else will be revealed soon (not at Comic Con though).
Game Over Man
July 21st, 2016 - 11:43pmThis is saddening in someways, completely expected in others. I can’t decide if I want to cry from how pathetic this is, or laugh my behind off at the absurdity of this whole situation.
Bruno B
July 22nd, 2016 - 8:17am“Anonymous”…. he was talking about the 13 Doctors set.
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2016 - 3:42pm‘”Bruno B”, the 13 Doctors set isn’t a production sample…
booboo
July 22nd, 2016 - 3:47pmproduction samples are items of the production line, the end result as it were
the 1st few are are usually sent out to the manufactures and other people involved and the rest to the retailer
this is the big item that had been referred to
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 10:05pmWell…if this comes in at about £70…Ill get it. There are 4 or 5 decent repaints and 2 or 3 re releases that are almost impossible to get now.
Omega63
July 21st, 2016 - 9:58pmhttps://twitter.com/utusatoys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The set was here 22 hours ago and no one spotted the distinct Collector Series colours!
If only I’d seen this image!
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:02pmI can’t believe it, I still wish we could have something more, I’m hoping that CO are doing another one of their exclusives, a Osgood would be lovely.
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 9:57pmWar doctor looks almost blue to me
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 9:44pmSo it seems to be :
1st Doctor – The Web Planet
2nd Doctor – The Two Doctors
3rd Doctor – The Three Doctors
4th Doctor – Logopolis
5th Doctor – The Five Doctors
6th Doctor – Spaceport Fear
7th Doctor – Ghostlight
8th Doctor – Night Of The Doctor
War Doctor – Day Of The Doctor
9th Doctor – Empty Child? I have no idea which episode the blue jumper is from…
10th Doctor – The Shakespeare Code
11th Doctor – The Beast Below
12th Doctor – Time Heist
drwhosnippets
July 21st, 2016 - 10:07pmI believe 9 is from Parting of The Ways and 12 (according to the box) is Deep Breath, despite having a blackish shirt.
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 10:09pm12 definitely isn’t from Deep Breath no matter what the box says and I thought Nine wore the black jumper in Parting of the Ways?
TheDarkAndTheLight
July 21st, 2016 - 11:55pmEccleston did wear the black jumper in Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways – in fact, that was the only story he ever wore it in. If the figure is indeed a navy variant, it’s from The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London & World War Three.
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 11:58pmAccording to the description from the creator, his jumper is dark purple and comes from parting of the ways, which is obviously inaccurate
TheDarkAndTheLight
July 22nd, 2016 - 12:20amThe only story the purple jumper was worn for was The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances.
Savethecoffeeboysavetheworld
July 22nd, 2016 - 10:20am3 is from day of the daleks
TheDarkAndTheLight
July 23rd, 2016 - 10:32amThree wore his rolled collar maroon jacket (which he never wore a bow tie with in any of its appearances) in Day of the Daleks.
He wore a bow tie with his similar, but different, notched collar rust red jacket twice – once briefly in Planet of the Spiders, as well as for the entirety of The Three Doctors.
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 9:44pmIs the third doctor the only new variant?
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 9:46pmThey are all new in some way apart from 12, the most obvious variants are 3 (red jacket), 2 (grey hair), 6 (audio costume) and 1 (brown waistcoat)
Anonymous
July 21st, 2016 - 9:56pmAh yeah, now I have had a closer look also 9 seems to have a blue jumper. Mind you, 6 is a re-release but a welcome one (as is 4).
DoctorSong2016
July 21st, 2016 - 9:58pmSix isn’t rerelease. The first blue six was based on real time and he coat was one complete colour of blue whereas this one is based on an audio costume and has different shades of blue
TheAgeOfUltron
July 21st, 2016 - 9:44pmWell….. I am no longer collecting doctor who figures.
7thwhovlogs
July 21st, 2016 - 10:52pmIt’s not THAT bad, at least we are getting something