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Post by The Doctor on Nov 5, 2013 8:13:22 GMT
The CB Daleks are in perfect scale to fight Lego minifigs. Or Kreo minifigs, if you prefer.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 5, 2013 10:16:30 GMT
Aprox 1 inch You can get 3 3/4 inch Daleks in many toy stores at the moment. I must investigate this. Phill, you are so King of The List! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 5, 2013 10:18:53 GMT
The CB Daleks are in perfect scale to fight Lego minifigs. Or Kreo minifigs, if you prefer. -Ralph Don't you start making me want to buy Lego! It's hard enough resisting King of The List as it is! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 11, 2013 8:04:20 GMT
Week 51: Dalek Toys
Your top 5 Dalek toys. Any toy line. just needs to be a Dalek.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 11, 2013 8:58:15 GMT
CB Blue Dalek, Orange Dalek, White Dalek, Red Dalek, Yellow Dalek.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 11, 2013 16:32:17 GMT
So far behind on this.
Week 1: Original Star Wars figures 1977-1985
1 - Luke Skywalker (Hoth outfit). I got him and the first Luke at the same time. He was a far superior figure.
2 - Yoda - he had a wee stick and a robe.
3 - Han Solo (Hoth) my first Han Solo.
4 - Gamorrean Guard - great bruiser of a figure
5 - C3PO - (Empire Strikes Back version) loved the fact he could be dismantled.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 11, 2013 16:41:40 GMT
1 - Luke Skywalker (Hoth outfit). I got him and the first Luke at the same time. He was a far superior figure. No lightsabre. Luke Hoth uses his Lightsabre. Should have had a lightsabre. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 11, 2013 16:55:27 GMT
I agree, but he is still my favourite Luke. A customised cotton bud served as his lightsaber.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2013 20:17:36 GMT
Hoth Luke is better!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2013 20:30:08 GMT
Needs a lightsabre. How's he going to kill the Wampa without one?
It'd have been an ideal chance to finally give Luke one the right colour too: the built in one in the original and the hand held one with Bespin were both yellow, should have been blue.
Luke Jedi *briefly* had a blue hand held one before that was changed to the jedi correct green.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2013 21:16:21 GMT
Must admit that I have never really paid much attention to colours of lightsabers. I didn't even notice Luke had a different colour one in ROTJ until about a dozen viewings in.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2013 8:28:18 GMT
Hmmmm, my week 51 has gone awol: Top 5 Daleks: Honourable Mention: Product Enterprises Rolykins5) DapolNot bad by Dapol's standards. Nicely friction driven and lots of colours 4) Palitoy TalkingThe very first Dalek I ever owned. Yes the panels are wrong - 5 at the front, 3 singles at the back, the head didn't turn, was too flat and had the button to activate the voice sticking out the top but it scared the bleep out of me and had to be kept in a cupboard to keep me safe ! 3) Character BuildingFun multicoloured and better than the larger character (and real life) versions in many cases 2) Character Talking5 inches high, talking. Fab. Best thing Character have done and such a shame wave 2 got buried. 3) Product Enterprises TalkingThese are the business. Fully articulated, light up dome lights, look superb. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2013 8:29:24 GMT
And for our last regular Top 5 toys it is, inevitably given which week we're in......
Week 52: Doctor Who toys
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2013 14:48:42 GMT
Impossible to answer as the ultimate Doctor Who toys have yet to be made. Where is my Valeyard? My Trial of a Timelord Time Lord station playset? The L-3 robot? The army of Vervoids? And where is my Monoids v Refusians battle-pack?  -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Nov 18, 2013 19:58:10 GMT
Week 51: Daleks
Hmmm. Some general and specific mentions here:-
Honorable mentions - The Dapol Daleks, especially the Imperial one. The Character Options 5" Daleks - decent renditions with a good wobbly rolling action.
5) Citadel Miniatures Daleks - from their Dalek and Cybermen boxed set back when they did licensed stuff and were a struggling small company. These were great little Daleks, a fairly good rendition given the small scale they were at - and they came something like twenty to a box, along with twenty Cybermen (I can confirm that "Doomsday" is not the first time I came across a tale of a massed battle between Daleks and Cybermen - a school friend of mine had staged his own epic scrap across the bedroom carpet in the late 80's). They also came unpainted, so you could apply any livery you wanted to them (my friend ended up with two boxes - split into Imperial and Renegade factions - eventually).
4) Character Building New Paradigm Daleks - Like their Citadel forbears these are great for building up a mighty force of Daleks without breaking the bank, or running you out of your own home.
