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Post by The Doctor on Oct 22, 2024 15:37:02 GMT
*screams* Apparently there is a variant of HOTD #18. Packed 50/50 in cases with regular ones. IT BEGINS AGAIN. -Ralph Telford B&M's toy section is the size of a city...but the only DW stuff were 3 of last year's triple Timelord set and 1 HOTD #18. No shelf tags. No Davros. Luckily, the one HOTD #18 that was there was the variant I was looking for! -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 17:19:44 GMT
15th and Ruby ordered from Character. Reckon these will have a better paint deco than the retail ones and I don't go 100% on the new series line so I'll have these and be done. Just need a TARDIS now. They have arrived. Much has been made of the new super-articulation style. First impressions: meh. The new super-articulation means it is very hard to get them to stand up without falling over. The Doctor also appears to have one leg longer than the other unless there is some complicated ankle configuration I can't get right. Ruby has a very freaky long sticky-out finger on one hand. I preferred the old more basic articulation style but then I tend to prefer simpler articulation. I don't care how much a figure can move. I just want it to easily stand. The face sculpts and deco are very good. The Doctor's landmine accessory was warped straight out the pack. I'll have to put it under some books. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 17:22:32 GMT
Argh. If you don't balance Ruby just right on her heels it's an instant face palm off the desk.
Oh, she just fell over again.
Fuck off, super-articulation.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 21:37:34 GMT
FOR FUCK SAKES, RUBY, STAND UP!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 24, 2024 21:40:27 GMT
Mine arrived today. Look good. The head sculpts are a step up in realism.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 21:51:39 GMT
But they can't fucking stand up!
Super articulation needs to fuck off! I liked the previous chunky figures!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 24, 2024 21:52:51 GMT
To be fair, I can't get Marvel Legends or Black Series figures to stand up either.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 21:54:39 GMT
And that's why they're shite too!
What good is an action figure if IT CAN'T FUCKING STAND??!!
That's like making a toy car that can't roll. Oh. Wait -
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
-Ralph
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