May 31st, 2016
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The Twelfth Doctor’s Second Sonic Screwdriver
Twelfth Doctor’s Second Sonic Screwdriver Blasts into Character Options’ Collection
After months of speculation it is now official, the Twelfth Doctor’s Second Sonic Screwdriver is to be part of the Character Options’ toy collection.
The first images have been released with confirmation that the eagerly awaited Sonic will be on sale within weeks!
This new toy version is a faithful recreation of the current Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver which debuted in the Series 9 Episode ‘Hell Bent’.
This is the first Sonic to have 4 light modes and four sound FX. The model has been designed as a replica from the Series 9 Prop.
As all fans would know, the Doctor has carried many Sonic Screwdrivers of various designs throughout his lifetimes, ranging from a simple silver coloured tube to more complex illuminated and articulated versions.
This second Sonic for the Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, was ‘gifted’ to him by the TARDIS itself after his previous version was lost.
Although we are yet to discover all of the new Sonic’s abilities, like the Doctor himself, it has become ever more complex and mysterious.
This multipurpose tool features numerous settings and can open most locks, detect all manner of deadly rays, read bio-signs and generate Sonic waves of great power.
Alasdair Dewar, Head of Product Development at Character Options commented:
“Since this Twelfth Doctor’s Second Sonic Screwdriver appeared at the end of series 9, we have been inundated by fan requests to produce a toy replica as part of our toy range. We are therefore very proud to finally be able to reveal it. The Sonic Screwdriver has historically been one of the most sought after toys for fans and collectors alike and we hope they will be as delighted with it as we are.”
The Character Options’ Twelfth Doctor’s Second Sonic Screwdriver costs just SRP £14.99
For a limited time only, exclusively on the Doctor Who Shop (USA and Canada), fans will receive a Gift with Purchase – one pack of three exclusive trading cards from the Twelfth Doctor’s limited edition set – with the new Sonic Screwdriver, while supplies last.
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whotoys
May 21st, 2016 - 10:22amJust recived mines and its amazing highly recommend it
Anonymous
May 20th, 2016 - 10:51pmI know this is definitely the wrong place to ask this, but does anyone know how to button up the coat on the 12th Doctor Big Chef studio figure, I don’t even know if you can, but I’ve seen pictures of people’s figure with his coat done up, so I was wondering if anybody here knew or has actually did it!
Anonymous
May 21st, 2016 - 8:43amThere’s a magnet in the coat and if you work with it you can make it look buttoned up and even have the sides with the red showing.
The Living Shadow
May 20th, 2016 - 10:47pmCalled my local Toys R Us and before I could even finish the words ’12th Doctor…’ They said they knew what I was talking about, and said that they’d had many callers about it! Sadly there were none there though. I think I’ll just hold on for about a month until they’re easily available and in good stock..!
DOCTORWHOFAN1
May 20th, 2016 - 9:41pmWould you recommend an earth shock Cyberman or silver nemesis set of Cybermen?
DOCTORWHOFAN1
May 21st, 2016 - 9:18amPlease reply
Luke
May 21st, 2016 - 12:04pmI would recommend the silver nemesis set its brilliant
DOCTORWHOFAN1
May 21st, 2016 - 5:04pmThank you so much!!! I’ll definitely be getting it now!
The Living Shadow
May 21st, 2016 - 7:33pmYeah, I’d go for Silver Nemesis if I were you!
Dalekparadigm2
May 20th, 2016 - 12:33pmMine’s arrived. Its so good! Packaging is a bit tough to get the sonic out of but otherwise, great!
The Legend Doctor
May 20th, 2016 - 12:50pmOmg thats what i thought too! The Packaging was really tough! but i suppose we can’t moan atleast its secure lol
Dean Wells
May 19th, 2016 - 4:46pmGot mine today from my TRU order last Friday. Yes it is beautiful.
The Legend Doctor
May 19th, 2016 - 12:25pmGot mine! Woohoo! 😀
Nathan
May 19th, 2016 - 9:32amFinally ordered one from toys r us 🙂
whotoys
May 19th, 2016 - 7:29amJust ordered one of the toys r us website cannot wait for it to arrive
Mrdubyadee
May 18th, 2016 - 10:16pmI picked this up from tru in Wigan today,very happy with it. It’s probably my favourite of the Nu Who sonics so far.
moofmilker
May 18th, 2016 - 8:35pmi just saw that this is available on amazon for preorder in the US
http://www.amazon.com
Trenzalore
May 18th, 2016 - 6:40pmThe quote in green makes it sound like they weren’t gonna do it but they gave in to fan requests and made it because they care about fans.
I’m betting this isn’t the case and they had something to do with the design from the start or the fact it would be in stores as a toy was a big thing in the way it was designed.
doctorgeorgebaker
May 18th, 2016 - 6:22pmare these sonics gonna be hard to get?? preordered mine of forbidden planet.com but then they went out of stock and there back in for an extra 2 pound. plus amazon have sold out to and toys r us
booboo
May 18th, 2016 - 6:26pmthe main delivery has yet to arrive, i dont think it will be difficult to get once thing settle down
Your order with FP should be ok (as should the price you ordered it at) they just sold the quantity they put on
sheep
May 18th, 2016 - 2:42pmmanged to pick mine up this morning from colliers wood. 3 left if anyone’s interested
The Living Shadow
May 20th, 2016 - 10:52pmI had a little look on the website, and it says that they’re out if stock there as of today. I’m not sure how accurate their site is, so it might be worth a check… (It’s a little far from me, but not too far)
Nathan
May 18th, 2016 - 1:34pmNever got a stock update sent to my email so I missed out again 🙁
booboo
May 18th, 2016 - 1:35pmseemed to be only about an hour and dont think they put on that many
sure it will come back soon
Exterminator
May 18th, 2016 - 9:12amJust managed to order 2 and a foil ballon for 46p (this takes it over the £29.99 limit for free delivery worth doing otherwise it’s £5 for delivery!)
