[ZeoRangerV]

Just thought I'd post this for anyone who might buy the toys. Bought a Power of the Daleks variant with mutant scoop yesterday (which is pretty rare as it's the first time I've seen it). Opened it up to find this on the side hidden by the card.



So yeah, I'm a little bit annoyed to say the least. Don't have the receipt to return it, nor do I want to even if I could because my only other option is jacked up eBay prices. I've been back and forth with Character Option's customer service today, whose response has basically been "We can't help you. The figure is discontinued and we don't have the parts. Just return it."

Not sure how that works since ALL classic Daleks are made of the same parts, but okay. The fact a bunch of new figures have just been teased on Twitter (including a 1963 Dalek that has the SAME damn colour scheme) has soured my mood even more. If I wasn't down the rabbit hole so far/loved this franchise so much it'd almost be enough to make me want to stop buying these things.

(There is a Night of the Doctor 8th among the teased figures too though which is pretty sweet....just a shame its 3.75" and not 5" )

[AkibaSilver]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Just thought I'd post this for anyone who might buy the toys. Bought a Power of the Daleks variant with mutant scoop yesterday (which is pretty rare as it's the first time I've seen it). Opened it up to find this on the side hidden by the card.



So yeah, I'm a little bit annoyed to say the least. Don't have the receipt to return it, nor do I want to even if I could because my only other option is jacked up eBay prices. I've been back and forth with Character Option's customer service today, whose response has basically been "We can't help you. The figure is discontinued and we don't have the parts. Just return it."

Not sure how that works since ALL classic Daleks are made of the same parts, but okay. The fact a bunch of new figures have just been teased on Twitter (including a 1963 Dalek that has the SAME damn colour scheme) has soured my mood even more. If I wasn't down the rabbit hole so far/loved this franchise so much it'd almost be enough to make me want to stop buying these things.

(There is a Night of the Doctor 8th among the teased figures too though which is pretty sweet....just a shame its 3.75" and not 5" )

How in the name of Moffatt does that happen?
I feel bad for you Zoe

[Thessair]

Rewatching Rose because I'm bored and, man, that CGI garbage can bit is awful.

[AkibaSilver]

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Rewatching Rose because I'm bored and, man, that CGI garbage can bit is awful.

All of the CGI in Series 1 looks a bit dated now... Especially the Reapers

[Thessair]

Yeah, but that bit really stands out to me for some reason.

[AkibaSilver]

I found a thing... Thought you guys might like it!

[Thessair]

Nice find! I do love me some Who and we get some nice bits of it in there.

[ZeoRangerV]

I liked that a lot. I really need to go back to my rewatch and pick up from where I left off in season 3

On a vaguely related note, I decided to give Jubilee a re-listen earlier in the week since the first time I listened to it I couldn't quite wrap my head around it. For those who don't know, it's the Big Finish audio adventure that Dalek from season one is derived from. But while you can see full-well how Jubilee eventually became Dalek, the two are very very different things.

Jubilee is undoubtedly one of the most uncomfortable Doctor Who adventures I've seen/watched/read/whatever. It isn't particularly scary, but the way it plays upon the real-world capitalisation of the Daleks and makes you actually feel that the Dalek is one of the only sympathetic characters in the entire thing is very unsettling.

It isn't my all-time favourite Dalek audio by any means (the list is LONG ), but if people were looking to get into Big Finish or wanted a "must have" title to check out, I would definitely consider it to be one of them.

[AkibaSilver]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

I liked that a lot. I really need to go back to my rewatch and pick up from where I left off in season 3

On a vaguely related note, I decided to give Jubilee a re-listen earlier in the week since the first time I listened to it I couldn't quite wrap my head around it. For those who don't know, it's the Big Finish audio adventure that Dalek from season one is derived from. But while you can see full-well how Jubilee eventually became Dalek, the two are very very different things.

Jubilee is undoubtedly one of the most uncomfortable Doctor Who adventures I've seen/watched/read/whatever. It isn't particularly scary, but the way it plays upon the real-world capitalisation of the Daleks and makes you actually feel that the Dalek is one of the only sympathetic characters in the entire thing is very unsettling.

It isn't my all-time favourite Dalek audio by any means (the list is LONG ), but if people were looking to get into Big Finish or wanted a "must have" title to check out, I would definitely consider it to be one of them.

I think I've heard of this one. It did seem very good, but I got The Kingmaker instead

[Thessair]

As I'm making my way back through post-2005 Who, I am reminded how sad I am that we never got a scene between Eleven and Wilf. Matt got very good at being an old man in a young man's body and I think those two would have been brilliant. Of course, Bernard Cribbins is all kinds of amazing so having him back in any capacity would have been great.