3) Character Options Talking Daleks - Nice range of different Dalek types, and a decently executed sound gimmick
2) Character Options "Dalek Saucer Pilot" - I don't know what it is, but I have a soft spot for the "... Invasion of Earth Daleks." Maybe it is their demented ranting over the radio to the resistance (Daleks did not begin as masters of psychological warfare), or perhaps it is the lovely sense of them jury-rigging a solution to the fact that the rest of the universe isn't metal-floored. This is a really nice rendition of the senior Dalek from that story, down to the half-finished paint job from the early episodes and the big dish on the back so that he can receive static electricity - or the Skaro Sports channel for all we know. I don't know why this particular Dalek stands out from the crowd, but for some reason I am rather attached to the little blighter.
1) Product Enterprises Talking Daleks - Big, Chunky, Talking Daleks. They have a limited range of conversation, but then Daleks rarely lower themselves to talking to impure species like Humans anyway. They do look absolutely cracking though.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 20, 2013 17:28:02 GMT
So which Daleks are 3.75" / 4" scale, chaps? Thinking of flexing my army building muscles.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2013 18:13:22 GMT
The Bronze ones with a Black Dalek Sec as a chase variant.
The older less accurate Dapol ones are the same scale
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 21, 2013 7:54:04 GMT
Oh thanks. I'll have a search through ebay.
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Post by legios on Nov 27, 2013 20:46:00 GMT
Week 52: Doctor Who Toys
5) Character Options Fith Doctor - A decent rendition of the Peter Davison version. Davison took over about four weeks into me watching Doctor Who so he will always be an important landmark for me in Who-fandom terms, so this was always going to make the list.
4) Dapol Tardis Playset - Yes, it has the wrong number of sides on the console. Somehow that makes it more charmingly inept for me. Objectively, it isn't that good but I can't help but like it somehow.
3) Character Options Earthshock Cyberman - A cracking rendition of the 80's Cybermen - perfectly capturing the testosterone-abusing, moon-booted cyborgs that so captivated me on their return. For once the iffy articulation of the Character Options stuff seems appropriate somehow...
2) Character Options New Series Sonic Screwdriver - before it became a magic do-anything device over the years the new sonic screwdriver was quite fun, a device for hacking, unlocking and generally moving the story along. It also looked quite fun. There were some unfortunate design errors with the original run of the toy, but once they'd got that sorted out it was a fun little thing to have. Of course it pales into insignificance before...
1) Character Options Jon Pertwee Sonic Screwdriver - a proper sonic screwdriver, that you push down to make it make the buzzing noise. Great fun little toy, and one that is dearer to my heart than all of the other screwdrivers, because it is the Sonic Screwdriver from the photo's in Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly when I were a lad
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 9, 2013 8:43:55 GMT
Right that's long enough without this I think.
Daily Top 5 toys "12 days till Christmas" countdown from Friday. Since it's the season Lego is involved. Be prepared!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 4, 2014 11:12:03 GMT
Have we done 'bases & playsets' yet?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 4, 2014 15:15:49 GMT
Have we done 'bases & playsets' yet? We did Micromaster Bases in Week 4. Base Modes is on the list for the future..... but it is somewhile in the future. Oh sorry, didn't see this was the general thread! Bear With..... No we didn't! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 4, 2014 15:18:54 GMT
Coolio. I think I was thinking along the lines of any non-TF bases/playsets. Action Force bases, cardboard Death Star etc.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 4, 2014 21:41:49 GMT
Cardboard Death Star! Pre-Transformers, Star Wars was my thing, and no one would ever believe me that this even existed or that I had one. At times I ache for my lost star wars collection, but I sold the lot to fund buying transforming robots.
The trash compactor was ace.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 5, 2014 0:47:49 GMT
I still have mine! My beautiful cardboard Death Star! Moshi Monsters took it over from my Stormtrooper army just before Christmas. Mine's showing plenty of wear, but it's holding together well. Ahh, I remember getting it... I couldn't believe my eyes. Hours and hours and hours of fun, then and now.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 5, 2014 0:49:24 GMT
And I still have my brothers cardboard Action Force base! Almost as good. Darn Moshi Monsters liked that n'all.
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Post by Hero on Jan 11, 2014 1:12:34 GMT
My old Blue Peter TMNT Sewer base from 1990.
Also used to have Castle Greyskull (Crossbows & Catapults blended in very nicely with it, and the A-Team Command Center (which sadly suffered some QC issues and had to be thrown out).
Other honorable mentions are the old-skool Fisher Price garage which was great for small Autobot cars and a one of a kind farmyard with stables etc from 30 odd years ago. The farmyard was made by my uncle from old furniture / skirting boards etc. He painted it in such a dark color scheme that the set looks more army barracks. Again, used by my brother and I for Transformers play.
As for current stuff, my daughters Peppa Pig world building series has made for multiple joined playsets monopolising the living room. I also have the fold up TMNT Anchovy Alley, which is a decent and easy to store little number.
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