booboo
May 18th, 2016 - 9:17ampersonally i would have bought the 125g Chocolate Covered Snowman Poo
Exterminator
May 18th, 2016 - 9:46amI did see that but it wasn’t available for home delivery. 🙂
sw
May 18th, 2016 - 9:08amOrdered on Friday and it’s just arrived, Awesome item although I was afraid I’d break it trying to get it out of the plastic, had to take the scissors to the plastic as it was molded to the ends, never had this problem before with any of the sonics :/
Timelord96
May 18th, 2016 - 9:02amI just went through the pains of ordering one on EBay for over its RRP, then literally after I get a stock update from TRU saying its back in stock with them..ah well it’s a nice product 😀
Jacky 97
May 18th, 2016 - 8:09amI ordered my sonic on Friday afternoon from toys r us, when do you think I’ll recieve it booboo?
booboo
May 18th, 2016 - 8:50amthey aim to deliver within 4 working days for orders placed before 12pm so on or by Thursday should be
Part Gollum Part Time Lord
May 17th, 2016 - 4:29pmDamn! I just realized that I used a really old email that I haven’t used for ages when ordering, as it was the saved address! Any way that I can check how my order is? Will it show up on the website if I log in?
Part Gollum Part Time Lord
May 17th, 2016 - 4:33pmNo matter, just discovered that it was dispatched.
thewardoctor
May 17th, 2016 - 12:24pmWent to my awful local toys r us yesterday… wasn’t in as the website said… woke up this morning to see an email from them saying it’s in stock in the one I was at :/
booboo
May 17th, 2016 - 12:32pmthe problem is their system isn’t really geared up to high volume reserves on new and popular items , it relies on staff taking the stock of the shelf which someone could easily have bought in between.
the system seems to lag behind with updates as well
for a standard stock items non of this would normally be an issue but i can see that ebay private sellers have been clearing the shelves and selling multiples for double the price, that wont help either
just hang on in there
thewardoctor
May 17th, 2016 - 12:55pmWell my mum is going into town later and I have reserved it in case she manages to find time to pop in to the store. Fingers crossed !
thewardoctor
May 17th, 2016 - 8:33pmMy mum went. They showed her the sonic… 11’s sonic… Argued with my mum as apparently they have the same bar code. Just got phone call from them saying the blue one has definitely just arrived….
Exterminator
May 17th, 2016 - 11:07amNone of these in Lakeside Essex toys r us yesterday. No collector series 5″ figures either.
Obsie
May 17th, 2016 - 7:57amPut three fin like attachments on it and it could be a blue version of Thunderbird 3, lol.
TARDISGuy
May 16th, 2016 - 11:28pmYet again, Aus misses out. I’m really starting to think that Character and/or Underground Toys hates us
booboo
May 17th, 2016 - 10:13amthe distribution has clearly changed but Missy is listed now so you might get this after a time
your best bet is to get a group together and order from Character you can work out the weight and shipping up to 1.8kg for £29.99, you will not pay the VAT so will get 20% off the costs of the sonic
if you do that to its maximum potential you might end up paying less that we do each!
either that or do it yourself and flog the rest on ebay
You in the USA/AUS are lucky because in the UK we cant do the same as we might get walloped for import duties and costs
TARDISGuy
May 18th, 2016 - 2:59pmMissy is listed? Where? I need her.
Also, all of the places that sell this screwdriver either don’t post to Australia or post is so high, it’s hardly worth it. FP usually don’t post here anyway but even Amazon keeps telling me they can’t post this item
booboo
May 18th, 2016 - 3:03pmshe on on Ikon Collectables for shops to order
looking at the item numbers she will be in the std packaging not the UK online exclusive packaging they are showing
Anonymous
May 16th, 2016 - 10:54pmBooboo do you think toys r us will be getting any more stock anytime soon?
booboo
May 17th, 2016 - 7:08amyes in the next few days they said
Exterminator
May 16th, 2016 - 9:36pmNone in Lakeside Essex toys r us today when I looked. They had wave 4b of the 3.75″ figures, no 5″ collector series figures at all.
Cameron
May 16th, 2016 - 5:50pmFinally managed to pick this up today and it’s great! I think this and the new FC TARDIS are the best pieces of merchandise released by character recently
unearthly child
May 16th, 2016 - 3:23pmi ordered min first thing friday morning and lots seem to have theres despatched or even arrived where as i have had none should i be worried
Anonymous
May 16th, 2016 - 5:01pmI ordered mine on Friday too and I still haven’t heard anything, so I wouldn’t worry about it
unearthly child
May 16th, 2016 - 5:26pmWHEN SHOULD I EXPECT
Nathan
May 16th, 2016 - 3:10pmWould someone please let me know when they see this in Gloucester toys r us
booboo
May 16th, 2016 - 5:16pmi would keep ringing and if they have one specifically ask them to put one buy and ask the name of the person you spoke to
Toys r us are expecting more stock in a couple of days Thursday seems to be the delivery day but i can take a while for stock to get on the shelves
Character and possibly others should have theirs by the end of this week
Nathan
May 16th, 2016 - 5:38pmThanks booboo
sheep
May 16th, 2016 - 12:45pmanyone know if theres any in colliers wood or croydon? please reply