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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2021 7:29:20 GMT
RASTAN WARRIOR ROBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 20, 2021 7:32:35 GMT
I thought that would please you
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Post by Llama God on Sept 20, 2021 8:37:39 GMT
Oh my.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 20, 2021 11:08:40 GMT
Yes please of you see History set #7, Day of the Daleks (the one with the gold Dalek) it would help me out loads. None to be had round these parts and it's hard to guess if they'll get restocked. Depends how soon the next wave is coming up behind. Castlemilk faild you, I'm afraid - they only had #5 in. I'll keep my eyes open though.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 20, 2021 19:20:00 GMT
Nice set. Given the Raston seemed a certainty because it's just another use of the Voord/Sensorite body, the other two figures make sense. Shame it's the cheapest of the cheap options though - a Hurndall First Doctor would have been nice.
That then must mean if the Earthshock set is equally as cheap, it'll be a black Raston as an android, the same Cyberman with leader handlebars and a very minor Fifth Doctor variant. I was so hoping for a Tegan, but given the moulds in use this year I can't see where that's coming from parts-wise.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 20, 2021 19:20:28 GMT
Castlemilk faild you, I'm afraid - they only had #5 in. I'll keep my eyes open though. Thanks for looking. Hmm. This one might be a bugger.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2021 21:30:00 GMT
I STAND READY TO POUNCE AT THE WEEKEND.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 20, 2021 21:38:09 GMT
GB says sales staff in B&M questioned about what's in the system have said Oct 18th for the Doctor & TARDIS set (rumoured to be Hartnell). That might well be when the next sets are due too. May also slip I suppose. Apparently there are 9000+ of each set.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 24, 2021 19:00:44 GMT
Three of the four B&Ms that I can get to now show now sign at all of there ever having been Who toys. No shelf tickets, no nothing. Questioned by the till lady in one tonight why I was leaving without buying anything, I explained that the Who figures are just so hard to come by. Her reaction made it pretty clear they're used to people trying to find them.
It was funny, at another one as I approached I could see a man ahead of me marching purposefully toward the entrance too. I thought, I know what you're after, and sure enough, we both paraded fruitlessly up and down the toy aisles, scowling and trying to pretend we hadn't noticed each other.
So - general call for help - if anyone's near a B&M please do check, and if you find a History of the Daleks set 7 (the one with the Gold dalek in) I'd be eternally grateful. I await the results of Ralph's investigations tomorrow!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2021 21:20:28 GMT
I have B&M's 2 and 3 on my route tomorrow. I will not fail! Said route also takes me past a Game where I have been told a discounted Sky Lynx has been sighted.
LET FORTUNE FAVOUR US BOTH.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 24, 2021 22:15:10 GMT
GOD SPEED.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 10:05:16 GMT
B&M 3: no DW. No spaces where they could have been. No shelf tags. Bugger all.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 25, 2021 10:06:53 GMT
As expected really...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 10:50:12 GMT
B&M 2 : The Daleks from last week are gone. Shelf tag removed. Pokemon there now.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 10:52:08 GMT
WAIT!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 10:57:10 GMT
A thorough sweep of the shop found a Daleks #7 pack elsewhere!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 25, 2021 11:08:46 GMT
VICTORY!!
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 25, 2021 11:09:42 GMT
The Doctor truly is the saviour of mankind!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 11:24:19 GMT
Victory at Game. Discounted Cyberverse Ark Power Prime and ER Sky-Lynx secured. Now for trainers (adulting).
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 25, 2021 11:28:17 GMT
This truly is a good day to be alive!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2021 11:48:17 GMT
Running shoes acquired. Now I can take up jogging again to start working on the lockdown gut.
JUST LIKE DOCTOR WHO.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2021 17:51:17 GMT
The Dalek set #7 has arrived from Ralph! This has made me very happy. These two are GLORIOUS. The paint job on the drone is spot on. I look forward to delving into the loft boxes to find the older versions of these figures to compare.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2021 20:00:27 GMT
They are rather pretty.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 29, 2021 20:02:26 GMT
History of Daleks #3 and #4 eluded me at the time so was surprised to find them on Ebay for RRP! #3 turned up today (looks very nice), #4 in the post. I will then be up to date with B&M Dalek 2-packs!
I presume #6 and #8 will be the next two?
It's odd. I rarely bothered with DW toys when figures were everywhere but there's something about these Daleks two-packs that just calls to me...
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 29, 2021 20:15:16 GMT
What seems to happen is that the scalpers overbuy stock, can't shift it all and eventually reduce it to retail. I'm pretty sure that was how I got set #2. Yes, 6 and 8 are due in a few weeks (Evil and Planet).
I think the nice thing about these sets is that they create a chronology, and after lots of 'great, but this bit's the wrong shape/colour' these feel like definitive versions of all the previous Daleks. The gold one is a good example, the original release of that had the wrong ear lights, then the first B&M reissue fixed that but some pieces were still the wrong colour I think. This third version is screen accurate.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 30, 2021 21:59:47 GMT
The 'history' aspect is very appealing.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 1, 2021 17:55:13 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 1, 2021 18:45:58 GMT
Okay... not the most exciting of waves it has to be said, but there's interesting things going on here.
Earthshock - not even a Cyberman? But then I suppose they've all been done before many times and there were two androids. Not really any different to the last two sets.
First Doc & TARDIS - this pairing is the same as the original first Doc & TARDIS release eleven years ago. Same figure, although that does look like a new Hartnell head sculpt and the trousers on the original were grey. Have to get the old one with the hat on out to check the head. The difference is the TARDIS - new roof as well as a new lamp. First time we've had a new TARDIS roof on a classic TARDIS since the original three releases.
The Evil set is as you'd predict, and you can see why they didn't release this with the Power one. Theonly difference is the pupil on the eye of the silver one. The Planet set I'm surprised the Supreme hasn't reappeared, especially because they could have used the new ears moulded for last year's Jungles of Mechanus Daleks. I'm really surprised it's two drones, they've done neat stuff before with that story like having a half transparent one. It's really cheap just to put out two more of the drone from the Day set. However, I'm not going to complain because it means the Day Supreme will have three drones to support him. Many people will have bought multiple Day sets to do exactly that.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2021 21:51:30 GMT
Indeed and I had thought of that but now I will get this new set instead.
Blimey. The last lot only just reached (some) shelves! Bit quick to have another wave!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 1, 2021 22:39:34 GMT
It's what happened last year. Before that there was six months or more between them. At the moment the restock for the first wave seems to be... the second wave.
The more I think about the Planet set, the more bizarre it seems. "You know that toy you just bought, here's two more identical toys in a slightly different box." The Planet Supreme is a unique figure and these sets so far have included the leaders where possible. There has to be a reason why it's not in this set.
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